Good Starting Car, 5 grand

[kberk]

Originally Posted by life is viewtiful

Are paint jobs expensive to get good ones? Because I want the car to look good, I want to know if I should give up on some things in exchange for the color I want.

There's always Maaco.. but then again, you get what you pay for. Maaco looks good from far away, but if you want showcar quality or paint like it just rolled out of the factory, you can expect paying over a thousand bucks for a paint job (sometimes a couple grand).

[life is viewtiful]

Alright, judging from the posts, I think I've narrowed the list down a bunch more. And here it is again:

Eagle Talon
Mitsubishi Eclipse
Chevrolet Camaro

And some also suggested the civic and integra, but I don't especially like how those cars look...no offense to anybody who likes them.

And just clarrifying, so the synthetic oil and 93 octane gas will cost more than something else?

and here are the cars that I have looked at and are considering...if you could help out on these, that'd be great

Talons
http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...r=&cardist=100
http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...or=&cardist=46
http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...or=&cardist=32

Eclipses
http://cars.com/go/search/detail.jsp...4&aff=national

Camaros
http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...r=&cardist=100
http://edmunds.autotrader.com/fyc/vd...or=&cardist=45

And as always, if there are ones you really must suggest, then please do so.

Thanks a bunch!

[life is viewtiful]

oh, and does anybody know any other sites to find cars besides edmunds.com and cars.com ?

[kman10587]

I'd take a look at the Ford Mustang 5.0 (87-93) also, you might like it a little more than the Camaro, or you might not. Another notable car is the Nissan 240SX. It doesn't make much power stock, but the handling is awesome, and the aftermarket for it is huge.

[panchoman]

heck yeah kman is right take a look at the 5.0s they arent expensive at all and theyre really fast and sexy

[life is viewtiful]

Originally Posted by kman10587

I'd take a look at the Ford Mustang 5.0 (87-93) also, you might like it a little more than the Camaro, or you might not. Another notable car is the Nissan 240SX. It doesn't make much power stock, but the handling is awesome, and the aftermarket for it is huge.

Ah....I've heard so many good things about those two cars....BUT, no offense or anything, but I don't really like how they look....too boxish I guess...Thanks a bunch though.

[kman10587]

It's okay, there is nothin' wrong with an LT1 Camaro either

[life is viewtiful]

Hey everyone!

I just wanted to say thanks to everybody who posted on my thread. It's been a great help to me.

After some more investigating, I think I've decided on a Eagle Talon TSi AWD.

If for any reason, you strongly disagree with my choice, please let me know.

Once again, thanks alot to everyone!!!

[Pavlo]

If not looking for performance at all go with the 240sx? You are a cruel man catashtrophe. Put an sr20det in there or forge th intrnals on a stock k24de and turbo it and you ll get some really nice power.