help purchasing new vehicle

[flipstylex]

hi all. Just wanting an opinion. i want to trade in my 99 acura integra, it has 90 k miles in it and i think its time for a new ride. This is basically for my wife since i already own an ms3.
im looking for a used vehicle, round 9 k to 15 k.(cabpatch)

my choices are....
mazda3
mazda protege
toyota celica gts
acura rsx
vw gti 1.8t
mitsu eclipse

If you guys owned any of this vehicles before, anybody got some opinion on them ?(confused)

So far i found these vehecles within the pricerange i stated. milege were roun 44-60k

right now i'm eyeing a celica gts 45k miles, 10,500k
any advice for this car ?(thumb)

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Mazdaspeed 3 sport cosmic blue
Acura integra
Honda prelude

 

[J-protege]

You can get a nicely loaded MazdaSpeed Protege for the lower end of your price bracket.

 

[flipstylex]

icic

 

[Young Roids]

From that list the Celica is the only one that Caught my eye. THose Celicas were pretty fast right? I would probly go for the Celica.

 

[blkspdfreak]

my buds got a celica gt and i smoke him every time, it is an auto though. there alright for a chick. they are nice inside if you get the lether.

 

[ccann26]

I think I would go for the rsx . The celica would be my second choice .

 

[Derek88]

I would go for the Mazda 3 (keep it in the family- I have a MS3 as well and my g/f wants to trade her Cobalt for a MZ3 really bad- :-D). If you're wanting performance for the wifey, then go for the RSX. The VW is kinda nice, but after working there, I wouldnt ever buy one without a warranty.

 

[redspeed]

If she wants a performance car, the RXS or the Celica, if not the mz3. Can't really go wrong with any of them.

 

[Falconx84]

rsx ftw

skip the celica, they're slow, I beat one in an stock auto 2.0 non vtec 4dr accord (40 mph roll)
another mazda -eh, I can't even call myself a mazda guy I'm an MS3 guy so I think another mazda would get boring
1.8t might be interesting, but I've head of too many problems
no comments on the eclipse

 

[Chief7925]

is she looking for a performance car or just a nice ride?

Celica is only good if its a gt-s manual (you have to rev the piss out of it though) The jetta 1.8 t is a nice car. its alot faster than you would think. Friend has one and its a nice car.

Rsx is probably one of the nicest cars on that list plus being the fastest but only if its an rsx-s.

As for the eclipse they've always felt cheaply made to me. As time goes by they get better and better. I will admit for aftermarket you can make them fast as ballz.

 

[Hikaru9]

I had my RSX for 4.5 years until I bought the MS3.

When I bought it back in 2002, my shopping list included GTI, Celica GTS, and WRX. I'd choose it again. It's definitely a fun car to drive + cool hatchback practicality without looking like a wagon. It had the best shifter I'd ever worked with that probably none can surpass other than the S2000 shifter.