Originally posted by sigma:
If you've got a cashflow problem why buy another car?
'Cause the Camry's like my 87 year old grandmother. She's broken her hip thirteen times and is still kicking, but if her head dropped in her oatmeal tomorrow morning, nobody would be surprised.
Driving the Bronco to and from work would be laughable - It'd cost me more in gas than I make. I didn't buy it to put a million miles on it - I bought it so I could could haul stuff in it. And so that when the Camry dies, I'll have something to tow her to her final resting place.
We've got joint custody of the Cavalier, and I wouldn't trust driving that car around the block on a sunny day.
The Mystique at this point.. Well, I have a wheelbarrow with a flat tire that'd probably be just as efficient transportation.
Hence.. If I want to ensure that I will have a cashflow, having a reliable car is obviously a necessity.
My question to you, fellow Contique owners, is this:
Is a car with 200k miles and an oil leak a more reliable car than one with 130k, that we know nothing about, other than make, model, and color? I'm just looking for an educated opinion from educated car-people. I was expecting the  but I wasn't expecting the beration.
1995 Mercury Mystique - The $280 Wondercar. Sold for $96. 
1996 Toyota Camry LE - At least it ran.
1988 Ford Bronco Custom - Chock full of get-up-and-slow.
1996 Taurus Wagon LX - In loving memory. *sniff*
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