Toyota GT-86 & Subaru BRZ

[William Levesque]

Scion = Toyota...

It's their "youth" division, kinda...

 

[Hampus Andersson]

Scion is a sister-brand for Toyota in order to cater to the younger audience.

I´d rather get an 1M instead but that´s just me

 

[William Levesque]

It's not the same price though... These would be about ~25K CAN, while your 1M is more like 40K+ CAN !

EDIT: Actually, the 135i Coupe is 43K, so you can put 50K for the 1M :eek:

 

[Hampus Andersson]

It's not the same price though... These would be about ~25K CAN, while your 1M is more like 40K+ CAN !

EDIT: Actually, the 135i Coupe is 43K, so you can put 50K for the 1M :eek:

Buy a slightly used one

 

[William Levesque]

No way you would get a working one under 30K... It's not in the same class at all !

 

[Hampus Andersson]

In a year or so the price will be much better.

In the meantime i´d take a used M3 E46, they are priced very good today.

 

[William Levesque]

Well, over here they are crazy expensive to maintain (And repair when needed)... Insurances are quite high aswell !

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

I think the 1M is more towards to 60k mark. Also I like the looks of the Scion better than the Toyota.

Hampus a E46 M3 would be pretty sweet. Just don't get one with SMG/DSG or whatever their semi auto trannies are. That alone takes a big chunk off of possible repair costs.

I myself have been eyeing used 135 and 335i's. I was checking out Volvo C30's for a while there but I would much rather own a RWD car.

Two North American cars that I'm interested in buying as a used car are the 2008 Cadillac CTS V or the 2006 Pontiac GTO

 

[William Levesque]

The GTO is crap to be honest, don't buy that

Regarding BMW's I'd rather get a M3 E30 Evo, the version they made to homologate their Group A racing...

As for me, I'd like to have a Gen 1 Miata, but my father says it's crap in winter... Any infos about that ?

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

The GTO is crap to be honest, don't buy that

Regarding BMW's I'd rather get a M3 E30 Evo, the version they made to homologate their Group A racing...

As for me, I'd like to have a Gen 1 Miata, but my father says it's crap in winter... Any infos about that ?

We have a 1st gen Miata and we drive it all year round. It was a very cheap car and the reliability is really good with Mazda and makes a great everyday car. Its just as good in the winter as any family car IMO (depends much more on which tires you have). We've had mostly snow, but also ice and "slurry" and it works well even without studded tires. My mother don't like that it slides around under power, but even she can drift it around without too much problems. Our car also has a LSD diff which makes it really easy and fun to slide it around, and I think US cars has this as standard IIRC.

 

[William Levesque]

Awesome, I found my first car

Thanks

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

I checked out some GTO forums and quite a few of them came shipped with cracked strut towers due to the way they were strapped down. So it is off my list. I is easily fixed but its the principle.

I would go for a Miata as well but Pauline does not like them and I would like to have a car that she will drive as well. She has no prob's with a CTS-V lol!. Flyin Miata sells tuner parts cheap if you are interested in getting one and would like to tune it.

Another can you may want to concider is the 80's Toyota Corolla AE86, there neat cars too.

 

[William Levesque]

A bit tough to find around here though those AE86... A Miata is a better handling car anyway and can easily be modified to be even more awesome handling

 

[Hiroshi Awazu]

Fair enough yeh AE's are hard to find here too. Yup there's nothin like having a Rotary in a Miata!

 

[William Levesque]

A 3-Rotor in a Miata, oh god... How much would it cost for the engine, the new tranny/clutch/flywheel/driveline, suspension, brakes, anti-roll bars, roll cage (street one), high performance rubber and rims, racing seats/pedals/steering/shifter ?

 

[Hampus Andersson]

A 3-Rotor in a Miata, oh god... How much would it cost for the engine, the new tranny/clutch/flywheel/driveline, suspension, brakes, anti-roll bars, roll cage (street one), high performance rubber and rims, racing seats/pedals/steering/shifter ?

Might aswell buy an RX-7 then Or even RX-8 with the bigger engine.

 

[William Levesque]

But the Miata has a better chassis ! Also, the RX-7 and RX-8 both have 2-Rotor, it's not the same

Anyway, I'm just dreaming

 

[Knut Omdal Tveito]

Chris Harris from EVO magazine testing the 86: