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Old 10-13-2008, 05:20 PM
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Originally Posted by cphilip View Post
You might be surprised to learn that the "Cream Puff" low mileage highest price car turns out to be the cheapest car in the long run. Typically you will have 6 grand into fixing up a 3 grand car to the point you are really wanting it to be. Depends on how Cream Puff it really was.
I hear this kind of stuff all the time, but I have never spent more than the cost of the car in repairs. Maybe half - and my cars have not been creampuffs by any stretch and were purchased cheap. I guess it depends on how nitpicky you are - and if you are going for a fully restored car, or just a daily driver that will "do the job."
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