Top 5 First Cars UNDER $5,000 Part 5: FUN Cars | ReDriven

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[lundsweden]

I have a friend who loves old BMWs. I have even named my children after him, yes I'm his mechanic and we see each other regularly!

[Miki]

Would be awesome if you guys could make a $7500-$10, 000 version of this series ❤️

[davidbrayshaw]

Yep, I'm getting old. I remember when a "top 5" list for first cars under $5000 only had 4 cars on it: An old Holden in terrible condition. An old Falcon in terrible condition. An old VW Beetle in terrible condition and your neighbours' grandfather's Chrysler Valiant in absolutely perfect condition with low kilometres, full service history, one owner, garaged, never crashed, no rust, perfect interior and for a bargain price of $500. And we always bought the bloody Holden. I don't know, the youth of yesterday...

[piggysgarage]

Love the Alto making the list.
You can never overstate the fun in taking an under-powered automotive shopping cart and putting it on the limit.
I had a G100 Daihatsu Charade many years ago with a tiny yet raspy 1 litre 3 cylinder engine and it was a hoot.
Putting that car around a corner (whilst dialing in a tad of hand brake) with a back wheel off the road like a crazy little pup cocking its leg will make you grin.
Kinda the same result as doing similar in a Skyline or Supra without breaking the law.

[alanshah]

I got a used 4th gen Prelude as my first car in 2007, I still have it now. 15 years of fun! And hopefully many more, I love it!

[claudiadavies]

Alto for me, I'm intrigued by your hilarious description of its designer's mood board for the interior 🤣🤣🤣

[melissabarrett]

Another fun and fascinating list. Thanks for the gag reel at the end. Needed a laugh.

[HapkidoAUS]

A Magna VRX 3.5 V6 5 speed can be a hoot.
Low driving position, awesome throttle response and intake noise, decent grip,
And cheap as.

[MartinJones]

@10:14, you definitely won't find an XR8 or SS for this price... What you will find though is a cheap 6 cylinder which is still fun to drive...

[MrQu]

You guys need to make more TOP 5 series 👍🏼

[paullewis]

Mazda 323 sp20 in manual is also a blast around the suburbs.

[mathewjon]

Love the new platform layout mate. Much more professional. Also get up the outtakes. Love it Andy 😀

[choiceparalysis]

The TSX/Euro is a seriously fun car; massive community & support; one of the highest outputs in its class that can be easily modded or heavily depending on the budget, get some wonderful results!! Suspension and handling on these cars are ridiculously good!

[sleepy]

I owned a 1994 JDM Honda Prelude with the 2.2L VTEC and that thing reached just over 400k KMs. I loved every bit of it. It wasnt a fast car but it was cool :)

My missis owned that Suzuki Alto 3cyl thing at the time as well and everytime we went to the Gold Coast, I would take the back roads through Mt. Tamborine and fang it through the corners 😂. It's hilarious, I called it "Bluey, the Alto that could."

Love this video it relates to me so much, great work RD!

[daniel]

A cool list would be best tuner cars for different price ranges and car types. Could say what types of mods can be done and for what price, and then what the gain is for those mods. Would take a bit of research but would be a hell of a list!

[dontsteelemidata]

Great series guys! Hope you can review the VE 3.0L 6cyl Commodore soon!

[danmccarthy]

I have a 2002 Crown Vic with over 200, 000 miles as a daily driver. It's been in the family since new. I wouldn't call it 'fun' by any means but it's built like a tank and has had no major problems in the 20 years it's been with us. I've also had one of those SLKs you mentioned which was great fun to drive but was riddled with expensive electrical gremlins.

[Ali-yjpl]

Alto is so much fun! I've used one during lockdown for biceps workouts! Light but good!

[adrianssz]

Your videos are getting better all the time. Your views are up there too now. Big change from the very 1st videos. Keep up the good work

[SusakolEbata]

I got the Suzuki Celerio for my mum and she love it!, you guys are more than welcome to do the test drive in Thailand 😁😎