need help choosing a car
11-05-2003, 04:21 PM
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need help choosing a car
ok right now im driving a crappy volvo and im sick of it, so im looking to pick up a new ride. my priorities are these:
cheap
good autoxer
im in no particular hurry to buy one. i wanna have it ready for next season though so maybe i can be competitive, so i can sorta take my time finding a good deal. im trying to spend no more than $1500 on the car so i can spend like $1000 on tires and whatnot. basically the cars im looking at now are these:
e30 325is
rx7
crx si
im open to suggestion here. what i want is a car that i can be competitive with in autox and will be cheap for me. does anyone know what classes these cars end up in? also, does anyone know what kind of rx7 i ought to be looking for? there are so many different trims im just confused. i dont mind having n/a or turbo.
edit: it needs to be semi practical here, so no miatas or mr2s
cheap
good autoxer
im in no particular hurry to buy one. i wanna have it ready for next season though so maybe i can be competitive, so i can sorta take my time finding a good deal. im trying to spend no more than $1500 on the car so i can spend like $1000 on tires and whatnot. basically the cars im looking at now are these:
e30 325is
rx7
crx si
im open to suggestion here. what i want is a car that i can be competitive with in autox and will be cheap for me. does anyone know what classes these cars end up in? also, does anyone know what kind of rx7 i ought to be looking for? there are so many different trims im just confused. i dont mind having n/a or turbo.
edit: it needs to be semi practical here, so no miatas or mr2s
11-05-2003, 04:30 PM
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Originally posted by RB
with only 1,500 to spend on the car itself, of the three options you listed I think you'll only be able to find a crx for that price.
with only 1,500 to spend on the car itself, of the three options you listed I think you'll only be able to find a crx for that price.
11-09-2003, 11:01 PM
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Originally posted by More&Faster
also, does anyone know what kind of rx7 i ought to be looking for?
also, does anyone know what kind of rx7 i ought to be looking for?
Are you talking SA/FB's or FC's? There was no turbo model in the US until '87.
11-10-2003, 12:07 AM
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Yeah if you're looking for an RX-7 for that cheap then you should go with a non-turbo FC. It's more of a successful car in club road racing than autocrossing though. They run in E-stock against the non-turbo 2nd-gen MR2 and the MR2s own that class.