Originally posted by: radioouman
Originally posted by: Demon-Xanth
Originally posted by: npoe1
Thanks for answering.
I think that my choice will be between a Dodge or a Chevy.
An old Dart or Duster with a slant six is the type of car that if you run it into the ground that means you need to replace the tire that blew out.
LOL... Yeah no kidding. The slant 6 is a great old engine. It will require tons of tinkering if you have the single barrel carb and the lean burn system. The 318 is also another indestructible engine.
But due to gas prices, I recommend learning cars on something a bit more modern. The k-cars were good reliable cars if you get one that has throttle body injection (most K's were fuel injected by 1986, although the Omni didn't get fuel injection until 1989). The Dodge Shadow/Plymouth Sundance are great starter cars if you find them with the 2.2 or 2.5 liter 4-cylinder engines.
Personally, I think that the Saturn S-series cars are good learning tools too. They are pretty easy to work on, and they have a handful of common problems that are well documented on the web, and you can find detailed info on how to fix them.