I Need Your Advise

stormbo1 · Jun 16th, 2005, 03:09 PM

HI,

I am 16 and i don't have a car. My dad has a 2000 Maxima GLE(with 115K Miles in OK condition) that he wants to sell it to me for $8000.... Should I it or buy a different car with less miles?

I do have $10,000 in the bank

THanks

brianw · Jun 17th, 2005, 01:50 AM

If you've only got $10k, blowing 80% of it to buy a car may not be the best idea, particularly if you do not have a regular source of income (or a large enough source of income). Sucks to have a car and not be able to afford gas to drive it anywhere after you've unloaded $400 on new tires and $1k on insurance, if you think about it...

(besides, a used B13 Sentra SE-R or NX2000 would be $3000 or less and a lot more fun.

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**Matt93SE** · Jun 17th, 2005, 08:14 AM

With all due respect, you're 16. you need to buy a beater car to 'learn to drive'. you may physically know HOW to drive and can pass a driving test, but that doesn't mean you won't get in a few careless wrecks your first couple years of driving. Pick up a cheap beater car that you're not going to fork out thousands if you run into a mailbox or drive over a curb and bend a wheel (ask me how I know)..

I suggest a B14 Sentra/200SX (1995-1998 or so), 93-97 Altima, or a 95-99 Maxima. there are plenty of all those in junkyards to steal parts off of when you crack the front bumper on a mailbox or bend a control arm on a curb. They're decently quick and fun to drive as well.

As good of a driver as you think you are, it WILL happen. Trust me. within a year about 50% of the kids I knew in high school had at least one small fender bender of some sort.