Ryan the Great
07-14-2004, 10:58 PM
Ok so my '91 explorer that was handed down to me from my dad so that he could get a toyota tundra broke down for good a few weeks ago. This lead to me having to get a new car between having a job and school and everything else. I hadn't put any thought into what kind of car i would have wanted since i figured the explorer was going to last me longer than it did. I basically had about 5 days to pick a car.
Since it was my dad who was gonna be buying the new(used) car, it was inevitably up to him what i was going to get. I had a few ideas in mind, all within the $18,000-$20,000 price range, at one point i had convinced myself that my dad was going to be generous enough to just buy me a new GTI. He wound up looking around on the internet and found a used 2003 Cavalier LS at a dealership in Fairfax that only had 10,000 miles on it, and was selling for $13,000. Everything had checked out on it in terms of accident reports and everything, and it also had some warranty's left on it. I couldn't argue that it was a good deal, and my dad was set on it, and i was in desperate need of a car, so the next day we wound up going up to fairfax to take a look at it and bought it. I liked everything about it, it handled well, was much better on gas than the explorer, had power sunroof and modified stereo system and everything, and it was a pretty nice looking car, especially compared to the beat up peice of shit explorer (RIP). It also came equipped with XM radio, which i figured would come in handy if thats where O&A wind up.
The only thing i didn't like about it was the color. It was bright yellow which i thought was a drawback, in that i thought it was kind of girly, and plus i thought it would increase the chances of me getting pulled over. Essentially i didn' care much though i just needed a car to get me from point A to point B. So anyway i just wanted to know what you guys thought in terms of if you think its a girly color/car, if you think it was a good deal, etc etc. My dad said if it really bothered me he would pay for a paintjob but i'm not going to bother with it since that money could go towards something better. Another reason he wanted me to get this car was because he thought my insurance would go down since it had side impact airbags and everything, instead it went up $1800. haha. Anyway here it is:
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(That's not me that's my friend Cory)
Cliffs Notes: Old car broke down, had to get a new used car, wound up with the one pictured, i like it, was unsure about color, curious about opinions.
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Since it was my dad who was gonna be buying the new(used) car, it was inevitably up to him what i was going to get. I had a few ideas in mind, all within the $18,000-$20,000 price range, at one point i had convinced myself that my dad was going to be generous enough to just buy me a new GTI. He wound up looking around on the internet and found a used 2003 Cavalier LS at a dealership in Fairfax that only had 10,000 miles on it, and was selling for $13,000. Everything had checked out on it in terms of accident reports and everything, and it also had some warranty's left on it. I couldn't argue that it was a good deal, and my dad was set on it, and i was in desperate need of a car, so the next day we wound up going up to fairfax to take a look at it and bought it. I liked everything about it, it handled well, was much better on gas than the explorer, had power sunroof and modified stereo system and everything, and it was a pretty nice looking car, especially compared to the beat up peice of shit explorer (RIP). It also came equipped with XM radio, which i figured would come in handy if thats where O&A wind up.
The only thing i didn't like about it was the color. It was bright yellow which i thought was a drawback, in that i thought it was kind of girly, and plus i thought it would increase the chances of me getting pulled over. Essentially i didn' care much though i just needed a car to get me from point A to point B. So anyway i just wanted to know what you guys thought in terms of if you think its a girly color/car, if you think it was a good deal, etc etc. My dad said if it really bothered me he would pay for a paintjob but i'm not going to bother with it since that money could go towards something better. Another reason he wanted me to get this car was because he thought my insurance would go down since it had side impact airbags and everything, instead it went up $1800. haha. Anyway here it is:
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(That's not me that's my friend Cory)
Cliffs Notes: Old car broke down, had to get a new used car, wound up with the one pictured, i like it, was unsure about color, curious about opinions.
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