so my friend's 97 corolla is about to die out and she's looking to replace it w/ a slightly newer used car. she's a grad student so she doesn't have a huge budget. she'd ideally want to spend less than $4.5k which isn't much at all. she's willing to work towards $5k only if the car in question is worth it that much more...

so i was wondering if you guys knew of certain cars that would fit that range which would also provide good/adequate reliability or wouldn't require too much extra work.

i saw a used 2000 V6 camry for just under $5k w /110k miles. would that be worth checking out?

also, what are some general maintenance issues that she needs to expect to happen (or have already been addressed) for cars in that age (100k+ miles)? e.g. replace suspension parts, transmission failures (w/ honda V6's being a given ), etc.

any help would be cool beans. thanks guys

 

Would she consider sticking with a Corolla? Honestly if all she is looking for is a reliable commuter car, the Corolla's a pretty good choice. Looks like she could find an 02-04 Corolla with 100k miles for under $5k. Toyotas of that age seem to have less of a price premium than Hondas, and are less likely to have been modded/beat on.

I had a '97 Camry back in the day, but with the 4-banger. It was a pretty good car. Handled reasonably well, reliable, comfy. It finally died out because my brother never changed the oil and ignored the oil warning light once it came on. Engine seized up on him.

 

You should have anal sexed your brother until he shitted out his mouth. asshole.

 

civic

 

Well, it was actually my parent's car that I drove my senior year of high school and my freshman year of college, then it got handed down to my bro. So it was my parents who really should have done the anal-raping.

 

Ek would be easily found in this range.

 

hmm, good point. i'll definitely look around and run the idea by her

k, will look for these, too

 

civic...bc it will always be sold close to what you bought it for.

or a clean 99-01 Integra

 

5th gen Accord...4 lyfe.

 

She probably doesn't want to spend half of her time worrying about it getting stolen. I'd never recommend anyone buy an Integra unless they can garage park it every night.