I'm looking to buy either an sw20 MR2 or a later model Pontiac Fiero and I'd like some insight as to which the better choice is. My budget is $10k, and I'm mainly looking for reliability, but I'd consider all aspects of both cars.
Mid-Engined Decision
Jaxon Sanchez
Michael Lewis
Don't get a Fiero, I had a '87 GT and it was a huge piece of shit.
Riot to drive tho
Brayden Allen
Don't. That's the only advice you need.
Gabriel Brown
Also, are you actually looking at MR cars with any expectation of reliability, or are you baiting the shit out of me?
Ayden Edwards
Is there something inherently unreliable about MR cars?
I'm just looking for a fun and unique car that wont break my bank account or punish me for being generally inexperienced.
Aaron Brown
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Hudson Smith
Do not buy a MR car unless you can either pay someone to do all of your maintenance, or are very experienced in auto repair. Pic related.
Carter Rodriguez
Are there big issues with the Fiero? I know they have roomy engine bays and I'd assume they follow the theme of 80's v6s of being pretty solid engines.
Christopher Barnes
Roomy?
Cameron Kelly
No.
My water pump failed while driving at around 60k miles, in the time it took me to pull over from 65mph and get out the bay got so hot the inside of the luggage compartment started to burn.
At 67k my clutch master broke, at 73k the clutch cable went. The gear box was an irredeemable heap from the minute I bought it, the snap over steer memes are real, if you turned the AC on it shorted the ignition fucking somehow, the brake pistons jammed in normal commute driving more than once. By the time I sold it at around 87k the hubs were shit.
When it worked it was fucking awesome, but that was maybe 15% of the total time I owned the car.