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angryhampster posted:You could buy a new Smart, or you could buy a new Focus...for the same price. The Focus is literally twice the car and gets just as good MPG. Depends on where you drive. The Smart is a city car, and in the city it will give significantly better mileage. Whether or not a city car is appropriate for your coworkers is a separate matter.
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Seat Safety Switch posted:Even as a city car, it's a piece of poo poo. The iQ dominates it on size, turning radius, fun factor, seats, purchase price, gas mileage (not taking premium in the gas model for one thing) and maintenance cost. That's true if the iQ or its non-Smart alternative actually available where you are. Regardless if it came down to a city car for me I'd rather just take the bus
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parrhesia posted:Does this happen elsewhere? I've never heard about it happening in Germany, although most cars here aren't automatic, so the chances of it happening are stasticially smaller. Right now, I can only remember cases from the US but I'm not sure whether that's faulty memory, selection bias through media consumption or an indicator of just how terrible American drivers actually are. quote:Another interesting question is why fatalities stemming from these incidents appear limited to North America, even though Toyotas are sold worldwide. Der Spiegel notes there have been cases of unintended acceleration in Germany, but the drivers simply applied the brakes and brought their cars safely to a stop. http://www.wired.com/autopia/2010/03/unintended-acceleration/ Sounds about right
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Aug 28, 2012 07:24
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veedubfreak posted:This is why my current car is only 30%. My Mom's truck has like 5% on the rear window, and she has backed into at least 3 things. Overlay film I presume? I had an older Nissan wagon with 5% factory tints on the rear and it was fine at night - actually easier to see out of than my other car with 35% overlays.
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Aug 31, 2012 05:14
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Left Ventricle posted:The Saturn S-Series had a spaceframe, much like the Fiero, so the plastic body panels are literally decorational. I'd still fail a proper safety inspection on pedestrian safety grounds, just as a missing bumper or hood would.
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Sep 1, 2012 23:38
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durty posted:I suppose in america that would be the case. CT is Australian. At least the one you posted was a suitable vehicle for a rotary - better than one of these all too common abominations  
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Sep 3, 2012 06:54
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IOwnCalculus posted:I don't think this is a good way to transport bumpers from LA to Phoenix.  Note the bonus lawnmower
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Sep 19, 2012 07:17
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Make me really glad for bi-annual safety inspections
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Sep 21, 2012 12:06
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Throatwarbler posted:American cars are just so much better in every way. What American small-mid sized car is worth buying? Or are you counting stuff like the Cruze and Focus as American?
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Sep 23, 2012 10:02
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I'll never understand why they thought those hood vents were appropriate for a modern car. It was even worse when Holden started putting (presumably left over) G8 front ends on Commodores and selling them as 'special limited editions'
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Sep 24, 2012 07:42
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That's just the nature of cars that weren't available in any given market, especially when LHD-RHD conversions are involved. In NZ any old cruddy 90s Camaro or Mustang will sell for massively inflated prices just due to rarity
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Sep 25, 2012 07:48
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DefaultPeanut posted:There are plenty of those here for peanuts. Business opportunity? You wouldn't be able to get most of them on the road legally due to various safety and emissions requirements for imported cars. There are exemptions for limited edition models, but you'd need something fairly special to meet the criteria and possibly still be required to do a RHD conversion. Think of it this way, its as hard to get a 90s American market car street legal here as it is to get a 90s Japanese market car street legal in the USA.
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Sep 26, 2012 08:09
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Just look at that build quality A halfassed RHD conversion does nothing to improve 1990s US GM interiors
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Sep 26, 2012 11:07
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Powershift posted:edit: dammit, russia, stop doing this poo poo. Check out the Google Translate version of that thread
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Powershift posted:Not only that, but speed is a massive factor in towing, and most European countries limit cars towing trailers to FIFTY miles per hour. it's scary enough seeing inexperienced drivers try to hold on to hold onto small pickups towing trailers at 65mph, let alone a loving passat. I'd much rather tow with a decent Passat than a small pickup truck (which means an older one as all the new models are giant) Except for the whole VW transmission exploding thing.
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Oct 12, 2012 23:27
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BlackMK4 posted:Popular in the 80 series Land Cruiser world because when you remove the fender flares it leaves holes through the body and into the cab. Cover the holes from behind and bedline the arches/rocker. Works super well and looks good. Is that to get extra room for big tyres? If so wouldn't it be easier to buy a base model without the flares? Anyway I think this fits the thread 
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Oct 16, 2012 06:21
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Three-Phase posted:I wonder if I could do this with my Honda Fit! Well that appears to be an early Toyota Corolla so I'm sure a modern Fit would handle that trailer far better.
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Oct 22, 2012 09:15
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Rugoberta Munchu posted:My older brother's first car was a 1985 se-i with that identical interior and exterior, but with a sunroof, manual transmission, and hail damage. My first car also was an '85, but with the 3-barrel carburetor and automatic transmission. The fuel system itself began corroding, causing it to eventually run on 3 cylinders. Then the brake master cylinder blew, which would then suck all of the air out of the engine, killing it when the brakes were applied. That was "fixed" with a vise grip on the brake hose. I sort of miss it all these years later. The car I remember most from growing up was the Japanese import 1987 Accord Si my parents had for years. Had the same DOHC B20a as Preludes of the time, Grey, yellow fog lamps, 14" BBS alloys and a subtle spoiler which together looked great. Unfortunately the waterpump eventually seized (being a 90s Japanese import the odometer was wound back) which led to a broken cambelt and a bunch of bent valves. My parents did have it fixed but it was never quite the same again unfortunately.
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Nathan Explosion posted:Some Russian dudes took an equally hosed Focus and a Suzuki SUV and put them both back together in a similar way. They looked pretty much new when they were done. The workmanship was crazy good, but the cars were in no way worth the effort. There are a whole bunch on that dudes Livejournal posted above In addition to the Airtrek and Yeti they've done fairly major repairs on 90s Vauxhall Vectra Hyundai Getz x3 00s Nissan Primera 90s Corolla 90s Nissan Primeras x3 None of which would be worth repairing if you did any more than scratch the bumper in my part of the world
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Memento1979 posted:This is *maybe* a $1000 dollar car in Australia, and everything here is at least twice the price of everything there. Here is one that looks like about the same. More mileage on it, and I would prefer a manual in one of those but I would 100% drive that for puttering down to the supermarket. Corollas are really weird in New Zealand - you seem to be able to pay $2000-3000 and get an E8x, E9x, E10x or E11x. No idea why you'd get one of the 80s models when a late 90s one is in the same general price bracket (and much less likely to be rusted in half)
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Memento1979 posted:Actually dissss that's something I've wondered about NZ - do you guys need to salt the roads because of snow? Obviously we don't have problems with it here (Hobart doesn't count), but I figured over the Tasman you might need to deal with snow in that way. It doesn't snow at all in most of the country and even where it does they don't use salt just grit. The climate is fairly damp though and most people live fairly close to the coast so cars, especially 80/90s Japanese ones do rust and our six monthly safety inspections are extremely strict in that regard.
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Gorilla Salad posted:Given the state of driving in Russia This Youtube channel has an amazing amount of dashcam footage, almost all from Russia (or at least Eastern Europe): http://www.youtube.com/user/CarCrashCompilation I love how everyone sounds just like a character from S.T.A.L.K.E.R
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General_Failure posted:Not a freaking clue. Even my fairlane was something over $60000 when it was new. I suspect that was in 1996 dollars too. I bet that owner had shocking buyers remorse. Go check out what a new Corvette (or even something like a Camaro or Mustang) will cost you in Australia though. Makes those ridiculous upper tier HSVs almost look like value for money
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InitialDave posted:I'm not the only one who does this, right? Right? Caprica (a Battlestar Galactica spin-off) has an interesting mix of cars - classic Citroens, 80s Mercedes-Benz and then a bunch of Japanese market stuff like Nissan Figaro/Paos and 4WD Mitsubishi Delica vans The only thing they really share is they all look much different to your typical modern car
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sean10mm posted:BMW didn't change much, they just made the 3 series coupe a 4 series just like the 6 series is a coupe version of a 5 series. The last 2 digits are relative power instead of displacement since they went to smaller turbo engines across the board but didn't want to make all the numbers smaller because it would seem like the new cars were somehow "less" than the old ones. Or something. They've been doing it for years - 1.8/1.9l 316i, 2.5l 323i etc
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Sir Cornelius posted:There's Capri, Cortina, Granada, Scorpio, Fiesta, Sierra, Orion, Escort, Focus and Mondeo Ghias. It's from the design firm Carrozzeria Ghia that Ford bought in the early 1970s. They used it on Australian model Fords too like the Laser/Telstar/Fairmont/Territory
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JaysonAych posted:Chevrolet's been doing that a lot over the last several years. The Vette, the Cruze, the Malibu (both the new one and the last one), and the Cobalts with the quad round taillamps. The entire Cruze just screams generic four door sedan - I don't know why you'd single out the rear end which is just as bland as the rest of the car.
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This freaking Audi has been sitting outside my house for the past three or so weeks now Wouldn't be so annoying if parking spaces weren't at such a premium
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meatpotato posted:Definitely call the police, it may have been stolen and abandoned. Its not reported stolen and has a current safety inspection and vehicle license so as far as the law is concerned its legally parked. Also not a turbo, just the boring 2.0 FSI
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On my Nissan the instrument lights will dim automatically regardless of whether the headlights are on or off. There is an automatic headlight setting but I prefer not to use it as it doesn't turn the lights on until it's far darker than I'd like (especially important as the car is silver) Also the rear fog lamps can only be activated if the fronts are already on, think this is fairly standard on Japanese cars so its not just the French.
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Sadly that kit is fairly common here, there is even another SW20 with it listed http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/used-cars/toyota/mr2/auction-564623487.htm
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While I have no doubt the one you saw was indeed misbadged the EK Civic Si was available in green, sedan and automatic in Japan
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some texas redneck posted:Not nearly as bad as some of the stuff in here, but... wtf is going on with these mirrors. They're actually very useful on an unwieldy vehicle - standard fitment on a lot of Japanese market 4wds
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Astroman posted:Especially if the seats have been in direct sunlight. Given those are Russian plates I'd be more worried about what happens when the seats freeze...
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You Am I posted:Mine has no rust at all on it. Nor have I seen other Mazda 323s/Ford Lasers of that vintage with rust like that on Australian roads. Its probably down to where they were manufactured. In NZ 90s Mazdas seem fairly good for rust, Nissans seem to catch it far worse here.
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Eh I'd make a point of parking next door anyway - there is still plenty of room there and it'd hopefully make it inconvenient for the inconsiderate parker to get out (assuming the spaces aren't reserved or something)
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Das Volk posted:Has any car with more than a lawnmower engine had a successful CVT? It seems like they have an incredibly high rate of failure between cars like the Saturns and the A4s from the early 2000s. Maxima, Murano etc. Seen some pretty high mileage Maximas used as taxis - pretty sure it was just poor fuel economy that saw them fall out of favour not the transmissions. I think a lot of the issues with earlier models was down to incorrect maintenance - especially on some of the earlier stuff like the Japanese V35 Skyline that required model specific (not just CVT specific) fluid.
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The Europeans will probably laugh at this one but man fuel prices are starting to bite here which brings the gauge up to 
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