What car would you buy?

[Matty]

Hey everyone
Ive been searching for a new car for some time now. Wondering what you guys would suggest.

Budget: $16k (not including taxes)
Conditions:
- Must be good/decent year round as I will be driving through this winter.
- must hold value well so that when I re-sell in a years time I dont lose my shirt
- must be somewhat cool as I dont want to drive an econobox
- must be lhd

Shoot!

[gtrjon]

sti if you could find one for the budget. would say a sick s2k but not really winterable..,

[Matty]

STi is at the top of my list. I have found a few but the ones I am interested in are 4-7 hour drives from where I live.

I figured this budget would be close for an 04-05.

[Snake556]

I'd probably agree on the STi idea. Mad fun in the winter AND summer

[trickey1991]

Toyota Prius.. Hybrids and they're ugly lol.. I would say and Audi A6,




and raise that sh it in the winter lol

[Daryl @ RightDrive]

STi would do it I think.

[dark_sky]

get the exhaust heat wraped or a shield made. cuse the exhaust is to close to the one head and the back cylinder likes to pop valves. especially likes to roast the ones on turboed cars.

[Oakville]

04-05 sti, pricing has dropped quite a bit in recent years

[frankiman]

fully equipped A4

[collector240sx]

I love the STI has much has the next one, but what about the audi S4 (2004 +). They sell in that range, but would probably have to go state side since we don't have many in Canada.

If you were seriously about getting one, I'm sure you could find a prestine one for your price.

A guy around my place just went state side to gets his, about 2 months ago. I'm pretty sure he payed just a little bit over your price range.

Think about it, it's got a sweet v-8.

[TrevoR32]

i would say like these guys something sporty and awd. a4 or 6 w quattro or even a gcar 35 or 37. although even an 08 or 09 37 would be tight to impossible in decent shape for 16. sti is great too.

[Oakville]

The things with Audis is that if something goes wrong, they aren't necessarily the cheapest to fix, compared to a very common japanese comparable vehicle (sti lol)

[aN4rk1]

07 Honda Accord EX-L Navi V6!! hehe

[JZ]

If you can bump up the budget I would get an RS6:

http://ottawa.kijiji.ca/c-cars-vehicles-cars-trucks-2003-Audi-RS6-Sedan-W0QQAdIdZ313433941

[Matty]

Just realized I put this in the wrong section. Daryl, could you kindly move it?