gs400998

07+ Camry V6.

PetesSweet

lol well in that crieria I think the Mazda 6 MKS would be the best as it's even in the TOP GEAR's top board of cars whom ran their track in fastest times...I think it's around the same if not better than M3 around their track....I needa look at that list again.

PetesSweet

Camry
Mazda 3
Mazda 6
Honda Civic


um,,,,,,,not much else thats foreign, easy to fix, and reliable......

if you want reliable/cheap to fix count any and all Euro cars out!

PetesSweet

I'm not a fan of TSX, the look, layout, everything just unsettling....but RSX is a good one for your criteria too if you want a Acura

Nevadaface

My only car besides my IS was a 2006 acura rsx, 5 speed. Awesome beater, had it for 2 years and put 40 thousand miles on it. Great on gas, and i never had to pay for anything major as far as maintenance is concerned. Definitely wasnt fast by any means, but it had plenty of options for customization. I'd recommend it.

LDNN

Is your car paid off? What are you going to do, sell your car, buy one of the above pocket the difference and drive the car that can't compare to what you're driving now in terms of looks, feels, reliability? Keep your car, dude! You're not saving that much money with the choices you listed. I'd ride a bike to work, keep my car to enjoy the weekend.

calvin2376

iTrader: (2)

No I don't think his car is paid off, he mentioned he wanted to cut his current car payment. I'm assuming he would sell the car, pay it off, and pocket about $10k which he'd spend on a new car.

When you have it down to a shortlist, I'd go onto Geico or Allstate and do quotes for each car. My friend with a 2003 RSX pays higher premiums than I do in my 2007 IS350 (and I live in the city while he lives in the suburbs) presumably because it's considered a boy racer car and because it's discontinued, making replacement parts more expensive.

NickTomsyc

My dad had a bunch of money CDs and was getting .5% on them, so I said hey give me some of that money, I'll repay you @ $300/mo. and 3% interest. So there isn't a lien on the car but I do owe my father yet.

If/when I see it I will have enough to pay off the rest of the loan, pay off the rest of my student loans, and have around 10k left over for a new car. With that said I could also keep a little left on the loan and bump my price up to around 14k or so.... but in a perfect world I would have ZERO debt and a car.

Insurance actually went down from my 2000 honda prelude to this IS250, I know exactly what you're saying... I was pretty shocked.

PetesSweet

In order to maintain good credit you must HAVE debt that you pay on, and on time. FYI. Even if you have credit cards you are not using, if you don't use them you get docked credit points as well....even getting credit score quotes docks you. This society is one fat ***** catch 22 in every sense of the phrase

516IS

iTrader: (12)

How about a 350Z?

NickTomsyc

One of my wants is FWD. Wisconsin winters are too tough for a Z-car to handle. I did think about selling the IS and getting a beater civic or rsx and a 350z for summers, but 2 cars isn't practical for me right now.

NickTomsyc

I have "excellent" credit as far as the banks are concerned... it was just a local bank/credit union would only offer me 4.5% on a used car loan. Since my Dad was only getting .5% I figured we could both win if he give me the loan at 3%.... I cut off 1.5% and hee adds 2.5%. Win Win.

PetesSweet

350z are horrible, 370z on the other hand are sweet

lamar411

I say a Camry se V6 reliable and its got some power.

PetesSweet

especially with the sporty blacked out grille