Comments on: The Only Cars I Can Afford Are Junkers…HELP! http://www.brokepiggy.com/2009/04/09/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/ Where Students Go For Answers About Money & Personal Finance Mon, 06 Sep 2010 01:52:35 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Grant Baldwin http://www.brokepiggy.com/2009/04/09/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/comment-page-1/#comment-5896 Grant Baldwin Thu, 03 Dec 2009 18:51:09 +0000 http://www.brokepiggy.com/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/#comment-5896 Glad you're digging the site Flashy (cool name!) Glad you’re digging the site Flashy (cool name!)

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]]> By: Joseph Johnson http://www.brokepiggy.com/2009/04/09/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/comment-page-1/#comment-99 Joseph Johnson Wed, 13 May 2009 15:06:19 +0000 http://www.brokepiggy.com/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/#comment-99 Well.....I agree with most of the things you said. Anyway, thanks! Well…..I agree with most of the things you said. Anyway, thanks!

]]> By: Stephanie PTY http://www.brokepiggy.com/2009/04/09/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/comment-page-1/#comment-7 Stephanie PTY Wed, 15 Apr 2009 03:36:10 +0000 http://www.brokepiggy.com/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/#comment-7 Ugh, my first car was such a junker, I sometimes forget that I even had that car! It was a van, actually - a 1993 Plymouth Voyager (this was 2005) that was on its last legs and leaking gas! But it was enough to get me to my summer job every day, and occasionally take a few friends to the movies. We called it "The Mule" after the quote in the movie Serenity: "The Mule won't run with five!" because my van was missing the backseat, so you could only fit four people in it! But, it gave me freedom, so I didn't car. And a few years later, it no longer ran and I got another, much better, used car. Here's a hint: buy your first car from your grandparents, if you can. Grandparents tend to buy nicer cars, treat them well, and they don't put too many miles on it. I have my grandmother's Oldsmobile now, and all I can say is: Leather seats and only 60,000 miles on it! (10,000 of which I put on there!) Ugh, my first car was such a junker, I sometimes forget that I even had that car! It was a van, actually – a 1993 Plymouth Voyager (this was 2005) that was on its last legs and leaking gas! But it was enough to get me to my summer job every day, and occasionally take a few friends to the movies. We called it “The Mule” after the quote in the movie Serenity: “The Mule won’t run with five!” because my van was missing the backseat, so you could only fit four people in it!

But, it gave me freedom, so I didn’t car. And a few years later, it no longer ran and I got another, much better, used car. Here’s a hint: buy your first car from your grandparents, if you can. Grandparents tend to buy nicer cars, treat them well, and they don’t put too many miles on it. I have my grandmother’s Oldsmobile now, and all I can say is: Leather seats and only 60,000 miles on it! (10,000 of which I put on there!)

]]> By: Jake Stichler http://www.brokepiggy.com/2009/04/09/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/comment-page-1/#comment-3 Jake Stichler Mon, 13 Apr 2009 17:44:46 +0000 http://www.brokepiggy.com/the-only-cars-i-can-afford-are-junkershelp/#comment-3 A story I've chronicled on my own blog before... I started out with a 94 Ford Ranger. It was a great truck, bought it off of a friend. Transmission died, and rather than get a $1000 loan to fix it, I got a $5000 loan for a new truck - an 89 GMC Jimmy with 35" tires, 12" lift... a real offroading monster truck. I couldn't get it inspected, and a puddle nearly sent me in to a telephone pole. I sold it a month later at auction for $750. Took the little bit of money I had left and bought a 92 F150 junker from my mechanic for $1200. I've already put 3 times that much in to fixing it in the past few years, but I'm fine with that. I know all of it's problems, it's quirks, and I've put too much money in to it to go buy something a little less junky only to have to fix that too. A story I’ve chronicled on my own blog before… I started out with a 94 Ford Ranger. It was a great truck, bought it off of a friend. Transmission died, and rather than get a $1000 loan to fix it, I got a $5000 loan for a new truck – an 89 GMC Jimmy with 35″ tires, 12″ lift… a real offroading monster truck. I couldn’t get it inspected, and a puddle nearly sent me in to a telephone pole. I sold it a month later at auction for $750. Took the little bit of money I had left and bought a 92 F150 junker from my mechanic for $1200. I’ve already put 3 times that much in to fixing it in the past few years, but I’m fine with that. I know all of it’s problems, it’s quirks, and I’ve put too much money in to it to go buy something a little less junky only to have to fix that too.

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