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charliebrown069 · Post by **charliebrown069** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:00 am

i know this is sort of a stupid question as its really up to me, but i asking for your opinion on what my next car should be.

Im currently on my p plates so that makes a few limits. ive only previosly owned a gem with g180, cam, weber, and pre adr head and extractors with 2 inch exhaust (which i killed) and a turbo mazda mx-6. which has also been killed numerous times.

im after a reliable fastish car that i can keep for a few years.
I want manual, and prefer 6 cylinders. i tend to thrash my cars a fair bit too and prefer RWD. im sick of FWD

I plan on buying the car early next year and hope to have about $20,000 to play with.

Options,
*the gem- will spend maybe 10 g on it, for a respray, iterior touch up, and stage 3 n/a gemracing engine. i want to eventually rotorise it but have a year and a half left on the p plates.

*bmw, i want an e46 ie after 1998, manual and black.

*supra, non turbo

*s15, non turbo

*other, feel free to share your opinion

Cheers, steve

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:12 am

Buy a commodore
Learn to drive and stop destroying cars.

Then buy/build something off tap. (ie rota gem)

Tea Gem · Post by **Tea Gem** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:28 am

Its a gemini site & you put gemini up as an option, not half obvious what most people are going to vote for.

Lets go on a holden commodore site & ask if we should buy a ford falcon

charliebrown069 · Post by **charliebrown069** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:33 am

Tea Gem wrote:Its a gemini site & you put gemini up as an option, not half obvious what most people are going to vote for.

Lets go on a holden commodore site & ask if we should buy a ford falcon

yea i thought that. ive also noticed of lot of the gemini drivers drive other cars too. and i didnt really feel like putting it on boost

Tea Gem · Post by **Tea Gem** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:35 am

charliebrown069 wrote:
Tea Gem wrote:Its a gemini site & you put gemini up as an option, not half obvious what most people are going to vote for.

Lets go on a holden commodore site & ask if we should buy a ford falcon
yea i thought that. ive also noticed of lot of the gemini drivers drive other cars too. and i didnt really feel like putting it on boost

Seriously though i'd do whats been said above, Buy a commodore & do a gemini rotor.

If not buy a type r integra dc2

suprafrog · Post by **suprafrog** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 10:37 am

Jonno wrote:Buy a commodore
Learn to drive and stop destroying cars.

x2..

none of the options listed are great, the s15 and supra options im guessing are non turbo and not worth it in my opinion, the beemer is more of a cruiser than a sports car and the supra and bmw will be stupidly expensive to fix if you break them..

just buy a commodore..

06EMY · Post by **06EMY** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 11:27 am

S15 FTW

geminiv6turboute · Post by **geminiv6turboute** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 12:28 pm

Tea Gem wrote:Its a gemini site & you put gemini up as an option, not half obvious what most people are going to vote for.

Lets go on a holden commodore site & ask if we should buy a ford falcon

same ^^^^^^^

hotgemi · Post by **hotgemi** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 1:10 pm

same same.

go get a trusty ol vl n spend the extra cash building a nice gem.

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 2:11 pm

Lol my advice ftw.

Gemi Coupe · Post by **Gemi Coupe** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 3:03 pm

get a turbo falcon, anything after the BA mk2. stay away from the 5 speed, they are weak, 6 speeds are good.

when you crash it, make sure you dont damage the engine or box, as i want a cheap one for a project.

or maybe just use some of that $20k on a driver education course?

booosty · Post by **booosty** » Mon Oct 26, 2009 5:34 pm

the rule with bmw's is if you cant afford a new one you cant a afford a second hand one. they break and are very expensive to fix, i've owned 2 of them first one did a tranny 1500 and i replaced it myself the second one did the engine 2000 and i rebuilt it myself, e36 and e46, and most people i know who own them have the same problems they are s*#t.

go the s15

charliebrown069 · Post by **charliebrown069** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 2:03 am

Jonno wrote:Lol my advice ftw.

i could give in. dammit
$16990 from a dealer
http://ucn.dealernet.com.au/photo.php?s ... rer=Detail Page

Jonno · Post by **Jonno** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 8:56 am

Yeah thats fairly clean dude.

Would have enough go

and look tow bar.

Can tow the Gem with that

charliebrown069 · Post by **charliebrown069** » Tue Oct 27, 2009 9:41 pm

Jonno wrote:Yeah thats fairly clean dude.

Would have enough go

and look tow bar.

Can tow the Gem with that

yeah i noticed that. gem will be getting towed a lot of places. but i wonder what has already been towed with it. it has 122000 klms. and i went to the dealership for a looksie tonight and they had upped the price to 19, and put stocko wheels on it.

OzGemini.com

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