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Hmmmmmm i think your all missing the point here. There is no car anywhere ever under the $1500 mark better than a MK1 VW golf. No seriously, i had one with 320,000k's on original engine, i slammed and crunched the gears on it, had it red lining 10+ times a day and took it 4wding heaps (Awesome entry and exit angles, they're fwd, but it doesn't matter, you just need speed and can make it up anything)

the 1.6 litre has 75hp (!!!) or the 1.8 has 110hp, (mine had a sunroof to) and most weigh from 750-800 kilo's. You can take them anywhere and there fun to corner in. Not to mention very reliable and easy to work on (even i could)

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hahaha i'd cruise around in that any day if i could look as cool as the kid at the back!

Hmmmmmm i think your all missing the point here. There is no car anywhere ever under the $1500 mark better than a MK1 VW golf.

had a quick look for the VW on all the car sites, could not find any around...

both cars that i had my eye on were sold yester...

Thinking i might go to the car auctions in bris, see how we go, this is damn proving harder than i thought!

I'd go for the charade, I owned one for about a year before I sold it and bought a daihatsu applause. The applause is good for carting tyres n stuff, but damn I miss my charade.

35litres would get me 500+KM every time, and that wasn't granny driving either.

My sister also has a charade, she's owned it for about 5 years. All it needs is an occasional oil change and your set.

BTW, both cars I talked about were the 1.3litre EFI models, if you don't mind the lack of power the 1litre carby versions are even more fuel efficient.

If you dont mind the sedan model, check this one Has power windows, aircon and power steering. :)

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asking for trouble.

if you are going to buy a shitter get one as simple and vanilla as possible so there is less to go wrong.

another vote for the KE series carolla. really light, RWD cheap to run and easy to fix.

there was one drifting at the last practice day and he was having as much fun as the skyline owners in a $500 car.

Ford Laser... cant remember the model number

88-90 models.

Shouldnt cost more than $1500-$2000 and more wont breakdown.

I had one for a while, so have a number of people i know. Great cars that just dont seem to break

1.6lt 5sp man appluase

cant rem weather it was 3 or 4k, but since the misses was ain a "pile up" in it and we straighted it out, its been payed out like 4k back and stil rns and is rgstered. was settled out of court if your wondering how that worked out as the cuase of the smash was uninsured.

in 4 an a bit years besides direct accident repairs only had to replace 2 bearings, 2 cv joints + boots, accident repairs cost us stuff all, a few second hand pannels, a radiator + munts and a boot lid (stock spoiler came with it *choice*) and a case of piss to a mate to cut the back quater out an replace with another second hander is all ship shape.

she still goes as hard as when we got it, all 1.6lt dohc goodness.

definately stick to a small 4 cyl. You dont want to be paying anymore in rego than you have to aswell as fuel savings.

im looking at getting something around the 2k mark. a 89-90 model Laser or corolla is what im looking at... even a charade or starlet??

try and get something with a/c too!

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