I just bought a 2002 dodge stratus 4 door with 147000 miles, car runs almost perfect has brand new tires, new fuel pump which the guy said cost him $800 to install has the 2.7L motor i told told it is called a 2.7L Magnum please correct me if i'm wrong the only thing i found wrong with it is a dent on the front bumper and a dent on the drivers side rear panel nothing to serious interior is spotless and still smells new, i got it off a collage professor whose wife told him it was taking up to much room in the driveway and to get rid of it he put it on craigslist and 30 mins later i was handing him $700 cash Please tell me i got a good deal. I am very happy with this deal, i will include pics in my profile. Tell me what you think.

 

any car for that cheap is a good deal. lets see in 2 years if your still driving it with little or no work done to it then you got a GREAT DEAL

 

Welcome to the site. I will move this thread to the Stratus section,
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Sounds like a good deal to me Any 100% functioning car for less than 1,200 I would consider a find.

I bought my '00 about 2 years ago with 140,000mi for $1200. I figured if I could get a decent year out of it, with the intent of beating it within an inch of death (Pizza Delivery Vehicle) than it would owe me nothing. Well, I don't deliver pizza with it anymore, but it's still getting me to and from my day job. I now have 175,000mi and running strong, aiming for 200k

Work done:
TCM gasket - 1hr labor, $20 part.
Valve Cover gaskets - 3hr labor, $15
Alignment - $45
Tires, 4 all season, 2 snow - total $400

So, less than $500 parts/labor. 1,700 total cost (not include gas/oil change) over 2 years... Yeah, still a lot less than even most used car payments

 

Sounds like a good deal since it was probably the first or second owner of the car. On used cars with that kind of mileage it realy depends what kind of luck you have. I bought my wife a car few years ago. There was few minor problems with the car like peeling paint, small oil leak. When I got it home I found all the maintenance records in the glove box and realized that all maintenance was up to date. She already put 80k on it with with no major repairs except for the timing belt, brake pads, oil pan gasket, plugs, etc. The wife is still driving it every day.

Hopefully you will get at least 80k out of this deal.

 

That's an awesome deal if you ask me! My R/T I paid less then 5,000 bc the guy was having trouble selling a stick... I thought that was a deal! congrats!!

 

UPDATE UPDATE owned for 4 months now still running great replaced front brake pads has 151XXX miles now still the best investment yet..

 

keep on driving dude that is great news glad that car is still going strong.
Brakes is not that big of a deal.

 

that's good news.

 

Thats a great deal,I paid $2500 for my 02 stratus sedan 2.7L with only 59K miles on it,Bought it from an elderly lady she was the only owner.I love my strat