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I have decided on these 4 cars to get for my first car.

Nissan silvia Sr20 or Ca18 turbo

Nissan Pulsar SSS n14

Mitsubishi lancer

Toyota Celica 88-89+

Please note i have around an 8000 budget. Please give me your thoughts and any experiences you have had with any of these cars thanks

I reackon a turbo car isnt a great idea for a 1st car im glad i didnt get 1 now.

Pulsar is nice but why not an sr20de silvia my CA manages alright for a 1.8. Do the exhaust intake maybe a cam and they arent slow for an N/A car great first car if you can afford insurance.

Fun in the wet to if you can avoid the kerbs.

They will also kill ne lancers or celica's around an my car keeps up with 6 cyl falcons an commo's and mine's stock.

I'd recommend a N/A front wheel drive car..

out of the lancer, celica and N14 SSS, I would take the SSS.

Apart fomr insurance on the turbo models, the fact that you don't have that much driving experience means that RWD cars are still dangerous when driven hard for you and anyone near you..

SSS is a good car. in the future you can get rid of it and get something else, or do the SR20DET engine conversion to it

a cheap, safe car that you're not going to cry over if you write it off.

Out of those choices, give that they're all the same price, I'd choose the N14 SSS.

The silvia is quicker than the celica the ca18de also has more power than the pulsar sr20de to and i reckon looks better as well :D Mods on a silvia are so cheap to. If you are mechanically gifted there are very cheap ca18 silvia's coming into the country atm bcoz of the 15yr rule rebuilding 1 of these and raising the compresion a ca16de exhaust cam and everything else would make it go hard, as well as computer remap.

Just check insurance out coz u will have probs c if u can insure it under ur old man, go and get quotes for a few of the cars ur looking at or even better get ur dad to do it bcoz they will say no to u if its an import trust me.

for your first car dont get a turbo,,,....

just get something cheap, something rear wheel drive...something to muck around in... eg ......vl argh argh.... whatever... , then once you are a good enough driver eg asa you get off your ps replace the vl with a gtst + mods plus full comp.

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