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I'm partial to Japanese cars. I can't afford the premium series, but Honda and Toyota are without doubt some of the best on the market. No car is without issue, but the important aspects of a car--the engine, transmission, and braking components--are quite good in the Honda and Toyota series. I'm sure some of their respective models are better than others--within their own make.

As a personal note, I drive a mid 2000's Honda Civic and my car has just over 220,000 miles on it. The drive-train is still kicking. I have other minor issues with the car, like rust and damaged veneer, but the car still gets me places.

I'll include a link to a pretty neat website where cars are listed by make, model, and year and the common problems they may have...and no, it's not consumer reports. I'm not a sponsor...I don't get paid for this. It's just something I've found in my research for the next car. Hope it helps...if it does.

https://www.carcomplaints.com/

Thanks but I'm here because I'm a walking encyclopedia of engine codes. I might get the 2002 British made Civic hatchback since it's a lot easier to find in the states than the cooler/cheaper Golf.

I think I'm in the right mindset now to figure out a car eventually but that just means I have to figure out some other style choices.

I know what you mean, at least somewhat. I spent way more impulsively when I was broke simply because that's what money is for anyway - I was quite adept at stretching my budget.

Cars are expensive to maintain. They’re money pit.
Guns require cleaning that’s it. Reapply of oil every month or two to keep rust away that’s it. They’ll go 50,000 rounds before needing parts. Which I’ll never shoot in my lifetime.
Cars especially ones I can afford need thousands of dollars of parts. I’m buying lottery tickets every month maybe I’ll win and can get a new car that doesn’t need any maintenance for few years.
My last car was a 94 Corolla. Cost $1700 so near the Max I’m allowed to save, I put 3,000 parts into it over the few years I owned it. The last thing to go wrong would have cost 2,000 or so. Then there’s the 2,400 I paid in insurance I never needed to use lol.
So I spent 7,100 or more on it and got 4 years or less. Mind you I didn’t do most of the maintenance it needed. That would be few thousand more dollars. It needed a lot of work but all cars under $8,000 do. They tend to have 300,000 miles, been poorly maintained and need lots of major parts replaced, non reliable.
Cars are a middle class and up luxury item.
No one makes a car for the masses anymore.
A basic good care today cost $18,000 for a basic Toyota Corolla.
It’d be nice to win lottery

If I won a lot I’d get a Porsche 911 turbo for 250,000

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Stay away from old vw cars. They over complicate their cars and they use special fluids that are hard to get now and even when the car was new.
Unless it’s a old air cooled VW beatle which are super simple but limited and not super comfortable

Right woman is already in a relationship, there’s too few of them and they super sought after there’s way more poor men then women who’ll date poor men.

You really know a lot about cars, Sly. Honest.

Not really. Mechanics know what more and I’m not a car guy. I couldn’t tell you the horsepower or cc of the Porsche I want.
I just took mechanic classes, had mechanic friends and my sister owned a vw

You know enough to impress a girl. That's for sure.

I don't know as much as you.

I don't know what the fox is doing....

Being confused
I don’t own a car that won’t impress any woman

I wish you lived in Trinidad. You could restore a car there, and keep it. I know a few people there who have done that.

I wouldn’t want to restore s car too hard work. I might have one restored if I won lottery. Also caribian is too warm for me.

I just wish some woman could be accepting but I’ve given up of that
I suspect the woman I’ve been chatting with will block me now she knows I work with guns.

It really depends upon what generation you are talking about and where the person lives. Older generations prefer luxury, while the younger prefer either performance or economy in their cars. In rural states, muscle cars (both new and old) are still popular. In conjested big cities, many would like to get the best mpg.

A very cheap car that has decent reliability and good mpg can be a challenge to find. They do exist, but may not be sporty enough. A possible choice might be an old 1990s Ford Probe. Those cars had 2.2L engines built by Mazda, got fairly good mpg (30+) and can be bought for a few hundred dollars. They are not well sought after though.

What's wrong with working with guns?