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Old 05-23-2014, 02:51 PM
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Thas sweet man they look so mean with a rollbar put a nice set of coilovers some d windows with a good offset some poke for sure lol
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Miata
Only thing about Miatas, Is when I hear the name, I think a chicks car. I couldn't see me driving one, maybe if it had and LS1 swap
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Only thing about Miatas, Is when I hear the name, I think a chicks car. I couldn't see me driving one, maybe if it had and LS1 swap
Hell ya or a 5.0 lol even a 460
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I had really good luck with Kia rios when I was a teenager. Put about 180k on mine. Just be sure to change the timing belt every 80k or so..
I'd probably still have that pos if I didn't drive like I was in Tokyo drift and rolled it. Lol

Another car that did me well, was a 99 mercury cougar.

Both cars averaged about 32mpg.

Now days though I just DD my gmc.
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my buddy had a ford escort zx2 that was quick and he beat the tar out of that car and it never broke, he even auto crossed it for a while
I'll second the ZX2. Had mine almost as long as I've had my Cherokee. Haven't checked out the aftermarket support on it, but out of the box it's a fun little car. Maybe not the fastest as is, but gotten me a few chats on the side of the highway with the state troopers My only complaint is it's not the most DIY maintenance friendly. Not a lot of room to work and you have to be double-jointed to change the oil filter. On the bright side, unlike a lot of small cars, the engine doesn't self-destruct if the timing belt lets go while driving. Just line it all up, slip the new belt on and go (or pay the guy to do that because there is seriously no room to work).

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