Craigslist/FB Marketplace 10 years ago:John Smith: >selling my daughter's Honda civic, she used it to get to college and back. good car, $4000 OBO.Craigslist/FB Marketplace now:Ernesto de la Cruz Rivera:>2001 NISSAN ALTIMA>349,000 MILLAS>NADA WRONG WITH CAR>R TITLE FOR SMALL ACCIDENT EL BUMPER>WE FINANCE ANYONE NO LICENSE>WE PRINT U A TEMP TAG FROM GOOGLE DOCS>$14,999 FIRMComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>27632560that seems like a decent deal considering how much old trucks are increasing in value. People are mainly focused on 70s and 80s now but with their scarcity i can see people dipping into the 90s.
>>27631275>cheap used car in good shapePeople aren’t buying new cars like they used to so dealerships and private dealers are quickly buying any decent used car as soon as they pop up.You would have to be browsing craigslist or fb 24/7 and hope you beat them to the punch as soon as a good car appears.
>>27631275The worst part about facebook marketplace is that the search is a hair away from just being random shit. You want an Accord within 20 miles of your zip? Ok, here's a Silverado 70 miles away as the third result. Fourth result? Accord 8 miles away. How? It's worse when you're looking for car parts. You want an exhaust for a Corolla? Ok, here's an intake for some Kia.>>27632660Not a word of a lie here. 2019 you could get a CPO 2016 Scion iM (Corolla hatchback) with 30k on it for around $14k. Now? You're looking at double the miles for the same price if you're fucking lucky.
>>27634709>The worst part about facebook marketplace is that the search is a hair away from just being random shit. You want an Accord within 20 miles of your zip? Ok, here's a Silverado 70 miles away as the third result. Fourth result? Accord 8 miles away. How? It's worse when you're looking for car parts. You want an exhaust for a Corolla? Ok, here's an intake for some Kia.kek I know that feel too wellno amount of operators makes it good either, you can barely ameliorate it a small bit
>>27631324Lol those are garbage cars not even worth $1000
>cheap>fun to drive>reliable>good gas mileage>truck-like amount of cargo spaceDoes a car like this exist?
>>27632585I love my Town Car. I'd even go so far as to say its a little fun to drive with RWD and a V8. Its not a fast car but its not a slow car either and it has enough power to be fun.
>>27631468Your best bet is probably a CTS-V wagon or an E39 M5 wagon conversion that someone else built. An E39 540i wagon is slow but may suffice but regardless none of those will have good gas mileage. The first two will be fun no matter where you are. Many of the cars named here, like the Matrix, Fit, Mazda 3, Volvo C30 will not be fun unless you live in the twisties. They're just too slow, which is ok when you have good rows but not fun when you don't. Panthers are a retarded suggestion. They're cheap and have a huge trunk, but they get terrible gas mileage. You may get low 20s on the highway, but if you do mixed driving you'll be getting 15-18mpg. I know because I owned a P71 years ago.>>27634140I'm curious what you've driven if a town car is fun to you. I've owned a P71, which is faster than a town car, and it was only fun until the novelty wore off, then it was only fun if I was on a fun road like TOTD but was otherwise one of the dullest vehicles I've owned. Almost anything is fun on a road like TOTD, unless it's the most soul-sucking, dull, horrible handling, numb piece of shit, like the Camry I drove through there once on a road trip.
>>27634196I'm not the Town Car Guy, I'm the MGM Guy, but I'll answer for him- croozing is fun. If you're idea of fun is drama and excitement, you get a motorcycle. Some people's idea of fun is croozing on leather bench seats while listening to Robert Palmer's first album.
>>27634330I'm the other MGM guy and I can confirm. I've got my other car for fast and exciting, the Mercury is fun in its own right because it's comfy and relaxing to drive.
>>27631471Based, wagons were the perfect form factor
Ford should make a luxury Mustang to compete with Cadillac, Audi, BMW, Lexus, etc...Call it the Lincoln Cougar or something
>>27629672Chevy did it with the Berlinetta
>>27634387Forgot pic
>>27629672sorry but that market is already oversaturated by the brands you just mention and the people looking for new german "luxury" coupes are not even gonna glance at an american car even if it's better in every single aspect
>>27629672>Ford Motor Company>LuxuryPick one.
>>27634019>>27634065My hope would be that it compares to stuff like the Audi S5 and Lexus RCThat's why I suggest it be a LincolnI am in the market for such a car, but would never consider a Mustang
Imagine an alternate future in which Mazda didn't spend so much time and money on meme Doritos™ wanker engines. What would it look like?
>>27631653>I'd expect you need to replace basically everything that isn't the rotors and housing themselvesyeah, this is kind of what I was expecting. Not even sure what you’d do about the eccentric shaft except custom fab one. Would you need to redo porting though?
>>27631640>full engine teardown is considered regular maintenanceThis already is extremely retarded, but just for fun I'll keep making fun of you for the other retarded things you said.>you can do a seal job in three hoursA professional with a full shop can, MAYBE. YOU can't.>build a three rotorYeah bro, all you need to do is get the eshaft and fat iron from a Cosmo that they sold less than 3,000 of. Just do that, ez.>to make 300hpIf you have more money than sense, maybe. There are much much much much better ways to have a 300hp rx7 than to source $10k+ engine parts from a Cosmo.>put it in an rx7Now your steering geometry is bungled due to having to relocate the rack to fit the 20b. Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>27626912>Rx8>Has an x8 engine
is it worth getting into rotaries in the year 1990+34?FB or FC?I'd prefer FC but its hard to find a non raped non convertible one
>>27634139>I want a 2nd gen>But I don't want it to be convertibleYou might as well say>I want to drive a slow car>But I want the one fun thing about it to be taken away
I think that we should reduce all highways by one lane to make congestion a bigger problem and make driving an all-around worse experience for everybody involved
>>27634726Based and democratpilled
>>27634726All US freeways/highways should have tolls.
>>27634747Agreed, and they should be cash-only, too, with actual human attendees again
>>27634761
NEEDS SOME WORK... RAN GREAT WHEN PARKED... 20000 FIRM, NO LOWBALLERS I KNOW WHAT I GOT
>>27633815Logical conclusion to this joke
>>27632343>I never understood why some idiots buy cars like this.it's just boomers playing hot potato, letting it sit in their yard for 5-6 years before their wife finally forces them to sell it to the next old piece of shit who's not gonna restore it, at a profit, instead of selling it for a fair price to someone with the ability to bring it back from the dead.
I really want a 70s car that’s not worth restoring as a lawn ornament for a garden.
>>27633815this exact image was used on this zuckbook listingi can't tell if it's a shitpost or not, append this to zuckbook.com/marketplace/item/435950832179363/
>>27632373why don't i just buy a whole new car's worth of replacement parts to begin with?
>he drives a Toyota
>>27634191>a horse and a monke wearing sheep wool
>>27634210>still wouldnt fuck you
>>27634138How could you tell?
>he posts on 4chan
Toyota Yaris 3 is peak performances buckaroo
>GIMME GIMME CHEMICAL LOVE>GIMME GIMME
>>27633512then why did you reply, retarded nigger spawn.
>>27633525to laugh at pathetic cum arrow cucks, what else?
>>27633536>to be a retarded nigger spawni see
>>27633372VVVVGHH.... i wish i was a nihonjin...
>>27633044my mfw when i didnt boughted the camero
I could buy one tomorrow should I do it>t. 30 yo boomer>t. would get in black
>>27634537If you don't have to consistently haul multiple family members, then you made the right choice.
>>27632250
>>27634694That's what makes it a Subaru
>0-60 in 5.5 seconds>quarter mile in 14 secondshow much would it cost to a WRX to go 0-60 in under 4 seconds and a quarter mile under 12 seconds so it's comparable to most other performance vehicles?
>>27634763If you want to do that more than a couple of times before blowing the engine or drivetrain components with a void warranty its cheaper to buy a bmw M car or a doge charger
anyone collect scale models?
>>27632664bought picrel couple of days ago, still waiting for it to arrive. Unfortunately with the intention of gifting it to a friend, because I think it's cool af and would actually like to keep it.
i collect based cars
i only make them
>>27632664Yeah also occasionally build them.Here is an old pic of some stuff i got
I drive a Model 3. If I disconnect the low speed noisemaker speaker thing what are the potential consequences? Say the unthinkable happens and I run over a blind guy can he sue me saying that the lack of noise contributed to the crash? I see no precedent for this after a quick search.
>>27633329Pls just change it to something coolt. Visually retarded anon
>>27633329>I drive a Model 3You're gay
>>27634086Yes you can hear it from inside the car. t. I get a lot of them in for alignments because there's a Tesla certified body shop down the street from me
>>27634656>get a lot of them in for alignmentsBefore or after they hit blind pedestrians? Asking for a friend but this is very important.
>>27633679Is the thing a legally required component for vehicles in your area? If the answer is no it does not matter in the slightest and nobody will even bother thinking about it. You're still going to jail for running over a blind guy though.
Why do people keep going for the Corolla when the Camry is clearly a better car in every way?
>>27634421Why go for any of these when a Tundra is a better car in every way?
>cheaperThat's probably it
RAV4 hybrid LE is the new npc mobile.
>>27634642Based. 'ate cheap interiors, 'ate 'yota, simple as.>>27634710This. Usually the point of compacts is to target a lower price bracket, but the manufacturer goes beyond that and cheapens out on quality as well as size.I wish there were a way to get an E segment interior in a B segment car, but it's just not doable. You either size up or put up with shittier quality all around. Notable exception would be some French cars in the 90s, see ZX (pic related).It was simpler than the Xantia and XM but wasn't worse. It's an interior you'd want to be in. Unlike the atrocious interiors on lower end Toyotas which seem designed to convince you to buy the bigger car, not because it's better but to get away from the lower ones.
Probably has at least a little bit to do with all those Camrys that kept killing people a few years back
what is the obsession in the car community about lowering your car ?i am against it.it just feels stupid like, more dangerous. and less serious. like some kind of stupid joke cause you are real low to the ground. i dont get it. i was just in a real low honda the other day and i was like this is just dumb.
>>27630249The wheel should be concentric with the wheel well. Top looks about right, bottom looks like jorge needs new springs.
>>27629869/o/ loves to say lowered cars are ruined and anything truck related must be a mexican.
>>27630299lmao, that fucking hack job. At least let someone with steady hands do it.
>>27632512you have no tools, if you did you'd post em
>>27630605There's degrees of lowering. Slammed/bagged is extremely lowered, for spic looks with total disregard for performance.
Gentlemen I present to you the Mitsuoka Buddy a Japan only body kit for the Rav 4. What do you guys think of aftermarket body kits? How badly do they destroy a car's resale value? How retarded would I be to try and get the Buddy body panels imported and make a pseudo K5 Blazer out of a Rav4 Prime?
CalStage Bukhanka, Subaru Sambar
>>27627088I think you're correct
>>27632930Neat.
>>27627170a lot of them have insane daddy issues so actually it fits
>>27621268>>27621271>>27621281i fucking love mitsuoka
>Nürburgring and its consequences have been a disaster for the car-making raceDo you agree with him?
>>27633861fix the latter* Sorry, I'm no english major.
>>27633861Just don't leave it sitting long enough for the fuel to dry up in the bowl
>>27633878Can't forget to do that also because of corn gas turning to gelatin.
>>27633765Yeah, Geely bought them, but have been pretty hands off. The build quality is still good in my experience, though like any other manufacturer they'll make duds. They've been having problems with their TCAM electronics module, especially in their EVs, and the hardware for their Android-based infotainment was generally underspecced until recently. The twincharge I4 engine that they were using is a pile of shit, while the others are horribly underpowered. Moving away from their nice I6s to overstressed 4-bangers was a mistake, but Europe gonna EuropeAs for Polestar, I tried a Polestar 2 out and it felt like a coffin inside, and the materials quality is mediocre because they're all-in on using recycled shit. The leather upgrade helps a bit, but it's definitely not up to par with older Volvos
>>27633686yeah it looks nice, but honestly, i'm still kicking myself for waiting too long on one that used to be owned by the army of all things. it had a really cool army green paint too. previous owner already overhauled the engine to run on unleaded, and it had a radio and passenger mirror too. this car needs all three kek.>>27633737>>27633861thanks again, i'll definitely get an avs2 with electric choke. im sure it'll be a nice bump from whatever 2 barrel carb is in there. my primary concern is being able to just turn the key and go every time, ive only ever owned 90s EFI toyotas so far, so it's a bit of a jump going to a 60s fuckhueg carbed v8.