selling my sportivo :(

[Trd_ivo]

Hey all, i am starting uni next year and i cannot afford to keep my 2003 sportivo, i still have 9 grand to pay off my loan and my insurance is expensive and i would struggle to pay everything, now i want to buy a cheap car to get me too and from work and uni, i hoping to just get third party property so i dont have to spend alot on insurance so i dont want to spend anymore than 7 grand, what brand of car and type do you reckon i should get, i looked at some old corollas but i know they would have been thrashed, any recommendations??

[Blind Kid Seeks]

I'd buy a thrashed rolla anyday (from an enthusiast) over a low kms ****ter that was poorly maintained

i guess the trick is... find the one with low kms, thats been garaged, and has a service history.

[ELEGNT]

lancers are cheap u can get an 00' for less than 6k or even a mid to late 90's civic, 1.6, cheap as to run, go resonably good and ud pay next to no insurance

[whitestivo]

bks is right, service history is key more than anything.

older rolla is a much better car. unfortunately the 92-03 period wasn't a highlight for the rolla (sorry ae112turbo)

whitestivo

[Blind Kid Seeks]

bks is right, service history is key more than anything.

older rolla is a much better car. unfortunately the 92-03 period wasn't a highlight for the rolla (sorry ae112turbo)

whitestivo

you could still buy GEN2 AE92/93/94 back then... 4AGE ftw!

[Kevsta]

I would get a well maintained eg civic from an enthusiast. There are plenty of aftermarket performance parts available for the hondas so you'll be able to mod as you go.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q_tzkK5xfh8

[daviboy]

You can get a Toyota starlet for around that pricerange and theyde be 1996-1998 models, they go pretty good, 1.3L, really low on petrol and light as a feather.

[Armstrong]

mate depending on the cars ur looking at u can simply tell if its worth buying just by the look, the owner and a test drive.

If you want something to get around work and run cheap is suggest same car as what Ive got. BUY UR CAR FROM OLD FOLKS ....JUST A HINT

Mines a 1.8L 7AFE auto with 87kw. Costs me $30-$35 week. each day i'm driving 80km. Its not powerful but still fun to drive with the torque is has :P

Good luck finding the car :D

Edited March 18, 2009 by Armstrong

[Rolla Boy]

Toyota Starlet is a great car, one of the cheapest to run...

Other than that I would suggest a Corolla...

[akuma]

buy my yamaha r6 :) $16 full tank, 250kms. under 13secs stock

[kingky07]

get a cheap hyundai excel they are good cheap cars to get around in