Car for long distance travel, I'm going to travel to about 1600 miles, then work for the summer, drive back.
Whats the most reliable + nice car i could get for around 10k?

Mazda

Honda

Toyota



All good cars for long distance travel. You can get nice ones for 10k.

Civic.

I suggest a old mercedes w124 diesel. That car is unbreakable;)

Any car can make that trip if its taken care of .

this

Especially for 10k or more.

i would not buy an econoboz if you are going to be driving for hours in it, get something comfy

Heres a mazda6 i found, has a rebuilt title, Do you think this would be a decent car for the price? Do you think it would last driving 1600 , drive it for the summer, then 1600 back?
It has 97k miles, they want 5.5k for it, I would like some opinions on it, Thanks
http://www.autotrader.com/dealers/inview/detail.jsp?ct=u&car_id=329494563&dealer_id=54601495&car_year=2004&doors=&start_year=1981&keywordsfyc=&keywordsrep=&search_type=both&min_price=&dealership_view_name=www.duffysautosales.net&drive=&advanced=&fuel=&keywords_display=&end_year=2014&engine=&transmission=&default_sort=&max_mileage=&color=&sort_type=priceDESC&suppressStyle=null&max_price=&make=MAZDA&cardist=0
Will give a donation for expert advice

This post was edited by Ieatdemwafflez on Apr 11 2013 05:07pm

i believe i am a mazda 6 expert as i own one myself. i have base cloth model but with the v6 engine and manual tranny
the driver seat has many adjustable features as far as im concerned (front/back/tilt/recline/lombar) so this might be a + for long trips and the cabin is well isolated from road noise's
the 3.0 v6 will burn oil at higher mileage, i got mine at 120 000 km and it burned oil now has 167000
chec for busted front struts
seized callipers ( lots of them tend to stick around 130 000 km) ive changed my front callipers and will be doing my rears in the next few weeks
didnt chec wat your stereo option was but i am satisfied with the basic one, chances are you have the premium bose
will be editing later i gtg
ok was looking at the pic of the seats, feel with your hands for metal between the center part and the side support on the console side of the seat, mine is fucked in that location and has no cushioning.
in the pic you can actually see the line of that metal im talking about. espacially if it has a rebuilt title it prob has been involved in an accident an those seat are fragile it seems.
fun car to drive especially with performance tires.


This post was edited by BlueAndWhite on Apr 11 2013 05:55pm