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![]() So in a few months, I'll be eligible for my license. I'll have probably about 2000, maybe 2500 to spend on a car. At first I thought I'd look at a honda, seeing as my family has a history of hondas and they're cheap, reliable cars. But then I came to realize how easily they're stolen. I then looked at VWs, but was put off at the potential high cost of parts. Same with older Mercedes (like the 300D). Do I have any alternatives to cheap americans cars? Am I unnecessarily ruling out good first cars? One more thing, I'd like it to be not outlandish to insure and it to get decent gas mileage.
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![]() get a focus. haha.
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![]() I've heard miatas can be had for cheap and insured for cheap. Is this true? I'm sure they're a blast to drive. My parents had an S2000, and they always talked about how fun it was to drive.
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Have you considered a decent front wheel drive car? Maybe a late 90s Grand Am or similar would suit you well. Grand Ams are cheap, cheap to insure, but have a decent amount of power too.
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![]() This is looking good. Any reason why I'd want to avoid the miata? I'd def want it in stick.
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![]() The only reason I could forsee, since you don't get snow, is the chance you'll need to carry more than one other person or a large amount of stuff in one go.
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![]() I don't really see those as issues. I'm just a student, so I'd basically just use it for commuting. Although,there are some fun beach roads that would be a ton of fun with a miata, but that's beside the point. And if I needed to carry more people or more stuff, I can always borrow my parents' sedan or minivan.
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![]() Being down in San Diego(Camp Pendleton) there are a ton of fun roads to drive. Even driving my boat of a GP through some of the twists and turns around the base going a little too fast is fun; a Miata would be even way funner. Then on top of being a student it's also good on gas. You can't go wrong with one. Then if you're feeling frisky in the future, there are kits to stuff a LS1 into those small little bastards. That engine probably weighs as much as the entire car.
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