Lachesis00
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Both, yes both of our cars were stolen last month. We know who did it, the police know, but can not arrest the blankety blank blank person....
So we got an amount for my car, not much...
and I expect less from my huband's car... as his Saturn while newer then mine, and had less miles, sucked rocks. LOL
Soooooooooo here is my tale and my thoughts... but I need input....
My car has been deemed a complete loss (it still has not shown up) and I have been offered a whopping $4,000 for it. I am guessing D's car will not show up as well and I can promise you his will get less $.
They do not go by the Kelly Blue Book which was almost double on my car then what they gave me.
We'd pay cash outright. NOW, we have some $ given to us by D's grandpa on top of whatever insurance gives us... for use of buying a vehicle. My question is, do we buy 2 family cars (used) and if so where/how would you go about buying them... a dealer? Through the paper? OR would you buy one mini van.
The reason I have been looking at a mini van is I am working (still) on getting an electric wheelchair. It will not easily fit on the back of a car. Plus it will get dirty, I worry it will fall off or worse, with my luck be stolen. Ect ect ect... We'd been looking at mini vans back in early May.
Plus we have the stroller, and other stuff to haul around. There is no way we can take a stroller and even my small push around wheelchair in a full size car. Forget luggage or anything else if we went on a weekend trip.
A mini van is running around $14,000+ through the dealerships. Even the 2003, 2004's are running close to that. Nothing below it is showing up.
We can get a decent family car for under $6,000-10,000 depending, again through a dealership. My big thing is it in good shape, plus low miles. It will have to last us a few years.
So if you were looking, how would you go about buying a new used vehicle? I hate having one car is my big problem. Look at the issues just this past 2 weeks trying to get to doctors appointments ;(
D says he just needs something to get to work that is reliable. Mine would be the family car (if we go this route). Any time I go out, it would be the car we use.
Any suggestions? We need to come up with a plan soon. Insurance will only pay for a rent a car another week or so
Do you know, I got docked for insurance on both cars today (payment for insurance) even though technically I no longer own one!? Isn't that kind of weird. They claimed it as a loss on Monday but I am still paying insurance on it.
So we got an amount for my car, not much...

Soooooooooo here is my tale and my thoughts... but I need input....
My car has been deemed a complete loss (it still has not shown up) and I have been offered a whopping $4,000 for it. I am guessing D's car will not show up as well and I can promise you his will get less $.
They do not go by the Kelly Blue Book which was almost double on my car then what they gave me.
We'd pay cash outright. NOW, we have some $ given to us by D's grandpa on top of whatever insurance gives us... for use of buying a vehicle. My question is, do we buy 2 family cars (used) and if so where/how would you go about buying them... a dealer? Through the paper? OR would you buy one mini van.
The reason I have been looking at a mini van is I am working (still) on getting an electric wheelchair. It will not easily fit on the back of a car. Plus it will get dirty, I worry it will fall off or worse, with my luck be stolen. Ect ect ect... We'd been looking at mini vans back in early May.
Plus we have the stroller, and other stuff to haul around. There is no way we can take a stroller and even my small push around wheelchair in a full size car. Forget luggage or anything else if we went on a weekend trip.
A mini van is running around $14,000+ through the dealerships. Even the 2003, 2004's are running close to that. Nothing below it is showing up.
We can get a decent family car for under $6,000-10,000 depending, again through a dealership. My big thing is it in good shape, plus low miles. It will have to last us a few years.
So if you were looking, how would you go about buying a new used vehicle? I hate having one car is my big problem. Look at the issues just this past 2 weeks trying to get to doctors appointments ;(
D says he just needs something to get to work that is reliable. Mine would be the family car (if we go this route). Any time I go out, it would be the car we use.
Any suggestions? We need to come up with a plan soon. Insurance will only pay for a rent a car another week or so

Do you know, I got docked for insurance on both cars today (payment for insurance) even though technically I no longer own one!? Isn't that kind of weird. They claimed it as a loss on Monday but I am still paying insurance on it.