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.
MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.social 22 hours ago
We don’t - hence the loan