# Help me find the perfect car please! **URL:** \ **Category:** General Discussion\ **Tags:** used\ **Created:** [March 15, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659 "2011-03-15T23:52:53Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:52pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/1 "2011-03-15T23:52:53Z")
I have been looking at Cars for months trying to pick one but there are sooo many. Please help me find the right one. I need: 1.Front wheel, four wheel, or all wheel drive 2. Used or New 2003-2011 3. A relatively inexpensive car that I could buy used for under 15,000 4. Sedan, Coupe, or 3-door 5. automatic 6. MPG above 18 7. Cool/sporty looking (im 20 years old) Some cars that I have looked at and like are 2004-2009 Mazda 3 sedans, 2007-present Mitsubishi Lancer, Scion tC, and Kia Forte Coupe. My dream car is a 2005-2009 Ford Mustang… but they are rear wheel drive ☹ ---
**Author:** ![Goldwing](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e68b1a/32.png) [@Goldwing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Goldwing)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:57pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/2 "2011-03-15T23:57:10Z")
What’s wrong with rear wheel drive? Get a Mustang. If you live where there’s snow & ice have some real winter snow tires mounted on separate rims. ---
**Author:** ![twotone](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@twotone](https://community.cartalk.com/u/twotone)\ **Post date:** [March 15, 2011, 11:59pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/3 "2011-03-15T23:59:06Z")
No such thing as a “perfect car.” I’d get the Mustang because it IS RWD – more fun than FWD or AWD. How about a Miata? Your suggestions are OK, but boring. Want boring – get a Hyundai Sonata. ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:00am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/4 "2011-03-16T00:00:45Z")
I’m a girl and my parents are paying for my car… thats whats wrong with rear wheel drive O;) ---
**Author:** ![texases](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/texases/32/862_2.png) [@texases](https://community.cartalk.com/u/texases)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:07am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/5 "2011-03-16T00:07:37Z")
The tC would be good. Wait a few years and buy yourself that Mustang, they’re much better starting in 2011 (new engines). A Mazda 3 5-door hatchback would be fun and versitile. I’d skip the Lancer, Mitsubishi is a small player in our market. ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/6 "2011-03-16T00:41:15Z")
Miatas are too… curvy. I like sharp edges better. And your right, Hyundai Sonatas are horrid. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:41am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/7 "2011-03-16T00:41:55Z")
Civic Si. ---
**Author:** ![bscar](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bscar/32/34_2.png) [@bscar](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bscar)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 12:57am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/8 "2011-03-16T00:57:45Z")
Not to mention insurance. A Mustang for ANY 20 year old will kill you on insurance alone. You could get a brand new Fiesta or Mazda 2 for $15k ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/9 "2011-03-16T01:02:21Z")
They are so plain. I don?t think a cool looking FWD car exists. ☹ ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:15am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/10 "2011-03-16T01:15:48Z")
True ☹ . I?ve looked at Fiestas and Mazda 2s and they seem lame. I don?t really like 3-doors like Fiestas, Mazda 2s, and Mazda 3 hatchbacks. For 3-doors I was thinking more like the Scion tC?s. I guess I?m just too picky. ---
**Author:** ![mark9207](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/71c47a/32.png) [@mark9207](https://community.cartalk.com/u/mark9207)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 2:25am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/11 "2011-03-16T02:25:17Z")
The Mazda 3 is a very nice little car, and will entertain you with its driving experience. It’s one of the more entertaining small FWD cars to drive. I have little experience with Scion outside of seeing them in parking lots, but they are a division of Toyota that is marketed specifically towards your demographic. They are pretty cool looking cars, and share many of the same parts as the smaller Toyotas. The Scion I have the most experience with was the early xB, which shares a lot of parts with the Toyota Echo. I imagine Toyota kept this pattern up with later Scions, which makes them cheap and easy to fix. Either the Mazda or the Scion will be a good, cool looking car for you. Wait a few years and you can get your Mustang, when your insurance premiums are lower. I will take mine as a GT manual transmission with a pile of cash on the side for aftermarket performance goodies. ---
**Author:** ![UncleTurbo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/e9a140/32.png) [@UncleTurbo](https://community.cartalk.com/u/UncleTurbo)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:02am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/12 "2011-03-16T04:02:58Z")
You are having problems because your criteria is too broad and too many cars meet it. Decide on 3 or 4 of your most important features. MPG about 18 is a lay up. Could you really afford to drive a car that got 18 mpg at $5.00 per gallon of gas? If you have a limited budget for gas, you should be looking at 30+ mpg for instance. Buying for under $15 is good, but you could buy a 12 year old luxury car for under $15. How many years old a car is OK with you? 2 years old, 5 years old, etc.? A FWD, 4 years old or less, auto, for under $15K - I’d get a Civic. Should be reliable and relatively few repairs. ---
**Author:** ![shadowfax](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/shadowfax/32/13026_2.png) [@shadowfax](https://community.cartalk.com/u/shadowfax)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 4:45am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/13 "2011-03-16T04:45:01Z")
![](http://carsdesigns.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/Honda-Civic-Si.jpg) 😉 I keed, I keed. Well, the Golf GTI is a pretty cool-looking FWD car, and it certainly fills the sporty bill, but you might not like its reliability. ---
**Author:** ![dagosa](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/dagosa/32/9837_2.png) [@dagosa](https://community.cartalk.com/u/dagosa)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 1:29pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/14 "2011-03-16T13:29:05Z")
Let me second the civic! It’s a car with a good satisfaction rating and the ergonomics of Honda products seem to appeal to the Sporty minded. ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:20pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/15 "2011-03-16T15:20:27Z")
I just put above 18MPG because it’s better than what I have now. (1994 Buick Regal 17MPG city) ---
**Author:** ![crimsonblaze](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/crimsonblaze/32/2306_2.png) [@crimsonblaze](https://community.cartalk.com/u/crimsonblaze)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/16 "2011-03-16T15:27:37Z")
yeah… well I don’t have the money to make my civic look like the one you posted. Unfortunately mine would look more like this. ---
**Author:** ![sunitasam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/848f3c/32.png) [@sunitasam](https://community.cartalk.com/u/sunitasam)\ **Post date:** [March 16, 2011, 5:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/help-me-find-the-perfect-car-please/62659/17 "2011-03-16T17:21:57Z")
You are having problems because your criteria is too broad and too many cars meet it… Please decide some important features…thanks [http://freedesktop-wallpaper.com](http://freedesktop-wallpaper.com)