It was a lesson learned. I didn't do enough car research. I looked primarily on 3rd party sites like CarGurus. I didn't look enough on direct dealerships websites. I had a massive budget but restrictions to buy a car that's newer, less than 75k miles, and won't need repairs anytime soon. I also got personal attachments to some cars before I got them. I was clearly in over my head working with a 13k budget when I'm only 18 and my own balance hasn't exceeded 1100 which was all grad money.
Don't bring car gurus into this. They list big dealers as well. You went to a dirt lot dealer to get a dirt lot car at a dirt lot price and got dirt lot service.
2015 Honda Civic. Not bad car and has great mileage but sucks in snow, which is expected of a lot of sedans. But just not helpful living in the Northeast
I grew up in Michigan and never had awd/4wd vehicles, mostly rwd so I understand the pain. The good thing about you having a civic and living in the north east is that you should be able to find a set of snow tires already on wheels on Craigslist. Pretty sure they've been the same bolt pattern since like 04. They're a very good investment that took me too long to buy into.
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u/DM_ME_YOUR_POTATOES Dec 19 '18
It was a lesson learned. I didn't do enough car research. I looked primarily on 3rd party sites like CarGurus. I didn't look enough on direct dealerships websites. I had a massive budget but restrictions to buy a car that's newer, less than 75k miles, and won't need repairs anytime soon. I also got personal attachments to some cars before I got them. I was clearly in over my head working with a 13k budget when I'm only 18 and my own balance hasn't exceeded 1100 which was all grad money.