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Why not rent a uhaul for like 20 bucks a day when you need to haul shit and rep the mpgs with your sedan/crossover?

f250 with the boxy 80s style body. maximum greatness

older F150s with the 300 I6 are bulletproof. Tacomas are good but some of the early motors had headgasket problems. careful about those.

Nissan pickups of the same generation were okay.

Chevy 1500s of the early 2000s have LS motors and can sometimes be found for nice and cheap. These are a great option.

really just depends. A lot of this stuff is subjective.

>>17862911
Safety regulations.

>>17862911
bentley doesn't count, idiot

>>17862919
That's what your mom said to her doctor after he told her that she's too fat to fit into any car on the market but that didn't stop her.

>>17862872
No. Get FiST instead.

>>17862872
If you aren't getting one of the quicker Fiesta models (ST, Zetec S etc) then you'll probably get better driving out of the Mazda. That said, even the boggo Fiesta isn't bad to drive even if they are slow

>>17862872
The facelifted Fit Hybrid or the Suzuki Swift mild hybrid are superior, in terms of upmarket feeling, driving dynamics and ride comfort

>>17862844

no its a secret

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My first baby. Bought her last November for 2500 of my hard earned cash. Talked the guy down from 3k. 2009 Interceptor with plastic back seats, Kevlar trunk pack, working spotlight, and safe stop enabled. Has the siren speaker and wigwag module but no PA or wigwag control boxes in the car but I'd like to get some at some point to use the airhorn. 52000 miles and runs like a champ. Had to change the alternator and blower motor a couple months later but that was the first time I did any mechanical work on a car myself and I was damn proud. My rush hour commutes are stress free because omg a cop. MPG is meh but I knew that going in. Looking to install a remote start and alarm on her soon as well as give her a body paint job to a dark gunmetal grey. Arizona summers really ruin cars.

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>>17862844
My first car was a 5th gen Monte Carlo, but in general one of my first loves was the second gen Chevy Lumina. My Monte was just a Lumina coupe, and having seen how much I liked mine and how reliable it was, several of my other friends got Luminas as well.
Those fuckers will not die.

>>17862739
No

>>17862789
why not though?

>>17862792
they're pretty much said electric cars are a meme.

hes probably just a vegetable

Remember Terry Schiavo? Yeah, he's worse than her.

Most likely brain dead

>>17862570
They're great. They're fwd. Fun of a different kind.

>>17862570
No. You shouldn't buy a pre-immobilizer honda.

>>17862570
You won't fine one running.

>>17862562
Cheap cars from stealerships are often shady as fuck. it may not have a rebuilt title, but could have just been fixed by Chachi in his garage cuz he had no insurance.

You should not be aiming to get a sporty car on the cheap. If it is that cheap, there will be a very good reason for it.

The miata is the exception to the above though. You should be able to find one owned by an old guy no problem....

>>17862562
As nice as the market is these days, $5k is low if you're looking for something that's not a total beater.

>>17862562
2005+ Mustang GT

Why would anyone go off roaming in a long wheel base 4x4 when short wheel bases exist?

>>17862834
Off-roading*

>>17862525
Off to >>17842994

>>17862834
>>17862840
You're a complete fucking idiot.

>>17862447
American.

Half Yugoslavian Half Zulu

Short fat balding Mexican.

>camaro 1LE
>unironically

Obligatory visibility meme but from what I remember, the cayman is not much better

>>17862423
50 miatas

>>17862441
Just stop, dude. I get that you're poor and a miata was your first rwd car, but no, it is not better than a porsche

>>17862386
Great car for the price, I'm saving for an M2 though

>>17862405

The M2 isn't much more in burgerland. My concern is that the M2 is more stiffly sprung and NY roads are rape on cars and my back already.

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>>17862405

thinking about getting an M2 too, but for about the same price you can get a used 981 cayman S or alfa 4c or a very nice 997.2 CS...

- 10 point cage with Parachute
- 3 piece discontinued JoJo frontend
- spec-R full drag suspension
- Fuel cell with -8 lines from tank to motor
- 1 044 bosch pump
- 1200 rc injectors
- golden eagle sleeved block
- cp 10:1 pistons
- Eagle rods
- arp headstuds
- oem h22 headgasket
- Balance shaft delete
- competition clutch twin disc
- Port and polished head
- skunk2 valve springs and retainers
- Str cam gears
- crower stage 1 cams
- aluminium radiator with slim fan
- gsr transmission with itr lsd.
- qsd h2k intake manifold adapter
- k20 rbc manifold
- qsd throttle body spacer
- blox 70mm throttle body
- 4bar omni map sensor
- 6al msd with coil and cap. 3 step launch control
- hks bov
- Garret 102mm turbocharger.
- Custom t4 front facing turbo manifold with 44mm flange
- 44mm tial wastegate
- Custom water to air intercooler set up
- aem eugo wideband w/ gauge
- tuned on chipped p28
- 13 inch volks drag rims
- 2 15 inch volks rear rims
- arp extended wheel studs
- si cluster
- 150 shots of nitrous

>>17862366
>I drive a 92 eg hatch and I was wondering what parts I should look into ordering from factory with my employee discount
Spoiler: There's jack shit you can order from the factory that's going to be A) worth your money or B) better than aftermarket or C) still in production.

Just bum o-rings or oil or whatever. I know several Honda driving Honda techs, and the only good stuff is Hondabond and small OEM parts that have long since gone missing on their cars.

Get mass amounts of M77 assembly paste

>>17862358
>Is there some fatal flaw that I'm missing other than them being balls ugly?
Can't get the top off road trim with a manual last I checked, the new ones are stupid expensive, low aftermarket support unlike the Tacoma and it's a spring under rear axle

>>17862377
>>17862377
I'm speaking specifically about the older versions that would compete with the cars listed above.

I think you can get anything but the v8 with a stick including the z71...even then its the smallest thing you can buy with a v8.

I had one it was a solid truck never let me down

It's not so bad. Do your best to learn from this experience so you can avoid a tragic situation in the future. And remember everyone makes mistakes

>>17862371
>And remember everyone makes mistakes
That's the mentality I take when I start a new job.
It's different for driving though, each mistake I make hurts my confidence because I know every mistake I make could cost me money

Did you actually hurt anyone or thing OP? No?

The drive some more and don't sweat it, you'll learn.