We bought a 2002 Kia Sedona mini van
We found this mini van on craiglist.com, it’s a site just like Ebay, but it’s FREE to list items for sale and to search the site. The seller lives at Oak Park near Chicago about 50 miles from where we live. We drove down there to view last Wed and were happy with what we saw. So, we made arragnement tor the mechanic to do an inspection to make sure there is no evident problem with the car. After T signed the papers and paid the seller with a cashier check. I drove the Toyota Camry and T drove this baby home!
Since it’s a bigger car that runs at 18 MPG (miles per gallon) or 7-8 km per liter, its oil consumption is not that fantastic. We know Kia is not known for good mileage with gas. But, we aren’t willing to pay double or triple for a Honda, Nissan or Toyota of similar age! Gasoline is at about $2.50 per gallon right now, we plan to use it mainly for hauling goods to flea markets and for me to run around town. We will still be using the Toyota Camry as our main car for commuting and going out of town.
Used cars are rather inexpensive here in America, we paid $3K+ for this 7 years old mini van with 80k mileage. The previous owner is a woman who lives across the street from where she works and her children’ school. It’s their second family car. She is selling this to get a smaller car with better gas mileage as her children are grown up and she no longer needs a mini van to drive them to school.
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