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Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - meford4u - 06-24-2005 SangriaRedZX5,Jun 23 2005, 11:54 PM Wrote:Aka,Jun 23 2005, 05:49 PM Wrote:lease? Ok this gave it all away for you. Notice the "we" gentlemen. Aka fuktards? She has a significant other. Also, at $100 a month for insurance, I guarantee she is over the age of 25. Sorry dear. Your probably closer to the old man status i am at then these "gentlemen" want to believe Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 06-24-2005 Didn't notice the 'we', no. Also, her profile says she's like 19 or something, but $100/month, secondary driver perhaps? cuz I pay that currently as a secondary driver. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - SangriaRedZX5 - 06-24-2005 Aka,Jun 23 2005, 08:56 PM Wrote:Oh yeah, I also heard that you have to pay GST even on used cars and private sales now. This true? cuz that sucks... Yeah, you do have to pay GST! That is the Canadian ways... and I'm 18 years old. Good promotion, but not for everyone :/ Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-06-2005 How reliable are Ford Probes/Mazda MX6s? (I believe they're more or less the same car?) And how much do you figure insurance would be on one. I was thinking of getting one of the V6 ones, though I was sorta disapointed that they only had 165 hp or something. That would need to be upped a touch :D Anyway... So far it's something like this Mazda MX6 Ford Probe VW Golf/GTI Chevy Cavalier Honda Civic Hatchback Mazda MX3 (V6 if I can) Saturn SC2 (low on the list) VW Jetta VW Corrado Nissan 240SX?ZX? I don't think many/any of those really meet the requirements I asked above, but they seem to be the only cars I can get with decient km for around $5000. Anyway... I'm still looking, I figure I'll buy end of August now. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - scoobasteve - 07-06-2005 So far it's something like this Mazda MX6 :( Ford Probe :( Never liked those 2.5's VW Golf/GTI - Expensive to repair Chevy Cavalier - newer ones are cheap... decent for a commuter car Honda Civic Hatchback - Cheap parts :D Mazda MX3 (V6 if I can) :angry: :angry: :( nobody should make a 1.8 v6 Saturn SC2 (low on the list) VW Jetta - what year? VW Corrado - G60? Nissan 240SX?ZX? Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-06-2005 yeah that's sorta how I look at my list too... lol Mazda MX6 - why? what's wrong with it? I thought it was a decent car Ford Probe - Never liked those 2.5's - I was hoping it'd be like a 3, but yeah, I dunno VW Golf/GTI - Expensive to repair - yeah... but I thought they lasted a while Chevy Cavalier - newer ones are cheap... decent for a commuter car - Yeah, cheap and easy to find, but I don't really like them Honda Civic Hatchback - Cheap parts - I'd get one, but I'd hate feeling like a ricer everytime I decided to add something to my car Mazda MX3 (V6 if I can) - nobody should make a 1.8 v6 - ouch, I didn't know they were 1.8 V6s... Saturn SC2 (low on the list) VW Jetta - what year? - Not sure, mid 90s probably, I didn't like the look of the early 90s late 80s... my Dad had a TDI VW Corrado - G60? - I dunno, that's more or less all I saw on Autotrader, so I guess. Is that the supercharged one? Nissan 240SX?ZX? I can find stuff like, 1986 RX-7 with 5.7L V8 in them and stuff too lol... Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - scoobasteve - 07-06-2005 MX6.. decent car sometimes. but if you get a bad one... EVERYTHING GOES WRONG!!!! not to mention early mazda parts were a fortune! Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-06-2005 scoobasteve,Jul 5 2005, 02:53 PM Wrote:MX6.. decent car sometimes. but if you get a bad one... EVERYTHING GOES WRONG!!!!were? are they still a fortune now? how much of everything? I can't imagine EVERYTHING, because then you'd be better off buying a new car or something, but I still see them around... Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-07-2005 What about Ford Contour SVTs? from what google tells me they have 200 hp 274 ft-lbs 5-speed how would they hold up? I imagine insurance would be a bit high. Edit: the one I saw on autotrader was a '98 Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - scoobasteve - 07-08-2005 pfffft. its still the same 2.5V6. decent motor.. real numbers are 200hp 175ftlb i believe. ford wishes it could make 275ftlb out of their v6's contour svt's are awesome. just be glad it isnt the VULCAN 3.0 in there. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-08-2005 yeah I thought the numbers were off, I couldn't find many sites that matched anything. One would say this, another that. But the prospect of being able to afford a car with that kind of power made me overlook that I guess. Contour SVT could be a good car. Alright, it's on the list. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - scoobasteve - 07-08-2005 If you want a car for 7000 with alot of power check out 97,98 Grand prix gtp. 3.8 Supercharged. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-08-2005 well not necissarily a lot of power, just something fun to drive mostly. And I know I'm straying from my own guidelines a lot of the time, hell I looked up Cadillac Cateras, lots of those to buy, RWD even, but auto only, and heavy. In anycase, small and fun is more or less what I'm trying to talk myself into. Trying to compromise with ones self is much harder than compromising with another person. Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-08-2005 What about something like this? 1987 Toyota Supra Turbo 229,000 km $3500 How much would it cost to rebuild the engine? or buy a new one? how bad a shape do you figure a car like that is? looks like it would be really fun if it would all work and stuff. Edit: or what about this http://www.trader.ca/search/details.asp?ADID=4556300 and do the same. It's $1100 cheaper, not a turbo, has 200k on it, but if I was replacing/rebuilding the motor, I could then hope to redo suspension or something too. I dunno... ideas... Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-09-2005 Another Supra claiming more hp and lower milage. http://www.trader.ca/search/details.asp?AD...726&ADS=4558726 Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - hardk0re - 07-09-2005 Looks good, but yeah why not get a GTP? The car you can get will be a little newer and parts are cheap, or why not get a cheap focus and drop a turbo in it? Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - NOS2Go4Me - 07-09-2005 Aka,Jul 5 2005, 01:49 PM Wrote:yeah that's sorta how I look at my list too... lol Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - scoobasteve - 07-09-2005 Cadillac Catera's are slower than the focus. 0-60 in 9 i think.. Get a 93~96 Celica GTS... bulletproof motors. or maybe a Integra GSR... something like that. fun to drive... and RELIABLE! Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-09-2005 hardk0re,Jul 8 2005, 02:02 PM Wrote:Looks good, but yeah why not get a GTP? The car you can get will be a little newer and parts are cheap, or why not get a cheap focus and drop a turbo in it?Don't like Grand Prix... Turbos aren't cheap. NOS2Go4Me,Jul 8 2005, 02:21 PM Wrote:I've got a 1987 Ford Ranger with a 302V8 and A4OD trans. with a shift kit and B+M shifter you can have for $500, probably needs another $1500 in work, have bills to prove I've invested over $5000 in parts and upgrades to it.I'm not good at constructing vehicles... as I've never tried. $1500 work would probably turn into a lot more with me. Also I'm not sure I'd want a Truck? But thanks anyway :) Help: Looking For A Car (not Immediate) - Aka - 07-09-2005 scoobasteve,Jul 8 2005, 02:37 PM Wrote:Cadillac Catera's are slower than the focus. 0-60 in 9 i think..Missed the reply button for you I guess. I was goign to get a free 1990 Celica GTS from my Aunt until she got hit and it became a write-off. I figured the Catera wasn't a good idea, heavy, auto, Caddy... |