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on: 12-18-2009
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The beachside Florida air hasn't been kind to the 'ole girl... :( |
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| #64 |
4-11-2010 @ 10:30:52 AM |
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Oh, and I will say, I know it sounds prejudice, but I will *not* be looking at a domestic compact sedan. Through my years of college, I've met enough people with Cobalts, Calibers, Neons, Cavaliers, and Focii that have had numerous "no-start" and component failure problems... the domestics may have improved the quality recently, but 5+ year old cars, they're still lagging behind the Japanese.
...I either want a modicum of luxury (not just leather seats and power everything, but a refined platform/vehicle, overall)... and if I'm not going luxury, then I want MEGA-awesome fuel economy (~30-35+mpg)
[Edited by DiRF on 4-11-2010 @ 10:32:32 AM]
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| #65 |
4-11-2010 @ 12:31:10 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#64, Go for a Volvo S40, a first gen one.
My dad's Space Star rides on the platform and it's really good: comfy and handles well (a little bit of nice, progressive trailing throttle oversteer). The rear suspension is pretty complicated though, I don't know if changing all these bushes when the time comes would be cheap.
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| #67 |
4-11-2010 @ 02:58:32 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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Okay, so your criteria are:
- Small (presumably no bigger than a G20)
- Light (presumably no heavier than a G20)
- Likely not American
- Preferably, not necessarily, RWD
- Refined platform
- Under $4000
Therefore, DiRF, I have concluded the perfect car for you is.....
An Infiniti G20.
In all seriousness, an Acura TL would fit the bill, and I've seen several listed for under $4000, 2.5s and even a few 3.2s. You might also want to consider a Nissan 240SX (S14 gen) since one with an automatic transmission tends to be cheap, though their gas mileage is in Ford Crown Victoria territory.
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| #69 |
4-11-2010 @ 03:24:24 PM |
| Posted By : Skid |
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It's a shame there aren't many good condition Merkurs left around....they'd fit the bill.
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| #76 |
4-12-2010 @ 12:31:14 AM |
| Posted By : Bling24 |
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I hate to say it, but a late90s Honda CR-V, loaded civic, or loaded 4 banger accord(IIRC some 98-02 4 bangers with hubcaps had leather), Integra too(barring it hasnt been abused). As far as Maximas go, I love mine, more than adequate power, decent ride, decent size, nice handling, but ones of my gen(5th) are likely out of your price range unless you can find one with a ton of miles on it. A S14 240sx too, ad oddly those arent nearly as abused as the earlier ones. As far as TLs go, avoid them at all cost, the transmissions were utter poop
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| #77 |
4-12-2010 @ 01:11:57 AM |
| Posted By : ricerocketboy |
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#74, The cars were engineered differently than a Mondeo. Same car, yeah, but the US one is suited for in town driving, where going fast is not a priority. The European one is better suiting to long distances between stops. I would pass on any US Contour/Mytique if only for the sake of having unkown reliability versus the European version.
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| #79 |
4-13-2010 @ 01:31:21 PM |
| Posted By : Sensekhmet |
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#68, I feel you. I know what car I want but when your budget is low, you just take whatever is close and isn't too bad. Especially if you are like me and my dad: we try to have an open mind when it comes to cars.
Case in point: my dad NEVER wanted to buy a minivan but one Saturday we popped into a local used car dealership next to a mall, just because we were bored. My dad noticed the Space Star, said "hey, what's that? seems kind of neat" and I said "I have no idea, but yeah". We looked it over, got back home, did a bit of research on the net and three days later dad bought it.
Never regretted it.
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