Need a DD, what would you suggest?

the Geo Prizm we have at work is awesome. it's like 1990 model i think. the original 4 door one. love that little thing. i have driven all over the state on a full tank and then i cant put more the $35 in the thing.

 

Motorcycle.
I don't know how old your kid is, but if he/she is out of the car seat then you're good to go.

 

In that price range, I'd stay away from anything domestic. Domestic cars are made to be thrown away, they aren't made to last forever like a Toyota or Honda IMO

 

Corolla all the way man! I had a a '91 4dr auto ($500), and a '92 5spd wagon ($600) and both went well over 250k.. loved those cars, looking for another cheap one still actually for a communter

 

Civic
Corolla
Cobalt
Focus

 

They do I think, but a guy I knew just got rid of his '01, it had like 120K or 130K, it was burning a quart a week (He had a long commute). And when he went and bitched at the dealer he bought it from he met another guy with the same car and same problem.

 

The only non-Japanese commuter I would buy is a geo metro. Those engines are pretty stout.

 

A Honda would be nice. I need a DD myself. Has anyone bought a car out of the country before? I found a crx that I really in Burnaby BC. Is it possible the buy it and register it here in the US?

 

from the options you put i say civic but what year are you looking for?? i see 96-2000 civic for around the price you looking for but the mile on those car are 150k plus...

 

It's been said over and over. A Honda.

 

corrola or civic

 

I currently have a 04 civic I use as my DD. Gets better gas milage than my truck on 33's but my commute is 30 mi a day, so I need it.

 

Civic or corolla seem to take the cake. While they are less than problem free an old TDI Jetta might be fun.

 

Civic would be a good choice. Or an Corolla.

 

Get a WRX ...awd and you can boost the piss out of it and do some rally driving!

i have a 202 dodge neon :-( but it was only $300 so ha!

 

all the people I know or who owned them had problems...


but then again
Fast, cheap, reliable....choose two.

 

Thanks for the replies, looks like a Corolla or Civic then. Are there any specific years I should be looking for, or looking out for? I'm not one to care about a DD that can go fast, just reliable and good MPGs... all I care about haha

 

2001 and up civic. The older ones are just s good but easier to steal and theyre getting much older.

 

LOLWUT?

The Chevy Prizm is a Corolla. Built on the same production line in Fremont.


No Tercel? Perhaps it's replacement, the Paseo? Might be hard to find, only made for a few years before being replaced by the Echo in 2000.
MIGHT be able to get a 2000 or maybe 2001 Echo 2-door manual trans for $4k... Awesome little car, with a higher seating position that won't leave a person used to pickups feeling like they are sitting on the ground.

I can't stand driving a Civic, and I'm not even comfortable in a Camry.

 

I wouldn't want to own a Cobalt or Focus that could be had for $4k

Still kinda Japanese.
The Metro is the Suzuki Swift (false advertising)... but they were made in the joint GM/Suzuki "CAMI" factory in Canada.