Leasing a New car... who owns any of these?

[pugg666]

Skurj if your going to go with an early 90's car deffinetly try out a Honda. I bought my 91 accord 2 and half years ago for 3K Canadian and it's still running strong. 250,000 Kilometers on it, original clutch! (nothing wrong with it at all, no slip nothing), the only serious work I've needed to do on it was an exhaust manifold and the clutch master cylinder, total of about 500 $ work

other ussual maintanance things excluded. oil changes 1 brake pad replacement(accords seem to wear out brakes pretty fast, but i have a manual tranny so it's not too bad) valve adjustments( again hondas need em adjusted every so often ).

so for 2300$ and 145 K on it, go for it you'll easily get up to 300K if you take care of it.


and you'll laugh at the price for insurance!

[LePaul]

Just another Nod at the Saturn

Don't let the plastic bodywork concern you...its very easy to keep clean, wax, shine, etc....and can take a few shopping cart dings.

I'm shopping too but with a slightly larger budget ($25k)  I've always liked the Hondas and am leaning that way.  

The Saturn is costing me more lately...timing chain replaced, tie rods...all those things that usually require replacing are chiming in at once.  I got 8 years out of her and when I gas'd up today for $14, I got 27mpg...all city driving.

Cheap to insure, too

If you get a Saturn, get the sunroof.  ;-)

[gofaster]

Originally posted by qts
It's not very fashionable, or sexy, or nippy, but consider saving your money and getting a top of the range Proton.

What's the North American equivalent?  They may not be over here because of safety/emissions problems.  Same reasons Trabants aren't allowed to be imported here, even used ones.

[lord dolf vader]

yea get  the sunroof as its probly gonna leak water with or without a sunroof as mine and every other one i have ever seen did.  sunroof will make it nicer on sunny days and keep the mildue smell down. so you can smell the oil they burn more easily thus reminding you to add a quart every 500 miles. saturn says every one dosen't know how to maintain a engine, neither  car has never gone 3500 on a change.  

 just dont buy a saturn. or if your determined, i have 2 want one ? sell you a 95 sl1 for 1200 bucks 160 k on the odo and no ac ( did a mention the compressors suck)

[SKurj]

dolf!! where do you live?
will u deliver? +)

i am dreading going into the city car shopping tomorrow


SKurj

[SKurj]

Well... I bought a car, 1991 Toyota Corolla LS 4dr 5spd no toys(yay).

188,000kms    (do the math yanks)

new clutch, new clutch slave, new exhaust, new ignition wires and cap thingy.

Interior is mint, cept some idiot got something on the passenger side window.. windex, dish detergent, goo gone, none would take it off... razor blade took some of it off whatever it is...  dad thinks perhaps someone got fantastik on the window.. dunno.. anyone have any suggestions?  I got most of it off, and likely most ppl wouldn't notice it, but I do.

Safetied, emissions tested, $3000 CDN including taxes (15%)


Pretty happy with it, 1 small patch of rust about the size of a $1 coin near front wheel well.

Car spent 4 years in germany owned by a woman in the military so its been spared at least some of our winters eh (salt..)  Have all the service records.

I figure it will last me a couple or three years until I can afford insurance on a new car...


SKurj

[funkedup]

Originally posted by SKurj
Well... I bought a car, 1991 Toyota Corolla LS 4dr 5spd no toys(yay).

188,000kms    (do the math yanks)

new clutch, new clutch slave, new exhaust, new ignition wires and cap thingy.

Interior is mint, cept some idiot got something on the passenger side window.. windex, dish detergent, goo gone, none would take it off... razor blade took some of it off whatever it is...  dad thinks perhaps someone got fantastik on the window.. dunno.. anyone have any suggestions?  I got most of it off, and likely most ppl wouldn't notice it, but I do.

Safetied, emissions tested, $3000 CDN including taxes (15%)


Pretty happy with it, 1 small patch of rust about the size of a $1 coin near front wheel well.

Car spent 4 years in germany owned by a woman in the military so its been spared at least some of our winters eh (salt..)  Have all the service records.

I figure it will last me a couple or three years until I can afford insurance on a new car...


SKurj

WTG.  I think I had that exact model as a rental once except it had an automatic.  Was a very nice car to drive, even at 100+ mph.

[SKurj]

Had it up to 80mph or so so far, and its as quiet if not quieter than some of the new cars I drove Funked.  And its still barely pulling 4000rpm at that speed with the dinky little 13" wheels it comes with.
I may consider going to a slightly larger wheel and tire combo next year for the summers, especially if i find myself commuting on the highway (401).

Best part so far...  $20 took it from nearly empty to over 3/4 of a tank!! +)  the bonneville cost close to $50 for a fill.


SKurj

[Dnil]

ok, i probably read it wrong, but your insurance is 5200 a year?  Mine is below 1k on a 2000 explorer.  I had to have misread that.

[moose]

As far as I'm concerned, it's like throwing your money away.

The car has absolute zero resale value. A friend of mine has a 99 SC2 and the car is worh 5k at most, but he still has 10k left to pay. gotta love interest.

i have a 96 SC2 that I've done pretty much everything you can do to it. high performance magnecor racing wires, coils, intake, exhaust, rims, bored throttle body..

didnt street port the engine though...

however now that i have the rx 7 which is 7 years older, i can see the difference in quality. there's nothing the 7 has which isn't nicer (except passenger space) then the saturn. and i can't get rid of the farging saturn either!!!

i guess if you just want a car that can go from a to b a saturn can do it for ya.... but i dunno, it's just frustrating that a car can be so badly made and underpowered. the plastic paneling is about the only thing in the car that is made well - every other part is VERY cheaply made and still incredibly expensive to replace.

the new ions look allright but it's still a SATURN and it's one of the 5 brands dealers don't want to see on tradein. (SATURN KIA HYUNDAI SUZUKI DAEWOO)

lastly, every saturn dealership i've run across is run by a bunch of farging crooks in service/parts. mine went in a few weeks ago to have the coils replaced, and now they're telling me that my head gasket is blowing and my transmission needs to be replaced. sigh. gotta love people who think they can convince a kid that a car which has been babied and has 85k miles on it needs a new head gasket. what it *does* need is a new cam cover gasket but that's something entirely different.


anyway thats my rant.

[Holden McGroin]

None of them cars yall list is enny good at haulin'...  How you gonna get a load of sheetrock,  six cans of sheetrock mud, your gas powered circular saw, two cases of beer, and your deer rifle to the job site in any of those?

At the very least, get yourself a F-150. (4x4 of course)

[Naso]

Skurj, as Funked already suggested, consider a Toyota.

I have a '96 Celica, no extra manteinance since I bought it, 4 years and 100.000 Km ago,  it's a 1.8, only 116 HP, but with the good areodynamics can push to 235 km/h (hit just once) and commute @ 190-200 (my cruise speed).

And the handling is wonderful and honest (she give you all the warnings before taking control and in all occasion I have experienced, she start losing first the rear leaving you the edge to recover).

[SKurj]

Hehe well I guess 40 posts maybe a bit much to read through, but if you read my last couple of posts...


Insurance 5200 well that was correct for one quote.  I eventually got it down to 4000 which was still too much and in the end prevented me from buying a new car.  



SKurj

[Naso]

Originally posted by SKurj
Hehe well I guess 40 posts maybe a bit much to read through, but if you read my last couple of posts...


Insurance 5200 well that was correct for one quote.  I eventually got it down to 4000 which was still too much and in the end prevented me from buying a new car.  



SKurj

lol, sorry, missed that sentence

[straffo]

Originally posted by Naso
...and commute @ 190-200 (my cruise speed)....

I guess the local Carabinieri are sleeping