Originally posted by: IgoByte
What sub-$7500 car would you guys buy if it were your choice?
Originally posted by: vi_edit
Originally posted by: IgoByte
What sub-$7500 car would you guys buy if it were your choice?
98'ish Camry/Accord
'99-'00 Nissan Altima
And then what ever year Maxima I could get with that money.
They are fun and definitely no slower than the maximaOriginally posted by: vi_edit
If you want to put aside a little extra a month for "just in case" repairs, you can get a low milage MKIII GTI VR6 in your price range. I used to own one. It was a BLAST to drive. Nice sleeper car. Not many people think golf = quick, but the VR6 is a hard pulling engine.
Originally posted by: vi_edit
If you want to put aside a little extra a month for "just in case" repairs, you can get a low milage MKIII GTI VR6 in your price range. I used to own one. It was a BLAST to drive. Nice sleeper car. Not many people think golf = quick, but the VR6 is a hard pulling engine.
Mid 90's Golf GTI VR6. Check autotraderOriginally posted by: IgoByte
Originally posted by: vi_edit
If you want to put aside a little extra a month for "just in case" repairs, you can get a low milage MKIII GTI VR6 in your price range. I used to own one. It was a BLAST to drive. Nice sleeper car. Not many people think golf = quick, but the VR6 is a hard pulling engine.
Which car exactly is this? The Golf 3 VR6? Where can I find one?
Originally posted by: Skoorb
Mid 90's Golf GTI VR6. Check autotraderOriginally posted by: IgoByte
Originally posted by: vi_edit
If you want to put aside a little extra a month for "just in case" repairs, you can get a low milage MKIII GTI VR6 in your price range. I used to own one. It was a BLAST to drive. Nice sleeper car. Not many people think golf = quick, but the VR6 is a hard pulling engine.
Which car exactly is this? The Golf 3 VR6? Where can I find one?
Originally posted by: IgoByte
Originally posted by: CFster
Originally posted by: IgoByte
Well, they both seem to be pretty reliable vehicles. My father owns a 99 Maxima SE Limited and just crossed the 40K mark, and the car runs beautifully. Never had a single problem. He's owned a lot of different Golfs in the past and they were all very good. Also, the Golf does have the 80K mile powertrain coverage.
80K powertrain coverage only applies to the original owner.
It's transferrable...
Originally posted by: CFster
Originally posted by: IgoByte
Originally posted by: CFster
Originally posted by: IgoByte
Well, they both seem to be pretty reliable vehicles. My father owns a 99 Maxima SE Limited and just crossed the 40K mark, and the car runs beautifully. Never had a single problem. He's owned a lot of different Golfs in the past and they were all very good. Also, the Golf does have the 80K mile powertrain coverage.
80K powertrain coverage only applies to the original owner.
It's transferrable...
Really? Never heard of that. Is it an aftermarket add-on warranty?
As far as I know VW's have a 10/100,000 warranty that's only applicable to the original owner. Then it reverts to either a 3/36 or 2/24 powertrain. Same with most other manufacturers that offer long warranties. That's how they do it - nobody keeps a car to 100K anymore.
Originally posted by: Skoorb
I decided to do a search and the 1996's VQ does in fact have a timing chain
Originally posted by: SammyBoy
I'd get the golf I'm partial though, i have a mark3 golf vr6. It's got 144k on it but i'd still take it over the maxima
Look around for a 97 or so GINSTER YELLOW GTI VR6. If you don't like ginster you don't deserve it, haha I've got a 96 Sequoia green 1 like I said and I love it.
Anyhow, you should be able to swing a 95-98 GTI VR6 for around 7k with maybe 90000 on the clock. Check vwvortex
If you don't need a car bigger than the golf, I'd go for the golf, out of those 2. The 2.0 engine is weak though, you won't have the same fun experiences as I have with my car. muahahha
Originally posted by: Thegonagle
Golfs aren't great (far from it, in fact), but no car with 113,000 miles is going to be trouble free either. OTOH, $3000 is a lot less money to blow than $7500, and it's only three years older. Without seeing and driving both cars, they both sound like they could be good deals.
Originally posted by: Thegonagle
New driver? Get the older car. BTW, the Maxima is quite powerful, but the handling isn't great in stock format. It's a bigger car, so it's not fun enough to drive (except in a straight line) that you'll get carried away all that often.
Have you asked them about any rust? Or better yet, have you asked them to send a few pictures of the areas you want a closer look at? That would probably be the simplest, quickest, and cheapest way to get over that hurdle. Plus, if they balk at any detailed pictures, I would personally pass it over since there's obviously something the seller doesn't want you to see.Not having seen the Maxima is my problem. I'm worried about rust on the bottom of the car. It's pretty cold & wet in Boston, after all, and if I were to buy this car, the arrangement was that I go up to Boston with registration done, so I'll have spent close to $500 before I even saw the car.