-Sh1fty- wrote:
TLDR: Looking for car, got $3500. Needs to get me from point A to B without using too much gas, and needs trunk space or bed, must seat 4.
Look for these cars in this order:
Honda Accord
Honda Civic
Toyota Corolla
Toyota Camry
chevy cobalt -surprisingly robust little heaps.
Stick to the 4 cyl. engines, and an average mileage below 20k/year. Nissan manufactures garbage, Mazdas are almost always poorly maintained and anything from Korea is shit. Ford focuses are junk after about 50k miles, they tend to fall apart precipitously. Any taurus you could afford would be shit. And avoid anything dodge -in your price range all that's left is crap.
but $3500 won't get you very far, especially in california.