Need help with a car for my daughter for college

[Raubvogel]

1988-1993 Saab 900S

Engines are bullet-proof. Can easily get over 250k miles. Good mileage, 27 or 28mpg highway. Solidly built. Just don't get one that needs work if you can't do it yourself. Mechanics make a killing on them. Older Volvos are great too.

[RightF00T]

Ditto on the Saab.  Although maybe shy away from the turbo-equipped models if you dont want her going too fast.

[GtoRA2]

I would say a honda as well, get a 90s or newer civic will fuel injection.


Don't buy her a newer toyota, they suck ass.

Mora coment about them being like a hyundia is not saying much but it's true. Everyone I know I have been around recently was totaly garbage.

[LePaul]

1st choice would be the Honda

2nd would be a newer Saturn.

[1K3]

man this is the easiest aswer ever (!)

Honda Accord (LX) or Toyota Camty, Hyundai Sonata (Watch the commercials and everything they say is true! 160K powertrain warranty for 10 years)

(sry but they're not American)

[CavemanJ]

Originally posted by rpm
Can't believe I'm gonna say this...Honda Accord. They are almost indestructable.

dayum right!  A good 91-93 Accord LX, LXi, or EX is what ya wanna get.  As long as ya change the oil, keep water/antifreeze in the radiator, and don't over rev the engine they'll run forever.

I bought a 92 LX sedan with a 5sp to use as a pizza car =)

And make sure ya CarFax the cars you look at.  Look for accident reports and mileage discrepancies.  Lotta good info to help you make a decision.

[Sp4de]

Originally posted by spitfiremkv
if she's hot she can ride in my Corvette while I go through my mid-life crisis.

[Frazzy]

Man, so far it is sounding like Honda is the front runner.  Dumb question maybe, but a lot of civics seem to have a "******* pipe" as I call them, ( you guys might call them a megaphone muffler?) and they buzz like a chainsaw gone berzerk.  Are the Civics generally hotrodded by kids or is it just a few that I notice?

Hmmm can't say ******* so I will say it rhymes with gr*******

I tell ya, the filter is touchy...   @$h hole pipe.... looks like a  butthole  lol

[Raubvogel]

Honda prices are over inflated because every 16 year old kid thinks he can put a big ****in wing on the back, some stickers on the side, a ****ty muffler on it, and call it a race car. Get her either an older Saab or Volvo. Both are dependable, economical, and very safe. Like I said in my earlier post, I highly recommend a 88-93 Saab 900S. That's the non-turbo model. They are bulletproof and get good gas mileage.

[Hangtime]

1972 Chevy Impala.

Safe, dependable, can launch and recover aircraft on the hood.

[Regular]

89 Ford Escort.

[Frazzy]

Lol Hangtime, that reminds me of my folks's car they had at one time, a 1971 buick  electra.  Man that was an aircraft carrier  on 4 wheels.

[DREDIOCK]

Can also vouch for the Hyundai Santa Fe.
Picked one up for my wife a few years ago and shes still ecstatic with it. (she even named the damn thing)
Havent had a single problem with it (knock on wood)
Drives/handles nice, decent acceleration. Real good views for  good SA. And it sits high enough where you can see whats going on in front of the guy in front of you yet is low enough you dont haveta climb in

And it has that great Hyndai warranty

[bunch]

In the same spirt as Mk.V:
Save a lot of $, just buy her some short skirts

[eagl]

Take out a big life insurance policy on her and then get her a miata.