Looking to buy a Corolla
in [Toyota]
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From: Devil's_Advocate on 16 Mar 2010 02:10 "homepc" <wiebe008(a)gmail.com> wrote : > http://www.carcraft.co.uk/news/story/101/used-toyota-corolla-rated-as-mos > t-reliable-car-on-the-road > > According to this article 2002 to 2007 model years are rated most > reliable due to the least number of repair claims. I have been using > Google news notification to monitor any new recalls on Corollas and so > far there have been no recalls on these model years. Oh good then. On Monday we wound up buying a 2002 Corolla LE with 114k mi, automatic, air and cruise, for $4900 total ( with tax ) after taking it to the mechanic and finding out it needed about $575 in maintenance work ( nothing serious ) and some new tires ( neither here nor there as far as negotiating ). Before that, the total was $5200 so we feel like we did ok. The car runs beautifully and is in very nice overall condition. We really didn't want one that new, were looking more for the 1993-2001 range, but they're scarce around here, we'd just seen a couple that werent in such great shape, this one seemed like a nice deal. Got it from a broker, a guy who apparently buys them at auction because the dealers dont like to mess with anything that they cant sell for at least $8k. So he has lower overhead than a dealer too. He works from an office park setting instead of the big overhead of a commercial car lot.
From: Devil's_Advocate on 16 Mar 2010 23:32
Scott in Florida <MoveOn(a)Outa.here> wrote : >>Got it from a broker, a guy who apparently buys them at auction because >>the dealers dont like to mess with anything that they cant sell for at >>least $8k. So he has lower overhead than a dealer too. He works from an >>office park setting instead of the big overhead of a commercial car lot. >> >> > > Congratulations. Thanks Scott. :) |