There’s a used, retired 2017 V8 AWD police charger with only 46k miles on it near me for 24k. It’s priced above average and I’m confident I can get it for 20k.
The exterior and interior practically look brand new. I’m specifically in the market for an AWD V8 car or hatchback of some sort, and this one checks all my boxes and I’m currently trying to get into shape to try to become a law enforcement officer. What should I do?
Can I play the Devil's Advocate here & say...you're looking at buying a recent Fiat/Chrysler & now /Peugeot car? With Scotty raving mad about their lack of quality to begin with AND being a retired police car that normally sits idling for long periods...I'd require (& that's a HARD require!) a good mechanic check it from top to bottom, inside-out & twice over the mechanical portion through a visual inspection as well as through the OBD-II port.
That's a TON of money for a car that's normally driven like there's no tomorrow (police chases, anyone??) & idling for long periods...ehhhh...pay a mechanic. For your sake! A $100 (or around there) mistake is better than a $20,000 mistake!
I'd ask for WAAaaay less than 24 because of what I said above!
That’s fair I guess. The only other car I really want is the new 2021 Mazda 3 2.5 turbo. But 36k.... Meh
No, don't waste your money. Like rental cars and taxis, police cars live a hard life. The reason police cars get retired is because they are ready to fall apart. You don't want to get stuck with that car.
But it only has 46k miles. Compared to all the others listed that have hundreds of thousands lol
They also want 24k for it. If it were me I wouldn't touch it.
Don't do it. They are junk cars to begin with and it was a police vehicle. That is a double whammy.
You can have a good I dependent mechanic check it out and tell you what issues there are.The biggest problem I see is the price. You can get a nice civilian model for that. I know a dealer here that just sold a 2014 Charger Hemi Interceptor with 60k miles for $10k, and it took him a while to do it. It was clean and had never seen patrol, so no holes drilled or anything. They just don't bring much money.
It's cool that you want to be an officer. I worked corrections one point in my life and my younger brother is an active duty Sheriff's deputy. Trust me, you get through the academy and you'll be spending so much time in those cars you won't want one for your own.
Car prices near me have been pretty stupid recently, and so far the only cheap relatively nice cars are a 96 corvette with 80k miles on it for 10k, and a bunch of Mazda RX-8s. But we all know that the RX8 is kinda bad lol
Truth be told there’s a car that came out this year that I want but the price is stupid imo. The Mazda 3 2.5 turbo.
Yeah man prices are crazy.
Honestly I wouldn’t touch it, typically the police department do take care of their cars but it’s fishy to me that they would just disown a car that early there has to be something very wrong with it most departments decommission there cruisers at 100k miles, walk away dude and it’s way overpriced
So for the charger? How would I get for those issues by myself? Or where could I take it to let someone look at it for those things specifically?
To be honest, I don’t recommend the Dodge, especially if you plan to hold onto it for a while and put lots of mileage on it. The rest of the vehicle is FCA quality and there is propensity for electrical issues as it ages.