Ever bought or sold at the "Lemon Lot?"

Buying at the lemon lot goes like the pic!!

My first car, 91 Ford fiesta, was from the lot on ft hood. My father bought it in 97. I kept it until 2000. It wasn't a bad deal. If you don't know cars, or have a friend who does, I'd stay away. My old man examined about seven different cars before deciding on that one

This one didn't last long on the Lemon Lot. Drove it for little over two years in Germany and sold it for about what I paid. It would do 110 k on the Autobahn with the ski rack full of skis. I called it my "Opel Turbo Eurosport".

Absolutely.
- Sold my 94 Camarro at Ft Carson (first kid on the way)
- Sold my wife's 02 Chevy Trailblazer in Germany...worst vehicle ever. Repairs were about equal to Bluebook. Buyer listened to my list of issues, haggled a little and bought it.
- purchased my Germany hooptie. 1989 Opal.
- Sold said Opal after I bought my new Mini Cooper....and spending an entire day in the Auto craft shop to get it to pass TUV inspection.

In Okinawa they seem to just kind of get passed around. My kids still get messages asking who the lady is that is driving their car around on Kadena.

I was going to in Alaska because apparently every used Subaru on the planet ends up there. The lemon lot was comparably priced. In other words, a 4WD or AWD up in Alaska goes for 2x what they are worth in the lower 48.

Yes, I have done both... In 1981, I bought a 1978 Jeep Cherokee Golden Eagle from the Lemon Lot at Fort Wainwright, AK. I several cars there... In 1997 I also bought a 1994 Land Rover Discovery there... It was a Lemon... and I needed the CarFax....

I traded my Gremlin for a Blue Tr-7 and it had some moves but it was an electronic nightmare. One night while on leave in NY the car decided to start using the lights. The lights turned on and off, on and off and we had to pull the leads off the battery.

We went to Watkins Glen to a dealer and we saw a 12 cylinder Jaguar and there were wires everywhere! My dad said, "please don't get one of those".

buying from the lemon lot is the same as buying from a private individual because that is exactly what you are doing, only difference is they are military affiliated as to be able to get onto a military installation and use the MWR facility to advertise their vehicle. that is not to say that MWR endorses the cars, they just allow them to be parked on the "lemon lot".

CH (MAJ) William Beaver earlier in my career I thought about it once or twice but never actually buy a vehicle. I had a few friends sell theirs but none that I recall that bought from the lemon lot at places I was assigned.