if you check my 4th gen thread you know that I totally f'ed up my max and i'm gonna need a beater car to get me to work for god knows how long. What is the cheapest I could possibly get a running/somewhat running automobile for?

 

all depends on how lucky you are when shopping. should be able to easily find something for $1000...
heck, you can get a decent running S13 for about $1200...

 

u can get an older saturn for cheap, n theyre rahter nice beater cars imo. check autotrader, that where my friends have all gotten thiers

 

get a 3rd gen

 

He said...Not, "what else can I fix?".

A (I can't believe I'm saying this) Civic can be a good beater. I've seen some really inexpensive ones in the past. Look around and you will find something.

 

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civics are the best cars for the money....extremely reliable and great on gas....

 

www.autotrader.com why the hell would you ask where to get a beater on here?

 

autotrader.com isnt that great but the autotrader mag is where ive found many cars, the free ones at the grocery store and such, i dont think they spend the time and put the beaters on the website but theres plenty in the mag.

if all else fails, ebay, thers lots of crap on there

the honda comment is a great one, they are good cars. i come from a saturn family, neighborhood, and group of friends. this is almost exactly the same as my beater car.

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Satur...83922111QQrdZ1

 

What the heck kind of question is this? Look in your local paper, Auto Trader, or autotrader.com. Rocket science...! ffs

 

sentra, corolla, civic, accord, celica (90+), tercel

 

autoshopperonline.com - online version of the free mag you find in grocery stores and what not.

 

Agreed... Get a Black on Black, '94 SE.

 

lol you can get a 96 4 speed tercel for like 1200 bucks

 

You can find a 1995-1999 Sentra for a fair price, and they're reliable cars.

 

no more than a couple bucks.

but really, good advice is to get a civic or something. last long, cheap and as mentioned, great gas mileage.

 

What the hell is this ghey a$$ crap? Why are you posting pictures of men?

 

not enough i guess

 

i guess the ban wasn't long enough...

 

har har har. you do realize there is an OT forum and your posts are not helping this guy in any way.

btw, i don't know what you're talking about...

 

ford escort gt!!!!!!!!!!

 

depends what u want, but expect to pay about 900$ or more unless you find a realy realy good deal, cause u dont want to buy something that will run for about 2 weeks..

 

yes because those are a dime a dozen.....

 

ok, good things come if you look for it. I managed to find a '90 mitsubishi eclipse TURBO 5spd for 200 bucks in good running condition, across the street. I also found a 91 ford escort GT in good runnin cond. for 300 from a friend. I bought a volvo for 100 bucks, and that was an AWESOME car, sold it the same day for 650, and I got a toyota corolla for FREE and sold it the next day for 800. You can always find deals, and beaters CAN be reliable.

 

Damn, if you lived near me i have a 92 celica ST for sale, 500 bucks. hehe...gets like 45 mpg.

 

Hey! I have a 1990 Nissan Maxima with a 5 spd manual that I would sell for cheap. There is some cosmetic damage and some thing wrong with the car, but nothing pertinent to operating the engine. It has roughly 250,000 miles on it with a new transmission about 30,000 miles ago. Brakes and exhaust are also good. The car has leather, Bose speakers, and a moonroof. I am talking of getting rid of it real cheap (ie $500). Shoot me an e-mail if you are interested.

 

hey i might be interested in that maxima. hit me up....i think royal oak is detroit area...

 

dang it, look at these good deals. Anyone willing to sell for ~400 near chicago?

 

its a suburb of detroit. you should see d-town royal oak, you'd be amazed

 

Check junk yards. They usually have 3 or 4 running cars that they're selling. You can usually get good deals 'cause they paid like $60 bucks for it and fixed something easy. As far as what you want that's entirely personal preferrence...

 

3 weeks i saw a 95 gle on my block in great condition being sold for $500. so cheap cause the owner got a new car and didnt wanna bother with the max. it was there one day, gone the next!

 

$450. lasted me 9 months and probably 15k miles, i spent $0 on repairs during that time

 

2 years back I bought my 3rd gen just thinking it needed an exhaust. Well, $2k later in parts its running pristine, so overall I put about $3,300 into my 3rd gen, but it runs top notch and I have replaced parts for prevenative maintainence so I am not stranded. "Beaters" are a gamble though.