Best Cars under $15k USD?

>>14688744
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>>14688752
This

Foxbody and the rest on mods

>>14688744
EG hatch with a few mods

>>14688744
e39 540i or m5 of course in 6 speed

>>14688744
Depends on what you need/want in a car.

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No mods allowed

>>14688781
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>>14688780
Sick style

>>14688825
And it'll be extremely light, because my wallet will be empty every time I get in it!

Every few hundred miles it'll have automatic weight reduction.

>>14688770

M5 will be beat to shit or very high miles for that price.

>>14689548
>very high miles
That's about 80,000 miles for a BMW.

>>14689578

My 01 M3 that was tracked for three years and my daily for the last two has 111,XXX and it's as strong as it's ever been.

>>14689681
>111,XXX
>km
Don't worry it will break soon

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>>14689689

Overhauled everything prone to fail. I put 6 to 800 miles a week on her every week. I trust it as much as any other car.

Try again.

>>14689715
>Overhauled everything
>had to replace most of the vehicle to make it reliable.
BMW quality

>>14689681
Less than 10k a year
Is that meant to be impressive?

>>14689742

Actually just VANOS service and the cooling system. Intake and exhaust cam bolts.. new seals, solenoid, oil pump disk. My old hub was fine. Rod bearings were done in the 30k range under recall.

I did the fuel pump too.

I bleed brakes yearly. Flush coolant yearly. Change oil every 5 to 6K mi. Check valve clearances every 15k (when I tracked her I had the valve cover off 3 to 4 times a year). Wash every 2 to 3 days. Remove wheels weekly for cleaning. Etc etc etc.

That's it.

Worth the upkeep.

>>14689762

10k what?

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>>14689786
>rod bearing recall before 30k
>insane amounts of maintenance
German engineering

>>14689812

You do the cooling system every 80 to 100k. Most do not fail during this timeframe. OE parts for belts and all runs $700 or so. Mine was $1300 but I bought a Mishi rad and OEM everything else. The same with the VANOS. A good 100k overhaul item. The least you can do is the solenoid which is extremely simple and only $150 after your core return. A full rebuild of the VANOS is under $1k diy.

Valves do need checked every 30k miles but it's easy as well. I've done it so much I can strip down to the valves in under 30 min. Adjusting is simple as well and not expensive either unless you get OEM shims.

I'm eyeing a mazda 6 V6 2011. I'm moving up from muh mazda3 (05). Should I expect about the same for reliability? The 3 had some suspension issues last year and usual wear tear items. Sadly automatic. The MT on the 3 was pleasing and i'm sad to lose it.

ls430

>>14689869
what's wrong with your 3? Why move up to a bigger less efficient car? Keep your 3 mint and get a more fun car

>>14689548
My 2000 540iT has 280K. Runs fine. Did timing chain guides at 200K, because I'm sure they were due (they were mostly fine) and VKG + trans service every 100K.

Car runs fine. Compression and leak down numbers are good and I'm not leaking anything.

Most people don't put this much maintenance into an E39, but my parents bought it new in 2000, and I bought it from them in 2004.