Would there be any substantial benefit to buying a car for extremely cheap? - eviltoast

cross-posted from: https://lemmy.ml/post/241572

The going rate at used car dealerships is 5000 and a friend of a friend has a car in reasonable condition for 1000. I doubt I could find the 1000 offer later on.

For reference a like ebike costs like 2000 without shipping and nobody sells them in my region.

I initially needed a car to get to a job that I don’t have anymore. But maybe it’ll be useful if I pick up a job outside the city again?

Also, maybe I could flip the car? since I need the money since i’m having job trouble atm.

Part 1 of this post if you’re interested.