What to buy?
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What to buy?
Hey, I'm new here.
In the market for a car, and I'm not sure what to buy.
The cars I'm looking at are full-size, e.g Impalas, 300M's and the like.. was seriously interested in a 300M, until I read about all the damn recalls on them.
At the moment, the Impala's the current winner, but I'm wondering what else to consider.
Edit: Budget is between $10-15k Canadian
In the market for a car, and I'm not sure what to buy.
The cars I'm looking at are full-size, e.g Impalas, 300M's and the like.. was seriously interested in a 300M, until I read about all the damn recalls on them.
At the moment, the Impala's the current winner, but I'm wondering what else to consider.
Edit: Budget is between $10-15k Canadian
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I was looking at those.. insurance is cheap, too.
My only concern is that with the Northstar engine, parts are ridiculously expensive. We've got a fleet of them at work, and knock wood, they've been fine. However, I've been told that head gaskets can go in the vicinity of a couple thousand $$ to fix.
What's the mileage like, anyway?
My only concern is that with the Northstar engine, parts are ridiculously expensive. We've got a fleet of them at work, and knock wood, they've been fine. However, I've been told that head gaskets can go in the vicinity of a couple thousand $$ to fix.
What's the mileage like, anyway?
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If your good with cars and like older stuff you could put together a really
sharp late 70's-'80's Caddy for less money and have the extra cash for parts.
The benifit is you could have one with a 350ci V8 and the parts are
extreamly common and therefor cheap. :thumbsup:
305 are the same . Avoid the ugly stepsister 307. Gutless bullsh*t motor.
sharp late 70's-'80's Caddy for less money and have the extra cash for parts.
The benifit is you could have one with a 350ci V8 and the parts are
extreamly common and therefor cheap. :thumbsup:
305 are the same . Avoid the ugly stepsister 307. Gutless bullsh*t motor.
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I would stay away from the Front wheel drive Impala's they are prone to have wheel bearing issue's. I would suggest a Ford Crown Vic, but and ex-detective's car. They normally are not driven hard and they came in different colours that a normal white cop car.
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Yeah, a P71 Vic could be a lot of fun.
My only concern is that I'll be using it to drive to work, so I don't want something that's going to get terrible mileage.
Anybody have any experience with the 4.9 and 5.7 Caddies?
My only concern is that I'll be using it to drive to work, so I don't want something that's going to get terrible mileage.
Anybody have any experience with the 4.9 and 5.7 Caddies?
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the lt-1 engine was pretty good in those fleetwoods
the mileage was decent i heard ppl would get above 20mpg
i think you should be looking at the grand prix gtp,park avenue,regal gs
and bonneville ssei's
the mileage was decent i heard ppl would get above 20mpg
i think you should be looking at the grand prix gtp,park avenue,regal gs
and bonneville ssei's
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Good call.
I like the Bonnies and the Regals.
We've got a Grand Prix GT at work, and I really don't like it too much.
Just got an insurance quote; the Regal GS is $239/mth vs. the SSEi @ $259.
Those Bonnies are pretty damn tempting, though.
I like the Bonnies and the Regals.
We've got a Grand Prix GT at work, and I really don't like it too much.
Just got an insurance quote; the Regal GS is $239/mth vs. the SSEi @ $259.
Those Bonnies are pretty damn tempting, though.
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