My first car

I just recently got a car. It is a '93 Ford Taurus, I hope that's the way it's supposed to be spelled, I forgot to look. Anyway, for the year, and the price, it runs pretty good. by the way, I only paid $1500 for it, WOW! Of course it has a few problems with it, it needs a new radiator, new struts, new tranny gasket and filter, but I can get those parts pretty cheap. The reason: the Taurus is a pretty popular car, it seems like everyone has one. just count them, how many taurus's do you pass by or pass by you in one day. Seriously, count them! I picked this car because 1) it was cheap, 2) it has a pretty fair amount of interior space (four doors) 3) it didn't have any really bad problems.
In the last 2-3 weeks, I have tested soooooo many cars, all in the $1000 to $2500 range, from dealers, they will tell you that it is a good car, but when you drive it, it isn't as good as the dealer says it is. hold on now, it gets worse, when you bring it to your mechanic, he tells you that it needs all this crap to be taken care of, oil leak, out of alignment, rust everywhere, that kind of crap. that is what I had to put up with for the last 2-3 weeks. then I came across a really great website, http://www.autotrader.com/, here is where I found my car. the car came from a private seller that posted it on the internet.
my advice to the world: save a little more money, and buy a newer,or more expensive car. Try to go through a private seller, go to autotrader (the above link).

December 8, 2008