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Shopping for My First College Beater
I’ve just been accepted to college, and like a lot of students, I need something cheap to beat around in. But see, I can’t completely throw away the notion of buying a decent car, can I? Especially since my father is willing to contribute $1,500 to my new-car fund, it takes a lot of the pressure off and opens up a world of possibilities. I’ve started out with a list of possible used cars (since insurance on a new Camaro for an 18-year-old driver pretty much rules that out). Continue below the jump to help me decide what to get!
Here are the contenders:
1991-1995 Saturn S-series
1992-1995 Honda Civic
1990-1993 Honda Accord
1993-1999 Pontiac Grand Am
Lastly (dare I say it), some form of early 90’s Hyundai. Depressing, huh?
So, armed with my arrogantly vast knowledge of specs on any car ever marketed in America, I set my hopes for finding a decent ride at a low price. Being lazy and without a chauffeur, I look online. Think that’d be easy, right? Wrong. There isn’t a single damn used car for sale online within fifty miles of my area. However, I did manage to find a few good selections within my price range, even if they aren’t too close by.
1. 1992 Honda Civic LX
Price: $1,900
Pros: has power windows, power door locks, and a 5-speed. That’s about it.
Cons: possibly wrecked, crappy repaint, absolutely laughed my ass off when I saw that it had 296,545 miles on the odometer.
This Civic is 198 miles away from my town of Frankfort, Kentucky. Would you trust this car to make the trip? Just look at the front of this car, it looks like they used house paint to cover up damage that wasn’t even fixed. It’s got an aftermarket stereo, but my experience with cars like this one leadsВ me to believe that even that doesn’t work. I also have the nasty, unexplainable feeling that it was drenched inside-out in a flood.
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