92-99 BMW E36 (m3 if in euro).

Late 80's, Early 90's Foxbody mustang, Poor mans race car. Hell for 3K you could probably have one that runs low 12's. Maybe a little rusty but it's all just weight reduction anyway right?


-My First Car was a 96 4.6L Mustang (Crap, and clutch was going out)

-Traded for a 88 Mustang GT with a 351w in it and a bunch of mods (Fast as nuts). Cylinder walls turned out to be scratched to hell so I sold it.

-Then bought a 1968 Mustang (Mistake) which I only had for a short time and sold.

-Missed my foxbody so I bought a 1989 Mustang LX (5.0 Still) but with no mods

-Decided I needed better gas mileage so I traded for a 3000GT SL with some mods.

-Decided I didn't give a fuck about gas mileage and traded for a 89 Camaro RS (305) (Mistake)

-Figured out TBI was one of the worst injection systems ever made and that my car was a slow piece of shit so I sold it.

-Bought a 98 Mustang off of a friend at work with some nice mods that was really clean.

-Got lucky as hell seen a 91 Firebird Formula (350) with super low miles and in amazing condition on craigslist and shot the dude I long shot message for a trade for the mustang and he went though with it.

And now that's what I drive....But out of all the cars I've owned, I still missed that first fucking foxbody and taking a fat shit on most any car on the road that was 10 times more expensive.



This post was edited by OcTayne on Nov 9 2012 02:24am

A lot of trucks.. I'm jealous. Was 6'2" when I got my Camaro. Absolutely no leg room.

71' C10 SB fleetside 2wd 350/TH400/12 bolt 3.73's. I restored it with my dad. Unfortunately we had to sell it 6 months after we finished it. The first vehicle I purchased myself was a 96 S10 blazer 2wd/4.3.

Man have I stepped it up since then... humble beginnings and good times.

90s Camaro? Just asking because it irritated the hell out of me that my 98 had a 3 foot deep dash and I couldn't move my knees...

Apparently, haha.

Dacia

Get a Honda. My first car was a 2003 Honda Pilot (the first year of the pilot I believe) and it was insanely reliable. Sold it at 99k miles and got a Subaru. With a budget of 3k, I'd say pick up a Honda civic for around 2k, and then do a full tuneup on it and save whatever's left for future repairs. Try to get one from a non-Hispanic middle aged person.

Yeah. 93. So bad.

my first car was a 2001 Dodge Intrepid...cost me exactly $3000 - biggest mistake I've ever made

the only upside was that I learned how to fix cars after getting this thing:
replaced the engine with a salvage engine - myself and my brother pulled the salvage engine ourselves and did the entire replacement ourselves (my first experience with car work)
cam position sensor
crank position sensor
serpentine belt
coolant temp sensor
thermostat
PCM
injectors

hate that thing haha