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letmedrift
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Registered:
August 2003

Which car is for me?	Thu, 21 August 2003 11:43

Has anyone been to carsurveys.org? Almost every Toyota car review is positive! What a waste of time... Since you're all a bunch of Toyota know-it-alls, can you suggest a car for me? All suggestions appreciated, please also include your personal thoughts/experience. This is what i'm interested in: Very very reliable and robust Low running cost Fuel efficient Compact/light Good handling Manual 2nd hand (less than $3500), any yr/model, later than 1985 Revvy engine would be nice RWD is highly desired I'm planning to use the car in stock form, so restoring/modding will be uncertain for the near future. (Also, be specific about yr/model 'cuz there's so many cars in that price range on autotrader.com.au) [Updated on: Fri, 22 August 2003 11:22] [Report message to a moderator]

SCO-77K
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Location:
Castle Hill, Sydney
Registered:
January 2003

Re: Which car is for me?	Fri, 22 August 2003 02:22

If you look hard enough you can find some real good deals on a 4th generation celica (86-89 model) I got mine for $3500 , its cheap to run, and has pretty good power for its class, plus they look nice oh and the model that you would want would be the 1988-1989 SX with the 3S-GE engine. [Updated on: Fri, 22 August 2003 02:23] [Report message to a moderator]

SXer
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Sydney
Registered:
May 2002

Re: Which car is for me?	Fri, 22 August 2003 03:33

Alternately an ae82 twin-cam would be cheaper to run but more likely to have been thrashed (potentially resulting in big maintenance costs). I'd prefer a twin-cam just because where I live parking spaces are rare... [Report message to a moderator]

letmedrift
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Registered:
August 2003

Re: Which car is for me?

Fri, 22 August 2003 10:28

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I'd prefer a twin-cam just because where I live parking spaces are rare...

ERR?!

Cyber-punk
Forums Junkie

Location:
Brisbane, QLD
Registered:
February 2003

Re: Which car is for me?	Fri, 22 August 2003 13:51

MA61 supra MK2's rule!! I dont care if it fits your criteria...but the beer bottles sitting in front of me agree that i am right when i say this: MK2's fffffffffoooooooooorrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeevvvvvvvvveee eeeeeeerrrrrrrrr ...that is all [Report message to a moderator]

fergo308
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Location:
Eastern Sydney
Registered:
May 2002

Re: Which car is for me?	Sun, 24 August 2003 11:42

with a budget of $3500,you should look for an RA60. it's RWD so you can play at being a drifter,reliable,and in your price range. parts are reasonably easy to come by as well. Justin... [Report message to a moderator]

gtman
Forums Junkie

Location:
Perth
Registered:
November 2002

Re: Which car is for me?	Mon, 25 August 2003 02:30

Its not in your age range but get an RA23. Everyone who doesn't have one deep down wants one. And if they say they don't they are just in denial [Report message to a moderator]