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fastest way to get a car?

IneedacarfastIneedacarfast Registered User regular
edited October 2008 in Help / Advice Forum
Anyone have any ideas on how to get money for a car?

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  • KyouguKyougu Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Save up around 2,000 or 3,000 and get yourself an used car. Unless you can actually afford to make payments on a car, that's the best route.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Man, I hope this is just an alt who doesn't plan on sticking around much. A screen name like that will stick with you...

    Anyway, assuming this isn't some kind of clever site-whoring scheme to get us to search for used car ads on google or something... you'll need to earn money. Do you have a job? Can you get a job? Do you have any money saved already? Do you have any family members who may be willing (and able) to loan you a thousand dollars? Do you have anything of value that you could sell via e-bay or other similar site?
    Chances are you won't be able to get a loan at a bank, at least with the current economy.

    Once you save up 1500 to 3000 or so, look through the classified ads in the local paper. See what you can afford. Take the car for a test drive, check under the hood (look for oil where no oil should be, leaking pipes, worn belts, worn hoses, rust on the radiator, check the air filter [oil here is a really bad thing]). Check the tires (look for even wear patterns, new tires are suspicious as they may be hiding poor alignment). Also keep an eye to gas efficiency. You may not be able to get great mileage, but a gas guzzler will hit your wallet like a heavy weight prize fighter once gas goes back up.

    When pricing the cars, remember you'll need to pay for plates and probably emissions testing and that'll take a chunk of change as well to say nothing of insurance costs.

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  • ZyreZyre Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    To quote Family Guy's Quagmire,

    "You could whore yourself out to a thousand fat chicks for 10 bucks each or you could whore yourself out to 10 really fat chicks for a thousand bucks each."

    But in all seriousness, cars cost money, so the real question you are asking is what's the fastest way to get money (to buy a car)? I have a simple answer for you. Find employment. Save the money you earn. Maybe do some side jobs using any skill sets you might have, donate some plasma.

    We can't really give you a more constructive answer without any criteria to go on.

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  • IneedacarfastIneedacarfast Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    ok I have a job not bad one I just cant make car payments or save anything the internet is my splurge I dont goto movie rent movies or eat out I have health insureance to pay for that eats half of my pay and its the best plan I can get untill my work kicks in in 5 months and what good car costs 3000 I take the bus but where I live the bus stops at my work 2 hours before I start as the bus' stop runing at 5 and dont start tell 7 so I have to walk the 6 miles home not Ideal but not to bad as that I live in california what I worry about most is my wife getting sick and not being able to take her to the doctors. thank you all so much for what advice and help you can give.

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  • ZyreZyre Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I think that has to be the longest run-on sentence I've seen in some time. Punctuate!

    From your description; Health Insurance is eating half your paychecks, while I'm sure rent/morgage is eating another large chunk as well as any other bills, so you don't really have anything to save at the moment.

    My advice: Pick up a second job for awhile, perhaps something part-time or weekend only gig and keep at it until you can save enough money for a motor vehicle. Also if you have any skill sets and can do any side jobs like carpentry projects or anything, look into that. Also, as I mentioned above, donate blood or plasma.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    ok I have a job not bad one I just cant make car payments or save anything the internet is my splurge I dont goto movie rent movies or eat out I have health insureance to pay for that eats half of my pay and its the best plan I can get untill my work kicks in in 5 months and what good car costs 3000 I take the bus but where I live the bus stops at my work 2 hours before I start as the bus' stop runing at 5 and dont start tell 7 so I have to walk the 6 miles home not Ideal but not to bad as that I live in california what I worry about most is my wife getting sick and not being able to take her to the doctors. thank you all so much for what advice and help you can give.
    First off, punctuation is your friend. I don't like to rag on it, but it does make reading easier.

    I know that health insurance is a bitch to pay for. Especially out of pocket until your work plan kicks in. I don't know if your wife is currently sick or at high risk, but it might be possible to switch to a less expensive plan and put the difference in the bank towards a car.
    Good cars that cost 3000 bucks or less may not to be easy to find (especially without a car of your own to get to car lots or respond to classifieds). When it comes to cars, you can get it good, you can get it fast, and you can get it cheap (but you only get to pick 2). My first car back in highschool was a used Ford Maverick that was older then I was. It was a rusted out bucket that got me where I was going, but not much more. But it was available and quite affordable from a neighbor who just needed to get rid of it.
    Granted I don't know where you live, but you'd probably be amazed at the number of cars available used under 3000 (they depreciate in value fast). Hit some used car lots, search classifieds, find out if any of your neighbors are selling their cars.

    To earn some quick cash, you might look into donating blood or plasma. It's not going to be a huge amount compared to the cost of a car but every little bit helps. Don't want to recomend killing yourself, but you might look into getting a part time job over weekends. Even a couple of hours a week can add up when you don't spend the cash.

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  • RedCreamSodaRedCreamSoda Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I have health insureance to pay for that eats half of my pay and its the best plan I can get untill my work kicks in in 5 months

    You are waiting for 5 months for your job to "kick in"? In the time period of 5 months maybe you can find a better job that you don't need to wait 5 months for. Maybe you could post a message on craigslist to look for someone to carpool with in the mean time.

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  • see317see317 Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I have health insureance to pay for that eats half of my pay and its the best plan I can get untill my work kicks in in 5 months

    You are waiting for 5 months for your job to "kick in"? In the time period of 5 months maybe you can find a better job that you don't need to wait 5 months for. Maybe you could post a message on craigslist to look for someone to carpool with in the mean time.
    I assumed he meant 5 months for the work health insurance to take effect. Very few places that I've seen will start you with health insurance. Most (again, that I've seen) require 3 months before benefits start, I'd imagine some would require more.

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  • RedCreamSodaRedCreamSoda Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    see317 wrote: »
    I assumed he meant 5 months for the work health insurance to take effect. Very few places that I've seen will start you with health insurance. Most (again, that I've seen) require 3 months before benefits start, I'd imagine some would require more.

    Ah ha! That makes more sense! Thanks for the correction!

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  • IneedacarfastIneedacarfast Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Sorry for the lack of punctuation, them bad boy do help. Thank you all so much for you help. now I think I am going to sell my comics and shit on ebay, and what about online survys and suff do they work

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  • stawkstawk Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    good cheap cars:

    Chevy Corsica/Beretta
    Toyota/Honda anything early 90's would be cheap
    Getting a stick shift will save you allot of money because parents don't want to get their kids something they cant drive.

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  • IneedacarfastIneedacarfast Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    cant drive stick would have to learn. how about makeing money online any ideas?

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  • Limp mooseLimp moose Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    if you go to a dealership to buy a used stick shift they will teach you.

    I learned how to drive my first stick on the way home from the dealership

    Its not rocket surgery.

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  • Kate of LokysKate of Lokys Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Look, man, if making money online by answering surveys and stuff was a good way to make money, nobody would bother with a real job. The fact is, those things pay pennies at best. Hell, most of them don't even pay cash - they just give you some kind of site-specific "points" that can be redeemed for specific overvalued pieces of merchandise.

    You could, in theory, do something like Amazon's Mechanical Turk, and use your internet skills to research incredibly trivial data, or click on specific objects in pictures, or find the price of an item on five different websites. Sure, you'd only be making $0.02 per task, but it would add up!

    ... or, you could just get a damned job like the rest of us Joes, and make $7.50/hr for flipping burgers.

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  • ImprovoloneImprovolone Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Used SUVs can be had for dirt cheap thanks to gas prices. Now I would avoid them if you will be driving quite a bit, but if you need it for shorter commutes I would consider it.

    And yea, your expenses are killing you it seems.

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  • WickerBasketWickerBasket Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    cant drive stick would have to learn. how about makeing money online any ideas?
    You could sell anything that isn't nailed down on ebay. That'd put a bit towards your car fund.

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  • IneedacarfastIneedacarfast Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    I have a job. anyone wanna buy a big box of savage dragon comics?

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  • FyreWulffFyreWulff YouRegistered User, ClubPA regular
    edited October 2008
    You should probably just buy a beater car for 400$.

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  • IriahIriah Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    you could start an emu farm

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  • LifeVirusZEROLifeVirusZERO Registered User regular
    edited October 2008
    Iriah wrote: »
    you could start an emu farm

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