Hey guys, i'm sellin the CL within the next week and thought i'd get some opinions on a driver. I've got 8g to spend max, and I want something with good gas milage and decent insurance rates. I'm kinda toying with the idea of a Civic or Integra, any suggestions? Supporting statements? Disses?

-EQ

 

Civic SI Hatchback with an LS VTEC engine swap, intake, exhaust, etc...the usual. Turbo when u have more money.

 

Used focus or ZX2. wait you can get a new ZX2 for under 10g

 

just get a civic... like a 92-95 lx or ex...

 

Fords, no way. Definately a civic or something similar, they are very dependable. Good luck and stay away from american.

 

 

YES!!!! the old bug, love it! love it!!

 

Yea a civic would be the way to go. I have a beater car too, I mean a real beater car, a 1988 Chevy Corsica. I just use it to go to school and business runs only.

 

I'd get a 96-97 Accord

 

integra's....stick with acura man!....and integra's are fun!

 

why r u sellin the cl? it gets good mpg. much nicer car then a civic or teg thats for sure. not to mention u can beat on it also. and if u had a 97 2.2 cl theres no reason why u cant get about 10k for it. the dealer sells them for like 12-15

 

Anything Acura...I love acura...mmmm

CL'S

 

If you want a cheap and easily modifiable beater, get a twin turbo Nissan 240 SX.

 

You crazy? I love my car too much to drive it like an asshole. In 9 months, i've put 22k on the car, it is just too nice for the amount of miles that I drive. It's a 97 3.0 CL, with aftermarket 16's, perfect condition with 64k, and the best I can get for it is 13,600. WTF is the world coming to? I am hardly getting calls on my car when it's listed 800 bux below blue book!

Any other beater suggestions? I'm leaning towards the civic cuz I can get a 98 (which is considered new to a finance company) financed less than an integra, plus it'd be a newer car with better milage. Anyone have any bad experiences with these rides? (dumb question)

Oh, and to the nissan guy, I had a 300z twin turbo, and i'll never buy another turbocharged car again. It was in the shop more than it was out, I spent more on that car in maintenance than I did for the actual car itself!

Thx guys

 

It doesnt sound like too many miles is the real reason you are selling because this car is great for putting on the miles. In 9 months my mom put on 100K so that 22k is nothing for this car

 

I can't say anything about a 98 civic but do own a 99 civic SI (son's graduation present--yes one of the old guys). We have had no problems with it and he loves it. Much easier to mod than ours since there is a ton of stuff out there for it. If that is the direction you are heading then go civic.

As for the focus, hell no!!! POS My aunt called me a couple of months ago and asked about a car for her daughter and I told her to get an RSX or a Civic. She went out and bought her a focus. My uncle finally drove the car two weeks ago. It was traded in the next day. He said no way was he letting his daughter drive that death trap.

Oh, and I agree completely on the old nissans. I always hated those things. It was even worse when you had to put a system in one. The damn things never went back together.

Good luck

 

get a 92-95 civic

 

There are plenty of cars you can get for the price that you're considering. I would suggest keeping the CL. You can put at least another 100K on the car. Even at the rate you're going, that's another 3 to 3 1/2 to years. You can still cruise in comfort, while enjoying the power that you have. Just a thought! Good luck!

 

yea definitely with $8k your options are limitless depending on what you are looking for... you can get a nice older luxury / sports car or a newer compact / hatch... I like the 96 civics, golfs (vr6 only)... but if you are looking for an everyday beater... put the $8k as down paymemt and finance the rest off of a TOYOTA MATRIX or MAZDA P5 for like $12-15K and its NEW!

 

92 blazer with lift.... opppps thats mine get your own... but seriously get a civic cheap, easy to mod , good gas milage, its a honda.. no more needed

MaCe

 

Ouch..

 

God knows I know that she can take it, afterall, the cars are the "butterflies" of the reliable cocoon that we call an accord. It just costs me too much to keep. I pay 310 a month for the car, 240 a month for insurance (it's the best I can find, I've got 3 friggin points on my liscence), and 160 a month in gas. I think 710 bucks a month to drive a car is just too much, ya know?

-EQ

BTW, someone buy my AEM CAI! it's really cheap, for a 3.0, 150 shipped!

P.S., wtf! Is the economy really so bad that people wont take a nearly new AEM CAI for 60 bucks less than a store charges? Why the hell am I forced to sell my car for almost a grand below blue book? Someone fix this damn slump.

(steps off soapy box.)

 

The only thing keeping me away from most definately buying a civic is the fact that i've already owned 3 of them:

91 CRX Si, first car, loved and beated it to death
87 HX hatchback, biggest POS around. I covered it with "NOS\Supercharged\type R" stickers, I even put a cardboard f1 style wing on the back and a soupcan on the exhaust, fukin hilarious!
and a 93 DX.

Not to diss civics or anything, but i'm kinda getting tired of the bland styling that seems to sneak its way through all generation civics. Ya know?

-EQ

(The CRX on the left was mine.)

 

hmmm.. I may be interested... What color pipe is it? Is it with the by-pass valve??? If not how about $100... I would have to use the extra $50 to get the valve! Let me know the color and if you are good for $100!?

 

Don't jump the gun too quick. The Index of Leading Econcomic Indicators is prediciting a growth rate of 2.6% this next quarter and a growth rate of over 3% for the quarter after that (the normal growth rate for the US economy is 3%). There is only one thing left to fall in line, and that is the lag indicators. If they show a positive this next month then the recession is over. The most important thing that helps determine the lag indicators is employment. Most employers lag behind a recession because they do not want to let people go too soon so they hold on to their trained people. Then they do the same thing at the end of a recession because they do not want to spend the money to hire and train just to find out they jumped the gun again and have to let them go. So if the lag indicators are up next month it is the last piece of the puzzle to fall into place and the recession will be officially over. Most economists already say that it is over, it is just going to take for the people to believe it to really get this thing moving again.

So, if you can hold on a couple of months things should start looking up.

Cl-Miner, M.S., M.B.A.