here's the info foooollsss:



graduate on saturday. go to the beach for a week till the 5th of june. start my new job on the 7th of june.



i have a long commute everday.. like 75-100 mile round trip.. i need to buy a NEW car, or very CLOSE to new car for work...



im looking to spend no more than about $22,000 on a car. i want something good on gas, comfortable, 4 dr. and sporty-ish (whateverrr)



im gonna go testdrive the new Mazda3, the new accord, and whatever else..



suggestions please ? i like phins' new truck a lot, but its a little to hard on gas for me.. i want something like 32 mpg +

Dude, SRT-4.

oh. no neon. or anything that RESEMBLES a neon. sorry. nice try though

ford Fuckass. is very shitty svt is a little better

Caviliers are even worse

Miata not 4 door but get alright milage

GTI or a TDI are awesome or even a N/A Golf/ Jetta

the TDI is what i would go for, like 60mpg and go alright

yeah, vw diesels get good gas mileage, but vw has a terrible reliability rating.



i need reliable

how bout one of those new hybrid things

used volvo?

nissan sentra ser has a sweet tranny

KIA?



the vw reliability is getting better, my buddy that works there, said they got the crank bearing problem fixed.

get a new mazda 6 they are bad ass looking.

I 2nd the mazda 6. and the srt-4 is bad ass neon or no neon. Thats what i'm getting for a graduation present https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

how bout a MINI or a mazdaspeed protege. with a run of only 1 year they might be a collectors sort in the future....

or u can get a scion xb

vw golf gti r32, mini cooper, mazda 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, v6 tiburon (i like the way they look)

You know my answer. I love my Mini I never in my dreams would have thought I would like a FWD car and have fun w/ it.



When I drive nice (which is hard to do in this car) I get 30+ MPG with it.



I have 7K hard miles on it and not a single problem either. Another plus is the fact that Mini does my oil changes for free for 36K miles.

mini's are really that cool ? huh... im gonna have to go out and drive one now, you have me really curious.. how do they handle.. is the road noise bad ?



i drove the mazda 6, and i liked it, but for the kind i wanted it was easily 25 grand, and if i got one with leather... the premium model was like 27.. i thought was high.. i can get the new accord ex for 22, loaded with a sunroof..



keep in mind the budget is $22,000.

The only reason VW has a bad reliability rating is because of the window regulator clips and the coil packs. Both of which are under warrany and have yet to fail me on either of my VW's. I have an '03 Jetta 1.8T and an '04 GTI 1.8T, both of which are awesome cars. 28 mpg combined (city/hwy), we got around 31 on the way to Florida in the Jetta this last March. Overall, very good cars.



Edit: Fiske-The R32 is not a GTI. It is a completely different car. 3.2L VR6, 4Motion, 6-speed.

yeah. well i honestly don't think i want a vw. i really like the gti, and i understand that they may have only had those two problems, but we only have one vw dealer near my house, and they are a shitty dealer.



i am leaning towards imported cars like nissan, honda, mazda (if you call that an import anymore), toyota etc.. not hyndai or kia

The mini is some sweet ****, I drove it a bit when I was there, definetely a car that drives better then the price would indicate.

i gotta go drive one

http://www.japanparts.com/shop/pic/cars/wrx.jpg



GC8 Impreza

The R32 is closer to $32K...I guess over his spending limit https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



I'd also go for the srt-4. Thats one car I'd beat the hell out of...and not feel bad about it. Quick, new, reliable.

volvo.

W3rd up son, the SRT-4 is so fine piece of machinery, and it's NOT A NEON.

i like the mazda 3..but some other cars gti jetta rsx lancer ..just some others..even though the gti and jetta were mentioned

GLI JETTA!!! https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...#>/biggrin.png

Word. Volvo's are super nice. I would get an S-40. Turbo charged. VERY reliable. And the safest car on the road. My folks have had one for 12 years now. It has needed 2 transmissions, and the thing has like 250,000 miles on it now. Has been through everything. Very good cars.



They did make one volvo that was 300hp. I forget what it is called. It might be the S-40?



G'luck.



Or buy a WRX. I dunno how much they cost. I think they look sick as ****.

i love the new volvo's, but they start at like 25-26

Is this for the base model?



And you know also insurance companies won't make you pay out the ass for a volvo. Cause they are so safe. Man, those things are friggin cherry. They can outrun alot of things on the road. There is some guy on the vintagerotaries forum with a turbo'd volvo that can out run TII's.

mmm, volvo

i got it.. 2g's over my budget..



http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAP...8&category=6212



lolol

gotta question



some of the new 4dr. saab's actually look pretty good.. can anyone give me some info or advice about that company ?

anyone ?

Buy an FB and drop a 20b in it. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/smile.png



Someone's sig sums up my opinion on the SRT-4...you can't outrun ugly!

no

E36 M3. 'Nuff said. https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif

anyone else ??? anyone know anything about saab's ?

My uncle loves them, im pretty sure he never has very many problems with them. He has a viigen thing and that was pretty quick.



also that new special green color is ugly.

although appearance is subjective..

id have to agree with this one..

as far as eriks statement of reliability..

its too early to be able to support such a statement imho..

unless of course one considers manufacturer warranty a factor of reliability..

and in that case... that can be said of any new car...

get a fox dude!!!! my aunts had 350K miles, and didnt have to replace ANYTHING engine related on it! (she lives in the desert as well) theres been several other cases as well.

i thought i had said Volvo Dave stop coping me. my buddies mom has one it's the S60 I5 n/a and it did over 220km/h with 4 people in the car.



my dads 88 buick lesabre has over 700000km's original motor and tranny

Get last years model 300M. They ought to be cheap enough with the new 300C out (if you can find one). Mileage is only about 27-28 HWY, though. They do have 255hp ya know https://www.nopistons.com/forums/pub...IR#>/bigok.gif