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Which is the best buy?

I am looking to purchase a car when I start work again and I'm torn between two totally different cars.

My two choices are: 1993 Buick LeSabre and a Nissan 300ZX (Z32) with possible turbo (1990-1996)

The Buick is a full-size sedan while the Z is a 2-door coupe/convertible, a sports/GT car. They both run a V6 engine, Buick is a 3.8L verses the straight 3.0L with possible turbo. The Buick only comes with a 4-speed automatic while the Z has a 5-speed manual and a 4-speed automatic. Obvious the Z is much faster but I dont plan on hitting the track yet. According to Wikipedia the LeSabre gets 18mpg city/28mpg hwy, I couldn't find the mpg on the Z but according to a forum of 300zx owners, the car averages 20+mpg and how you drive it affects it as well. I am geared towards Japanese tuners cars not jusr because of looks, style, and outstanding peeformance its because they make reliable cars. I dont know the street prices of either car but I assume the Z is more expensive because of modifications and just being a sports car. The extra room and trunk space is a nice luxury but I dont plan on being a cab driver. And I'm not sure insurance prices on either of them. My dad has owned multiple GM cars such as Cadillac and even a Buick Lesabre and they were both money pits. He also owned a 280ZX Turbo and he absolurely loved the car, it was a manual as well and drove it 40 miles to work each day. The only issue the car had was a fuse blew in the A/C. The Cadillac had a major overheating problem and broke down several times and the Buick had loads of issues primarily leaked power steering fluid. Basically he put more money into repairing the two GM's than what he paid for the cars. He actually got the Z by trading the guy an old iphone for the sports car. It was fairly good on gas mileage being a tiny 2-door manual even with the turbo meanwhile the GM were bad on mileage. I do plan on keeping this car for a long time not having it for 6 months than dumping it. My biggest concerns are: mileage and affordability.

Update:

If you know of any other vehicles that are a good buy too, please let me know!

Other cars I've been looking at:

Nissan 240SX

Honda Civic

Mitsubishi Eclipse

Mazda RX-7/RX-8- Out of my price range

Toyota Supra- Out of my price range

Mitsubishi Lancer EVO- Out of my price range

Subaru Impreza (WRX-STI)- Out of my price range

Lemme know if you know of another car!

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  • T. P.
    Lv 4
    9 years ago
    Favorite Answer

    Seriously how do compare these two cars!?!

    Nissan 300ZX (particularly turbo) is a classic! Unless are gonna be haling fat kids around, I'd take it over the buick 366 day out of the year!.... n yes i know is only 365... except leap year...

    But if "mileage and affordability." are really biggest concerns, why hell are looking at these cars in first place? Neither really come to mind when think of these cars.

    Also one comment made about insurance, will definitely not make a big difference with either of these cars.

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    Lv 4
    5 years ago

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  • Mike
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    I'm going to assume you're under the age of 25 which is the magic year for insurance. Depending on who is paying for the insurance and who is the insured driver, the 300 will be astronomical if you are paying for it and the main driver. You'll want to have the 300 looked at as well, as being a sports car, someone may have driven it into the ground. However, they may have babied it as well and had it garage kept, taken out only on the weekends. Hard to say without looking at it. A '93 LeSabre probably won't be the most reliable, however it would be like driving a couch on wheels.

    Source(s): Can't really compare anything I've been in to either aside from maybe my '89 Cutlass to the LeSabre ... very comfy.
  • 9 years ago

    There shouldn't be any competition, the buick is an extremely poorly built model year that is going to give you problems left and right and is going to be a burden while the Nissan is very reliable and is fast too. Don't waste your time buying that piece of junk Buick. They went out of business for a reason.

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  • ?
    Lv 4
    9 years ago

    No brain-er take the Nissan 300ZX...Im not big fan or Buick's...You want something that you'll have for more then 6 months the Nissan is your car.

    Source(s): hope i helped
  • 9 years ago

    Nissan...hands down

  • ?
    Lv 7
    9 years ago

    both are money pits.

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