First Car (1 Viewer)

[aliasfan]

Hey guys, just wondering what is a good first car to get? I want a small one, that is cheap on fuel, budget maybe up to 6000.... just a car that will last my 3 yrs of going to uni....

 

[minushuman]

A motorbike. 250cc, 500cc if you go a heavy ducati or something, but try and stick to the small nimbler ones like a CBR.

 

[Qlimax]

Civic 02 - 04 model GLi Sedan

oops.. said wrong thing..
first car..
hrm
depends what youre going for..
power? at that budget
180, but you'd be getting quite a fair bit of problems and repairs and shit
otehr than that..
maybe a 2nd hand barina or civic or corolla..

 

[katietheskatie]

yeah, i'd probably recommend a civic .. they're heaps reliable and are pretty good with petrol.

 

[bowman]

corolla
seriosly a toyota has a great record, an they are very reliable.
i am currently saving for one

 

[Serius]

a small hatchback, maybe a charade or an old 94 model barina

 

[aliasfan]

yeah my parents had a corolla.. it was a good reliable car... so corolla or civics? what about excels?

 

[DaddyK]

The corolla is the best buy although usually a little overpriced. Civics...yeh there good, they don't do anything for me though. Excels, there not TOO bad but with your budget i wouldn't bother with excels, an excel is the poor mans corolla.

 

[7th Sign]

For 6k

maby a honda civic, heaps cheap on fuel.

on liek that you will be able to buy for 6k

or maby a honda integra?

one liek this will cost you 5-6k heaps good condition ones for 6k

cheap on fuel aswell...

 

[CieL]

Is your budget including rego, insurance blah blah blah?

 

[MiuMiu]

I agree, something toyota with a small engine. Toyotas rarely miss a beat and with a small engine you'll be sweet for fuel.

 

[CieL]

But for a Corolla.. slight problem.. I found in Toyotas that they're not very efficient in their gearing..

I had a Corolla last year and seriously.. that car sucks on highways.. You always have to keep feeding the engine more and more fuel for it to stay on the same speed.. Otherwise the speed drops from 100 to 80 in around 4secs

But other than that, it served me well.. It had the kick when starting at lights.. Parking was heaps easy because it's small.. Mine was slightly screwed so the fuel wasn't as efficient as it SHOULD of been.. Still efficient tho.. depending on what you compare it to..

Ummmmm.. oh actually.. Corolla had the dodgiest brakes.. I don't know if it's like, from my family's driving style.. but after 4yrs (we bought it brand new in 2001), we had to tighten our brakes pretty regularly.. and they only came into effect after stomping it down around 2-3 inches.. depending on the last time they were tightened/changed..

But if you're not too picky, it's good =]

 

[petar13]

Otherwise the speed drops from 100 to 80 in around 4secs........
....... It had the kick when starting at lights...

That's the trade off.
So does it have drums at the rear? How many pots do the front calipers have?

 

[aliasfan]

Is your budget including rego, insurance blah blah blah?

well i was thinking of borrowing 8... so 6 for a car and rest on rego insurance blah blah blah

 

[CieL]

That's the trade off.
So does it have drums at the rear? How many pots do the front calipers have?

Yeah.. besides the fact that it only could only do 3200rpm in first gear..
It had rear drums
No idea about anything else

EDIT:Neways, car got sold.. it was the 01 'rolla if you're interested in finding out for yourself

 

[aliasfan]

For 6k

maby a honda civic, heaps cheap on fuel.

on liek that you will be able to buy for 6k

REALLY? i havent found any like that for 6k... where are they hiding?

 

[DaddyK]

This little civic is a great buy, although high k's.

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsales/!cs_content.private_vehicle?vehicle_id=3005919&current_rec=9&used_rec=5&total_rec=54&sort_type=&total_rec=54&sort_type=&price_max=7500&make_id=19&model_id=74&state_id=-1&search_distance=25&cs_trans_id=2

 

[petar13]

It looks good (sans the faux two-piece alloys) - nice paint, clean interior. But methinks that it's about time for an engine rebuild. I'd bet that it burns oil.

 

[aliasfan]

yeah thats the kind im looking for... done up a bit but not to expensive... i can only go as high as 7000... and plus that one is in canberra! but yes thats the kind... are autos hard to find in civics?

 

[Jiga]

Id say that car is a lemon!

For $7000 you can get better cars then that, certainly cars with under 150,000kms!