Time for a new car.

well its time for me to get my first car!

I want a new car/suv. It has to meet the following requirements:
-Decent Power
-4+ seats
-good looks
-bolt-on responsive (for cars)
-decent gas mileage (20+ for cars, 15+ for suv's)
-affordable insurance for a 17 year old.
-manual transmission (for cars)
-no fwd suv's

mostly i want something i can drive in the rain/bad weather, but still roll around in style when the time comes.

im not looking to spend more than say... 10g's on it.

SUV... Nissan Pathfinder

Car... Acura Integra GSR

I dont know, what do you guys think?

i like the pathfinder, good car, i think id have to look real hard to get one ~10g's though.

gizzer... expensive insurance, i saw a list of the top 100 something cars in america... by the time it got to #20 at the most... every year dc2 had been on it. i want to keep my car.

to give you an idea of what ive considered already...

mazda 6
7th gen civic coupe
late model explorer
cavalier
tiburon

A jeep wrangler. you'll be borderline on the gas mileage, but jeeps are good in any weather.

Hmmm, well I don't as far as suvs go, maybe a Blazer or Explorer, possibly a 4runner. As for cars, check out a 2000 -01 Celica, 99-00 Civic Si, Integra LS, and Focus ZX3s.

i love the mazda6, and just after a quick look on ebay, you could probably get one in 10k range if you looked hard enough, that'd probably be my choice. the pathfinder keeps popping up, and those seem like a good choice too.
what about a Rav4? i don't really know if they're any good or not, but they seem pretty cheap and i bet they get good gas mileage.

Pretty good used Wranglers can be found for $10k easily. The Wrangler might be too rough and unrefined for most people, especially for daily driving. If you live in a snowy place, a Wrangler might not be recommended since there's wouldn't much car-material between you and the cold weather.

I would recommend the Subaru Forester over soft-SUVs like the CRV and Rav4. The Forester has good power, AWD, available manual, as well as comfort and practicality. An used one can be found under $10k pretty easily too.

I would also recommend a Ford Escape if you can find an used one for under $10k.

yeah, i hadn't thought about the forester, that's a good choice.
so i'm going with a mazda6 for a car, or a forester for an SUV

Mazda 6, is a good car.

yeah those mazda 6's are tight...whatever you do don't go with a fuckus if you want to ride in style....ugh....what year is your gixxer?

I think you should get a Nissan Skyline, Honda Prelude or a Nissan Terrano?
I own a Honda Prelude really reliable and quick car!
But the problem witha prelude not much space!

I think you should get a Nissan Skyline, Honda Prelude or a Nissan Terrano?
I own a Honda Prelude really reliable and quick car!
But the problem witha prelude not much space!
They're in America.



Teranno = Pathfinder.


Skyline = GTR only over there and horrendously expensive.

That description fits any number of cars, or trucks, or SUV's. Figure out what aspects are priorities (or at least weather you want an SUV or car), pick out a few potential vehicals and ask around here about them. Every car company has 4 or so vehicals that fit your description its all going to be personal preference and what you can find in the best shape because I am assuming you are looking for a used car.

....what year is your gixxer?

its a 2001, first year with fuel injection.

Ive decided on an SUV. A Jeep Grand Cherokee, A Nissan Xterra, Ford Escape, or a Dodge Durango.

I checked the Auto Trader today, and all these can be had in decent condition for 9-11k.

The Escapes and Xterras i saw were only V6's, and i wanted a V8.

You can't get either the Xterra or the escape in a V8. The jeep and the Durango can have a V8, I have driven the durango fully loaded and its pretty nice.

hmm...

I dont want an Xterra then, its not worth having a v6 to me.

How does an escape compare to an explorer? i have a 2003 explorer as a rental car, and i like it, its kinda slow, but other than that its cool.

Escape comes in two options, FWD or AWD. Its small. It can either be V6 I4 or even hybrid. The exlplorer is larger and pretty nice. RWD or 4WD. Personally I would take the Explorer unless fuel consumption is an issue.

Oh ok this is only going on a few countries knowledge of cars, i'm not 100% sure whats cheap and whats not where you are!
Here skylines come the GTE cheapest non turbo, GTS non turbo, GTSTcheapest turbo and the GTR then expensive! lol The Nissan Terrano here is the Nissan Terrano and the Nissan Pathfinder is another car!
You can't go wrong with an Intergra Vtec or non vtec they're cheap cars to buy and still have the gutsy side of things and look awesome done up aswell!
Or even a 94 mercedes or BMW i'm not sure if they're cheap where you are though!!! But they look awesome aswell, there's so many cars to choose from but i think you need to come up with a list of what you want say of 10 cars max then go from there!