For $20K, I bought a used Chrysler 300C AWD with every option. It only had 25,000 miles on it and I have 10 times the car of any on that list.
My mother bought the Honda Fit after totalling her Civic. It didn’t take her long to hate it, a most uncomfortable ride. I hated it before driving a block. Rough, weak, flimsy feeling car.
Mom wondered if we wanted to buy it...no thanks, Mom.
My sub $20K car was a used 3 year old Town Car with about 18K miles on it.
It’s a boat with a very comfortable ride and it looks quite gangsta.
For my $20K I just got a 2006 Nissan Frontier Crew Cab NISMO loaded with under 30K on the clock. Considering I traded in a Frontier with over 200K on it and no issues, I think I did OK.
The V vehicle is coming.
put your family in one of those death traps to save a few hundred dollars a year on gas?
no thanks
Fifty years ago, basically-equipped cars cost $2500 and lasted 100,000 miles. Now, I can buy a car with 100,000 miles on it for the equivalent of eight hundred 1960 dollars and get a much better-equipped, better handling and far more economical car that’ll last another 150,000 miles. Cars really have improved, nostalgia notwithstanding.
Spokesman: These days, everyone’s talking about the Hyundai, and the Yugo. Both nice cars, if you’ve got $3,000 or $4,000 to throw around. But, for those of us whose name doesn’t happen to be Rockefeller, finally there’s some good news - a car with a sticker price of $179. That’s right, $179. The name of the car?
Adobe. The sassy new Mexican import that’s made out of clay. German engineering and Mexican know-how helped create the first car to break the $200 barrier. At this price, you might not expect more than reliable transportation - but, brother, you get it! Extra features: like the custom contour seats, or the beverage-gripping dash. And the money you save isn’t exactly small change!
Jingle:
“Hey, hey, we’re Adobe!
The little car that’s made out of clay!
We’re gonna save you some money
that you can spend in some other way!
Hey, hey, we’re Adobe!
Hey, hey, we’re Adobe!
Adobe!”
Spokesman: Adobe. You can buy a cheaper car. But I wouldn’t recommend it!
Announcer: Not approved for street use in some states. No warranty either expressed or implied. All sales final.