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But are they functional?

i live off lake erie where it rains and snows all the time

and the last thing i want is water dripping through holes in my hood onto my molten hot engine and turbo every time i park it outside

>>16560769
Not only this, but insurance isn’t even a government entity. Insurance companies are all private companies. How is it a 3rd party could be mandated to be given business when it isn't a government company? And why is it even necessary? Everyone knows the company doesn't actually protect you or your "property," which is a discrepancy in the contracts. Let’s ignore whether or not insurance is actually useful and just keep topic about why/how it happened.

How did this system come to be? How did it get to where it is today and why? This situation is like me starting a computer company, getting government mandates to force you to pay insurance for using your own computer, you paying me a monthly just for having it, even though you bought it, built it, repair it, and use it all on your own. And you don’t actually OWN it. Then, if something breaks, you are still responsible for the costs of repair AND I increase your monthly payments. You wouldn't accept this if it was your computer, how did this happen with the auto industry?

Just curious to know all the legalities behind this.

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>>16560769
>the cars you buy are not owned by you. They are your responsibility, yes. But they are the PROPERTY of the USA

I understand the gist of your viewpoint. You feel that if you don't pay registration or insurance that the car is taken from you or that you cannot use it. In that sense, you feel it is not really your property because someone else has powers over it.

But that is more false for cars than it is for your own home. In the USA, if you don't pay for the license, the car simply doesn't have a current license plate tab. If you don't renew your drivers license, you simply don't have a current license. It is not wrong for the gov't to require cars have license plates or for drivers to have a valid drivers license. Nor is it wrong to require insurance even though lots of people drive without insurance.

The government could easily check if cars have insurance or not by putting up robot camera scanners. They scan every plate and VIN and then check the database for valid insurance policies. But the gov't doesn't do that right now just like it doesn't have a true gun registry of every gun. The freedom activists have kept the gov't from doing that.

BUT for homes, your argument is valid in a metaphysical sense. Even though you own your home/property, if you don't pay taxes on it, it will be taken away from you (foreclosure) and sold without your permission. Now, that really doesn't feel like home or land ownership.

And the rich can do tricky things to take away your property. The CEO of Facebook Mark Zukurberg [SP] was suing many owners of nearby properties to his Hawaii estate and taking away the property rights after paying them for it of course. So people who might not want to sell are forced to because it costs too much money to defend themselves in court day after day month after month. The cost of defending your rights can cause you to lose simply to someone willing to play the attrition game when they have a loophole to file lawsuits

I bought a car and didn't have to register it or put insurance on it for 6 months. The key is that I didn't drive it.

The government doesn't own your car, the own the roads and infrastructure you drive it on.

Since you're operating it on the government's property, they want to make sure you and your vehicle will be less likely to damage their property, and if you do damage something on their property you'll be able to cover it.

Miata

>>16560469
I said best not most common or cheapest

SW20 is the worst MR2

the right options are

Miata
ZZW30
S2000
Boxster

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As long as it's cute.

>>16560468
I mean real miniature cars.. for colection and shit

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>>16560473
Okay.

>>16560426
Doug is love, Doug is life

Is him standing behind the car in every introduction an intentional thing? And why will his production value never increase even with a third of a million subscribers?

Anyone else hate this guys face?
He's one ugly mother fucker

>>16560405
Check your engine

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>>16560413

HOW WILL OP EVER RECOVER

>>16560413
Just a sensor all good with the glorious 5 cyl

Bring like 100 extra water pumps

>>16560367

3.9 v6, auto, 2003, 4wd

>Dodge
Expect it to fall apart once you get on the highway.

Why don't we have u-turn lanes in America. On some streets I feel the left lane is congested with cars because of difficulty with u turns

>>16560149
Miami here. We got a number of those in my area.

Don't buy a 20 year old BMW if you don't know shit about cars. Buy an accord or civic, something that won't blow up every 10k miles.

>>16560090
>4cyl BMW
>200k miles

yeah no

>>16560090
>buying the smallest engine
i bet it's a fucking automatic too. just get a civic for 3k.

polite bump

Genuinely surprised a bunch of weeb car nuts can't think of any Japanese auto shows.

I shall let this thread die now

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Look up Daikoku Futo in Tokyo. That's the most popular car meet you'll hear about. There's also many car meets throughout the country but I don't know many myself. You'll have to look it up for your area. Mountanous areas that have touges usually get meets with Hachi Rokus and the such sometimes.

Also, learn some Japanese. It'll help a lot. I went once last year and it was a great country, lots of cool stuff and cars. Shops also have cheap stuff (compared to here) if you need anything JDM.

Make the most out of your trip anon.

My ex had one. It was actually pretty fun to drive, but I felt like a broad doing so of course.

>>16559899
It depends what you what it for. A relatively quick and comfortable car to get from A - B in? It'll be fine. Even in that blue, it's still a very feminine car. If you tell people you own a 2005 Mini Cooper, people will assume you're either a woman or a homosexual.

>>16559899
they're famously unreliable.
Don't let the French design your engines.

Could be.

>>16559649
Not the best idea to rev an engine overly high when cold. Unless you mean cold outside temperature and the engine is is at operating temperature when it happens

>>16559649
My bet would be the pulley

>reddit

>>16559545
Over 3050lb bone dry, that's over 70lb heavier than a 675LT with oil, water and fuel, it also gets less than 70% of the mpg of the 675 in city and barely 80% of it on highway while being 3% down on power.

>>16559658

But has a proper V8 without a fag-turbo.

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>>16559286
I always thought the E60 BMW looked like a Hyundai.

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>>16559286
That Ecoracer actually reminds me of the Smart Roadster. Same bodystyle, same engine layout with side intakes, similar headlight arrangement.

>except the Smart was first

>>16559030
1970 Dodge Challenger + 200hp
Because I like it.

>>16559030
>100kg
Is that like pesos?

>100kg lighter
Pt cruiser srt4
>200hp more
Any v6 muscle car