<prompt> Human: Im 21, still living with my parents, never had a job, very slowly getting through community collegefamily pays for the relatively small costs. The problem is I live in a sort-of rural area, so its an almost 2 hour bus ride to get to school, so Ive pretty much only have taken online classes so far. There arent very many online classes left that I need to take, so I need to get a car.I am also trying to get a job, but I have applied everywhere that is within busbike distance with no luck. So I also need a car to have a better chance of getting a job.I have read several posts in this subreddit about buying cars and such, but seem to be aimed at people with jobs getting much more expensive cars. Im more likely looking for a car under 2000, probably closer to 1000. Im trying to save upvarious online jobs, gifts, maybe selling some stuff and I think my grandparents will be willing to give me a couple hundred.My parents are very financially irresponsible and dont think its even possible for me to get a car right now, every time I bring anything up they say well talk about it later. They want me to get a job and stuff but wont help me, so Im trying to do research and find out exactly how much money I need to save up so they pretty much dont have to do anything. I have no idea how much stuff like insurance costs.How much is it going to cost to add me and my cheap car to my parents insurance? If its not way too much they would pay it for me, but thats about all the help I can except from them. They just bought a brand new 2015 Toyota Corollalike I said, theyre financially irresponsible, and have an early 2000s Chevy Prizm, I understand youngnew drivers have very high insurance rates on new cars, but does that still apply even though I wont be driving it at all, because its on the same insurance plan?Lets say I have 1000, and I find a car on craigslist for 1000. What other payments are there, tax?, registration?, etc? In California, btw So I actually need to find one for like 900 instead? Or should I consider going to a dealer getting like a 2000 car with a 1000 down payment and 20mo payments instead? If I did this, and then got a job, could I just pay off the rest all at once and save some money off the interest?Any advice is appreciated, thanks for reading.  <response>: Buying a used car requires patience. Especially marked at 1-2k. Im out in Northern California and Honda Civics well over 200k miles are still selling for 2-3k ! If youre considering a vehicle ALWAYS bring someone mechanically inclined to inspect the vehicle. You do NOT want to purchase a vehicle thinking youll be saving a lot of money because of the price tag, but within the first couple of months spend another couple thousand doing maintenancerepairs! Im not saying all cheap cars are money pitsjunk, but just be aware of that possibility. 