Hi Scotty and also to everyone here in the forums,
If you could still remember in December of 2018, I was the one who asked you about your thoughts regarding to owning and keeping a Golf GTI for a long time. You slammed that idea and suggested me to go for a Subaru BRZ instead. Hahaha. You made it a thumbnail topic of the video you uploaded the following day. That made my year.
I am a nurse in the Philippines and during at that time I was asking for a sign to help me choose which country to migrate to. My choices were the US, which is very strict and could take years to me to realize my dreams or the UK which is the shortest route in making big bucks. I really wanted to go to the US but the length of processing documents was a big turn off.
One night a notification popped up in my phone and caught my eye. It showed that you were live in YouTube answering questions. I immediately told myself if Scotty sees and answer my question I'm going for the US. And you did. I am always grateful for that day.
After almost 2 years of processing, I'm in the final stages of acquiring a green card and I want to ask you if what would be the best first car for an immigrant? The hospital that sponsored my migration offers $24K car loan, because owning a car in the US is a necessity.
I hope you'll be able to read this, stay healthy and safe. And continue to make people happy and smile always.
Sincerely,
John Neil
PS. Here's the link for that video.
Easy one! Find a $24k Camry you like ; )
You can't go wrong with a Mazda Miata, they're extremely reliable and fun.
Camry, but avoid 2006 – 2011 model year vehicles equipped with the 2AZ-FE engine. If you don't know if it is that engine, dont buy. A friend of mine in her 60s who babies her car had one of those that started burning oil. She had never abused it, and Toyota wouldnt cooperate with fixing it.
Seeing as you have 24k to play with, a newer camry might just be the right choice.
And an early welcome to the USA! I hope your career goes well!
Hi Scotty and hello to everyone in the forums!
I made it! I'm finally here in the US! Never knew car buying here would be such hassle.
Back home msrp means OTD. Lol. So I've been having trouble of getting a reasonable price based car because dealership won't budge because of the "chip shortage".
look at used Corolla/Camry's that are 1 or 2 yrs old on autotrader/craiglist etc.
