Getting my first car.

Hi. I'm new to these forums. I'm fixing to turn 16 and I am looking for a car. I have about 5-6k to spend. I will be using it to get around most of the time, but there is a track near my house so I will take it there too. I would like a car that is upgradeable and I have been looking at getting a Celica-GTS, Camry, Accord, Eclipse, or a Civic.

Recomendations please!:p

a 1987 pontiac 6000.

2001 Toyota Corolla S........

Speaking of I got one for sale for $6000. 85000 miles and female driven one owner, new clutch..:wink:

in before the lock and move.

o well about the whole double post crap. here is what i found with search. im glad i remembered about this thread.

http://www.automotiveforums.com/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=581442

very bad choice of section to put this in.

First cars should be slow and safe, so i'd go with accord/camry. After a year i'll allow you to get an eclipse/celica. After another year of a clean driving record i'll let you have something pre-98 V8/single turbo. And if you're really good that year, you can have a fast car the next year.

Welcome to AF.

Just a heads up, everybody hates these threads because they basically all go the same direction. Somebody asks what car to get, and 50 people reply, suggesting the car they own, or the car they themselves want. You can save yourself the time and trouble and just look at hte cars people have in their signatures...that is probably what they will tell you to get.

All of that said, at 16, I think anybody should have a slow and reliable car that you can learn to drive without doing yourself or others bodily harm. Accord, Civic, Camry, Corrola, etc. Honda or Toyota or Acura. They will last, they are cheap to own, insure, and maintain. And while they can reach dangerous speeds, they don't get there as quickly...making them a tad safer to be driving. Drive one for a few years, save some money and get better at driving. Then get yourself something nice when the odds are better that you wont crash it and take more care of it. Not saying anything negative about your driving...just saying statistically there's a high chance you will have an accident your first year of driving.

First cars should be slow and safe, so i'd go with accord/camry.

accords are slow?? what are you smokin, i've seen plenty off ppl race accords on streetfire...:rolleyes:

but realistically, you don't need to get the slowest production cars made for your first car just don't get something too terribly quick. celica, non-turbo eclipse, v6 grand am, prelude, those can all be good first cars and while they may be sporty enough to have fun they're harder to kill yourself in. it doesn't take a fast car to kill yourself, it just takes a really immature driver. and regardless of what you get, stay under 80mph your first year.

lol. back on topic. i think a pontiac fiero would be a fun 1st car (get a 1985 or higher = fewer problems). I was looking at some. they have some problems, but are a cheap fun MR car. do some research. And make sure it was taken very well care of.

accords are slow?? what are you smokin, i've seen plenty off ppl race accords on streetfire...:rolleyes:



90 Accord 17.2 @ 79 :grinyes:

From your choices, I would suggest a 2dr Accord. You won't find a celica gt-s for 5-6k unless there is something wrong with it. They usually go for 9-11k for a 2000 and the price goes up the newer they are. Get the accord or camry and save your money. After a few years get a car you really like.

Alright thnx guys, My grandfather is giving me a camry for my b-day and it is in REAL good condition. Its a '97 with no more than 50k miles on it. So I might just get that for the first year or so. Then sell it to buy a little faster car after a while. I agree with yall about what yall said because one of my friends was killed in a car wreck, he was driving 80+.

Thanks for the suggestions.

90 Accord 17.2 @ 79 :grinyes:

Hold up.........................I thought that was what you ran with the VR4.

:boink:

90 Accord 17.2 @ 79 :grinyes:

lol yea my buddy has a '96 Accord auto with body kit, rims, the whole deal...doesn't look half bad really, but we went to the track together...18.1 @ 7x in overdrive, then he switched to manual shifting!!! 17.1 @ 8x LOL.

lol. that made like a whole second faster. like zomgz i can say on forums that manual shifting my car i got a 50hp boost, and ran 1 sec faster...lolol.olololol

Hold up.........................I thought that was what you ran with the VR4.

:boink:

:nutkick: Drop 3 seconds and add 20mph and that was my first run with the vr4 :biggrin:

Get some V-TEC. Add nawzzzz. Run 9's.


In all honesty, I'd vote miata. Cheap, fun, rwd, and from what I've heard, very reliable.

i wouldn't vote miata, because you can't drive that car in some places due to things called snow....need somethin very durable in all weathers. a convertible isn't a good idea. what would happen if they flipped? i don't think for a 1st car they would install a roll bar.

What's snow?











J/K. Not really. I live in Texas. A couple days ago it was 80 degrees. A week before Christmas, I was sweating while driving around.



WTF.

i could basically say the same right now, im basically an hour from the dreaded lambeau field of the green bay packers. no snow at all.

lets just say in the fwd sentra, if i pull the e-brake going about 5 mph, on a 90 degree turn in the neighborhood, the car will do a drift motion, basically oversteer, but not really. its kind of like doing dougnuts with trays on the rear tires, except no trays, and no traction.
example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwH-hAZ0nQ

allows vans to do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl9ER5Abzuo


and this is why you need a safe 1st car. surprisingly i found this searching for 3000gt snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnCvVKtg3k

i could basically say the same right now, im basically an hour from the dreaded lambeau field of the green bay packers. no snow at all.

lets just say in the fwd sentra, if i pull the e-brake going about 5 mph, on a 90 degree turn in the neighborhood, the car will do a drift motion, basically oversteer, but not really. its kind of like doing dougnuts with trays on the rear tires, except no trays, and no traction.
example

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bJwH-hAZ0nQ

allows vans to do this
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl9ER5Abzuo


and this is why you need a safe 1st car. surprisingly i found this searching for 3000gt snow
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTnCvVKtg3k

I think all cars would tend to do that in ice that bad, no matter how safe

dude im 17 went through the same thing same amount of cash and i would suggest an early 3rd gen f body (there cool looking have v8 sound and look with out the risk of dying from high speed) i was going to buy one but then got into an expensive college and im not rich so no car for me. serriously dude dont get a fast car everyone in my school who has... really had a fast car got wrecked or lots of tickets and ended up selling it. dude listen to these people i know it sucks but its the truth

I hear Ferrari's are a good beginner car.


I'm on my third.


True story.

I hear Ferrari's are a good beginner car.


I'm on my third.


True story.


:iagree:

Here's The Stig's first Ferrari:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/enzo_20040205_001.jpg


And here's the second one:

http://www.wreckedexotics.com/enzo/enzo_20051103_004.jpg

And here he is drifting his third one:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=clpSA8usLEA

Yup... basically.

I started driving in a '98 S10 4.3l 5-speed, got a '96 Z28 next at 17, put a lot of miles on it, got the GTP last August, and hopefully it's going to be traded for a Black '04 Pontiac GTO Friday, i'm 21 btw, people think I went down in getting the GTP over the Z28, but my GTP is faster than the Z ever was...

I started driving in a '98 S10 4.3l 5-speed, got a '96 Z28 next at 17, put a lot of miles on it, got the GTP last August, and hopefully it's going to be traded for a Black '04 Pontiac GTO Friday, i'm 21 btw, people think I went down in getting the GTP over the Z28, but my GTP is faster than the Z ever was...


Was the Z28 stock... and did you drive it right?


Of course now, the GTP should be quicker than a stock LT1 F-Body, it's got all the good mods...

GTP's are nice cars.