[mudman]

I don't watch the 'corolla type' market much but I would initially agree with the above sentiment.

If she is looking at private sales DO NOT, I repeat DO NOT let her look at any cars in Dearborn or Dearborn Heights. They are all (well, all the ones that look like even a decent deal) repaired garbage.

I spent an entire day looking at nothing but non-American cars in that area, all private sales, all quick repair jobs, all lame ass 'my cousin sold it to me a month ago, I don't really know anything about it' and 'it is my friend's car but he moved and asked me to sell it for him. Insanely bad alignments (panel fit and suspension), patched together interiors (panels/trim didn't fit right/oddly faded/didn't quite match), and leaky heater cores.