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If you were to buy one used car and keep it for a very long time...

Kroze

Kroze

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What would it be granted you have $10k to spend on it? This car have to be the car you really love and wouldn't mind spending money on fixing it if it's broken. Even if the costs to fix it may be more than value of the car itself.

This car would be your every day driver/sport/utility car.

Right now I'm looking at 89-92 Supra Turbo & 92-96 Nissan 300ZX. It is so hard to find these cars in excellent condition and with low mileage.
 
Kroze said:
What would it be granted you have $10k to spend on it? This car have to be the car you really love and wouldn't mind spending money on fixing it if it's broken. Even if the costs to fix it may be more than value of the car itself.

This car would be your every day driver/sport/utility car.

Right now I'm looking at 89-92 Supra Turbo & 92-96 Nissan 300ZX. It is so hard to find these cars in excellent condition and with low mileage.
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Good luck finding one that hasn't been modded and beat to hell too.
 
At this point you might as well buy an old mustang gt or camaro ss/z28. Either of those from 2000-2002 in decent shape can be had for cheap and are easily modable.
 
Soccerman06 said:
At this point you might as well buy an old mustang gt or camaro ss/z28. Either of those from 2000-2002 in decent shape can be had for cheap and are easily modable.
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There are some old farts that bought these, never modded them and now they sit mostly unused 😳 :'(
 
Kroze said:
What would it be granted you have $10k to spend on it? This car have to be the car you really love and wouldn't mind spending money on fixing it if it's broken. Even if the costs to fix it may be more than value of the car itself.

This car would be your every day driver/sport/utility car.

Right now I'm looking at 89-92 Supra Turbo & 92-96 Nissan 300ZX. It is so hard to find these cars in excellent condition and with low mileage.
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You will never buy one of these. Feel free to bump the thread in several months and tell me I was right. We've all been in your shoes, young and dreaming about a car you won't end up owning. I guess maybe I shouldn't shatter the dream but it's just hard to watch somebody else go in the exact same footsteps.
 
Been there, done that - '91 MR2 Turbo ($7000 in May '08) and '04 Forester XT ($7,390 in July '10).
 
Doppel said:
You will never buy one of these. Feel free to bump the thread in several months and tell me I was right. We've all been in your shoes, young and dreaming about a car you won't end up owning. I guess maybe I shouldn't shatter the dream but it's just hard to watch somebody else go in the exact same footsteps.
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Lol what? what happen when you assume?

I've owned:

1988 Nissan 300zx Turbo
1989 Toyota Supra Turbo
1992 Nissan 300zx
1996 Acura Integra
2006 Accord Coupe
2010 Mazdaspeed 3
2011 Civic Si

All manual transmission.
 
Doppel said:
You will never buy one of these. Feel free to bump the thread in several months and tell me I was right. We've all been in your shoes, young and dreaming about a car you won't end up owning. I guess maybe I shouldn't shatter the dream but it's just hard to watch somebody else go in the exact same footsteps.
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this seems your focus lately, even in my thread not realizing I am a 40 year old professional.

What do you drive?
 
Any reason why a 92 and up 300ZX TT? The Z32 model ran 90-96 with only limited changes (96 lost timing trickery and about 5hp and at some point driver's side airbags came into play). TBH you maaaaaaaay have more luck finding a straight bodied NA Z32 and rebuilding the motor for FI (you'll eliminate a few hundred pounds and ditch the problematic 4 wheel steering and get shorter gearing while not really giving up much). However, unless you (or a garage) have experience working with the VG30DE(TT) it could turn out to be a handful.
 
jlee said:
haha...well if I'd leave the damn thing alone instead of keep trying to screw around with it.. :hmm:
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I dare you. By the time you finally get it all done and working right, 300 WHP is going to be old news and it's going to be just in time to take it apart again for 400 WHP.
 
alkemyst said:
this seems your focus lately, even in my thread not realizing I am a 40 year old professional.

What do you drive?
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Perhaps the OP is an exception. Most of these threads end up the same way, though. I guess I am kind of trolling.

I drive a 2010 Charger SRT8 as a DD and on the weekends a 2008 Audi S5. My wife drives a 2006 M3.
 
nismotigerwvu said:
Any reason why a 92 and up 300ZX TT? The Z32 model ran 90-96 with only limited changes (96 lost timing trickery and about 5hp and at some point driver's side airbags came into play). TBH you maaaaaaaay have more luck finding a straight bodied NA Z32 and rebuilding the motor for FI (you'll eliminate a few hundred pounds and ditch the problematic 4 wheel steering and get shorter gearing while not really giving up much). However, unless you (or a garage) have experience working with the VG30DE(TT) it could turn out to be a handful.
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The 92+ model year have upgraded interior materials compare to the 90+91 which are hideous IMO

coldmeat said:
maybe if you want a car that looks like a POS.
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