New to imports and wanting to get educated

[broncofan]

Hey guys and gals. Been looking around for a while and figured this would be a good a place as any to post this. I have a couple buddies that have been into imports for years. I have been nothing but a poor college kid but I am about to finally finish up my masters program in July. I am wanting to get into imports. My buddies want me to get a DA integra but I really don't like the looks of the car. I like the second generation integra. What I was hoping you guys could help me with is information on how to make a good decision about what to pick up including price ranges and that sort of thing. Thanks in advance.

[99SI]

Keep in mind what you plan to do with it. Do you want a show car? Do you want a drag strip car? Do you want an autocross car? Do you want a well balanced daily driver to play with? Second, pick something that you like. I liked the 99-00 Civic Si, so that's what I bought. Then I went about turning it into a fun daily driver that I could autox or drag, not that it's especially great at either one. Third would be the price range you want to stay in. I have seen some clean 99-00 EK Civic hatches with 90-110K miles go for 5-6k. Looking back I would have probably bought that. I just didn't care much for hatchbacks. Or you can look for a 92 civic hatch, it's light, there's tons of stuff that can be done to them, the road has been paved for mods, and you can pick one up for 1500-3k depending on how nice it is or what's been done to it. Next thing to do is READ and RESEARCH, no one has all the answers and anyone that tells you they do is full of shit. I have several little ideas that I want to eventually pull of but right now due to my budget I can't do it yet. A late 80's to early 90's BMW 325/318i can be an extremely fun little car. They're rear wheel drive, respond to mods, there are quite a few resources for go fast goodies, turner motorsports being a big one. Just look around, see what makes you go "ooh I like that" and decide what you ultimately want to do with it and go from there.

[BLk92DA]

what he is trying to say is just buy my 92 integra and go have fun

[TIGERJC]

Get a mr2, if u buy a honda or acura it will prolly be stolen. So get a mr2

[BlkCD5]

thieves love to deebo integra's

[twkg]

get a prelude and do some autox

[efman]

get a prelude and do some autox

your crazy ludes are way to heavy ! i would probaly by a 94 or 95 integra gsr they have a good motor handle good and have a nice look and interior hands down a good car to start with.

[twkg]

i was just messn. they are heavy. however, with the proper weight reduction and right upgrades, the prelude makes one of the perfect auto x cars. a gsr is an ok car to start out w/....but i guess it just depends on the personality of the buyer.

[efman]

i was just messn. they are heavy. however, with the proper weight reduction and right upgrades, the prelude makes one of the perfect auto x cars. a gsr is an ok car to start out w/....but i guess it just depends on the personality of the buyer.

very true the best autox car is a civic ef they rule autox !

[bigdare23]

very true the best autox car is a civic ef they rule autox !

This is very true! Get a CRX and put a K20 in it. Enough Said!

[{X}Echo419]

your crazy ludes are way to heavy ! i would probaly by a 94 or 95 integra gsr they have a good motor handle good and have a nice look and interior hands down a good car to start with.

the integra is a great car, espically for the $$$. 1 of the best handeling(2wd) cars around. prelude is a boat but the girlz seem to Luv that car.
Integra>Prelude