$4000 Car?

[Creampuff]

My daughter is after a car....4 cylinder,price as mentioned,any suggestions?

[MITCHAY]

TX5 Ghia ;) $4k should get you a nice one.

[atec77]

Originally Posted by creampuff

My daughter is after a car....4 cylinder,price as mentioned,any suggestions?

Any Toyota

[Falcon_Phill]

Leyland mini!

[Donut King]

A mitsubishi galant, and as it so happens, I have one for sale :P

[alesia]

Ford tx3 , i have one and love it

[I6corp]

Laser.... 1994ish

[Fairlane]

Gen II- 1988 to 1993 Toyota Camry

That kind of money could get one in immaculate condition.

[pertuan]

Laser 1993/94. They drive REALLY well.

[Bill_R]

Originally Posted by I6corp

Laser.... 1994ish

geez, I saw a '94 Laser for sale by a dealer in the paper on the weekend and they wanted $9,950 for it. I freaked!

[JTFG]

Yeah check out the tx5/626's, Mines pretty good except the fact that I was a newbie car buyer with no car expect with me so I got a bad deal :P

[XR8 Uterous]

Originally Posted by Fairlane

Gen II- 1988 to 1993 Toyota Camry

That kind of money could get one in immaculate condition.

Defiantly a reliable car, i got one and it has copped and absolute beating and has never played up once, the thing gets paddock bashed, ran into fences and driven with no water on days over 30 degrees gets driven daily and still runs as good as ever.

[Paxton]

AE92 Corolla. You can't kill them.

Otherwise a Mazda 626/Telstar or a Camry would fit the bill also.

[private9]

You cannot go past a Corolla! My last one (AE101 - 95mdl) copped over 300000kms of torture, neglect and abuse and in all it's time the only thing EVER fixed was a drive shaft (and only because I ripped a boot and then left it for about 50000 odd kays!) Was used for carting loads and general thrashing and never missed a beat!

Sold it just recently, but was still going strong!

[JTFG]

It's true the corollas are very reliable, my sisters one gone without a service for 18 months and ran great, and still runs great, people think it wasn't worth the money if you compare it to a falcon.

[Steffo]

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsa...e=2&make_id=15

This could be interesting. And it has things alot of the other options don't, like good brakes... plus its a MkII Golf, they never die.

http://www.carsales.com.au/pls/carsa...c=0&make_id=25

These are also a very good car (mate had one - its a VW Golf MkII chassis with a Golf MkIII engine). A good one can be gotten for 4k (he bought his for $4100, 97 model, 100,000km, fully optioned one too). Has such things you might want a young driver to have like ABS brakes, dual airbags etc etc. I wouldn't get that paticular one though, don't like cheap cars with someone else's mods and the paint isn't looking good on that example... but I guess that's why he's selling it for 2k!

[rigs]

chalk another one up for toyota for me - they seem to be able to cop an absolute beating and still keep going, and parts are pretty readily available and cheap - have an old camry station wagon I flogged for couple of years - have passed it onto my mate and its still going mint with 320,000 plus on the clock. My mum had an ex-rental corolla a few years ago - had 180,000+ on clock and drove like new, never gave any trouble whatsoever.

AE92 with the 16v twinkie engine (standard in the SX)

[normxb]

Originally Posted by pertuan

Laser 1993/94. They drive REALLY well.

As you can see by my Sig , both my daughters have Lasers (KH & KJ) both are great little cars . You should get a very good KH (93) or a reasonable KJ (94) for that price . (Both Lasers are 1.8 EFI , 16 valve twin overhead cam)

Originally we had an 1986 AS Telstar they both learnt on , had over 355,000 k's on it , only vary basic repairs were needed , but it is still running around town 12 months later ,( the guy who bought it says It's still running great) . It was very reliable for us , the wife & I drove it heaps as well , we didn't think twice going on a 3-400k trip in it .

So I could recommend any of these three .

[NudgE^SIKBRO]

O.K this is for a daughters first car...remember teenage females like to feel/look "Cool" for 4k there is one fantastic option Toyota Celica various models from between 1972 and 1996 can be had for around 4k... sure they area "Coupe" and ya may pay a few more dollars on insurance but at the end of the day they are cool, Isnt that what we all want

[GXL078]

I used to recommend N13 Pulsar as a first car, but they are getting on a bit. The best ones left will be well under $4,000. Wouldnt look at a GL but any other model has 4W disks, power steer, most have air. They have a Holden motor that's easy to get parts for. No twin cam complications (expense) if you have head problems. The wreckers are full of them.....
At 79Kw they have heaps more power than equivalent laser, most of which have carb engines.

[dogbreath_48]

I'd look at a toyota cressida. RWD and actually qo quite well, with serious toyota reliability.

[pauljh74]

Originally Posted by NudgE^SIKBRO

O.K this is for a daughters first car...remember teenage females like to feel/look "Cool" for 4k there is one fantastic option Toyota Celica various models from between 1972 and 1996 can be had for around 4k... sure they area "Coupe" and ya may pay a few more dollars on insurance but at the end of the day they are cool, Isnt that what we all want

The run of the mill Celicas shared drivetrain components with Coronas/Camrys on a few of the series at least, so they would have to stand up pretty well. It's always frustrating to see people buy cars like these, abuse them, neglect them and they just keep running, while you treat your baby well and problems pop up here and there.

[Wild_xe]

celicas all the way, chicks love the 2 door sporty feel

[XYGTHO]

Originally Posted by Wild_xe

celicas all the way, chicks love the 2 door sporty feel

Yep. I seen a nice one on car sales for sale for about 3.5g.

[Keepleft]

Originally Posted by Fairlane

Gen II- 1988 to 1993 Toyota Camry

That kind of money could get one in immaculate condition.

Was this not the unit with cylinder head issues???


NB; Buy her the triangle.

[alesia]

Originally Posted by Wild_xe

celicas all the way, chicks love the 2 door sporty feel

my laser is a 2 door , mines a kc tx3 , you can pick up really good condition KF/KH lasersor tx3s for under 4 grand easy , replacement parts are not going to cost a arm and a leg and aftermarket stuff is cheap as well . my car got and still gets a flogging . i learnt to drive manual in mine on my L's. when ever we go on a longish trip the laser is the choice , its cheap on fuel , its smooth and reliable

Originally Posted by xcgxl

I used to recommend N13 Pulsar as a first car, but they are getting on a bit. The best ones left will be well under $4,000. Wouldnt look at a GL but any other model has 4W disks, power steer, most have air. They have a Holden motor that's easy to get parts for. No twin cam complications (expense) if you have head problems. The wreckers are full of them.....
At 79Kw they have heaps more power than equivalent laser, most of which have carb engines.

Gearbox made out of paddlepop sticks.

Engine known for head gasket problems.

If you get one transplant a CA18DET into it. ;)

[Kenaz]

My sister used to own a ST162 Celica 86 model. It was pretty reliable up until the last 3 months of her owning it. Because even Toyotas can only go so far without oil or water :

[achilles]

if you have to deal with any headaches that occur, don''t worry about looks, go the corolla.

toyotas... boring but oh-so reliable