I am looking to tap the collective testosterone and greasy split knuckles of this site to help me decide what my next whip should be.

I'm not replacing my 05 xB, it will remain the family mpg-mobile, and my 06 Pilot stays as well. I'm looking for something fun, something with an oem turbo system.

I used to have a civic as my fun car, then an integra gs-r, so you get the idea of where I'm looking. I've been eyeing an older (2002ish) golf gti but just want to hear a general yelling out of cars you would buy...

Requirements:
factory turbo
2door or 4door
mpg better than a pilot
under 10g (way under = more $$ for play/mods)

so...what ya got?!

 

a 87 grand national!!! Far from a VW but o well.lmao

 

2003 or earlier wrx, fc rx7 turbo, 2nd gen eclipse gst, 3rd gen toyota supra, 2nd gen mr2..those are the ones I could think of off the top of my head

 

Not like you are leaned towards that rx7

Aren't those earlier wrx's the ones with the 'glass' transmissions?

 

turbo mr2

 

yeah I believe 02-03 have crappy transmissions then agian the MR2 had synchro ring problems...eclipse couldn't handle a lot of extra power..and the rx7 well...is an rx7 lol

 

^^^ pretty much why I want to go with an older model turbo, you have an idea of the faults of the platform before you jump on a new release... aaand it is just cheaper to have an OEM turbo system, then upgrade it, instead of adding a turbo system to a N/A platform.

Sadly it keeps looking like my best bet would be to rock a Mk4 and just add an intake and chip the sucker. but that is so boring...

 

SRT-4's are nice little cars. A bud of mine bought one and had it for a while before he got the new evo x.

 

I wouldn't trust a used srt4 as far as I could throw it.

 

^^Thats what I thought too. But his ran fine only thing that was bad about it was that it was leaking a couple drops of oil but he got that fixed. He put 50k miles on it and traded it in with over 120k miles. He didn't get much for it but he had his fun with it.

 

Guy I worked with many years ago had an SRT-4, and after re-joining the same company I thought he had the same one. This is his 3rd, he keeps breaking them, so that is one I may very well avoid.

Plus we always gave him hell about driving a Neon. Even put a 14" sticker on the windshield that said "Hi" and he about broke someone's face.

 

Haha my friend atleast knew he drove a turbo'd neon lol.

You can get Audi A4, 300zxTT or VR4's...

 

a 2funky sx easy to work on rwd could drift!! no 4 door but could get a sr20 a preaty solid turbo motor for cheap and you can all ways find 240 parts every where.

 

^^He wants a car that comes factory turbocharged tho...
Don't forget Audi S4 and Porsche 944 Turbo

 

See, this is why I'm glad I posted here, some things I totally did not think about. Audi S4, the B5's are just beasts. Leather & Woodgrain? Damn. I'm almost sold on one right now.

Need to do some research on the downsides of those S4's but good grief....

 

Yeah make sure you do your homework on those older S4's. They are sick cars but weren't exactly known for reliability.

 

just wondering what did you end up with?