# $30,000 to spend what car would you get ? **URL:** \ **Category:** PittSpeed Off Topic\ **Created:** [December 21, 2007, 10:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334 "2007-12-21T22:03:48Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Mitternacht](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a8b319/32.png) [@Mitternacht](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mitternacht)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:52am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/41 "2007-12-23T10:52:45Z")
New Scion tC, and the leftover money for some mods. ---
**Author:** ![77rednecktruck](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/77rednecktruck/32/5966_2.png) [@77rednecktruck](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/77rednecktruck)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 10:56am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/42 "2007-12-23T10:56:34Z")
crown vic I get 30mpg in mine and it is the most comfortable car I have ever driven and it goes great in the snow. I can fit 6 people and their golf clubs in the trunk comfortably and they have the same drivetrain as a mustang. A new vic can be had for 15k so that leave 15k for mods. ---
**Author:** ![slowcamaro](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/slowcamaro/32/5975_2.png) [@slowcamaro](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/slowcamaro)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:28am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/43 "2007-12-23T11:28:16Z")
> [@every one pray](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/every-one-pray/33929/70): > > crown vic > > I get 30mpg in mine and it is the most comfortable car I have ever driven and it goes great in the snow. I can fit 6 people and their golf clubs in the trunk comfortably and they have the same drivetrain as a mustang. A new vic can be had for 15k so that leave 15k for mods. i like the marauder better ---
**Author:** ![spoolinsteve](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/spoolinsteve/32/6026_2.png) [@spoolinsteve](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/spoolinsteve)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 11:44am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/44 "2007-12-23T11:44:59Z")
buy a 2000 era civic or a little 4x4 truck and keep the rest in the bank. ---
**Author:** ![wrayzor](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/wrayzor/32/6021_2.png) [@wrayzor](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/wrayzor)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 12:36pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/45 "2007-12-23T12:36:59Z")
> [@WTB: Cavalier Front Bumper](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/wtb-cavalier-front-bumper/34042/2): > > new gtr 30k not 80k ---
**Author:** ![SixSpeed454SS](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e19adc/32.png) [@SixSpeed454SS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SixSpeed454SS)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 12:42pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/46 "2007-12-23T12:42:58Z")
> [@Great New Hi-Res Images from The Dark Knight!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-new-hi-res-images-from-the-dark-knight/34041/4): > > Don’t waste your time on overpriced GTO’s that are SO SLOW…buy a Mitsubishi EVO 9. AWD for Pittsburgh winters, seats 5 people easily, gets 25mpg on the highway, and does low 13’s in stock form, add exhaust and a chip flash and you are doing mid 12’s. Plus you can track it if you want to… > > I am on my second EVO, hands down the best car for $30k. Kind of a biased response…He didn’t even say that he wanted a performance vehicle or not. I had an '04 GTO. I’d take another one all day long before I would get an EVO. The EVO is basically a race car for the street. Doesn’t necessarily mean it is a good street car. It may be faster, but I guarantee the GTO is more comfortable as a DD. ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/47 "2007-12-23T13:20:22Z")
GTO… comfy, great interior, low 13’s/high 12’s from the factory, mid 20’s mpg on the highway for the 6 speed. no brainer 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/48 "2007-12-23T13:22:38Z")
> [@Great New Hi-Res Images from The Dark Knight!](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/great-new-hi-res-images-from-the-dark-knight/34041/4): > > Don’t waste your time on overpriced GTO’s that are SO SLOW…buy a Mitsubishi EVO 9. AWD for Pittsburgh winters, seats 5 people easily, gets 25mpg on the highway, and does low 13’s in stock form, add exhaust and a chip flash and you are doing mid 12’s. Plus you can track it if you want to… > > I am on my second EVO, hands down the best car for $30k. overpriced? i paid 23k for mine. you can get a lightly used 04 for 17k. i am with tod in saying the gto will be light years more comfortable then the evo as a daily driver. and i dont think low 13’s/high 12’s from the showroom floor is “SO SLOW” ---
**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/49 "2007-12-23T13:23:33Z")
RWD ain’t as good as AWD in the winter, although this one has been very mild…I’d stick to an EVO, but I am biased ---
**Author:** ![kilmer420](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/d6d6ee/32.png) [@kilmer420](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/kilmer420)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/50 "2007-12-23T13:26:29Z")
> [@VID: wheels up fwd](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/vid-wheels-up-fwd/34019/11): > > overpriced? i paid 23k for mine. you can get a lightly used 04 for 17k. > > i am with tod in saying the gto will be light years more comfortable then the evo as a daily driver. > > and i dont think low 13’s/high 12’s from the showroom floor is “SO SLOW” Off the show room floor they run mid 13’s as proven @ PrP, unless you modify them, yeah they are more comfortable then an EVO, I’ve driven both, but still would get an EVO. ---
**Author:** ![BlkP42E](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/blkp42e/32/5938_2.png) [@BlkP42E](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/BlkP42E)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:27pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/51 "2007-12-23T13:27:09Z")
> [@Beer in the Shower?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beer-in-the-shower/34043/10): > > New Scion tC, and the leftover money for some mods. :ugh2: ---
**Author:** ![Converted2LSX](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/converted2lsx/32/5962_2.png) [@Converted2LSX](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Converted2LSX)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/52 "2007-12-23T13:45:48Z")
> [@Beer in the Shower?](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/beer-in-the-shower/34043/10): > > New Scion tC. ![http://i194.photobucket.com/albums/z314/punkxtom/gay-alarm.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/1/61df92354e85ddcd5a07b4ab287f61e16d44e850.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![Klinkb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecb155/32.png) [@Klinkb](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Klinkb)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 1:47pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/53 "2007-12-23T13:47:25Z")
^^i was waiting for something like that lol ---
**Author:** ![gt420hp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/df788c/32.png) [@gt420hp](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/gt420hp)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 2:45pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/54 "2007-12-23T14:45:35Z")
> [@CHINO'S STAG PARTY @ THE STEER: 8/17 7-10PM](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/chinos-stag-party-the-steer-8-17-7-10pm/33726/98): > > Kind of a biased response…He didn’t even say that he wanted a performance vehicle or not. I had an '04 GTO. I’d take another one all day long before I would get an EVO. The EVO is basically a race car for the street. Doesn’t necessarily mean it is a good street car. It may be faster, but I guarantee the GTO is more comfortable as a DD. sure I am biased. But the EVO is my daily driver, put on 15,000 miles a year on it, and they are comfortable. You can’t beat sitting in a recaro seat all day on a trip. ---
**Author:** ![Cheeks](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/cheeks/32/5930_2.png) [@Cheeks](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Cheeks)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/55 "2007-12-23T15:10:24Z")
buy a cheap civic and save the rest ---
**Author:** ![xlogic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/59ef9b/32.png) [@xlogic](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/xlogic)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/56 "2007-12-23T15:12:48Z")
> [@8/17 to 8/19 3000GT/Stealth meet in Albany](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/8-17-to-8-19-3000gt-stealth-meet-in-albany/31737/12): > > TBSS for 30 grand? did you just get done smoking? MSRP on just a regular LS is 31k for 30 grand buy something new in the mid 20’s and keep the rest of your 30, decent on gas(supposed to be 4/gal come summer),and fits your needs not your wants ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:29pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/57 "2007-12-23T15:29:06Z")
hoon die armada are badass awd ---
**Author:** ![flyinglow57](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/flyinglow57/32/5978_2.png) [@flyinglow57](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/flyinglow57)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 3:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/58 "2007-12-23T15:41:53Z")
this kid lives in baltimore… he will probably want 4 wd or somthing gay like that… but onlyl needs 2wd… id get a rwd tbss or cts. lil over 30g’s sell the car out right and make a lil more to spend on the cts. ---
**Author:** ![Shaggy](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/shaggy/32/5945_2.png) [@Shaggy](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Shaggy)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 4:04pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/59 "2007-12-23T16:04:39Z")
whatever is suggested mike will do the opposite. its been already done… ---
**Author:** ![SK360](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/sk360/32/5933_2.png) [@SK360](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/SK360)\ **Post date:** [December 23, 2007, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334/60 "2007-12-23T16:06:26Z")
> [@every one pray](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/every-one-pray/33929/79): > > Off the show room floor they run mid 13’s as proven @ PrP, unless you modify them, yeah they are more comfortable then an EVO, I’ve driven both, but still would get an EVO. they are good for high 12’s with the right driver, the fastest time recorded on stock rubber is a 12.81@108… [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334.md?page=2) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/30-000-to-spend-what-car-would-you-get/194334.md?page=4)