What do you drive?

*sigh

my car is headed for the junkyard right now

Had an accident mindless? I drive a 97 VW Citigolf.. Bit down on power (1300cc) but a nice first car until I can afford one myself.

What do you think would be a decent (but cheap, VERY VERY cheap) first car? It doesn't need to be "fast," but it shouldn't look like my mom's van.

I was looking at 1994-9 Honda's, they seem to run forever. You see so many of them. I wouldn't put stupid bumpers and 3 foot spoilers on it either, I would probably get turbo. Price range is $0 to $4,500. (Used obviously) Any ideas?

Sad to say I have a french car, a Renault Laguna 2, 2005 model, 1.9 DCi. I drive alot in my job, around Wales in the UK. Its a really comfortable and a fast car If driven properly.

Yeah, no one can say that Honda's aren't well made. My dad has this friend at work that can tell you what goes wrong with cars at certain mileages. He used this knowledge to buy a Toyota Corolla (unsure of year, but mileage was over 300,000) for about 1000 USD that needed nothing more than a battery.

I will definitely tell my dad to talk to this man about Honda's, preferably the Civic. And wow, that Nova sounds awesome! Hopefully I'll have a dream car one day too.

I have a 04 c55 AMG and a 1974 Group 4 Lancia Stratos.

2009 Hyundai Elantra Touring; getting 27MPG. This replaced a trouble-free 2002 (but made in '98 or '99 per VIN records) Hyundai Elantra GT.
Occasionally on weekends I'll ride a 2008 Catrike Road.

99 Mustang Cobra 310RWHP 305RWTQ average 20 mpg city, 120,000 miles on it still going strong.
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2001 Mitsubishi Eclipse with lil over 65,000 miles....2nd owner and got it for $6,500. First car I bought by myself

I daily drive a 1997 Miata. British racing green with a tan top and interior.
When I feel like being an ass I've got a 1995 Ducati 900 SS/CR with an airbox, jetkit, and pipes. Here's a review of the version with more tupperware: http://www.latexnet.org/~csmith/sausage.html

Todd, if you don't need to be able to carry 4 people a miata would probably be a great choice. they're cheap (a clean early one can be had for $2000-4000) bulletproof (easily go 250k+ miles) and painfully easy to work on. (I've torn my engine half way down to do a timing belt and waterpump with no real prior experience) Plus, it's a legitimate RWD sports car, not a wrong-wheel drive econobox.

2006 toyota corolla 63,000m commuter and a ford f150 stx loaded on the weekends.

1995 honda integra ls since 2005. still loving it.

3 cars in family, Peugeot 405 1,.6 78000m as run about and hard wearing use with dogs ect, Mazda 6 TS2 2.0tdi 136bhp 66000m as daily commute and long distance tourer, and Mitsubushi Evo VIII fq300 @ 360+ bhp 64000m as the fun weekend car

hmm.. Right now the only thing we own (it's not even mine, it's my wife's) is a '95 Oldsmobile 88 Royal.. It's a boat.. and it's ours.

But there's other stuff we can drive around here:
- '97 Dodge Caravan
- '00 Chevy Malibu
- '98 Mazda B4000
- '06 Ford F150 (Company truck)
And to play around with:
- Arctic Cat 500
- Arctic Cat H1 650
- '95 Yamaha Maxim 700

and some bicycles

Our Olds:

99 honda civic type r

[quotemsg=491,32,481655]Chrysler Crossfire convertible, the coupe's look horrendous though[/quotemsg

Damn I was hoping to be the first crossfire. 2005 crossfire limited roadster. Best car I have driven daily.

Crazy miles on that man, i think its time to change your car even though you got it for free, id advise you to sell it after at least 5k more miles while you can and get something efficient. Dont buy any more PC parts until you save for a decent replacement. You did get it from your dad which is good so it was free and perhaps you might even be able to make money off of it depending if you are going to get a second hand car. Get something less than 120k miles.

Not the epitome of fuel efficiency: 2004 Mach 1 Mustang. I've only managed to rip the cats off of it (sounds good) and have the heads ported and polished.

Elantra GT 2002
Got it in 2004 to present
67000km to now 170000km

Besides regular things such as brakes and a baring the car has been flawless.

Cons = RUST !!! Rust in my door that screws up my window rail.
Besides that, not once has it ever failed to start or stopped running.

As of right now I decided to keep the truck. I am now holding a job, at GameStop (Game retailer for all you guys from overseas ) so right now it's worth keeping. It only needs a catalytic converter, and 4 tires. Currently 213,300 miles, on body, and engine. Transmission and clutch have 40,000.

I won't win races, I won't get nice mpg's, I won't impress the women with my sexy car, but I also have the opportunity to save for a nicer car.

I'm thinking Camaro SS or Shelby GT500.
Any ideas? I love driving and I love cars. Whatever I get will never be resold.

04 Dodge Durango 5.7 Hemi
09 Dodge Charger SRT8 Super Bee 6.1 Hemi

1998 Acura RL 3.5

God I love that car. Never broke, just keep it maintaining.

there are a few imports round here the best is a violet pearl 67 gto with a 572 gm motor i so love that car

1995 Jaguar Sovereign 3.2

130,900 miles

Fantastic car! Not the fastest car but it is comfortable!
Great for my granny, she can get in and out easily!

A great cruising car, comfy, solid, quick when needed, surprisingly cheap (relatively speaking!) maintenance.