February 21, 200718 yr Not sure about in Alberta, But in Ontario you can find yourself a nice 240sx with an SR20 in it for about 4-5000 dollars. Fun car to drive, not TOO bad on gas, and very reliable. If you do find one, look at the upper shock towers under the hood and in the truck for signs of rust. Also check out the spare tire bay, and the frame of course. Japanese cars are generally reliable. hmm, i smell bs. In my country SR20 black tops cost 8k alone, get a 180sx or s13 silva their cheap, and the CA18 turbo aint that bad, not as good as a SR20 turbo lol but ricers are quick and are mostly 4 cylinders so their cheap on fuel. Supra hahahaha, most over rated brick on wheels.
February 21, 200718 yr 1998* http://img183.imageshack.us/img183/5249/lolsrsly001jpgthumbjg0.jpg typo ;[
February 21, 200718 yr D0MINATI0N;447587']typical retard buy a ford or GM if you actually want to get something for your buck, you won't need to replace or fix parts often k Yeah tell that to the '00 F150 and the '01 Ranger that didnt last me a year for pre-running and beach runs, Toyota pwns Ford. Dont give me that "you wont need to replace or fix parts often" Bullshit... ford is known for there shityness. Only domestick truck i would buy is a Chevy..but there realy expensive.
February 21, 200718 yr hmm, i smell bs. In my country SR20 black tops cost 8k alone, get a 180sx or s13 silva their cheap, and the CA18 turbo aint that bad, not as good as a SR20 turbo lol but ricers are quick and are mostly 4 cylinders so their cheap on fuel. Supra hahahaha, most over rated brick on wheels. They are a dime a dozen around here. I know a guy with an S13 avec CA18DET in it, he bought the car like that for 4000 bucks. And house, don't buy a focus. They have tranny problems, the rear drums are hub-centric (making brake jobs expensive), they have a habit of breaking timing belts (and they are an interference motor, so borken belt = bent valves)
February 21, 200718 yr Maybe you should be more specific in your question. FWD, RWD, AWD? 2 door, 4 door? sedan, coupe, wagon, pickup? NA, turbo? Stick, auto? I've noticed theres a couple people that know a shitload about cars on this forum (Tom/MillerTime) That's a big mistake....I'm guessing you don't know too much about cars (not trying to be insulting), but it's easy for you to think somebody knows what they're talking about when you don't know what they're talking about. Especially on the internet when they have infinite amounts of time to create a response, and google is just a click away...you never know if the person actually knows this information 1st hand or if he read it off google/wikipedia/whatever. It's like people who work on computers, they just make shit up and string technical words together to get the other person to think all this stuff is broken and it's going to be serious work to fix. Some people read a magazine, change their own oil, and think they're master mechanics. The other big mistake is coming HERE for help. There's plenty of car websites to find better and more serious information, and people won't tell you to ride a cloud of hopes and dreams to work. http://www.vwvortex.com http://www.honda-tech.com http://www.mkiv.com/
February 21, 200718 yr hmm, i smell bs. In my country SR20 black tops cost 8k alone, get a 180sx or s13 silva their cheap, and the CA18 turbo aint that bad, not as good as a SR20 turbo lol but ricers are quick and are mostly 4 cylinders so their cheap on fuel. Supra hahahaha, most over rated brick on wheels. I smell one hell of a car-freak.
February 21, 200718 yr in general, start here. http://www.autotrader.com how long does it have to last? A year, two? Though college? If it needs to last a while, I would say a civic. I see the aincient ones beaners drive, and they still run to this day. If you can get to a repo or cop auction, you can often find a good deal in those.
February 22, 200718 yr Maybe you should be more specific in your question. FWD, RWD, AWD? 2 door, 4 door? sedan, coupe, wagon, pickup? NA, turbo? Stick, auto? That's a big mistake....I'm guessing you don't know too much about cars (not trying to be insulting), but it's easy for you to think somebody knows what they're talking about when you don't know what they're talking about. Especially on the internet when they have infinite amounts of time to create a response, and google is just a click away...you never know if the person actually knows this information 1st hand or if he read it off google/wikipedia/whatever. It's like people who work on computers, they just make shit up and string technical words together to get the other person to think all this stuff is broken and it's going to be serious work to fix. Some people read a magazine, change their own oil, and think they're master mechanics. Ouch. Oh, and I honestly don't know where he thought I knew a lot about cars. I never stated that I know a lot about them but I'll state now that I have done a bit of work on my CRX. Not enough to be considered a "Master Mechanic" but certainly more than those dopes who break more things than they fix when under the hood. One more thing, when I made my opinion on what kind of car he should get, I was telling him to get a pickup because #1, they're reasonably reliable #2 Most Pickups can take one hell of a beating and keep going and #3 Small pickups are not only good at hauling things, but you can get some decent gas mileage from some of them. EDIT: Props for linking Honda-Tech.com, thats a GREAT place for anything honda.
February 22, 200718 yr Once again I appreciate all the insight and helpful posts, thanks especially to rampagen/Tom, but I do appreciate everyones input. As far as buying a domestic vehicle goes, I have owned/driven several, and all have appeared to have reasonably significant mechanical problems... maybe these were just bad models/years, but I have had experiences with the following domestic cars. 2000 Ford Focus 1998 Ford F-150 1994 Ford Explorer 1979 GMC half-ton pickup (<--- this speaks for itself.) 1990 Chevy Cavalier Domestics have upped their quality in recent times. In fact, gm won car AND truck of the year. Now as far as the domestics youve had problems with... 80's to mid 90's domestic quality wasn't the greatest. And also with a couple exceptions, you are talking about the cheapest of the cheap domestic... A 1990 Cavalier..... Cavalier is gm's cheapest product. And even as a GM employee, I will admit, the early 90's.. especially the cavaliers are trash, most of them have a lot of problems and an underbody so rusted that its about to transform into a flinstonesmobile at any second. I don't follow japanese cars too much, because honestly I don't really give a damn about them, but the Supra was one of toyota's highest quality and performance products and your comparing it with the cheapest and shittiest domestics of them all.. In fact, the Ford Focus is assembled in Mexico. To try to stay competitive with japanese automakers, Ford and GM sell their lower end products such as the focus and the cavalier/cobalt BELOW what they cost to produce. Ford took action by building their lower end models in cheap labor countries, but GM still looses an average of like 2,000 dollars on every cobalt that they sell. We can't really give you a vehicle recommendation unless you provide us with how much you can spend on the vehicle, and what is important to you... Whether it be speed, style, roominess etc., FWD, AWD, FWD etc. But you seem pretty much set on a japanese vehicle and I doubt I will change your mind, so maybe someone else will have some advice for you. Also a good place to research different models is http://www.jdpower.com/autos although the only problem with that site is that it only goes back to like 2001 I think.
February 22, 200718 yr Ummm, hi? I'm a mechanic for a performance shop, sir. keyword some oh yeah #care 97 supra is the shit sir. negative. supras are garbage
February 22, 200718 yr Author Okay, I guess I should have been more specific about what I am looking for. I am looking for a 2 door, coupe style vehicle, it can be a 4 seater, but I'm not really into the whole sedan look although they are functional... I want to get something reasonably powerful and fun, although it doesn't need to be anything amazing, because I know that I'm not intending on spending a lot of money on it. Stick/Auto isn't a big deal for me, I'm comfortable driving both, and to be honest, have no real preference, although I would lean towards a stick. And as far as FWD/RWD/AWD goes, I've driven both and have no real preference for that either... I would also like the car to be reliable for at least 3-5 years after purchasing without requiring any MAJOR work. Thanks again everybody =) Oh, and for MillerTime, if you could provide examples of higher quality domestic's within my price range, I would appreciate that, and I would definitely do some research into them... I haven't given up on domestic's quite yet, but I haven't had the best experiences with them in the past.
February 22, 200718 yr Ouch. Oh, and I honestly don't know where he thought I knew a lot about cars. I never stated that I know a lot about them but I'll state now that I have done a bit of work on my CRX. Not enough to be considered a "Master Mechanic" but certainly more than those dopes who break more things than they fix when under the hood. One more thing, when I made my opinion on what kind of car he should get, I was telling him to get a pickup because #1, they're reasonably reliable #2 Most Pickups can take one hell of a beating and keep going and #3 Small pickups are not only good at hauling things, but you can get some decent gas mileage from some of them. EDIT: Props for linking Honda-Tech.com, thats a GREAT place for anything honda. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, V-TEC the aspirated turbo. Never gets old.
February 22, 200718 yr HAHAHAHAHAHAHA, V-TEC the aspirated turbo. Never gets old. Sounds like you got beat by a couple of Hondas in a street race. Usually the only people who flame Honda and VTEC don't know the first thing about it.
February 22, 200718 yr Once again I appreciate all the insight and helpful posts, thanks especially to rampagen/Tom, but I do appreciate everyones input. As far as buying a domestic vehicle goes, I have owned/driven several, and all have appeared to have reasonably significant mechanical problems... maybe these were just bad models/years, but I have had experiences with the following domestic cars. 2000 Ford Focus 1998 Ford F-150 1994 Ford Explorer 1979 GMC half-ton pickup (<--- this speaks for itself.) 1990 Chevy Cavalier That's because all the cars you bought were shit cars..... I mean seriously, Focus aren't even close to reliable till you get 05 or newer. F-150 you went way too new. Older = better ie. 86 or so. Explorer? Come on.... That GMC is older than I am.... and I doubt it was in great shape. Cavaliers are pieces of shit. Don't blame domestics for your poor choice of automobile, I'm surprised I don't see a Saturn on there....
February 22, 200718 yr Sounds like you got beat by a couple of Hondas in a street race. Usually the only people who flame Honda and VTEC don't know the first thing about it. Sorry mate, we don't use Honda's in street races here (Australia). Quarter miles as the yanks like too call it, we use Nissans,Toyata's, and the whole american muscle cars, NO ONE uses honda's only wogs and ***s that don't know shit about cars. Anyone that knew anything about vtec would know its mearly variable valve timing, something that other manufacturers use WITH turbos :) NA Turbo YO
February 22, 200718 yr Sorry mate, we don't use Honda's in street races here (Australia). Quarter miles as the yanks like too call it, we use Nissans,Toyata's, and the whole american muscle cars, NO ONE uses honda's only wogs and ***s that don't know shit about cars. Anyone that knew anything about vtec would know its mearly variable valve timing, something that other manufacturers use WITH turbos :) NA Turbo YO T...but it's easy for you to think somebody knows what they're talking about when you don't know what they're talking about. Especially on the internet when they have infinite amounts of time to create a response, and google is just a click away...you never know if the person actually knows this information 1st hand or if he read it off google/wikipedia/whatever.... :drool2:
February 22, 200718 yr Anyone that knew anything about vtec would know its mearly variable valve timing, something that other manufacturers use WITH turbos :) NA Turbo YO NA turbo??? And just because some manufacturers use valve timing systems with turbos doesn't mean that's why VVT systems were created...in fact it's exactly the opposite.
February 22, 200718 yr Okay, I guess I should have been more specific about what I am looking for. I am looking for a 2 door, coupe style vehicle, it can be a 4 seater, but I'm not really into the whole sedan look although they are functional... I want to get something reasonably powerful and fun, although it doesn't need to be anything amazing, because I know that I'm not intending on spending a lot of money on it. Stick/Auto isn't a big deal for me, I'm comfortable driving both, and to be honest, have no real preference, although I would lean towards a stick. And as far as FWD/RWD/AWD goes, I've driven both and have no real preference for that either... I would also like the car to be reliable for at least 3-5 years after purchasing without requiring any MAJOR work. Thanks again everybody =) Oh, and for MillerTime, if you could provide examples of higher quality domestic's within my price range, I would appreciate that, and I would definitely do some research into them... I haven't given up on domestic's quite yet, but I haven't had the best experiences with them in the past. Again, what IS your price range... Need some numbers.
February 22, 200718 yr Author Looking for around $5000 CDN tops... (about $4000 USD.) I'm a student, so right now I'm working jobs that require zero education, and don't pay enough =(
