Venuja Batheegama

So basically buying a tin body car isnt that great (because of it being more prone to rusting ) unless we consider the ease of tinkering? 😅

@matroska can you give me some more info on this lancer with GT internals and as to whether its still available because i can for sure check it out....are GT cars significantly difficult to maintain( considering parts and etc etc) and also one more thing i would like to know from any one of you is , what does it mean for a car to have a tin body...is that simply coating because ive seen a lot of Ads claiming the car has a tin body and therefore no tinkering work to be done( including a few lancer boxes ) ps: Really appreciate the support guys @iRage, @matroska, @Twin Turbo🖤

well i did search up for some ford lasers but unfortunately didnt find any good ones yet....but will continue to search for sure

oh ok got it! @iRage . Apparently the meter of the box resets to 0 after crossing 100,000km( heard it from a few box owners i called) and therefore the mileage is anyways going to be a mystery.

i see...will do a proper check up from car checks if i find a car that im really interested in!

The points made here are very valid since even though im interested in learning about cars and maintenance i would like to have a little piece of mind too without straight up jumping into a lot of work that would probably frustrate me 😅. And definitely will have to leave some cash for maintenance....im not sure if stretching my budget more is realistic either 🫤.

Im looking into AE91s as well forgetting my bias to rwd cars 😄

I do really like the looks of the carina A60 but i couldnt find a decent specimen from the search i did occasionally on carinas except for one that was restored and sold for 13 lakhs (unfortunately was too late for it 🥲) Adding onto the lancer box model,a few hours back i made a call to a lancer box Ad that i saw and the owners claims the car to be in a very reliable and clean state as well as to have no tinkering work to be done either...this sparked an interest in me to check it out too and the pictures on the Ad seem legit too. However the owner is asking for around 13 lakhs for it which is more in the high range for these cars i believe so i would like to ask if thats worth it..however one slight thing that was a bit unsettling was the fact that the owner didnt know the mileage of the car and said the meter showing the mileage was broken(mentioned that he didnt try fixing it since he didnt want to mess up the meter panel) however he mentioned that the car had no oil leaks and drives well too and all repairs have been done .Ill attach the Ad too incase you all are curious, hope you all can give me some insight on it 😅 <SORRY : Had to remove the picture as it is against policy to post advertisements from another site...you can remove all watermarks or cut out just the photos of the car and copy and paste the description though - Your friendly moderator..iRage>

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Thanks @iRage for the very elaborate explanation on the matter of stability and control on the fwd vs rwd configurations, very much appreciate it😊!! Giving much thought to my interest in a rwd car and also considering the fact both of you mentioned its clear that a rwd is a bad choice considering my budget.

Ooh ok got it!😄 So if i take the reasons im more looking at a rwd car is due to a few reasons like 1)It seems cool to own one with all the cool stuff you could do like drifting etc etc but now typing this im not sure as to whether its essential because i dont see myself drifting per say but i would definitely like to learn 2)Ive heard rwd cars have a better stability in cornering and overall handling since the weight is evenly spread(not 100% if its correct but thats what ive heard) and also in general has overall better performance (again not sure if it matters at this stage tho) Im really sorry if im being inaccurate because im an amateur when it comes to the mechanical side of the car.... irrelevant but one more reason i would like to own a car is to learn about cars. Thank you!😄

Im really sorry i forgot to mention im also more looking into a rear wheel drive car...😅 Considering that, is the ae91 a rear wheel drive car 🤔 because it does look very pretty with a nice set of alloys.. i am a fan of the look of the hb13 but I heard its a fwd car...and what about the reliability of these cars because my parents are a bit against the idea of an old car considering reliability issues but maybe i can convince them otherwise if its manageable 😁... Ps: really appreciate ur support guys ❤️

First of all I'm very new to forums and discovered it a few months back when i was searching about various old cars in the internet (like the datsun 510).....first of all i am a 20 yr old that loves cars (my technical knowledge on cars are however not that great) and i am looking into buying my very own first car and that's why I'm reaching out here. my budget is not that big (12 to 15 lakhs) and im searching for a more fun to drive manual car that i can learn from about owning and maintaining one but also something a bit reliable. any suggestions? Thanks in advance!☺️