Buy Chrysler? I Dont Know!

EJP907 wrote:

Go for Toyota, Honda or maybe even a Ford.

--
Civis Romanus Sum

I very rarely post, but monitor for any PT info.

Jim is right. a good Toyota, especially Camry is the way to go. Easy car to
maintain, and when you look under the hood-you don't say this...."Where's
the starter, or alternator" (On the PT-everything is hidden).

Happy Hunting, and good luck-

Honda Accord, another good car and good gas mileage.

Happy Hunting-

EJP907 wrote:


I think you are getting answers based on what are traditionally
good/better cars with good ratings and good resale.

The other side of the coin is that you may be able to get a dynamite -
really dynamite - deal on a Chrysler product that more than makes up for
the fact that the Hondas and Toyotas are rated better, but are priced
significantly higher (right now) than similar equipment on a Chrysler
product that is being unloaded by someone at a 'distressed' price.

Some Chrysler dealers (and others) are going to be really really unloading
their inventory in the next while.


--
Mike Easter

 porterej@webtv.net (EJP907) wrote:


What I would do is look at what Chrysler, Ford, Toyota and Honda are
selling in your car size.  Pick out only models you like enough to buy.
Get firm exact prices on your choice from all makes.

If you like a Chrysler model and it is significantly lower (say 20%)  
than the others I'd buy the Chrysler.
Some cars you could  look at are the Chrysler Dodge Caliber, Ford Focus
and Fusion 4cyl. Toyota Corolla and Honda Civic.

The Chrysler bankruptcy procedure is to shake off  some greedy investors
who want to destroy Chrysler and sell off the parts for more than was
offered to them by Obama. Chrysler will come out of the bankruptcy
refinanced and restructured. Two months is the time estimate for this.
The Gov is backing the warranties.

EJP907 wrote:

Whatever happens, Chrysler warranties will be honored. The company and
brands will not just go away, at worst they might be separated and sold
to different concerns.  Take advantage and get a great car on the cheap,
plus it will help the company get through bankruptcy quicker.

I assume that since your asking in a CHRYSLER forum that you are already
aware that you can go to a Toyota or Honda forum and get all the info there
about those makes.

In other words, the bozos that responded in this forum telling you to go buy
Toyota are trolls with chips on their shoulder.

Getting back to the question at hand, you won't find a "great" deal on a
used
car from a Chrysler dealer, since most used car buyers are looking for how
much CAR they get for their money vs what brand it is.  A lower-rated USED
car that was maintained in top condition will give you a lot more miles than
a
higher-rated used car that was thrashed within an inch of it's life.

And my experience is that Toyota owners either maintain their cars well and
keep them
forever, or they maintain them like crap and sell them when they start
having
problems.  Think for a second about the type of car buyers attracted to a
vehicle
brand that carries a reputation of high reliability - these are car buyers
who DO NOT
want to spend money on maintainence - and so they DON'T - and as a result,
their
vehicle is run into the ground.

I've seen many many people plunk down way too much money on a used Toyota
just due
to reputation, when another car that wasn't a Toyota was available for a lot
less money,
and it was in far better condition and would certainly have lasted a lot
longer.

The "great deals" your going to find at Chrysler dealers will be in NEW
cars.  And
don't kid yourself - this so-called "panic" of desperation of Chryser
dealers is mostly
marketing.  Chrysler dealers aren't stupid and saw the handwriting on the
wall years
ago, and as a consequence, reduced inventory levels.  They will act like
they are
desperate but that's just a con job to get you in the door.  You still need
to be very
aware of what it is they are selling, and keep in mind that your much more
likely to
be able to bargain down the price of a fully-optioned new car that's on the
lot, over
a stripped-down new car that has to be ordered.  As for used vehicles, if
the dealership
switches brands and turns into a Ford dealership, the same used cars they
have on the
lot they will keep right on selling.


The best used cars I've always got were off Craigslist or out of newspaper
ads.
Become familiar with kbb.com, and the evening editions of the newspaper.  As
for craigslist, there's people who run RSS feeds on their cellphones and are
essentially paged the minute that anything is listed there, so you gotta be
very
quick, the good deals go lightning fast.

Ted

I agree Ted.
Last August with the gas price scare I got a great deal on a 300M off
Craigslist.
Previously I had picked up my used cars off the local newspaper and the
local  Buy&Sell paper.

The best used buys in this area would be on a 2008 Pontiac Grand Prix.
These will all come off a fleet lease somewhere, but will have the
100000 mile powertrain warranty. A 20,000 to 30,000 mile one can be
had for under 12 grand with no haggling. If you want to bargain, you
might get one for 10 or so. Find me an '08 Camry for that! Gets better
mileage than the Camry, too.  We've put well over 100,000 on 3
different ones in the family with zero reliability problems. Your area
may differ.

On May 3, 2:19ïBF=BDpm, porte...@webtv.net (EJP907) wrote: