Hi. I’m a college student and my parents are helping me with purchasing my first car. They are paying for it and I will be paying them back over time. Sounds perfect right? Not quite. I’m very picky about vehicles and our maximum spending range is 00. I live in Madison, WI so the market is fairly limited. My parents say it needs to be within 75 miles so if it breaks down we can take it back to be covered by warranty.
All reasonable but the problem is, like I said, I’m very picky about cars. The way I look at it, this is an investment, and the only car I will be using until I am financially independent. Anyways these are the criteria that must be met:
1) black or silver
2) have a cd player
3) be luxury (power everything, leather seats, heated seats preferred etc.)
4) look nice [the only cars i like are sedans or coupes, cadillac (not catera), bmw, lexus (don't really like ES and no others are readily available in my price range), or mercedes (don't like c-class)]
So, thats a lot of information.
I’ll summarize.
I want a car, ideally a black Cadillac STS with a cd player and heated seats, but it tends to only come in V8.
I actually found a 2003 STS with a V6, but it only costs 00. My parents, and I’m a bit skeptical as well, are convinced theres something horribly wrong with it. Is there a way to get the dealer to be honest? HA! Or is it really that great of a buyers market?!
I search every day on craigslist, cars.com, and the local newspaper.
I either need to convince them a V8 will be acceptable, or find a car that both parties can agree on.
Advice? (Don’t tell me not to be so picky, if I’m spending money, I need to like it!!!)
