Originally posted by todras:
Originally posted by irda:

dealerships inflate the price, and they always lie about history of car.
you got a loan from a credit union, so it doesn't have to go through dealer.. it could be private sale.
i searched for a focus before getting my contour, and there were a lot of cheap ones on autotrader and local papers, with low mileage. i guess the only thing you might get from slealership is warranty on the car which is nice.




I'd rather buy from a dealer. They have a reputation to up hold and aren't going to sell you something that's going to have known issues. Also if you do have an issue with the car you somewhere to bring it back to. I'm talking Ford dealerships not mom & pop places. Now having the car properly repaired thats another story.



i wouldent go that far, ricart ford is known for good deals on used cars, because they mark up the car so much to deal it down to make you feel you got a deal. any car dealership is gonna rip you in some way, new or used i def would recomend a focus since thats what ford replaced our car and the escort and zx2 with, consolidating 3 cars into one they had to make something decient.