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jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
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my criteria when looking for a new car:
-manual
-power
-handling
-semi-good amount of room for wife and 2 kids and trailwork tools/bike stuff
-relatively reliable
-not 34 bazillion $, less than 50k miles, not more than a few years old
 
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SkaredShtles

Michael Bolton
Sep 21, 2003
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14,138
In a van.... down by the river
3 out of 4 are needed. Trucks would be a waste of money on fuel to commute with she goes 50 miles south each day and I go 20 north.
Wife has horses, she competes all over the state. we need a truck to move the horse around and the camper to stay on the grounds for 1/2 the cost of a hotel. Tell my wife to get rid of the horses and she WILL cut your balls off. The old truck, I might get 8-10K for it so I might as well just keep it.
No - she'll cut *your* balls off. Horses. Heh.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
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Canaderp
my criteria when looking for a new car:
-manual
-power
-handling
-semi-good amount of room for wife and 2 kids and trailwork tools/bike stuff
-relatively reliable
-not 34 bazillion $, less than 50k miles, not more than a few years old
So, any type of sporty wagon? :rockout:
 

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,331
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Cackalacka du Nord
sure...although having had wagons i'm not convinced they offer much more to me than a decent sized sedan. we use my wife's suv/huge wagon thing to haul anything big.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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AK
my criteria when looking for a new car:
-manual
-power
-handling
-semi-good amount of room for wife and 2 kids and trailwork tools/bike stuff
-relatively reliable
-not 34 bazillion $, less than 50k miles, not more than a few years old
Chevy SS/Pontiac G8

Done
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
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sure...although having had wagons i'm not convinced they offer much more to me than a decent sized sedan. we use my wife's suv/huge wagon thing to haul anything big.

I dunno....

I took my old Mazda hatch to Bromont one trip with the following in/on it; 3 adult men (2 > 6 foot), 1 barbeque, all our clothes, gear, helmets, my downhill bike in the car, food, BEER, 2 downhill bikes on the outside rack and enough munchies to satisfy any bong shed.

Good luck trying to get all that in a sedan :D
 

jstuhlman

bagpipe wanker
Dec 3, 2009
17,331
14,156
Cackalacka du Nord
I dunno....

I took my old Mazda hatch to Bromont one trip with the following in/on it; 3 adult men (2 > 6 foot), 1 barbeque, all our clothes, gear, helmets, my downhill bike in the car, food, BEER, 2 downhill bikes on the outside rack and enough munchies to satisfy any bong shed.

Good luck trying to get all that in a sedan :D
that's precisely when I'd take my wife's big wagon/suv thing...could do all that plus still double as a mobile bong shed!:drag::headbang:
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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well played sir, well played. i'll stick with my g37s though. style counts for a bit too. :D
Being that the SS is already decently wide and high performance, some mild body effects like a splitter, more aggressive diffuser, etc., would probably make it look like a million bucks.
 

6thElement

Schrodinger's Immigrant
Jul 29, 2008
17,207
14,674
I'd been looking at the Jeep Renegade (or maybe the Cherokee) for wifey and I to use as our biking/camping/exploring vehicle. Sounds like Jeep still haven't worked out how to make reliable non-hackable vehicles though...
 

jonKranked

Detective Dookie
Nov 10, 2005
88,750
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I'd been looking at the Jeep Renegade (or maybe the Cherokee) for wifey and I to use as our biking/camping/exploring vehicle. Sounds like Jeep still haven't worked out how to make reliable non-hackable vehicles though...
they did release a patch for it.

i still wouldn't buy one.
 

stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
41,152
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While the Caddy wagon isn't easy on the eyes, it is a whole lot better looking than the G8/GTO nastiness. The 2nd gen CTS-V is no joke (supercharged grocery getter).
a friend of my older brother essentially had the corvette in the caddy body....he religiously flogged the shit out of that thing.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,044
15,135
Portland, OR
a friend of my older brother essentially had the corvette in the caddy body....he religiously flogged the shit out of that thing.
My buddy bought his ex a first gen, he has an '05 C6 as well. While not quite the same drivetrain, the LS6 with T56 manual was a hell of a lot of fun to flog and the Brembo brakes are teh awesome. It was also a HELL of a lot easier to replace the clutch in the Caddy vs the Vette.

I almost traded my C5 for a first gen V a few months ago, but decided to keep the 2 seater for now.
 

canadmos

Cake Tease
May 29, 2011
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My buddy bought his ex a first gen, he has an '05 C6 as well. While not quite the same drivetrain, the LS6 with T56 manual was a hell of a lot of fun to flog and the Brembo brakes are teh awesome. It was also a HELL of a lot easier to replace the clutch in the Caddy vs the Vette.

I almost traded my C5 for a first gen V a few months ago, but decided to keep the 2 seater for now.
haha no kidding about the clutch. When I delivered autoparts one summer during college, I strolled into this one shop to drop something off. They had a corvette on the lift, with the entire rear end, suspension, driveshaft EVERYTHING on the ground. So of course I asked "whats up with that, looks expensive", to which buddy pointed to the counter off to the side, which had a fried clutch sitting on it.

Apparently this guy had purchased the z06 from Texas, without looking at it. Clutch died within a few drives....ouch.
 

jimmydean

The Official Meat of Ridemonkey
Sep 10, 2001
43,044
15,135
Portland, OR
haha no kidding about the clutch. When I delivered autoparts one summer during college, I strolled into this one shop to drop something off. They had a corvette on the lift, with the entire rear end, suspension, driveshaft EVERYTHING on the ground. So of course I asked "whats up with that, looks expensive", to which buddy pointed to the counter off to the side, which had a fried clutch sitting on it.

Apparently this guy had purchased the z06 from Texas, without looking at it. Clutch died within a few drives....ouch.
11 hours labor is what I was quoted. $500 in parts, $1500 in labor. We put a Monster with remote bleeder in the Caddy and added the much needed pinion brace.Did it in an afternoon with a few beers. :rofl:



<edit> Z06 (LS7) is the clutch I will be using when I finally kill this one. Same price as OE C5 base, 5x better cutch, go figure.
 
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jdcamb

Tool Time!
Feb 17, 2002
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I had a few requirements for the salesgirl at the VW dealership. She had to buy me waffles. They had to be good, Corned beef hash had to be on the menu....
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
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Got my Invisihitch installed this morning.
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You have to get the rear fascia off and take off the crash-bumper. The actual "towbar" goes beneath the crash bumper, which is the same as the BMW OEM european hitch, except that uses a crazy-dumb non-1.125/2"
receiver which limits you to BMW's lame hitch rack
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Hatch clears the bike even without tilting it down...nice
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This is what it looks like with the rack and receiver not attached. Nothing is exposed or hangs down, very slick.
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stevew

resident influencer
Sep 21, 2001
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Those dealer finance guys know what they are doing too. I'm always amazed at how creative they are at getting a deal put together that is honest and fair to the consumer. So when they tell you the value of your trade-in is worked into the bottom line price of the car without actually telling you the amount of the trade-in, you can rest assured they are doing what is in your best interest.
in other words...math is hard.

fuzzy math....harderer.
 

Jm_

sled dog's bollocks
Jan 14, 2002
20,104
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AK
Drove a Nissan Pathfinder with a CVT all last week.

Made me want to murder kittens.
The cars with CVTs that I've rented feel like a rubber-band is powering the car, although I think it's a tie between those and the chrysler 200 with the 20 spd gearbox or whatever, car could never figure out what gear it wanted to be in.