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[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pondering buying an old car in case I have to drive into the city - can’t park a large car to save myself. How many km is too many ? Looking at $5k or less. No Uber or taxi where I live. Was $145 to book a private car to get into the cbd a few weeks ago. (Was emergency medical)

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'd look for an old Japanese beater. Was in a pinch a couple of years back and bought an '04 Hyundai Acccent for $4k with 200k on the ODO and that thing is still putting along. I think it's shat out twice since I've had it, one was me being lazy changing the oil (I do it myself), and the other time it was the battery.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

I'd say you could go up to 300km for good 00s era Japanese cars but beyond that idk