New car time!!

[Dream240]

I'm doing some planning on a new car and I'm having trouble deciding hoping you guys could help. Here's my preferences.

two-door convertible
27,000 or less (flexible)
At least 200 hp
Supercharger or turbo possibilities
Lots of aftermarket support
Good resale value
Japanese import preferred

With all these preferences all I could come up with was the s2000 or spend more and get a 350z convert. I'm not wanting to buy a car that's older than 2000. Still want that new car feeling.

Any other ideas?

[ZK]

S2000 like you've already mentioned. I'd say Mazdaspeed Miata but that's a new car. You're kinda limited when you want Japanese and convertable. Convertables are not popular for Japanese cars.

[crioten]

bmw m roadster... they had 240hp and the newer ones had 315hp

very fun cars to drive, im thinking aobut picking one up...someday lol

[cali240sxdrifter]

M3 Convertible but its not an Jap. Import.

I'd get the S2000 thou, very fun car

[S14DB]

Toyota MR2 Spyder
http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/2005/mr2spyder/models.html

[s13gonwild]

Toyota MR2 Spyder
http://www.toyota.com/vehicles/2005/mr2spyder/models.html
LMAO did you see the specs??

Horsepower 138 hp @ 6400 rpm
Torque 125 lb.-ft. @ 4400 rpm

why not tell him a rsx..

[matlock]

I am also looking for a newer car I do not want a convertable the bmw Mcoupes are rae and as was said before M3 Convert. I would say if you want japanese and in your price range go wit the S2K.

[Dream240]

Mazdaspeed miata, forgot about that one.

BMW is an option but i'm not really wanting to go with euro. There's not really enough aftermarket support that easy to find for euro. At least from what I've seen. The MR2 isn't really good cause it's really lacking in stock power and they're not easy to work on. Plus they're being discontinued as of this year. Not really a good sign.

S2000 is what i'm leaning towards. We'll see. thanks guys.

[BOOSTLOVER]

I couldn't be happier with my S2000, I highly recomend it. there's plenty of aftermarket support and quite a few turbo-S/C kits made for it. www.S2KI.com is a very helpful sight for any S2000 info or to buy parts.


Good luck with your car search! :rawk: :rawk: :rawk:

[matlock]

there are some good sites for Euro aftermarket that I have found in the time of owning my Audi. www.estrictlyforeign.com is good
www.amimotorsports.com
www.bekkers.com
those are just a couple with some decent prices on chips, coilovers, etc.
but it would be rad if you got an S2000! Good luck

[Dark-Hawk]

I'd definitley say the S2K, I had a chance to drive my friends and wow. It's am amazing piece of machinery. Handles great, and pulls very hard.

[RiversideS13]

I say just go test drive them and decide.

[Chernobyl]

How about Boxster (S)??

or Cooper Mini Convertible...

[Chernobyl]

Oh and audi TT

[matlock]

I have been looking at TT's but the Hartops and I drove one last weekend in Phoenix and I loved it, it was the 225 not the 180 though.

[s14 blacktop]

s13gonwild this might come as a shock to you but 0-60 the mr2 beats the s2000.

[wootwoot]

s2000 for sure in my oppinon

[bp057]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4534071991&category=6472&sspagename=WDVW

:naughty:

[matlock]

http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&rd=1&item=4534071991&category=6472&sspagename=WDVW

:naughty:

HAHA that is sick, I dont know if it meets his 200HP and 2000 or newer Requirement haha.

[FastBack 240]

http://unclean.org/images/full/z3m/m_01.jpg
The Sex :drool:

[smellslikecurry]

s2k is the way to go...350z verts arent so hot with the top up

[kingsol]

i hate how that car looks. it looks like a clown's shoe. get the s2000 hands down.

[o240isxf0304]

audi a4 quattro convertable. not jap but looks like a lot of class.

[Bryants95240sx]

yeah i hate the way the 350z converts look....Both my parents have 350z :) coupes there a blast .But if you have to have a convert i would go with the s2000.

[kingsol]

i was referring to the M coupe. the 350 isn't bad, but the s2 is the way to go

[wootwoot]

Yeah German cars are great, until its time to do maintainence. Those also dont fit the 27k and under. I have seen many s2000's in my area, 50 thousand miles on them, go for around 15k. That leaves you a good bit of money for a nice supercharger and some wheels/suspension mods. Go drive one, but make sure you find some turns otherwise its eh

[BOOSTLOVER]

s13gonwild this might come as a shock to you but 0-60 the mr2 beats the s2000.


:wtf:
0-60...1/4
S2000 5.5...14.0
MR2 8.2...16.2

[Chernobyl]

Yeah German cars are great, until its time to do maintainence. Those also dont fit the 27k and under.

Learn to work on your own cars and #1 isn't a problem. (ok, maybe not the boxster since you need to get completely under the car to even see the engine) And of course they fit under the 27k price ceiling... We're talking 4-5 year old used cars here... :rolleyes:

You think parts for a TT would cost more than for an S2000? Considering the TT shares a lot of engine parts with other audi models (hell, even VW models), I serioulsy doubt the validity of your statement. Don't generalize German cars as "expensive to fix" unless you are ready to back that up with a thorough analysis.

[FastBack 240]

i hate how that car looks. it looks like a clown's shoe. get the s2000 hands down.

You obviously havn't driven one and dont have a relative with one. Such a blast at the track and on the street. Personally I think its sexy but my opinion may be biased.

[kingsol]

you're right, i haven't driven one, nor do i want to, but i have, however, driven an s2000, and it, my friend, is perfect.

[Dark-Hawk]

mmm the S2K beats the MRS hands down lol.

[Var]

i know you said japanese import preferred, but 2000 or 2001 corvette convertible is in that price range i think..

[wootwoot]

Hey good job being a dick now this is where I'm going to own you: I OWN a German car. But I'm just shooting stuff out my ass and acting like I know everything, hey yeah thanks. I own a VW, every single time anything breaks, it takes me a minimum week to get the part. An a/c compressor from the dealership costs 1100 dollars. VW's are expensive, also poorly designed and a lot of shit breaks. I could go on and on about dumb ass annoying expierences if you would really like. Want me to state some of their engineering follys you say? Ok, one retarted thing, the coilpack is insulated with plastic, this coilpack is bolted onto the engine block. Plastic+engine block=cracked plastic. They do not sell a replaceable cover for this unit, which is almost guranteed to crack by 75 thousand miles. The price of this new coilpack from the dealer? 550 dollars. I know this is common in most newer cars to a degree, but to access the radiator you must pull the bumper, bumper support, head lights, and some other shit that gets in the way. If you want more go ahead and ask, German cars are not easy to work on. I work on my own cars to a degree, some stuff I consider to hard for me. But yeah as said before, thanks for being a dick. Wasnt one of the other needs on the list rwd or did I just imagine that since he wants a sports car?

[Chernobyl]

Hey good job being a dick now this is where I'm going to own you: I OWN a German car. But I'm just shooting stuff out my ass and acting like I know everything, hey yeah thanks. I own a VW, every single time anything breaks, it takes me a minimum week to get the part. An a/c compressor from the dealership costs 1100 dollars. VW's are expensive, also poorly designed and a lot of shit breaks. I could go on and on about dumb ass annoying expierences if you would really like. Want me to state some of their engineering follys you say? Ok, one retarted thing, the coilpack is insulated with plastic, this coilpack is bolted onto the engine block. Plastic+engine block=cracked plastic. They do not sell a replaceable cover for this unit, which is almost guranteed to crack by 75 thousand miles. The price of this new coilpack from the dealer? 550 dollars. I know this is common in most newer cars to a degree, but to access the radiator you must pull the bumper, bumper support, head lights, and some other shit that gets in the way. If you want more go ahead and ask, German cars are not easy to work on. I work on my own cars to a degree, some stuff I consider to hard for me. But yeah as said before, thanks for being a dick. Wasnt one of the other needs on the list rwd or did I just imagine that since he wants a sports car?


Wow, you sure 'owned' this MK2 Jetta owner... I think I'd know how reliable German cars are (not) :Wink:

As for being hard to work on: Ever worked on a Z32? And you still want to tell me German cars are harder to work on? :rofl:

As for being a dick, you're welcome. There's more where that came from. All I am saying is stop generalizing. There are bad and good cars, hard and easy to fix, cheap and expensive parts, when it comes to both German and Japanese cars. You can't just flat out say one is better than another for any one of those reasons, based on your experience with a handful of cars.

[wootwoot]

,z32's are one of the most annoying cars to work on. It would be nice if they would have gave that engine an engine bay and tried to shove even more stuff in there. Whats sad is that the mkII's are still considered reliable, before VW went shit. I'm not saying one is better than the other, I have a deep love for BMW's but the reason why I dont have one, is because they are expensive to maintain. 240sx is possibly one of the easiest cars to work on that has ever fell in my hands, s2000's are average and there is another car I have no idea why I diddnt recommend over an s2000. Miata's. They are easier than sin to work on, light, amazing transmissions, handle extremly well in stock form, are cheap, have great interiors(even though they are a bit tight on the nuts), and have a power plant that is just begging to be turbochraged. The engine originally came turbo so do that. It wont be as sexy as the others but you will get more performance out of it for the dollar. Chernobyl, I'm not here to be a dick or enter pissing constests, I'm here to talk cars. If you want to piss some more I suppose I could go drink some beer but I would rather just discuss. So maybe next time everything can be more fun if you chill with the condescending?

[Chernobyl]

I'm only condescending when I see someone making invalid points with no backing. But we settled this, so no worries. I just like to nit-pick. We can't always be nice to everyone.

If I ruffled your feathers some, sorry. All in good fun, and to keep the forums interesting.

[SimpleSexy180]

Mazdaspeed Miata "hands Down"

[wootwoot]

No masda speed!! Save the money with a base miata, you would just need to upgrade that dinky stock turbo and intercooler anyway!

[wootwoot]

P.S
I see VW/Audi as the Ford of Europe...... If that makes sense to you ;)
I'm sure BMW's and VW's and all of the European cars are much easier to live with in the homeland. But VW's are frickin crap....

[mr_240sx]

man i think you'd be happy with the s2k. I wish i had enough spare money to get myself one of them!

[crioten]

if you are really set on getting a s2000, please at least test drive the m roadster...

i test drove both and to me if you are going to use it as a daily driver, you wont get to see the full power of the s2k unless you want to rev up the engine and shift high all the time. in the m roadster it has more low end torque and has more throw-you-back-in-your-seat power than the s2k, even through the low end of the powerband...

just something to consider

[Chernobyl]

I agree with crioten. S2000 might be a little peaky for a comfortable daily driver.

[ThatGuy]

S13 FB + Sawzall = Small Japanese Convertible :D :D :D :D :D

[Chernobyl]

or S13 convertible = small japanese convertible....

but that's too easy

[fastpace]

i know you said japanese import preferred, but 2000 or 2001 corvette convertible is in that price range i think..

I would agree with you to on getting a C5. That is what I am going to get after a year of working. Can get one for 20k and with 5k of mods it can be faster or just as fast as a ZO6. Just thinking about it now makes me want to get one now.

[ALTRNTV]

Get the S2k. My friend has one with the Vortech S/C... :aw:

[papershot]

and you didn't notice he put 0-60 then 1/4 right after it...

[egan]

this might sound crazy, but you might want to wait and check out the saturn sky. ive been waiting for it to come out and id love to snatch one up and turbo it. 2 seater coupe about 20k...but for that price you might wanna just get the MS miata. but yeah, its nice to look at everything when youre gettin a new car. and testdrives are fun!

[mjjstang]

saturn is like japanese i guess

[egan]

saturn is like japanese i guess

well shit, we already brought up corvettes and m coupes. options dont hurt.

[OptionZero]

Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder VR-4

[240KAT]

s15 convertable?

[RedlineRacer]

s15 convertable?
Yeah, find someone to import a Varietta.

[ThatGuy]

s15 convertible?

There you go, fixed it for you. :fart:

[wootwoot]

Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder VR-4

*vomits profusely*

[S14DB]

Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder VR-4
He wants a car not a tank.

[Var]

Mitsubishi 3000GT Spyder VR-4


*explosive projectile feces*

[AenjukuCar]

Buy a 99 vette......LS1 power and it will take a crapload of power on stock internals...they are known to push over 1000hp on stock internals. I'm going to sell my 240 and use that for a down payment on a Z06. You can pick up a 99 vette with like 20,000 miles on it for like 20,000. Great handling too. Just Do it!!! Do it!!

Intake/Header/Exhaust are one of the biggest gainers on a C5

[mr_240sx]

i clearly remember him saying he wanted a japonese made vehicle! not some crap american car!

[TheSnail]

Catherham, The best car experience ever! Seriously. 1200lbs = ....>>>>
And if you build the car your self, it will be the newest car you can buy! .
Though it will not have the new car smell, more like Oil, blood and mildew.
It is also a convertible, you can add a turbo but that would not be needed.
There is plenty of aftermarket support, but you realy dont need more then
180hp in that thing.

[Var]

i clearly remember him saying he wanted a japonese made vehicle! not some crap american car!


he said japanese import preferred but he's open to suggestions. so shut the fuck up with that idealistic nonsense. a good car is a good car, unless it's a volkswagen

[AenjukuCar]

i clearly remember him saying he wanted a japonese made vehicle! not some crap american car!

Haha...you think a corvette is an american piece of crap. Ha dont make me laugh..Yeah I want a JAPONESE made car to, where do you find one of those at?!? :mepoke:

I love my 240 to death, but with i being 10years old now it's time to get something newer.

Through a supercharger on a vette and a 100shot of nitrous those LS1's can take a crap load of power.