ok just outa curiosity what would you guys buy if you were a uni student with only $6000 to spend on a car..? im thinking along the lines of a vn / vp commodore but im really not sure...... any ideas?? btw ive always had stock 6 cylinders so i know jack s*** about 4 cylinder turbos etc.

If your a Uni student, i suggest a motorbike, cheap to run,
perfect, unless your carrying large amounts of Text Books, or doing alot of lanning

I would buy something to get me from point A to point B.

a pencil ? or havent you pased dot to dot 101 yet :D

Pyro, i think you are looking for the right thing. though you could probably find a VR for that price. But you can always find the Vl calias or something like that, what sort of cars are you into, turbos or v8s ? cause you could probably find a slr-5000 or a vk 5.0l for that as well.
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i got a car that gets me form a to b now... just want something a little better.. bucket a slr would be pretty sweet although i think i would be struggling to run it (cost of v8s) and maybe something more modern..

Yeh well contact me ill be on msn all tomororw and icq in the nights and early mornings :)

I should be able to help you out.

Get a $1000 gemini and spend the change on beer :o)

good plan Rodolphe

haha rods

spend the 6k to hire some people to steal you a decent car.

Don't get one of those f***ing s***house VN VP Commondores... they are buckets of s***.

Get a decent four cylinder - the performance will be almost as good, it'll use TONNES less fuel, cheaper rego etc etc and most good Jap 4 cyls are better quality than those s***ty bombadores. A VR would be much better but still expensive for fuel/rego etc. Something like a late 80's 1.8 litre Pulsar would be good for you.

get a gemini great size, cheap to run
get u from a to b
and they are cheap
so u can spend the rest of the money doing it up to suit u

I'd like a nice Datsun 1600.

id probably go for something like a nissan exa, pretty cheap and power and handling are alright. For that sort of budget, im guessing you wouldnt want to spend too much keeping it running and the 4 cylinder will be cheaper to run (fuel and rego). It'll handle better than the commodore anyway although it would lose in a straight line drag :)

my vn ain't all that much more expensive to run than a 4 cylinder... whatcha talking

and yes, the vn is a bucket of s*** :P

but it's still not half bad for what I need... I only wish it was a manual :(

oh and geminis are just a heap of s***e... keep the f*** away

Buy $6,000 worth of red frogs!

Datsun 1600!

http://www.ozdat.com/ozdatonline/featurecars/hotdat/MVC-006S.JPG

i love Datto 1600s. not sure why. But only when they have something nice like an LB or a FJ in them....or maybe even an SR!

bricks handle better than commodores.

uh i mean the type of brick used to build houses and s***, of course a mini would kick.

that looks like ass
i think big mags on old cars look really dodgy, they do not suit that dato at all. imo too big and shiny :S and the low pro tyres look crap on old cars as well

if petrol money isnt a problem then get a nice Vr or Vn commodore... preferably v8 :)

i got a v6 and its about 35 bucks a week on fuel which is just as good as a 4cyl imo.

stick with the POWA :)

VN's don't have power... they are f***ing gutless pieces of s*** taht handle crap, look s*** and and fall apart.

power doesnt matter when its a big heavy bucket of s***. wait till you get to a corner, jump on the brakes (which are s***) and then try to go around the corner with any amount of speed.

Save to 10k and you will have a lot more options. If you can get that last bit before May then you could import a 2l 180sx which normally costs about 18k here. After May importing becomes a bit more expensive.

AnaRoT knows where the power's at.... :P

Whenever I see oil stains on someone's garage floor, I ask them if they own a VN Commodore, and 9 out of 10 times, the answer is yes.

For $6000 you could get an awesome Mini, and they rock!

buy yourself a toyota celica or a pulsar, reliable affordable and can be done up when u save up some cash, for a uni student a holden would be too expensive to run. i agree that VN's and VP's are f***ed.. worst commodores ever made in my opinion.

Yay all the intelligent people agree :)

try find a Morris Mini Cooper S
sif they dont go HARD

dude! don't waste your money on a car. Can you get the bus/train to uni? If so, do that and LIVE LIKE A KING !@#!$%

um ignore him and buy a car :D

haha f*** public transport for a joke.. what model celica or pulsar can you get for that kinda money..? and are they ok (power) without spending s*** loads on mods and stuff?

dont go and buy a datsun, sure they were advanced for their time but now there just kids cars.. get something with twin cams and no rust.

Toyota and nissan are reliable cars.

Personally i own a tarago atm, its good for what i do and my band but im close to buying a R33 Skyline

If you've got a reliable car at the moment stick with it and keep saving.

If you have a bucket of pus that needs replacing buy a cheap, decent four cylinder. Some geminis are really good, or a racing barina ;) You could probably also get a 20 year old Pulsar/lancer/celica that is in good nick for way less than $6,000. And for the love of god steer clear of minis and volkswagons. A mini costs more now than it did when brand new ;P

Don't get one of those f***ing s***house VN VP Commondores... they are buckets of s***.

Get a decent four cylinder - the performance will be almost as good, it'll use TONNES less fuel, cheaper rego etc etc and most good Jap 4 cyls are better quality than those s***ty bombadores. A VR would be much better but still expensive for fuel/rego etc. Something like a late 80's 1.8 litre Pulsar would be good for you.

What he said.. even tho i like commodores.. If you are a student then your mad not getting an old Pulsar or something like that.. save sooo much $$$

I like the "buy a $1k gemini and spend the rest on beer" idea the best. Otherwise you can't go wrong with an utterly reliable 1990ish corolla csi.

Yeah Eddy, you could probably find a 90-92 Corolla Seca CSi or maybe a CSX for that sort of money. The CSX has a 100kW 1.6L twin-cam motor standard. My friend had a 92 CSX and it went hard. :)

A mini costs more now than it did when brand new ;P

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sLinKy, the CSX was the luxury model, it had the same 76kw as the CSi
The one your thinking of is the SX and GTI models with 100kw :) still the 76kw cars only had to shift 1050kg so it hit 100kph in about 10 seconds. The GTI and SX hit 100 in about 8.5 seconds which is a hell of alot faster than any v6 VN and about the same as the V8's.

Reason for originally saying vn /vp was that they are easy to come by and fairly cheap, however if there are 4 cylinders that can perform the same or almost as good for that money then that might be the best option.. I got a 81 datsun bluebird atm that runs fine but like I said im just looking around for a more modern or better alternative

No ones mentioned the Toyota Carolla, its lite on petrol it goes well and it gets you from a to b, and they r pretty damn cheap, however it seems like you want a car with a little grunt, so its probably not the best in that sense.

my sister the other day just boght a little suzuki swift .. a nice little "girls" car .. with gti kit, mags, tinted windows etc

was $6700 .. the people that were getting it off got to canberra on $60 of fuel ahhaah

Mum has a Pulsar, and it's a pretty powerful little thing. Runs well. but sif you wouldn't buy a nice Gemini or Torana for $1000 and spend some more doing it up! Get the car, put some nolathane under it, bigger wheels, import engine (say, a 2.0L DOHC fuel injected number for the Gemini), nice exhust (not loud, just a nice note), you've got a nice car.

cause you could probably find a slr-5000 or a vk 5.0l for that as well.

Haha Haha Haha... you were joking right?
Uhm, double how much he has, and you'll get a DECENT SLR 5000, s*** bawx SLR-5000's sell for around 6-7k, decent ones sell for 12k.

'An AnaroT, what did I see in a car mag a week ago? a naturally aspirated Stocko LJ Torana doing a wheelstand (ok so it wasn't huge, but both wheels were clearly off the ground =P) Rubba-Chikin saw it too =P

Riiiight... maybe you should stop wanking so hard.

I wasn't getting at anything, just saying I saw it, just cause it said

'An AnaroT, what did I see in a car mag a week ago?

doesn't mean it was putting u down or anything... christ, would you like me to rephrase it for you in a way that might not seem so negative?

"Hey, AnaroT Mate... Guess what I happened to accidently stumble across ina car mag a week ago, thought it might be worth a mention..."

So much negativity in the way you perceive people's written text AnaroT, not everything is meant badly =)

expects uneccessary flame

So don't, and just take something that's handed to you for once (that wasn't even bad) =)

Cheers,
Bai Bai

I don't give a s*** how you put it, I meant that its bulls*** and there is no way that the LJ could have been standard. Just cos its in a magazine (prolly some shady try hard mag) doesn't mean its the truth. If it was an LJ, and was doin a wheel stand, then it wouldhave almost certainly been a V8 - there is no such thing as a standard LJ with V8 (apart from some XU2's that were made but never sold).

Dont' be so sensitive ffs.

nah, the Engine was Stocko I meant, meaning it wasn't Supercharged or Turbo'd. Of course the engine wasn't factory standard. but it was a naturally aspirated stcok 308 V8... =) nothing more, nothing less... the LJ's weigh even less than the LH/UC, I think they're under a tonne from memory?

edit:- Actually when I re-read your follow up post AnaroT you didn't really flame =) well done =)

Yeah any car can do a wheelstand if you find a sharp enough crest :P

Yeah Corpse I think you're right, I had my facts confused there. Sorry about that.

Hehe my mate has a mini and he got to Toowoomba (!!!) and back on $4.50 of petrol :D

a naturally aspirated Stocko LJ Torana doing a wheelstand

Its far from 'stocko' if it has a V8....

And why the f*** would he want to come to Toowoomba, unless he was visiting me?

$6k buy yourself a camry, it'll get you somewhere without breaking down or the bank. Or if you want to go fast, buy a Motorbike, pwere to weight will eat all cars you can buy for 6k.

Yeah but likelyhood of dying on a bike is a lot higher...

Camry is a good but f***ing boring suggestion :)

GET A VOLVO!!!! :P