Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

I need to buy a commuter car, used, and have a budget of about $5,000 max that I am willing to spend (don%26#039;t have cash and may have to finance a portion). I have been searching online websites such as craigslist and cars.com. So my questions are: Are there any other websites that you found helpful? What used cars have you bought that you got plenty of years out of, with minimal maintenance issues? I would love to get an Audi. Has anyone had good/ bad experiences with an used Audi? Thanks for all the help.

Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

Not sure about Audi, Toyota makes a pretty good car. My sister had a Camry that had over 300k on it before it finally gave out. All we did to it was keep it tuned up, new plugs and wires and such... brakes, tires, oil change, the usual. We also had a Nissan 200SX that we got almost 250K out of before the odometer quit. Not sure how many miles we put on it after that but it was the daily driver for a couple years or so, so it probably got 300K too. I had to put an alternator on it at about 150K, other than that it was just routine maint. as well... oh, and I had to put a clutch in it at 170K, which considering it was a 5-speed and one of the last rear wheel drive models I thought that was pretty good. I taught my wife to drive in that car when we were in highschool and it got abused a lot. We rarely left a stoplight without spinning the tires in first and getting a second gear chirp too.

Maintenance is the key... I have a 95 dodge conversion van now that has 225K on it, original motor and tranny... it%26#039;s just not that great on gas.

So many of the motors now have a very short life span on the timing belts and such, and they do crazy things like drive the water pump off the timing belt inside the motor and such. If I was going to buy another car that%26#039;s the things I would look for since I do most of the maintenance and repair myself and I don%26#039;t like working on things that are poorly designed as far as ease of maintenance is concerned.

Try checking out the consumer reports and car and driver web sites. They will both have reviews of cars and you can probably access the archives from previous years there on the website.

Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

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Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

go to www.adviceontime.com they have an excellent article on how to buy a good used car, ask the admin some questions too he helped me out on my deal. THe guy used to be a used car manager at a dearlership

Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

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Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

My best car has been a 1993 Ford Escort wagon. This is ranked by Consumer Reports as one of the top cars for reliability and that has been my experience. I only spend $50 per month to maintain mine that has 180k miles on it and it gets 40mpg. My other 3 cars require $100 per month to maintain. A dream car. You can pick these up all day long through want ads for around $1,000. I plan to get another one when my current car quits working.

Need to buy used car for commuting, and am on a budget. Suggestions as to types of car?

If your budget is $5000,you can buy a very cool car.

Two months ago,I bouht a near new SUV from online police auction.It only cost me $730 and i have not had one problem with it yet .

I followed the guide on

http://www.usedcarsinfo.info/index.php?t... .That site lists top 5 Police auction sites and help you choose the best one.

Good luck!