View Full Version : Where can I get a car for $1000 or under?
HotPotato2009
Mar 17, 2010, 07:23 PM
Hello!
I'm looking for a car. Something $1000 or less. I don't want to have car payments. So I as wondering if anyone knwe where I could get that
Thanks!
hheath541
Mar 17, 2010, 07:27 PM
Have you checked your local paper? Craigslist? Used car lots? Local bank or police auctions?
Fr_Chuck
Mar 17, 2010, 07:39 PM
Running ?
I am not sure I would want to try to go someone in a 1000 car, But a check of craigs list found some, I dobt any would pass an inspection here in Atlanta
HotPotato2009
Mar 18, 2010, 06:46 AM
@ hheath541 - I haven't checked the paper. Yes, I checked Craigslist.. but it seems like almost every car I see there that I like... its something wrong with it. For ex, new engine, exhaust etc.
I don't know what you mean when you say local bank. They sell cars?? Police auction??
hheath541
Mar 18, 2010, 05:22 PM
Banks usually have an auction at least once a year, usually during the summer, and sell the cars they've repo'd. They just want to get whatever was left of the loan, so you can sometimes find cars for a few hundred dollars that are only a couple years old.
Police auction off cars that were either impounded and never claimed, or seized for legal reasons. They don't care how much money they get out of the cars. You can get really nice cars for really cheap.
HotPotato2009
Jul 14, 2010, 12:46 PM
Found a car you guys! Got it from a dealership that was able to give me a car payment within my budget. My spouse and I share the payments. We had the car for almost 6 months now. So far so good!