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>"""""Driving Matters"""""
>doesn't offer manual transmissions on my country
what a bunch of cucks
The only cuck is you for living in your cucktry.
>>15454135
What country? Even here in America I was able to get a mazda3 with a manual
>>15454135
>Driving Matters
>All underpowered Econoboxes
>Driving Matters
>No MazdaSpeed series
>Driving Matters
>Most of the lineup is a slow, bloated crossover
I gave up on Mazda after they dropped the MS3. I was considering buying a Mazda3 if they came out with a new MS3, but I ended up buying a Focus ST instead.
My dad wants to get a new car, and he is deciding between a BMW 3 series, audi a4 or a5, or Lincoln MKZ
What is best, in terms of reliability?
Probably the bmw, depending on how many bells and whistles he gets. The Lincoln is almost definitely hit and miss, it might be alright, but nobody buys enough of them to know, and ford isn't exactly the highest on build quality and reliability.
Not sure about audi, everything I've heard says that it will be a shitbox that is in the shop most of the time, and I doubt they're anything special in terms of longevity. I don't really know though, the BMW is probably the safest bet, but they don't exactly have the best reputation (according to Americans...
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>>15453921
>What's the long term reliability on a brand new car?
Unless one of those is like the 4th year of a model, who the hell knows. BMW claims to engineer their cars to last 10 years or something without major service, but that seems like bullshit to me. I have no experience with them though, other than I liked the 1 series, but the stuff I read about their reliability made me reconsider.
VAG's car in general I would tend to avoid. I worked at one of the parts stores...
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>>15453921
I have no experience with any cars above, OP, that's a starting point.
Imo it's about the configuration. Does your father know, what he wants? Let's say he expects:
> a 2 liter turbo
> AWD
> heated F+R seats
> the best infotainment system available.
Look for their names for each of those cars and google that with "problem" or such and the latest model...
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Alright which one of you was this?
http://seattle.craigslist.org/est/cto/5683713540.html
![00202_c59lctunSvK_1200x900[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/94yZsh4.jpg "00202_c59lctunSvK_1200x900[1].jpg")
>249,000 miles
>spray paint
>no interior
>absolute shit
And a steal at only $7,000!
http://losangeles.craigslist.org/sgv/cto/5667155664.html
>-you'll look like an idiot driving this thing. but you are an idiot, so no big deal
I was able to save this before it got deleted
>ferrari just got boost pressure increases and more fuel
>ford penalized again for winning
IMSA has now made the 488 GTE nearly as fast as it was at the beginning of the year. BOP is bullshit.
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2016/07/corvette-c7-r-receives-no-changes-in-latest-round-of-imsa-bop-adjustments/
Motorsports is a joke
Who cares? The Porsche's and Aston's are faster now. Not to mention the Corvette's are faster and won't let the Ferrari's win and Ford certainly won't make it easy for Ferrari either.
>>15453659
This.
Either make it a one-make series or stop fucking with things.
>prelude
Why?
>fwd
Why?
![1920px-1994-1996_Ford_Probe_liftback_02[1].jpg](https://i.imgur.com/oOjc5HE.jpg "1920px-1994-1996_Ford_Probe_liftback_02[1].jpg")
Here's another Ford Prelude.
Why did honda make both the integra and the prelude? They're both fwd coupes, why make almost identical, yet different type of car?
>>15453059
Integra was more track oriented, Prelude was more of a grand tourer. Plus Honda was swimming in money at the time and just having fun.
Is fully synthetic oil overkill for a Mazda 3?
>Engine has 80k miles
>90% city driving
>Cold winters, hot summers
>Drive relatively aggressively from time to time
>First gen Mazda 3
>Drive around 8k miles/year
I want this car to last long but I feel the Dino oil is enough for a relatively ancient engine like this one.
Will the engine "feel" better and have...
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>>15452802
yes it's overkill in the sense that your engine doesn't NEED it.
but it is better for the car and you'll make the extra $10 back several times over because it will SLIGHTLY improve your gas mileage.
>>15452802
Just use synthetic. It probably came with that originally. I just used synthetic on my sister's first gen.
>>15452860
>Economy car
>Factory synthetic oil
Lol no
Hey, I'm really drawn between purchasing either a 2016 Mustang V8 or a 2016 BMW M4 F82. Which one is going to last me a longer time, be somewhat cost effective, a better drive and survive well through a Canadian winter. Any thoughts?
is the m4 really worth it over the m2 op? i did not think it was
>>15452638
If you're going to run it into the ground over a couple of decades, the Mustang. If you're just going to get rid of it in a few years then the BMW since it will still have some resale value.
>>15452638
Btfo
Need some advice /o/, went to check out a car at dealer friday. Everything was cool but was not happy with the price, dealer wanted 5k, i offered 4k and they weren't having it, i said sorry this isn't going to work out shook managers hand and walked out. Had planned of going in today (sat) to offer 4.5k maybe even the 5k min they wanted. Called and asked if car is still available and salesguy said after i left somebody put 250 bucks down online to supposedly reserve it. That by tomorrow around noon i would get a call if it's still available, i really want the...
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what car op
>>15452571
2000 rs coupe with 130k miles, had a leaky headgasket i tired to bring em down but obviously failed. orig price was 5900. other than that it was clean as fuck
Is it too late, what do /o/?
What's a good DD for Canada, even in the winter, that I can get a lot of power out of.
Besides a subaruuuu
>>15452500
Not the corvette
>>15452500
budget?
>pic maybe related
>>15452505
or the camaro
What should a noob know about their first project car?
pic is not specifically what i'm doing
in order of importance, this is how you fix a car
>having a clean title
>rust repairs
>electrical repairs
>mechanical repairs
>troubleshooting little shit
>interior
It also helps if the car is worth something to begin with
>>15452413
It ain't worth shit but lets say the floorboards needed replacement because of severe rust.
I have no idea where to even start with that.
I can understand mechanics much better, i wrench on my bike all the time but obv bikes are different to cars.
>>15452419
cant you search youtube on rust repairs like that?
Dear /o/.
Yesterday I bought myself a 2008 HSV senator signature. It has gay wheels, a gay fiberglass walkinshaw scoop and an LS2 that the last owner said was dynoed at 320kw after a new exhaust and cold air intake. It's 6 speed automagic.
It cost me $25500, which I saved/sold some of my other cars for. All of my family and friends tell me I should have put that money down as a deposit on a house instead of wasting it on a car, but I can save up that money again in just over a year. I'm 25, single, renting a room in a house my best mate owns and never had...
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You paid too much for that garbage.
Fuck yeah HSVs are awesome 25k is a great price !!!
>>15452242
Cute G8 GT
There's an A5 with a manual transmission for a really good price around me. But I'm wondering why it's gone on nearly a year unsold, why the price seems so good, and why they stopped making manual A5s.
Should I get it, or is there a problem with them?
/o/ pls help
>>15451925
Its not an S5.
Expensive to maintain.
Run the VIN
Expensive
More expensive
Have at least half of what the car is selling for for maintenance/repairs.
>>15452514
It's certified with fewer than 5,000 miles, hopefully there isn't anything that needs repairing. I don't doubt it'll be expensive to maintain, but I can shoulder that.
Out of curiosity, would you say that it's expensive because it's not reliable, or because the parts themselves are expensive?
Just installed my new Rotor
is that rhino liner?
Not that funny of a joke anyway, as a mechanic, I've seen it many times where people would paint their rotors.
>>15451812
Congrats anon. Good job. Good goy.
>putting "drift" "race" "track" "fast" "toy" "drag" anywhere near your used car ad
Don't do this.
is that a thing?
here is a random car i found, searched for a mustang since they had the most dickhead owners. first result.
http://peoria.craigslist.org/cto/5681807593.html
NOPE no keywords.
>>15451620
280z sucked anyway. id part it out
I drive a 2012 Toyota Highlander. I was pulling my debit card out at lunch today and accidentally dropped it between my center console and my seat. In the process of reaching down to get it it got shoved under the little slot at the bottom of the panel in the pic.
I initially thought I could just unscrew the panel from the back, peel it back enough to nab the card and then screw it back, but the portion of the plastic that my card slid under is a separate, solid piece witho it visible screws (the only screw I can see that might belong to it is blocked by the seat no matter...
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It's probably less effort to just deal with not having a card for a week and go to the bank to withdraw some daily-use cash than to spend your time prying at a piece of plastic.
Whoops, wrong pic.
