Help me understand the new car situation right now.

This post has been de-listed

It is no longer included in search results and normal feeds (front page, hot posts, subreddit posts, etc). It remains visible only via the author's post history.

Post Flair (click to view more posts with a particular flair)

US Sale

Post Body

I am starting a new job on Monday in Austin, Texas. I have to buy a car. I have no choice.

I have 14k to put down for the down payment and I plan on borrowing 16K more. For this price, I have narrowed it down to three cars.First choice: Mazda 3 2.5 S Preferred.

Second choice: Honda Civic EX

Third Choice: Toyota Corolla XSE.

Can I realistically expect to get either my first or second choice car for under 30K?
How much effort do I have to put into this. How many dealerships would I need to contact?
How much time would I have to wait to get a car? I will be basically taking Uber to work everyday. The sooner I buy a car the happier I will be.

Help me understand the landscape a little bit. I don't have much experience with buying/selling/maintaining cars.

Edit: Guys I can't see any of the comments. All of them are filtered out by Reddit :|

Author

User Disabled

Account Strength

Disabled 8 months ago

Account Age

2 years

Verified Email

Yes

Verified Flair

Total Karma

8,146

Link Karma

3,664

Comment Karma

4,357

Profile updated: 3 days ago

Posts updated: 11 months ago

IndianSWE

Subreddit

r/askcarsales

Post Details

We try to extract some basic information from the post title. This is not always successful or accurate, please use your best judgement and compare these values to the post title and body for confirmation.

Posted: 1 year ago
Reddit URL: View post on reddit.com
External URL: reddit.com/r/askcarsales...