thoughts?

[cor3yz]

I gotta buy a car for the wife. Looking at a 2000 lancer. Anyone got any thoughts on these?
Inb4 crap ricer cars etc

[87RB30VL]

I've seen a few around, look alright, never driven one, don't know much about them.

My mate used to have a 2 door lancer, dunno what year, wasn't a 2000, it was one heaps of girls drive lol but it went alright, manual FWD.

Heard they look pretty cool done up:



Sorry, couldn't resist :P But what I said at the start wasn't sarcasm.

[Parabola]

my mate has a 2 door lancer 2000 model, goes hard and is cheap on fuel.

[cor3yz]

Looking at a 4 dr to put kids in the back. I bought her a perfectly good Vt wagon. She said it was too big so I did the obvious thing...
Manual conversion. SSL springs and sunroof now fitted.

Only problem is now she is complaining she hasn't got a car. So I saw a pretty nice purple auto lancer for sale.

[HSV5L]

[QUOTE=87RB30VL;2005817]I've seen a few around, look alright, never driven one, don't know much about them.

My mate used to have a 2 door lancer, dunno what year, wasn't a 2000, it was one heaps of girls drive lol but it went alright, manual FWD.

Heard they look pretty cool done up:



Sorry, couldn't resist :P But what I said at the start wasn't sarcasm.[/QUO TE]

the decals look like post it notes imo..

[the_trademarc]

The 2000 Lancer, as long as it hasn't been thrashed or riced, should do the job, if she wants a A-to-B type car. Depending on your budget, have a look at an 02-03 Civic Sedan too. I know more than a few people with that model (and later) and have had no problems with it.

[fuzzy2308]

CE lancers are great little cars mate their extremely reliable and handle fkn awesome also they run on a oily rag.
try and get one with a 1.8ltr or 1.8ltr Mivec rather than the 1.5ltr just a bit more balls.
the 1.5ltr engine are the same as the DOHC 1.5ltr out of the X3 Excel (Hyundai = cheaper parts)
If your mrs wants some thing slightly sporty go for a CE MR.