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[3gencivic]

ok heres the deal. the car that my mom has now that i bought her only about 1-2 years ago is dieing fast.
we go the engine starting problem fixed and no sooner dos it get a nother problem.

heres what is wrong
brakes gone
sturts gone
engine burns over a 1L a week
pass fornt window assmbley is broken so window(power) will slowly fall on wight of the glass so its clamped at the moment.
rusted trunk lid
front window has a stone chip in it.
the tranny is acting up auto
and most resont the muffler fell off so its a resinator and stright pipe to jsut over the axel

so yea it needs to get shot

so she has a limit of 5k to get a reliable sorry hondas arnt car but i only know hondas. what should we bee looking for.

i know its a honda site but there is a few here that have diff cars.

any ideas are thanked.

and oh yea will have this sell this so it will be up for sale when we get a newer car.

thanks

[JDN14]

Dead reliable?

Toyota corrolla, camry, or a pickup ought to fill the bill/

[RARECRX]

I would also state a corolla, as an owner of one It has been flawless In reliability, and functions quite well. Hell My wife even won a drag racing bracket trophy with It, lol.. It ran a 17.0@82, not too shabby for an all stock automatic 1.8 125HP dohc vvti, with car seats, fully power optioned corolla LE with front and side airbags too ..

Edited by etmydst, 28 September 2006 - 12:40 AM.

[crazi-85crx]

I might as well suggest a Corolla too . My sister's fiance drives an early 90's model; it's a 5spd, good trunk space, limited backseat legroom, comfortable, good instrument/control layout, you feel safe in it, and it's pretty reliable.

[Disco Stu]

I bought a Mazda6 over the summer. Definately love the car. I got the 5 door, very roomy hatch, plenty of room in the back even with the fold down seats, the 4cyl is reasonably peppy even though it doesn't like revving below 2500 RPM's in anything but 1st gear. MSRP was 24k, I only paid 17k. Just get a good bank to finance 'cause Mazda Credit has insane rates.

[JeepGirl]

mazsa's cost a fortune to repair if something goes wrong.

camry

carola

my grandmother loves her corsica


i wouldnt be caught dead in any of the above, but whatever.

[carphreak]

i would suggest a nissan. they last and are as reliable as toyotas if taken care of properly. my dad has a 94 pathfinder with 220000 miles on it and no major engine work has ever been done. oh and i still beat the shit out of it everytime i drive it....

Edited by carphreak, 28 September 2006 - 09:49 AM.

[kamikaze_fish]

In my 30 cars experience, the cars I've found to be reliable are nissan, toyota, honda. I've seen well over 200k miles on each of these without burning oil. Mazdas are out unless you buy one before the ford purchase, otherwise expect to install a transmission cooler immediately or replace the transmission in the next year or so. Same goes with fords. I've had nothing but problem with the fords I've had. And stick with an econobox to keep maintenance costs low. It's amazing, I tried to rebuild a 300zx ('86) recently and got almost nowhere with the money I was putting into it. Got these 2 '85 hondas I'm working on now and I've bought tons of parts new and still haven't broke the $200 mark. Close ($193), but haven't broke it yet unless you include food and transport of the cars.

[bobdragster]

Well, I would bet that if she bought a car and took care of it, constantly took care of it, regular maintinence, got something fixed right when she noticed something wrong, that kind thing, it would last well over 200,000 miles. Unless its a
Ford or Chevy, then I'd say about 150,000.

[Omega Mugen]

I'd get one of the new Civics.

[JeepGirl]

certified used civic



`nuff said

[lilneedle]

get a civic or accord...mid 90's...I don't drive nuttin but Honda/Acura baby!!!!lol

[badpenny]

I would say it all depends on what your mother doesn't mind driving. I would say, that what ever it is, it needs to have standard safety features in it. Like airbags and antilock brakes and the anti-rollover.

[3gencivic]

thanks guys for the responces so far. shes hoping to satay under the 4000 mark so to pay it off faster. for cars shes nto picky jsut wonts a reliable car not a mecanics special. like this last honda i got.lol.
i like hondas but there always neededing somethings.

been looking at the
toys nissans neons cavs,sunfires, (she loves her cavs)
mazdas to expencive.
find honda holds it valuse to high, for 4k im looking at only a 93 thats still old.

[RARECRX]

NEONS??WTF thats the worst car ever..worse than a dodge caravan, ALLLL black marks on consumer reports, same with cav's and sunfires, You just picked three of the worst domestic compacts made.. stick with the nissan, honda, toyota.. MAZDA plain sucks ass, It is the AMERICAN CAR of the japanese brands... my friend has been working at mazda as a tech for years, he says mazda cars just plain suck. dont ever buy one he tells me LOL. yeah all these people with new mazda's say "yeah they are great"..lets hear that at 100k.. I said the same thing with my expedition when I first bought It.. but now ask me IT SUCKS ASS>. and Its not me, synthetic every 3,000, always maintained before needed..

Edited by etmydst, 28 September 2006 - 03:42 PM.