I’m at 100K as the original owner. I plan to keep it and maintain it until it falls apart. Check my post history and you’ll find links to some Dart owners who are at 200K+ to 350K+

If you take care of this car it will be the best car. Check for recalls, research your engine. 2013 are statistically the best ones

To add to other helpful comments:

Keep up with the maintenance and you’ll have a good experience! I bought a 2013 Limited in 2016 and it will click over 150,000 miles this week. My ownership time has been great and I love the car. All electronics are working and I average 36mpg to and from work!

With the turbo, it’s very important to get your oil changed between 4,000 and 5,000 miles so keep up with that and you’ll be good!

Not at all. You did something positive joining our sub though. I've done work to mine negate it's a manual and it had previously been in an accident that the previous owner fixed. He bought the car at auction and fixed it up. Just take care of it and it'll run. Mine is going on 165,000 kms and I trust her to go as far as I need it to. I was on the highway here in Ontario for a lot of driving at speeds of 80 mph at times and she just kept moving along with no issues.

Owned my 2013 Dart since new. I love that car. Is it perfect? No but what is? I find it’s still attractive, paint has held up well. The stereo sounds fantastic. The interior is comfortable even if a bit cramped. Engine runs well and I’ve never had to baby it in the 170,000 or so Kms I’ve owned. Change the oil regularly and have had to do rear brakes and rear wheel bearings a few times. That’s about it. These cars get a bad rep by people who don’t own them.

This attitude is rooted in the relentless pursuit of celibacy. It’s like you bought dog crap but you paid extra for a vomit exterior.

Colt would’ve been a better name

At least they gave it a crosshair grill. The previous generation was a hardy rebadged Hyundai accent. I say hardly because it still had the Hyundai logo on it.

For real, the 2011-2014 chargers have been my favorite muscle cars in terms of looks, they look so good and mean

Beautiful car I have a 08 rt and it's my baby too treat her right and do t show off and you will have it forever

Agreed. I was very disappointed when they updated the grille in 2015. Looks too much like a dart for me.

The water pump was broken so I was able to get her down to 8.5k, great price for an RT and barely 100k miles in my opinion

I love the aggressive grill, I looking to get me one my self.

Congrats man, really!

Word or warning - I wouldn’t get my son at 16 a car like this . You need to be super careful, temptation will be there. Make sure you are safe, and everyone around you is safe. There’s a lame ass quote from uncle Ben (Spider-Man) but it’s true.

Im 45yrs old and love the hell out of my 2013 dodge charger rt. Still running with 133k on the engine.

1971 dodge charger super bee.

2007 Toyota Yaris

Probably could use some more details lol. Car, suv, truck. Drivetrain, Highway cruiser, off-roader.

Smart car 🚙

1953 Kaiser Dragon

I dont think they were necessarily “bad”, but we had 2 Chrysler minivans, a late 90’s Plymouth voyager and 2004 Dodge Grand Caravan that both went well into the 300k’s. I can’t remember which, but one of them literally got driven to the scrapyard a year or two after we sold it because everything except the drivetrain was failing. The other was sold and driven another 50k+🤯

I own a 2008 Dodge Caliber with 139K miles. It's still going strong. The fluids are changed regularly and we keep it maintenanced. I just replaced the entire suspension and front end on it last year and it drives like the day I pulled it off the lot. It's never given me any problems.

The takeaway is this -- typically speaking, people that buy cheap cars don't always take the best care of them. That's why you hear about them breaking down more often; their owners don't do what it takes to keep them running correctly.

A friend of mine bought a Ford Escape new in 2003 and is still driving it. And no, its not the hybrid.

Another friend bought a BMW X6 with 90,000 miles on it, and then put another 100,000 miles on it before the timing chain went. In that time, all he had to fix was the air suspension.

One of my cousins put 200,000 miles on a Subaru Outback and had no head gasket issues.

My dad bought an RR Sport new in 2014 and it gave him no trouble over his 6 years of owning it. He even took it off road a few times.

My gf's dad has a 1st gen Chevy cruze with over 400k on it, and he intends to keep it going until the wheels fall off

the dodge is great, i prefer the gt500, that thing rips too :D

I like the Toyota Sienna Hybrid.

If you're looking at something cheap, I would go with a Dodge Gran Caravan, you can find them for not to much money for late 90's to 2010's or so.

They have the best ratio of interior space, stealth and usability. Just be sure to get it checked out by a mechanic before you buy. All V6 minivans, whether it's Dodge, Toyota, Honda, etc. may have problems with the transmission. This is because manufacturers wanted to put a V6 engine into a small engine compartment so therefore had to make the transmission smaller too. This causes issues. If you just drive it like a soccer mom I really don't anticipate any problems.

honda element

Toyota sienna vans are fanatic. I have 375k miles on it and still drive it daily.

I have 151,000 miles on mine

Sweet photo!

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sameee

• 2003-2011 Ford Focus

• Anything from Scion

• Toyota Yaris

Crown Vics are cheap to own- not gas friendly lol.

Can you drive a manual? Lots of manual economy cars will be for sale cheaper than their automatic variants. Often more reliable too.

Smitty and Oddball gave good advice, I would add a late 90s Buick with the 3800 motor.

If you can only drive automatic transmission, I would look for something with the 3.8 liter v6 "3800" engine, like a Buick Regal from the early 2000's. They ain't much to look at, but if it's in decent shape they are cheap to maintain and keep on the road. Often they are "grandma cars" so they aren't beat up and can still be found with relatively low mileage sometimes.

Whatever you buy in that price range, definitely try to call up a mechanic in the area near where you are buying, and see if the seller will let you get it checked out before you buy. Paying $50 for a good inspection of the car is worth it. Cars under $4000 these days can be really junky. But there are always gems out there.

A car in that price range is likely to need some sort of repair or investment immediately or soon after you buy it. Be careful if you're spending all your money on this with nothing in reserve for after the purchase.

If you gotta move forward with the budget you've got, good luck. I've been there.