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Anyone here work at a dealership?
Is there a way to NOT annoy the salesman when I'm there to try out the cars and not necessarily make a purchase TODAY?
Need to rant a bit.
Was looking at a slightly used 2012 Prius at a Toyota-dealership...
>inb4 Prius gtfo, fuck you I got my reasons
...and tried one out, liked it and called my wife back home to let her look at the ad they had for it online.
She said she wanted a 2013 or newer due to warranty, and I agreed.
Me and the salesman talked some more (finally met a salesman that is actually into cars and knew some shit), but when I mentioned what my wife and I decided about this particular one and that we would be interested in a newer one, he became all dismissive to me, and quickly shot in that he had a car he needed to check out and ended the conversation.
I mean, I realize his job is to sell cars, but why is it so hard to understand that buying a new-ish car (especially in Norwegianland) is a HUGE decision and one that mustn't be taken lightly. I'm not gonna rush into buying the first and best thing that I see at the dealership.
I've met a few salesmen now, and no one seems to empathize with this fact. They all want to sell a car TODAY and really don't do anything to hide it.
>>15409618
blog posts get hidden
>>15409618
>salesman make money by SELLING cars
>this fuckwit is surprised that salesmen would rather be trying to sell a car today than talking to him about his decision with his wife
>>15409618
who cares?
fucking autistic scandinavians..
Car chases, races, etc. Post your favorites
>https://youtu.be/a27pCW2DPc0
>mfw a 30 year old french romantic drama has one of the coolest chase scenes ever
>we will never see something like this again thanks to CGI
Car chases in movies are always boring. There is never any tension.
And the cars don't ever go actually fast.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfZbq2BEsM0
>>15409546
car chase scene: shaking camera cannot focus on one car/driver for more than 2seconds and sound doesn't match the speed
5mins of car chase I still haven't figured out what the fuck am I looking at then it's over
While looking for my first car and daily driver, I came across a 1982 Mercedes 300D with ~288k miles. One thing lead to another and I ended up buying it for around $3.5k.
Just found out it leaks a bit of oil, and doesn't necessarily start up immediently. Obviously I'll have to do a few things to get it up to speed, but now I'm a little concerned. Does anyone have experience with these cars? According to everything I've read online it seems like I made an ok purchase given the cosmetic condition of the car, but now that I own it I'm feeling terrified that I may have fucked up. As of now I'm deliberating owning and driving it or just selling it before I get in too deep.
Mate, get it looked over by a mechanic or someone mechanically minded and go from there. At the end of the day you have a great, unusal first car that makes you stand out. Be happy, it's nice.
>>15408842
If you can do the work yourself and the parts arent too costly id say do it because you spent 3.5k
3.5k is about 1.5k over what you should even consider for a 288km 35+ year old merc. OP got shafted
It's Friday night, I'm new to LA and would like to check out some street racing or meets. Or even low riders
Ideas where to go?
>>15408462
I don't know anything about any street racing, officer.
>>15408466
I'm not officer, it's Ryde bro if that makes any difference
NOS
>About to drive car onto the freeway for a nice friday morning leisure drive
>Tranny grenades
>mfw $2,000 for a mechanic to replace the tranny
auto repair feels thread
>>15407924
What car?
>>15407924
>driving auto
>not driving ecoboost
why even bother?
>>15407924
anon, that was the perfect chance to upgrade, not replace.
>Why are you sat at home on this, the best night of the week?
>Why aren't you making all the Chads and Susan Rottencrotches jealous with your sick ride.
>What are you automobile related plans for the weekend?
As always, cars are better than girlfriends but waifus are eternal.
>your car is getting older and older gradually rotting away
>your waifu is frozen in time, forever staying that young girl in the prime years of her life
It's an abstract kind of feel.
more like waifpoos
>>15407986
im at home because so is my wife. fuck time. also, next week im flying out to cali to pick up a CL55 turbo coupe with the V12. then im going to spend the rest of the week fitting a misha designs body kit to it. then i'll go back to saving money for the vinyl wrap. i have like 18k for the project so far.
FWD torque steers
FWD understeers
I'd like to see you try to take them down the downhill
I hope that depressed underage b8 that posted the other die gets a Civic and understeers off a cliff trying to follow the advice you fucks give
Fuck FWD.
it's funny because you clearly don't own a car.
kill yourself with your shitty bait faggot.
>>15407996
t. triggered hondacuck
You can tell because it's always them who goes LMAO NO CAR XDDD when they can't actually refute the fact FWD is inferior
>>15408092
This.
I don't know anything about cars but i want to buy a Dodge Challenger, is this a good idea?
>is this a good idea
only if it's a hellcat
>>15407114
if it HAS to be automatic, get an older V6 model for cheap
>>15407131
This
The Hellcat will appreciate in value in a few years.
I bought a 2007 Saab 9-3 convertible 2.0T for $4k. 130k miles.
This is the best possible used convertible for that amount of money. Prove me wrong.
Inb4 Aero
#mad
>>15406578
Not gonna argue. They're fantastic cars and the Ecotec 4 cylinder is a beast.
Miata
Is
Always
The
Answer
What radar detector do you guys use?
I use the same passport in the pic, been really good to me so far, the gps false alarm blocking is excellent.
Gonna bump this.
What's a good one for about $200? I'm taking a long trip this summer.
>>15406522
I don't have one, but everyone on the internet jerks to to the V1.
>Trying to find a miata for weekend car in ontario, canada
>Everything available is rusted to shit, modded to shit or has insane boomer markup, or not the color I want (can afford wrapping but would rather paint)
Any canada fags here can relate? Our market is so shit for everything, housing, auto, school, jobs, I'm so worn out and I just want a peppy little weekend car to occasionally track.
What's your budget?
>>15406420
Max is 10k, I know for some more I could get an NC but I'd prefer the Na for the "barebones" feel.
>>15406404
you agree fwd is inferior?
Can we ban these cars in Canada? Please?
Can we also ban them in America? Please?
>>15405254
there's nothing really wrong with loser cruisers though. They're ugly and that's about all that's wrong, and it isn't offensively ugly like the Nissan Juke
>>15405285
search pt cruiser body kit
What have you recently nigger rigged or poor man fixed with/on to your whip /o/? Post your stories.
>>15403223
I have a distinct feeling that your ill advised fix isn't going to work that well.
>>15403242
rad drain ripped out the casing, i just fitted a new casing + bolt into the hole, had some gaps so i epoxy'd it. i think it will hold, its holding the banjo on my fuel pump for a year already haha.
The aftermarket cooking fan on my car was wired directly to the battery and ran after I'd kill the ignition. I've had the car for a year or so but have so far been too lazy to fix it.
I got bored at work last weekend, though, and found an unused switched connector just hanging around the engine bay and moved the wire. It's now a lighter shade of nigger rigged.
Quick thoughts on this E36 M3 lookalike bodykit for an E34? Literally every bodykit for the E34 looks shitty (except the M5)
>>15402509
Why do you need a bodykit, ya ricer?
>>15402509
why do people buy this shit?
>>15402509
It looks shithouse.
I'm about to buy a Datsun 510, any recommendation?
I will try to abuse of the L16 engine...
something like this?
http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/5672006107.html
actually the price is shit they usually can be found for 3 grand or so in the BASE model, not the TII
pretty much similar to the 510 but with disk brakes. same rust problems and pretty much same power
My vision is to create a sleeper, here in my city people have no appreciation for 4-cylinder engines. So a 510 would be a good car to shut the fuck up. And in my city there is no BMW 2002, but many Civic and Eclipse
>>15402422
I've been looking for a 510 project car for years, I've seen one here in Ohio and it was nothing but swiss cheese.
