Random ass car whoring thread.

[exelr8]

what is this google you speak of?


New game plan. Sell the Saleen , spend fifteen Hundo to two grand on a beater ranger, save enough to cover my bills and expenses for 3 months, quit my job, student loan for 1800 bucks to put myself through a police academy

[b_beau_09]

^god speed to that mike..

so I'm getting the itch. and it began with this - I went to get new wiper blades from walmart for the civic.  I didn't realize that this was a hard thing to do.  my year, and ONLY my year, honda decided to come up with some god awful design that makes it very difficult to find the blades to replace it with.  long story short, I had to order them through majestic honda (only $20 which is nice) since no one around here carries that type.

anyways, point of this post is that I'm looking to replace the civic again.  I can't deal with such a shitty car anymore.  Looking to find something in the $10k-$13k range so that the negative equity I'll be inheriting won't kill me.  Looking at altima's and camry's.. my stipulation is that it has to be a 4 door (planning for future).. reliable, and relatively luxurious (be nice not to have the road noise drown out my radio).  I don't want an accord (really only like the coupes), and I believe acura's are out of my price range..

[slipkord]

Going to be hard to find a newer bodystyle camry for 10-13k. Keep looking though. I'm about to buy a mazda6 from my dad and say fuck it. Not happy with it but it's cheaper than a $400/month car note  :

[b_beau_09]

I've entertained the idea of a mazda 6.. problem is I dont' think they're reliable..

anyone know anything about saabs?

[gargantula99]

I wouldn't go with anything Swedish.  Unless you like electrical problems.

[slipkord]

Mazda 6 is actually pretty reliable
Saab sucks man, stay away

[b_beau_09]

yeah, I thought I heard about horrible horrible things happening with their turbo systems..

well maybe i'll re-entertain the idea of a mazda6.. now to get in touch with some of my old co-workers from the dealership..

[b_beau_09]

2004 Mazda6 V6  53k miles- $10,988
http://www.koons.com/used/Mazda/2004-Mazda-MAZDA6-f3e74f280a0a00de0122366e36a0a52e.htm

[gargantula99]

mazda 3 or 6 speed.  Saw a mazda 3 speed the other day, that thing looked beastly.

[slipkord]

mazda 3 or 6 speed.  Saw a mazda 3 speed the other day, that thing looked beastly.

They have turbo issues. Oil leaking past the turbo, going down thru the exhaust, 5yrs and still no known fix. Had that same issue with my CX7. Mazda can't build boosted engines.

[gargantula99]

what car haven't you owned?

[timot_one]

I'm just wondering how this affects you financially and how it affects your credit if you constantly change out cars.  I've never been one to car whore, because I didn't think it would be financially responsible.  I must assume that in the long run, you lose a lot of money and hurt your credit by changing your mind about what car you like driving every month or so.

[gargantula99]

Its crossed my mind as to how this affects you as well, Jer, buts it's none of my business so that's why i never asked the question. Now that Tim's asked it, I'm curious to know the answer. From my experience, I changed cars once half way through a loan term and I think it added an couple of grand or so to my new loan. Unless you're paying cash right off the top, which is cool too.

[slipkord]

keep wondering boys, cuz I'm not tellin

[gargantula99]

Fair enough.  Miss the S2K yet?