hey friends, i had recently posted a thread looking for a roommate but no one responded..i know the main reason is that i didnt have a car...and who would give someone a ride for 2 weeks..so i have been saving to buy a used car..i've saved $2000...so..i was wondering if i would be able to find a used car for $2500...then again i think i need around $300 for registration and stuff or may be not? i live in Houston...friends with experience...share your experience and suggestions...thank you!

Once we buy a used car we have to set aside for maintenance , and it is a big decision. If you go to dealer they will sell you jack up priced car, not always sure that the dealer sold car are better than the car bought from a person. It depends how and who drove the car, routine maintenance is done or not decides the life span of the car. If you buy a car from a good neighborhood, may assume they had maintained better.
Craigslist may be dangerous but you need to be careful, I mean never take cash and go to their place rather ask to come to a public place, have a company who knows about car and two opinions are better than one. Ask for VIN number and have a VIN check once you liked the car. It is not that hard to replace odometer with lower one. Check locally if they will help pre-buying inspection, may charge up to hour and plus but it may be worth it.
If you know how to drive a standard car, you may find decent car if you a time to shop around. Good luck.

Once we buy a used car we have to set aside for maintenance , and it is a big decision. If you go to dealer they will sell you jack up priced car, not always sure that the dealer sold car are better than the car bought from a person. It depends how and who drove the car, routine maintenance is done or not decides the life span of the car. If you buy a car from a good neighborhood, may assume they had maintained better.
Craigslist may be dangerous but you need to be careful, I mean never take cash and go to their place rather ask to come to a public place, have a company who knows about car and two opinions are better than one. Ask for VIN number and have a VIN check once you liked the car. It is not that hard to replace odometer with lower one. Check locally if they will help pre-buying inspection, may charge up to hour and plus but it may be worth it.
If you know how to drive a standard car, you may find decent car if you a time to shop around. Good luck.

Sorry, looks I hit many times.

 hey mate, thanks for your suggestion...im thinking of taking the car to a mechanic and have it checked...but again that will cost me around $100 as i heard..and if they find some problem..then again that $100 is gone....budget tight cha bro...last ma sabai kuro paisai ma aaera adkido raecha...

Find a friend who has a friend who is a mechanic who will check the car for free. :P

Internalconflict,
 It depends on which place u choose to check your car. If u go to dealer like if u are buyin Honda and go to honda dealer for checkin obviously they will show u bunch of problems and they charge around $100 just for checking. I prefer u to go to some local mechanics they do normal checkup for around 20, 30 dollars .

ha ha bro internalconflict...u think too much....2500 ko car ma risk ta huncha nai...job gardai raichau ta....tell ur owner to loan u some money