Quote Originally Posted by Scrappah View Post
The bureaucrats that write the motor vehicle inspection regulations have nice comfortable government jobs & a decent standard of living. They don't stop to consider that somebody who works for a living might not be able to afford a 13,000 $ used car that would meet their minimum standard. Frankly ... most probably don't even care.Their only concern is to keep improving the safety & environmental standard.

This is the truth. A safety inspection makes sense to me but all the eco stuff they require in some places are ridiculous. I paid $5K for my current truck. No way I can afford to pay twice that in cash and I do not want payments...



Quote Originally Posted by mikeinreco View Post
That was a problem I had when searching for a car for my wife........WE had 10,000 CASH in hand and at most dealerships they didn't even have anything in that price range.....The newer car dealers told me anything over 100,000 miles that they took trade on went straight to auction......We ended up at a BUY HERE PAY HERE TYPE PLACE and I feel I negotiated a decent deal........I prefer to support AMERICAN MADE but after so many Pieces of JUNK plus my wife being hard on vehicles I bought a HONDA.......OH well best of luck to everyone involved and hope everything works out!!!

Buying American has unfortunately become a myth. Even if assembled here, most of the car is still made overseas. Plus many foreign cars (Honda and Toyota) have assembly plants here. I buy what is good and will last. I prefer Ford trucks but when it comes to cars, Japanese are my first choice.