Most fun car under $6000

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by Yellow_Festiva

What do the old model Turbo MR2's go for these days? I remember my mate taking me for a spin in one and the thing bloody flew!

5-6 seems normal for a good stock one. They're just hard to find clean, and unmolested.
A late one with the good turbo would be awesome, from memory they run 13s real easy.

Even an early supercharged one would be fun. But rare as rocking horse poo over here

[XR6TCraig]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

Me? Yup, cool wee cars.

Lots and lots of fun on a winding road, even below the speed limit.

[HULK_I6T]

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/19...SSE-AD-2411386

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/19...GC-AD-14783415

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/20...SSE-AD-2443512

These are the runaway winners!! Fun under $6000!!

[triples]

Originally Posted by ILLaViTaR

XR6T or SUZUKI SIERRA

perfect combo, I have both.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by f6_benito

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/19...SSE-AD-2411386

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/19...GC-AD-14783415

http://carsales.mobi/cars/details/20...SSE-AD-2443512

These are the runaway winners!! Fun under $6000!!

Oh man.... When I have more garage space I may start a phase of going through a few of these cars myself...

Just looked up the MR2 GT's I was talking about... some nice ones just over the 6k range....

[Franco Cozzo]

Originally Posted by nstg8a

I'd love an early crx, but that's not a first gen, that's a second gen. I've always been a honda fan, but their really hard to find good clean ones now.
There is a integra at a dealers up here that while it's not a good vtec one it does have some nice suspension mods and lite weight rims....

I didn't think of mx5s, good thinking.


Thanks for re opening it, hopefuly it will stay on topic now.

I thought the second gen one was the 1990s round lookin POS? Honda Del Sol comes to mind for some reason.

Those CRX are pretty much impossible to find unmolested, wouldn't mind one with a B18C conversion (Integra DC2R engine), they weigh like 900kg and with a B18C it would fly.

[Yellow_Festiva]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I thought the second gen one was the 1990s round lookin POS? Honda Del Sol comes to mind for some reason.

Those CRX are pretty much impossible to find unmolested, wouldn't mind one with a B18C conversion (Integra DC2R engine), they weigh like 900kg and with a B18C it would fly.

First and second gen looked very close. The one that caught on here with the huge rear boomerang wing was the 2nd gen one.

The last one sold here was the one that looked almost like a compact ute from certain angles. Looked like a civic from the front.

[nstg8a]

A mate back home had a 1st gen crx, even with 1500 sohc motor it was as quick as my b16a2 powered integra.

[Swordie]

Originally Posted by Grippy

I picked up my current manual AU3 XR6 for $3,200 with a RWC a couple of months ago, it just needed rego paid a couple weeks after I picked it up. It's heaps of fun now i've installed bilsteins all round and being an AU they're bloody reliable and parts are cheap.

Great deal.

[Swordie]

Ford Focus

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by Big Damo

I thought the second gen one was the 1990s round lookin POS? Honda Del Sol comes to mind for some reason.

Those CRX are pretty much impossible to find unmolested, wouldn't mind one with a B18C conversion (Integra DC2R engine), they weigh like 900kg and with a B18C it would fly.

1st gen

These made the 2nd gen look spacious and luxurious lol

[Express]

To quote Michael Jean Legrand:....... “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realise, the less I know”


While reading this thread I realise I know nothing about cars.

b16a2, B18c, 1st gen crx, S13, S14, DC2 Type R,

I should lighten my car's window tint a little and look out at what’s driving around with me.



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[93EB_SXR6]

I suggest an S13 180sx SR20DET.
I'm weighing up options for my next car at the moment (similar price range to you).
The ones I'm most attracted to are:
VT SS series II
AU3 XR8
EB/D XR6 or XR8
WH Statesman V8
AU Fairlane V8

but I'm mainly after the V8 for the exhaust note.

[max_torq]

It's pretty hard to get a decent x1/9 under 6 grand anymore... so I'd suggest an early RX-7.

[imugli]

Peugeot 205GTi. Classic little hot hatch, had for around 5k these days.

[nstg8a]

Originally Posted by Express

To quote Michael Jean Legrand:....... “The more I live, the more I learn. The more I learn, the more I realise, the less I know”


While reading this thread I realise I know nothing about cars.

b16a2, B18c, 1st gen crx, S13, S14, DC2 Type R,

I should lighten my car's window tint a little and look out at what’s driving around with me.



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Not trying to be offensive, but I find a lot of Australians simply have no idea about what other options there are in terms smaller performance cars, I guess that's a legacy of ford and Holden being so dominant for so long, and even when jap cars did start becoming more common Australia was often given the cheap nasty versions.
Ie Toyota altezza/Lexus is200.. Pretty sure you guys only got the 2.0l 6 cylinder here, but overseas the rs200 was the one to get, it had the much better 2.0 4 cylinder 3sge 'beams' engine. The two engines are like chalk and cheese...
Right back to the early sigmas, you got the locally developed peter wherrit turbo version, but overseas got the 4g63 turbo version, basically a 4 door starion.
The myriad of honda vtecs, Toyota Levins with the 20v quad throttle bodied 4age etc etc etc.
Awd rockets like the bfmr mazdas, 4wd cordia turbo, pulsar gtir's etc etc

The restrictive import laws certainly made it hard for anyone to get to know how much fun can be had in a smaller car.

Originally Posted by 93EB_SXR6

I suggest an S13 180sx SR20DET.
I'm weighing up options for my next car at the moment (similar price range to you).
The ones I'm most attracted to are:
VT SS series II
AU3 XR8
EB/D XR6 or XR8
WH Statesman V8
AU Fairlane V8

but I'm mainly after the V8 for the exhaust note.

I've already got the au lane v8, the exhaust note is definitely worth having.

Originally Posted by max_torq

It's pretty hard to get a decent x1/9 under 6 grand anymore... so I'd suggest an early RX-7.

I love rx7s, and rotaries in general, but I'd never own another rotor, but a fd with a lsx conversion would be awesome.