Why so hard to find a vehicle?

I was (kind of) in the same boat last year, but I was looking for more of a project. project cars didn't get hit as hard by cash for clunkers, since the age and condition I was looking for had not been tagged and insured, but it did drive the prices up. It took about 6 months longer than I expected, but, yeah, Craigslist came through for me.

Like you said, don't jump in the first one, but you'd better jump on the first GOOD one, cause lots of other folks are looking for the same deals!

Good Luck!