WTB First car

[Prodeje79]

My friend's daughter just got her license.  It seems it is still a tough market and figured I'd post here for some help finding a good deal.  They are in Portsmouth, but would travel to Columbus.  Thanks!

Small midsize. 2017 or newer. Under 50k miles. Under $20k. Backup cam. Similar to Civic, Focus, Elantra, Optima, etc. Do not want a super compact like Rio, Spark, etc.

[TimTheAzn]

Man... I remember when first cars were under $3k..... no other stipulations other than it ran .

Hope your friend's daughter realizes how fortunate she is.

[Tonik]

15 minutes ago, TimTheAzn said:

Man... I remember when first cars were under $3k..... no other stipulations other than it ran .

Hope your friend's daughter realizes how fortunate she is.

The three kids next door all got brand new leased cars when they turned 16 and I certainly don't live in a neighborhood of rich people.

[Trouble Maker]

Trying to look at this from outside.  So, you're basically asking a 'friend of a friend of a friend' to give someone a car at below market value?

That class/size of car's only going to be even more inflated right now due to tater's emotionally reacting the fuel prices.

I did a quick AutoTrader search of just Civics.  I imagine you might have more luck with the others due to possibly higher depreciation.

There are Zero on AutoTrader in that area.  Only half a dozen in Columbus area and they all look like they are at (shady?) used car lots.  https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/all-cars/cars-under-20000/honda/civic/portsmouth-oh-43214?dma=&searchRadius=50&priceRange=&location=&startYear=2017&marketExtension=include&maxMileage=50000&isNewSearch=true&showAccelerateBanner=false&sortBy=relevance&numRecords=25

This one could be a deal, but Alpha Motorsports sounds like Denny Dotson... maybe worse if the owner imagines themself as an Alpha  https://www.autotrader.com/cars-for-sale/vehicledetails.xhtml?listingId=629951921&allListingType=all-cars&maxPrice=20000&priceRange=&makeCodeList=HONDA&modelCodeList=CIVIC&city=Columbus&state=OH&zip=43214&location=&searchRadius=50&startYear=2017&marketExtension=include&maxMileage=50000&isNewSearch=false&showAccelerateBanner=false&sortBy=relevance&numRecords=25&dma=&referrer=%2Fcars-for-sale%2Fall-cars%2Fcars-under-20000%2Fhonda%2Fcivic%2Fportsmouth-oh-43214%3Fdma%3D%26searchRadius%3D50%26priceRange%3D%26location%3D%26startYear%3D2017%26marketExtension%3Dinclude%26maxMileage%3D50000%26isNewSearch%3Dfalse%26showAccelerateBanner%3Dfalse%26sortBy%3Drelevance%26numRecords%3D25&clickType=supplemental
I had an EX-T MT of a similar year (and an Si a year or two later) and really liked it.  The base car get's a 2.0L n/a and the 'upgarde' is a 1.5L turbo, noticeably more power and better MPGs.

Edited April 12, 2022 by Trouble Maker