Before you said anything, yes I read the sticky. This post is not against the rules
I am gonna buy my first car and I can afford something 20,000 and under. I want it to be manual, fast and cheapish to maintain (so probably japanese)
So far my list of cars:
Hyundai genesis coupe
Impreza WRX STI
S2000
350z
G35 coupe
Lancer evo
Any I should add or stay away from?
Get a G35. Nothing of value will be lost when you crash it.
Does it suck that bad?
None. Shut up and buy a civic. You'll just crash anything powerful.
He's salty he can't afford one. It's just a slightly fatter 350z
You mean get a wrx because those are honest to God trash
>cant afford a G35
Dude please. Im not even the guy you replied to but a monkey with a minimum wage job could afford a G35
So why don't you own one
>Inb4 miata or wrx
Manual user?
Why not a c5? They are easily in that budget and cheap to maintain.
Are they okay with maintenance?
don't finance as your first car. get a sub $5k older jap car, you can learn to work on a cheap one, or if you find a decent example you do not have to do too much work, get used to driving it and such, then once you have good skills move on to a better car
How old are you? This will determine which car you can buy... If you're 18, to get the STi or Evo is going to be around $500 a month in insurance. The others are a bit less, but not by that much.
Anything 2006 and under is going to show its age and you'll need to replace a lot of things. If you don't mind being broke and stranded, go for a C5 vette.
For something new go for a Fiesta ST.
>but I want to look cool
This is the dumbest phase a lot of us go through starting out. Get an FRS/BRZ then, even though it's outbeat by the Fiesta.
I'd just get a miata as my first honestly. You're gonna want a new car in a year anyway.
Whoops didn't read your post properly
I am gonna be 21 soon
No, corvettes are not good with maintenance. It was a $50,000 car.
Here's a rule of cars: If a car costs $50,000, it's going to require being maintained like a $50,000 car.
Get me?
It was an innovation for its time, new concepts that were mostly untested. They break.
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No
e92 335i. pick one up for 15k, put a jb4 tune on it, boom, high 12's. shit doesn't break a lot either, n54 engine is amazing.
Supras cost $50,000. NSXes cost more.
>Shit doesn't break
>Posts a engine that breaks all the time
Broke and stranded?
Here's the thing with vettes. Basic maintenance? Same as any 12+ year old car. Now if you want to mod it, that's where it gets expensive. But basic maintenance isn't bad. Sure, you could find a cheap shitbox with $5 parts. But for cost it's hard to beat a c5. Any car will have its issues/quirks. I've had my c5z for 4 months now. Small window, yes, but haven't had any "maintenance" costs yet. Only costly maintanence is tires, will concede that.