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what should i get i cant decide any ideas?
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hk ht hg wagon perhaps.186 four speed ,set of mags not too wide.This model is roomy and set up right are a comfortable ride even on a bush track(not fast).Get one with disc brakes up front there are plenty still for sale about the place but being 40 or so years old look out for rust. I love em so im biased towards this model .HQs good too . thats my reckoning regards _keeo
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You mean a daily calssic, or a s***ter? Daily classic can be anything you want. I have an HQ qith worked 202 and 4speed as my daily. My only car in fact.
For a s***ter, but the best Corolla you can. Wont break, cheap, easy.
The ultimate though is a daily for someone that likes cars and couldnt handle owning an econobox. And for that i suggest something with a few features that goes alright, looks half decent, runs reliably, etc.
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yeah a s***ter i was thinking a corolla my mate picked up a cresdia prob 2 months ago such a nice car when he bought it but he floged it worst thing about them i have heard the heads go soft hes did its just about dead but more probably the way he treated it
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If you want a run-around you really cant go past a Toyota Corolla. Even though the styling in many of the models are a little dull they made some pretty awesome engines, they last for ages and are easy to fix/get parts for. My daily is a AE92 Corolla GT sedan and with the screaming little 4age 1600cc/5spd its a hell of alot of fun to drive. Ive never seen a GT sedan of that model in as good condistion as mine so Im attempted to store it away for restoration one day. Like we all know (well my dad can remember anyway) there use to be plenty of cars we use to thrash around and not think twice about it (XU1 torana anyone..).
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Id go for a wagon or a ute. More practical than a sedan. I recently bought a Patrol wagon for a hack-around. Fits plenty of stuff in it, and I dont really care if it gets banged around or anything. Even VT wagons go pretty cheap these days.
Also, whats your budget? That will help people give you a better idea.
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most small cars are good these days, as long as you treat them right they will use stuff all fuel and be quite reliable, treat them ruff and they fall apart and brake down all the time
the down side of these cars they are small and wont fit much in them (picking up parts ect), with a load in them (and some even empty) they are gutless
as a run around these car are great you can park them unlocked without them even being stolen, no more worring about you old holden being pinched or damaged
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After once having a fear of small cars, recently I bought an 03 Mazda 323 1.8 5 speed and its a ripper! Dave makes a good point that you cant fit a great deal in them but if its just to buzz around to uni or work, you cant go wrong, would beat my old EA falcon in about every category possible.
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Ive got a (married, no kids) mate who bought an old place to renovate, and wanted to buy a ute for about $3K.
After looking at a number of VR/VS utes, we found that most were pretty much trashed, and still fetching well above his $3K budget. I talked him into searching for a VR/VS wagon for $2-3K. A VT would have been better, but finding a good one for $3K would be a struggle.
He shied away from commodores after getting an insurance quote - comprehensive would be $2K on a $3K car, and one of the insurance companies warned him not to buy one if he was planning to park it at the railway station....
He ended up with a mid-90s corolla seca hack for $800 with 6 months rego. 3rd party property is only $240 a year.
He parks it at the local railway station all week, and uses it on weekends as a renovation hack.
The rear seats are permanently down.
Its done countless runs to the local tip, brought home a whole bathroom worth of bits (bath, vanity, toilet, shower screens) and is on the 3rd or 4th trip of a flatpack kitchen run (staged installation). Only thing that it hasnt transported is the caeserstone benches!
Hes now looking at putting a towbar on it, and buying a cheap box trailer for transporting the larger things (like gyprock sheets) he needs for the additional rooms they have planned.
Cheers,
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i did it by chance talking to a mates brother and hes selling his corolla! $500 and it just passed pink slip i have to pay for rego, ive known this car for a few yrs and hes always kept it pretty well maintained and never really thrashed it its a 86 model and its a manual . it was a cold wet ride on the ktm home dont really wanna do that again for awhile.
i was orginally thinking the same a commodore.
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Originally posted by commodorenut
Ive got a (married, no kids) mate who bought an old place to renovate, and wanted to buy a ute for about $3K.
After looking at a number of VR/VS utes, we found that most were pretty much trashed, and still fetching well above his $3K budget. I talked him into searching for a VR/VS wagon for $2-3K. A VT would have been better, but finding a good one for $3K would be a struggle.
He shied away from commodores after getting an insurance quote - comprehensive would be $2K on a $3K car, and one of the insurance companies warned him not to buy one if he was planning to park it at the railway station....
He ended up with a mid-90s corolla seca hack for $800 with 6 months rego. 3rd party property is only $240 a year.
He parks it at the local railway station all week, and uses it on weekends as a renovation hack.
The rear seats are permanently down.
Its done countless runs to the local tip, brought home a whole bathroom worth of bits (bath, vanity, toilet, shower screens) and is on the 3rd or 4th trip of a flatpack kitchen run (staged installation). Only thing that it hasnt transported is the caeserstone benches!
Hes now looking at putting a towbar on it, and buying a cheap box trailer for transporting the larger things (like gyprock sheets) he needs for the additional rooms they have planned.
Cheers,
Mick
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i paid $2500 for my commodore ute 5 speed runs well
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my wife and i bought a 98 carolla seca brand new for her. i had a VS SS which i traded on a VX SS. now our son Chevy is here the VX got traded for a 04 forester for her and the over sized pram. i have the carolla now. im a bigger guy and fit in the car well. everything still works. it will pull a box trailer an the a/c works really well and i can sqeeze 500kms out of its 40 litre tank with the a/c on. its just clicked over 270 000kms and still going strong
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