I'm looking for a car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I live in New Jersey

 

 

 

I have about $10,000 to spend

 

 

 

I am generally looking for a 2-4 door car, any size (coupe.sedan)

 

 

 

Automatic or Standard Transmission(manual) either one, doesn't matter to me

 

 

 

About 40,000 or less miles

 

 

 

Preferably Toyota, Honda, Chevy, or Ford

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Any advice for me? I've been looking at tons of cars and every salesman has a different catch/story that makes me want to buy their car.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Things I really have in mind:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2005 Chevy Aveo (9,700 miles) (red)(automatic) around $9500

 

 

 

(Testing it tomorrow too, excited cause it's practically new and not expensive)

 

 

 

2001 Toyota Corolla (67,000 miles) (navy blue)(automatic) around $8500

 

 

 

(Tested it, drives like any other import, still pretty tight handling which I think is good, plus good gas milage)

 

 

 

2002 Ford Mustang V6 coupe (45,000 miles)(dark red) (automatic) (around $11,000)

 

 

 

(Haven't driven it.. maybe tomorrow) (excited about this one)

 

 

 

2001 Honda Civic (30,000 miles)(dents in side door, can be fixed though)(good gas milage supposedly)

 

 

 

The others i've found have over 80,000 miles and don't look like very reliable or safe cars. Some dealer tried to quick-sell me a 2001 pontiac sunfire for 9500$ (according to him it was a great deal)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I guess i'm just looking for opinions, advice when looking for a car, any tidbit that is helpful to best spend my 10,000. Thanks!

For that price, 2001 pontiac sunfire is quite nice. But your signature isn't allowed though... 8-)

I'd personally recommend the Corolla because of its gas consumption is quite low, parts are easy to find and fairly affordable, and has a really smooth ride.

Mustang is probably not a wise choice. The insurance on them is usually more than the car payment itself, lol.