Suggestions on a DD within my criteria.
09-04-2012, 09:35 AM
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Suggestions on a DD within my criteria.
Its come time to get a daily now that I'm getting closer to turboing the miata. Here's my criteria:
1. Under 4k or around that.
2. Possibly turbo from factory
3. Dead reliable
4. I won't want to put a hole in my head from driving it
5. A/c, I've only owned one car with a/c. I need it.
A few cars I've been looking at are a Mitsubishi eclipse gsx, another miata with a hardtop, Nissan frontier(older ka model). Let me know if you have any suggestions.
1. Under 4k or around that.
2. Possibly turbo from factory
3. Dead reliable
4. I won't want to put a hole in my head from driving it
5. A/c, I've only owned one car with a/c. I need it.
A few cars I've been looking at are a Mitsubishi eclipse gsx, another miata with a hardtop, Nissan frontier(older ka model). Let me know if you have any suggestions.
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09-04-2012, 09:55 AM
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This. A used Honda Civic rapes all other cars, in all categories, in all ways. The stuff Honda made from the early90-early 2000s are the probably the best cars ever produced. Good on gas, reliable, easy to trouble shoot when they do go wrong, cheap parts, huge aftermarket......
My advise to anyone looking for a used car is to buy the best Civic they can afford, and enjoy putting oil, brakes, and tires on it for the rest of time. Sure, little **** might brake, by they will soldier on FOREVER. That, and the same vintage Camry was pretty reliable, and cheap to run, but is soul crushing to drive.
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My advise to anyone looking for a used car is to buy the best Civic they can afford, and enjoy putting oil, brakes, and tires on it for the rest of time. Sure, little **** might brake, by they will soldier on FOREVER. That, and the same vintage Camry was pretty reliable, and cheap to run, but is soul crushing to drive.
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09-04-2012, 02:42 PM
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Google images' pic. I worked with a guy who had one. Cheap, ugly, turboed, and indestructable. There were electrical things that didn't work on it because Mopar but it always ran and was amusingly strong when the turbo got spooled. FWD plus bighonkin' 2.5liters plus a turbo = torquesteer!
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09-04-2012, 05:07 PM
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My understanding of the Eclipse is that while it's not actually the complete opposite of "totally reliable", it doesn't entirely fulfill that criteria either.
A '94-'97 Miata, presupposing that you can resist screwing with it, would probably be a good fit. Any well-maintained Civic / Integra / RSX would also work.
There aren't a hell of a lot of other cars that really fit the bill, and none of them factory turbos that I can think of. The Neons were surprisingly un-horrible cars if you can swallow your masculinity enough to drive one. We've had two of them in the family, and they were both reliable daily-drivers even when subjected to the most maintenance-averse owner imaginable (my sister.)
I'm afraid I don't get the joke about Jon Voight's LeBaron either, even after having visited the Myspace link. (I did, however, learn that Myspace still exists. Who knew?)
A '94-'97 Miata, presupposing that you can resist screwing with it, would probably be a good fit. Any well-maintained Civic / Integra / RSX would also work.
There aren't a hell of a lot of other cars that really fit the bill, and none of them factory turbos that I can think of. The Neons were surprisingly un-horrible cars if you can swallow your masculinity enough to drive one. We've had two of them in the family, and they were both reliable daily-drivers even when subjected to the most maintenance-averse owner imaginable (my sister.)
I'm afraid I don't get the joke about Jon Voight's LeBaron either, even after having visited the Myspace link. (I did, however, learn that Myspace still exists. Who knew?)
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