I went to carMax recently to get a price on my 2004 Ford. Just out of curiosity. They said it was in very good condition and they'd give me $7k. I asked how much to buy the same car in the same condition and it was $12k. I only paid $13k 3 years ago from Ford and that included an additional 5 year warranty.
On Nov 28, 2007 1:09 PM, Adam Churvis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No, we bought the car *very* used (but perfectly safe and usable) at a very > good price. Previous owner ran the living hell out of it before we got hold > of it. I fully expected to need a complete engine rebuild after four or > five years. > > The Geo Prizm is actually a Toyota Corolla, IIRC. The Corolla engine is > famous for its reliability. The only thing I've heard that needs particular > attention is the timing belt, and normal maintenance takes care of that. > > So now we get a new (probably a certified rebuild, which is just as good) > engine that should last a good 100K+ miles. I'm assuming that they aren't > replacing the transmission, so that will probably be the next major assembly > to fail, but that's reasonably expected considering the history. > > I believe the entire thing is going to cost us $75 out of pocket on the > deductible. The total financed cost of the extended warranty is way less > than the cost of this one repair alone. All other repairs on the engine > have been reasonable and expected by anyone's standard, and they have been > few. > > This is a great deal. > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:247148 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=11502.10531.5
