Originally posted by oilman930:
Buy a MINI.Check around at some of the dealerships,should be able to find a car in the $17,000 to $18,000 range.Cheap to buy,Fun to drive.What more can you ask?
The dealer I stopped at had a waiting list for at least the next year
Unless I am mistaken it seems that you are trying to get a car more towards the 13-14k area than what everyone seems to reccomend (20k cars) My friend picked up a se-r spec v fairly recently and I don't really like it all that much, not what I would spend my $20k on for sure.
-FWIW, the Cavalier/sunfire is loosing the 2.4L this year as it's being replaced by the 2.2l "ecotec"
-As many people have stated protege's are good cars but won't win you any races, if that's not important these deserve a serious look.
-If you could find a 2001 sentra 2.0 se, you would probably be happy with it, although it still technically is not a NEW car.
-I know someone that picked up a new accord (2002, DX) for 14.6k, which basically makes the civic moot, unless u want an ex or something, once again I still dislike honda
-not sure if you want to stay totally new or not, because there are some cars in that price range u can get a good deal on used
-Pete
) Handling is as good or better then the SVT (sorry to say that but it's true) and they'll run forever.