Which New Budget Car ?

[SilverTurboRidin]

tell her to get a street bike lol

Any chick who can ride a street bike is F-N HOT

[yugotdonkey]

Mazda 3's are pretty girly/sporty and probably get good gas mileage. I dunno anything about their reliability though. If I was going to help my girl buy a car I'd point her towards a TC, Celica, RSX, or a Civic. If you want to buy used check out www.carsense.com Nicest cheapest used cars you can find. My brother was looking at an X-type there in the low 20s.

[99SL2_Modder]

Originally Posted by Nitro

You cannot get the SS in auto, but you can get the auto in the Cobalt LS. I'd say if she just wants cheap and reliable (and good on gas with today's prices), the Mazda or the Acura is probably your best bet. Not that I have a lot of experience with Mazda's though.

Actually, you can get the SS in an automatic. The SS blows balls, is heavy and slow. It's a 2.4L VVT Ecotec with 171hp. The SS Supercharged, however, is a different story.

[99SL2_Modder]

Originally Posted by BlueBulletRL

GET HER A SATURN!!!! I'm serious those things are great on gas get her like an SC2 used those beast run forever as long as its a DOHC. I know a lot of girls actually find the new ION cute and it comes in this like new baby blue that girls go crazy for trust me I've heard this1 have her check it out I mean **** you can get them for like 13K and they get a lot of miles to the gallon and thats needed in our gas crisis now a days. I agree that a WRX would be a waste but also as suggested a Tirburon or Eclipse would be cool. I test drove a new V6 eclipse fully loaded, my friends getting one, and actually was pretty impressed with it plus it had premium audio system which was nice it had a 10" sub in it. Anyway I know a lot of people may not like Saturns but if you buy one and just leave it stock they'll last forever. Hell I've even talked to guys with over 200,000 miles on there 93SC2s running NITROUS with NO PROBLEM!!!!! LoL anyway my suggestions are there

1. SATURN
2. Eclipse
3. Tibby

Man, you've been out of the S-series scene WAY too long.

Also, the v6 eclipse is marked as a sports car, and thus requires that high of insurance, but it won't MOVE like one, because it's a boat with only 200 some odd hp. It's heavy as hell.

Plus, if she were to get an s-series, there's too many things to look for before you buy one. You don't want a 91, 92, 95, 97 if you're looking for easy of maintanence, and you don't want those years in addition to 99-2002 if you want performance-ish, because of the head design change. The gas mileage will start to suck hardcore due to factory richness in higher miles, and you'll burn more oil once your 3rd cylinder oil ring gets stuck. (99.9% of the time, that's the first cyl to go)

As pointed out earlier by a tibby owner's boyfriend, probably not a good choice there.

If she wants reliable, get a little toyota or something like that. Great on gas mileage.

Watch VDubs though. They'll spring random oil leaks. Sometimes the rear main, sometime the crank pulley, and a few other places. Sometimes random misfires that can't be figured out even with coilpack/wire/plug replacement, but all taht aside, they're fairly reliable cars.

[ho1ywars]

reliable = honda

gas prices = hybrid

i know it sounds ***..
buttttttttt, the civic hybrid is sounding really good these days. gas i probably gana go up man, some kind of hybrid would be her best best if shes not interested in performance.

[DoubleOughtCel]

Yea, there's a Celica for sale if she's interested.

[1988 Olds]

No thanks on the Celica. I honestly like the Prisus or whatever that car is called but yeah it is kinda ugly. I'll let ya guys know what she gets if it ever happens.

[smoger]

Originally Posted by ho1ywars

reliable = honda

gas prices = hybrid

i know it sounds ***..
buttttttttt, the civic hybrid is sounding really good these days. gas i probably gana go up man, some kind of hybrid would be her best best if shes not interested in performance.

you have to keep a hybrid for a looooong time before you save ANYTHING in gas as compared to the premium you spent in buying it in the first place.

unless of course you drive an obscene amount of miles.. but for most people it would not pay off

[SexyDSM95]

Originally Posted by BlueBulletRL

LoL anyway my suggestions are there

1. SATURN
2. Eclipse
3. Tibby

If those are your suggestions for reliable cars never post about cars again eVar...

[DropTopChevy]

Tim you like the prius? WTF? When am i going to meet this young lady ;-)

Miller

[1988 Olds]

Whenever we got time Miller you can meet her. I'm just keeping a tracking device on this one lol. The Prius isn't that bad when you consider it gets about 6 times better gas milage then my car.

[SilverTurboRidin]

Originally Posted by 1988 Olds

Whenever we got time Miller you can meet her. I'm just keeping a tracking device on this one lol. The Prius isn't that bad when you consider it gets about 6 times better gas milage then my car.

Yeah keep a tracking device on her....Shes in my bedroom right now hahaha j/p playaa

[99SL2_Modder]

Originally Posted by SexyDSM95

If those are your suggestions for reliable cars never post about cars again eVar...

+1 =/