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iskynebula
United States64 Posts
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micronesia
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nath
United States1788 Posts
kickass car, very sporty, and cheap as hell used. also a good car for modding if ur into that. | ||
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carpet
United States81 Posts
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unit
United States2621 Posts
nissan 240sx(for drifters), cheap, hard to find "low" mileage, but one of the best cars ever made subaru imprezza, if you can find one for the right rice this is a steal infiniti g35, very nice luxury sportscar, powerful, easy to find, no maintenance problems until very high mileage(over 150k miles at least if properly maintained (oil)) -this one is amazing ^___^ | ||
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
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iskynebula
United States64 Posts
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micronesia
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phosphorylation
United States2935 Posts
should be very reliable and quite sporty and definitely different | ||
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luminaire
United States56 Posts
I have a used 2001 toyota camry, and if you're willing to make the sacrifice of style then its def the way to go. | ||
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Terrakin
United States1440 Posts
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iskynebula
United States64 Posts
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
On May 26 2010 11:46 iskynebula wrote: I dont really care for the 300zx style and the del sol is not too bad. if i was going to get a small 2 seater than i would probably go with the mr2 as opposed to the del sol. anybody have first hand experience with mr2? Xcetron has an mr2 | ||
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PanoRaMa
United States5069 Posts
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SarcasticOne
Australia213 Posts
if you go BMW, i strongly suggest getting a 6-cylinder version and WRX = cop magnet, at least in aus I can only talk from an australian perspective but... Euro cars = expensive parts, longer wait Japanese cars = Cheaper parts, shorter wait if you want a slightly sporty, economical car, i suggest looking for a 4-cylinder turbo car =) | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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meeple
Canada10211 Posts
On May 26 2010 11:12 micronesia wrote: It's okay if you get a foreign car but I suggest against ruling out all American cars unilaterally... using that data I sent you you can tell that some domestic cars are fine with regards to reliability and obviously some others aren't. Yeah I'd have to agree with micronesia here... although there are problems with domestic cars, you'll probably find that the prices that you can get them for is much cheaper than the foreign cars. It should be fairly reliable if you do your homework too... | ||
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
On May 26 2010 12:07 SarcasticOne wrote: not sure how much they cost, but i've got a mazda 3 MPS (mazdaspeed 3 in US speak) and it's a great car =) still stock, and beats a heap of V8's from the lights, and certainly in rolling acceleration... but it's manual only.. so... yeah... if the stereotype of an american driver (cant drive a manual car) applies to you, this wont suit you at all (it's manual only...) if you go BMW, i strongly suggest getting a 6-cylinder version and WRX = cop magnet, at least in aus I can only talk from an australian perspective but... Euro cars = expensive parts, longer wait Japanese cars = Cheaper parts, shorter wait if you want a slightly sporty, economical car, i suggest looking for a 4-cylinder turbo car =) While I love the mazdaspeed 3 (have a 2008 gt), did you read the OP? That's way out of his price range! | ||
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SarcasticOne
Australia213 Posts
On May 26 2010 12:14 micronesia wrote: While I love the mazdaspeed 3 (have a 2008 gt), did you read the OP? That's way out of his price range! i did, and based on aus prices, if people are saying 04 WRX, then a 2006 mazdaspeed 3 shouldnt be too far out of range... EDIT: in aus a decent 2004-2005 WRX will set you back $20-25k and you can pick up an 06 mazda 3 MPS for about 23-24k | ||
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micronesia
United States24701 Posts
On May 26 2010 12:43 SarcasticOne wrote: i did, and based on aus prices, if people are saying 04 WRX, then a 2006 mazdaspeed 3 shouldnt be too far out of range... He said he has 6k... unless the ms3 is missing it's rear axle or something I don't see how he could get a ms3... edit: going by the price of the cars people were suggesting rather than the budget in the op isn't the best idea XD | ||
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SarcasticOne
Australia213 Posts
On May 26 2010 12:44 micronesia wrote: He said he has 6k... unless the ms3 is missing it's rear axle or something I don't see how he could get a ms3... edit: going by the price of the cars people were suggesting rather than the budget in the op isn't the best idea XD heh, ok... anyways, have done a quick search on AutoTrader.com in an attempt to save face =) my biggest concern is that most of the cars at that price range have 100,000+ miles on them... but anyways: BMW mid-late 1990's 6-cylinder 3 series, possibly a 5-series Toyota's early 2000's celica Subaru i think you'll need to settle for a non-turbocharged version of the impreza VW early 2000's golf GTi | ||
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Kralic
Canada2628 Posts
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SarcasticOne
Australia213 Posts
On May 26 2010 13:21 Kralic wrote: I wouldn't recommend an older(early 80's-95 or so) used BMW unless you know exactly what the car went through. The older ones tend to fall apart quickly if they were maintained very poorly. to quote top gear "If you only have 1500 quid to spend on your coupe, it doesnt matter what it is, buy japanese" (or something to that effect) | ||
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mahnini
United States6862 Posts
On May 26 2010 11:57 PanoRaMa wrote: Miata? this | ||
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Nitrogen
United States5345 Posts
u mentioned tacomas and im gonna say they are really reliable trucks, i've had a 99 tacoma for a while and it gets really good gas mileage (4 cyl 2.4L rwd), that i bought for $4200 with 100k miles on it, and i haven't had an real problems with it yet. i'd also looking at honda civics, they are super cheap used and get great mileage. | ||
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unit
United States2621 Posts
On May 26 2010 13:25 SarcasticOne wrote: to quote top gear "If you only have 1500 quid to spend on your coupe, it doesnt matter what it is, buy japanese" (or something to that effect) this quote is gold, although it seems to hold true with the older japanese cars, around 2000 and newer japanese cars are the same as any other car when it comes to how long they last, because now they actually have shit in them that will break ^___^ | ||
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