Best car for under 5,500?

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Originally posted by Racing Rice
Id have to say a first gen eclipse\talon\laser would be what your looking for. Look for an AWD Turbo, it will be right in your price range.

A stock 240 and the celica GT dont impress me all that much. The 240 is nice with a swap, but swaps can get a little pricey sometimes. It may put you over your limit.

Or like what was mentioned earlier, get a bike.. Or maybe a older 5.0.

Exactly. Unless that Celica is an ST4 (good luck finding one), then its slow. Same with the 240sx's. You need swaps to make them fast.
1st gen turbo DSM's are the way to go. You may be able to pick up a 95-96 turbo DSM(not a GSX or TSi AWD though) for that much.
5.0's are a good bang for the buck too.

Originally posted by nonovurbizniz
as for 1st gen talon/eclipse/lasers... they should be priced more like 1-3k... if you spend 5.5k on a 1st gen it better be gold plated.

The 1st & 2nd gens hold resale fairly well. Not to mention they have great potential.