Would you buy a 5-speed late-80's jetta for $100 (which breaks down frequently), if only for a few days fun before dumping it?
That's my current situation
That's my current situation
Would you buy an old school jetta (80's?) for $100?
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rent a car, pay the 5 or so dollars for insurance, and then go to town on it, u can just about do what ever u want.
Dogg
Dogg
depends on whether it would be used on public roads or not. if I had a giant backyard where I could torture it and then blow it up, hell yeah. but since buying it and driving on public roads would entail all the taxes, registrations, liscenses.....no way.
I guess I could always rent a car, but I don't think they rent out 5-speeds anywhere in NJ..looking to mess around with it since i'm too cheap to wear out my own clutch
Why, you want one ?
My old 1985 VW Jetta GL is about to be given to the volunteers of america.... was my dad's, then mine... now, it's still running, but a ticking timebomb as far as repairs.
My old 1985 VW Jetta GL is about to be given to the volunteers of america.... was my dad's, then mine... now, it's still running, but a ticking timebomb as far as repairs.
I'll sell you an old school civic (80s) for $100. It's never broken down on me, but the AC sucks, it burns oil, and the front axles make clicking noises.
Only time it ever left anyone stranded was because of a flat tire.
Only time it ever left anyone stranded was because of a flat tire.
Yeah right. If you're under 25, you pay up the nose. It would probably be the same price, but the $100 will last more than a day...
hopefully
As for insurance, well, i'm 23, and pay about $2.6k/year insurance on my '03 civic lx coupe -- and I pay $2.9k/year for the car (i'm financing). Gotta love living in NJ.
*EDIT* oh yeah, and i've got no points, never been stopped (yet)...I couldn't imagine how much it would go up if I actually got a ticket.
Yup, full coverage (new car
). I've heard of geico, sure, but i've never actively shopped for insurance...guess that should be on my to-do list Damn 100$? You can fix that thing up and sell it for 2.5-3K you know. How bad of shape is it in?
Geico doesn't offer insurance in NJ, nor progressive. The state is to expensive for them.
Geico doesn't offer insurance in NJ, nor progressive. The state is to expensive for them.
I have had GEICO insurance forever and I like them, but I don't think they offer auto insurance in NJ.
I have no idea what's wrong with it, as I haven't had a chance to even talk to anybody there..I don't think the car's going anywhere soon, so I'll go check it out soon
Too bad about Geico
.. the only time I tried insurance shopping was where I filled out all my info at www.insurecom.com because I was getting my hands on a low mileage '93 civic ex coupe for a really good price (~$3k), but nobody ended up contacting me in two weeks. Cheapest insurance for me with my company would end up being about $1600, and soon enough insurance will cost me more than the price of the car, so I passed on the whole used-ca-for-daily-driver idea...It is sad, I pay more for my car insurance($350) a month then the car payment ($256). Only in Jersey.
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