[quote name='Amy' date='Apr 15 2005, 12:17 PM']

HAHA we did speaches in college (last year) on cars -- Hyundai got the most bad reviews by first hand owners.



-- College kids own the cheapest cars made and use them well so I consider this a fair review.

 

[quote name='FDRacing' date='Apr 15 2005, 02:18 PM']my gripe with the scion is they keep calling them unique and individualistic but they are so corporate its redundent. How can something that looks exactly the same as everyone else's be original? Its like buying a gas powered xmod....


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This from the guy considering a Chevy Cobalt??

I don't particularly like the Scion, but to my eye, it doesn't look like anything else on the road right now. And the Toyota reliability is bulletproof. Consumer Reports' new car reliability data actually puts the Scion at the top of the heap, followed by Lexus and Toyota. A 1-2-3 finish.



The Cobalt is a new model, not a rebadged Cavalier, but I would wait to see just how bad it is. GM isn't doing anything right these days.

 

resale and reliability wise you would be crazy to get a worthless Hyundai over a Toyota product.



10k doesnt buy you much these days

 

You have to consider more than just the purchase price in your cost of ownership, at a minimum think about purchase price minus resale. The Korean makers don't do very well in that department yet. What about a four-pot Eclipse?

 

That is why a Hyundai is 10k. It is cheap. You buy cheap, you get cheap. 'Nuff said, buy a Lexus if you want reliability and a good resale value.

 

I would buy the lowest most base model brand new cavalier I could find. Use my GM points from my visa card, use the new graduate rebate program. Wait for the 0% financing sales (they happen often for GM products). Get the color silver so scratches and dents don't show up that easily. Get it oil sprayed once a year and drive it into the ground.



That is aporx 11,000 cdn tax in on the road.

 

Any thoughts on a civic? Left alone, not some ricer civic. I realistically can spend upwards of 15, just started looking ~ 10k.

 

If you are gonna spend 15, get a ******* Toyota. They are naturally great ******* cars.

 

I did like my ex's camary

 

well the cam is up there in tag, but the corolla looks nice for ~15