Buying a new car... Advice?

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

thats why you should look for a local usdm motor...preferably a h22 or b20if anything

There is a guy here in town who crashed his turbocharged Prelude. His uncle gave him an Odyssey minivan that had the transmission go bad. I know the mechanic who put the Prelude's turbo H22 and 5 speed in the van It is pretty quick for a minivan:laugh:

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

lol **** thats crazy...i bet its mostly due to the 5 speed ******

the engines in the odysseys are pretty powerful

 

[williambrea 10+ year member]

bump any suggestions?

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

-mazda mx-6 the 4 cyl is meh the 2.5 v6 is quick tho...just make sure you get a stick

-prelude retty much any year is fine...pretty decent cars

i'm a little uncertain about the ford focus...nice cars but i hear the earlier models have motor problems

 

[gunz4me 10+ year member]

I thought about getting rid of my Civic and getting a Mazda Speed 3, then I decided to keep my Civic and roll it until it dies.

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

acura integra gsr hatchback FTW

 

[Adnan 10+ year member]

i had a gsr drivetrain + interior in my old eg civic....fun fun fun //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[williambrea 10+ year member]

acura integra gsr hatchback FTW

hows the reliability, mpgs?

I know that those are fast //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

 

[thaster 10+ year member]

hows the reliability, mpgs?I know that those are fast //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/biggrin.gif.d71a5d36fcbab170f2364c9f2e3946cb.gif

if you keep them maintained, u could look at 200,000+ miles and the mpg is probably around 28-32 mpg

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

I thought about getting rid of my Civic and getting a Mazda Speed 3, then I decided to keep my Civic and roll it until it dies.

good call on not getting the speed 3,turbo seals go bad pretty quick,not to mention motor mount failures.

 

[busabob 10+ year member]

1985 Plymouth Horizon or Dodge Omni.

It was my second car and I had two punch 15"s in the back in a sealed box facing up firing off the glass and it pounded.

And I got around 30+ miles to the gallon, of course gas was .50 cent a gallon too.//content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/wink.gif.608e3ea05f1a9f98611af0861652f8fb.gif

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

hatches are sweet for bass,when i was car shopping,i had to factor in hatches because of my addicting bass pleasures lol.mazda 3 was the only one that appealed to me,could have bought a mustang.if i did that though,the back seats would have to come out which was a no no.hatches FTW unless you want to run 2000 rms watts and up,then the back glass might start giving you fits.

 

[williambrea 10+ year member]

I really think that the honda crx with the stock motor would be awsome to have. They are so hard to find though //content.invisioncic.com/y282845/emoticons/frown.gif.a3531fa0534503350665a1e957861287.gif

 

[Gewehr43]

Volvo wagon. Safe, roomy, reliable and actually made of steel. I love my Volvo!

 

[Bass Addict 10+ year member]

welcome