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Message: <blockquote data-quote="JustAnotherStayAtHomeDad" data-source="post: 148428" data-attributes="member: 7828">always look at the numbers on edmunds.com for the dealer/private party/retail sales avrages for any given car in your area, have a impartial mechanic look it over ( at the buyers cost), when your buying a car in the 50,000+ mile range ask about maintanance items, timing belts need replacement and can cost up to $1,000 for a dealer to do I think they are good untill 100k in most cars but check the specs on the one your looking at incase it was due at 75,000 and wasn't done.that car should have a loan value of about $7,000 to a bank, meaning with your 1400 down just rough guessing loans for a BPMF (bad pay mother fucker) your in for 36 months at $275 per month for that car. Asuming it is in avrage, or better, condition $6,500 is what a dealership can sell it for retail, a fair private party transaction would be more like $5,800. I would work you closer to $5,000 myself knowing I could buy it at auction for about $4,500 , but have to drop ship it to my location, and cover the cost to fly out to the auction and back home it comes to the same $5,000.</blockquote>