Hondaman

I found a 2001 GS-R near me with 50K on it for $14,000. It looks to be in very good shape. My 96 LX has 151,000 miles on it, but I've had it since brand new and it's still in great mechanical and cosmetic. I've done a lot of suspension work to it and have big plans for the motor and building the car into a sleeper. This GS-R is making me think twice though.

Here's what I'm pondering:

1)Buy the GS-R now and trade the Civic.

2)Keep the Civic and proceed as planned with my sleeper project and save up for an Audi A4 Quatro next fall.

Thoughts, opinions, suggestions?

TIA

96Civic_Coupe

400whp> $14000 140hp

bluetwo

I like the Audi is some ways. But you gotta do what you gotta do.

ED9man

Get rid of you civic and get the GS-R.

antarius

Hold onto the Civic and save for the Audi, while keeping the Civic afterword for a beater.

You will be much happier than having a "new" GS-R and no Audi.

Hondaman

The reason I am even considering the GS-R is because that's the engine I'm going to swap into the Civic, then boost. I figure I could just de-badge the GS-R and add some type R suspension components and be done that much quicker. The only thing is it's not much of a sleeper then. At least not as much as a Civic LX. I also wouldn't learn as much about engine swaps and such like I wanted to.
The Audi I like because of the luxury and AWD. I would probably lease it and not touch it as far as mods go. It would strictly be a daily to and from work (about 24 miles round trip) and some other tooling around town.

I guess I'm leaning more towards the Audi and Civic plans. Can anyone give me a reason to think otherwise?

antarius

I surely can't give you a reason why to think otherwise.

2 cars = better than 1.

Audi = better than GS-R alone

That makes it relatively simple.