What is the worst car to buy on Craigslist?

"PardonMyFlemish16" (TheCoolKid)
11/28/2014 at 23:31 • Filed to: None

Someone else's post got me thinking. I am drawing a blank. WRX? SRT-4? SRT-4. Any of em.

DISCUSSION (25)

TheHondaBro > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:37

Anything that's been modified... Poorly...

Nibby > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:38

Rust buckets.

Steve in Manhattan > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:39

Probably S or RS Audis ... takes an expert to see whether they're trashed. Friend of mine looked at a used S4, took my advice and took it to a mechanic - needed an engine. A rebuild from the bottom up.

Denver Is Stuck In The 90s > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:39

all the s13s

Jedidiah > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:39

Drag cars that ran when parked

michael bleggi > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:40

80s/90s bmws.... trust me

PardonMyFlemish16 > Steve in Manhattan
11/28/2014 at 23:40

Did it drive fine? Man thats scary

Jay Lauer > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:41

If you're not blind, a WRX is the best Craigslist buy.

Any Honda that's not an S2000 is a bad CL buy. 'JIGGUYF4534784 swap'

scoob > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:48

Honda Civic. Because 1) they'll all be terribly modified, and 2)

JDM 2JZ GTE FA20 EJ25 JDM STANCE RB26DETT K20A K24 RB25DET JDM JDM ACURA HONDA TOYOTA NSX RSX TYPE R CIVIC JDM EP3 EK9 EG ACCORD JDM CELICA SUPRA JZA80 TURBO SUPERTURBO CHARGER MITSUBISHI EVO VI VII VIII VIIIII VIIIIIIIIIIIII IX X X ECLIPSE JDM DSM 2F2F JDM 3FAST5U

Steve in Manhattan > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:54

She'd never driven one, and she said it seemed peppy enough. The issue seems to be, from what I learned, that the seller got it off lease from someone who didn't care whether the car received regular oil changes because, at 48K, he was done with it.

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:56

E30 or E36... or Tavarish's E46 M3 :P

or any F-Body 3rd or 4th gen Firebird or Camaro!

PardonMyFlemish16 > Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen
11/28/2014 at 23:57

Mmm F bodys with the illustrious 3.8L V6. "Immortalized on urinals everywhere"

Tohru > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:58

The worst car to buy on Craigslist? "Project".

Sportwägen, Driver Of The Red Sportwagen > PardonMyFlemish16
11/28/2014 at 23:59

I was more referring to the "Just replaced engine runs good call XXX-XXXX ask for jim bob" ads with one or two pixelated pictures LOL

PardonMyFlemish16 > Tohru
11/29/2014 at 00:02

"Car just needs...."

unclevanos (Ovaltine Jenkins) > PardonMyFlemish16
11/29/2014 at 00:04

FWD Cadillac, cheap S-Classes, miatas (cambered out), also 3 gen camaros.

Tohru > PardonMyFlemish16
11/29/2014 at 00:07

I believe we have a new Craigslist game.

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > PardonMyFlemish16
11/29/2014 at 00:09

Cheap V12 Mercedes. Anything that cost more than a mediocre doctor's yearly salary when it was new.

VonBelmont > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
11/29/2014 at 00:40

But...but it's cheaper than a fully loaded Honda Accord!

gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun > AMGtech - now with more recalls!
11/29/2014 at 00:58

How bout a cheap V12 BMW???

AMGtech - now with more recalls! > gergey - Wishes vette was Datsun
11/29/2014 at 01:24

Cheap V12 BMW FTW!

sellphones2493 > PardonMyFlemish16
11/29/2014 at 02:42

2003-2007 Honda Accord. A lot of them are listed as 'need transmission' for way below what you'd think a tranny replacement would cost.

Then you look how much an Accord Tranny replacement costs...

PardonMyFlemish16 > sellphones2493
11/29/2014 at 07:55

Thats only the V6s and even then rebuilt trannys are reasonable. The problem is they WILL break again. Actually the bigger problem is they are AT Accords. AKA avoid AT all costs. The 5MT/6MT are so much better

sellphones2493 > PardonMyFlemish16
11/29/2014 at 08:49

I may be thinking of the TL's.

PardonMyFlemish16 > sellphones2493
11/29/2014 at 08:51

All the Accord related products (Accords, CLs, TLs, Odysseys and I think Pilots) with the 5 speed AT have transmission problems. Pretty much not worth buying.