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• lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  I bought my 2008 Toyota Sienna for $4500. I talked him down from $4900.

  It had:

  • 230k miles (269k now)
  • an engine replacement (2010 with 91k miles less than the chassis)
  • worn out sliding door rear hinges ($140 apiece), bad enough to be grinding on the body under the 3rd row windows
  • broken power steering rack (found that a few weeks later)
  • balding tires
  • rattle-can patch job (black paint on factory black paint, not a huge deal for me)
  • blown out rear shocks
  • more that I forgot about (noted down in my records)

  I bought that van because 1) it was a really good price, and 2) I knew what most of its issues were before I bought it and was able to fix it up. Also, I have 5 kids, so the minivan was a necessity.

  $5000 is basically the bare minimum for a family car these days.

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• MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social ⁨11⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  We don’t - hence the loan

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