so i may be buying my first car

I work in a retirement home as a waiter, and one of the residents who lives there is selling her car for 500 dollars. Now i know the first thought is probably that its a piece of sh!t and ya in my opinion i totally agree. But it only has 77,000 miles, the owner is old and MOST old people can maintain there things, and i mean its a CAR it obviously beats walking anywhere by a longshot. The main goal is to get from point a to be point b (of course w/o any mishaps). Anyway, the car is a 1989 Chevy Celebrity, ya its old but i can deal. It's blue and for 500 bucks i'm not complaining, at all. I still have to check up on it for any prior accidents, and all that stuff. But i'm really considering it. So what do you all think? Here are some pictures of the actual car, unfortunately i didnt take any side shots because i was in a rush but you can pretty much get a pretty good idea of what kind of car we're talking about:

Nahh don't do it. I own this car and I bought for $300. Its a rip off and take that llama thing off of your name

If you can't afford a better car then buy it. Private_Adam

Just because you buy a car for cheap doesn't mean you can't afford a better one. My buddy could of gotten a better car but he found a crazy deal for a Mustang for only $3000.

I will never touch a GM car again as long as I live.

2001 Buick lesabre

-failed front ABS brake sensor 50,000 mi (resulted in random no brake sessions, no crashes thank god)

-failed transmission 60,000 m

-all 4 window motors gone 70,000 mi

1998 Chevy tahoe

-Needed to replace AC unit at 90,000

1996 Murcery Grand Marquis

-250,000 no problems

2001 Mercury Grand Marquis

-180,000 no problems

1998 Toyota Pickup

-160-190k replaced altenator once and starter a few times, now has 210k and runs great

2005 honda civc EX

-60,000 no problems

All of the vehicles my family have owned have been maintained entirely by me or my father but that damn Buick is the worst vehicle I have ever encountered. Your car is probably fine I wouldn't touch it because of my bias.

EDIT: GameSpot, ditch the WYSIWYG or make it function like a...WYSIWYG

Looks too good to be true.

I would rather you buy a Japanese or European car.

Why don't your parents just buy you a brand new car? Or at least a newer used model...MGSFan92

Not everyone can be so fortunate

Why don't your parents just buy you a brand new car? Or at least a newer used model...MGSFan92

some parents don't buy their kids everything. I had to buy my own car, and I'm glad I did. It made me feel more "grown up" at the time. Everyone else i knew had better cars than me, but mommy & daddy bought it for them.