Saturday, May 17, 2014

What's a good first jdm car?




Ankit


I am turning 16 soon and I'm looking to purchase my first car. I have 15,000 and a couple of thousand here or there. I am looking to either build a car, such as an s14 sr20 black top, or get a fairly used car with mileage under 50k. The car I want has to have basic luxuries and rear wheel or all wheel drive. The car can be European, Japanese, or anything with modification capabilities to look slammed jdm. What car is good and relaible through college an years after?


Answer
Do you even know what JDM stands for? It sure doesn't sound like you do.

JDM stands for Japan Domestic Market and the ONLY cars that can be referred to as JDM are cars specifically built for the domestic Japanese market. In other words they are not exported to any other country. At least not legally.

Keep dreaming, keep watching movies and keep reading your car magazines but when it comes time to buy a car buy one that was designed and built for the US market.

Why do the losers of WW2 produce the best cars in the world?




kore


Did the treaty between Germany, Italy, and Japan somehow affect companies such as Mercedes, BMW, Ferrari, Toyota, Nissan, etc?


Answer
Define "best", please. While German engineered and manufactured cars are considered to be highly reliable, most people that have ever owned a Volkswagen would tell you that there are British and American cars that give German cars a run for their money. Mercedes and BMW were never designed to act as family cars, they're designed for sport or luxury. If you are willing to spend a lot of money for either of those things or simply for status, then you don't need to buy a German car. Italians make fantastic sports cars but the automobiles manufactured in Italy for everyday use are nothing to write home about. Not to mention that because the number of automobiles exported by both Germany and Italy is a fraction of the total numbers of cars on roads all over the world, both German and Italian made cars can be extremely expensive to repair depending on where you live. The Japanese make both family, luxury and sports cars, namely because nearly every factory that had been devoted to munitions, weapons and heavy industry in general was converted after the war and with the advent of the wonderful system of roads that was being laid out following the war, the demand for more and more automobiles was ever increasing. American made cars were designed for long distance travel and gas mileage wasn't a big factor (and in many cases, it still isn't) European roads are much more narrow and the distances are rarely anywhere near as tremendous so the automobiles were both designed and built to a different standard. But there is no such thing as producing the "best" automobile. People that live where I live wouldn't trade their Range Rover for the most top-of-the-line model luxury or sports cars because they wouldn't be worth spit on the roads here.




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