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I live in NYC and have been car-less for about a year and a half now. I've been pretty miserable not having something to get out to the beach or out of the city to hike, camp, etc. Had a used 2003 Civic for 10+ years before it bit the dust and I'm gearing up to buy my weekend getaway/recreational vehicle.
I know very little of what to look for and am looking at cars solo. It's been an intimidating/frustrating process so far going around to private sellers as a 30-something woman who clearly doesn't know what she's doing. I almost bought a CRV that I liked before buying the carfax report and realizing the seller had wound the odometer back 100k
Was initially looking at purchasing a 2003/2004 CRV. I don't want to finance and this will be a car that lives on the streets in New York, so a brand new purchase just does not make sense (nor will it for me financially). At the same time, I don't want to buy something that is going to require a major repair or that I'll have to continue sinking $ into. After seeing nearly a dozen cars in the last few months I'm learning that I probably need to increase my budget and look at newer models. Most of what I've test driven has seemed sketchy/faulty in one way or another.
Coming here looking for some advice on whether the newer 2007-2008 have proven to be more reliable and maybe what I should be looking for when looking. One of the main reasons I've wanted a CRV is to be able to turn it into a sleeper (was very inspired by a thread here with someone building a platform for their 6000mi roadtrip, can't include the link or this post will be considered spam).
Has anyone here had specific issues or can advise on what I should be looking at with this range of CRVs? Appreciate any insight!!!
I know very little of what to look for and am looking at cars solo. It's been an intimidating/frustrating process so far going around to private sellers as a 30-something woman who clearly doesn't know what she's doing. I almost bought a CRV that I liked before buying the carfax report and realizing the seller had wound the odometer back 100k
Was initially looking at purchasing a 2003/2004 CRV. I don't want to finance and this will be a car that lives on the streets in New York, so a brand new purchase just does not make sense (nor will it for me financially). At the same time, I don't want to buy something that is going to require a major repair or that I'll have to continue sinking $ into. After seeing nearly a dozen cars in the last few months I'm learning that I probably need to increase my budget and look at newer models. Most of what I've test driven has seemed sketchy/faulty in one way or another.
Coming here looking for some advice on whether the newer 2007-2008 have proven to be more reliable and maybe what I should be looking for when looking. One of the main reasons I've wanted a CRV is to be able to turn it into a sleeper (was very inspired by a thread here with someone building a platform for their 6000mi roadtrip, can't include the link or this post will be considered spam).
Has anyone here had specific issues or can advise on what I should be looking at with this range of CRVs? Appreciate any insight!!!
