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My mom says 80K, but I think I would be fine with around 100K. Its my first car and I will be at the most driving 8 miles away from my house, to work. Any opinions?

Also, what are good used cars? I love dodge stratus and neons. Also honda civics and Mercury cougars. These good cars?

Thanks!

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   I bought my VW jetta with 114,000 miles on it and its not going to last much longer. Now that’s only because the people before it took care of it poorly, i did not know about half the problems it had when I bought it. My mom owns the neon and I absolutely love it, but it actually pretty unreliable. With the mileage you’re looking at, stay away. I do not know much about the cougars but a honda civic will go hundreds of thousands of miles before it dies. I wouldn’t be very concered about the mileage on a civic. Just find a car that has been taken care of, no matter what the mileage is, it will run for a while if you take care of it too.

   Comment by sodaboy_2239 — February 4, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

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   Mileage doesn’t matter if you don’t plan on driving far and the cost will be much lower, too! However, the two cars you mentioned; Stratus and Neon… are on the bottom of my heap along with the Cougar! Go with an Imprort or at least a Chevy or Ford model.

   Comment by Jimmy-``Floridian`` — February 4, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

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   I second the low opinion of Dodges in that area. Junk.

   The Civic is alright. The 4-cyl model doesn’t have enough power to hurt itself. Sortof like a human in a straight suit.

   Really, you need to be more picky. Don’t just settle for an 80k mile car. A car with 100k could be in better shape, for example. Go by price and condition. Sometimes you might even find a car cheap with less miles than you expected.

   Comment by drtried — February 4, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

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   I am by no means a car expert, but I want to weigh in on the neons. My mom owned one, 2 friends owned one, my aunt owned one, and a coworker owned one. Of these 5 people, 4 had an issue with their head gasket blowing (and messing up a lot of the engine). All 4 had issues with Dodge not acknowledging the problem, and only 1 had their repair bill partially compensated. Why so many bought the car in the first place is still not understood.

   I myself drive a Civic, as long as you stay away from the 01 or 02s you should be fine (they tend to have transmission issues, as I’m painfully learning). Hondas and Toyotas are the best value if you’re buying used and 100K on one of these is better than 80K on a cheaper car.

   Comment by Beanie — February 4, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

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   When it comes to high mileage: Stratus, Neon and Cougars will cost you a bundle in repairs. All sorts of electronics and transmission issues.

   Hondas do well with higher mileage. I, personally, don’t like them, but I’ve seen about a dozen myself with close to 200K and still running fine.

   For a first car you want something reliable that won’t hit you hard with repair bills every other month.

   Look at Honda for the reliability from your list.

   Comment by Porsche Racer — February 4, 2011 @ 1:52 pm

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