What car too get?

[troskinatior]

Ok, my parents want to get a new car and they are looking at the worst cars on the face of the earth, for example the oldsmobile alero, mercury cougar.
They want a car that was made in the 2000s, has to have less then 100k, must be a auto , the most willing to spend is 6k and can be super sporty aka no mustangs or z32s
The car is going to be a secondary car for a little and with in a couple of years my sibling is going to drive it as her first car.

[Dattebayo]

the most willing to spend is 6k and can be super sporty aka no mustangs or z32s

I think you meant "CAN'T be super sporty", right?

Too many variables IMO.

[Looneybomber]

What car TOO get?

Es TOO thousand.

[Jesda]

For parents?

Ford Five Hundred
Ford Fusion
Mercury Milan
Nissan Altima - NO 2.5
Mazda 6
Buick Regal
Chevy Impala

And there's always Camcords.

[troskinatior]

the most willing to spend is 6k and can be super sporty aka no mustangs or z32s

I think you meant "CAN'T be super sporty", right?

Too many variables IMO.

Yeah thats what I wanted to say
And yes there is way to many variables

[troskinatior]

For parents?

Ford Five Hundred
Ford Fusion
Mercury Milan
Nissan Altima - NO 2.5
Mazda 6
Buick Regal
Chevy Impala

And there's always Camcords.

Yeah for my parents. And I think you missed the no more then 6k part?

[hitbychance]

mazda 3

[simmode1]

For parents?

And there's always Camcords.

This. Can't go wrong.

[ScrapMetal]

2001-2004 Volvo S40

The good:
They're going for about $5K+/- with less than 100K miles, at least here in South Florida.
Only came in automatic.
Gets alright gas mileage, about 20 city and 30 highway.
Not too sporty
4 doors
Good looking car IMO
It's a Volvo, Volvo=safe...right?

The bad:
Replacement parts can get expensive I guess, it is Swedish.

Stay away from the 2000 and older S40s. 2001 and newer received a face lift, which looks better IMO.

[Jesda]

For parents?

Ford Five Hundred
Ford Fusion
Mercury Milan
Nissan Altima - NO 2.5
Mazda 6
Buick Regal
Chevy Impala

And there's always Camcords.

Yeah for my parents. And I think you missed the no more then 6k part?

I didnt miss it. You just arent looking hard enough.

[troskinatior]

I looked at all the cars that fit the bill that I know of and only had about 3 or 4. The reason Im posting this is to find cars that I never knew of or didnt know the price range.
And thanks scrap metal that car looks good ill look for some right now.

[Jesda]

I looked at all the cars that fit the bill that I know of and only had about 3 or 4. The reason Im posting this is to find cars that I never knew of or didnt know the price range.
And thanks scrap metal that car looks good ill look for some right now.

Get on Autotrader and do a nationwide search of cars under $6k made after 2000. Then search for the models you found on your local Craigslist.

Narrow the list a bit by limiting to typical mom cars -- SUVs and sedans.

[troskinatior]

I looked at all the cars that fit the bill that I know of and only had about 3 or 4. The reason Im posting this is to find cars that I never knew of or didnt know the price range.
And thanks scrap metal that car looks good ill look for some right now.

Get on Autotrader and do a nationwide search of cars under $6k made after 2000. Then search for the models you found on your local Craigslist.

Narrow the list a bit by limiting to typical mom cars -- SUVs and sedans.

Thats a good idea I never thought of that

[MinisterofDOOM]

Get on Autotrader and do a nationwide search of cars under $6k made after 2000. Then search for the models you found on your local Craigslist.

That's exactly what I did (well, I did 12k and and 2006) when shopping for my LS. Autotrader helped me find the common pricepoints, then I located some in Utah going for particularly low prices. Then I walked into the dealer with prices and mileages in my head. When you can tell the dealer "oh, well I can just drive a couple hours to get the price I want if you can't do it" they'll start dropping their price in a hurry.

[Kompresshun]

Aside from what Jesda already mentioned i'll throw a couple of others out there.

2000+ Infiniti I30/I35 - Can be had for $6,000 or less, mine has 134k on it and you would think it had half that. They'll run forever if you take care of them and get decent fuel mileage.
1995+ Nissan Maxima - Same as above minus the luxury
1998+ Acura 3.2TL - Personally I hate Acuras and wouldn't ever consider buying one... but my inlaws have one and they love it so I thought i'd throw it in there, other than having a couple of weird issues with the transmission it hasn't too bad.
2004 or so Mitsubishi Gallant 4cyl - My wifes uncle has one and other than the paint issues(Mitsubishi used cheap paint on some of these that oxidizes after a few years badly). I've driven it a few times and I really liked it a lot, they can be had for really reasonable prices too. I'm not normally fond of Mitsubishi's but I would make an exception for this one.

That's about all I can think of that I would consider in that price range.

[simmode1]

Thats a good idea I never thought of that

Your search skills are sub-par.

[s0m3th1ngAZ]

The Tl Type-S's are quite nice. Might be more than 6k though.
Could always get them two Miatas:P

[Jesda]

I didnt know the Diamante came with a 4-cylinder engine. Did they resolve the heater core problem?

[Kompresshun]

I didnt know the Diamante came with a 4-cylinder engine. Did they resolve the heater core problem?

I just realized I put in the wrong car name... I meant the galant. Fixed now though.

I don't know a lot about diamantes but the newer ones look like pretty nice cars but again, Its hard for me to trust mitsubishi.

[bigbadberry3]

urabuS Impreza?

[Mr1der]

an F22 powered Accord is a fine mom mobile.

[Axel Grungy]

99+ Infiniti G20's are within your price range. Most are auto, all have leather, great looking (imo),somewhat sporty/nimble, great mileage, excellent reliability, low maintenance costs. Only Con for me is that they aren't the most spacious. Definitely one of the best cars i've ever owned tho. (see sig below)