“...it needs to be added that my TOTAL budget is $600 and buying some other Toyota or Honda is not an option.”

If your initial response is, “buy an old Honda,” I’ll just mention that I’ve proven that this isn’t necessarily a good idea,

Most of the middle class doesn’t have the luxury of “I’m having car trouble” or having time and money for car repair. You’re probably more like upper middle class. For everyone else, seriously, stick to reliable cars.

Straitjackets, not straight jackets.

Sell all four for $300-$500 each. That, plus his $600, will let him buy a very decent old Toyota that will last years. Don’t fuck around with Jalop cars when you have $600 to your name.

They also stiffed a friend of mine on a five-figure invoice. 

FisKer. FisKer.

Aren’t those based on what you’ve been browsing?

The Shape of Water?

Sounds like they’ve been watching a different sort of short film.

“Doctor” Lance. Kek. “PhD” from “the Research Institute of Accounting and Finance.” In China. Kek.

Good way to make it feel fast.

That’s a turnkey price, including all the taxes and federalization and the like? That’s an excellent price.

Puerto Rico is the motherlode of old Monteros.

May I ask how much?

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The only good vehicle Mitsubishi ever made was the Montero. Or so said the mechanic who always fixed my Montero.

I’ll know more once I get this junkyard MRI machine working again!

Why?

Very, very high miles (yeah, it’s a diesel, but miles are miles), worst possible color, and appearance mods suggestive of having been hooned. $5K max.