I\'m about to make the most important decision of my life...

I\'m about to buy my first car and I am still not sure exactly which one to get...my picks are the Honda civic, Integra Type R, Subaru WRX...as for now.  Perhaps you guys could give me some opinion.  I have around 20,000 to spend on this.

hmm go for the WRX, but if your really into sports cars, look for a used corvette stingray, with 20,000...with 15,000 you can get one in damn good condition and not many miles on the motor, that or an IROC Z camaro, in damn good condition, dont look at the newest cars, looks at the older more powerful ones. thats just my opinion, you\'ll turn a hell of alote more heads in a stingray  than a WRX and go from 0-60 in about 4 seconds

I\'d get a Subaru WRX if I had the money.  You only have 20k, so I guess its out of the question then...

For some reason I only like Japanese cars...maybe it\'s because all the people around here drive it. or perhaps it\'s the looks of it.  Oh and for me I only have like 10,000 my mom will give me the other 10,000 only if I buy a new car, so I if I buy a used one I will have to get something that\'s 10,000 in USD.

20k There is quite a few to choose from..  I was just going over this with my friend..

Check road and driver, they just had a review of cars under 25k

And suprising the Mazda MP3 got really really good review for handling..

My sugestion, get an Mitsubishi Lancer, for about 16k loaded and spend the other 4 grand on mods..  A turbo would cost about 1k, and give you a lot of power..  Its not AWD, but its a very tune-able car and its looks really nice...

Read up on, go to the book stores and get some car mags.  Educate yourself and make a wise buy!

Originally posted by kirath


Read up on, go to the book stores and get some car mags.  Educate yourself and make a wise buy!

actually kirath took the words out of my mouth, be sure to read up on every car you decided to get, it will open up many options

and the lancer will be a very good buy, i forgot aobut those.

i personally would look for RWD before i got FWD, it would look pretty funny smoking the front of your tires lol, of course i dont even know if your plannign on souping it up and going crazy?

Originally posted by unknown



actually kirath took the words out of my mouth, be sure to read up on every car you decided to get, it will open up many options

and the lancer will be a very good buy, i forgot aobut those.

i personally would look for RWD before i got FWD, it would look pretty funny smoking the front of your tires lol, of course i dont even know if your plannign on souping it up and going crazy?

I like RWD too but it\'s hard to find a RWD and enjoy the look of it.  I will probably soup it up but not any time soon.

Guess you know which one I\'d pick.

But also look at resale value at N.A.D.A. for models you are interested in and how much they depreciate after 1 year.

I know next to nothing about the Lancer except that it\'s price range and performance match up exactly to the Honda Civic.  I\'ve never owned a Mitsubishi, but I have nothing but good things to say about Honda.  After about 1.5 years I got -+$500 what I paid for it.  My family\'s owned 3 and none with any problems whatsoever.

I love my Subaru and it performs great.  2 months and going so far no problems.

I would suggest none of the above.  It\'s a car trend, ever since "The Fast and the Furious" its become a mainstream thing to pimp-out these moderate cars.  In about 5 years youll be looking at your civic with tinted-windows, a flowmaster exhaust pipe, chrome wheels, ground effects, and (A) wonder where the hell all your money went and ( realize how gay it really looks.  Be original man, with that money you can do a heck of a lot.

If i was you i would get the Integra Type R...good luck finding one though!

[videoholic]

Anyone want to know what I would do?

Well too bad, I\'m going to tell you..


Buy an 8,000 used car and invest the 12 G\'s....  In 3 years you will way more than double your money (Probably more like triple or more depending on what you invest in)


Cars are the only major purchase in life that will never be worth what it was when you bought it.  

I\'m not saying it\'s not great to have a nice car, but my word I wish I had 12 grand to spend 10 years ago on the stock market.  I could retire...

BTW I\'m so close to 1700 I can smell it.   Ooohh, like strawberries.

Originally posted by Ghettomath
I would suggest none of the above.  It\'s a car trend, ever since "The Fast and the Furious" its become a mainstream thing to pimp-out these moderate cars.  In about 5 years youll be looking at your civic with tinted-windows, a flowmaster exhaust pipe, chrome wheels, ground effects, and (A) wonder where the hell all your money went and ( realize how gay it really looks.  Be original man, with that money you can do a heck of a lot.

FU8K the fast and the furiouse, i hate that movie with the biggest passion in the fu*king world, that movie gave all the poser the idea," hey guys lets put stickers all over our cars so we could have rice wagons also" uuuggghhhhhh posers, like i friggin said in the lets show off our car thread, you dont need all the stupid stuickers and nitrouse to have a fast car man, just clean engien mods, you dont even need to soup it up if you dont want, im sorry but what you posted pisssed me off dude, i sure as FU8K am not biting off that movie, i didnt even watch it for the love of god, yep never seen it im to good for ricer movies.

Listen lionken07, forget all the trash talking up in here.  Don\'t think of this as the most important decision of your life.  You will have other cars.  Go drive the ones you are interested in, pick the ones you like then check out reviews and resale values on-line.

Chances are no matter what you get, you\'ll be ready for something new in a few years.  Your first car will show you what to look for next time good and bad.

I agree with Videoholic. If you need to borrow that much money for a car, forget it and buy something small and inexpensive with good gas mileage. Invest the rest wisely, get rich, and then you\'ll REALLY be able to get a badass ride. I\'d love a souped car, but I won\'t do it until I can easily afford to.

Originally posted by unknown



FU8K the fast and the furiouse, i hate that movie with the biggest passion in the fu*king world, that movie gave all the poser the idea," hey guys lets put stickers all over our cars so we could have rice wagons also" uuuggghhhhhh posers, like i friggin said in the lets show off our car thread, you dont need all the stupid stuickers and nitrouse to have a fast car man, just clean engien mods, you dont even need to soup it up if you dont want, im sorry but what you posted pisssed me off dude, i sure as FU8K am not biting off that movie, i didnt even watch it for the love of god, yep never seen it im to good for ricer movies.

Hey man im not bashing you at all or promoting "The Fast and the Furious".  I hated that movie the first time I saw the promo.  Im just suggesting to lionken that he should considered the long term of a car since he is putting a lot of money into.  Im sorry to offend you, if you had a pimped-out car before as you say "all these posers starting putting stickers on their cars" good for you man.