Hey jsp, I'm about to buy my first car and I'm not 100% sure what I'd like to get, can anyone give me some ideas?

I want to buy the car and use it myself for 1-2 years and then give it to my parents, moderate use

doesn't have to look great, just not on that poverty time.

2500-6000$ budget, 6000 inc repairs and such

This is what I had in mind

Civc
accord
altima

Nn to have anymore than a few hundred set aside for a few personal touchs you may want
You typically get what you paid for. Buy safetied ! ( from a legit shop, not some shop off the highway in middle of no where )

Cobalts are iight too


6gs is alot for a starter car imo. Best bang for your buck in my opinion will be around 3-5g at most. Safetied ofc. Ull get a solid 03-07 in that range with low kms, etc

This post was edited by IB0T on May 30 2013 06:44pm

really just depends on what you have locally. those are good choices but just see what all is in your price range and research them a bit.

should be able to get an 03-05 range econobox under 100k miles for your budget.

Ah yea, i forgot about location... True true
Where abouts in canada are you?

Montreal, population is high and I've been looking at www.kijiji.com for car...1 new car every 3 mins in the -5000$ section haha

wait till you got a good chunk of cash in hand
and wait till one comes up that you must have ... being, the price, model, and condition is right.

why would u give ur car to ur parents in 1-2 years?


also u cant go wrong with a civic as a 1st car

also don't pay their asking price.

compare it with similar models for sale and then undercut that by 10% and you have a price to aim for.

2 words

nissan sentra

yup, google is your friend also.

I use google now after my 03 sentra 1.8 .... After my headgasket i went, i decided to google it and see if anything came up. everyone and their dog had their head gasket on the 02-05 sentras go.

major problems like that, a good idea to stay away... thats a $1000-1500 fix



LOL
I would tell you differently...

btw dont even attemp to argue with me on this sophmore http://www.nissanforums.com/qg18-1-8l-engine/148294-nisaan-sentra-blown-head-gasket.html

This post was edited by IB0T on May 30 2013 07:09pm