Jump to content
SAU Community

Recommended Posts

Just wondering if anyone can think of cars that are both pretty (to keep the girl happy) and reasonably quick (to keep me happy)

Criteria:

Under $20,000

should have 4 seats

reasonable sized boot

2 door's

comfy seats

I have suggested and she has said no:

Any skylines (I had a bit of a cry, and still no...)

Silvia's / 200sx

Alfa Romeo GTV (both types)

Toyota MR2

Soarers

BMW's

Honda civic / prelude / integra (getting desperate)

We have driven all of these and they have failed for reasons ranging firm ride to the windscreen isn't big enough...

Things she likes the look of but we havnt driven yet:

180sx (she doesnt know they are built on the same base as a silvia - crossing my fingers)

supra

300zx

FTO

Is there anything else in the $20k range that I am forgetting? We only have an old lancer at the moment (her car) so it shouldnt be this difficult to sell her the idea of a decent car!

Thanks for your help :dry:

Link to comment
https://www.sau.com.au/forums/topic/197802-ideas-for-next-car/
Share on other sites

  • Replies 42
  • Created
  • Last Reply

Top Posters In This Topic

fto - i find them to be crappy when compared to the likes of supras and skylines

20k - u can probably get a 1993 twin turbo supra - but the condition may not be as good

personally id go for the supra

another car she can look at is the corolla levin - the 2 door jap spec one.....i forget what its exact name is.....

The guy wants a car with 2 door guys.

I wouldn't recommend the supra if you're planning on having children or have them already. I wouldn't call the things at the back, seats or that small hole in the rear, a boot. Forget supra if you're looking at having a family at some stage.

There's not much other 2 door cars I can think of that's 'good'.

If you went 4 doors as well. I would go for the A4 or JZX90 mark II or JZX100 chaser.

Good luck!

Edited by adam-__-

Well why a 2 door...

That and most of those cars don't have a boot anyway.

Split the money, $10k gets you an R32, $10k gets her an astra. Done and done. Then you have 8-10 seats, and 2 boots!

Edited by dangerous_daveo
Well why a 2 door...

That and most of those cars don't have a boot anyway.

Split the money, $10k gets you an R32, $10k gets her an astra. Done and done. Then you have 8-10 seats, and 2 boots!

thats great thinking there.

grow a set of nuts and buy the car you want?
Tell her to get back to the kitchen where she belongs.
Ask what she would like, listen patiently to her reasons then buy what you want anyway and tell her to have a coke and a smile and shut the f**k up

these people all make sense!

saying that, I would go the Supra if I was pussy whipped :)

Edited by Nexus9

+1 FOR A STAGEA

My missus was dark at me for not buying her a corolla (!) but after she drove it, she reckons it was the first car she ever came emotionally attached to. They go pretty well when stock (well, compared to a commonwhore of foulcan wagon anyway) you have all the same mod options of a skyline, about 10 times the interior room, and the NVH and build quality far surpass any other wagon I have ever driven.

Having said that, the Audi A3 1.8t is a horn of a car

Create an account or sign in to comment

You need to be a member in order to leave a comment

Create an account

Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!

Register a new account

Sign in

Already have an account? Sign in here.

Sign In Now



  • Similar Content

  • Latest Posts

    • Which solenoid? Why was it changed? Again, why was this done? ...well, these wear..but ultimately, why was it changed? Did you reset the idle voltage level after fitment? I'm just a tad confused ~ the flash code doesn't allude to these items being faulty, so in my mind the only reason to change these things, would be some drive-ability issue....and if that's the case, what was the problem? Those questions aside, check if the dropping resistor is OK ...should be 11~14 ohms (TCU doesn't throw a flash code for this) ~ also, these TCU designs have full time power (to keep fault code RAM alive), and I think that'll throw a logic code (as opposed to the 10 hardware codes), if that power is missing (or the ram has gone bad in the TCU, which you can check..but that's another story here perhaps).
    • Question for people who "know stuff" I am looking at doing the new intake like the one in the picture (the pictured is designed for the OEM TB and intake plenum), this design has the filter behind the front bar, but, the filter sits where the OEM duct heads into the front bar, and the standard aperture when the OEM ducting is removed allows the filter to pulled back out of the front bar into the engine bay for servicing, a simple blanking plate is used to seal the aperture behind the filter This will require a 45° silicone hose from the TB, like the alloy pipe that is currently there, to another 45° silicone hose to get a straight run to the aperture in the front bar Question: how will it effect the tune if I move the MAF about 100-150mm forward, the red is around where my MAF is currently, and the green would be where it would end up Like this This is the hole the filter goes through  Ends up like this LOL..Cheers    
    • Despite the level up question, actually I do know what that is....it is a pressure sender wire.  So check out around the oil filter for an oil pressure sender, or maybe fuel pressure near the filter or on the engine. Possibly but less likely coolant pressure sensor because they tend to be combined temp/pressure senders if you have one. Could also be brake pressure (in a brake line somewhere pre ABS) but maybe I'm the only one that has that on a skyline.
    • Pull codes via the self-diagnosis procedure. As far as I can tell this is just a sign of transmission issues but not a code unto itself.
    • Hi All, putting the engine back together and everything is perfect except have this plug left over.. any ideas what it is for and where it goes? Is on cold side under the intake plenum *note not a stock plug, as everything has been modified Cheers
×
×
  • Create New...