What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

[RPDRed6]

Alrighty guys, our 1998 Toyota Camry with 155,000 miles on it, finally threw a rod and the car is done for good. It was a solid car and we never ever had any major issues with it until now lol. Now im in charge of finding a car for my brother to use, heres the criteria:

• has to be under $6,000
• have less than 115k miles on it
• must be an automatic transmission
• must be either fwd or awd
• cannot be a truck or suv

[StrtRacer98]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

• has to be under $6
• have less than 115k miles on it
• must be an automatic transmission
• must be either fwd or awd
• cannot be a truck or suv

Fuuuck, Good luck finding a car for under $6 that runs!

[RPDRed6]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

hahahaha $6000

[Tom Rs]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

$8500 and you could buy my trans am vert

[pace2006]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

Look for a mid to late 90s Subaru Impreza or Legacy sedan. Both can be found in either fwd or awd versions and are cheap enough. Finding one with under 115k might be the worst part, but those cars can stand some abuse. Gas mileage isn't too bad with the na 2.2 or 2.5 motors, and parts usually are easy enough to find at a reasonable price.

[LETZRIDE]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

cavaliers, they're a dime a dozen....

[truekoa]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

get a 7th gen corolla, mine is a 97 single owner, pushing pass 180k miles and runs strong.

It's also very easy to work on.

[venom3300]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

cavaliers, they're a dime a dozen....

for a reason lol


mid 90s camry or civic?


3rd gen v8 maro for 3k with 3k or upgrades/fixes ;)

[TheGr8Schlotzky]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

Heck, my Buick was only 2500 with just about every option a new luxury car has, plus a supercharged 3800. LeSabres are Park Avenues are cheap because people think of them as old man cars (which they are) but you can get a whole ton of car for 6k when you look at Buicks and Lincolns. Most are very reliable, FWD, and decent on gas.

[Bird_Of_Prey]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

I'd find the best possible car for $2k, and save the other $4k for when he has some seat time. $6k, gtp, impala, monte carlo, plenty of all those around.

[dgreet77]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

Well I'd say v6 f-body. Duh. :p

But if it must be fwd or awd then I'm going to go ahead and say Ford Focus. Both my older sister and younger brother had versions of them. Sister had the sedan version with the 2.4 and 5-speed, and Brother had the Zx3 with 2.2 and 5-speed. Both were really reliable cars and drove well in all the conditions that Wyoming can throw at people from 2 feet of snow and 0* to nice and sunny and 100*. Not a single major issue with either.

[ssms5411]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

Just have the engine rebuilt and be done. maybe $2000 if that, if you find a good garage.

[timthescarred]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

Price all depends on where your at, I bought my camaro for under 6k 1 owner 69k miles perfect condition in Nov. 08

[savagecamaro96]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

2000's monte carlo's are pretty nice and pretty cheap

[bwkmaro]

Re: What Car to Buy for a 16 year old for under $6,000?

any fwd car or awd car that is older than 2000 not to hard to find sumtin