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| Tweet Topic Started: Oct 5 2012, 10:12 PM (1,911 Views) | |
| busteriver | Oct 5 2012, 10:12 PM Post #1 |
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OK, Anybody who wrenches for a living. You have worked on a variety of cars in your past. My question is; What will be the next sought after used car, keep in mind,gas milage and the ease of repairs. Toyota, Honda, Kia, Hyundai ???? |
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| Alpine | Oct 5 2012, 10:16 PM Post #2 |
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i wrench on my own cars i will have Rabbit diesel for work. 5 speed with a/c and my geos, and more geos and sprints and anything related to a geo metro 3 cylinder. maybe even the geo prizm 5 speed manuals rebuild/replace parts i will make my cars last forever |
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| Norby | Oct 5 2012, 10:21 PM Post #3 |
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Any Honda 4 cylinder, `92 or newer, prefer the d15/d16 engine series. My wife's next car will be a vw jetta 1.9 tdi. |
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| Coche Blanco | Oct 5 2012, 10:45 PM Post #4 |
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I'd say move to 1999 or newer for the "next" Metro. (10 year jump) My guess is a Saturn, maybe a Toyota Echo. Edited by Coche Blanco, Oct 5 2012, 10:47 PM.
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| Turbo Dan-O | Oct 5 2012, 11:25 PM Post #5 |
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After almost 15 years of turning wrenches there are not many newer cars that have impressed me at all. I got nothing... |
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| Scoobs | Oct 5 2012, 11:35 PM Post #6 |
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My next ride will be a pickup truck, i like the 83-86 fullsize mainly, in 87 they had paint failure as an issue, Want a 283, 305, or a 350 for engine, 1 wire alt, carburated a must, 4 or 5 speed and lifted, WITH a ladder on the side for my short ass to get in and out of. |
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| mjspiess | Oct 6 2012, 08:36 AM Post #7 |
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Chevrolet Prizm Honda Civic Mini Cooper Mitsubishi Mirage Saturn SC/SL/SW Smart fourtwo Toyota Corolla Toyota Echo Toyota Paseo Toyota Tercel Toyota Yaris Volkswagen Golf Volkswagen Jetta Volkswagen New Beetle |
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| Horn | Oct 6 2012, 08:46 AM Post #8 |
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You are definitely going for gas mileage..... That 305 should be a 327 IMO. |
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| Horn | Oct 6 2012, 08:48 AM Post #9 |
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.....I would go with a d series 5 spd for sure if I couldn't easily find a geo. Parts are easy to find and cheap. The engines last a long time.Scrap that how did I forget the 1st gen insight. The only thing I'm scared of with the insight is dealing with the IMA battery.... |
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| Johnny Mullet | Oct 6 2012, 11:01 AM Post #10 |
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Fear the Mullet
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Take a Chevy Aveo, yank out the entire drivetrain and make it Metro powered. Some massive weight reduction and lots of fab, but it would work. |
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| Horn | Oct 6 2012, 11:10 AM Post #11 |
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Wouldn't that just be a crappy lookin metro? |
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| feetchermancj | Oct 6 2012, 11:19 AM Post #12 |
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Diesel Jette,Golf,or Rabbit. My gf has a 03 chipped tdi jetta that gets high 40s gas milage wise. Its also very fast if you let it. |
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| Weswhat | Oct 6 2012, 11:54 AM Post #13 |
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I'll probably eventually get a Toyota Echo. reliable and great MPG. Geo Tracker's seem pretty interesting too though they don't get nearly as good mpg unfortunately :/ |
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| tribrid | Oct 6 2012, 12:04 PM Post #14 |
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99ish and up Mazda Miata in Ferrari red or medium metallic silver They Put out over a hundred horsepower get decent gas mileage and look really nice, good customer reviews too.
Edited by tribrid, Oct 6 2012, 12:05 PM.
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| Coche Blanco | Oct 6 2012, 12:55 PM Post #15 |
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Meh. Can't say VW would be a replacement, they are much too complicated and expensive to repair. The Smart is probably worse, isn't it a Benz? Mini cooper is BMW, same problem. |
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.....I would go with a d series 5 spd for sure if I couldn't easily find a geo. Parts are easy to find and cheap. The engines last a long time.

3:34 AM Jul 11