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Offline barrie1

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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #20 on: March 10, 2006, 12:13:34 am »
A Full sized Buick with the 3.8 engine will do his requirements just perfectly. Definitely plenty of room and safety and dependability with this type of car.  :)
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #21 on: March 10, 2006, 09:39:03 am »
The Camry LE does have the best of space & reliability but pricing would be darn close to $30K, if not a bit more.

For under $25K the Malibu would have almost as much space but reliability is unkown to me.
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #22 on: March 10, 2006, 03:24:50 pm »
Update...
He bough a used 2001 Sienna van for around 17k , sold his old car (97Civic)+ paid 10K and got a 06 Civic

Not the kind of solution that he askd me to look for but what the heck it works...
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #23 on: March 10, 2006, 03:29:39 pm »
He's got the 'cool' Civic and the utility of the van. Good stuff.  :thumbup:

We all thought he wanted one vehicle.
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #24 on: March 10, 2006, 03:33:44 pm »
Yup he wanted 1, but he got a really nice deal on the used Sienna so he thought of upgrading his CIVIC also...really cool stuff..
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #25 on: March 10, 2006, 03:37:08 pm »
If I could only convince my wife to drive a mini-van. I keep getting 'you buy it, you drive it'.   ;D
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #26 on: March 15, 2006, 11:08:01 am »
When is 160lbs on the heavy side?  ;)
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #27 on: March 15, 2006, 11:18:16 am »
Quote from: ktm525 on March 15, 2006, 11:08:01 am
When is 160lbs on the heavy side?  ;)

When you are 4'11"?  ??? :rofl2: Not everone is 6'.
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #28 on: March 15, 2006, 11:42:34 am »
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #29 on: March 16, 2006, 10:43:22 am »
go with a used ford freestar minivan or dodge or chrysler, and tack on an extended warranty.  If you buy one of these a couple of years old, you can get it anywhere between 10-15,000.00 + ext warranty and you will be way under budget, with a new style fully loaded, roomy vehicle, fully warrantied  for 2/3 of your budget.  Good Luck
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Re: New car advice for a friend
« Reply #30 on: March 16, 2006, 10:44:07 am »
Quote from: autobyel on March 16, 2006, 10:43:22 am
go with a used ford freestar minivan or dodge or chrysler, and tack on an extended warranty.  If you buy one of these a couple of years old, you can get it anywhere between 10-15,000.00 + ext warranty and you will be way under budget, with a new style fully loaded, roomy vehicle, fully warrantied  for 2/3 of your budget.  Good Luck

He already bought two vehicles. Its da di done!
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