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Title: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: G.R.H. on September 10, 2006, 12:50:35 PM
hey guys, do any of u dudes out there also work as mechanics or used car dealers? i have a 98 ford contour, and the thing has been falling apart slowly since january, and i do not want to throw any more $ into it. ( i can only afford about $5,000, but i am looking to get out of the 90's and into the 2000'S). i have looked on line and at consumer reports. any suggestions? i hear toyotas, hondas, are good.  any help at all would be much appeciated. thanks bros! 8)
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: knny187 on September 10, 2006, 01:02:46 PM
hey guys, do any of u dudes out there also work as mechanics or used car dealers? i have a 98 ford contour, and the thing has been falling apart slowly since january, and i do not want to throw any more $ into it. ( i can only afford about $5,000, but i am looking to get out of the 90's and into the 2000'S). i have looked on line and at consumer reports. any suggestions? i hear toyotas, hondas, are good.  any help at all would be much appeciated. thanks bros! 8)

Accords or Civics with a 4 cyl.

- Can get them cheap

- they run for alot of miles

- Easy to repair


only down fall is they're high on the car theft list.  Kids love to steal them & strip them for parts
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: G.R.H. on September 10, 2006, 02:01:55 PM
thanks bro! my buddies tell me the same too. ( the small cars make good foe deadlifting too.) huh?! ;D
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: onlyme on September 10, 2006, 11:44:40 PM
Buy Vince G's heap.  He is upgrading to a Gremlin
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: anvil on September 11, 2006, 07:41:50 AM
Buy Vince G's heap.  He is upgrading to a Gremlin

From what I've seen, cars like that are rather popular in rural areas of Romania.

Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: 250Ben250 on September 11, 2006, 08:38:55 AM
hey guys, do any of u dudes out there also work as mechanics or used car dealers? i have a 98 ford contour, and the thing has been falling apart slowly since january, and i do not want to throw any more $ into it. ( i can only afford about $5,000, but i am looking to get out of the 90's and into the 2000'S). i have looked on line and at consumer reports. any suggestions? i hear toyotas, hondas, are good.  any help at all would be much appeciated. thanks bros! 8)

It may be a little tough to find a Honda that cheap, they tend to do ok on holding their value. A family member of mine was able to sell a 98 4 door accord for a little more than $5K. Do a search on Autotrader.com for a 2 door civic, I just ran one and it only pulled 1 car under $5k in 50 miles, and it had 179k miles on it  :-\

You may want to look at older Jeeps (Cherokees), I don't know what the "official", overall value is like, but I had 2 during high school and college, and both were 8 years old when bought for around $5K. never had a problem with either one even being in the 100-125K mile range...
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: newmom on September 11, 2006, 09:13:17 AM
once again i agree with knny aka npd..im on year number 8 with my honda and i love this car and ruins great...just keep up with the maintenance is all...
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: JasonH on September 12, 2006, 12:51:05 AM
I drive a car.

That is all.  ;D
Title: Re: ANY OF U MUSCLEHEADS KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT CARS?!
Post by: HICKSON on September 12, 2006, 06:45:57 AM
You can get a 2005-2006 almost new KIA for about 5 grand. 100,000 mile bumper to bumper warranty, about 30-35 mpg. but not to pleasing on the eye if your vain.  :-\