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[mariah]

I'm looking for a reliable car with decent fuel economy. I've found 2 cars that I like. The first is an 09 Pontiac G5, 44,000km, automatic, coupe, $8000. The second is an 04 Honda Civic, 158,000km, manual, coupe, $4000. I like the looks and the low kms of the G5, but the price of the Civic is hard to beat. What are your thoughts?

[99integra]

I wouldn't even think twice, I'd take the Pontiac if you have the money.

[Elite_Deforce]

I wouldn't even think twice either. Find a Civic in the middle of the price range.

[99integra]

Bah the G5 is a neat little car I think.

[Elite_Deforce]

 99integra, on 10 March 2012 - 11:18 PM, said:

Bah the G5 is a neat little car I think.

The G5 was the pinnacle of GM's badge engineering. You were better off with a bicycle.

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 Elite_Deforce, on 11 March 2012 - 08:18 PM, said:

The G5 was the pinnacle of GM's badge engineering. You were better off with a bicycle.

Its nothing more than a cobalt (maybe a little less than) lol. But you are right they aren't the best cars (nor the worst), but for the money and the mileage between the two he was thinking about, I would scoop it up in a heartbeat. I'm a little biased towards the Civic.

Edited by 99integra, 11 March 2012 - 08:57 PM.

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 99integra, on 11 March 2012 - 08:56 PM, said:

Its nothing more than a cobalt (maybe a little less than) lol. But you are right they aren't the best cars (nor the worst), but for the money and the mileage between the two he was thinking about, I would scoop it up in a heartbeat. I'm a little biased towards the Civic.

Civic>>>Plastic.

I thought you had an Integra? How can you be biased against a civic?

[99integra]

 Elite_Deforce, on 12 March 2012 - 10:57 AM, said:

Civic>>>Plastic.

I thought you had an Integra? How can you be biased against a civic?

Haha its a long story with my username, but no I have never owned one. I have had a '91 cavalier wagon, '94 cavalier z24 convertible (swapped a free 3400 I got from a friend into it, was fast for a week then blew up), '93 Ranger stepside (best truck ive ever owned) and a '04 Ranger (bought for $600 off a fleet, had 240k on it, lasted a month). And had a 03 Altima that was my mothers car she bought new, fully loaded 2.5SL and the engine blew up 6 months ago at 85k miles. Scrapped it.

Edited by 99integra, 12 March 2012 - 11:09 PM.

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 99integra, on 12 March 2012 - 11:08 PM, said:

Haha its a long story with my username, but no I have never owned one. I have had a '91 cavalier wagon, '94 cavalier z24 convertible (swapped a free 3400 I got from a friend into it, was fast for a week then blew up), '93 Ranger stepside (best truck ive ever owned) and a '04 Ranger (bought for $600 off a fleet, had 240k on it, lasted a month). And had a 03 Altima that was my mothers car she bought new, fully loaded 2.5SL and the engine blew up 6 months ago at 85k miles. Scrapped it.

Those Nissan 4-bangers just keep getting a worse and worse rep don't they? 85k is laughable. Was it well-maintained?

[99integra]

Yep, never missed an oil change, lube, or inspection at the dealer. It was a great car while it ran but that engine gave us problems. We drove from Florida to Ohio to move and after we got here, 2 weeks later it blew.

[Elite_Deforce]

 99integra, on 13 March 2012 - 10:57 PM, said:

Yep, never missed an oil change, lube, or inspection at the dealer. It was a great car while it ran but that engine gave us problems. We drove from Florida to Ohio to move and after we got here, 2 weeks later it blew.

Lovely. I had an '07 3.5 as per my sig and that was a piece of garbage as well.

[99integra]

Had just paid the f*cker off last year too. I was not pleased to say the least.

[Elite_Deforce]

 99integra, on 14 March 2012 - 12:08 PM, said:

Had just paid the f*cker off last year too. I was not pleased to say the least.

You were financing for 7 years???

[99integra]

6 years, my mom bought the car when i was 13 so when i got a job at 16, she turned disabled and i had to help on payments. It turned out our loan took longer to pay off than expected. It was one of the worst decisions we've made.

Edited by 99integra, 19 March 2012 - 01:43 PM.

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