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Old Jul 22, 2002
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New car for Girlfriend....what to do?

She's got a 2k Cavalier, pays 291/month for 30months, then paid off....but its an awful lot for what she got...its the base sedan, no power accessories, just cd player and air....any suggestions on what to get AND how to pay?...also can someone help explain the refinance concept to me...i'd like to know more about it..
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HB civic girls look good in those
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she doesn't like hatches, she really wants a Jetta, or Integra of some kind...its rough cuz she knows that for 290/month she can have alot nicer car....but have payments for more years...i dont want her to put so much into a cavalier just to lose money in depreciation later..ya know?
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tell her to sell the cavi at a little loss..or trade it in as down/parment or something or other..
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we have a 4 door teg its nice the blue looks really good on it
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Ditch the Cavi, and go for somthing nice and imported. She wont regret it.
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how about tell her to get a 2001 + civic
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tell her to get civic ^_^
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can't go wrong with any honda/acura, car value when selling will be much higher than any other american car. Reliability of an import is also much better than most of the cars on the market of course considering the price range shes looking at
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If she is staying with the cavi, tell her to go to rksport.com
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Go with Corolla... be smart.

It's only the #1 rated economy car right now. Our Civics were last yera's champ... but the new Corolla is faster, more torque, better handling, better brakes, better ride, better construction, quieter, more comfortable and even more reliable. Not to mention better headlamps, more expensive interior, lower interest rates... yada yada yada.

Need I say more? I didn't think so.

But then again, you can't go wrong with a Civic either. It's a nice car to have, if she ever wants to soup it up. If souping up is her thing. Otherwise, I'd go with a Corolla.
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[hr]Originally posted by: 02CivicEX
If she is staying with the cavi, tell her to go to rksport.com[hr]
I agree with that, there's tons of stuff there that will take the everyday blah's outa a lot of new GM's(esp. Cavaliers[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] )

If you're looking for another car, though, do like everyone else said and go foreign. Toyota, Honda/Acura, or Nissan. You/she will not be let down there. VeeDub's are okay, just watch out for the mileage, for some reason ppl love to run up tons of miles on those. Most have crank windows and regular door locks, but strangely, almost all also have a power sunroof If you keep your eye out, you will ocassionally, however, find an awesome deal on one so don't count them out! My personal favorite is the 93-99 Golf, one of the most versatile cars on the road, but if your girl doesn't want a hatch, then the Jetta is still a marvelous choice

EDIT: O1Coupe has a good pointer though... If she can deal with a small sized sedan, the Corolla would def be the pic! Two things that I can def agree with is that they get unbeatable gas mileage for the engine size and they don't understand the meaning of the phrase "In the shop." He had other good points peticularly about the 2003+, but ALL Corolla's will get the job done with amazing quality backing them up. The Chevy/Geo name isn't usually associated with quality, but the Prizm is under the same deal as the Matrix/Vibe right now. SAME car, different styling and badging. Both the Matrix/Vibe and Corolla/Prizm are a joined operation between Toyota and GM. So keep an eye out for the Prizm too(you can probably get THIS car even cheaper than the Corolla simply because of the name, but trust me, they ARE the exact same car[IMG]i/expressions/face-icon-small-wink.gif[/IMG] )
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girls with red civic coupes look hot!
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