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Jun 21, 2006 10:00

I never got my cell phone back.... I have yet to be able to contact the person who stole it. Turns out there's a good chance he also stole my friend's wallet that night ( Read more... )

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stormkitten June 21 2006, 17:37:25 UTC
The Jetta has probably been more carefully maintained. Something that old with that few miles on it has probably been driven more carefully.

Have a mechanic look at it, either way, and see what they think.

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tegenspraak June 21 2006, 17:48:23 UTC
This is true...

At the same time I worry because I keep reading bad consumer reviews about it. But Volkswagons are known to run a long time

The Toyota Camry is the best selling car in America. They also run forever. I had a Toyota Corolla that was wonderful.

I've looked into insurance... not a huge difference between covering the two.
Payments for the Jetta, according to Kelly Bluebook, should be around $150.... for some reason I can't get it to load the page for the Camry.

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miriyasterling June 21 2006, 17:57:25 UTC
I tend to be a bit partial to Toyota because they seem to last forever. I love mine but after saying that it really depends on how the car is treated. However the toyota is over 16 years old and the Jetta is less than 10. In car years that's a big deal. I think though it really comes down to having them both checked out to see how they've been treated.

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tegenspraak June 21 2006, 18:01:23 UTC
When I had my 89 Toyota, I changed the oil once in a year. The only thing that ever went wrong was the starter died. It was due to die anyway. $162 to fix that.... and then a week later, my car was 'totalled' in an accident. I sold the scrap and as far as I know, it's still running today.

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cherry_pizza June 22 2006, 01:15:58 UTC
Your purse strings are expected to stretch like elastic, without the elastic-y perk of being able to "bounce back"...

Just don't get your strings confused, and don't let these problems tug at your heart strings too

Take care :)

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tegenspraak June 22 2006, 03:06:20 UTC
Hehe.. love ya hun.

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raido_journeys June 22 2006, 04:26:06 UTC
Hang in there, girl.

I'd go for the Jetta.

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tegenspraak June 22 2006, 14:55:59 UTC
I think I agree.... even though its $2500 more.... maybe we can work with that price.

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Just a few thoughts purplestain June 22 2006, 21:53:52 UTC
Most of the time, the milage in a car is good indicator of how long it will last, but recently Matt has acquired a fairly new car. When I say fairly new its a 89 chevy corsica, with under 75,000 miles. So according to the milage the care should last a while right. I am not so sure about that. Toyota's are normally great cars, I know that when my mother was looking at cars she wanted a Camery, and would have loved to have found one she could afford. My dad who we both know, knows his cars, and he said that the Camery is a great car. As for Jetta's there are a lot of things you have to take into consideration. the number one thing is if it breaks down you have to have it looked and and repaired by a Volkswagen dealer or mechanic. No simple joe blow will work. My mom's Volvo that she has had for about a year has already costed her $3,000. Becuase like Volkswagen Volvo's have to be fixed by Volvo. Odly enough you should really find a mechanic that knows ALL cars well, and have him or her help you find a decent car. The other thing is is ( ... )

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Re: Just a few thoughts tegenspraak June 22 2006, 22:49:23 UTC
hehe.. if it's an 89 Chevy Corsica, I highly doubt that the REAL mileage is under 75000.

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Re: Just a few thoughts purplestain June 23 2006, 07:42:37 UTC
They bought the car from a family friend. You have to know Matt's family his parents are not young like mine well at least not like my mom. The people they bought it from was an OLD couple. So yeah it was under 75000, mat just had it roll over to 80000 but its a chevy

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Re: Just a few thoughts tegenspraak June 22 2006, 22:49:35 UTC
also....

UGS right back atcha.

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echri June 25 2006, 05:06:30 UTC
I may be partial, but i'd say get the Jetta. What kind is it? Gl? GLX? GT?
And no, you don't have to take a Jetta to a volkwswagen dealership to have them fixed. A trained monkey could work on a Jetta. theres so much extra room in a jetta my dog could sleep in the engine compartment. in the 15,000 miles i've put on my car the only thing drivetrain-wise thats broken was the starter (and that wasn't even "wear and tear" related... I think I fucked it up by accidently starting my car kinda funky one time) and that cost me about... $100 for the starter (brand new) and I installed it myself in about 3 hours. If you can manage it, i'd avoid the power-windows. they have a tendancy to break, but even thats usually a pretty cheap and easy repair.

Make sure you let me know what kind of jetta it is (gl, glx etc) and i'll tell you whether that price is appropriate. if its a wolfsburg edition or a GLX, then thats a fair deal. if its a GL or GT then thats about $1000 too much.

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echri June 25 2006, 05:13:55 UTC
Oh by the way... $4500 for a 16 year old toyota camry with 120,000 miles on it? that is a BLATENT ripoff. that car should not be much more than $2000. Geez... for $4500 you could get a mid-90's celica and at least it would have some style. :D

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echri June 26 2006, 17:35:50 UTC
First of all, I didn't get either one. I ended up getting an automatic 2004 silver Ford Focus with (yes, only) 1600 miles on it! The Ford Focus is actually the one Ford car that was European made... so it's much more reliable and smaller than the Taurus or the *EHEM* Contour. Additionally, it's got a 25000 mile warranty. Anything that goes wrong they'll fix, so long as my regular maintenance is done through Ford. It's a gorgeous little car, too. The only thing is that it has manual locks and windows, and no air conditioning, just a fan. Which I suppose is alright. I'm looking at installing AC for around $400 next summer if I end up keeping the car. I got it for $11,600. It's practically brand new - I think it's only been test driven.

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tegenspraak June 26 2006, 17:36:30 UTC
Oops... that was me.

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