What will be your next vehicle?

[Sparky'sGA01]

Im gonna bring up the Supra again

this one here is a few hours from home and if I get on full time at the factory it could be a possiblilty..

only if I can keep finding them in this price range.....

http://www.autotrader.com/fyc/img_po...5&photoIndex=0

$19,500

[cardude007617]

why would you want one that has already been modded and beat to hell? plus its automatic... :/

granted, stock examples of those cars are quite a bit, but why would you want a modded example that has seen better days?

[SpyhunteR]

Originally Posted by cardude007617

why would you want one that has already been modded and beat to hell? plus its automatic... :/

granted, stock examples of those cars are quite a bit, but why would you want a modded example that has seen better days?

the great majority of fast supras are automatic in my neck of the woods.

[silvergtjrad]

Originally Posted by SpyhunteR

the great majority of fast supras are automatic in my neck of the woods.

x2 Its pretty hard to row gears in a car that has a tooooon of power. If it is just a street car, it would be way more fun though.

[Sparky'sGA01]

that car there has 114,000 on body and 4,000 on rebuilt motor. I think its ready too rock..

Yeah I do want a 5 speed but sh!t with that power its still gonna be a blast to drive and nobody around here has anything like it..

theres also a red one thats 5 speed but non-turbo with about same amount of miles going for 15,000 so idk what do really do

[IanGT99]

Originally Posted by GrandAmMe

I was also thinking a Saab 93 2.8T. Pretty sweet cars.

For the love of all that is holy, don't do that to yourself. You have no idea what you'd get yourself into. My wife has an 04 9-3 2.0T and I can't wait to get her away from it. We've had so many problems with it. The drivetrain has been ok, but EVERYTHING goes wrong with the electrical systems, suspension, and little peripheral parts and it's VERY expensive to maintain. The 2.8T's are extremely fast cars that are very agile, but they break down just as often. Saab had its hey day from the mid-80's to the late 90's. They made some fantastic vehicles like my wife's original '87 900 CSE turbo (that had 365,000 miles on the clock when she sold it). When GM got ahold of them, everything was made on the cheap and things started to go wrong. I've been on the saabcentral.com forums for a few years now. Go on there, start reading around a little bit on the 9-3SS section and be prepared to be frightened away from it...

[pontiacgt05]

For the love of all that is holy, don't do that to yourself. You have no idea what you'd get yourself into. My wife has an 04 9-3 2.0T and I can't wait to get her away from it. We've had so many problems with it. The drivetrain has been ok, but EVERYTHING goes wrong with the electrical systems, suspension, and little peripheral parts and it's VERY expensive to maintain. The 2.8T's are extremely fast cars that are very agile, but they break down just as often. Saab had its hey day from the mid-80's to the late 90's. They made some fantastic vehicles like my wife's original '87 900 CSE turbo (that had 365,000 miles on the clock when she sold it). When GM got ahold of them, everything was made on the cheap and things started to go wrong. I've been on the saabcentral.com forums for a few years now. Go on there, start reading around a little bit on the 9-3SS section and be prepared to be frightened away from it...

i wouldnt say thats totally true. I have a friend whos had a saab for a bout 5 years, not sure what model, but its a convertable. He hasnt had any problems with it, except the windows i think. I guess its all about the experience though, some people buy brand new cars and have more problems with it then someone with a 15 year old car.

[GRAND-AM-SE]

ponatic GTO

or

A Cadillac

[germaphobicmonk]

Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.

[gaowners32]

Originally Posted by germaphobicmonk

Chevrolet Corvette ZR1.

Pipe dream?!

[germaphobicmonk]

Hah. I'm going to college for Anesthetics. Sooner or later, I'll get that Corvette.

[IanGT99]

Originally Posted by pontiacgt05

i wouldnt say thats totally true. I have a friend whos had a saab for a bout 5 years, not sure what model, but its a convertable. He hasnt had any problems with it, except the windows i think. I guess its all about the experience though, some people buy brand new cars and have more problems with it then someone with a 15 year old car.

I'm sure some will have nothing but good things to say about Saab, but not me - at least since the GM takeover. Saab was totally Swedish up until 1997-98. They were fantastic vehicles that, whereas were still pretty pricey for parts, were very reliable and well-built. After GM bought them, the exceptionally different-style Swedish engineering didn't really mesh well with GM engineering IMO. Parts and fit and finish were more chincy, but the vehicles and parts remained just as expensive. The 04 Saab 9-3 had been a money pit for us. Parts and even regular maintenance was unbelievably expensive. The car seemed to be broken in one way or another more than it was fixed. I did as much to it myself as I could. I saved a ton of money doing that, but there's just certain things the weekend mechanic can't do. We took it on many trips and put a lot of miles on it, but it also cost us dearly. As an example, it was a 2.0 liter turbo that took 6.5 quarts of Euro formula synthetic oil. Even when I did my own oil change, it still cost us $55-60. I understand that maintaining a vehicle is part of owning a vehicle, but this was ridiculous. We traded the Saab in this weekend and bought a 2005 Honda Accord EX-L V6. Exceptionally more reliable and less expensive to maintain. Plus, it's in much better shape, has a lot less miles, has 40 more horsepower and gets about the same gas mileage.

[2003SCT]

I think a lot of older cars were "more reliable" than the newer variants. Remeber old Volvos? Those things would run forever...and the old small Toyota pickups were bulletproof. I used to know a number of kids in highschool that had old handed down BMW 5 series/wagons that had hundreds of thousands of miles on them that ran like new..the new E60 5 series' probably wont see those figures as often if the keep up with all the odd bugs and problems. Old Mercedes diesels..can't stop em.

Cars nowadays are much better than the older variants...they are much safer, are more quiet and more comfortable and way more technologically advanced. But they aren't as simple as their old counterparts and that I think can make them more prone to small failures. BTW though, when we look at data from failures per thousand, cars do seem to become more reliable each year. Take that for what it is I guess.

CHRIS

[IanGT99]

Oh I totally agree with you that cars have gotten more reliable over the years. Moreso, the technology has advanced as far as maintenance, fluids, etc. 20-30 years ago, cars weren't more than an engine, a tranny, four wheels, a steering wheel, a radio, and A/C if you were lucky. They were exceptionally simpler. We never had a problem with the Saab's engine or tranny. They were great. It was everything else that was CONNECTED to that engine and its peripheral systems that went bad. Like you said, old BMW's, Volvo's and Mercedes were absolute work horses. They were very well designed and, compared to today, fairly simple cars. Now, they are so unbelievably complicated, that the average weekend mechanic has some real trouble keeping up with them. For instance, on the Saab, I had to buy a specialized 32mm socket just to get the drop-in style oil filter cap off. Also, I now have a full set of Torx bits from working on that car. Anyways, we are now an all-Honda family. I know that's like fingernails on a chalkboard to a lot of you guys on here. Five or six years ago, I probably would have gotten into a fist fight with someone had they told me I'd be not only driving a Honda, but also buying one for my wife. Honda is one of the most North American-made car companies out there. My Ridgeline was built in Canada (now primarily in Alabama) and 90% of my wife's Accord's parts were made in the US with final assembly here, too. I always thought I'd be driving a new Acura TL, Nissan Maxima, Toyota Tundra Limited, or something like that by now, but it's amazing how one's pipe dreams sink into reality in just a few short years. As I've gotten older and more adapted to reliability and practicality, Honda products are just simply the best choice for us at this point.

[Silversmok3]

A 4th gen Z28.

[AquaAcorn]

im thinking a car i could really get is a 2009 or 2010 chevy malibu LTZ. i love the look of that car and the styling on the interior. but thats if i ever wanna sell my car or get in a crash

and eventually after i get done with collage and get my career started imma make a 70 chevelle ss

[B Weezy]

I am selling my GAGT now and getting an Acura RSX Type-S. More hp stock than my car has with CAI and exhaust. **** you haters. Have fun with your Grand Ams.

[young gun]

Originally Posted by B Weezy

I am selling my GAGT now and getting an Acura RSX Type-S. More hp stock than my car has with CAI and exhaust. **** you haters. Have fun with your Grand Ams.

Kthanxbai

[IanGT99]

Originally Posted by B Weezy

I am selling my GAGT now and getting an Acura RSX Type-S. More hp stock than my car has with CAI and exhaust. **** you haters. Have fun with your Grand Ams.

Wow, man... I switched over to a Honda product myself, but it seems you're being a bit hasty in defending yourself when no one has flamed you for it. The RSX is a great vehicle. It's very quick, light, and economical to boot. If anyone gets down on you for that, then they seem unintelligent. However, because you have decided to poke fun at Grand Am owners on a Grand Am site for no apparent reason, then you deserve to be chastised.

[xxbackhillxx]

Originally Posted by B Weezy

I am selling my GAGT now and getting an Acura RSX Type-S. More hp stock than my car has with CAI and exhaust. **** you haters. Have fun with your Grand Ams.

Have fun ****. If you want to race call me