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Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Psykomantis00 on August 18, 2005, 10:56:00 PM

That depends on the car. A honda at 100k miles is just getting broken into, a ford or chevy.... thats when they start going down hill. Jeeps have very strong engines. But a jeep gc is a gas guzzler and with prices like they are dont expect to go very far very often. I suggest a civic, or something similar thats dependable, easy to maintain, and good on gas.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Rylinkus on August 19, 2005, 01:58:00 PM

Nothing irritates me more then using "Ford","Chevy", and "Honda" to sum up cars. The problem is not all Fords and Chevys are unreliable. And not all Hondas are problem free.

I would consider the gas mileage. If thats a concern of your then a Jeep may not be the answer. But they are relatively tough rides.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Hercules Q Einstein on August 20, 2005, 01:49:00 PM

Honestly once you hit 100,000 miles your in dangerous territory. Even with Hondas somthing is proably going to go wrong. It might not be a major problem, but it could be.

Any car COULD make it to 180K without any major repairs, but my advice is if you dont have the money to fix a major problem if it arises then dont get a car with high milage.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: thewickedjester on August 20, 2005, 02:20:00 PM

The 100k miles thing has usually been "at 100,000 miles, replace your engine. Or have it rebuilt". You can go a lot longer with ANY car these days (Chevy, Honda, and yes... Ford to) it just depends on how well you take care of it.

Go for gas efficient, you can always sell it and get a Jeep when (ok, if) gas prices go down.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: RicoUzuki on August 20, 2005, 11:10:00 PM

oh and how much do you think it would cost to "rebuild" and\or replace the engine? would rebuilding the engine make the miles on it 0? sorry if these are dumb questions im new to the world of cars.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: xBRYAN on August 20, 2005, 11:54:00 PM

haha. you can easily get a civic for 2500 dollars.. i just picked up my car today. 2000 honda civic 60,000 miles.. $6000..

i love my car already. im not going to mod it or anything, im just gonna keep it clean.

if you want something fun you drive, you can get an integra.. or you can get an old prelude... mostly all japanese FWD cars... umm.. camrys are nice too.. corollas, celicas.. if you are willing to get a new car.. and you want something different, you could get a Scion xA ... its kinda wierd, but you'll get used to it. i really like it accually.

i recommend getting a civic for gas efficiency.. i get 28/35.. but it doenst even matter. i just drive from school to home and to some girls houses to get some lovin

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: jesterrace777 on August 23, 2005, 12:37:00 AM

QUOTE(RicoUzuki @ Aug 19 2005, 06:21 AM)

hey im thinking of buying a jeep grand cherokee for my first car. my price range is about 4000$ and when i look up grand cherokees at that price range i see that they have about 120,000 miles on them. I read somewhere that after 100000 miles cars start to give lots of problems. is this true? do you think the jeep would last until at least 180000 miles if i followed the recommendations on the following site? how much would all those repairs cost?

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: thewickedjester on August 23, 2005, 08:38:00 AM

QUOTE(RicoUzuki @ Aug 21 2005, 01:21 AM)

oh and how much do you think it would cost to "rebuild" and\or replace the engine? would rebuilding the engine make the miles on it 0? sorry if these are dumb questions im new to the world of cars.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Psykomantis00 on August 23, 2005, 06:57:00 PM

QUOTE(xBRYAN @ Aug 24 2005, 02:24 AM)

that reminds me. i jsut got a civic sedan. i want to do a engine swap later.. h22a. i know it will fit, but i never heard too much about it. i think i remember someone saying that you need custom mounts and all.. and its a really tedious process...

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: kollapse on August 23, 2005, 11:29:00 PM

xBRYAN, yes you need custom mounts for an H22 swap. you also need custom half-shafts made and you need to realize that your turning radius is going to be alot wider.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Psykomantis00 on August 27, 2005, 10:06:00 AM

You wernt planning on racing your car but you want to drive fast? RICER ALERT.

Your car doesnt look bad for a 4 door econo automatic car. I think someone is just looking on honda forums and seing things that others have done with no intention to do them yourself. H22 isnt a good engine to swap in a civic unless you plan on building the bottom end. I picture your car with no engine mods, axleback pissed off bee muffler, some knockoff rims, or even worse, crome rims, giant wing, altezza's, and to top it off, AEM intake.

Do yourself a favor now and get a 5 speed civic, then work your way up. Tranny swaps from AT to 5spd on honda's are retarded, you would spend more money doing a swap than you would buying a 5 speed honda.

Please dont make another 4 door AT civic with muffler and call it "modded" and with an "exaust system" becuase its not.  

All sho and no go is fine with me. Its called style. But I have NO respect for ANY modded show quality car that is automatic. To make a show car out of a honda you need 1. 5 speed tranny. 2. no 4 doors. 3. a full exaust sytstem, this includes headers, high flow cat, and big pipes. The rest is all in what you like I guess.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: yaazz on August 27, 2005, 12:13:00 PM

yeah really dont do all that shit on your car domain site, you have a nice car.. and its a got a sound system to boot.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Psykomantis00 on August 28, 2005, 07:33:00 AM

QUOTE(xBRYAN @ Aug 28 2005, 08:27 AM)

do all of waht? maybe i am a ricer, but im not gonna kit my car. i may be all show and no go, cuase there is no point in making it go, wiht an auto, like you said. i dont wanna get a new car, cause i got this one for a good price.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: pitbullz on August 28, 2005, 11:25:00 AM

thats why it has the streetglow. Anyway ive been reading in this forum for a couple of weeks. Cool lil car spot and nice to meet you all . We gotta be supportive people do value your opinion even on the net hehe have fun all

my lil civvy for now it might go once i find an impala i like
http://dicesplace.tripod.com/main.html

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Psykomantis00 on August 28, 2005, 06:01:00 PM

Pit bull I like your rims, what brand are they? One of the few crome rims I like. Your car needs dropped like a hooker needs an aids test, then it would look hawt, still dont like the auto factor but I doubt your the kind of guy that goes around trying to race from redlight to redlight in an auto civic.

Bryan, you should have stuck with the celica, it was a convertable! Sorry for hatin on you, but Ive had a bad couple of days, my clutch is slippin now because it flooded downtown and nobody had put up road closed signs and... well you get the idea, 4 foot deep water + warm engine = clipping clutch and squeeky alt belt.

Idk why but I hate automatic cars unless they are luxry cars like oldsmobiles or caddy's. sorry guys, Ill try not to be so mean, but Ill still voice my opinion.

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: pitbullz on August 28, 2005, 07:26:00 PM

Title: Help On Buying My First Car
Post by: Rylinkus on August 29, 2005, 06:38:00 PM

Not everyone races or cares about being fast, so not everyone needs a car with performance mods. Some people just want to have a "nice looking" car.

And in drag racing applications there are advantages to ATX rides.