If you don't have a car . . .

It is indeed pretty scary right now. If your car breaks down it could be months till they get parts to fix it. If you need a new car there really are none. I’ve been trying to find a second vehicle for a year. Unless I wanna get ripped off there is nothing. I commute several hours to the trucking company I drive for. If my car gives out I don’t know what the hell I would do.

 

Most geezers don’t put anywhere near that kind of miles on their Buick’s

and they usually keep them
In a Garage and well maintained .

a 8-10-12 year older Buick can be a very good car for the money .

to find good deals you have to find the cars that no one wants .
Buick’s are one of those cars that no one wants except old people and they neve buy used ones , they always buy new ones .

got my 2006 expedition a couple of years ago from
A elderly guy trading it in on a new
Buick .

he paid $48k for the expedition, put 80k miles on it and had a file folder with every oil change and every maintenance etc

buick dealer offered him $3000, he called me and asked if i wanted it ,
I told him I was but had he taken it to car max to see what they would offer ?

“nope but they right across the road , call us back in a few “

he calls back and says if I want it , the price is now $3500 since that’s what car max offered.

I got a well maintained one owner car that cost $48k new for next to nothing .

 

You find good prices for mini vans too. Because nobody wants them.

 

I live 187 miles from the yard and am off weekends. If you need to take the truck home, that must be crystal clear in the interview process. Otherwise you should expect the company not to allow deadheading.

 

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That’s a long commute .
An entire day working for free just to get to the job every week .

 

you have to find a car that not many other people want .


I have a car I’m fixing up to sell
Motivated BY the sudden increase in used car values .
It was worth about $850
Now that it’s likely worth $2000 I’m gonna get it roadworthy again and sell it .


,
I’m not going to rip anyone off ,
I will be very honest about the previous accident damage , and point it out ,
which is all underneath from a curb strike , and would never be noticed by the average buyer , but I’m gonna get all the money I can get for it .
The maximum the market will bear .
It’s a pretty rare vehicle , German turbo diesel with a manual transmission.
Dunno how desirable it is , or what it’s actually worth now , it’s 22 years old and we’ve owned it for 17 of those years.

why would I not ?

unless I’m selling it to a friend or family member or giving it to a single mom , why would I sell it for less than what it is now worth ?

I have a second vehicle , a 4wd V8 suv
That has a salvage title from minor damage but it’s very drivable .

I laid $550 for it a few years ago .

Used to keep it at my hunting shack to make it look like someone was there .
Now that it’s worth some decent money , I may get it roadworthy again and sell it .
If I can get it running good and get a normal title ,now with the inflation caused by the wonderful people currently occupying DC
it’s a $3000 vehicle all day .
Should I sell it for $550 when people are willing to pay $3000?
Am I ripping them off when they say “shut up and take my money !”

the fedgov inflation machine is in full blast mode.
Things don’t cost 35% more .
It’s that the fedgov devalued the currency by 35% when they invented and printed $22 BILLION dollars and handed it out free to anyone who would take it .

$22 Billion brand new un worked for dollars dumped into the economy overnight.
That much brand new free money chasing the same amount of goods and services would have caused noticeable inflation . That same amount of instant free money chasing a greatly reduced amount of goods and services causes massive inflation .

and this is just a tiny implication of what is coming down the road.

the fedgov steals fully 50% of people’s income , well the income of the people who are stupid enough to still be working for a living and not collecting all the free handouts ,

and that isn’t enough , the fedgov borrows and prints 50% of what they spend every year .
And it’s mathematically unsustainable.

it can NOT continue forever .

One day people will realize the electronic and paper money is actually worthless because it has no intrinsic value like the gold and silver and copper coins used to have .
They actually had value beyond what was stamped on its surface .

that day is coming , don’t know when . But it’s coming .

 

I've always been confused why nobody likes Buicks, they're easily the nicest cars GM makes. My parents just bought a 2006 or so Buick Ranier with a 5.3 in it, never knew that was even an option.

 

Interesting, never knew anybody having those issues with Buicks specifically. Been my experience there are no cars that are built to be comfortable for someone over 6 foot.

 

I know what you mean I'm 6'5". Any vehicle you can't move the seat back, has a low roof or is low to the ground is a no go for me.