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Yep, that will do it. I am hyper vigilant about keeping my clean and it has come in handy. I consigned for my brother to get a new fiat when I acquired the Outback, and he was getting like 11% apr offers. With me he got the option for 0% for 60mo or 1.9% for 72mo. It is only $800 in finance charges over a 6 year loan and $200/mo so that's pretty good. Downside for me is that my credit is probably maxed out with 2 fiats, a motorcycle, and massive student loans. UF does she have any family (in the US) that will consigned with her if she is against another cash beater?
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My student loan debt really isn't that bad - $8000 originally, though since a decent chunk was unsubsidized, I think I'm up to about $8500. I can't afford to do even the minimum payments anytime soon, so I just sign up for 6 hours of community college classes every spring/fall. I need them anyway, and it's way way cheaper than the loan payments (though I'm ineligible for any federal or state financial aid right now). I didn't give two shits about my credit until a few years ago, and it shows.
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Nope, no family here.
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If you don't buy that 240 wagon you are Dumb As Hell, hope this helps.
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Holdbrooks posted:Yep, that will do it. I am hyper vigilant about keeping my clean and it has come in handy. I consigned for my brother to get a new fiat when I acquired the Outback, and he was getting like 11% apr offers. With me he got the option for 0% for 60mo or 1.9% for 72mo. It is only $800 in finance charges over a 6 year loan and $200/mo so that's pretty good. Downside for me is that my credit is probably maxed out with 2 fiats, a motorcycle, and massive student loans. Even with my bankruptcy I still qualified for the 1.9% at 60mo. Oddly enough last fall I couldn't cosign for my girlfriends loving Beetle.
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Rhyno posted:Oddly enough last fall I couldn't cosign for my girlfriends loving Beetle. They did you a favor.
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DrPain posted:They did you a favor. Don't I fuckin' know it.
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Rhyno posted:Don't I fuckin' know it. Wait. Was it a FACTORY TURBO beetle? Somebody needs to scold me, quick!
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SHOP FUN FACT: Anything with a magnet on it will get lost.
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You just need something else with a magnet on it it to find the other stuff with magnets on it
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http://www.harborfreight.com/retrieving-magnet-250-lb-pull-36905.html This is one of my most useful tools. DrPain fucked around with this message at 16:31 on Oct 18, 2013 |
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That seems too huge. What kind of stuff do you use it for?
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Holding parts to a workbench when a vice won't fit, finding lost dropped nuts, bulk floppy disk erasure, the list goes on and on!
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Oct 18, 2013 15:36
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Also good for accidentally erasing every bank card in your wallet from 3 feet away.
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rscott posted:If you don't buy that 240 wagon you are Dumb As Hell, hope this helps. Yeah, get the 240. I have an '84 with 460k miles and another '84 that I used to punish a prius for running a stop sign. Both are daily drivers. I have never done any work on either save for replacing a couple body panels and engine mounts after the wreck. Also, females love 240s. My wife basically refuses to drive anything else. e: or buy this s70 http://tallahassee.craigslist.org/cto/4051112760.html Leroy Diplowski fucked around with this message at 16:27 on Oct 18, 2013 |
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kastein posted:Also good for accidentally erasing every bank card in your wallet from 3 feet away. Reminds me of one of my friends at my old job. Brought a set of very strong neodymium ball magnets in to work and made everyone nervous walking all around our IT gear with them on him. He eventually smashed his fingers badly while playing with them and stopped bringing them in.
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atomicthumbs posted:(if you want a fast car, though, this isn't it) Yet. I mean come on, drat near any engine UF has owned in the past X threads would fit in it and be faster than the B230.
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Leroy Diplowski posted:Yeah, get the 240. I have an '84 with 460k miles and another '84 that I used to punish a prius for running a stop sign. Both are daily drivers. I have never done any work on either save for replacing a couple body panels and engine mounts after the wreck. If that 240 was here in town I'd be selling my E30 and buying it
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The '99 Volvo was a junkbox. The A/C compressor was bad, the dash rattled, and the tires had extreme positive camber wear. No thanks at $4,000. The $1,000 Altima probably needs another $1,000 in repairs. The search continues, which I DO NOT have time for.
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At this point, find a charitable goon in your area who in exchange for your welding skill will do the leg work for you. Give them the $1k, point them to searchtempest and start a thread or use this one. Crowd / goon-source your ride.
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One of my parts store managers just got promoted and as such is selling his 01 civic 5 speed manual with 115k miles for $2500. Original owner, everything works, meticulous maintenance, hunter green. Fly to Vegas on southwest and drive it back.
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One of the guys around the complex has a 2003 Lancer OZ edition (missing the OZ wheels?) for $2500. Might take it for a spin.
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Have you considered a cheap-o motorcycle?
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No.
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IOwnCalculus posted:Yet. I don't know anything about Florida emissions regulations, but the B230 can handle a lot of boost!
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I would like to point out there is a 190E 16V for sale in orlando right now at $3k. You would be wrong if you bought anything but a 280k mile Cosworth Mercedes.
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Jared592 posted:Have you considered a cheap-o motorcycle? Also e-30s and miatas are the best cars for single moms looking for grocery getters and/or weekend track car.
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atomicthumbs posted:Florida emissions regulations hahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha We have literally no inspections whatsoever. Unless it's visibly dangerous to where a cop will pull you over you can get away with just about anything.
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Have you considered a skateboard? If the Altima only needs 1k in repairs that's honestly not bad considering most used cars around here under 3k are going to need that much put in to them anyway. You're not gonna find a car for 2-3k that needs nothing.
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ultimateforce posted:They are all short term, medium, and long term solutions respectively for a regular car for my girlfriend to have for college and work. Just incase everyone got so high on the "lol UF thread" that they forgot that this isn't for him.. This is probably one of the safest cars you could stick her in. $2500 isn't bad if it's been kept up to date, but I'd want a PPI done, it has the wrong goddamn DI on it, a 2000 is a black top. It's an LPT, so mileage will be about 20-23mpg mixed driving.
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leica posted:Have you considered a skateboard? I really don't have time for a repair job. If I had time for that I'd put the engine back in my S13 so I'd have a car too.
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West SAAB Story posted:Just incase everyone got so high on the "lol UF thread" that they forgot that this isn't for him.. I might give this guy a call, Winter Park can be either close or really far from me depending on what they consider to be in that city.
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Is it 1k of repairs at a shop, or by yourself? At a shop gets him a good 2k altima, he didn't want to fix it himself
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By myself at the shop. I did a list: Broken A/C line: $200 lovely tires: $300 Door handle clip broken, driver's side (so I have to fix it): $30? No radio: $100 I am not in the mood to fix this car.
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You could easily pick up some cheap used tires with some tread left, and just get a crappy headunit, ya know.
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This thread would be much better if you all stopped giving him advice he's not going to take. I'd prefer it more like a stream-of-consciousness feed of bad finances and good welds.
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ultimateforce posted:By myself at the shop. I did a list: Ugh, this car needs tires, I don't have time for this! *drops six grand on a Neon with engine problems*
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For fucks sake buy the ultima you loving retard.
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ultimateforce posted:By myself at the shop. I did a list: You don't need A/C now, we're getting into winter, fix it later. The tires she could have done herself somewhere. Door handle whoop dee doo, no radio boo hoo. You're making this sound a lot loving harder then it actually is dude.
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NOTinuyasha posted:Ugh, this car needs tires, I don't have time for this! *drops six grand on a Neon with engine problems* The Neon I said I would never buy?
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