<prompt> Human: My wife and I got married last weekend, but also had our car totaled the day before. Now that we have taken time to celebrate the marriage, we need to get on with getting a new car. We have a rental for now, and our old car is currently with the insurance agency, and we will likely hear about what they will offer to give us for the old car early next week. Our preference would be a used car thats not too old with too many miles. We bring in around 4,900 a month, and our credit scores are around 640 and 740 respectively really want to get mine higher but its kind of plateaued, so thats where Im at for this process. Between the old car and our recent wedding gifts we will likely be sitting on around 5 or 6 grand extra, though we want to set some aside for a move in the next 2 to 6 months. Does anyone have any advice? This is our first time buying a car. This weekend is the best time for us to go look at cars in person either though we dont know how much we are getting back from insurance, and we will likely have to give the rental back next week. I also have the day off tomorrow to get stuff done.  <response>: As crazy as it may sound, I let people know I was looking for a car. My car was totaled back in June. I was able to drive our beater temporarily, but needed to get myself something I could use as a daily driver.Sure enough, friend of a friend was moving overseas and looking to sell her car. She didnt want to list it and have a bunch of strangerstire kickers coming by her house and her timing was also kind of limited because she had a fixed date for leaving the country.I got a great car for a great price and she was able to sell it with a minimal amount of hassle.You never know unless you ask... :- 