u/Kirk_2002

Thinking of getting either a 2016 Prius for 14.5k dollars at 105k miles, or a Rav4 for 1k less, but 150k miles. The Rav4 has no reported damage and comes from a Toyota dealer, and the Prius has two minor damages reported, and comes from a small, but positively reviewed used car dealer. Is the Rav4 worth it despite 45k more miles? Or is the Prius better?

Looking to buy a Toyota Prius from Sunset Motors, Okatie, but need a place to do a PPI. Toyota is a bit more expensive than All-in-garage, but is the service actually good there?

Shopping around for a used vehicle, overpaying out the a** for a rental, still no luck finding a non-dud after 2 weeks, stressed out, so appologies for being snappy.

I was literally RIGHT ABOUT to go to Carmax for a vehicle, but as of twenty minutes ago, their loophole to get a PPI, the 24hr test drive, has closed. Looked into Drivetime and Carvanna, and turns out, none of the online dealers allow PPI's? Or rather, they don't allow more than 20min test drive? Why?

They DO have a return policy if an inspection goes bad AFTER buying, but for people like me on a rental, limited time to buy a vehicle, not able to wait around for a loan to be discharged or money to be returned after buying, I literally cannot trust any dealer that doesn't allow pre-purchase PPI's.

Why is that policy a thing? Every dealership I went to before (Volkswagen, Hyundai, Lexus) allowed it. How am I supposed to find a vehicle when I don't trust myself to not get screwed over by a private seller, online dealers don't allow PPI's, and every car I'm looking at has major issues? Has anyone else bought a vehicle, no PPI?

Frustrated rant, I've been stressed out for the past TWO WEEKS STRAIGHT trying and failing to find a vehicle that isn't a dud, finding bad car after bad car after bad car.

What kind of TERRIBLE business decision is it to effectively eliminate your most likely to buy a car customer base? The ones on a rental vehicle due to a totalled car? I need to be certain that I'm not buying a dud, but I can't afford a car outright so I need a loan. It takes WEEKS to discharge a loan, so if a car I buy from Carmax is a dud, then I'm out if both a personal vehicle AND a rental if it's bad, AND I gotta wait for the loan to discharge, and gotta wait for refund. Not to mention taking a ahrd credit check as well, for potentially, a fraud.

I get why they undid the 24hr test drive. People doing bad stuff to cars or stealing it. But what kind of bullshit is the "no PPI's" policy? Or even if not outright stated like that, it happens anyway due to limiting test drives to 20min. And right when I was about to go for a Carmax vehicle, too, but nevermind now!

That's not counting sales tax, which Imma have to pay at registration seperately, since it's out-of-state.

Any red flags to look for?

CORRECTION: Worth it in today's economy I mean. Literally every single car I look at that's not from a private seller within a 2-3hr drive from me is "overpriced".

My rental car ends tomorrow, and I've been spending the past 4 days endlessly searching for a non-overpriced, reliable, relatively low mileage (less than 120k miles), accident free or minor accident, non-suspicious dealer vehicle with no luck, so pretty dang stressed out rn.

There's quite a number of Carmax options, but ALL of them are overpriced. Didn't find any good vehicles at regular dealerships, and there is ONE potentially good vehicle I found locally, but it's at a small mom & pop used car dealer.

I keep asking various subreddits whether a vehicle I found is a good deal, and get disappointed when everyone says it's overpriced.

I have a budget of ~15k, due to wanting to move across the country debt free within 1-1.5 years, and having 4.4k left on a personal loan to pay off already, since Imma need to do so unemployed. I can afford ~5k loan, downpaying 9-10k. Also, gotta be an SUV.

Car totalled, so I NEED a car SOON, no option for waiting around for a good deal. This comes from Carmax with $250 shipping fee.

My other options are a local Carmax Santa Fe for 13k at 110k miles. OR risk a lemon at a used car dealer for a Tuscon for 10.4k sales price.

I can afford the loan, I just wanna be screwed the least, if that's even possible.

EDIT: I MEANT 2017. NOT 2015.

EDIT 2: Found a 2020 SEL, 95k miles for 13.6k sales price. That more worth it?

I've got a budget of 16k out-the-door, but I'd LIKE the price to be not overly above market value. Willing to drive an hour any direction, but not willing to do private seller.

The Jeep is a nice dark red vs the Nissan's blue. But the mileage.... I'm already at the upper limit of what I can afford, even before extra fees.

With all the bars that are downtown by the River, why aren't there busses still running from downtown after 8pm? Having that would bring in loads of business from locals, having the ability to get home from the bar at night without paying upsurd Uber prices, wouldn't it?

I've taken a bus down TO downtown just fine to drink for dinner, but then when I go back to the bus station, even when Google says there's still a bus available, there isn't? Happened a couple times and I've had to get an Uber instead.

For a city calling itself the "Hostess City" priding itself on nightlife, how is there not a functional nighttime public transit system?

It's completely my fault, and I accept responsibility for any fines due to my mistake. It was an inattentive ADHD fuck up, non-malicous, my brain simply misinterpreted visual info and did the wrong thing. I just don't really wanna be sued for everything I'm worth and go broke if at all possible.

What'll happen at Recorder's Court? Kinda freaking out cuz I've never gone to court, or been the cause of an accident before. Am I gonna end up in jail, or end up with tens of thousands of dollars in fees, which I can't afford THAT much to pay? It was an honest mistake, and I checked out the other person to make sure they're alright. They weren't bleeding or anything, so I don't think they were too physically hurt, just in shock. She did wanna go to the hospital though to get checked out just in case, whereas I declined cuz I felt fine, just a little grazed from the airbag, and feeling so incredibly guilty over what I did, and being so freakin' stupid to somehow not notice oncoming traffic when I turned.

Do I need to hire a lawyer?

I have inattentive ADHD and my attention slipped big time while I was driving, and somehow some neurons got crossed up or something, and I thought I was in the left turn lane when I was in the left go straight lane, saw green, didn't notice other cars going, and turned left into oncoming traffic, totalling both mine, and another lady's cars. How the hell that even happens, I don't know. I'm usually a good driver, surprisingly enough for ADHDers, but this time... my brain neurons crossed up???

It's all my fucking fault it happened. The other lady went to the hospital, I'm not sure what was going on or why she felt she needed to go, but she was freaking out, and I was momentarily confused, trying to figure out what happened, and if she was okay since I felt fine. I hope she is, and it was just shock. I didn't see any bleeding or anything on her. Me, I'm... physically okay. Just a couple minor grazes that are bleeding, and crooked glasses now. Thumb feels slow, similar to a toe after being stubbed.

Anyway, both cars are totalled, and upon review of camera footage by the cops, I'm definitely at fault, and feel so incredibly guilty over it. Why? Why does my ADHD fuck up so much shit in my life? From numerous minor mistakes at work that I can thankfully hide or fix myself with no quality affected, the task just takes me a bit longer cuz of it. To more than one major inattentive mistake at work, thankfully only a few, and they're far apart. To now this major fuck up. I don't ever INTENTIONALLY screw something up, it just HAPPENS, and I HATE IT. I HATE IT SO, SO MUCH. Someone may have just gotten hurt because of my inattentive ass, dammit. Not only that, but it slipped my mind to get her contact info while I was tryna check up on her. Why? It's not fair, for me, or the other party.

I recently stumbled upon r/SDAM , and found myself identifying very strongly with that, and upon attempting to remember an event that was a load of fun I did and is a highlight of the funnest two weeks I had in my life (a concert in Japan, during a 2 week trip to Japan) that I realized I SHOULD be able to remember clearly, since the event was definitely not lacking in dopamine, stimulation, AND I was taking meds then, but... I still can't remember it, and retell it as "story like" as many people do in conversation? I just remember it as "I went to concert. Concert was fun. I loved it." and can only vaguely remember the details of the environment itself without looking at a picture.

Is that common for ADHD? I'm concerned it may not be ADHD, rather, SDAM instead, because all the symptoms check out, minus Aphantasia, which I don't have. I basically don't have many memories at all prior to age TWENTY. When I finally got a job and my own car, and was able to go do fun stuff on my own, rather than rely on mom and dad, whom basically almost never took me anywhere.

As for those "memories" I've recently come to realize, that I'm not SUPPOSED to remember them as just facts? Rather, a "normal person" would remember it more clearly and be an interesting person to talk to, due to an abundance of interesting conversation topics? What's even the point of me going out and doing stuff, if I'm not gonna ever be able to remember it clearly?

Also, I don't have Aphantasia, rather the opposite. I'm able to picture the apple, rotate it, spin it around, spin it around wildly flying through the air, spin it around wildly flying through the air while Freebird plays in the background (fun mental image). Which lends itself to me being able to imagine what a place I went to may have looked like, but it's not accurate. The emotions of an event still presents itself as a fact, not fully recalled. Anything said by anyone, is outright not remembered period. The concert's music isn't there. Only a vague reconstruction of the setting itself.

Do I have SDAM?

I'm 24 and wanna move from Savannah, GA to Chicago AND become an electrician. I've heard that local 134 is one of the most competitive locals in the nation, and do not fancy my chances at success without prior experience, a degree, or military experience.

A job opportunity I may have down here though, is working as an Apprentice Avionics Installer. They do electrical work on aircraft, so not the exact same, but I'd imagine it's better experience than being a Chemical Plant Operator.

But would it really give me an EDGE in my future 134 application, over other people? In addition to taking the jumpstart program, and studying hard for the test.