/o/,
I've searched on my local Craigslist for every possible car with pop-up headlights (I cross-referenced Wikipedia for a list of them). It's come down to:
>1988 and 1991 Buick Reatta
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5327948125.html
http://providence.craigslist.org/ctd/5322712589.html
>1993 and 1994 Mercury Capri
http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/5329706452.html
http://providence.craigslist.org/cto/5330596483.html
>1991 MR2
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/5290599969.html
Out of these 5, which would you think is "best"? Have any stories or feedback? Are these cars too old? Which brand is best? Since Mercury is ded, would finding parts for them suck? This would be the first car I buy. It would be a weekend car. It's nearing the winter time here. I don't have a garage. The best I could do is pay to store it somewhere or ask my neighbor if I could tarp/cover it up and leave it there. Is the winter time a bad time to buy a car due to the damage and rust that comes along with the salt? Thanks.
>>13926218
MR2
R
2
>>13926230
Is $3300 a reasonable price for it? Guy didn't even list how many miles it had.
>>13926244
>automatic
Nevermind
First, I can't see buying a 20+ year old car to begin with.
Second, a 20+ year old car has already been exposed to all the salt that comes from driving around here (Bostonanon here).
Third, you can probably find Ford parts that fit but still... better plan on replacing a lot from the junk yards. (Route 128 Used Auto Parts is my go-to place).
But yeah, pop-up headlights. Had a 1969 Mercury Cougar with them.
>>13926218
http://westernmass.craigslist.org/cto/5289719942.html
>>13926218
MR2, if you can handle the MR chassis. Snap oversteer is not something to underestimate.
or the Buick Reatta.
The only downside to the Reatta is that it's FWD and uses the 3800 series 1 V6, which, while reliable, isn't very quick. You may be able to swap in a supercharged series 2 3800 though.
>>13926286
>>13926270
>I can't see buying a 20+ year old car to begin with.
This was always in the back of my mind. But yo, this Buick Reatta looks cool. And again, I mean like, if I can buy an old cool car for under $3k that would last me 2 years -- I'd be so cool with that. Would love to drive one.
>>13926286
I [spoiler]can't drive manual[/spoiler]
>>13926286
Suggesting OP buy soemone else's abused drift-missile project
Shame on you you retarded faggot.
>>13926296
>I [spoiler]can't drive manual[/spoiler]
get the Buick then.
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/5290970106.html
Manuel
80's
Pontiac
>>13926218
>It would be a weekend car.
>>13926296
>I [spoiler]can't drive manual[/spoiler]
If the majority of retards on here can drive stick so can you!
saged
>>13926296
>I [spoiler]can't drive manual[/spoiler]
It literally takes half an hour to learn. It isn't rocket science. And yes, I learned to drive stick in half an hour. It really is not hard to learn, but that 240SX is a bad suggestion. You don't suggest an abandoned modified drift missile Shame on that anon.
>>13926325
Damn that Pontiac looks nice.
>>13926335
I tried driving stick once on an NA Miata. Couldn't fucking get past first gear. Stalled everytime. It was my friend's car, so he said we can try again whenever. Want to do it soon, too.
I have used a "Tiptronic" transmission before on a 2015 Corolla, and the shifting was so smooth and felt SO good. Hnnng. I know it's not the same thing since there isn't a clutch but damn.
Also: how many miles is too many on a car? This 91 Reatta has 175k on it.
Also, I just asked this guy for a VIN number and I hope he doesn't decline. Had a few folks not want to toss the me VIN via email, or want me to see the car first.
>>13926355
so you used the + - thing on an automatic lmao
>>13926360
yeah
for what it's worth, I did play pretend and make it seem like I was stepping on the clutch :-)
bump for cars
>>13926370
This fucking guy
Found some more for you OP, all stick shift.
1991 Mazda RX-7 $3500
http://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/cto/5331791434.html
1987 Mazda RX-7 $2400
http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5260012492.html
1992 Toyota Celica GT $2250
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5325741318.html
1992 Toyota Celica ST $950
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5295911368.html
1987 Toyota Supra $1600
http://boston.craigslist.org/nwb/cto/5314687441.html
>>13926335
half an hour? it took me 5 minutes in a parking lot and a back road
>>13926613
Thank you, my brother, for taking your time and looking for me. However I haven't learned stick yet.
>>13926645
Then buy one of these shitboxes and learn. Don't believe in yourself, believe in the me who believe in you!
>>13926645
Learn, these pissant engined cars will blow with automatics.
>>13926645
Then learn it ffs.
>>13926638
Was a Ford Ranger with a dying sticky clutch. Took me 5 minutes to get the basics, but 30 before the lesson was over.
>>13926656
>>13926658
>>13926665
I'm trying to learn, and want to! But my friend's really busy with college, and I don't think he has a manual car readily available. So like I don't know whether I should buy a local shitbox near me to attempt to drive on back home and just play around with it. STALLING is my worst fear fa ms
How the fuck has no one said miata yet
>>13926676
OP here. I want a miata. I've wanted one even before I came to /o/. Then I realized they were mostly stick and around me there are no autos. Also, extremely and stupidly overprice in my area too.
>>13926674
>STALLING is my worst fear fa ms
Stalling doesn't actually jurt the car, it's just embarrassing. I've been driving stick daily since 2011 and I still stall on a rare occasion. It's part of the learning curve. You have to learn how to balance the amount of clutch with the amount of gas.
Every car is different in that respect.
>>13926693
I live in Massachusetts though, and people would get so pissed if I stall all the way back home & down the street kek
>>13926674
>So like I don't know whether I should buy a local shitbox near me to attempt to drive on back home and just play around with it
Look at it this way, either live with the shame of stalling it a few times trying to drive it home or live with the shame of buying slow piece of shit you will outgrow in a month when you learn to drive stick.
>>13926706
I live in Connecticut and have plenty of family in Massachusetts. You'll be fine.
Just put a sign in the back window "Keep back, still learning to drive stick"
>>13926715
true that
couple quick questions instead of making a new thread (though it might be helpful for some):
How do I know when to shift? how do I brake? must I downshift at the beginning when I am just learning?
thanks
>>13926723
>How do I know when to shift?
Unless you're trying to get up to speed quickly, shifting at 2500 rpm (in most cases) is perfectly fine
>how do I brake?
pop the shifter in neutral and brake normally, sit at the light/stop sign in neutral, than shift into first when you need to go again.
>must I downshift at the beginning when I am just learning?
It's not as scary as it seems. Trust me.
After a while, you won't need to look at the tachometer to tell when to shift. If you're good enough, you can tell when to shift by the exhaust note. Having a tachometer is a huge help with learning.
On another note, there are a lot of cars with shift lights for beginners that will come on and tell you when to shift based on how you're driving. My Saturn does it and most GM vehicles from the 1990's on do it. I know others do it. It's a fairly common feature.
>>13926723
>How do I know when to shift?
You can either watch the Tachometer or just listen to the engine.
>how do I brake?
You don't need to brake and gas at the same time
>must I downshift at the beginning when I am just learning?
Rarely will you need to downshift, in my experience.
>>13926766
Thank you man! I wanted to know about the braking part, and coming down to a slow stop. I DID hear about what you said about putting it in neutral and braking normally, and that did sound awesome, but I think someone on /o/ said to downshift instead or something like that, I dunno.
So if I needed to make a really quick brake, same thing? Neutral then just stomp on brake?
Also, any tips on actually STARTING the car and rolling? When I was in the NA Miata, I could not get it to start and go. I just couldn't for whatever reason. I guess I wasn't doing it well and matching. And how quickly do clutches burn out and wear out? I don't wanna buy a car and ruin the clutch
>>13926802
>So if I needed to make a really quick brake, same thing? Neutral then just stomp on brake?
Yup. Keep in mind if the car doesn't have ABS, you have to hold the pedal just before the wheels lock up. If the wheels lock up, you'll just slide.
>Also, any tips on actually STARTING the car and rolling?
hold the RPMs at like 2,000 RPM and slowly let off the clutch. This works until you get acclimated to where the clutch's bite point is.
Boston fags in this thread? Where you guys from?
Revere reporting in
>>13926974
Freetown area
>Tfw hard to find old cars in Canada
>they all are expensive
Torontofag feels
>>13926974
LMAO
OP here
im from revere too
>>13927280
holy fug. Ever seen me driving around?
>>13927303
>>13927303
Nah man. But that yellow house behind you looks familiar. Is that by.... hmm. I wanna say near Revere St? Or by the Winthrop area? Or West Revere. Nice car tho m8 I will definitely keep an eye out
>>13927357
It's near Mountain ave. It's got WAT stickers on the rear hatch you wouldn't mistake it.
Goodluck with pop ups. Also the winter can be a better time to buy because no one is looking to get sports cars now. You might be able to get a better deal due to that. Just get a stick it's really not that hard. I bought pic related not knowing stick and got it down good within a couple days.
>>13927383
DUDE.
I WAS GOING TO SAY MOUNTAIN AVE
Like I was looking at your photo and I thought "Mountain Ave" for SOME reason. Hell yeah man kickass. I haven't drive down that neighborhood in a while but dude thats awesome. That Mata yours too?
>>13927415
Woops. Was on my phone. Thought it was a Miata from thumbnail kek.
>>13927383
How did your car(s) do last year with all the snow? My dad's 07 Sentra got some ugly rust in the bottom. Looked very ugly. But it wasn't too bad with the amount of snow we got. Seriously, we don't have a driveway, so we just park it on the narrow street that's -of course- packed when snow starts falling and everyone battling for spots. Car was literally covered top to bottom with snow. It was ridiculous. There was so much snow that it took over 2 parking spaces the neighborhood couldn't even remove all the snow.
That's my one worry, you know? If I buy a car now, and have it get beaten up during the winter time.
>>13927461
luckily I have a driveway but I just kinda drove it through the winter when I had to and got rides when I could. I had just bought the car and it got through it alright. The only thing that happened was sliding on some ice into a curb. Luckily I just got a flat. Rust happens to any car here sadly. I'm storing mine in the winter at a family members garage and driving a beater 90s blazer I just bought.
My best advice would be to just get something and drive it sparingly or not at all if there's snow/salt on the ground. Get a winter beater next winter.
pic from when I bought it last winter
>>13927415
The Porsche isn't mine
>>13927502
Good stuff m8. I'm still waiting to hear back from any one of these folks on craigslist who I sent e-mails out to this morning. s m h t b h f a m
What year is your Firebird? 02? Looks superb man. Nice and waxy and shiny
>>13927531
baka f a m Craig's people can be sketchy.
Thanks and it's a 02 WS6. Only seen two other 98-02 firebirds in town. one was a v6 and the other is a red TA. honked at the red TA twice, but he showed no love.
Have you ever seen or gone to the car meet at Wendys on squire road?
>>13927587
>car meet at Wendys on squire road
Nah, but I've certainly eaten there a lot :^)
>>13926333
>not knowing how to sage
>being a faggot
pick two
also pop-up thread!
>>13927605
Wendys is GOAT fast food
>>13927754
lel I was at PriceRite 10 min ago
>>13927761
>PriceRite 10 min ago
Snapchat anon?
>>13927766
don't hab
>>13927771
Shame f a m
>>13927971
>that photoshop
>>13926218
mr2 hands down
maintenance will be a bitch more or less
>>13926802
>>13926841
No. Just depress the clutch and brake at the same time. If you need to make a really quick brake you do not need to shift into neutral.
You actually shouldn't shift into neutral unless you're at a stop.
>>13928095
>You actually shouldn't shift into neutral unless you're at a stop.
So gradually let go of clutch and press brake?
I'd love one of those too with that square look so I can drive around and listen to 80's inspired synthpop
>>13926218
mercury capri. why didnt i pick the mr2? the mr2 is too thirsty for a 4 cyilinder.
at least the engine in the mercury capri is shared by the mazda 323 (ford capri in australia) plus parts are still around for these if you know where to look. even though they arent as sort after as the MR2 is.more sort after means the price of the parts goes up too.
I wish pop up lights would be a thing again. Seeing the new Corvettes without them is just wrong
this is why I'm glad Pontiac's dead.
Imagine, a modern day Firebird would be horrible
>>13926693
Stalling can actually cause minor issues if you've got twin doritos under the hood, since they're prone to engine flooding.
>>13926674
It takes like a few hours to learn not to stall and a week to learn to shift gears without thinking
>>13926613
>RX7 T2 for $2400 loaded with racing beat parts
Jesus fucking christ, you can't even find a decent N/A model around here for under $3k. Get this, anon.
>>13928130
Press the clutch pedal with your foot. (Thus depressing the clutch.)
Brake at the same time.
Ideally you should start braking first, then depress the clutch once you need to. But you can just push both pedals at the same time.
If you're coming to a stop for a longer time, you can shift into neutral.
Or if you need to get going again relatively quickly, you can just shift into first once you're at the standstill.
Or if you are still barely moving and realise that you didn't really need to stop, you can shift into second and then keep driving.
>>13928157
>modern day firebird
>>13928250
Thats what i was thinking about.
jesus how horrifying
RIfag reporting in.
Driving stick is not as hard. listen to the advice that these people give you and you will catch on in less than two weeks.
dont die on me dammit
>>13926802
If your braking in an emergency you slam your clutch down and then your brake. Once you've stopped, handbrake on and into neutral. From there you would do whatever.
As other anon said you shouldn't shift into neutral unless your completely stopped.
>>13930333
>As other anon said you shouldn't shift into neutral unless your completely stopped.
Why? I've seen so many different thoughts on this. Some YouTube videos say to do so, others don't
trueno, mx5 NA or AW11 are the only correct answers.
>>13927971
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GsgdwM73EgM&list=RDGsgdwM73EgM#t=18
>>13926613
>http://hartford.craigslist.org/cto/5260012492.html
>980k on the body
>>13927057
you live close to quebec, whenever I search kijiji the cars I want are all in qubec
meanwhile alberta drives cars into the ground, even 10yr old cars have 200000km
OP. I'm going to buy a Manual and just learn. So I'll buy a Miata.
But my question is, how many miles is TOO MANY miles? I want to buy a Miata, and not have to spend another grand or 2 fixing it and what not.
>>13926270
normie pls go
>>13926218
Pop up headlights are retarded. How is this such an important thing to you morons?
>>13932246
If you haven't realized it yet, /o/ is one of the more autistic boards on 4chan
>>13932155
if u buy a miata u will spend a grand or 2 fixing it. That's just part of the price.
>>13932246
u dont know me fa.m
GUYS
Should I hop on this 1990 Miata?
http://boston.craigslist.org/nos/cto/5320012773.html
>has some paint blemishes
>poorly repainted
>top should be replaced
>large crack in windshield
>small hole in top passenger side door
>ac/fan only works on the "4" setting"
>101k miles
>90 Miata so it may have that crankshaft issue
I mean, it has a shitload of problems, but the seller wants to get rid of it before winter time, so I'm sure I can talk him down on the price.
>>13926335
>>13926638
>>13926666
I literally was told how to do it with zero experience and had no problems getting behind the wheel and driving off the first time.
I have never stalled, either. Don't know what people find so hard about it.
http://www.wightbay.com/cars-for-sale/1986-d-toyota-mr2-16v-mk1/5011286
Should i?
>>13927383
>Revere
>Mountain Ave
When I can literally look out my school bus window and probably find your car. What part of Mountain ave? Closer to route 1 or broadway?
>>13926300
lol what makes that car a drift missle? its just an SR swaped 240. Its not even slammed and it has good paint.
>>13926300
>All body panels are straight
>Looks cared for
>Interior intact
There's nothing "drift missile" about that car.
Sorry I have nothing useful to contribute to this thread, but where are you located OP? I'm in Cranston, RI
>>13931977
fucking this show much. every single good car in decent condition, low kms, fair price, location?
>gatineau
just fuck me up senpai
>>13933457
read the thread family
>>13926218
Get the Reatta, that car was so far ahead of its time. I mean it has a fucking touchscreen computer and keyless entry was an option... In the 80's!
>>13933463
Oops I see >>13927280
Thanks senpai for coming thru
>>13933513
It probably sucks now though
>>13931962
why are gt cars on a nascar circuit
>>13933603
All old cars suck comparatively to modern cars
>>13933996
u suck compartabively
>>13932404
>>13932404
>>13932404
Bump for this
I would like to know how much it would cost to repair all this crap
>>13928267
to be fair it is reminiscent of best firebird.
cheap, fun and pop-ups?
igotchu senpai
>>13933996
No fucking nope
I will never not buy 80s-90s cars, even if i did have money
newer cars suck
Had a 88 Honda accord like in op's pic
>>13926218
My dad had a reatta. Was front wheel drive, wasn't very fast, and had very cool, but very complicated electronics. I fixed almost everything on that car for him. I think I'd skip it. It was kind of fun to drive though.
