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Joined: Sun Feb 12 2006, 01:08AMPosts: 2039 |
Wow, I think just about every single post here is telling you to get a different car. you need to do some research on your own and choose what features you are looking for the most. A good site for looking at cars in your area is -[link]- Also, Consumer Report magazine has an annual auto issue where they rank all the used cars n such. One piece of advice I can give you is don't go to crazy on the price tag of your first car. Lets face it, you're the new guy on the road, and I don't care how good you are, everyone makes a nubby mistake when they are new and puts a nice ding into their door. Personally, I'm the only one I know out of all my friends who still has their first car (other people have either totalled or scrapped theirs). get something mass produced and Japanese, that way parts won't be too expensive, and it'll last a while (so in a few years you can afford to buy a real car that you know you won't fuck up). |
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Joined: Sun Jul 23 2006, 06:38AMPosts: 244 |
I would only recommend the rx7 or rx8 if you are in some way mechanically inclined if not leave it to the pros lol. I have some respect for the rx7 but the rx8 is garbage and the resale value of all mazdas are junk also Ford is the major part supplier for mazda. So basically you are driving a Ford or Found On Road Dead  The rx's only make power when you take the rpms higher than 3500rpms they have no low end and the interiors are strait crappy and made of recycled plastic. why buy some old junk car that is only respected by ricers and high schoolers that play too much playstation and trust me horse power is not easy to gain. Alot of people get CHP(crank horse power) mixed up with WHP(wheel horse power) WHP is how much your car really puts. CHP is a bull crap estimate people say they make all these outlandish hp claims but the only way to know how many horses a car has is by getting it dynoed. exaple a nissan maxima advertises 255hp but at a dyno meet I been to before, a stock maxima was only putting down 180hp to the wheels CHP is a estimate while whp is the actual power it puts. rotory engines are only 1.3 liters there is no real displacemnt on that motor and my saying always is "there is no replacement for displacement" I have restored cars and built engines my whole life my father owned a body shop and now I even work for one myself I'm 25 and have 12yrs expeience with every possible aspect about cars. I could probaly stess the fact of that better but I suck at typing and writing. So my info is better told then written. Edited Sat Mar 29 2008, 06:05PM |
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| Ruskiy Soldat |
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Joined: Tue Oct 17 2006, 10:00PMPosts: 1295 |
yyea same here i like rx7 with vette engines in them thats fuckin sick but the new rx8 are garbage, its long as my dick and slow. who gives a fuck about handling | ||
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Joined: Sun Jul 23 2006, 06:38AM Posts: 244 |
the handling is good because they can't go fast around turns they are so slow  lol
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Joined: Sun Jul 23 2006, 06:38AM Posts: 244 |
Omega wrote ... You can get an older g35 for well under $30k Fuck buying brand new cars. If I had 30k I'd put it in my 300zx and have 700 horsepower  you are right brand new cars are ripoffs just wait a year a get them for half off. |
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| Wu-banga |
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Joined: Tue Dec 06 2005, 01:37AMPosts: 1561 |
Would a 2004 Pontiac Grand Prix GT Sedan for under 10K be good? Just looked it up on Autotrader, lol |
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Joined: Tue Oct 17 2006, 10:00PM Posts: 1295 |
GARBAGE ITS AN AMERICAN CAR | ||
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Damnit Bean.
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Joined: Fri Apr 13 2007, 02:58AMPosts: 62 |
91 240sx. get that and drop the sr20det and other goodies. | ||
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Joined: Sun Jul 23 2006, 06:38AM Posts: 244 |
under 10k get a 2002-2003 nissan maxima and you won't regret it. -[link]- local maxima search just for you WU |
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Joined: Wed Feb 06 2008, 07:15PMPosts: 147 |
[FT wrote ... (.)(.)'s a] I would only recommend the rx7 or rx8 if you are in some way mechanically inclined if not leave it to the pros lol. I have some respect for the rx7 but the rx8 is garbage and the resale value of all mazdas are junk also Ford is the major part supplier for mazda. So basically you are driving a Ford or Found On Road Dead The rx's only make power when you take the rpms higher than 3500rpms they have no low end and the interiors are strait crappy and made of recycled plastic. why buy some old junk car that is only respected by ricers and high schoolers that play too much playstation and trust me horse power is not easy to gain. Alot of people get CHP(crank horse power) mixed up with WHP(wheel horse power) WHP is how much your car really puts. CHP is a bull crap estimate people say they make all these outlandish hp claims but the only way to know how many horses a car has is by getting it dynoed. exaple a nissan maxima advertises 255hp but at a dyno meet I been to before, a stock maxima was only putting down 180hp to the wheels CHP is a estimate while whp is the actual power it puts. rotory engines are only 1.3 liters there is no real displacemnt on that motor and my saying always is "there is no replacement for displacement" I have restored cars and built engines my whole life my father owned a body shop and now I even work for one myself I'm 25 and have 12yrs expeience with every possible aspect about cars. I could probaly stess the fact of that better but I suck at typing and writing. So my info is better told then written. Crank HP is what the engine itself puts out via an engine dynamometer. I somewhat side with you since alot of people do not differentiate between the two. Just for everyones information any dyno does not measure HP directly, it measures torque by using an electric motor, water break, or hyraulic break as an absorber. HP itself is "worked out" by the equation HP=TORQUExRPM/5252. 5252 is the constant. Back to the topic... Wu you will need to take all your top picks and do your own research on them, do not use forums as a basis for a decision ESPECIALLY one-car specific forums. |
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