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Imperador do Brasil posted:I believe he said the parking brake was done for So he did 
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 Boss gave me yesterday off for working all weekend. It was a total heat wave of 45* F(reedom) so I loaded up the car seats in the old family sedan and took the kids to a park to play. I made sure to scuff off the old rubber while I was out.
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Reliability aside, aren't there pretty significant safety differences between today's cars and 1997's cars?
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prom candy posted:Reliability aside, aren't there pretty significant safety differences between today's cars and 1997's cars? Yes. Even in the structural department.
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KakerMix posted:From what I've seen if you want a manual you have to get the 300, otherwise you should always go for the 400 because V8. Or get a 400 and to a manual swap on it. From what I've seen, an SC400 manual swap is really annoying, because all the electronics freak out, and there was never a Toyota V8 manual ECU, so you can't just swap one in. As I recall, even the AC computer refuses to work. So, it would be fine for ~*race car*~, but if you want basically a stock SC400 w/ a manual, like your SC300 but V8, that's a no go. Which sucks.
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One of the biggest improvements in car safety over the 90s/early 00s is in small overlap crash safety. New cars absorb and deflect small overlap crashes soooo much better than cars from even 10 years ago it's not even funny.
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Nerdrock posted:My friend and roommate for a while had an '83 prelude up until the maybe 2004 or so. My favorite part was in 2001 or 2002 when he needed to replace the clutch. It had been obviously needed for over a year, but he let it go, to the point where he discovered he couldn't park the car (parking brake also shot). We were sitting in our favorite coffee shop and could see the lude outside, and it just... started to roll. "Ben. your car is moving" ... poo poo poo poo poo poo poo poo he runs out to the car and is pushing against the hood trying to prevent further movement (if it went 10 feet further it'd roll down a very steep hill. The rest of us were still at our table laughing our assess off when we could hear a desperate COME HELP ME YOU FUCKERS I CAN'T DO THIS from outside. The rest of us came out and assisted him in securing the vehicle. He STILL didn't change the clutch for another 6 months, he was just a lot more careful choosing a parking spot. Same guy is now a literal homeless Motorcycle Vagabond whose entire life is strapped to the back of a 650cc KTM, who earns money for food doing developer work in coffee shops. He's a bit more proactive about vehicle maintenance now.  That aside, why didn't he just get some wheel chocs or a loving brick or some poo poo?
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KakerMix posted:I've olded so hard I ended up buying a Lexus of all things. This car gives me a raging, megahuge boner. Nice pickup, goddrat.
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1988 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Dadmobile. http://imgur.com/a/bINJ8 I love my big bitch.
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The cheetah print rug really ties the room together.
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Yeah, it has matching visors also, I haven't gotten around to replacing them and I feel they say "Let's just do what feels natural" or they may say "God I hope that was enough chloroform". One or the other.
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I wrecked my 2006 Subaru Impreza wagon and replaced it with a $500 Sunfire GT 2.4L.  It may be a cheap cockroach, but it's a cockroach GT.
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Ahh, the sunfire GT, the official car of "i don't have insurance and my license is suspended"
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Powershift posted:Ahh, the sunfire GT, the official car of "i don't have insurance and my license is suspended" "DUI is more than just a lifestyle for me. I can no longer afford a Grand Am or Pontiac Montana in which to wobble slowly homewards." I sort of miss my Cavalier sometimes and I don't know why...
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Just for shits I'll post my other $440 project. Bought it with 278,000 miles and no engine oil. It's my roommate's first car.  It lacks a fuel filler neck entirely, along with other mostly essential parts.
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Gorgeous. Pretty. Rad. Adequate. Confusing. How does one go about not having a filler neck? Powershift posted:Ahh, the sunfire GT, the official car of "i don't have insurance and my license is suspended" Where I grew up in Michigan the official car of 30 year old burnout.
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Analogue Kid posted:Just for shits I'll post my other $440 project. Bought it with 278,000 miles and no engine oil. It's my roommate's first car. I love this. More please.
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Terrible Robot posted:One of the biggest improvements in car safety over the 90s/early 00s is in small overlap crash safety. New cars absorb and deflect small overlap crashes soooo much better than cars from even 10 years ago it's not even funny. Don't get hit then.  I'd utterly forgotten the SC coupes existed until Kaker's post, and now I love them. e: Powershift posted:Ahh, the sunfire GT, the official car of "i don't have insurance and my license is suspended" Don't forget old F-250s.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:Don't get hit then. Old f-250s have insurance, but there's a 90% chance the person driving it stole it. 50% chance that they stole it from someone who had also stolen it.
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100% chance they're sloshed on cheap beer though. And have had sexual thoughts about a close family member.
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Oh man I'm loving loving the influx of big, old American wagons in this forum recently.  Wistful of Dollars posted:Don't get hit then. Exactly. I've never owned a car newer than MY99, I'm well aware of my chances in a crash, especially with how huge modern cars are. It's worth the risk, imo.
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Abe Frohman posted:1988 Mercury Grand Marquis Colony Park Dadmobile. I love your barge. Wistful of Dollars posted:Don't get hit then.
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Cross posting from the campervan thread because I'm just so drat excited about this it's just wrong (picked up on Monday, had a first outing today).
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I decided I'm tired of driving to work in the Saabaru and Miata and got an AWD hybrid with a five speed
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blk posted:I decided I'm tired of driving to work in the Saabaru and Miata and got an AWD hybrid with a five speed I bet that, like my Uzi, weighs a ton.
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Seminal Flu posted:I bet that, like my Uzi, weighs a ton. I'm guessing 45 lbs - not as bad as it could be, but still 3x my road bike. Unfortunately I can't really ride my road bike right now since I messed up my back, so I got this, which does the job.
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Picked this up Thursday with the GM 20% off deal (automatic because I'm lazy now, LS3, magneride shocks, etc). I do not understand why more people didn't buy these.
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Analogue Kid posted:I wrecked my 2006 Subaru Impreza wagon and replaced it with a $500 Sunfire GT 2.4L. Sunfires are rad. Cheap like borscht, impossible to kill and not terrible to drive. If I didn't need a truck then the humble Sunfire would be my #2 pick.
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heffray posted:Picked this up Thursday with the GM 20% off deal (automatic because I'm lazy now, LS3, magneride shocks, etc). I do not understand why more people didn't buy these. I love those things, GM really mismanaged those just like the G8s before them.
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heffray posted:Picked this up Thursday with the GM 20% off deal (automatic because I'm lazy now, LS3, magneride shocks, etc). I do not understand why more people didn't buy these. How is it? I'm trying to convince my wife we need one of these.
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The SS sedan is good! It's very livable as a commuter car, and the fancy magnetic shocks & drive modes can get a whole lot more aggressive if you want. Being able to swap between go-fast and comfort modes at will is nice. I'd been looking at a GTI Sport, Focus ST, WRX, or used Cadillac CTS Vsport or ATS, but figured this hits a sweet spot for good performance when I want it, comfortable the rest of the time, reasonable maintenance costs, and maybe even good resale eventually (looking at 2014 SSes and 2008 Pontiac G8s). Complaints: I wish it had Android Auto or CarPlay, and navigating to a random address while in motion didn't work out successfully the one time I tried it, but I also haven't read the manual yet. Gas mileage is going to be bad: rated at 14/22 and it uses 91+, but I'll probably stick to taking the bus to work because sitting in traffic is not fun even in a new car. If you want to buy one, the current deal ($1800 off, $8200 rebate) runs through 3/13, but it may be tough to find a manual transmission car. It sounds like there's one more ordering round planned for this year, but I don't know how many cars they'll release, and they already dropped several colors off the available list (including the dark metallic green I got).
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heffray posted:Picked this up Thursday with the GM 20% off deal (automatic because I'm lazy now, LS3, magneride shocks, etc). I do not understand why more people didn't buy these. You're a good man. Wish they were sold outside the US.
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That SS is very cool and I'm glad you didn't choose a monochromatic color that is plaguing roadways across America. There is no shame in the automatic game since the new ones are proving to be really sorted out. When I bought my M3 the other month and was playing the 'what other cars could I get instead' the SS was one but never a serious contender. I would definitely be gaudy and put all the Holden conversion stuff (if I couldn't find the Holden package car). It would be hard to not want to supercharge it or something.
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Wistful of Dollars posted:You're a good man. Wish they were sold outside the US. They did, it was called the Commodore 
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heffray posted:I do not understand why more people didn't buy these. Would you have bought it if it weren't 20% off?
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I don't think I would have paid $50k, mostly because I was cross shopping against hot hatches and used cars, and the discounted price was still near the top of what I'm willing to spend. I do think that a model without some of the luxury features at a lower price would have helped a bunch- there's not perfect overlap between wanting a sedan version of the Camaro and wanting to pay for active safety controls, HUD, heated & ventilated seats, etc. I'm also guessing the average sale price on these cars was already well under MSRP, but it's also possible GM didn't want to sell a bunch of this car for CAFE reasons. I'm planning on moving to San Diego in a few months- it looks like there are CARB-legal supercharger options (but definitely not headers or airbox, and cams are invisible anyway), but I'll wait to find situations where something that runs ~13 flat at 110 is not adequate to decide if that's necessary. So far, in random Seattle driving, I can't even find excuses to go WOT for any length of time, let alone think I need more. Overall, though- this is a great sport sedan at a pretty reasonable price, and I'm glad I got it instead of something cheaper, slower, and less comfortable to drive.
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Somewhat Heroic posted:
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I bought this thing. I haven't actually taken delivery of it yet, since it's being shipped 350 miles. Immediate plans are to put some type of tonneau cover on it (currently leaning towards Retrax MX Pro) and maybe a bedrug. Medium term plans are a 4" lift and 35" tires though I'm trying to decide how long to wait to make sure I don't have a pre-existing drivetrain or suspension warranty issue. Leaning towards 4-6 months or so.
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