In defense of the Kia Rio: It was a brand new appliance for $10,000 that had a 5-year, 60K mile bumper to bumper warranty.

That was 3-4 grand cheaper than (at the time) a Focus, Cobalt, Versa, Fit, etc. For sheer basic transportation, it did what it was supposed to do. (Kia marketing it as something it wasn’t...that’s…

It’s interesting, it’s functional, it’s got crazy low miles, it’s UNDER market value...how could this NOT tick all the NP boxes?

Hear me out on this one...but it’s the Dodge Charger. No longer was 340+ hp limited to people with 750+ credit scores and those who could afford $60K cars. Now, every jackass who thought they could handle a fast car could get in one, drive it like an absolute maniac, and wreck them/get them stolen.

So $15K for a 36-year old base LeSabre that just happens to have a GN badge attached from the factory. This is a joke, right? This isn’t even a 15 HUNDRED dollar car in a normal used market. 

The market on these is absolutely crazy, and has been for awhile. For those saying the mileage is too high for the money, consider this: I’m in Chicago, and there are only 35 Elements for sale within 500 miles of me for less than $10K. Just five of those have less than 150K miles. NP all day. 

Born and raised in Chicago. Never heard of ‘Mr. Norm’ or ‘Grand Spaulding Dodge’ in my life, and I’m damn near 40.

Obviously, ND with some BaT CP mixed in. 

Y’all are out of your damn mind. Unless there’s a briefcase with $15K in the rear, I don’t give a crap how rare a 33-year old K-Car is at this price. 

Also, are we past the point that people are too young to remember that 100K meant your car was a ticking time bomb in the 80s?

A 32-year old not-overly-desirable Ferrari with 60K on the clock, no maintenance history, a cracked windscreen, and some weird Texas DOT sticker/Idaho plate/California sale thing going on?

Run away. ND. 

That’s a helluva lot of work to do in a 10 month span only to decide, ‘nah, I’m good’ after DDing for 3+ months. I know the used/collector market is insane right now, but $15K for what is, at the end of the day, a 160K mile, 30 year old Mustang? ND. 

As the former owner of a Peugeot, a Renault, and a Citroen...fine. Just take my money. Am I going to regret it -horribly- not long after buying it? Yes. But I’m a sucker for a French car. It’s my cross to bear. NP. 

If you’re shopping for a Bentley on Craigslist, there is likely no way in hell you can afford what’s going to be a series of 4-figure repair bills coming at you every time you want to drive more than 100 feet from your driveway.

Also, dude just dumped $4K into it and now is stressing an as-is sale. That screams…

Oh, no? Now what will everyone try to steal once Chargers and Challengers are gone? 

The Accent confuses me. They wanted something boxy, low mileage, and the literal cheapest thing on the road. The submitter even says it was ‘fine and reliable.’

My (now) wife, when she was in college, decided to buy a 1994 Ford Aspire. Why? It was purple. That was her entire rationale.

That stupid thing had more electrical gremlins I’d ever seen in a vehicle before, (when it ran) it sounded like a vacuum cleaner, the doors were made of only the cheapest and thinnest South…

$2K for a family hauler in this market? NP all damn day. 

This reminds me of my parents’ old Rockwood motorhome. Also 20 years old and around the same mileage when they got rid of it.

Original MSRP in ‘83: $8,341.

This is the pinnacle of ‘Stupid Crazy Used Car Market.’ A 175K mile, 20-year old Saturn would have been (maybe) a grand just 18 months ago. 

There are 71 convertibles under $10K within 100 miles of me right now, per Cars.com. Among them: a 09 A4 with 79K, 08 Saab 9-3 with 60K, 08 A4 with 60K, 03 Volvo C70 with 55K, 98 Z3 with 55K, and even if you absolutely had to have a 30-year old GM product...a 92 Allante with 60K.

Owner doesn’t know if he has a V6 or a V8. Owner claims a private sale, yet it’s obviously at an auction yard. At what point does “no, really, everything else is fine but the A/C” become believable? ND.