The idea is to not get a suped up car but to get the chassis you want and let the upgrade be down the road, enjoying a stock car is an amazing experience too
if it's that why eliminate german brands like beamer and merc by saying only japanese, cars from these brands are good for drift and rally and cost like 2k$
Yes and No. As a broke colllege student this car was so much fun. But as soon something was wrong with it. It became an adventure to find parts for it. And can’t always have time and money to deal with it as a college student
@@unzap7354 yo I used to watch your videos, but I would say if you can find a relatively clean one that has its maintenance kept up, then yea it could be a fun daily
in my late teens and early 20s i had 7 240s, 1 aw11 MR2, a FB rx7, GC8 impreza, a forester, mk3 supra, a 300zx, and several others, ALL RUNNING most of them at the same time! while working 4 days a week at gamestop, most i paid was $1500 for the supra what happened to our world
I'm getting a time machine cause that ain't fair man😭, I'm working my ass off and the world only shows crap Miatas and crappy abused cars, the economy has genuinely been ruined for my 20s😞
You can get some cheap rx8s if you are willing to invest some time and a couple hundred dollars in coolant seals and other misc stuff. People love to shit on rotary reliability, but it is honestly not that bad of a job to repair them and often pretty cheap to do aswell. This means you can get a pretty cheap rx8 project car and fix it in a week relatively cheaply if you did your research. It is a very fun car.
hello brother how are you? i wanna ask you where i can find this type of cars.You know i am from Azerbaijan but it doesnt have really good car culture.that s why i am searching for them from other countrys.thank you
@@verticalflyingb737 if you're planning on using it as a project car & you already got another car then you could daily use the other car then say on a weekend put close to a full tank in the project car & just enjoy that weekend. If you're planning on using it as a daily car I wouldn't get it, especially if you plan to tune it to get the highest performance out of it at that point you'd rather daily a car that was built for the performance you want.
My buddy recently bought a two owner 91 Sentra SER for 6 grand. Nice little car but it spins the wrong tires. Funny thing is the interior pieces are much better quality than the 2000s Sentra. No broken pieces or cracking hard plastic. And it's got an SR20.
Got my MRS this summer for 5500 euros. The car was mint with only 119.500 kms (75k miles) on the clock. Not rolled back since I verified it with some really reliable methods. All it needed was 2 o2 sensors, floor mats and some gaskets since it still had the oems that where leaking due to the many years. (I'm a Toyota mechanic so I do all myself). The car also was already equipped with trd front strut brace, trd front underside brace, trd header, trd muffler and tailpipe (1 unit), trd free flow air filter, trd inlet pipe, trd short shifter, TTE lowering springs and the JDM badging all around. I also got all the stock parts as well. I use it as a daily driver (only vehicle I own, yes I'm committed) and it's doable and totally worth it. I think I struck a great deal. So they are out there boys, get them while still cheap!!!!
Thank you for glazing the mr2!! I remember mine didn't run for 20 years and the guy wanted 5k if it was running. I got it for $2800 and got it running in just a couple days!
S110 silvia/200sx, S12 silvia/200sx, RA63, RA64 and RA65 Celica, Infiniti M30, Volvo 240, Toyota Cressida, Z31 300zx, TE72 Corolla, Toyota Corona, Datsun 210, Mistubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest, Isuzu Impulse. These are all cars available in the US that you can find for under 5k that are rwd and can drift pretty well. Aftermarket will lack for some of them but that comes with the territory of being so old and obscure
A built auto can handle the power and stay in the boost more. A lot of Supra guys run the A340 or convert to either DCT or the ZF8 if they decide not to go manual. A few of them even go with a powerglide but that’s only for drag setups
1. 15k+ where I live 2. 15k+ where I live 3. Yeah, actually very nice car at a solid price where I'm at. 4. I wouldn't be caught alive or dead in a G35 5. 20k+ where I live 6. Solid choice, agree with 7. Solid choice but slowly rising up in price 8. Hey how about we don't advertise this car? Y'know keep the prices low? 9. Lowest I've seen where I'm at is 12k+ for a shell 10. 15k+ where I live
I bought a Mk2 Celica Supra for $1500 years ago, rats nested and abandoned for a decade but I brought it back to life with basic cleaning, gaskets, belts, and tons of wiring fixes. They're still cheap if you get something like mine and are a great chassis for any kind of longitudinal swap. Less than $5k in and I've got 2 is300 2jz's in my shed waiting for na-t and to be swapped.
just bought a 85 celica gt-s which is 6 inches shorter than the supra although i got it for 7800 and the thing is a time capsule with all the service records from the first owner who bought it in Colorado. it just needs a paint job and motor has 83k miles on it. i plan on 1uz swapping it currently buying the everything I need to get suspension to be sharper and more agile, than ill start looking for the engine.
I put 2 people and $250 (pre 2020 cost) of groceries in a mk3 mr2. Behind the seats cubby works fine, frunk works fine, platform behind the headrest works fine.
@@hakosan86 the really big stuff I just put in the seat and let the top down :) You're right though, but people don't buy them for trunk space. The first gen probably barely out spaces the 3rd gen.
@@PhonePhone-sf8te I disagree, I've looked through MR-S and in comparison on space it is massively left behind. In the frunk, there's about half the space of and aw11. The trunk is larger than the frunk in the aw, and theres still space behind the seats. The total space of the spyder is about equal to the frunk and space behind the seats of an aw11. The aw11 ends out at around 33% to 50% more space than the spyders.
@@PhonePhone-sf8te you've missed my point, the small frunk and large space behhind the seats of a spyder are about equal to the large frunk and small space behind the seats of an aw11. So the aw11 has the entire trunk of space more than the spyder.
Bought a 92 sc400 black with tan interior for 3k, running and driving, working ac, already on tien coils and wheels. For a cheap drift platform the Lexus SC is a steal right now. The infamous A80 Supra was designed off of these cars and they come with either a 2jz or a 1uz both fantastic platforms for reliable drift cars to get seat time in and beat. I also bought and still own a 99 sc300 silver with black interior in beautiful shape for 5500$. Sure it has some small blemishes but the car gets thumbs up from old Porsche drivers and Ferrari drivers, for $5500 you have to love it. It’s as reliable as a Camry, I daily drive it, and it handles like a mk4 Supra once you do suspension and wheels. Even with the 99 automatic transmissions you can daily drive it comfy as can be, and still downshift it and slide it anywhere anytime
Oh the times have changed. Back in '95, a friend had a S12 and I had the '95 200SX (non SE-R, fwd crap). The friend w/ the S12 gawked over my '95 since it was "newer". We were young and stupid.
Note on the MR2 Spyder, the 2000-2002 are a lot cheaper than the 2003-2005 cars. These are the ones you'll find for 5k. A lot of the "facelift" cars are starting at like 10k
Man... I had a 86' 200sx back in 89/90 exactly like one you found for sell...thing was not fast but was fun to drive. I've totally forgotten about that car but now I want one again.
The aw11 is my favourite car of all time, im really glad it made it onto this list because not many people talk about it! If I remember correctly toyota wanted the mr2 to be a luxury car but then changed it to be a sports car! Also finaly someone gave the s12 some much needed love
i own an is300 (toyota altezza), i was able to get a turbo kit from a scrapped is300, and it makes roughly about 480. the only downside is that its automatic, but since its the 5 speed (instead of the 4 speed AWD variant) its able to be used in triptronic. i have one of the shifter buttons on the steering wheel linked to a 2-step, just hold it down, ramp up the turbo and let go.
I managed to get a 1973 Chevy Nova for 2800 bucks in running condition with a 400ci SBC, a TH350, and a 10 bolt rear. You can get all kind of gems if you put in the work Moral of the story, you can even get good ol muscle cars as the people that owned them are passing on now, and their kids/grandkids are inheriting them and not knowing/caring what they are and flipping them on marketplace. Also, I could fit a full queensize bed in the back with the rear seats folded down.
Yes, it is a carb car. I have a carb cheater from Thunderhead289 and Ive welded the rear end, put on leaf spring stiffeners and converted the front to coils, motor runs happily NA for now, with plans of doing old school blow through carb turbo'd. Currently sitting happy at 430 wheel.
As a Z31 owner, these are great cars, the VG30 is a solid engine, the 71C (NA spec) is the S13/S14 5 speed. They also come in turbo and the 87-89 turbos have a 30A 5-speed (used in Z32’s and GTR’s, yes, bad MF) and a CLSD. Buy a cheap Turbo Z31, boost controller, BOV, intercooler, and you have a very fun car
Had an 1984 S12 with the CA20E in high school in 1988/89 and it was the first car I broke 100mph driving. It was my dad’s car and he gave it to me to use while he drove a used Sentra. I would race my friend who had an 1989 Prelude Si 4WS everywhere in that car. Unfortunately, some idiot without insurance T-boned the car while driving across an intersection in 1990 while I visited home from college for the summer. To this day I have been looking for another but all I see are ones that have been trashed and had the diff welded, I’d like one with the CA or the 1.8 Turbo.
i can find 2008-2014 Miata's all day in wa state for about 5-7k. cool cars just low hp for slides also love that over half the car edits your showing is local wa folks ive met at spirit peaks in wa
another option is a lotus 7 replica, you can build a lotus 7 replica for like 3-10k and driving one will probably be way more fun than most sub 10k cars, but you need a garage, a lot of books, a lot of tools, and a lot of time
Awesome vid but please do more vids like this for other types of RWD cars like euro spec. There's many dope cars out there like the miata's cousin the porsche 924/944 that you can still find for around $5k
same as the is300 but should have mentioned altezza's. i got mine for cheap has the 3sge beams motor and a 6 speed manual, fantastic car. better powertrain than the is300 if you ask me and far more common to find with a manual trans.
I daily drove my Mrs when my girlfriends car when is the shop. This was also when I was carpooling with my brother because we lived and worked together. I could fight our lunch’s, two gym bags, some tools, and a passenger in my car and had a little bit of room left. The space is bad but it’s not as bad as some say
The Nissan Sentra/200sx SER’s from 1991-1999 came with SR20 DE’s Also the 01 Sentra SE’s came with the SR20DE RR and lastly the lnfiniti G20s aka Nissan Primera came with SR20DE’s as well
There is a turbo SW20 hardtop near me for 5k doesn't run and has major rust in the rockers it's honestly not a bad deal in today's world if you can do the work yourself
I got a 1999 nb Miata 5 speed 10th anniversary 144000 miles with one owner for $2700. He was an old dude who drove it to work out of town for 20 years. No postings on the internet I just found it on the side of the road. Just saying if you look hard enough you can find a steal.
Them bimmer boys are thriving. (Iam the bimmer boy). On a serious note, you can find the 1990s and Early 2K BMWs for very cheap. Mines is 323i for $2000
You need to make a video about potential cheap engine swaps. Like for example Nissan Bluebird with ca18det, mazda 929 with 13B, ke70 with 4age. "Cheap" and "easy" engine swaps that will make a boring daily commuter into a cheap drift track car. Thats about the last cheap way to drift or race a 80s or 90s classic japanese car under 5k these days. If you know what you are doing here you cab do it reeeaally cheap
Z31 can be reliable some are cheap but prices are sky rocketing. Mines never let me down. Its not going to do what a normal sports coupe does it cant drift or handle all that well without a ton of mods. I love mine
the thing with cars that have mismatched fenders. that "5 grand" is a hidden sucker cost. That sw20 you posted was smacked pretty good in an accident and if you remove those fenders and bumpers you may find all kinds of compromised chassis under there, the car might not run straight - not something you want with an eventual lots of power when you "Build up" to the dream from the project. Any time you buy a crashed car, you also have to deal with rust hidden deep inside the hollow cavities of the frame that you cannot see until they are basketball sized bubbles of flaked metal. Something to consider. Your page seems to be on the ven-diagram of mid 20 something, more enlightened (read: semi-enlightened) but not quite there yet to see that the magical "5 grand car" can simply never be; they are all contingent on the idea of "becoming" your dream car for cheaper and that is never the case. and I mean never.
everyone forgets about the rx8 😭 bought mine for $3k, original unopened Renesis, and she’s still kicking. Fun Mid-front engines rwd car that comes with a limited slip (6 speed only option), and able to rev to 9500rpm. I beat the snot out of mine and daily it. You can find clean body RX8’s for around that $3-4k range, you just have to know what to look for when buying a rotary car
Many ppl tend to stay away from it because of the bad reputation it has of being unreliable, but again if you wanna use it for fun or project then sure but as a daily better have a second car.
Honestly here in Canada I have only ever seen an S12 once and never even seen one for sale, they are incredibly rare. Also every car under 5k is gonna be rusted out here haha
They were marketed as luxury cars (which makes sense as they were sold under Toyota’s luxury marque Lexus). The vast majority of people who buy a luxury car don’t want to and/or cannot be bothered to drive a manual. Luxury cars are about convenience and relaxation without having to lift more than one finger or foot at a time. If it’s not as comfortable as the couch they have in their living room, they won’t buy one.
Great video but you need to do more research. The g35 does not have the HR at all unless you get the sedan variant as a 2007 or newer. The coupe only comes DE.
At least in Oregon MR2s are INSANELY expensive. I think a MUCH better choice is the 7th gen Celica. I went with a 141K mile GT-S personally and you get the 2ZZ. Yeah it was a lot more than this, but still with upgrades, it's been pretty amazing and very practical as a daily. IS300 prices are also insane, even for crap. I feel like I made the right choice. Also I have an 88's Supra so don't even listen to me about value lol, but out of everything on this list, it's the most luxury and plush and if you look around, they aren't crazy expensive.
The idea is to not get a suped up car but to get the chassis you want and let the upgrade be down the road, enjoying a stock car is an amazing experience too
Definitely agree!
if it's that why eliminate german brands like beamer and merc by saying only japanese, cars from these brands are good for drift and rally and cost like 2k$
Facts. I just bought a bone stock s13 with an auto transmission and ong I'm excited to spend a life making it my own.
@@Galaxie_ivydamn nice. It's my dream car and I want one too but live in Canada so its hard to find and really expensive
@ChicaneMedia yea for sure. Idk how i got one in the condition it's in for so cheap. Near perfect but it was $7500 USD all because of a salvage title.
s12 finally getting some love finally
Is the silvia s12 a good first car for college?
Yes and no. Parts are hard to fine. But I love this car
Yes and No. As a broke colllege student this car was so much fun. But as soon something was wrong with it. It became an adventure to find parts for it. And can’t always have time and money to deal with it as a college student
@@unzap7354 yo I used to watch your videos, but I would say if you can find a relatively clean one that has its maintenance kept up, then yea it could be a fun daily
@@unzap7354 hell yeah
Spoiler, in europe most of these cars cost 10/15k
if you arent a japan obsessed weeb who HAS to get a AYAYAYAYA car, you have a whole other market of euro cars to buy, for probably way less...
I searched for 3-4 cars and found for every single of at least on under 5k€
@@fab9207 yea but the euro market has slow unreliable cars for 5k USD
@@fab9207 you don't have to be a weeb to like japanese cars are you braindead? JDM is awesome
In the UK MR2 Spyders regularly go below 3k, 5k will get you a pretty decent one.
in my late teens and early 20s i had 7 240s, 1 aw11 MR2, a FB rx7, GC8 impreza, a forester, mk3 supra, a 300zx, and several others, ALL RUNNING most of them at the same time!
while working 4 days a week at gamestop, most i paid was $1500 for the supra
what happened to our world
I wanted to work at gamestop when I was a kid. Seems like you had the life I wanted :/
I'm getting a time machine cause that ain't fair man😭, I'm working my ass off and the world only shows crap Miatas and crappy abused cars, the economy has genuinely been ruined for my 20s😞
@@gameadventures1feel ya man
your generation and the one before it, happened to the world :)
@@tank-eleven yhh but at least cool cars were actually affordable for normal working folk back then
You can get some cheap rx8s if you are willing to invest some time and a couple hundred dollars in coolant seals and other misc stuff. People love to shit on rotary reliability, but it is honestly not that bad of a job to repair them and often pretty cheap to do aswell. This means you can get a pretty cheap rx8 project car and fix it in a week relatively cheaply if you did your research. It is a very fun car.
hello brother how are you? i wanna ask you where i can find this type of cars.You know i am from Azerbaijan but it doesnt have really good car culture.that s why i am searching for them from other countrys.thank you
ok but the MPG
@@verticalflyingb737if it's a project car then mpg is the last priority
@@swaefr but my wallet :(
@@verticalflyingb737 if you're planning on using it as a project car & you already got another car then you could daily use the other car then say on a weekend put close to a full tank in the project car & just enjoy that weekend. If you're planning on using it as a daily car I wouldn't get it, especially if you plan to tune it to get the highest performance out of it at that point you'd rather daily a car that was built for the performance you want.
Owning an S12 for 3 years and my GFs dad just bought an MRS for us to work on ;)
Nice man!
Sounds like a future Father-in-Law 😂
That’s pretty dope, he got a car for BOTH of you to work on together.
@@leo-ub6nb Sure hope so, picking up a second MRS this Sunday, been standing for 10 years and we want to make it driveable again :)
My buddy recently bought a two owner 91 Sentra SER for 6 grand. Nice little car but it spins the wrong tires. Funny thing is the interior pieces are much better quality than the 2000s Sentra. No broken pieces or cracking hard plastic. And it's got an SR20.
Those are definitely underrated and better built. When they got bought out that’s when they went down hill in quality.
Words cannot express how much I adore that intro. Every single description of the car got me.
Putting the s12 in the thumbnail hell yea!!
You know it! One of the most underrated cars!
Got my MRS this summer for 5500 euros. The car was mint with only 119.500 kms (75k miles) on the clock. Not rolled back since I verified it with some really reliable methods. All it needed was 2 o2 sensors, floor mats and some gaskets since it still had the oems that where leaking due to the many years. (I'm a Toyota mechanic so I do all myself). The car also was already equipped with trd front strut brace, trd front underside brace, trd header, trd muffler and tailpipe (1 unit), trd free flow air filter, trd inlet pipe, trd short shifter, TTE lowering springs and the JDM badging all around. I also got all the stock parts as well. I use it as a daily driver (only vehicle I own, yes I'm committed) and it's doable and totally worth it. I think I struck a great deal. So they are out there boys, get them while still cheap!!!!
Thank you for glazing the mr2!! I remember mine didn't run for 20 years and the guy wanted 5k if it was running. I got it for $2800 and got it running in just a couple days!
Really good video quality especially with thumbnail, keep up the good work
@@duck5302 thanks man I’m really trying to make the highest quality content and up my game
S110 silvia/200sx, S12 silvia/200sx, RA63, RA64 and RA65 Celica, Infiniti M30, Volvo 240, Toyota Cressida, Z31 300zx, TE72 Corolla, Toyota Corona, Datsun 210, Mistubishi Starion/Dodge Conquest, Isuzu Impulse. These are all cars available in the US that you can find for under 5k that are rwd and can drift pretty well. Aftermarket will lack for some of them but that comes with the territory of being so old and obscure
You can get an IS300 for under 5k, but it’ll have an automatic trans - manuals were pretty rare and are expensive now :(
Yep manuals are double the price as autos :/
A built auto can handle the power and stay in the boost more. A lot of Supra guys run the A340 or convert to either DCT or the ZF8 if they decide not to go manual. A few of them even go with a powerglide but that’s only for drag setups
The manual ones aren't horribly priced compared to other cars in it's class. I considered buying one for 13k however my city has atrocious roads.
1. 15k+ where I live
2. 15k+ where I live
3. Yeah, actually very nice car at a solid price where I'm at.
4. I wouldn't be caught alive or dead in a G35
5. 20k+ where I live
6. Solid choice, agree with
7. Solid choice but slowly rising up in price
8. Hey how about we don't advertise this car? Y'know keep the prices low?
9. Lowest I've seen where I'm at is 12k+ for a shell
10. 15k+ where I live
I bought a Mk2 Celica Supra for $1500 years ago, rats nested and abandoned for a decade but I brought it back to life with basic cleaning, gaskets, belts, and tons of wiring fixes. They're still cheap if you get something like mine and are a great chassis for any kind of longitudinal swap. Less than $5k in and I've got 2 is300 2jz's in my shed waiting for na-t and to be swapped.
Nice man the mk2 celica supra will definitely be in part 2! Great car
just bought a 85 celica gt-s which is 6 inches shorter than the supra although i got it for 7800 and the thing is a time capsule with all the service records from the first owner who bought it in Colorado. it just needs a paint job and motor has 83k miles on it. i plan on 1uz swapping it currently buying the everything I need to get suspension to be sharper and more agile, than ill start looking for the engine.
Just picked up a Mk3 Supra for $1200 def needs some work but runs and drives well for its price.
@@Sugmanoots I just got one for 1800. He was asking 1500 and I gave him a bit extra just for good faith
@@smoothboye4203 Yea im just in the middle of transferring the title gotta do the bill of sale and stuff.
I'd say if you are SUPER committed look outside of your state when you look for cars that are in this list
I totally agree! Gotta expand your search if you wanna get the best deal
I put 2 people and $250 (pre 2020 cost) of groceries in a mk3 mr2. Behind the seats cubby works fine, frunk works fine, platform behind the headrest works fine.
Yeah there is usable storage but it’s inconvenient to get to rather that a normal trunk
@@hakosan86 the really big stuff I just put in the seat and let the top down :) You're right though, but people don't buy them for trunk space. The first gen probably barely out spaces the 3rd gen.
@@PhonePhone-sf8te I disagree, I've looked through MR-S and in comparison on space it is massively left behind. In the frunk, there's about half the space of and aw11. The trunk is larger than the frunk in the aw, and theres still space behind the seats. The total space of the spyder is about equal to the frunk and space behind the seats of an aw11. The aw11 ends out at around 33% to 50% more space than the spyders.
@@sparkster_6087 behind the seats in the aw11 seems like barely enough space to fit an amp to me.
@@PhonePhone-sf8te you've missed my point, the small frunk and large space behhind the seats of a spyder are about equal to the large frunk and small space behind the seats of an aw11. So the aw11 has the entire trunk of space more than the spyder.
Bought a 92 sc400 black with tan interior for 3k, running and driving, working ac, already on tien coils and wheels. For a cheap drift platform the Lexus SC is a steal right now. The infamous A80 Supra was designed off of these cars and they come with either a 2jz or a 1uz both fantastic platforms for reliable drift cars to get seat time in and beat.
I also bought and still own a 99 sc300 silver with black interior in beautiful shape for 5500$. Sure it has some small blemishes but the car gets thumbs up from old Porsche drivers and Ferrari drivers, for $5500 you have to love it. It’s as reliable as a Camry, I daily drive it, and it handles like a mk4 Supra once you do suspension and wheels. Even with the 99 automatic transmissions you can daily drive it comfy as can be, and still downshift it and slide it anywhere anytime
To everyone who says "finally is getting some love" no it isn't. it's getting an unaffordable price in 2 weeks so nothing to be happy about
That’s what I’m saying
Hell yeah bro love your channel
Thanks bro! Really appreciate your support!
IS300 AND IS 350 are gold. 💯
please gatekeep z31 i have been saving up for one dont want the prices to skyrocket 🙏🙏🙏
I think they will stay cheap for a little while longer with this terrible economy so you got time
Fr, need a $5k vg30et
To late old dudes want 15k for a auto n/a car. In the last year prices are already rediculous
we should start spreading rumors of how unreliable they are to keep prices down
Oh the times have changed. Back in '95, a friend had a S12 and I had the '95 200SX (non SE-R, fwd crap). The friend w/ the S12 gawked over my '95 since it was "newer". We were young and stupid.
I absolutely love my gs400! Got it for 2500!
THANK YOU FOR GIVING SOME LOVE TO THE NB
you know your stuff finally a good list
Thanks bro!
Note on the MR2 Spyder, the 2000-2002 are a lot cheaper than the 2003-2005 cars. These are the ones you'll find for 5k. A lot of the "facelift" cars are starting at like 10k
nah that harris clip at 35, right after "IM BROKE MAN" is almost..... too perfect lmao
Man... I had a 86' 200sx back in 89/90 exactly like one you found for sell...thing was not fast but was fun to drive. I've totally forgotten about that car but now I want one again.
Good list I remember some of these & liking them but a lot of people didn't and now they are classics😂😂
Is300 love. One of the most underrated cars ever imo
i got my sw20 for 5k 2 years ago best purchase of my life so far i love it
Nice video keep un the good work
The aw11 is my favourite car of all time, im really glad it made it onto this list because not many people talk about it! If I remember correctly toyota wanted the mr2 to be a luxury car but then changed it to be a sports car! Also finaly someone gave the s12 some much needed love
It’s one of mine too! Thanks for watching!
we increasing prices with this one 🔥🔥🔥
😂😂😂
Liked just because he mentioned the spyder
i own an is300 (toyota altezza), i was able to get a turbo kit from a scrapped is300, and it makes roughly about 480. the only downside is that its automatic, but since its the 5 speed (instead of the 4 speed AWD variant) its able to be used in triptronic. i have one of the shifter buttons on the steering wheel linked to a 2-step, just hold it down, ramp up the turbo and let go.
I managed to get a 1973 Chevy Nova for 2800 bucks in running condition with a 400ci SBC, a TH350, and a 10 bolt rear. You can get all kind of gems if you put in the work
Moral of the story, you can even get good ol muscle cars as the people that owned them are passing on now, and their kids/grandkids are inheriting them and not knowing/caring what they are and flipping them on marketplace.
Also, I could fit a full queensize bed in the back with the rear seats folded down.
Yes, it is a carb car. I have a carb cheater from Thunderhead289 and Ive welded the rear end, put on leaf spring stiffeners and converted the front to coils, motor runs happily NA for now, with plans of doing old school blow through carb turbo'd. Currently sitting happy at 430 wheel.
was that mr2 up at Berryessa? cali in the house
i have a spyder super fun , you can also turbo the 1zz if you don't want to engine swap
As a Z31 owner, these are great cars, the VG30 is a solid engine, the 71C (NA spec) is the S13/S14 5 speed.
They also come in turbo and the 87-89 turbos have a 30A 5-speed (used in Z32’s and GTR’s, yes, bad MF) and a CLSD.
Buy a cheap Turbo Z31, boost controller, BOV, intercooler, and you have a very fun car
Then people laugh at a $5000 civic thats is in half-decent condition. Years later said civics are gapping hellcats.
Some civics definitely would be on this list if they were RWD
@@hakosan86 they would be one of the most sought after jdm cars if they were rwd
Yeah with a motor swap. Definitely not gapping a hellcat stock... 😂
With 100k in mods 😂😂😂
@@jesusm7754 you could gap a hellcat with 30/40k into a civic lol even less if you cut corners
Had an 1984 S12 with the CA20E in high school in 1988/89 and it was the first car I broke 100mph driving. It was my dad’s car and he gave it to me to use while he drove a used Sentra. I would race my friend who had an 1989 Prelude Si 4WS everywhere in that car. Unfortunately, some idiot without insurance T-boned the car while driving across an intersection in 1990 while I visited home from college for the summer. To this day I have been looking for another but all I see are ones that have been trashed and had the diff welded, I’d like one with the CA or the 1.8 Turbo.
I was looking at that Miata today. Came up on my marketplace search
i can find 2008-2014 Miata's all day in wa state for about 5-7k. cool cars just low hp for slides also love that over half the car edits your showing is local wa folks ive met at spirit peaks in wa
That Kamala brain fog meme was FIRE.
Nice vid. Very funny. Any more recommendations for performance sedans?
I could definitely make a video on the best performance sedans out there! I’ll put that on the list
Good list in the BMW world A E39 chassis 528/545 6 banger w a 5 speed or the 540i w a 6 speed manual. The key is Maintenance on any older car you buy.
The miata description is spot on 😂
another option is a lotus 7 replica, you can build a lotus 7 replica for like 3-10k and driving one will probably be way more fun than most sub 10k cars, but you need a garage, a lot of books, a lot of tools, and a lot of time
Finally Mr2 getting shown some love I just wish I could afford one right now😢
How far away are you from affording one?
Awesome vid but please do more vids like this for other types of RWD cars like euro spec. There's many dope cars out there like the miata's cousin the porsche 924/944 that you can still find for around $5k
I definitely will! Thanks for the suggestion
same as the is300 but should have mentioned altezza's. i got mine for cheap has the 3sge beams motor and a 6 speed manual, fantastic car. better powertrain than the is300 if you ask me and far more common to find with a manual trans.
I daily drove my Mrs when my girlfriends car when is the shop. This was also when I was carpooling with my brother because we lived and worked together. I could fight our lunch’s, two gym bags, some tools, and a passenger in my car and had a little bit of room left. The space is bad but it’s not as bad as some say
Yeah i definitely agree. The storage space is just not as easy to get to as opening a trunk
And thanks to this video they went up above 5k ........... Thanks a lot
Also the older sw20s got that snap oversteer.
True true
Usually down to user error
the MR2 was my buddy’s grandpa’s. he offered it to me for 4k before listing it on marketplace but I couldn’t afford it 😭
The Nissan Sentra/200sx SER’s from 1991-1999 came with SR20 DE’s Also the 01 Sentra SE’s came with the SR20DE RR and lastly the lnfiniti G20s aka Nissan Primera came with SR20DE’s as well
hey good lookin on the lexus!!!! thats game recognize game on that one my boy!!! im gonna get one!!! thanks
No problem! Thanks for watching!
I'd add the mk2 celica supra, or the ra60 celica to the list. Both fantastic under appreciated cars, that can be had for bargains.
There is a turbo SW20 hardtop near me for 5k doesn't run and has major rust in the rockers it's honestly not a bad deal in today's world if you can do the work yourself
I got a 1999 nb Miata 5 speed 10th anniversary 144000 miles with one owner for $2700. He was an old dude who drove it to work out of town for 20 years. No postings on the internet I just found it on the side of the road. Just saying if you look hard enough you can find a steal.
Totally agree
I owned a 1987 s12 notchback in 1998. I regret selling that car to this day. I wish i could find one.
Them bimmer boys are thriving. (Iam the bimmer boy). On a serious note, you can find the 1990s and Early 2K BMWs for very cheap. Mines is 323i for $2000
Is there a pretty straightforward engine swap for an S12?
“Jaden broke” 😂😂 you get a like just for that
You need to make a video about potential cheap engine swaps. Like for example Nissan Bluebird with ca18det, mazda 929 with 13B, ke70 with 4age. "Cheap" and "easy" engine swaps that will make a boring daily commuter into a cheap drift track car. Thats about the last cheap way to drift or race a 80s or 90s classic japanese car under 5k these days. If you know what you are doing here you cab do it reeeaally cheap
what do you think of ke70 4age swap?
If you put all kinds of bumpers on it how do you drive it in the city? I mean any car from this collection
Z31 can be reliable some are cheap but prices are sky rocketing. Mines never let me down. Its not going to do what a normal sports coupe does it cant drift or handle all that well without a ton of mods. I love mine
the thing with cars that have mismatched fenders. that "5 grand" is a hidden sucker cost. That sw20 you posted was smacked pretty good in an accident and if you remove those fenders and bumpers you may find all kinds of compromised chassis under there, the car might not run straight - not something you want with an eventual lots of power when you "Build up" to the dream from the project. Any time you buy a crashed car, you also have to deal with rust hidden deep inside the hollow cavities of the frame that you cannot see until they are basketball sized bubbles of flaked metal. Something to consider. Your page seems to be on the ven-diagram of mid 20 something, more enlightened (read: semi-enlightened) but not quite there yet to see that the magical "5 grand car" can simply never be; they are all contingent on the idea of "becoming" your dream car for cheaper and that is never the case. and I mean never.
I have a Z31 300zx and I love it, I just hope the car doesn’t go up too much in value😭
Did you call the 300zx a Chevrolet ?
How much would insurance be on the is300 be for a sixteen year old in Florida
MR2 my beloved
theres a clean mr2 spyder by me for 4k on FB, its got damn near 200k on the engine but still
3:25 you found the mf with the dream, im here
ALL THREE MODELS OF MR2 MENTIONED RAHHHHHHH I LOVE TOYOTA‼‼‼🗣🗣🗣🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥
everyone forgets about the rx8 😭 bought mine for $3k, original unopened Renesis, and she’s still kicking. Fun Mid-front engines rwd car that comes with a limited slip (6 speed only option), and able to rev to 9500rpm. I beat the snot out of mine and daily it. You can find clean body RX8’s for around that $3-4k range, you just have to know what to look for when buying a rotary car
Many ppl tend to stay away from it because of the bad reputation it has of being unreliable, but again if you wanna use it for fun or project then sure but as a daily better have a second car.
My Z31 300ZX was extremely reliable it had over 400k miles on it I daily drove it for 2 years and took it to 135mph
Damn man. Seemed like a great car. Still have it?
is a mitsubishi vr4 galant a good investment? (listed for 1,400 usd)
Honestly here in Canada I have only ever seen an S12 once and never even seen one for sale, they are incredibly rare. Also every car under 5k is gonna be rusted out here haha
Main issue with the IS300 is 90% of them are autotragic and the manual ones swapped or factory you can almost never find under 5k.
They were marketed as luxury cars (which makes sense as they were sold under Toyota’s luxury marque Lexus). The vast majority of people who buy a luxury car don’t want to and/or cannot be bothered to drive a manual. Luxury cars are about convenience and relaxation without having to lift more than one finger or foot at a time. If it’s not as comfortable as the couch they have in their living room, they won’t buy one.
I've never in my life seen an mr2 under 10k. I might move to the us at this point
why didnt the sc400 make the list?
Best list
yo the guys selling the 200sx is still selling that thing on facebook
Great video but you need to do more research. The g35 does not have the HR at all unless you get the sedan variant as a 2007 or newer. The coupe only comes DE.
Honda legend comes with night vision screen
0:33 damn bro you got the pre-order for living in 2025 already? 👀 (prob not that exiting tho tbh lol)
At least in Oregon MR2s are INSANELY expensive. I think a MUCH better choice is the 7th gen Celica. I went with a 141K mile GT-S personally and you get the 2ZZ. Yeah it was a lot more than this, but still with upgrades, it's been pretty amazing and very practical as a daily. IS300 prices are also insane, even for crap. I feel like I made the right choice.
Also I have an 88's Supra so don't even listen to me about value lol, but out of everything on this list, it's the most luxury and plush and if you look around, they aren't crazy expensive.
i saw s12 and just clicked
Thanks for watching!
Do another video on another 10 cars for a daily under 5k :)
0:43 got me to SUB
the MR2 & MRS are all above 8k you just found exceptions
U just got look dude. Took 3 min to find those.
How come no AE86 😅 I pick both of my up for under 3K
You forgot to mention all of the rust repair you'll get to learn buying a $4k sw20😂
the big one for me is a Lexus cost 1.5k to 2.5k that's tagged or close enough and isn't in bad condition
You guys missed the R34 skyline GTT. They're still around $5,000.
Where do you live because here in Florida they are way more than 5k?
@hakosan86 Trolling. Got mine for 35 this may
@@professorsecret4960 i was about to say😂😂