What car would you buy for $10-15K?

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@FuzzyFish

Says the guy with the 15 second supercar. :tup:

jeez…
that was HARSH!

[djdstar]

@K Cuv

yea mid 14s w/ a turbocharged car is pretty quick.

Not.

Eh, for a stock turbo 4 door, it’s quicker then any of it’s comparitively priced compeitition.

[djdstar]

@BikerFry

Otherwise, maybe you can shop around for a clean but higher mileage IS300?

Here’s my tip: If you’ve got 10k in cash to spend on a car, for the fucking love of God stay out of debt. It sucks. Get the nicest/best car you can for 10k. This could include a nice E36 328 which really isn’t much slower than an E36 M3. But seriously, a car is a shitty thing to go into debt for if you don’t have to.

I really dig the IS300 but I can’t say I’d enjoy one without dumping money into it. That and it’ll cost more then 10K to find a cheap one.

No worries about the debt…15k isn’t gonna break the bank for myself. It’s just the limit of what I want to worry about while in school.

[King]

if you are really going to mod it, maybe wrx, but for the cars you suggested, i dont think any of them will be FAST w/out a significant amount of money which is why i would forget speed and go with a 3series - pimp, reliable, and still somewhat fun if u find a 5spd

@FuzzyFish

Says the guy with the 15 second supercar. :tup:

says the guy with the tight straight leg black jeans and the pocket protector

since when is my car a 15 sec car?

[fiend540]

buy my car dude

[dozr]

@sedlmeier101

i would take my new gti any day over my friends 04 sti which he just picked up…cough* tin can on wheels *cough

cough dumbass cough

you just don’t have a clue. this coming from someone who has owned a wrx and a VW in the last two years.

[Fry]

Hmm… So speed is a priority… For 10k… Well domestics are always good for cheap and decently reliable speed, but that doesn’t seem like your bag.

-RWD or AWD
-“Fast”
-Reliable
-$15k
-pimp

Hmm…

Not the fastest thing but how about an SC300?

or an RSX Type-S
or a 300ZX TT
or how about an AWD turbo Volvo for something different?

[King]

:word: forgot about the sc300, very hot

[djdstar]

Those are some solid suggestions. The Volvo is kinda neat. What’s the moddability with something like that though?

SC300, hot but high miles…
300ZX - no way in the winter…I’d feel like an asshole. Plus it’s getting old.
RSX - no thanks. Would rather sit and wait for a hype R to come along.

Good looks. Still leaning WRX however.

[focusinprogress]

i forgot to mention how much i <3 teh volvo awd turbos. my first automotive purchase as a prefessional after i graduate WILL be an s60r. and i will mod the bejesus out of it lol.

[Bacon]

@K Cuv

if you are really going to mod it, maybe wrx, but for the cars you suggested, i dont think any of them will be FAST w/out a significant amount of money which is why i would forget speed and go with a 3series - pimp, reliable, and still somewhat fun if u find a 5spd

says the guy with the tight straight leg black jeans and the pocket protector

since when is my car a 15 sec car?

You forgot the skinny tie, and white shirt. :tup:

Mmm… 3 series.

[Fry]

@DarkkstaR

Those are some solid suggestions. The Volvo is kinda neat. What’s the moddability with something like that though?

SC300, hot but high miles…
300ZX - no way in the winter…I’d feel like an asshole. Plus it’s getting old.
RSX - no thanks. Would rather sit and wait for a hype R to come along.

Good looks. Still leaning WRX however.

You’d be surprised at how big the Volvo aftermarket is. Unfortunately I don’t know any specifics about modding Volvo’s, just that there are a lot of hardcore Volvo enthusiasts. One of my old roommate’s at UB was a Volvo nut and we used to shoot the shit a little bit about boosted Volvo’s and such, that’s the only reason I even know that anyone mods Volvo’s. If anybody lived in Hadley last year he was the kid with the loud green 850.

[focusinprogress]

there is a company called EVOLVE that has some crazy aftermarket shit for the newer volvos :tup:

[66impalass]

pm tnick about modding volvo’s he knows where to go

[SI01]

@sedlmeier101

i would take my new gti any day over my friends 04 sti which he just picked up…cough* tin can on wheels *cough

Someone who calls the STi a tin can has either not been in one, or is so convinced that anything not Euro must be a tin can, that they see it as one regardless of the build quality.

[Fry]

Well I know this one will be a negative, but I gotta throw it out there: A Celica GTS would be a fun little screamer and if you’re sick of fixing shit a Toyota is a safe bet. Granted, I don’t think there’s a whole lot of modding potential with a 2ZZ unless you’re willing to boost a factory NA car…

Since you say you’ve had a WRX and a VW in the past 2 years, I’m guessing you’re the kind of guy who likes to hop cars frequently not find something you like and keep it for 5+ years? If that’s true then I vote you find a Volvo S70 T5 AWD to play with for a year or two.

EDIT: Looking now, but I might be looking foolish because of my almost-knowledge of Volvos. There’s an S70 T5 and an S70 AWD, but is there a T5 AWD?

EDIT2: Bah, a little research is showing that the S/V70 AWD system only drove the front wheels unless they slipped. So I"m guessing it would still understeer pretty heavily. I think I’ll just shut up now and leave it that there may be a cool Volvo worth considering, and let someone who actually knows what they’re talking about fill in the details. :tup:

[freebyrd]

@K Cuv

yea mid 14s w/ a turbocharged car is pretty quick.

Not.

Not to get off track but i got to make alittle comparison.
1994 Nissan 300ZX Twin Turbo 0-60>6.0, 1/4 MILE>14.4 2 door coupe
2002 Subaru Impreza WRX_________ 5.7_________ 14.4 4 door coupe

So if mid 14s with a turbocharged car is slow, then whats mid 14s with a twin turbocharged car?

[djdstar]

don’t forget to subtract 2 cylinders

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@SI01

Someone who calls the STi a tin can has either not been in one, or is so convinced that anything not Euro must be a tin can, that they see it as one regardless of the build quality.

seriously. the reason my fam is into soobs so much is the feel of them. they feel rock solid.

[bing]

get a SR swapped 240sx, undercoat the shit out of it and have the bestest winter ever.

put sick winters on it and make sure it has at least a VLSD… you’ll own.

seriously, if you know what you are doing then RWD is 10x better than FWD in winter.

besides, there are only ever 4-5 days of snowfall that are so bad that you cant get around in a RWD car and you’ll have just as difficult a time in a FWD car anyways.