You might ask what this is, now. Well, as you know I got the Coop position last week. Nevertheless, my coop company is 35 miles away from Boston, and I need to buy a car (no public transportation operates to this place). I did not know how difficult is to search for the car when you have limited funds and so many things to take in consideration. Every person that sells the cars, describes the car with attributes like 'runs great', 'mint body', and 'like new'. However, these cars, cars that I can afford, are 12-15 years old, with >100,000 miles on engine, and bunch of other stuff, so you know those attributes cannot be true.

I created a list of 10-12 cars with decent description and price. Now, the other problem is that these cars are located all over Massachusetts. I need to create a plan in order to check them all out in one day, with the least time and fuel consumption for my friend that will take me there. Ok, so you think that is not that hard, but wait, that is not all.

After buying a car (with a million prayers that it will not break during next year), you need to register it in DMV. That requires additional costs for registration, title transfer, inspection, sales tax and of course insurance. I am an international student, and even though I have a driver's license for 12 years now, out of those 12 years, only 1 year is here in Massachusetts. I needed to check the insurance quotes in order to see if I can afford all that. Couple of days ago, I did an online estimate for insurance for the best type of car that I could get for the money I have. Yesterday, I got a call from insurance agent and the information I received was very encouraging. I guess that they accounted those 12 years of owning a driver's license.

Ok, so costs are calculated and I know what my upper limit is. But, when I presented my list of 12 cars to a friend of mine that is good with cars, my choice got cut to 5-6 cars. RWD means rear-wheel drive. RWD means that I would be all over the road when the first snow hits Boston. So, that one is off. AWD means all-wheel drive. This is the best option for winter, but that is the option I cannot afford. The last and actually the only option I can afford and would be good for me is FWD. Of course, now you've guessed, front-wheel drive.

Now, that you've read all the problems I am encountering, please, wish me luck. I will, of course, let you know about the outcome of my adventure.