First Car Question

Is a 1998 Explorer 4 DR XLT 4wd a good first car, i can get it for under 1k from a family member. I CAN afford a decent corolla but would prefer to save the money. Is it safe enough? Insurenace isnt going to he expensive. I dont care mich a bout fuel because of a shorter commute.
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Just check for any serious rust. But, as said above, under $1k is silly cheap. Just don’t put much into repairs on it.
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https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2019/1998-ford-explorer-rollover.shtml#:~:text=February 17, 2019 — A 1998,the SUV rolled over twice.&text=The jury awarded Smith more,$100 million in punitive damages.
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Explorer#Rollover_and_Firestone_Tire_controversy
"240 deaths and 3,000 catastrophic injuries resulted from the combination of early generation Explorers and Firestone tires.[17] The tire tread separated and the vehicle had an unusually high rate of rollover crash as a result. Both companies' reputations were tarnished.[79] This event led to a disruption in the 90-year-old Ford/Firestone partnership.
Rollover risk is inherently higher in truck-based vehicles, like the Explorer, than in ordinary passenger cars, as modification for bulky 4-wheel-drive hardware requires increases in height to avoid compromising ground clearance (raising the center of gravity), while a short wheelbase further reduces stability.[17] The previous Bronco II had already been cited by Consumer Reports for rollover tendencies in turns.[17]....
Explorer rollover rates, at the time of the controversy, were higher than any of its competitors. While Firestone turned out millions of sub-standard and potentially defective tires, and was the initial cause of loss of control on many Ford Explorer Firestone tire tread separation rollovers, the blame shifted towards Ford for a defectively designed and unstable vehicle .[81]"
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