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post Oct 14, 2011 - 1:24 AM
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I'm shopping for a winter beater, because I don't want my beautiful St205 in the mud and shiz.

I found 2 interesting deals.

the first one is a 1999 Pontiac Sunfire, with ~142k miles on it. not a single trace of rust and engine bay seems in order, guy asking 900$, I could deal at 800$

The second one is a 1999 Alero, same mileage as the sunfire, car is on primer because the rust was sanded but wasn't repainted, engine bay is in order, too. for 500$

My 3rd choice would be to shop around for a dodge neon. I would go with a tercel but they are a bit overpriced where I am from kindasad.gif
 
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post Oct 14, 2011 - 2:37 PM
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let me see, between a pile of crap and a bag of garbage. hmmmmmm....

i rather shoot myself in the foot.

a winter beater also needs to be an easy to fix and cheap, and thse cars will nickle you to death....


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post Oct 17, 2011 - 12:06 PM
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QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 14, 2011 - 3:37 PM) *
let me see, between a pile of crap and a bag of garbage. hmmmmmm....

i rather shoot myself in the foot.

a winter beater also needs to be an easy to fix and cheap, and thse cars will nickle you to death....


COROLLA to go!!!!!

I have to agree with this guy. I've sold way too many parts for these two cars to ever consider one. It's always stupid things that break on them and they're stupidly hard to fix.

You want a winter beater? Look at a really old scubie with 4wd. They are cheap as he'll around these parts for the old close to 200k ones.

I'd also suggest a Tercel. My buddy had one and threw studded winter tires on it. If felt like you were riding in a snow mobile. The car is light enough to drive over most anything and steady enough not to get knocked around by drifts.


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- TheChildOfTheSea   Sunfire vs Alero   Oct 14, 2011 - 1:24 AM
- - stephen_lee   its just a beater, id go cheaper.   Oct 14, 2011 - 10:24 AM
- - block   NONE. I'd look into a Corolla. Those can be ...   Oct 14, 2011 - 10:57 AM
- - jordisonjr   Don't buy and alero, they are sh!t I drive...   Oct 14, 2011 - 11:13 AM
- - njccmd2002   let me see, between a pile of crap and a bag of ga...   Oct 14, 2011 - 2:37 PM
|- - RabidTRD   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 14, 2011 - 3...   Oct 17, 2011 - 12:06 PM
- - TheChildOfTheSea   What about the tercel/Paseo? found a nice deal for...   Oct 15, 2011 - 12:55 AM
- - block   tercel's and paseo's are also nice cheap e...   Oct 15, 2011 - 1:25 AM
|- - TheChildOfTheSea   QUOTE (block @ Oct 15, 2011 - 2:25 A...   Oct 15, 2011 - 1:26 AM
- - Bitter   Most common problem I see with them are clogged EG...   Oct 15, 2011 - 11:22 AM
- - Soulend   My friend has a Sunfire... its ****... I mean it g...   Oct 15, 2011 - 12:02 PM
- - njccmd2002   paseos can be cool, and get a jdm tercel turbo eng...   Oct 16, 2011 - 8:27 AM
|- - mak5603   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 6...   Oct 16, 2011 - 11:52 AM
|- - njccmd2002   QUOTE (mak5603 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 11:5...   Oct 16, 2011 - 6:58 PM
||- - PolliS_5S-FE   QUOTE (njccmd2002 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 6...   Oct 17, 2011 - 10:01 PM
|- - block   QUOTE (mak5603 @ Oct 16, 2011 - 11:5...   Oct 16, 2011 - 7:04 PM
- - 4-eyed-freek   I had a cavalier...aka a sunfire, Worst car I ever...   Oct 16, 2011 - 10:02 AM
- - Bitter   turbo paseo or drop in an A series engine to a 200...   Oct 16, 2011 - 1:46 PM
- - easternpiro1   lol im surprised nobody mentioned a good 1994 civi...   Oct 17, 2011 - 10:30 PM
|- - TheChildOfTheSea   QUOTE (easternpiro1 @ Oct 17, 2011 - 11...   Oct 18, 2011 - 11:25 AM
|- - easternpiro1   QUOTE (TheChildOfTheSea @ Oct 18, 2011 ...   Oct 18, 2011 - 1:28 PM
- - block   a civic would be nice. i had 3 civics and were al...   Oct 18, 2011 - 12:08 AM
- - kurt95gt   anything honda can make a good beater over had 4 c...   Oct 18, 2011 - 1:26 PM
- - TheChildOfTheSea   ahh I see... well, I might just give it a rust pr...   Oct 18, 2011 - 1:33 PM


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