Is this a good first car?

[Pyroboy597]

Not too interested in working on my car, although when I did want a Wrangler that was one thing I considered a plus. The CR-V is a 4 cyl. and I have never driven a sedan in my life.

[PyRo]

Who gives a damn what your friends are driveing. I went to a private school where most people were getting expensive cars or at the very least a new civic or somthing when they got their license. When I was 17 and got my license I had about $16,000 of my own money (earned, not given) I could have spent on a car.

What did I buy? I got a Ford Expolder for 1k that I drove for six months I sold that for about twice what I paid for it.
Then I bought a camaro for 2k which I drove for about a year. I got into two accidents then a third one totaled the car fortunatly I was rear-ended in the the 2nd accident and the guys insurance paid out twice what I paid for the car.
Then I bought a grand cherokee for $3500 and spent another $800 fixing things that were broken/missing. That was a mistake. I sold it after about six months and lost about $1,000 in the process.
Then I bought another Camaro for $2k which I drove about a year and a half (to be fair I probably have $800 of misc work into it). That's still sitting in my driveway. A tree fell on it recently and my neighbors insurance company wrote me a 2k check and let me keep the car. I'm thinking about makeing a Camaro General Lee out of it.
Then I bought a Wrangler for $1,000 (most fun of any car I've had) which I drove about four months. That's still sitting in my driveway as well.
Then I bought a pickup truck for $1,000 I've been driveing about a month now. I needed the truck for the space (Wranglers have none) and the towing capacity (Wranglers can't tow).

My $1,000 truck will do anything that CRV will and some. All that money I could have spend on a car is now money in the bank. It could be part of a downpayment on a house, it could be for a retirement fund, etc. Point being I can drive anywhere that CRV can and have a decent chunk of money still in my pocket.

[PyRo]

Not too interested in working on my car, although when I did want a Wrangler that was one thing I considered a plus. The CR-V is a 4 cyl. and I have never driven a sedan in my life.

Get interested in working on your own car. Then buy some simple Rwd or 4wd car. I can't imagine how many thousands of dollars I've saved doing my own work. $250 for a brake job I can do for $40? $600 for a $125 clutch? $200 for a $40 tuneup? No thanks.

[VFX_Fenix]

There's your first car, enjoy

[skife]

Get interested in working on your own car. Then buy some simple Rwd or 4wd car. I can't imagine how many thousands of dollars I've saved doing my own work. $250 for a brake job I can do for $40? $600 for a $125 clutch? $200 for a $40 tuneup? No thanks.

agreed.

pyro, post pics of that camaro that you ran into a tree.
i never get sick of seeing that thing.

[Al_Steel]

I'm going to guess that 70% of my town is Jewish. Out of that 70%, maybe 50% has a Bar/Bat Mitzvah in which they get 15k+ for a car from family/friends. If I wanted to compete with some of my peers, an Audi TT wouldn't even do. I would guess that the average year of a car in my highschool parking lot is 2002, just based on looking at them. There are a few 2007's, including a Mercedes SLK (might actually be a 2006) and a Nissan Z.

OMFG, if someone was to have given me 15K at 15 I'd be independantly wealthy right now. (I'm working on it just taking a little longer than expected)

$2000.00 can buy you a decent car if you look around. 90's Civics, Toyota Corollas, Nissan Altimas, etc. can all be had for that amount. They are all reliable and fairly safe cars too. I have a friend with a 96 Corolla that has 200K miles on it and it runs great. Only thing he has replaced is brakes, muffler, tires, and timing belts.

Lot's of kids in my school drove newer cars but I never felt inferior just cuz mine was almost 8 years old. It ran good and got me where I needed to go.

[skife]

my grand am would have lasted me if i wouldn't have driven it through water.
stupid me
200100 on the clock when i drown it.

[PyRo]

agreed.

pyro, post pics of that camaro that you ran into a tree.
i never get sick of seeing that thing.

Here is the camaro I ran into a tree:




And here is the one I ran into a telephone poll:

[Grey Goose]

man if you are looking for a car for that length of time, i would buy a 5 speed toyota or honda car, or a lightly used scion xb. getting the 5 speed helps in 3 ways; they're cheaper, you learn to drive a manual, and they get better gas mileage. i would think you could score an 04 scion xb 5sp in that price range w/ under 50K pretty easily.

[Pyroboy597]

man if you are looking for a car for that length of time, i would buy a 5 speed toyota or honda car, or a lightly used scion xb. getting the 5 speed helps in 3 ways; they're cheaper, you learn to drive a manual, and they get better gas mileage. i would think you could score an 04 scion xb 5sp in that price range w/ under 50K pretty easily.

The xB is the fugliest car ever made. I have driven stick, and prefer automatic. I considered a Hyundai Sonate because they come with Automatic and "Manual" where you can switch between.

[BuyMyMag]

MUCH nicer then my first car. I paid $1k for my first rust bucket. I guess that gives you an idea of how nice it was. It didn't have A/C.

[PyRo]

getting the 5 speed helps in 3 ways; they're cheaper, you learn to drive a manual, and they get better gas mileage. i would think you could score an 04 scion xb 5sp in that price range w/ under 50K pretty easily.

Don't forget when you blow the tranny 9 times out of 10 the manual is cheaper to rebuild.

[PyRo]

Hyundai Sonate because they come with Automatic and "Manual" where you can switch between.

I've never seen the car so I can't speak with absolute certainty. Most likely though it's a clutchless manual which doesn't count.

[maxama10]

is that like shift on the go type-a-thing?

[TheAngryDrunkenRussian]

Pyroboy - not telling you how to live you life but "keep it simple keep it stupid" those options are nice but its going to break sometime and just makes you pay more.

Pyro - nice wreak next time I need something destoryied I'm calling you speaking of which I got a couple of I got a skid steer and a Stihl O66 Magnum and a couple of big dead oaks to take care of. LOL