should i buy this car?

[fken]

Taurenthefirst, do you realize you ask to everyone here what are they thinking of your car?

It\'s really incredibly amusing to read the species because in France and certainly in others parts of the world, people arent interested by the same things...

For example in France, people wanna drive a low fuelcost vehicle. In USA they are looking for V6 or maybe V8 motors... (I even cant understand why... can you tell me why people like powerful car to drive with limited speed? USA != Germany)

1mile = 1,609 kilometer

In my mind, the price is incredibly too high for a car built 15years ago! Or maybe is it a porsche? (a porsche... a first car... OMG... bad idea!)

Danger with cars are the reparation costs not the insurance

you are 16 and you drive... OMG I forgotted that... It looks to be very very young to drive...

Never forget that people who drive only in the city has low counter but very bad motor. Be sure the 66k arent only city\'s driving.

[Taurenthefirst]

yes i realize i asked everyone what they thought about this car, that is pretty much the point of the thread.

fken, no they are not city miles, the closest city to this guys (the previous owner) house was a one and a half hour drive away... i doubt he spent much time there
seriously though, all the rural roads in alabama are really long and striaght with virtualy no traffic, and simulate highway conditions for your car pretty well.

no it is not a porsche

v6 a powerful engine? not around here... (and you don\'t get a powerful engine for speed anyway, you get it for either towing power or quick accelaration) and on the drive home (oh yeah, forgot to mention that i did buy it yesterday night. i\'ve been spending all day today polishing the chrome on the bumbers :] .) i got over 30mpg on the highway, and i\'d have to pay alot more to get better... maybe a new vw beetle could get better (no thanks), other than that only a hybrid could do significantly better...

anyway, i know that no one really put up any evidence to support this car, but you made me defend it, and that helped me realize how much i liked it, so thanks for helping me in this desision everyone

[Efflixi Aduro]

@Fken people want powerful cars because:

1. They street race and use the power it has.
2. They DO use all the power, on the freeway. No one pays attention to speed limits.
3. There are drag racing tracks you go to that you can race legally.
4. People with strong trucks go offroading.
5. They have a boat or trailor they take with them on vacation and they need the power to pull it.
6. If you can afford it, why not.

I want a 1998 Toyota Supra TT for my second car. Sure, it\'s powerful and it uses a bit more gas. But, cars are my hobby. Some people collect stuff, some people shoot guns, and some people fix up cars. I don\'t see why people have such a fasination on the things \"those americans\" do. Well, I\'m fascinated by the european cigarett vending machines. I don\'t think 10 is such a great age to start smoking.

And I don\'t think 16 is young to drive. I\'m 16 and I drive better than both my parants and I end up correcting them all the time.

@Tauren
Milage isn\'t everything. I\'d trust a 1997 car with 100k miles over a 1985 car with 50k miles any day.

[Shasta Soda]

Get a Truck. Toyota Tacoma is what i\'m getting. Great MPG and they are cheap salvage. They run nice, and are in your price range. Hope that helped.

Oh and chicks dig trucks.

[fken]

Originally posted by Efflixi Aduro
6. If you can afford it, why not.

Maybe because one day, your son will tell you he would like to see a calm and nice nature without all the storm and the tsunami there will be

Maybe because one day this son will become ill because of the pollution and be a kind of handicaped people.

Maybe because one day this son will ask you what did you do to help the environment while peaceful nature still existed...

And maybe because one day you will feel responsible for the illness of this so loved son who will die at 10years because he cannot keep on breath the atmosphere you are polluting...

but youre right... why not affording it?