Cars & Transportation - 6 November 2006

I'm down to these cars.....
Which one should I buy?

1992 Benz S600 V12 engine 84,000miles. 428 horsepower**********

1999 Benz CL500 V8 engine 84,000miles 320 horsepower********

Both are in great shape and both are the same price $14,500

OR
1997 BMW M3 79,000 miles 240 horsepower (i think) for $15,000***********

OR 2001 Honda S2000 55,000 miles, 200 horsepower, convertible, warranty to 100,000k miles for $14,300************

Which one should I buy.

thank you for your time!

2006-11-06 12:55:49 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Buying & Selling

So here is the the story, I'm 18, right out of high school and I need a car. I've been working for about 5 months part time at my job where I get paid about 400 every two weeks (give or take)



My question is, should I get a new car, or a used car from a dealer? I have 2,500 dollars to put as a down payment, and I want to get my monthly payments as close to 150-175 as I can.

What is some good advice?

BTW


The two new cars I was intrested in where the toyota yaris, and scion xA. both roughly cost 14000

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Can you recommend a car to me please?
I want a safe one that's reliable and drives smoothly. Not an SUV.
Oh, and I want a cool looking car, nothing too boring.

I was thinking Mazda 3? It's decent.
Ford Mustang? Hm. I really don't know.
Yeah. Thanks a lotttt.

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question 1 question 2. which of the following is not a basic
cylinder arrangement?
a.timing belt
b.timing chain a.slant b. inline c. u-type d. v-type
c.timing gears
d.all of the above

question 3.

A cylinder, inline engine's firing order will be:

a. 1-3-4-2
b.1-2-4-3
c. 1-2-3-4
d. either a or b

Question 4

in an overhead cam engine, push rods are not needed to operate the:

a. rockers and valves
b. camshaft and valves
c. camshaft and rockers
d. all of the aboves

5 question

the engine type that uses a triangular rotor instead of conventional pistons is called a?

a.rotary engine
b.opposed engine
c. cam-in-block engine
d. spark ignition engine

question 6.
a two-stroke-cycle engine requires how many crankshaft revolutions per power cycle?

a. one
b. two
c. four
d. none of the above

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A.CAMSHAFT
B.CRANKSHAFT
C.ROCKER ARMS
D.VALVE SPRINGS

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