Ive rawdogged it with my real name, and a bare email (no alias), no vpn, bone stock chrome, and they still need a video selfie from me. im not comfortable with that (though i might cave eventually, i need to look at cheap shitboxes, dont know of any oother sites like that)

thanks all

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    and what else do I use? Craigslist dead as he’ll, autotrader and the like have comparitively nice cars

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      Have you tried going to some of those lower end local used car lots? Before cl and fb we used to look through the newspaper and go to used car lots. I know you’ll pay a little more than from a private seller unless you haggle, but at least there’s a selection. No Facebook required.

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      If you’re looking for cheap cars, check if your state/city/area has a govenment auction site. In minnesota we have MNBid and you can usually pick up impounded vehicles or old govenment fleet vehicles for dirt cheap.

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        it searches what autotrader, eBay, Craigslist, and cars.com

        all those are either empty or have relatively nice car

        I want that 3k dollar civic with a mild oil leak

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          The problem is what you’re looking for is far less common than it used to be.

          The bottom has dropped out of the market. Cars under a certain value are usually scrapped and/or parted out. You will find them occasionally but it’s getting rare. In my local area I find that Craigslist has the best selection of beaters, but it’s still difficult to find anything worthwhile under $4000.

          Might be time to consider a motorcycle, scooter, or e-bike of you can make it work

          Edit: one more thing. There are ways to browse FB marketplace without an account.

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            1. absolutely want to get a motorcycle soon (I like anything that burns dino juice basically)

            and how? no account?