What Are The Best Classic Cars For Students?

Looks very cool, but I can’t afford it yet. While I’m concerned about other waste and student concerns. Now the main thing for me is to finish all the difficult tasks and the article summary maker helps me with this. Summarizing turned out more difficult for me than just writing, so I cannot cope without help.

Bought my 85 GTV 2.0 in ’99 when I finished high school… she just had the ex group A 2.5 engine that I installed removed and is getting ready for a 3.2 GTA and ITB transplant.
its a never ending love affair!

Solid article! I still have and regularly drive my 1985 Volvo 740 Turbo sedan and close to 10 years after graduation it’s still a riot to drive. Man what a blast it used to be blowing the doors off mid-90s Civics that most teenage boys and girls fawned over (it dropped many jaws in the process). Those old 240/740/940s has the styling of a brick but find me something stronger than those 2.1L 4-cyl. B21FTs and 2.3L 4-cyl. B230FTs (other than maybe a cement block) redblocks! What a great car it’s been, despite it not having airbags it’s still stronger than most things on the road today (thankfully I didn’t so much as put a dent on her in that period).

Nice Gtv6! I recognize it well. I own it;)

As a father, insurance claims mgr and classic car guy I would never put my kids in a classic car for daily use. Kids will do stupid things when driving and the crash results of late model to classic are literally life and death differences. In the States I would recommend a mid 90’s Mustang or equivalent than can be modified for some fun but holds together well in a collision

Lots of hairs to split here – old and worn vs. recent and difficult to fix, fun vs. safe (we’re talking new drivers here, remember), too many contradictory ideas about image and attractiveness.

Leaning towards either a first-generation RX-7 or any Scirocco. A YJ or later Jeep would be cool. A Fiat Spider?

I started as a 18yr old (that was in 2002) with a Alfa Spider 2.0, a series 3 from 1985. The car was from my uncle and he asked me to “look after it” because he allmost never needed it and wanted it to be used. It wasn’t in the best shape, had a lots of miles on it (California import), but that car ignited my love for classics. My dad bought a spanking new Peugeot 306 XSI in those days, my friends loved that car, but I just liked driving in that old, loud, rattling Spider without power steering or proper isolation so much more!

When I was 20 I started my interns and needed a car to drive 2 hours a day. The Spider wasn’t really suited for this because of some reliability issues. I saved some money to buy a small car to get there and was looking for something like a Ford Fiesta, Renault Clio, Fiat Punto etc, so I bought a 1975 Alfa Giulia Nuova 1300 for €2200… I only had €2250 on my account so I could pick the car up, fill up the tank and drive home. When I came home I had an empty tank and an empty bank account!

My parents were furious, to says the least, haha! They said I couldn’t drive “that thing” every day for 160km, it was not safe and reliable enough for the the job. They wanted me to sell the car and get a proper one.
So my grandmother heard what happened and called my parents. She said that they had to be glad I didn’t waiste my money on alcohol and drugs, therefor I could use her car (a Peugeot 206 automatic) to get to my interns and didn’t have to sell the Giulia.

After graduation I sold the Giulia for good money and bought….another Giulia! But now a 1st series ’65 1600 Super. That was my dream car and is still sitting in my garage now for allmost 10 years.
And that Spider? It’s still somewhere in our family waiting for better times and a technical restoration.

I had a 1985 Mini Cooper I threw a 1330cc into. Discs up front and drums in the back. I love that car so much that I still have it!

Althoug my pride and joy came in my second year of school when I managed to buy an e36 m3 euro spec in dakar yellow… Sadly the engine nearly exploded and ended up building my monster and started a great project car swapping the old motor with an s54b32 engine (e46 m3)

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