My friend's son bought his first car for $4k....drove it for a week and the

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Oct 6, 2022
4:34:11pm

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timing belt broke and ruined the engine. Mechanic recommends scrapping the car. Bad luck on first car purchase.

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My friend's son bought his first car for $4k....drove it for a week and the

WhirleyPop

10/6/22 4:34pm

I would think typical for a $4k car in todays market.

TheLost

10/6/22 4:36pm

30 day lemon law in your state?

BYU Grounds

10/6/22 4:42pm

Would lemon laws apply to a car with that many miles?

CommodoreCoug

10/6/22 4:44pm

Does that work for private party?

WhirleyPop

10/6/22 4:45pm

I don't think so

jdub

10/6/22 4:47pm

In Utah it does not pertain to used cars. Oh well caveat emptor

BYU Grounds

10/6/22 4:47pm

Yep- unless there are records of it being done and it is at the mileage it

byusage

10/6/22 4:50pm

On an interference engine, it's a time bomb. Have seen this happen before.

seacougar

10/6/22 6:18pm

That sucks. My daughter is going on 7 years now $2,300 Honda Accord EX.

JAGA97

10/6/22 4:47pm

Today $1.8k gets you a 30 year old Honda Accord with around 300k miles.

TheLost

10/6/22 4:51pm

Wow. Looks like she could sell it for what she paid.

JAGA97

10/6/22 5:08pm

This is why I recommend all teenagers to buy brand new cars and spending at least 50K on their first purchase.

JOPE

10/6/22 4:53pm

Yep...go electric too

WhirleyPop

10/6/22 5:00pm

The real key is to have $179,000 in EV car loans.

JAGA97

10/6/22 5:02pm

Perhaps a good father/son project to throw a junkyard motor in it. Not nearly as

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