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Old 07-11-2017, 02:54 PM
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Default Buying Cheap Car Advice

I have a son who needs to buy a cheap car. (Yes...he's very young compared to most Villagers' kids I believe...heheh.) I like to think I can give my kids reasonable advice on most topics. But not this one. I'll listen to any advice offered...

Many cars he's seeing ads for sound pretty good for the money (of course), but they're likely to be quite a few miles away. I'd like him to pay a trusted mechanic to take a look at the car, but with cheap cars, is that possible? We're looking at Kelly Blue Book and other places to make sure we know a basic value of any car, but the mechanical condition of the car is hard to know.

Anyway, I could go on about questions, doubts, etc., but you probably have an idea of what I'm getting at already, so I'll just stop.

Any advice is greatly appreciated. Kids!!!