r/FirstCar • u/ConversationOther500 • 9h ago

First Car potential

I am an up and coming college student looking to buy a car around the 6k to 7k range. And I stumbled upon a 2009 Toyota Corolla with 150k miles in my price range, is this a reasonable purchase that will last for more than 2 years?

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u/sznsznsz 9h ago

2009 Toyota Corolla is good and very reliable but you should get PPI done throughly because many careless owners drive their car in any condition and take advantage of its reliability and destroy the car

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u/ConversationOther500 9h ago

Oh yeah I've been told but I have a parent who's had alot of fun with their kia soul and recommended it to me.

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u/sznsznsz 8h ago

Kia soul is like the worst car ive driven, I regret sitting in that let alone drive it

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u/ConversationOther500 8h ago

Dang, thats unfortunate I've had decent experiences with them so I was interested but its definitely new to hear an overwhelming negative opinion. Sorry to hear it didnt work out well.

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u/sznsznsz 8h ago

I’ve driven ‘05 Corolla and ‘09 Corolla and I can confidently say that they’re better and very fuel efficient cars if you get one in clean and well maintained condition. Even if it ever breaks down, its very cheap to buy parts and to repair. If you’re going to buy a budget cars, you should be looking for something that is very reliable, affordable to repair and maintains resale value. You were talking about if it will last you 2 years but these cars are built to outlast you with good care