Help me pick a cheap Daily Driver!, Subaru Impreza 2dr Coupe 98 Options

[jcbass7]

Ok so the celica is off the road with some big plans for the future. Meanwhile, i am at school in CT and live in MA. Basically i am looking for a cheap DD that i can make into a proect car in the future... but with about 2k maybe 3k to spend i can't find much..

I'm interested mainly in toyota and nissan..

Toyota
celica
mr2

Nissan
240sx

My sister might sell me her mid 90's subaru impreza 2dr or whatever it is.. for 2k, but not sure..

what i really want is a cheap mr2, but for my budget it would be an old one most likely if i can even find a decent one at all..

i wouldn't mind an older celica, like a fastback etc. could be fun

again i also wouldn't mind an s13 or s14, but s14 is most likely out of the budget range..

what i really need is something that runs reliable and passes inspection, the rest doesn't matter at this point..

any ideas?

EDIT:
i don't want to travel far to get it either.

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Mar 4, 2008 - 7:01 AM

[jcbass7]

just my 2 cents

your talking about getting 2 very high maintenance cars. and with your price range i wouldnt think youd get one with very low milage or one that hasnt had the hell run out of it. your really dont buy a car like those to just drive around as a daily, you buy them to drive around and put work into to keep them runing and fix them up as you go, and so on. i understand that you want to use it as a DD now and later Sup it up, but your also trying to save up for you Celi right? if you spend all your money on the MR2 or the Supra then youll never get very fare with your Celi. i think what DEATH said would be your best bet. again, just my 2 cents

Yes everythign you are saying makes sense. But in my situation the cicumstances are different. DD for me means this car will be dirven ONCE A MONTH. And again it is not crucial for me to drive it, so if its down, or out of commission its not going to be a problem.

About money. I have it all under control and figured out. I will have plenty for the celi. We get 30k loans with <1% interest that are automatically taken out of our pay for the first 5 years of service. We get these loans as juniors so thats.. 2010.

EDIT: I'm also way to stubborn. and honestly i don't need a car until 2010ish but it would be nice to have one to drive when i am home in the summers etc.

I have already dealt with my fair share of unreliablity (see my progress thread) and it has only taught me more about my car etc.

If you do get the 240sx.... You know you could put a corvette engine in there...

I would just buy a corvette if i wanted to have that engine. but i do love 240's

Buy a 92-95 Civic. Cheap, reliable, and cheap.

I don't think i can bring myself to do that... i'll just buy my sisters 93 nissan altima if i were going to do something like that

This post has been edited by jcbass7: Feb 29, 2008 - 7:49 AM