Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[dizmo]

Currently looking at getting either a 2013 Audi Q5, 2013 Audi allroad, 2012 Lincoln MKX...or perhaps a similar vintage Subaru Outback but they're not as...nice.

 

2 hours ago, cluelessgenius said:

-.- i have my doubts about some of these people. althought if true thats awesome

 

Eh, the only overly expensive car is the Cayman, and they're not even that expensive.

2 hours ago, TVwazhere said:

2016 Focus ST. Current at 25050 miles, bought in 2016 with 8k miles on it. 

 

Have you had many problems with it? Every friend I have with a Focus has nothing but bad things to say about it.

37 minutes ago, Yoinkerman said:

I have a 2005 escape with 112k miles on it.  It burns oil and is way louder than it should be but the brakes work and it still drives so meh.  I'll fix it when I have my own garage.

 

My other car is a 2018 Kona at 11k km, a few cosmetic changes only as it's still under warranty.

 

Currently awaiting my new 2004 forester STi from Japan, importable in July, bought and paid for already

I can't wait for 2023 when a lot of the really nice cars become eligible for import

RS6 Avant, here I come.

[zassou]

joke on you, i dont have a car

[Yoinkerman]

Buying expensive cars is easy in america houses are like 150k in anywhere that's not a metropolis which leaves huge room on the table for cars.

 

Also lots of people still live at home and have minimal bills 

[Dedayog]

Daily - 2016 Nissan Frontier

 

Recently retired to weekend duty - 2007 G35 Coupe (lightly modded)

[dalekphalm]

2 minutes ago, Yoinkerman said:

Buying expensive cars is easy in america houses are like 150k in anywhere that's not a metropolis which leaves huge room on the table for cars.

 

Also lots of people still live at home and have minimal bills 

You couldn't buy a shack for $150K where I live. Even a "fixer up" type garbage house tends to be over $300K.

[bimmerman]

2017 Chevrolet SS (aka, Holden Commodore), 14.5k miles. High smiles per mile, low miles per gallon.

1998 BMW M3/4/5. Stock and fun. 160k miles

1995 BMW M3/2/5 with smog-legal 2005 M3 engine conversion. Track car. 180k miles, 80k on motor.

[Yoinkerman]

Just now, dalekphalm said:

You couldn't buy a shack for $150K where I live. Even a "fixer up" type garbage house tends to be over $300K.

Oh and where do you live that happens to be a metropolis?

[TVwazhere]

10 minutes ago, dizmo said:

Have you had many problems with it? Every friend I have with a Focus has nothing but bad things to say about it.

I'm speaking from the ST hatchback experience here. The SE (regular car) might vary slightly.

 

Engine has been solid. People mod these things like crazy without doing anything to the rods yet and they're able to handle most of the power. In a stock application, the only real complaint was wheel hop in the 2013-2014 models which used a very weak motor mount which allowed too much flex. 

 

I also am having issues with the transmission's 2nd gear, which seems to be a relatively known issue with the 6 speed manual transmission. I actually just called into a local transmission shop to have it looked at. Note that I only had 23k miles on it when it started showing the symptoms, while @Real_PhillBert has had his for 71k miles with no issues. 

[Guest]

2006 Peugeot 407 Sport, with 2l Turbo-diesel. 100kW 340nm. Done around 224,000km. Runs like new, no scratches or dents, I know what I have.

 

Have fitted RockFord Fosgate speakers and a Soundstream amplifier to power them. More in that department to come I think.

 

lovely reliable Peugeot, will probably keep it till it’s toast (because it’s too low value to sell)

[bimmerman]

2 minutes ago, Yoinkerman said:

Oh and where do you live that happens to be a metropolis?

Sounds cheap, to be honest. I've been looking to buy a condo and there's nothing <$500k here. bay area pricing suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuucks

[Bananasplit_00]

1999 Ford Mondeo with 80k km on it and my Suzuki GS500E with some amount of distance on it i will never look at nor remember

[NinJake]

 

Also have a ST. 2017, bought new and only has ~16k miles.

I also have a '07 Yamaha R6 with  ~20k miles.

 

 

I can ride my bicycle to work.

 

 

[SzaboAttila]

11 hours ago, GR1MES said:

I drive a Dodge 1500 pickup with the Hemi engine. 224,900 miles.

 

Reply with what car you drive, and how many miles it has, I'm curious.

Opel Vectra, 183356km. This car was bought by my dad in Germany in 1998, holds up really well.

[Teddy07]

I don´t care about the car as long as it not from a German company.

[mxk]

my 90's trek bicycle

 

its purple owo

[kontradictions]

I drive a lightly modified '08 M3 Coupe.

[Kawaii Koneko]

43 minutes ago, Yoinkerman said:

Buying expensive cars is easy in america houses are like 150k in anywhere that's not a metropolis which leaves huge room on the table for cars.

 

Yeah but a lot of people can't afford a $150k house and an expensive car. Most people, especially with a family, will choose a $150k mortgage over a $70-100k car payment.

 

[Yoinkerman]

7 minutes ago, Kawaii Koneko said:

Yeah but a lot of people can't afford a $150k house and an expensive car. Most people, especially with a family, will choose a $150k mortgage over a $70-100k car payment.

 

At the same time a lot of people can, we have a lot of professionals that lurk here on the forums, it's not all teenage weebs like we like to joke about

[Kawaii Koneko]

1 minute ago, Yoinkerman said:

At the same time a lot of people can, we have a lot of professionals that lurk here on the forums, it's not all teenage weebs like we like to joke about

Oh, I know. I was just saying that just because $150k homes in America are pretty common doesn't mean everyone can get an expensive car as well.

 

But you are right as well.

[Beef Boss]

A 2001 Mazda protege with 97946 miles on it. I crashed it into a wall and it also scraped a wall so that's what the damage is on the front. While it may not look like it, it does have two twelve inch subwoofers and a full audio set up. She shakes! She also need a new timing belt, rear main seal, valve cover gasket and new coolant. Lol. 

[LinusOnLine]

Peugeot 206 XSi changing to a Dacia Sandero Stepway later this year.

[aezakmi]

'94 FIAT Uno, uses CNG for fuel, cheap and reliable, 136K KM on it

 

But I don't really use it a lot, I'm more used to trains and buses

[terrytek]

19 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

You like a VQ? The 37 is better than the 35 but only just, and that's not saying much.

Surprisingly, my uncommon opinion is that the VQ37 and J35 are probably the only V6s i could stand. VQ35 can be too raspy for me, and everything else just seems kinda bad sounding imo, i think overall v6s don't sound that good.

[cluelessgenius]

2 hours ago, dalekphalm said:

the only thing I saw that was particular exotic was the Cayman. The rest of the cars seem pretty normal. Even the Mustang isn't particularly expensive compared to a normal mid-level 4-door sedan.

maybe over there they are not. you right

[cluelessgenius]

2 hours ago, dizmo said:

and they're not even that expensive.

all relative man. working class here