with any luck you buy the car for 2k, use it 3 months, then sell it quick to a place like Carmax.
There are cars you can buy and just drive to Carmax and sell for a profit.
They'll buy it but they won't pay anything close to what it's worth. They offered $1000 for our FORD which ended up getting wrecked in an accident. Got $3000 in an insurance settlement.
Good luck trying to find a '93 3000GT for $2000..... almost bought a '95 for $5k on ebay.
Try:
http://www.Autotrader.com
http://www.Cars.com
http://www.Pennysaverusa.com
http://www.recycler.com
Look for only Honda, Toyota or Nissan since they are the most reliable. I've bought used FORDs, Dodge and others and they were pure crap. Had to spend thousands fixing blown engines. The best used car I bought was a late 80s Honda Accord with 200k miles.... went a whole year (25k miles) with just maintenance. Paid only $1000.
Or just rent.... shouldn't cost more than $2000 for 3 months.
had a 2000 accord with 250k on it, dealers wanted to allow about $1,000 as a trade-in, Car-max bought it for $2,000, this was last year.
Car-max sucks to buy from, but is good to sell to. They don't have good sell prices, but work well for those with lower credit.
I never had a 3000GT but they look ok and heard that they are very good cars what do you think?
Car had bad tranny problems, high mileage, and was once nearly totalled in an accident, so carfacts wouldn't look good.
$4,000 is way high with 250k miles
For a deal on a cheaper car, like 2 grand....go to Manheim dot com, and find a dealers wholesale auction in your area. There are 71 of them in the USA, should be one near you. Take your CASH with you. Find out what day the sale is, and get there about 5 am and there will be long lines of cars being checked in to the sale. Look at the check-in slips laying on the dashboards of the cars you like. The dealers name will be stamped on the card. Call him from your cell, and tell him you want it. Often times the prices are on the card as well, making negotiating easy. Be aware though, that most dealers will stick a high number on the card, knowing full well that mooches like you and I and other dealers will be clocking them in the line. When they reach the auction block, they can re-set the price and get-er-on-the-money.
Good luck
Eve this went for $2k... you could have got way more selling privately.
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If I was buying and had 4k, I'd take this one with half the mileage ( but a couple of years older) over the one I sold.
http://orlando.craigslist.org/car/307968192.html
I know that with some looking, I could find a car for 2k, that was better than what I sold Carmax.