buying cars

[The Templar]

Re: buying cars

Originally posted by Jon Miller
ok

I have never had a car before

but I would like one

but no next to nothing about one


I live in the suburbs of DC in Maryland

Move into DC and use mass transit and walking instead. I used to live around Dupont circle and never needed to drive anywhere. Everything was in walking distance or on the Metro.

You will save a ton of money in payments, insurance, repairs, gas, maintenance, etc. by using mass transit.

[Jon Miller]

ok, not everywhere I want to go is doable by walking

my problem is when I have a lot of groceries (it takes quite a while to go to the grocery stores I like by mass transit)

or want to go to the laundery mat

or want to go to church (takes as long to get there by mass transit as to walk)

or want to leave the metro area (being an oregonian and someone who has lived all of his life out in a natural area (rural or small town) this is a BIG deal)

if I moved farther into DC, things like buying groceries might be easier, but going to school (the most imporant) would be far far harder

Jon Miller

[LTEC!]

Here's what I did to check out cars:

http://auto.consumerguide.com/auto/used/index.cfm/act/class/classid/12.htm

I assume that you'd want a subcompact.
The car lists reviews, prices, performance, and it will even guide you to listings.