what car to buy?

[DriftingRz]

im thinkin bout just putting a downpayment on a fox from a used dealer, that way ill have some money left. it might be of descent quality and i have some money, which ima need for summer school, or for taking my classes online

[JGT8229]

hahaha my shit ran goood, it was a pos though. that thing ripped. yea but im geten my new car any day so so **** u and your rusted jeeep, that didnt run for 2 years lol

[HKSevo]

lol at you 5.0 owners being unsatisfied with your foxes....if you get another one, its gonna be the same shit lol

[Memphis]

Originally Posted by mattlikespeople

ok, get an old mk8, preferably 96lsc, and strip the motor out of it and put it in a donor fox chassis

they can be had for cheap
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I don't know much about the prices for those motors but from what Ford88 told me about stuff he could do for his motor it wasn't that low budget of a deal at least to me.

[mv420xx]

i dont know what ur budget is, but how bout a german diesel.

this was my 98 turbodiesel benz. had 370 tq at 1800 rpm. still got 20-30mpg depending on how and where i drove. in the 12-18k range.


i now have this, 05 passat tdi and gets 35+ all day. i have an ecu reflash and pull 310tq. these are in the 18-25k range.


the jetta tdi's make some sick tq in the 5 speed version with a chip and some simple mods. and still gets 40+ mpg. u can pick up a 01-04 in the 10k range.

if thats still not ur price range u can look at the older passats and jettas. heres a 96 passat for 3500$. 200K+ miles but thats just broken in for a tdi.

u will be good for around 500K miles with minimal maintance if u keep up on normal maintance. just remember too, most will say but diesel cost more. look at this way. if gas is 4 bucks a gallon and the normal gasser gets 300 a tank.
if diesel is 4.50 a gallon and goes 6-800 miles on a tank. it only cost u .50 a gallon to go another 300 miles. get me? i love american v8s also. but with prices looking to hit well above 4 bucks almost 5 dollars a gallon for fuel. id like to get every penny worth. i go 2 weeks back and forth to work before refueling. and if ur still hell bent on an american v8. chevy is the only way to go since they put out the most fuel efficient v8s. but those are the new vehicles. again... if ur budget allows. heres some options.

[JGT8229]

have u seen prices of deseil theese days? its more than pruiemum

[mv420xx]

again, ur not doing 1st grade math.

let me try again...

honda civic - 150$/1000miles... 90tq
vw tdi - 90$/1000miles... 300tq

[01mmmz28]

my friends TDI gets 48mpg on the hwy now that its broken in and about 35 city, but our diesel price is $4.65 per gal. here so it costs him like $68 to fill his tank.

I'll stay w/ my 38 mpg honda civic, tank of gas lasts me 2 weeks and costs me $26 to fill it up w/ reg. unleaded.

[JGT8229]

Originally Posted by 01mmmz28

my friends TDI gets 48mpg on the hwy now that its broken in and about 35 city, but our diesel price is $4.65 per gal. here so it costs him like $68 to fill his tank.

I'll stay w/ my 38 mpg honda civic, tank of gas lasts me 2 weeks and costs me $26 to fill it up w/ reg. unleaded.

deseil over here is over 5 a gal. holy shit man 26 to fill u lucky ****

[mv420xx]

we could go back and forth all day about whats better. i was just giving him some ideas. u can go 700 miles on 1 tank with a diesel for 70 bucks. or go 300 miles for 30 bucks but fill up 2 and half times. basically over time u will see savings in ur wallet like i did. most peeps that own gassers its hard to see it. but after the 3rd tank uve already saved 20 dollars and have a more powerful car for those passing moments.

[JGT8229]

Originally Posted by mv420xx

we could go back and forth all day about whats better. i was just giving him some ideas. u can go 700 miles on 1 tank with a diesel for 70 bucks. or go 300 miles for 30 bucks but fill up 2 and half times. basically over time u will see savings in ur wallet like i did. most peeps that own gassers its hard to see it. but after the 3rd tank uve already saved 20 dollars and have a more powerful car for those passing moments.

lol driftingrz would never buy a desiel car, heas a redneck crackajacka. buy a efi 5.0 u pusss pusss , man up lol

[mv420xx]

LOL... im a redneck too. but dont want to be a broke redneck...lol

he should get a fox body and do a tdi swap, he'll get 500tq with minimal mods.

[Memphis]

Can't go wrong with a sbc . CarjunkieTV took their Camaro out to the strip and ran 12.18 with their stock vortec headed 9:1 383

[DriftingRz]

keep in mind, im broke, im 17, and the maximum i would spend would be 4-5k, thats maximum, ive been looking at getting a mid 80's turbo 4banger stang, they can make descent power cheaply with a turbo upgrade. and it would be descent on gas. if i could find a real SVO for a good price, id buy it in a heart beat

[01mmmz28]

Originally Posted by mv420xx

we could go back and forth all day about whats better. i was just giving him some ideas. u can go 700 miles on 1 tank with a diesel for 70 bucks. or go 300 miles for 30 bucks but fill up 2 and half times. basically over time u will see savings in ur wallet like i did. most peeps that own gassers its hard to see it. but after the 3rd tank uve already saved 20 dollars and have a more powerful car for those passing moments.

Sorry, news flash....TDI jetta is a turtle, a slug, a worm.....it is slow. What more "powerful" are you speaking of. I have rode in one 1000 times.....they are turds. The 2004's went 1/4 mile in 15.9 @ 81mph.....I doubt they picked up a ton of time up till now.