What car should I get? 08 Lancer GTS, 06 Scion tC, Acura RSX, 03 Hyundai Tiburon?

[TC OWNER FOR LIFE!]

Hey,
Im looking to buy a car soon and im not sure what I should get! I have 13k to spend and I already know my insurance is gunna be about 150 a month.
What do u think I should get and why?

I drove the lancer and Loved it! But Its not that powerful!
I drove the tC and I liked it too but not that powerful either
Tiburon is fast! but im not sure about the quality and the reliability
Rsx i havent test drove yet!
All these are gunna be used, and Automatic!

Thanks !!!

[Robert R]

None of these cars are really that fast, if you're looking for speed with that budget. Get a cheaper tuner car and use the rest of the money to put a turbo charger in it!

[unresolved_777]

all those cars are pretty much the same, and since you are going for automatic then that knocks out the Type-S RSX. i say buy a tC, 05-06, turbo it, and beef up the transmission and then it'll be powerful. so 3K-6K for a used tC, 5K for a turbo kit for it and 2K to beef up the transmission. good to go and it'll be powerful. same with the RSX, be just as good. i dont like Lancer GTS's... my point of view, owning a GTS Lancer is a cheaper way of wanting a Lancer Ralliart, owning a Ralliart is a cheap way of owning a EVO. its either EVO or Lancer DE in my book, no inbetween.
Tiburon's, fast but boring, not reliable from what i hear. so its up to you, personally, either the RSX or tC, turbo which ever.

[Sean]

I'm jaded on this from building much faster cars, but here's my .02.
1. The RSX is head and shoulders better than the others. The tC is garbage, as is the Lancer and Tiburon.
2. Learn to drive a stick, it will be well worth it.
3. Consider a WRX. Better than all those, can be had for the same price, and it's turbo AND AWD.
4. If you don't live where it snows, consider a mustang GT or Camaro Z28. Far faster than anything on that list, still gets decent mileage, and you won't need to spend any extra on turbo kits or any of that...and if you come across an auto tC that's turbocharged, you'd still win.
5. The Lancer has 1 thing going for it:4 doors. That's helpful if you have a lot of friends who don't drive, or picking people up from the bar when they're drunk. You don't have to get out to let them out of the back seat. But if you want a fun 4 door, you're right back to the WRX for the same price.