YACT: Pick the car for me to buy, and why.

[Red]

I am 21 and I have some important goals with this nonprogrammable decision of buying a car: (1) Spend as little money as possible for a car I like that will last 60k+ more miles (3+ years). Requirements: Japanese. Sunroof. Automatic. Less than 100k miles. No trucks or SUVs. Less than $9,000. Choose your top 3 and please tell me why. Thanks fellers =)

Honda/Acura
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(#1) 1997 ACURA 3.0CL ...... 2 door, automatic, tilt, a/c, cruise, alloy wheels, CD, power windows/locks/moonroof/seats, 69K with WARRANTY!!!!! $8995
(#2) 1999 ACURA INTEGRA ls 2 dr., auto, cruise control, tilt, am/fm, CD, power steering, power brakes, power windows, pdls, pm, alloys, moonroof, 84K miles w/warranty , WEINLE AUTO SALES, $8995
(#3) 1997 ACURA INTEGRA.... 4 door, automatic, a/c, power windows/locks/moonroof, alloy wheels, cruise CD player, leather, spoiler, 97K with WARRANTY!!! $7495
(#4) 1997 Honda Accord Value Package Sedan all power w/ moonroof. 70k miles, $7995
(#5) 1997 Honda Accord SE Sedan all power w/ moonroof 73k miles, $8995

Toyota/Lexus
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(#6) 1996 LEXUS ES300 * 4 dr, auto, power everything inc. sunroof. Black w/ grey lower. 81k miles. $7995
(#7) 1999 Toyota Camry CE $8,495 all power + moonroof, 56k miles
(#8) 1998 TOYOTA CAMRY LE ..... 4 door, automatic, a/c, spoiler, power windows/locks/moonroof, tilt, cruise, cass/CD changer, 62K with WARRANTY!!! $8995
(#9) 2001 Toyota Camry LE $8,995 72k miles. power everything but NO sunroof, but thought I'd mention it because its such a late model

Nissan/Infinity
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(#10) 1999 Nissan Maxima $8,995 all power + sunroof. 81k miles (gold color though, booo)
(#11) 1997 Nissan Maxima $8,995 all power + sunroof + leather 87k miles (white)
(#12) 1997 Nissan Maxima $7,450 all power + sunroof + leather 96k miles (black on black)
(#13) 1997 Nissan Maxima GLE $8,750 all power/sunrf/lthr .. 75k miles (green on beige)
(#14) 1999 Nissan Maxima, champagne/tan leather, auto, pw, pdl, tilt, cruise, ac, Bose system CD, spoiler, alloys, 94K miles, $7995

(#15) 1999 Infiniti G20 PEARL WHITE ALLOYS AUTOMATIC LEATHER MOONROOF FULL POWER AM/FM CD CASS BOSE SYSTEM LIKE NEW W/WARRANTY $8999
(#16) 1998 Infiniti I30 $7,995, 99k miles, all power + sunroof, black on beige
(#17) 1998 INFINITI i30T 116k miles all luxuries $7995
(#18) 1998 Infiniti I30 t $8995, 81k miles all luxurues
(#19) 1996 INFINITY I-30... 4 door, automatic, a/c, leather, cruise, tilt, alloy wheels, power windows/locks/moonroof/seats, alarm, 97K with WARRANTY!!! $6995

Ok..... I'll go first. My top 3 picks are the '99 white G20, the 1999 max for $7995, and the '99 Camry w/ 56k for $8485. Your thoughts?

 

[Passions]

Hyundai Excel because you = loser!

 

[NutBucket]

Any of the Camrys even tho they're piss slow. This is only because the two Accords are also the gutless ones.

 

[AgaBoogaBoo]

If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

 

[RagingBITCH]

Honda > All. I wouldn't get those Integras for the purpose of that they're stolen quite often

 

[Ketteringo]

Look for more Honda Accords I got my 97 EX V6 (leather, moonroof, 6cd changer, 57k miles etc.)for $8,300 in January, and its a beautiful car www.idonk.com/accord.htm for some pics (the car is dirty and parked, but you get the general idea).

 

[ElFenix]

the acura CL is the best looking of all those

 

[datdamkid]

#6 lexus ES300 My cousin has that car and its beautiful, runs great has around 80k on it.

 

[crt1530]

(#8) 1998 TOYOTA CAMRY LE ..... 4 door, automatic, a/c, spoiler, power windows/locks/moonroof, tilt, cruise, cass/CD changer, 62K with WARRANTY!!! $8995

Price, age, warranty, reliability of Toyota.

 

[KokomoGST]

G20 is prolly the best choice even though it's a tad smaller car. Good solid engine and the fit and finish on the car is quite good.

I never really liked the way the CLs looked. Otherwise, I vote Skoorb... I mean Maxima.

 

[Muadib]

Originally posted by: ElFenix
the acura CL is the best looking of all those

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

I agree 1000%. He'd be a complete fool not to buy an IS300 with less than 100k for $9000.

 

[bbrontosaurus]

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

um, you can't get a IS300 for less than 9k.....unless you want a badly damaged one

 

[RagingBITCH]

Originally posted by: merlocka

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

I agree 1000%. He'd be a complete fool not to buy an IS300 with less than 100k for $9000.

No, he'd be a fool to buy an IS300 with less than 100K for $9000. Like bbronto said, it'd have to be majorly fvcked up to run $9K. Edmunds is showing a 2001 Private party for about $19.5K.

 

[NutBucket]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: merlocka

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

I agree 1000%. He'd be a complete fool not to buy an IS300 with less than 100k for $9000.

No, he'd be a fool to buy an IS300 with less than 100K for $9000. Like bbronto said, it'd have to be majorly fvcked up to run $9K. Edmunds is showing a 2001 Private party for about $19.5K.

*cough* salvage *cough*

 

[merlocka]

Originally posted by: RagingBITCH

Originally posted by: merlocka

Originally posted by: AgaBooga
If you look lexus, how about an IS300?

I agree 1000%. He'd be a complete fool not to buy an IS300 with less than 100k for $9000.

No, he'd be a fool to buy an IS300 with less than 100K for $9000. Like bbronto said, it'd have to be majorly fvcked up to run $9K. Edmunds is showing a 2001 Private party for about $19.5K.

duh

 

[boyRacer]

I have a feeling he'll end up selling this... i dunno why.

 

[amdskip]

How much are you really saving buying anyone of those cars? I'd be looking for something cheaper. Its not worth the hassle of selling your 02 civic, getting new title, tax, registration for new car. I'd be looking at 6k and lower.

 

[mAdD INDIAN]

Check out the Infiniti G20. It's NOT based on the Sentra, before people start going off on that.

It has the 2L Sr20DE 4-cyl making 140hp. Mind you, this car is SLOW..but it is fun to drive with its sweet suspension. You also get the sweet Infiniti service...for a low price.

 

[vi edit]

At this point, I'd just start combing over service history and seeing which ones received the most TLC. I'd also compare insurance costs.

Some cars may be lemons and if you have service history showing that, you can avoid them.

 

[Corporate Thug]

2001 camry, very reliable car, far insurance

 

[mdcrab]

Yugo

mdcrab

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: shady06
2001 camry, very reliable car, far insurance

I'm skeptical of that one. It's priced WAAAY below what it *technically* should be, even with the milage. Somebody is overly eager to get rid of it.

 

[halik]

ummm why not try Audi or VW? DEfinitely more class and style than mid-life-crisis wagons (camry,maxima etc)

 

[vi edit]

Originally posted by: halik
ummm why not try Audi or VW? DEfinitely more class and style than mid-life-crisis wagons (camry,maxima etc)

Uhhh maintanence costs come to mind. As well as hit or miss reliability.

And I'm a current (and past) VW owner.