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I had an '07(?) V8 Mustang automatic in my early twenties and it was an enormous piece of poo poo except it drove kind of fast. I let my sister borrow it and she totaled it.
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My Man Shran posted:Saab did some legitimately clever things to make up for their GM hellhole parts bin. I have a weird sort of respect for saab because there's a reason to the madness, unlike BMW which is just "we did this because it would be more expensive" and dodge just seems to always miss the memo on everything and just coasts on "my granpappy's granpappy was a dodge man so I'm a dodge man too"
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Jan 7, 2017 04:20
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My Man Shran posted:Saab did some legitimately clever things to make up for their GM hellhole parts bin. Actually that predates GM and is because ignition lock cylinders tend to shatter peoples' right kneecaps in accidents
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Jan 7, 2017 04:31
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Don't correct the false wisdom I gained from listening to bubbas bitch about GOVERNMENT MOTORS at my local tractor supply
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Jan 7, 2017 04:32
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im waiting for the right lovely VW to turn up ill know it when i see the broken blaupunk casette deck
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Jan 7, 2017 04:32
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Pdiddle, everyone get naked. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cFZ7AVrfOYU
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Jan 7, 2017 05:06
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scrubs season six posted:I can think of 292 reasons you wouldn't be better off with just a Chevy SS. Wrong!!
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Jan 7, 2017 05:08
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i had to drive a mitsubishi gallant for awhile. before then i never knew i could hate a car so much. what a piece of poo poo. family had a dodge durango, we had a few good road trips in that thing. wouldn't buy one though.
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Jan 7, 2017 05:27
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what's a car that's generally simple mechanically and easy to work on none of that "remove the front fascia to replace a headlight bulb" Cadillac bullshit
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Jan 7, 2017 05:40
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Any panther platform Ford/Merc/Lincoln (except for that crazy air suspension). Older generation civics, probably. Me  Edit: spark plugs on my current daily are an engine-out job because American cars are built to be maintainable, you see
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Jan 7, 2017 05:42
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So wait, the Grand Prix GXP was actually FWD? That's fuckin lame as hell.
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Jan 7, 2017 05:43
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the trump tutelage posted:what's a car that's generally simple mechanically and easy to work on Kia Soul or Forte. Cheap, reliable, and generally easy to work on. And they're still sold with manual transmissions if that's your flavor.
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Jan 7, 2017 05:51
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My Man Shran posted:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tFnUysUwm88 Had one of these while I was in college (92 turbo) and drat was it a fun car. Snap oversteered once and that was fun, luckily didn't hit anything. As to cars like the hellcat, focus RS etc, the big problem with them is that you're still getting a car that was designed to be cheap and cheap to make but with a bigger engine/suspension and not all that much else. I looked at an RS last month and just couldn't bring myself to pay 42k or whatever for a car with nearly the same interior as the 17k model. These beefed up versions of regular cars are so cheap compared to their rivals because of just that. I ended up buying a CX-5 to haul crap around in and whatnot and couldn't be happier. I'll buy a dedicated second fun car for track days.
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Jan 7, 2017 06:26
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the trump tutelage posted:what's a car that's generally simple mechanically and easy to work on the modern mustangs are extremely roomy and it's real easy to stick your arms in all sorts of places
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Jan 7, 2017 06:30
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I miss my '87 celica. It got me through college at well over 200k miles and was still running great except I couldn't get the loving starter to work no matter what I did. Took it to like 5 different mechanics and none of them could fix it either so I got rid of it and I've regretted it ever since. Miss those pop up headlights 
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Jan 7, 2017 06:32
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the trump tutelage posted:what's a car that's generally simple mechanically and easy to work on anything built before the late 80s or so. maybe before the 70s if you want something with pure mechanical simplicity that gives you absolute unfettered access to the engine bay without a rat's nest of hoses and wiring being in the way.
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Jan 7, 2017 06:47
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My first car was an 84 Cutlass Ciera I got by trading really lovely Seahawks season tickets in exchange back in 2001. It ran ok if I didn't go more than 30mph up hills or ever tried to drive above 55. My dad borrowed it once and thought he could drive it like a real car and blew the motor up 
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Jan 7, 2017 08:35
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Saturns were easy to change their oil
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Jan 7, 2017 09:14
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TheShazbot posted:Ford Crown Victoria I loving love my '98 Crown Victoria. I bought it for $2500 cash a few years ago and it's up to about 185k miles now. Lately I was willing to overlook the fact that the suspension and electrical were totally hosed because it's such a boss car, then a couple months ago a tourist from Quebec rear ended the living poo poo out of me in a rented Mustang. The Mustang crumpled (and so did my rear bumper), but honestly I barely felt it when it happened. Because I am now an adult with a career, I bought a 2017 Camry. I am growing to love it, but Zapp and Roger just don't sound as good coming out of those speakers. Nonsense posted:Saturns were easy to change their oil My first car was a Saturn, and yeah it was great do it yourself car for learning how to do oil changes and brake jobs. Compared to the Crown Vic, it felt like driving around in a go-kart.
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Jan 7, 2017 10:21
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nigga crab pollock posted:the mercury marauder If we're going to talk about beefed-up, bastardized versions of production cars, the correct answer would be the '94-96 Impala SS with the LT1.
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Jan 7, 2017 11:55
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American cars are not very good but on the plus side they have generally cool tough names. "Yeah I drive a 69 TURBOEAGLE MAXIMUS what about you? Oh yeah nice "punto" lmao. Gonna save for a 9/11 T-BONE ULTRANOVA next year."
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Kibbles n Shits posted:Hyundai GARBAGE NOT YET shoophobo posted:Chevrolet GARBAGE nigga crab pollock posted:the mercury marauder 13 YEAR OLD CAR
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