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Old 07-14-2003, 02:38 PM   #1 (permalink)
 
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Default Is it worth it?

I have a 97 elantra and I'm not sure if I should hook it up or buy a new car!
What do you think?


[edit] Please do not type in all caps because it denotes shouting and yelling and is hard on the eyes. [/edit]

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Old 07-14-2003, 03:14 PM   #2 (permalink)
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How many miles on it? What kind of shape is the body/ chassis? What kind of money do you have to spend? etc etc
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Old 07-15-2003, 01:18 AM   #3 (permalink)
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The engine in the Elantra is strong so it depends on you.

Besides, you are 17, is mommy and daddy going to let you get that new car?
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Old 07-15-2003, 02:16 PM   #4 (permalink)
 
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It has 63,000 miles everything is good and ihave about 1200 too spend
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Old 07-15-2003, 02:45 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Well if you only have $1200 then yeah you'd be much better off putting on an intake, do the exhaust and get some new rims/tires cheap from www.tirerack.com or somewhere...

You could sell the lan but then you have the hassle of being available for test drives/tire kickers and ppl haggling over your price.

Maybe try to sell it and if it goes quick at a decent price take that and your savings and buy a 3G civic hatch. Or one of the sporty '03 Accents :evil:
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3G civic, eek, I have one, it's a POS(btw, you do realize that 3rd gen for civics is '84-'87, right?), maybe you mean and EG(5th gen) civic?
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Um yeah... I guess you missed the comedic attempt there. uzzled:
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Keep the car. Put aside 600 for maintenance. Use the rest for a CAI and suspension upgrades.

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I agree with Tugger. Do a suspension ugrade, but I would do a brake upgrade before anything. That way you are set for your engine mods when you do them.
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AE86. That's what I usually say in this situation right?

Anyways... keep the Elantra so some suspension upgrades, maybe some lighter wheels, some cheap engine mods that do barely anything. You'll have a start.

If I had 1200 scrillas, I'd go buy some car audio, because I'm awesome already.
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