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Good auto cross/daily driver car?

Old Oct 16, 2011 | 01:46 PM
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91 or 92 Galant VR4
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 01:49 PM
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91 or 92 Galant VR4
LOL. I said I want to daily drive it, not daily fix it.
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 01:56 PM
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Oi what about my suggestion!
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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I have no idea what UsR98234781 is. And no offense but I don't want something completely modded out that I might have to sort through later. Not saying your car is a hack job. I just feel better starting from scratch or close to it.
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:03 PM
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Default Re: Good auto cross/daily driver car?

Originally Posted by Reloaded
But of those, the Focus or the RSX

Those SE-Rs were bloated and blah
Actually the SE-Rs were pretty damn quick for what they were. I had mine just I/H/E+tune putting down 185whp and still getting 30+mpg with four doors, ac, power everything. They're not as unreliable as people claim if you take care of them either. They are also very good autox cars, and I've seen them put down 400whp with nothing more than a good turbo kit, fuel pump, and injectors.

i'm not saying you should get one, but i'd own a Sentra before a RSX or a Focus any day of the week. but if you do go with a spec v, make sure you get an 03+, loctite the butterfly screws, and put a header on it asap.
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:05 PM
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Originally Posted by jarrett2k
Actually the SE-Rs were pretty damn quick for what they were. I had mine just I/H/E+tune putting down 185whp and still getting 30+mpg with four doors, ac, power everything. They're not as unreliable as people claim if you take care of them either. They are also very good autox cars, and I've seen them put down 400whp with nothing more than a good turbo kit, fuel pump, and injectors.

i'm not saying you should get one, but i'd own a Sentra before a RSX or a Focus any day of the week. but if you do go with a spec v, make sure you get an 03+, loctite the butterfly screws, and put a header on it asap.
That's what I'm talking about.
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:25 PM
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Originally Posted by buugiewuugie
I have no idea what UsR98234781 is. And no offense but I don't want something completely modded out that I might have to sort through later. Not saying your car is a hack job. I just feel better starting from scratch or close to it.
Audi S4 or S6, Ur meaning the original (95-97), it's all good, still, these can be bought stock for cheap and are easy to mod and work on, rock solid through 250k miles
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Default Re: Good auto cross/daily driver car?

Originally Posted by buugiewuugie
That's what I'm talking about.
If you know how to care for them, they're great cars. I'd still have mine today if some fat fuck with no insurance and no license hadn't pulled out in front of me.

Actually, caring for them is simple. Like I said, Loctite the butterflys, remove the precat header, and it's good to go.
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:54 PM
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can't fix ugly
Old Oct 16, 2011 | 02:57 PM
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Originally Posted by jarrett2k
If you know how to care for them, they're great cars. I'd still have mine today if some fat fuck with no insurance and no license hadn't pulled out in front of me.

Actually, caring for them is simple. Like I said, Loctite the butterflys, remove the precat header, and it's good to go.
I'm seeing a few for under $8K with less than 100k miles. On the other hand about half of all the listings have some ugly body kit or shitty paint job. Most likely owned by someone who beat the car to hell and back.

Which was one of my favorite things about the Focus SVT. Most of them seemed to be taken care of and owned by the older crowd.

I need to drive an SE-R.


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