The only issue I have with that is I just simply can't afford that much. I paid $850 for my current car and it ran like a dream for over a year. 60k miles too. I wager I can get around $1000 parting out my car and selling the frame to the scrapyard but I only make around $1300 a month net income before bills so saving more than $1000 in a timely manner is difficult. And I need a working car soon. I can only borrow my mothers to get to work for so long.
I'm gonna have to go with Collie_fluff on this one. Getting what you want with that low of a budget and not going to cause a ton of problems is going to be a very difficult find indeed. You may also want to consider just trading in your current one (maybe find a push/pull/tow your trade in type car sale ). True, you would get more parting it out vs. scrapping it all together, but that's assuming you actually sell the majority of the parts. I once tried to part out a car before scrapping it and was only able to sell the tail lights and gauge cluster. Even the mostly new shocks didn't sell, and only got a couple hundred from the scrap yard. I would have been better off to use it as a trade in. So yeah, parting out will be easier said than done unless you already have a lot of buyers lined up.
I also agree with da fluffy collie. $2,000 will get a you a car not something in the good category. That's in the roll the dice and see spot. Now, you could get lucky but its a big gamble none the less. Also, I DO NOT know why but in the south you can not find cars for cheap. I only assume you could find cheap cars in Minnesota was because how harsh the road salts can be but even then I dunno. I would try to talk your folks in co-signing for a reasonable used car ($5,000-$8,000) to help you get on your feet.
I cannot make car payments. My folks will not or cannot co-sign. Mother and Father have terrible credit too. I also pay $200 a month for state minimum coverage insurance so full coverage would cost nearly $500 a month or more. I net around $14,000 a year in total income. This is the best paying job I've had too. :/
If that's the case then your SOL then. Just have to buy crap and hold it together. Its the same reason why I learned how to work on cars. Also, why the heck do you have to pay $200 for liability only? Tickets?
That's what I was afraid of. =\ No tickets. I was in an at fault accident when I was 16 and the person I hit had to go to the hospital. That's it. I also live in what my insurance calls a "high risk area" so they increased my bill by $50 a month when I moved back to Florida. I also know a bit about working on cars but sometimes its not enough. Like now.
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Get a dodge van !
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