Back from CO, and my flight for charlotte tmrw is canceled, so that means I'm going to try to buy a car. Great logic ya? I have no clue how to go about buying a car and really know nothing about cars. We've always had cars available at home, and my parents obv paid for maintenance, gas, insurance, w/e else.
So here's what I got
- Budget- varied, I havent figured this out yet. I'm kinda leaning towards just a few k to get a beater and leave it on the west coast if I'm traveling around. I don't really want to spend a lot of money and get some ballin car. If there is some crazy value somewhere, however, I wouldn't rule it out
- New/Used doesn't matter to me, is there a big difference?
- Visual appeal doesn't matter, just wanna go point A to B without breaking
- Decent gas mileage, I would think. I shouldn't be doing too many long drives so maybe not a huge deal
- thinkin a smaller suv, similar to a Honda CRV. I drove a Hyundai Sante Fe back home
- Purpose is to basically just run errands, drive to golf/restaurant, but I want something that can drive friends around and hold a bunch of snowboards/golfbags/move shit around
- Realiability is a big factor for me, I dont wanna deal with a lot of maintenance
From there, I don't really know where to go to find cars. Seems like craigslist is kinda the way to go? Carmax and other similar places seem to have a decent markup. Maybe that's just the price to pay knowing the car is legit. Suggestions?
