# Best place in the US to buy a used car? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [May 18, 2011, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272 "2011-05-18T01:27:58Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 6\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Zsofia](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/7bcc69/32.png) [@Zsofia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Zsofia)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/21 "2011-05-18T19:28:28Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > There is no such thing as “salt air”! Where do you guys get this idea from? > > Unless you live on the beach and actually take your car driving through the surf, you are not going to get any salt on your vehicle, from the ‘air’ or otherwise. This is a myth boardering on an old wives tale, that there exists a zone around coastal areas where the “salt air” corrodes cars. > > Now, salt is added to roadways in some areas of the country, but that is a completely different issue. > > Salt Air. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: Then what was that gross film on my windshield every time I went down to my parents’ beach house? I definitely didn’t drive on the beach. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2011, 10:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/22 "2011-05-18T22:37:22Z")
> [@Dallas\_Jones](#): > > There is no such thing as “salt air”! Where do you guys get this idea from? > > Unless you live on the beach and actually take your car driving through the surf, you are not going to get any salt on your vehicle, from the ‘air’ or otherwise. This is a myth boardering on an old wives tale, that there exists a zone around coastal areas where the “salt air” corrodes cars. > > Now, salt is added to roadways in some areas of the country, but that is a completely different issue. > > Salt Air. :rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes: To be technical, it’s not “salt air” because it’s really just tiny particles of salt suspended in the air. I’m sure that’s what you meant to say, right? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 12:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/23 "2011-05-19T00:48:06Z")
And I can give it to you with a heck of a sealant, this Tru-Coat stuff, it’ll keep the salt off. ---
**Author:** ![Dallas\_Jones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dallas_jones/32/3277_2.png) [@Dallas\_Jones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dallas_Jones)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 4:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/24 "2011-05-19T04:11:32Z")
> [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](#): > > To be technical, it’s not “salt air” because it’s really just tiny particles of salt suspended in the air. I’m sure that’s what you meant to say, right? :dubious: Yeah, that’s what I meant. Salt Air, just like the air over Boulder, Colorado. > [@](#): > > Now, in a surprise, researchers have found that this chemistry thought to be restricted to sea spray occurs at similar rates in air above Boulder, Colo., nearly 900 miles away from any ocean. > **[Smell of salt air surprisingly detected a mile high and 900 miles inland](http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2010/03/100310134150.htm)** > > In a surprise with implications for air quality, researchers have found that chemistry involving airborne chloride, thought to be restricted to sea spray, occurs at similar rates in air above Boulder, Colo., nearly 900 miles away from any ocean. ---
**Author:** ![Nunavut\_Boy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/e95f7d/32.png) [@Nunavut\_Boy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nunavut_Boy)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/25 "2011-05-19T14:23:20Z")
> [@Throatwarbler\_Mangrove](#): > > For a car like the Challenger, Southern California or Florida would be the place with the most number of them, since there are larger populations of elderly baby boomers who tend to buy them. Importing it to Canada is fine - Go to riv.ca. You saying a Challenger is an old man car? 😉 Anyways, thanks everyone for your input. I will definitely check out Dave Smith’s Dodge when it gets closer to buying time. Ebay seems to have some decent prices as well. ---
**Author:** ![elmwood](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmwood/32/3060_2.png) [@elmwood](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elmwood)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2011, 2:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272/26 "2011-05-19T14:25:50Z")
If you want to stick closer to the border, consider that used car prices in Ohio and Pennsylvania are usually much lower than those in upstate or western New York. A lot of Canadians buy used cars in the Buffalo area, but prices tend to be much higher than surrounding regions, partly because of the cross-border shoppers. Rust isn’t that much of a problem on most cars anymore. The days of used car dealers specializing in “southern cars” or “Florida cars” are mostly past, although there’s still a few scattered around here and there. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/best-place-in-the-us-to-buy-a-used-car/582272.md?page=1)