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What Car Should I Buy?

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Trollolo
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Alright so I have $10k - 20k to spend on a car. 20k is the max, with taxes. Needs to be rwd or awd (this is not for skiing), and built after 2000. Here is what I'm considering:

Honda S2000:

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Nissan 350Z

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Evo 7 (kind a pain in the ass to import to Canada, but on the plus their extremely rare)

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Subaru STI

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Orr???????????????????????????????

Honda s2000 feels like a girls car to me, so I dunno. 350Z is sick, I love hatch backs and nissans. Evo is practical but not really a head turner. I've always liked STI's but I feel like people beat the shit out of them. Would be a sick all year round car though, and holds its value. I dunno what to do. What do you guys think.

Nov 25 2010 5:54PM
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Trollolo
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I heard your better off starting with the evo.
Nov 28 2010 3:21PM
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LoftyLawnChair
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I would say a VW golf GTI. Those are sick
Nov 28 2010 3:23PM
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Luc.
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no.

the lancers are FWD...thats one thing the regular NA imprezas have over lancers...is it has a center differential to make it AWD, so they are easier to turn into a STI because all you have to upgrade is harness, brakes, suspension, and engine.

you cant make a lancer into an evo short of literally getting rid of the entire frame/subframe and just having a metal body to start with...then building the car from the ground up. (which not many people can afford...)
Nov 28 2010 3:40PM
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Dylan_
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gtfo.
Nov 28 2010 4:04PM
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chicken
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I seriously hope you meant challenger. Or a first gen charger.
Nov 28 2010 4:16PM
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Justyle
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evo beats STI, evo out of the cars u got there.. if u pick up a 350z youve got to be aware that they are NOT a forced induction car. That means no stock turbo which means your going to spend another 4-6 grand putting a turbo kit on it. pick up a FD rx-7.. or you could try to import a r34 skyline with that much loot ^^. What about a nissan silvia?? they're bad ass. http://www.terra2imports.ca/
Nov 28 2010 4:22PM
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WaterBottle
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sack up

http://www.cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp?tracktype=usedcc&csDlId=&csDgId=&listingId=48822287&listingRecNum=3&criteria=prMx%3D20000%26sf1Dir%3DASC%26prMn%3D0%26alMdId%3D20807%26mkId%3D20012%26stkTyp%3DU%26mdId%3D20807%26rd%3D100000%26crSrtFlds%3DstkTypId-feedSegId-mkId-mdId-pseudoPrice%26zc%3D45249%26rn%3D0%26PMmt%3D1-1-0%26stkTypId%3D28881%26sf1Nm%3Dprice%26alMkId%3D20012%26rpp%3D50%26feedSegId%3D28705&aff=national
Nov 28 2010 4:52PM
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TROLLED.HARD
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obiously i think everyone knows that the 350z is just a basic motor, ofcourse it has no turbo.
Buy an rx7 as a project car, when you have lots of money, dont buy it when you're an ns'er making basic wages.
You cannot import an R34 skyline due to import laws and regulations. and you cannot import a silvia, which i suppose your talking about the s15.
Nov 28 2010 5:19PM
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0123456789
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fuck you, i was drunk, googled c5 corvette and took the first picture, sorry for tryingto help ass hole, i hope you evo gets totaled when you try to rally it in the first snowstorm :)
Nov 28 2010 5:32PM
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i.ski.troll.
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MK4 R32.
Nov 28 2010 5:38PM
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Trollolo
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bahaa easy bud. Read the thread, and no one wants a corvette but red neck american fags

Nov 28 2010 5:57PM
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0123456789
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i did read the thread douche bag,  you asked for a rwd or awd car, a vette offers a shitload of power for cheap. at least im not like the dumbasses that keep saying get a gti theyre so kewl. fuckwad.
Nov 28 2010 6:05PM
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TROLLED.HARD
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vettes are the greasiest' pieces of shit i've ever seen. you mad.
Nov 28 2010 6:28PM
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bout_it
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Buy a a $3k shell and build a car.
Nov 28 2010 6:31PM
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pigglywiggly
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this without question.
Nov 29 2010 1:15PM
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XtRemE11
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z06's can outperform european cars that cost twice as much. people that hate on corvettes havent driven one. they are one of the best track car platforms out there. and stock to stock, will outhandle the majority of porsches, bmw's etc..

of course im talking about the newest two generations, and z06's specifically. you may be right about some of the 80's models being a pos.
Nov 29 2010 5:07PM
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Static
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^this is true, every track I've been to there are always vettes ripping it up
Nov 29 2010 5:12PM
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TROLLED.HARD
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imports>domestic
Nov 30 2010 4:58PM
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XtRemE11
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why would you make an NA motor worse by adding a turbo??? i would never pay to do that, you would have to pay me!
Nov 30 2010 6:26PM
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860media*
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The evo for sure. but like said, try and find an 8
Nov 30 2010 6:34PM
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theORANGEshovel
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I have an s4 and it is an amazing car. If you want a real nice car that for sure over an sti but if you want more power i would go with the evo
Nov 30 2010 6:51PM
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Matty_K
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Sti, those things are nothing but reliable, 3 of my friends have the,=m, 2 of them beat the shit out of them with aftermarket parts and coilovers(lowers the car), its still pretty reliable for them but my other friend is deeply in love with his sti. you could even go for a wrx and save a couple grand...
Nov 30 2010 7:11PM
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nightfox
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lu7MehcnZOU
Nov 30 2010 7:14PM
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teleTay
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avant > sedan

cant really go wrong with a clean sedan though

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Nov 30 2010 7:21PM
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Whifazoo
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you should get a 240 and swap and rb25 in it.  2-6 grand for the car. about 5 grand for the engine. and howevermuch for the swap. depends on where u are. but alot cheaper and alot faster than anything you have there. except maby the sti
Dec 2 2010 12:31AM
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Justyle
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not if you plan on making it up too the hill alive.
Dec 24 2010 7:00PM
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saskskier
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My little brother just picked this up about a month ago. So legit. I think he's looking for wheels now.

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Dec 24 2010 7:05PM
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shocker611
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why no G35 on the list?
Dec 24 2010 8:43PM
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shocker611
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i thought he said "this is not for skiing".. hell i love mine
Dec 24 2010 8:48PM
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Emma_Watson
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Nissan 350Z

Dec 24 2010 10:38PM
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daskis
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I think Audis look nice :)
Dec 24 2010 10:41PM
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Shredz
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Well I haven't done any research but I'm willing to bet he's not gonna find an S4 with low miles for under 20 grand, the b5 s4's are the bi-turbo'd V6 and most of them have a shit load of miles like 120000 or so and by that time the repair costs are pretty rediculous because you have to replace timing belts and water pumps and all that good stuff that goes on an Audi about every 60000 miles and I donno about in the states but up here in Canada it cost me $1200 for that and that doesn't include other maintenance the ones that have low miles still go for about 26 grand. and the newer models (02-06) which are about the only half decent S4 he could afford maybe in the 20 grand range were V8's so they aren't turbo'd and the newest S4's are out of his budget but do have a turbo. But, remember anything with a forced induction is going to cause more maintenace then a naturally aspirated vehicle.

Why does everybody love BOV's so much? They are hardly beneficial and if you ask me I would much rather have a DV because it channels the excess air back into being put to use.

Although S2000's and 350Z's are sick they seem impractical unless you live in Orange County or have another vehicle. The Sube is an obvious good choice, look for an unmodded one though and make sure that the owner isn't a young guy who is trying to get rid of it because he cracked the block. Just search around for a good one. The Evo is sick! Don't really know them that well but I dig them.
Dec 25 2010 12:58AM
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Whifazoo
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he did say it was not for skiing
Dec 25 2010 1:22AM
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Where-am-I
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evo 7, not because i know anything about cars but because it looks cool and is rare
Dec 25 2010 1:31AM
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DERS.
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id go with this one.. tryna cop one myself
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..jokes
Dec 25 2010 1:33AM
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