# what car would you buy for 3g's? **URL:** \ **Category:** Shift518 Automotive\ **Created:** [March 13, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038 "2008-03-13T15:55:57Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:55pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/1 "2008-03-13T15:55:57Z")
im looking for a car, has to be 4cyl and a 5 speed, i have 3000 dollars to spend, looking for opinions. ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 3:59pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/2 "2008-03-13T15:59:09Z")
what are your future goals with the car, just drive it or eventually mod it? and whats your preference in cars, that will help you get an answer… but i say 91 nissan sentra SE-R. ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:03pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/3 "2008-03-13T16:03:55Z")
i want something a little sporty, not looking for something along the lines of an echo, but a civic, or sentra, in that range, its mostly going to be used as a daily driver and eventually i might mod it ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/4 "2008-03-13T16:06:23Z")
91-93 SENTRA SE-R. ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/5 "2008-03-13T16:06:33Z")
**240SX** LOL, for 3K u cant get one w/ a sr20DET installed or a very very very nice 240 with a modded orginal motor. or early 90’s sentra se-r, or a Z31 (84-89) 300zx ---
**Author:** ![K20power](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/41988e/32.png) [@K20power](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/K20power)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:06pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/6 "2008-03-13T16:06:45Z")
my dad’s got a '98 civic coupe, 5 spd, new clutch, sunroof, fuckin incredible on gas, 140k ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:07pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/7 "2008-03-13T16:07:50Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#): > > **240SX** LOL, for 3K u cant get one w/ a sr20DET installed or a very very very nice 240 with a modded orginal motor. **or early 90’s sentra se-r** , or a Z31 (84-89) 300zx ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/8 "2008-03-13T16:09:16Z")
> [@plaf713](#): > > i want something a little sporty civic is the last thing i think of when i say sporty. then again i dont say early sentra se-r either, but i think these are better ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/9 "2008-03-13T16:09:27Z")
whats so special about the early 90s sentras? ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:09pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/10 "2008-03-13T16:09:56Z")
> [@Hooked on 240](#): > > civic is the last thing i think of when i say sporty. then again i dont say early sentra se-r either, but i think these are better im talking daily driver sporty ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:10pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/11 "2008-03-13T16:10:46Z")
light, nimble, SR-20DE, easy DET swap, not very common, 4 wheel disc, good chassis dynamics. ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/12 "2008-03-13T16:11:42Z")
> [@Mk4 30R](#): > > light, nimble, SR-20DE, easy DET swap, not very common, 4 wheel disc, good chassis dynamics. i never even thought to look at sentras ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/13 "2008-03-13T16:12:45Z")
for 3,000 and you want semi sporty and 4 banger, its not a bad choice ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:13pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/14 "2008-03-13T16:13:37Z")
> [@Mk4 30R](#): > > light, nimble, SR-20DE, easy DET swap, not very common, 4 wheel disc, good chassis dynamics. :bowdown :bowdown, its the Nissan form of the civic, but better ;D I’d get one. probably the best sleeper platform. civic has gotten over rated, and anything and every thing has been done to a civic My 94 sentra, was Gunna paint, and get all se-r parts. but i had to sell b/c of the rust in the trunk and b/c it was a winter beater…i beat on it every day ![http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v646/Ghost112/SUNP0011.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/1/c10f62ac5af5d1008b7522b8a4c931e3347987a9.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:14pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/15 "2008-03-13T16:14:05Z")
i was also looking at golfs and miatas, so many choices ---
**Author:** ![Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/mk4_30r_ban/32/6347_2.png) [@Mk4\_30R\_Ban](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Mk4_30R_Ban)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/16 "2008-03-13T16:16:05Z")
> [@plaf713](#): > > i was also looking at golfs and miatas, so many choices LS1 Miata. ---
**Author:** ![plaf713](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/439d5e/32.png) [@plaf713](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/plaf713)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:16pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/17 "2008-03-13T16:16:59Z")
lol, i was thinking a little ahead of myself on the miata, if i were to do a swap in a miata it would be a 5.0, already have an ls1 ---
**Author:** ![Hooked\_on\_240](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Hooked\_on\_240](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Hooked_on_240)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 4:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/18 "2008-03-13T16:17:36Z")
and if sean (91teg) chimes in, he can tell you how much i put that car through. i have it november 06 to march 07. 18K later it ran just as good as the day it was made. i drifted it everyday, almost rolled it drifting on purpose. had so much fun in that car. ---
**Author:** ![Code\_Blue](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ea924/32.png) [@Code\_Blue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Code_Blue)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:23pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/19 "2008-03-13T17:23:42Z")
buy my four door EK 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![tdi\_logik](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/tdi_logik/32/6310_2.png) [@tdi\_logik](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/tdi_logik)\ **Post date:** [March 13, 2008, 5:26pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038/20 "2008-03-13T17:26:00Z")
theres a 98 jetta TDI for 3500 for sale iirc… i think 150k on it and 50mpg’s [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/what-car-would-you-buy-for-3gs/236038.md?page=2)