i live in shellharbour and drive to maroubra everyday for work..
its about 100kms and takes me a good 2 hrs sometimes...
im in the car for about 4 hrs a day and my ass gets sore as lol...
i have a charade with 260 on the clock and its gettin a lill worse for wear... blowing smoke or what not..
i was ganna rebuild it but its still a charade and being a 1.3 im always dropping back gears and its givin me the poo poos.. i just wanna go up a hill and not have to worry about changing gears...

i didn't wanna spend more than 8k
maybe a 33 skyline?? 180sx?? nissan pulsar or a commodore on gass... or even a newer charade with a 1.5 in it.. somthin like that...
it needs to be good on fuel and reliable... i was going to go for a jap car because of a huge range of parts and after market bits...incase somthing broke...

let me now what u recon
chris

just get a falcon on gas.
you can pick up a decent ef/el/au for less than 5k

im a bit confused with what you're after.. r33 and charade in the same line?
kinda sounds like you want something with power, but then economy.

a falcon would be good for cruising and towing, and still make good power if you want it.

dont get an AU1, there not the best quality wise, you can get a good AU2 for under $8000, just have to shop around.

you can even get a BA for around $8000 if its done a few K's or whatever.

but if your sitting in a car for 4 hours a day, and hate changing gears. then you need something german.. idealy.. thats what they're designed for.

ie mercedes or bmw.. but look at it this way, if you buy a bmw or merc for under $8000 odds are its not going to be overly reliable.

and i know what u mean about getting sore.. if i drive mums rodeo for more than an hour my ass/back is killing me!

My suggestion would be to move to Maroubra. Driving that long each day doesn't sound like fun in any car. Get somewhere within walking distance of work and spend all the money you save on fuel on the Escort. You'll get more free time to work on the car too.

thanks fellas... yeh ide like somthing with a lill power as well im really leaning towards a s14 200sx... cheap and powerfull... and heaps of parts...
nar stayin away from bmws and stuff... so much to service...
hyundai gets aren't to bad... cheap and near new... but kinda slow lol...

and i cant afford to live where i work... Sydneys a dump and i hate it ide neva move there lol....
i try and stay away from my place of work... its a filthy mess lol..

chris

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Originally posted by Sterling

dont get an AU1, there not the best quality wise, you can get a good AU2 for under $8000, just have to shop around.

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I recently got an AUII Futura Wagon, mainly to carry my r/c car gear, for $7400 with 146,000kms on the clock. Auto as well.

At the end of the day you'd probably want something that's auto with a bit torque.

go for a latest model factory dedicated gas falcon wagon you can afford. My last 2 company cars have been these, cheap to run & maintain, tow the rally car really well..

just a tip from someone who has been there before....get a stock standard daily driver, make it look nice (wheels etc), as soon as you get a 'toy' car that there are mnay cheap 'spares' you end up another project

Get a Micra K11. There like $1K cheap to run and are awesome.


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im not a fan of the huge falcons or Holdens hey i was ganna stick to somthing smaller....
but then the smaller cars have no power...
im not an auto fan they put me to sleep and theres to many hills on the way to work and autos just give me the poo poos lol..

A <10yr old Corolla.

Never ever break down, stuff all $ to run, 1.8 engine is not going to give you whiplash but goes alright, very good chassis and brakes. Cheap tyre sizes available. Good resale.