analogkid - my goodness you bought a 22 year old car! What did you expect? You paid $2700 minus the $200 they slipped back to you minus the $800 they are returning to you ? - I'd say yall got a heck of a deal and found some extraordinarily good people. Any used car is gonna need some work - I don't understand why people expect to get a fine vehicle for very few dollars.....do you realize how much brand new ones cost these days? I'd say thank your lucky stars and thank God for those nice kind people - good luck with the car for your son and good luck with his driving safely.......
@magnoliamam: No illusions that there wasn't going to be some work needed, and I don't believe I suggested otherwise. I fully understand how much new cars cost as we have a 2012 Sonata, not new but close, thank you though. I'm pretty sure I adequately outlined my appreciation for the sellers accommodating us, despite my (stated) acknowledgement to the lack of obligation on their part. A part of my intention was to explicitly state that I think we did pretty well, all things considered. You got the message, so my reporting must be fairly clear. We're not fortunate enough, nor the type anyhow, that hand the keys over to a new Beemer or Mercedes to their teen, contrary to what I see in the parking lots. I was merely attempting to point out our very recent, and similar, experience relative to the OP's request - and just how somewhat unlucky, but still fortunate we are. Thank you for pointing out the obvious issues to me though.
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