gah.. i screwed up in car buying, what now

[NeoPTLD]

Someone give me a list of parts I need to pull if I do find a wrecked Focus with intact front end at a junkyard.

 

[apoppin]

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD

Originally posted by: apoppin

Originally posted by: NeoPTLD
Paid: $7500
Trade-In value per KBB: $7,000

New ZX5 (current 2 dr is PITA anyways...) with A/C after incentive rebate $13,400

So, which would leave me in better position 4-5 years from now when I sell it?
spend $6,400 on a brand new one or spend $2,000 on A/C install?

paying cash?

if not, better figure in the interest.

you are in a 'no win' situation. it will cost you either way. IF i lived where you do, i wouldn't bother for the short Summer you do have [i know Washington is getting record temps but it's all relative.

You might consider picking up a cheap car w/AC just for the hot days [sub$1000; if insurance isn't too bad] .. . .

Yes, cash.

I'm only looking within the two options I specified. I'm not looking for any other options, including getting a beater with working A/C. I need a car that will run reliably and not fall apart and that isn't going to happen with a ghetto cheap car.

if you only ran it on hot days . . . . n/m

Sell it and get the new car you really want with a mfg warranty and AC . . . .


EDIT
PM flot . . . he can tell you about the best DiY aftermarket A/C kit.
:thumbsup:

 

[PlatinumGold]

Originally posted by: Skoorb
It's a DIY if you're pretty capable. I can't imagine it's a quick, easy job for somebody who doesn't know what they're doing. Financially probably keep the existing one, though really I'd just try and make do. Oregon is reasonably far north, though some days it will really suck.

actually, quite a few people opt not to get AC in Oregon (yes, i actually lived there for five years between 1990 and 1994).

it's not only that the temperatures are reasonably moderate (rarely getting over 90 degrees) but it's also very very dry (very rarely do you get a humid summer day in Oregon).

of course, i am assuming west coast oregon and not east of the rockies oregon (which i don't know a whole lot about) because that's where 90% of oregonians live, along the coast i mean.