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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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2 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Test drove the 1.4T 6m version a few years back. Not a bad car, but also not stellar. 

 

Makes me wonder what they will replace it with since that's the only small car they make right now.

as of right now, they haven't named a successor. :( so that probably means no compact sedan as of now. but i think FCA can survive without a sedan, since it seems crossovers are all the norm.

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42 minutes ago, iDeFecZx said:

Yeah, or even put a V8 in there and make it RWD. Either would attract more buyers I reckon.

Rear drive and a V8 would be asking a lot. The Dart was designed around a transverse engine and transmission. There would need to be significant changes to accommodate a rear drive V8 setup. 

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1 minute ago, vinyldash303 said:

I hope they bring back the neon and srt4 trim

The SRT-4 Neon was cool but from what I understand (I never owned a Neon) the standard car was pretty lack luster, so I dont see the Neon name coming back.

 

I was always hoping for an SRT-4 Dart though, sadly, not happening. 

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Hey car enthusiasts,

 

I like cars but I am not really into it. I came here for help with buying first car, I am 20 years old male, and I would like some input on what to get. My budget is about 3000 including something if it has to be fixed when I get the car. I need to drive the car to and from work plus going out on weekends. I am located north of Boston mass, and am looking for a car around this area. It has to be able to pass inspections! 

I LOVE BMW's and I would love to have one but I don't think I could actually afford one especially if it often breaks down. Most people suggested getting a Honda civic which I guess I am fine with but I always appreciate a nice car.

 

Second question. When buying a used car what do you guys look at first? I will ask a mechanic to look at the car before I buy it but like if I saw one on the road what should I look at? And which site is the best for buying cars? Craigslist always feel so sketchy especially for this amount of money.

 

Thanks for the input!

 

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25 minutes ago, Abel225 said:

Hey car enthusiasts,

 

I like cars but I am not really into it. I came here for help with buying first car, I am 20 years old male, and I would like some input on what to get. My budget is about 3000 including something if it has to be fixed when I get the car. I need to drive the car to and from work plus going out on weekends. I am located north of Boston mass, and am looking for a car around this area. It has to be able to pass inspections! 

I LOVE BMW's and I would love to have one but I don't think I could actually afford one especially if it often breaks down. Most people suggested getting a Honda civic which I guess I am fine with but I always appreciate a nice car.

 

Second question. When buying a used car what do you guys look at first? I will ask a mechanic to look at the car before I buy it but like if I saw one on the road what should I look at? And which site is the best for buying cars? Craigslist always feel so sketchy especially for this amount of money.

 

Thanks for the input!

 

Bye

Which country do you live in? And 3000 what? Gumballs? Condoms? Virgins? Muffins? Comicbooks? Dollars? Euros? Monopoly-money?

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1 minute ago, Strando123 said:

Which country do you live in? And 3000 what? Gumballs? Condoms? Virgins? Muffins? Comicbooks? Dollars? Euros? Monopoly-money?

'I am located north of Boston mass'

 

Judging by that, USD

Needs money for car parts :P

 

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3 minutes ago, Strando123 said:

Which country do you live in? And 3000 what? Gumballs? Condoms? Virgins? Muffins? Comicbooks? Dollars? Euros? Monopoly-money?

Sorry I thought northof boston, mass would tell you. I live in the USA and US dollars is the currency.

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1 minute ago, Abel225 said:

Sorry I thought northof boston, mass would tell you. I live in the USA and US dollars is the currency.

He might have been confused because you have Hungary as your location under your name... ;)

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16 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

He might have been confused because you have Hungary as your location under your name... ;)

I just moved and forgot to change it. Thanks for letting me know.

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On September 9, 2016 at 4:45 PM, RevoltTrain said:

I know this of course isn't for everyone, but if you like this type of music, please give this a watch, I've loved this since I first found this and it's really well put together

 

 

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im sitting down at a table upstairs in the computer science building at the college, and there is a little lobby area with an object in the middle. There is a guy literally walking around in circles around the object yelling on his cell phone. It's hilarious. 

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im sitting down at a table upstairs in the computer science building at the college, and there is a little lobby area with an object in the middle. There is a guy literally walking around in circles around the object yelling on his cell phone. It's hilarious. 

What's he yelling about?

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1 minute ago, MEC-777 said:

What's he yelling about?

talking about taking the ACT test again so he can get higher scores lol

 

idk why he is yelling. He isn't angry. Guess he's just a "loud" person lol

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3 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

im sitting down at a table upstairs in the computer science building at the college, and there is a little lobby area with an object in the middle. There is a guy literally walking around in circles around the object yelling on his cell phone. It's hilarious. 

Where do you attend college at?

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1 hour ago, Abel225 said:

Sorry I thought northof boston, mass would tell you. I live in the USA and US dollars is the currency.

do you prefer auto or manual?

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1 minute ago, bcredeur97 said:

talking about taking the ACT test again so he can get higher scores lol

 

idk why he is yelling. He isn't angry. Guess he's just a "loud" person lol

There's a few people like that in our office. Our office is very quiet and when these few get on the phone it's like they think the people on the other end can't hear them or something, they talk so loud. lol. It's actually quite offensive at times. 

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6 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

There's a few people like that in our office. Our office is very quiet and when these few get on the phone it's like they think the people on the other end can't hear them or something, they talk so loud. lol. It's actually quite offensive at times. 

There are definitely people like that. I was in a cubicle for a summer internship and this guy sitting in the corner would be on the phone talking so loud that I could hear him from a few cubicles away. His "talking" also included cursing and annoying laughter. I learned about his daughter, his vacation, some problems with the project he's working on...

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2 hours ago, Abel225 said:

Hey car enthusiasts,

 

I like cars but I am not really into it. I came here for help with buying first car, I am 20 years old male, and I would like some input on what to get. My budget is about 3000 including something if it has to be fixed when I get the car. I need to drive the car to and from work plus going out on weekends. I am located north of Boston mass, and am looking for a car around this area. It has to be able to pass inspections! 

I LOVE BMW's and I would love to have one but I don't think I could actually afford one especially if it often breaks down. Most people suggested getting a Honda civic which I guess I am fine with but I always appreciate a nice car.

 

Second question. When buying a used car what do you guys look at first? I will ask a mechanic to look at the car before I buy it but like if I saw one on the road what should I look at? And which site is the best for buying cars? Craigslist always feel so sketchy especially for this amount of money.

 

Thanks for the input!

 

Bye

Boooooooostooooooooooooon.

 

Yay.

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4 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

@Abel225 how about this?

http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5753123348.html

This looks good to me.

 

I don't particularly care about it being automatic or manual. My family always had manuals, so I never drove an automatic for any extended period of time.

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3 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Boooooooostooooooooooooon.

 

Yay.

You're in the area?

 

If so AWESOME!

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1 minute ago, Abel225 said:

This looks good to me.

 

I don't particularly care about it being automatic or manual. My family always had manuals, so I never drove an automatic for any extended period of time.

Those cars are dead reliable if they are taken care of. 180k is a bit high in miles though. You should be able to find a lot of similar examples. 

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Just picked out an 05 Corolla for my mother-in-law to replace her POS sunfire (engine blew). These are the go-to car if reliability is most important. ;)

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5 minutes ago, Abel225 said:

You're in the area?

 

If so AWESOME!

I used to live in Tewksbury, south of Lowell. I miss it there.

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3 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

Those cars are dead reliable if they are taken care of. 180k is a bit high in miles though. You should be able to find a lot of similar examples. 

I don't think I can find anything under 3000 that has a lot less then 180k miles. But i will look around and see for other Toyota's around my area.

This car is a bit newer then the others I found.

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