/o/ equivalent of /g/'s Thinkpad

>>14908421
>rugged business-class durability and build quality

I see you completely fell for the Chinese Thinkpad meme.

In that case, check out BYD.

>>14908421
owner of a x200s here.
>cheap as fuck to buy used
>okayish keyboard
>shitty squeaking plastic shell
>okay servicing
>nope
>ugly as sin
>the worst display ever

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the awnser is always miata
>Cheap as fuck if you dont get a retard who thinks its worth alot more
>amazing handling
>good durability
>easy to service
>huge aftermarket to swap out any parts
>pop up headlights

Probably something like an EG or EK Honda Civic hatchback actually. God tier 90s styling, cheap, lasts forever, easy to work on, great suspension design and you can fit whatever Honda i4 you want in there. Ricers may have ruined the image of civics but they're not bad card by any means.

>>14908421
m8, nobody here can fucking agree on anything.

honda civic maybe, i dont really come to /o/ very often but i have owned 2 honda civics 4 door, a 1995 and a 2003 and they both solid and stronk like my thinkpads

>>14908421
Grom.

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volvo 240

only the old guard will agree with me though, most of the kids who came here after 2012 have no idea what the fuck they're talking about.

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Lincoln Town Car.

Business class, cheap, easy to maintain

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>>14908421
>bland, rugged, functional, often mass purchased by companies and localities

>>14908487
shut up

>>14908421
I can't think of any car that has an amazing keyboard, but you can OEM mount your Thinkpad in a Panther.

>>14908458
The computers are well built. I don't have problems with anything really
>Chinese Thinkpad Meme
the quality of the laptops took a dive after the models listed, basically when they switched out the good keyboard for chiclet keys

>>14908459
is it the chiclet keys or the good ones? I am typing this post on a T420 (pictured in the OP) but I have a T400 and X41 as well they all have great keyboards.
>display
that is the one thing, but considering the laptops are old it's understandable. What squeaking plastic shell are you talking about? you must have gotten one that was already fucked up.

>>14908487
Pretty much this, based Volvo 240.

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>bizzness

>>14908458
Nigga what.

I have an IBM T43 Thinkpad from the year 2005. It runs on XP etc etc and it's still going strong.

I need to change the battery because it holds an hour charge at max, but besides that it's perfectly fine for typical work.

I can post the speccy if you want for laughs at ancient tech.

>>14908421
if it's anything other than a Miata then it's not /o/

>>14908487
Any Volvo brick really. After the 850 and 1st gen V70/S70 they went downhill because Ford.

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>>14908487
>>14908490
The Volvo 240/740/940 is the Thinkpad, the Panther platform is the Panasonic Toughbook.

Or maybe the other way around? Toughbooks tend to have lower power hardware for battery life and durability, similar to how Volvo undertunes their engines for reliability, while Thinkpads are generally some of the most powerful laptops for their price, especially second-hand.

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>>14908465
HP Elitebooks actually have a pop-up headlight and are similarly constructed to Thinkpads, with even greater hardware accessibility.

>>14908534
The t420 was pretty average for the time. Some didn't have a gpu

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W124

>>14908587
The Crown Vic is pretty average for a 4.6L V8 and has the handling characteristics of a boat (like a Thinkpad with no discrete GPU, it's entertainment performance is poor), but it's highly capable, durable and upgradable.

The Mercury Marauder is more like a TP with proper graphics hardware, like a W-series or something. Appropriately, they are rare and expensive.

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>>14908517
>IBM
>Lenovo

>>14908643
do you know lenovo took over the thinkpad line and they were previously ibm machines????

get the fuck out of here if you don't know what you're talking about you stupid faggot

kill yourself my man

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>>14908643
Retard

>>14908643
idiot

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>>14908643
Here's my speccy, just for you

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>>14908643
stand aside pleb
600s never die

>>14908685
>all that caked on grease
what the fuck dude

>>14908691
That's the rubberized coating coming off

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>>14908691
that's the rubberized coating peeling off and exposing the black painted magnesium case after spending 2 years in the trunk of a car with a pair of jack stands.

Volvo 240

>>14908487
I agree but you don't have to be so elitist about your volvo

Corolla or Volvo 240
Never mind the amerishits spamming their awful sedans

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>>14908743

>>14908495
>is it the chiclet keys or the good ones?
the old okay ones, suprisingly the latest Tx50 sport very nice chiclet keys while the ones before were meh-tier.

>display
>but considering the laptops are old it's understandable.
while the resolution of 1440x900 is tolerable, the lighting and color accuracy is absolutely not. they fucked up the most important thing in a laptop.

>What squeaking plastic shell are you talking about?
the shell is prone to breaking and the material used on the palm rests is shit, even my old white macbook felt much more solid.

>>14908421
Any 2.2l 5 speed subaru legacy or impreza. WIll last with basic maintenance and if you buy smart.

>>14908465
The days of cheap miatas are done, i find 90-02 miatas range from 3 to 10k

>>14908775
And they're almost always cheap as fuck in decent condition too.

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>>14908743
Ah the Corolla, the true car of car enthusiasts!

Always bet on BMW

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>>14908517
>what is the /o/ equivalent to our lenovo thinkpad
>lenovo thinkpad
>lenovo

>I have an IBM

>>14908421
some luxurious horse carriage
>rugged and old
>completely outdated by todays standard
>can easily swap parts like wheels or horse
>business quality
>retro aesthetic
seems about the same as IBM thinkpads with window xp

>>14908562
yep

>posted from an HP Elitebook 8540p

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>>14908794
MWAHHHHH THE CAROLLA

/vr/o/om here you guys are selling me on these Thinkpads is there one with a Geforce 2go in it?

>>14908465
>gay body styling and tiny engine causes people to assume you're gay

>>14908465
>Not cheap anymore
>Not awd
>Poor power

Is the availability of parts the only reason people buy these?

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>>14908421
I am both an /o/tist and a /g/entooman and can unequivocally say the answer is the E30 BMW. My main laptop is an old thinkpad and the E30 is one of my favorite cars.

"Buy a civic, shut the fuck up"

The answer is clearly Honda Civic.

Other acceptable answer
All you really need is a Honda Fit
-Signed Honky Kong

>>14910741
civic lacks the "was used by businessmen" connotation of the thinkpad and E30

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>>14909722
>caring about what people think of you
>being an adult

pick one

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>>14910524
>Not awd

>>14910756
It is real wheel drive

>>14910769
all cars should be rear wheel drive. every single car.

>>14910785
I have a 4wd Landcruiser. Should it be only rear wheel drive?

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>>14910793
landcruiser is not a car

>>14908421
The /o/ equivalent is the Corolla

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>>14908421
>and I was wondering if there is a car (or cars) on here that you guys like the same way /g/ likes the old thinkpads. If I had to guess I'd say it was the miata because I see so many miata threads and there's always a miata general up
Honestly: The Toyota Yaris/Toyota Echo.

It's been in production since 2000 virtually unchanged except for minor restylings and ECU changes. The engines and transmissions are the same in a 2016 model Yaris as in a 2000 model Echo.
There's nothing to go wrong on them, they're cheap as fuck, durable as can be, economic to drive and maintain, and they have decent aftermarket support.

Japan even has a One-Make racing series for them.

>>14910805
All cars should be all wheel drive.

All utility vehicles and trucks should be 4wd

;)

>>14910812
>>14910814
old thinkpads are actually considered good by the hivemind of /o/. they were actually very expensive when new not econoboxes.

>>14910825
>All cars should be all wheel drive.

are you OP or something?
you really don't belong here if you actually believe that.

>>14910830
>hivemind of /o/
meant hivemind of /g/

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>>14910830
The Yaris is considered a good car by /o/'s hivemind. Just very dull.
And considering the car itself is 15 years old, the Yaris is far too expensive for what it is.

>>14910848
I drove a brand new one cross country the first year they sold it in the U.S. and it was a piece of shit. maybe they are better now but I haven't kept up with them.

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>>14910856
They took car of squeaks, rattles and any other production problems by 2003, and the car hasn't changed much beyond styling and computer changes since.
Fun fact: the 2000-2005 Echo coupe body style was American market only. The sedan was sold in America, Japan, Australia, and the phillipines, and the hatchback was sold everywhere except America during that time.

>>14910877
I drove a 2010 yaris and at the time I also drove a contemporary honda fit. The fit probably cost a few thousand more but they really weren't in the same league in terms of the way they felt on the road.

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>>14910898
I've seen people compare the Yaris and Fit many times before.
The Honda is nicer to drive. That's about it.
The Yaris is faster (because DOHC vs SOHC, and it's lighter), more reliable, and, unlike the Fit, doesn't leak.

>>14910917
you've convinced me the yaris is the econobox to buy! still not the thinkpad of /o/ though

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>>14910947
Probably a Crown Victoria then. They were like 30k new IIRC, but you could buy an ex-police variant of the same model year for under 8k at the same time

>>14908487
Maybe the turbo version. Na is slow as dog shit. Plus they have a shitty transmission

>>14910975
oh god this is a good pick