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2008 Chevy Aveo (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Good afternoon /c/cars.

I'm looking to get my first car and I want to get some opinions. I'm thinking of buying a 2008 Chevy Aveo with safety certificate and the price is $2500 CAD. I'm interested to see what you all have to say about this particular vehicle, if you have any personal experience with it or any gripes.

Any help is appreciated

Thank you

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 weeks ago

Skip that thing. There's a reason why you don't see many on the road anymore and it's because they were all junked and crushed long ago.

Unless you have the skills to do major repairs yourself, buying the cheapest car you can find is a mistake that will cost you many times more than if you'd just bought a more expensive car to begin with. Imagine dropping $2500 on this car and then the transmission goes out and a shop wants $5k to replace it. You're either spending $7500 on the Aveo or losing your $2500 and putting yourself right back in the situation you're in now but $2500 poorer.

I don't know shop rates in Canada, but in the US you'll easily be spending $150/hr for labor plus parts so even small repairs can balloon out of control if you can't do them yourself. I was quoted $800 to replace a fuel pump in an Explorer probably 10 years ago now even though it's fairly simple to do (I just didn't have the proper jack to drop the fuel tank but just bought one and did it myself while still saving $600. 10 years later, that quoted price is probably double now.