EJP907 said:
This past Monday, I was hit by another driver that ran a red-light talking on his cell-phone. I really hit my car bad, so I only had no-fault on my 11 year old GM Cavlier, so I now need a newer car to drive.
I would like to hear opions of the group of a good used car that I could buy, for a woman driver with no children. I need a car that is low manintance and that will be easy to maintain.
I hear that Chryler is giving out good deals if you buy a car from them, but I dont know since they are in bankruptcy .
I assume that since your asking in a CHRYSLER forum that you are already aware that you can go to a Toyota or Honda forum and get all the info there about those makes.
In other words, the bozos that responded in this forum telling you to go buy Toyota are trolls with chips on their shoulder.
Getting back to the question at hand, you won't find a "great" deal on a used car from a Chrysler dealer, since most used car buyers are looking for how much CAR they get for their money vs what brand it is. A lower-rated USED car that was maintained in top condition will give you a lot more miles than a higher-rated used car that was thrashed within an inch of it's life.
And my experience is that Toyota owners either maintain their cars well and keep them forever, or they maintain them like crap and sell them when they start having problems. Think for a second about the type of car buyers attracted to a vehicle brand that carries a reputation of high reliability - these are car buyers who DO NOT want to spend money on maintainence - and so they DON'T - and as a result, their vehicle is run into the ground.
I've seen many many people plunk down way too much money on a used Toyota just due to reputation, when another car that wasn't a Toyota was available for a lot less money, and it was in far better condition and would certainly have lasted a lot longer.
The "great deals" your going to find at Chrysler dealers will be in NEW cars. And don't kid yourself - this so-called "panic" of desperation of Chryser dealers is mostly marketing. Chrysler dealers aren't stupid and saw the handwriting on the wall years ago, and as a consequence, reduced inventory levels. They will act like they are desperate but that's just a con job to get you in the door. You still need to be very aware of what it is they are selling, and keep in mind that your much more likely to be able to bargain down the price of a fully-optioned new car that's on the lot, over a stripped-down new car that has to be ordered. As for used vehicles, if the dealership switches brands and turns into a Ford dealership, the same used cars they have on the lot they will keep right on selling.
I need what ever help I can get, Thanks
The best used cars I've always got were off Craigslist or out of newspaper ads. Become familiar with kbb.com, and the evening editions of the newspaper. As for craigslist, there's people who run RSS feeds on their cellphones and are essentially paged the minute that anything is listed there, so you gotta be very quick, the good deals go lightning fast.
Ted
