Is there any reason I shouldn’t take this car?

[Anonymous]

A little background -

We have 2 young kids in car seats. We currently have a 2013 Camry and my beater 2003 Honda from my college days (Rhonda will live forever).
We’re current in the process of buying a house and had planned to wait a couple years to upgrade my car.

My sister is buying a car from my grandpa (he can no longer drive) and is offering to sell us her 2013 Ford Edge for $1500. It has 160,000 miles on it, no big known issues.

Is there any reason why I shouldn’t do this? Anything specific we should do before buying it from her? I know very little about cars so any advice is appreciated. Thank you!

[Anonymous]

That seems like a lot of miles for a Ford and the second anything goes wrong with it, and it will, you’ll blame her.

[Anonymous]

Take it to Carmax for a free appraisal. That will let you know if it is a good deal. How many miles on the Honda? If it is not many you are basically guessing which one will die first.

[Anonymous]

That ford won’t last long, but $1500 is a throw away price. If something happens, trash it. Keep the Honda.

[Anonymous]

160,000 on that car? No. Not even if they gave it to me. You’re in much better shape with the two you have now.

[Anonymous]

If it starts and runs without obvious signs of a problem, it is worth $1500. Expect to do some maintenance and replace it when there is an need for expensive repair.