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View Poll Results: What manual car would you pick?
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1987-1993 "fox body" Mustang (notchback preferable)
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2 |
0.30% |
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1982-1991 BMW E30
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0.90% |
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1991-1999 BMW E36
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0.90% |
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1982-1992 (3rd gen) Camaro or Firebird
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0.15% |
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Pontiac Fiero (1988 preferable)
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Volkswagen Bug
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0.15% |
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Mazda Miata
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2 |
0.30% |
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Nissan 240sx
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5 |
0.75% |
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Jeep Cherokee (I'd get too attached)
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644 |
96.41% |
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Volkswagen Golf
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0.15% |
02-27-2008, 08:28 PM
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Dang. That looked pretty good too. 
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02-27-2008, 08:49 PM
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Originally Posted by 79TA
thanks for the heads up nth  |
My guess is since you'll be racing a mustang, you'll need to learn how to do a torque filled launch.... econobox type engines just drop R's pretty easily.... not much talent in getting those to a fast 0-60 mph run....  just my opinion, of course
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02-27-2008, 10:01 PM
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I was looking for 5.0 Mustangs a while back and they were hard to find around the $3k mark.
Found a bunch of 3rd Gen Camaros for $2k, but can be hard to find manual I think.
E30 318i would be a great beater to learn how to drive a manual transmission. Beat the hell out of the engine, much less maintenence to worry bout than a 325i (timing belt vs. timing chain)
BUT, it can be hard to find one in decent condition for cheap.
If you just want to learn manual, get a old Toyota. Dirt cheap, and take beatings like a champ.
edit: Just remembered you live in SoCal.. fucking E30 heaven. Find a good deal on one, take care of it and i'm sure you can sell it for a profit later on.
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02-29-2008, 04:48 AM
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There are a ton of E30's around here. I never noticed it until I started shopping for them. Also, my local salvage yard had one in every single row (of the import section.)
Here's the current top E30 candidate right now.
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/lac/car/590391140.html
Of course, I'm still looking at plenty of other stuff.
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02-29-2008, 09:47 AM
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For 325's make sure you replace the timing belt and water pumps right away, unless you know for sure the previous owner recently had it done.
It's supposed to be replaced every 4-5 years or 50k miles...
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04-15-2008, 03:37 AM
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On March 9th, I bought a car. Here's what I got. I'll have a custom pic along with more details sometime in the near future (in the "What do you drive?" section). But for now, I'll just post this to give this thread a bit of closure.
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04-15-2008, 03:38 AM
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Why, this poll was completely useless!  
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04-15-2008, 03:41 AM
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hey, I came so close to buying an E30 it's not even funny
Also, I was a little to slow on the draw for an E36 I was ready to go for. I'm very pleased with the car at any rate. More on that later though.
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