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looking to get a used car...
cliffnotes below.
My lease is up in less than two months, and I just dont have the money to sign another lease. Even if I did, I just am not sure its worth it since I go to a small commuter school anyways. My mom has asked how the search for apartments has gone, and I just tell her I dont have the money, so Im probably moving back home. She has said that she will help me out as she just got a raise, but honestly Id rather just live at home for now. Even with her paying my rent, I would feel guilty and still worry about expenses. Living at home I can focus on school better, only shitty part is the commute.
So this is where the car comes in. Since she was offering pretty much to pay for an apartment I asked her what she thought about me living at home and getting a car for about the same value as a years worth of rent. She seemed fine with it. I hate to leach off my mom, but she did encourage me to go to school saying "just go, dont worry about the money, youll pay it back when you graduate and Ill help you in the mean time." So I guess its not that big of a deal, and most other kids my age have been and will be leaching off their parents for quite some time. On top of all of this, both my brother and sister got several cars bought for them over the years by my grandma or my mom, I had zero. I bought all of my own cars, and generally supported myself since I got my first job. So anyways, 1 years worth of rent would probably be 5-7k. So thats my price range.
cliffnotes:
price range 5-7k
Some preferences:
awd or rwd
manual
some sort of heritage or luxury
Two cars I was looking at:
1999-2001 suburu impreza 2.5rs
1996-2000 audi a4 2.8 quattro
seems I can find these with around 100k miles on them, which isnt bad for a 7-11 year old car.
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