 Looking for some advice!
Hello all.
I've recently been in the market for a used car. I had a dodge 1998 neon but some guy in a 2008 silverado totalled it though, hence, no more neon.
So I got a settlement check for it, about 3 grand worth, and I've just been shopping around for some stuff.
I currently don't have much money to put toward that so I've just been looking. I really would LOVE to have a ford escape, and I came across one that caught my attention until I looked at the mileage.
this is a 2001 Ford Escape XLT and the mileage is about 168k, which I know is REALLY high.
The price is fairly decent though. It's at a dealership near my town, and they're asking $3450 or best offer. I would naturally offer lower because of the mileage, but I was wondering what your guys' take was on it. I've asked a mechanic what he though about about it, and he said that the Escapes don't normally need much work and even at that mileage should last me for a while. Obviously there are some here or there, but he said that he would rather see me go with an Escape before I went back to a neon.
I'm just a college student, and I don't drive vigourously everyday and I live close to my college. When I got my neon, it had about 102k on it and when it got totalled it had about 108k. I had owned it a little less than a year, so that kinda averages out to about 6k a year, give or take. So if I did get this vehicle, I wouldn't be adding much mileage to the vehicle.
So what are your opinions? If I do go for it, what should I look for in terms of a turn off?
I really really would like to have an escape, but I'm worried about the mileage.
any opinion helps! | 
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