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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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5 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

i chose the good drivetrain 

 

yeah .. any cheap car will bite me in the ass .. but i will get an ok car eventually xD 

I'd choose drivetrain as well right now. 

A body is easy to fix. Some sheet metal and a welder + some rattle cans 

Whereas the engine is just most likely expensive. 

1 minute ago, GlassBomb said:

Pretty much xD

I'd probably spend a minimum of €2,000 whenever buying a used car.

I'd set my minimum at about there too. 

My next car will be somewhere in that area.

And then i'll try to put away some cash every month so that if anything breaks i can upgrade it

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1 minute ago, techswede said:

I'd set my minimum at about there too. 

My next car will be somewhere in that area.

And then i'll try to put away some cash every month so that if anything breaks i can upgrade it

You pretty much always want to have at least some "when shit hits the fan"-money. I see myself as totally broke if I have anything less than €1,000.

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4 minutes ago, techswede said:

I'd choose drivetrain as well right now. 

A body is easy to fix. Some sheet metal and a welder + some rattle cans 

Whereas the engine is just most likely expensive. 

I'd set my minimum at about there too. 

My next car will be somewhere in that area.

And then i'll try to put away some cash every month so that if anything breaks i can upgrade it

i would a welder or someone who can weld and has a welder xD 

Just now, GlassBomb said:

You pretty much always want to have at least some "when shit hits the fan"-money. I see myself as totally broke if I have anything less than €1,000.

thats what parents are for right? :P jk 

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1 minute ago, Mister2010 said:

i would a welder or someone who can weld and has a welder xD 

thats what parents are for right? :P jk 

Borrowing money is the worst. The only time I have had to do it myself was for the car, which I paid back within the next few months. I had €4,500 at the time, and I borrowed another €1,000 (car was €5,000). Only borrowed so that I had extra because I knew that I had to pay some extra stuff when buying the car, and the extra €500 would let me survive until payday without sweating.

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1 minute ago, GlassBomb said:

Borrowing money is the worst. The only time I have had to do it myself was for the car, which I paid back within the next few months. I had €4,500 at the time, and I borrowed another €1,000 (car was €5,000). Only borrowed so that I had extra because I knew that I had to pay some extra stuff when buying the car, and the extra €500 would let me survive until payday without sweating.

yup ... i hate borrowing money ... i usually pay back as soon as i can 

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9 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

You pretty much always want to have at least some "when shit hits the fan"-money. I see myself as totally broke if I have anything less than €1,000.

I always try to have some "Oh shit!" money 

7 minutes ago, GlassBomb said:

Borrowing money is the worst. The only time I have had to do it myself was for the car, which I paid back within the next few months. I had €4,500 at the time, and I borrowed another €1,000 (car was €5,000). Only borrowed so that I had extra because I knew that I had to pay some extra stuff when buying the car, and the extra €500 would let me survive until payday without sweating.

Borrowing money is awful.. Owing someone sucks ass.

Funnily enough i've never actually taken out a loan.

Unless you count the car i'm currently driving that i pay for every month. Just 47 payments to go.. Egh.. 

My next car will be all mine though. Paid for when i buy it instead of for five years after i buy it..

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1 hour ago, GlassBomb said:

€500 is enough to get a car that works. It's just a question of how well xD

This is what you can get with 400 bucks. http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/5510204478.html

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4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

This is what you can get with 400 bucks. http://stockton.craigslist.org/cto/5510204478.html

jesus ... here i could get an ok-ish condition 318 E36 4 door for 500 euros or less

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42 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

yup ... i hate borrowing money ... i usually pay back as soon as i can 

I dont mind borrowing money as long as its with my parents or an actually company. I would hate borrowing from friends though 

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Just now, Maybach123 said:

I dont mind borrowing money as long as its with my parents or an actually company. I would hate borrowing from friends though 

well ... yeah ... borrowing from parents ... is ok-ish ... well ... for a 17 yr old .. not many other ways to get money 

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Just now, theninja35 said:

Well, a job.

its quite tough to get a job as a 17yr ol here 

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8 minutes ago, Mister2010 said:

jesus ... here i could get an ok-ish condition 318 E36 4 door for 500 euros or less

if you want something cheaper than that, you're probably gonna have to buy parts for it to get it working again.

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2 minutes ago, theninja35 said:

Where? In Michigan (US) we have kids getting jobs when they're only 15. I'm not even 15 and I might be caddying this Summer.

It was pretty hard for a kid to get a job where i grew up. I didnt have one till i was 18

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7 minutes ago, theninja35 said:

Where? In Michigan (US) we have kids getting jobs when they're only 15. I'm not even 15 and I might be caddying this Summer.

Latvia (EU)
well in the summer ... yes i will be getting a job ... but the rest of the year is tough ... like i do have a job .. but its not a job that has work every month (have the job since i was 15 xD )

6 minutes ago, terrytek said:

if you want something cheaper than that, you're probably gonna have to buy parts for it to get it working again.

yeah .. i do want something cheaper .. but ill be looking for either a 320 E36 (door count dont matter xD but would prefer a wagon or a 2 door) so yeah wont be under 600 

or an 850 wagon .... again around 600 xD 

 

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4 hours ago, warmmilk said:

naw, like I said above, they're all about the gazillion speed auto's... 

The obvious endgame of a gazillion speed auto is CVT ;)

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1 hour ago, theninja35 said:

Where? In Michigan (US) we have kids getting jobs when they're only 15. I'm not even 15 and I might be caddying this Summer.

In Indiana I had a job at my local radio station at 14 going on 15. Turning 18 within a month and still work there

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27 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

In Indiana I had a job at my local radio station at 14 going on 15. Turning 18 within a month and still work there

sounds interesting what do you do there?

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20 minutes ago, Maybach123 said:

sounds interesting what do you do there?

I run the board. Basically make sure everything runs right and there isn't dead air

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7 hours ago, iDeFecZx said:

But toyota themselves have nothing but the GT86. Plus the proper sporty lexus's are ridiculously expensive

My main problems with Toyota is that they are numb and I think with modern aesthetics they look terrible. Even Mazda made a good handling crossover (CX3), and they don't need to plaster CVTs all over their fleet to achieve decent MPG. 

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Can I kinda put a pic of my truck in here and discretely be like.... "Its for sale..."

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What a night. I'm bloody exhausted and I only shot ~40% of the cars that showed up. Could have gotten more but was watching Civil War just before the premeet, then lost track of time shooting features on a few cars. Chatted up a few nice gals, but its bloody chilly and I really just wanted to focus on shooting. Night was fading fast, and correcting for low-light in post is a PITA that I avoid for big shows as much as possible.

 

Anyways, @MEC-777 if you're ever in the area (Vaughan) tuesday nights make sure you get here EARLY because 2 hours after gates open till close (~10PM), the queue to get in slows to a crawl.

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On to the meat and potates - I risked my life to get some of these shots for y'all, and nearly got run over a few times. There was an entire row of Mustangs parked up and I really didn't want to chance it beyond that.

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And then there's us poor Australians, cars are freaking overpriced here

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ok i heard a subaru sti at full throttle pass by my house, then lift off the throttle. the backfire and crackle that came afterward was heavenly.

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