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While my future car and van purchases didn’t hit this level of drama, each time, I continued to learn some painful/embarrassing/annoying lessons the hard way – including when I bought my RAM Promaster’s on Christmas Eve 2019. The bottom line? During the year I owned The Crab, I spent way more than the $500.00 purchase price for tires and repairs before it finally bit the dust for good, and I had it towed away as the junk it was. If we meet up in real life, be sure to ask me about them. The many adventures of The Crab are best told around a campfire. Oh yeah, that car was so Caddywhompus it wore out new tires in under 3 months. It all worked out - eventually - and now it’s a funny story about my year of driving a car nicknamed “The Crab” because it was red and so bent you could watch my side profile as I guzzled a drink – when you were following from BEHIND. Eventually, I got a new title, but it was a lot of work, especially pre-internet, to solve that fiasco. It seems they had so many outstanding parking tickets (this was Chicago and street parking guaranteed tickets) it wasn’t worth clearing them so they could transfer the title of this loser car. Nope, the sellers kept promising me the title but never delivered. I poured hundreds of dollars I didn’t have into never-ending repairs during the year I owned that car – and I didn’t even have the title. In return, I ended up with a (very cute indeed) red Couger with a bent frame. I handed over what at the time was my entire $500.00 savings to a complete scumbag scammer. It was the very definition of learning the hard way. Oh my, that first car purchase four decades ago was a learning experience.

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I’m now 60 years old, 40 years down the road from my first – disastrous – car purchase, and I still hate the process – but I now know how to do it with confidence. Most women don’t feel confident buying a used vehicle, including me, and I’ve bought a few over my lifetime. “I’m afraid of getting scammed what is the best way to protect myself? “I’m not mechanical is there a way I can be sure there isn’t something wrong – something I can’t afford to fix?” And now you’re going to spend a big chunk of those savings – and the worry kicks in. It feels incredible to see all that money sitting there in your account.

You save and save, and when you finally see that positive bank balance – it’s comforting. And that may feel intimidating.īuying a vehicle, any vehicle, is intimidating to most women. Oh, the life.īefore you uplift your van, you have to buy the van. Maybe your best dog friend is cuddled up next to you, sighing with contentment. There’s even a rainbow arching across the snow-peaked range and rays of sunlight sparkling in the crisp autumn air. Your hands are being warmed by a steaming cup of coffee, and you’re breathing its fresh-brewed aroma mixed with the light scent of dew on mountain meadow flowers.

#Are used rental passenger vans a good deal windows#

You imagine yourself sprawled across your comfy bohemian van bed, looking out the back windows at an expansive mountain view. You’ve devoured endless YouTube videos, stalked van-lifers online, and KNOW the open road is for you. You’ve been dreaming forever (it seems) about buying a used van and outfitting it for your grand adventure. Checklists and budgeting tools are included. Inside: Comprehensive budgeting, planning, and shopping guide for buying a used van with confidence, avoiding scams and regrettable surprises.