Thoughts on a new car

[redlinepontiac]

miata?
what about a small truck with a 4spd/OD?

[machinegunsquid]

No, Miata's are too little for me. My eclipse is small enough, but Miata's are in a whole nother ball park.

And yes Slowpoke, I get to only choose 1...cause I have bad-luck XD.

And if I do go for a swapped car, Im only going to do so after extremely thorough research, and inspection.

I'd only grab a Mustang if it was a steal...Cause you know, supercharged v8's are pretty nifty, but they'd be outta my price range, hence, steal.

I like the S13's, they are pretty comfy, dont look bad, and have lots of aftermaket, same with the Eclipse. But for some reason, I really dig the Saab wagons...probably because they are just so neato.

I thought about a truck...even like a Canyon/Colorado...but we're still debating on if the wagon is gonna get turned into an El Camino. (save a lot of weight too)

I dont intend on modifying what I get, beside the basic bolt-ons, and probably paint, (leaning towards something with a rough paint finish, to low ball them, and just paint it myself)

Maybe some suspension, been having fun playing with this GS's setup

[J GTP]

I've been liking the idea of a wagon recently. I almost bought a 2000ish Volvo V70R AWD several months ago that was listed for ~$6K. They're not much to look at, so it could be a cool sleeper. Unfortunately I haven't seen any R models for sale up here since.

[02 WS6 TA]

M6 LS1 car. Yes, 27+ MPG.

[dsmuts]

You could look at a vw passat wagon if you are wanting a wagon. They come with the 1.8t and 5 speed and if your lucky you can find one with 4-motion.

[tcman49]

none of the above, go to a police auction, buy an ex drug dealers Corvette ZR1 for $3,000, end of story.

[02 WS6 TA]

Yeah, because that happens all the time.

[machinegunsquid]

Haha, Nice tcman49...I think i'll do that.

Also, Im assuming that the 27+MPG is with the stock rear end, and flow mods, on the highway?

What are they like around town??

[02 WS6 TA]

Depends how you drive 'em. Wife's big stalled A4 gets ~20 in town and 26-27 on the highway. M6 car gets 20-21 in town, 27-29 on the highway.

[mechguy]

I would either save money to get something decently legit or get an S10 extreme.

[AmericanSoldier]

How do you feel about hondas? possibly a prelude the h22a1 has roughly 200bhp good reliable car and mod wise its endless on hondas

YES^ i had the H22 before the GTP and with 222k miles it ran beautifulll, had a aem intake, magnaflow catback and it was a fun lil car that handled awesome ( in comaprison to the the gtp) slow though..needs boost and the trannys are known to be worse then ours so go with the H23 which ended in 2001

or 240sx (if you can find one NOT modded and beat to ****tt)

[machinegunsquid]

S10 xtreme's are just...not meant to do any 1 thing good.

They arent good at being trucks, arent good at being cool, and arent good at being fast.

Yes, you can make them into one of the above catagories..but something about a body kit, on a little quick truck is a turn off...

Im leaning towards an LS1 TA, or a 240sx, as stock as possible, and building up a motor to swap. Probably a SR20det...just do a small rebuild, all new gaskets etc.

It's mostly, do I want an awesome V8 that's just awesome. Or do I want something to take my time on, and make it my own.

[dsmuts]

^^^X2 on the extreme

[cameron92]

^^^X3 on the extreme. Always seems to be Dbags drivin them too.

[machinegunsquid]

Lol. Yeah..and the part of FL I live in, is Mudbogging, hunting stuff that moves, and having relations with your family..so they arent very well liked... XD


So, how's about making everyone here happy, and getting a nice 240sx S13 shell, and dropping an LS1 in there...
Been reading a crap ton about it, and it's actually quite popular, tho more with the drifting scene..but Ls1 are for go fast straight IMO.

Hell, they even sell bolt in kits to drop the LS1 in without major modifications.

[99gp]

99 subaru impreza 2.5 RS? AWD, good mpgs..or the subaru impreza outback sports are sweet too

[machinegunsquid]

I was looking at some older scoobies, but there's really not many to be had, people seem to hang onto them pretty well.

And the few that are up, that are local ish(within 300miles) tend to be pretty rough.

[blakgtp]

i vote for dropping an ls1 in a 240

[Bio248]

you wont find a decent scoob for less than $10k. at least one you would want to pay for.

[darkhorizon]

I love my TBSS... amazing amount of car for $11k!