much easier to buy a early 90's civic. lots o parts available if anything goes wrong, and the parts arent as expensive

 

Fox wagon they are pretty cool. too bad it wasn't the synchro. All my friends drive VW's. We were in the process of building a turbo motor to blow up for one of the GTI's laying around but we got lazy and all progress halted.

 

YES!!!! id take the two door over the wagon tho...



get the techtonics tuning exhuast as well.especially if it has the cis-e ecu and junk. has a lower redline, but you can get rid of the redline very easily as opposed to the digifant models. the exhuast will take your peak power from being at 5400 to around 6500 if i remember right, and youll get more power throughout the entire rpm range.

 

I'd get a truck so you can haul stuff but that VW is pretty close.



But to the guy with the gen 2 integra you are right on for getting it, I've had my 91 since 99 and it's been awsome for me. I like it better than my old 88 and my sisters 97. For the $ I'd get a G2 interga all over again.



A older Mr2 is also a good choice.



Anyways, if you like the VW get it. It's unique.

 

It's all jokes man, I wanna sexy yuo too.

 

two door wagons are ******* awesome!!!

 

Thanks for all the input. The car is 2050 lbs with 80 hp, according to factory data I found. I've owned a Quantum and Dasher before my 88 Integra and they were very good cars that never needed any attention, other than basic maintenance. I hear you on the broken door handles, though.



I just about took a bus to Tacoma today to pick this thing up, but all the snow in Oregon ( a whopping three inches) delayed the freeways too much to make it worthwhile.



I really considered a second gen Integra. The thing is, I spent the past 6 years rebuilding and maintaining my 88, and the 90-92 has just about the same engine / trans layout, which is a PITA for any real repairs. Stuff is just crammed in there, but the parts weren't expensive.



I would love an MR2, but that funky engine layout would be more of a PITA to work on than the Integra's, and it would have less trunk space than my FC. I really do need something that I can just leave a transmission, rear differential, lawnmower, etc. laying in the back of it. I have no shop now that I live in a studio quad, so low / easy maintenance is a top priority, as well as ability to hold a lot of stuff.



Another one I am considering is another $750 VW, a local 78 Scirocco similar to this one. I need to go open it up and test drive it, but it looked great the one time I looked it over.

 

Old sciroccos have the same basic shape as the Corrado, and weigh ~2000 lbs or less. They have 70-80 hp and get 35-38 mpg.

 

. . . and they make great autocrossers when mildly prepped. There are a lot of options for engine swaps for someone who has a shop to do it in. I've seen a couple examples of VR6 swaps in these.

 

get an old mazda pickup....when you've got money to buy another beater you can do a sick rotary swap into it.



kevni.