>Did your parents get it for you?
>Or you busted your ass working 2-3 jobs to get it?
How can you work without a car?
>>15191172
Public transport you mong.
And ye I worked 2 jobs for my first car. Was fucking proud of myself.
>>15191072
worked construction for my dad for a summer to buy mine.
>>15191200
Yeah that's not an option here.
My parent was pretty much forced to spend savings on my car. I demanded a manual and wanted an old enthusiast meme car. Eventually they caved because I made them realize cars don't disintegrate after age 20 and that a stick shift wouldn't make my car randomly shut off I'm trafic.
Got my grandmas 91 ford tempo at 16. Drove from home to first job at Home Depot for 2 years, muffler fell off on i5, heat shield fell off on backroad, side mirror popped off on i5 when adjusting it. Car was a tank though, was before I really cared about cars just an A to B thing.
Bought my first car at 19 05 Corolla S manual, first manual. Washed it every day, moved in with co worker with a sweet Audi A4 got me into cars.
Got promoted to a DH and traded for a 07 350z at 21.
So first 3 cars.. Age 29 now.
my first vehicle was an old shitty yamaha bike i bought myself and it freaked my grandparents so much they bought me a yaris that i still have
i kind of hated on it a bit at first but it's grown on me
>>15191172
You gonna have to figure it out yourself desu.
>>15191072
My parents bought it for me, but I might as well have bought it myself considering how many parts Ive had to replace just to get the engine to start.
>>15191072
>'98 Lexus ES300
My parents gave it to me and my uncle helped me fix it up and get it running
I spent around $400 getting it running and sold it for $2000 by the end of highschool
for my good ol MEMEZDA3, i helped my dad with getting my grandmother's house cleaned out so we could sell it
>>15191349
>muffler fell off on i5
you from cali?
>>15191072
Busted my ass working at pizza hut just to buy a shitty 3000gt
>>15191401
No southwest WA
I was given a rusty old shitbox and I loved it. Kept it going until the rust became fatal.
>>15191072
Felt okay, no big deal really. Worked one job after school making double minimum wage at the time. Bought a shit condition family car, quickly started planning my move. Found a single mother with a MUCH nicer "sporty" car. Got into relationship with her to gain her trust, and then talked her into trading cars so it'd be easier to get her kid around. Dumped her and kept my car. That felt fucking awesome.
>>15191288
So you bitched and moaned until your parents allowed to to spend your money.
Neat
>>15191433
Dude I'm from Mt Vernon
>>15191450
What
Parents bought it and I paid them back for it
My parents kept it for me when they got a new one. At first I didn't want to get a license, now I'm able to make 8k km in 3 months. I felt kinda embarassed at first but I stopped giving a shit and was just happy with what I had. We sold it in January >current year and I miss it to this day. The memes were real.
My dad bought me a $600 dollar piece of shit vw golf for my first car. I fuckin loved that thing. I learned how to drive stick shift in that car, and for the first couple days of having it I would shift gears in my head as i fell asleep, going over proper foot placement, rev matching, etc. Just about every damn part of that car broke at some point but I didn't mind at all, because it meant I got to work with my dad on my car. He and that car is what really got me into cars in general, and the love of just driving. I was 16 at the time and I will always remember the sense of freedom that car gave me. Taking my high school girlfriend for a cruise with the windows down, awful punk songs blasting. driving far out of town to watch the sunset, awkwardly fooling around with each other. Good fucking times.
ITT: spoiled brats and broken mofos
>>15191491
where do you fall?
>>15191495
Supreme gentleman
Paid $400 for my first car. 1995 mk3 jetta. I think my dad chipped in more money though but that's how much I spent on it.
Was a manual trans but I drove the automagic my mom had for a few months before asking to learn how to drive my own car lol
Parents would either hold their old car or sell it. I asked them to hold it so I could drive it and now I treat it well. Otherwise I would have worked for a year and bought a shitbox.
>>15191470
fag
>>15191459
Oh I'm way down south of Olympia.
>>15191072
worked 55 hours a week at cheesecake factory as a dishwasher when i was 18 making 8$ an hour it was also my first job. i saved up 1400$ to buy a car as i was tired of being a poor fag walking everywhere i lived in a trailer park at the time and i was the only person who had a job ( mom was living off welfare because shes a lazy fuck) i found the truck on craigslist and walked 10 miles to buy it. bought it for 1100$ and parked it in my designated parking spot. my mom came home one day and asked who was parked in our spot. my reply? "thats my truck mom"
she was so fucking proud of me. told all of her friends.
it didnt stop there. me being 22 now i bought my second car at 19 and my 3rd at 21. i have bought all my own cars. because i have self respect and discipline. i have my own home too. with no help from anyone. all of my friends my age are still living with there parents and driving there parents cars. feels good not to suck off teets.
>>15191072
Just got mine.
>have awesome family friend
>I call him my uncle cuz he essentially is
>we go check out an ancient 1989 Lesabre
>wtfiswrongwiththiscar.jpg
>rear right brake locked up with a tap
>transmission leaking fluid
>awhellno.jpg
>uncle says he'll give me his good 1998 Buick century for 300$
>"thermostat is the only thing busted"
>ohhhhh yes
>dump the car back with its owner
>politely say no thanks
>nice people, don't get pissed
>we drive home and I look at it
>everything seems intact. Paint job is decent but not terrible
>a few weeks later I drive it home
>car is fucking hot as hell, windows dont work
>park it at my place and spend next 4 hours changing thermostat
>pride.jpg
>drive it to O'minimum Wage's for coolant and a Engine light check
>stick it in and go on a test drive round the neighborhood
>HOLYFUCKINGSHITWHYISITSTEAMING
>Park it back at O'Minimum wage's. Call panicked to dad
>"I DIDNT SAY YOU COULD GO ANYWHERE'
>Dad throws shitfit and I let the engine cool, drive home and call mechanic friend's wife
>tells me to park in concrete and then fill up the radiator
>niagea falls of water
>tell her where it is
>she has her husband come to take a look the next day
>he is #3 mechanic in Terex
>tells me it wasn't the fucking thermostat
>could be Headgasket
>COMPLETEPANIC.JPG
>tells me to calm the fuck down and takes a closer look
>Intake gasket
>COMLLETEFUCKINGPANI-
>WTF is an intake gasket
>tells me its an easy fix.
>comes back a week later and we strip down the engine to the rods assembly
>welltheresyourproblem.jpg
>intake gasket has holes everywhere, slightly milky oil
>after a few weeks he comes back and puts everything together
>pulls dipstick
>Chocolate Milk.
>I learn how to change oil and he changes the filter
>oil literally looks like thick-ass milk
>we change oil and everything's good to go
>a week later I start changing fluids and doing little fixes
>re soldered Climate Control Unit
Go on or am I bantering?
>>15191771
So.... You left the crank, pistons, rods, in the engine bay, but removed the block, in order to change an intake gasket?
No, you're not "bantering", you're retarded.
>>15191839
I'm still fucking new at car you son of a bitch
>>15191427
They're really cool cars though man, really 90s,especially the AWD twin turbo VR4s. Why do you hate it?
>>15191855
That doesn't excuse your fucking retarded aggravating tone of typing. Please stfu
>>15191899
Well shit
>>15191495
That >>15191506 wasn't me.
I'm broken as fuck, bought my 74 super beetle myself.
Oldfag
My first car was a primer grey and white, ripped black vinyl interior, peeling black vinyl roof, smelled of gas and when I bought it the transmission was toast. It repulsed girls and the only people interestedun it were rednecks.
God damn did I love that chevelle.
I worked one job as a bus boy starting at 15 and had enough saved to buy a 99 suburban a year and a half later way back in 06.
My older brother's first car was a 93 suburban and it wound up outliving literally every other car our family got in that time span (2 were lost to accidents but still)
>>15191072
My dad paid for half when I graduated hs and I paid the other half. Was pretty awesome at first until I realized how much of a piece of shit it actually was.
>tfw currently car shopping with my parents
feels good
Worked as a bagger at a grocery supermarket at 10$/h for 2 years to afford a 2.5RS GC8 as a first car and an imported toyota soarer
Bought my own license
all at the age of 16
meanwhile my friends got their cars paid and licenses paid on their birthdays, my parents didn't want to pay for my shit so I got a job (luck) and was THAT kid during senior high school
>>15192074
Sleep tight, pupper.
>>15192085
You bought your license? I hate to tell you this, but it might be a fake. Given that, I'd be concerned. That soarer might actually be a solara.
>>15192100
Bought/paid whatever. Here it costs 1k
>solara
Sure thing buddy
Just got mine and I am semi regretting since it has a tranny leak but I didnt pay much for it.
>>15192132
Please don't try to impress me, I'm anonymous, and that's pathetic. The whole post was a joke based on your bad English. But seriously, fuck wherever you live. Here they give you the answer book, then the test, and you pay $20.
>>15192158
French Canadian, at least I try!
We get taxed on literally everything with vehicles.
>250$/yr for plates
if the vehicle is 1995 and cylinder sizes are 4.0L and up it adds 50$ to the plate price every 0.3 liters
so lets say you buy a challenger srt8 it will cost well over 600$ just to plate the vehicle.
Insurance prices are hiked as well.
It sucks living here
>>15192155
Oh I paid for it myself as well just needed something to get me from point a to b.
>>15191172
By walking or a bike or public transport or a ride.
My first and current ride was a beat to hell 96 caravan. Its ugly as sin and I've fixed a ton of shit on it, bit shit it only cost me 100 dollar bill and some tine to get it.
I kind of grown accustomed to it.
>>15192193
Dude... that sucks. I don't even know what to say. My vehicle tax is 20 a year, the engine means nothing, only the KBBV is taxed. But at least you can get cool cars that I can't.
>>15191902
Not angry anon but if it's worth anything, it's nice to see you taking initiative to try and fix the problems you have with your own labor and time. Better than just dumping it at a mechanics.
>>15191624
That looks pretty sharp for $1100!
>Did your parents get it for you?
>Or you busted your ass working 2-3 jobs to get it?
neither.. Signed up for a Pell Grant and went to community college. After buying books and shit I had 1300$ leftover so I bought a car.
Thanks taxpayers.
>>15192960
fuck you.
>>15192397
I got to watch him strip it down to whatever the fuck it is. Got the whatever type of gasket it was replaced with a stainless steel and rubber one instead of a cheap plastic OEM. The gaskets are also blue so if anything acts up I can shoot my UV light in and look for breaks.
Its gonna be real nice once I fix it up. The transmission and engine is a beast compared to driving my dads Sonic. The wheels need some TLC tho. Alignment is off and I dont have any expensive tools to do it myself. Planning on getting better brake pads then what it has now. But the rides smooth for a car that prolly never has had its shocks replaced. I'm also happy I didn't dump it off either. The friend that helped said I just gotta pay 100$ and that it.
>>15192960
This
I cashed out my GI Bill, and since I lived with my parents at the time I used the $1300/month I got to cover living expenses towards a brand new car after a year.
>>15192960
>get pell grant
>its not enough to actually live by yourself or with a roommate
>but way too much if you live at home with your only real expense being your car
I have nothing to do with the money either so I saved it. By the time I finish college I'll have enough to sell my shitbox and get something nice for myself comfortably.
>>15191072
worked 50hr weeks on top of uni at a call centre to buy it
>>15193333
Lucky. I spent 400+ of my check every time I got it fixing my shitbox and than rest went towards lunch and gas for the semester.
My folks bought me mine. People give me shit for it all the time, but I don't care.
A car is a car, and between working my ass off becoming a vet tech before I even left school, losing 2 years of my life to take care of my dying grandmother, and volunteering at a ranch for an internship... I wouldn't have been able to work to afford my own car.
>>15191072
Bit of both, worked a bunch and parents helped me out a bit, gonna pay them back when I can
>>15191072
>Saved up for a year or so
>worked out what I wanted; went backwards and forwards between what I wanted and what I needed
>found a low mileage example of one of the cars I was looking for
>bargained for a better price
>bought it
>????
>profit
Busted my ass riding a bike 10 miles to work at midnight for months and then I finally had enough money to get an LS400. Got it cheap too, 2 grand and its body is pretty clean save for dents you can't even tell unless you're within a foot.
And then some cunt took out my brake light 2 days ago and dented my trunk.
>>15193440
why dont you learn to car and not go to a shop poor fag.
>>15193504
>vet tech
>left school
>losing 2 years to take care of nan
>volunteering at a ranch
fag detected
hows it feel to be privledged? must be nice
>>15193939
>t. salty wagecuck
>>15193946
im blue collar and always will be. hows it feel to be a faggy white collar? leave all the hard manly work for us kiddo enjoy your air conditioned cubicle while your wife gets the good dick on the weekends
parent's loaned me a shitty corolla to start working and college.
1st car bought outright
>worked part time in the summer
>earn like 2k
>buy 1k beater
>bought tons of parts for maintenance with 750
>left the rest for title/tax
>dad says lets go for ride and buy whataburger
dealership
>worked and built credit while driving $1k shitbox
>bring dad along with me see if he can help
>he barely talks
>I do all the negotiating and get a decent price
>dad says good job
>>15192960
fuck I wasted like my first 2 years of pell grant spare money on computers and games since I didn't need a vehicle. I wish I could go back and buy a fun car. CC was great when I had 0 bills
>refunds go out
>next school day like half the class has new phones/laptops and shit
>>15191229
mah nigga. Basically same story lol.
>>15193937
Because It would cost more buying all of the tools most of the time. I did as much as I could on my own. I replaced the throttle body, alternator, front axles, exhaust manifold, and distributor myself which is good considering it was my first car and I had to learn as I went while also having it fixed in time to still make it to college. I sent it to the shop to change the Shock/struts and the oil pan. I couldn't do the oil pan myself because everything is rusted to fuck on my car and I didn't have a torch or impact wrench to safely remove the bolts.
And yeah, my car is that rusted. I had to cut the manifold off using a sawzall and a side grinder.
Parents paid in an effort to make me more sociable.
Parents bought a new car when I was 18, I was already working so I bought the old one
>>15194011
This is what they got me
>>15194002
those are poor excuses. tools are cheap as fuck. ever heard of harbor freight? replacing the throttle body, alternator, front axles, exhaust manifold, and distributor is good and impressive but you can replace shocks and struts your self easily and the oil pan is fuck easy too. you dont need an impact to take off bolts. all you need is a breaker bar and socket set. both would run you atleast 50$
>>15193981
>wife gets the good dick on the weekends
You assume I live within 15 miles of any niggers
>leave all the hard work for us
College is probably harder than your work, but I doubt you'd know
>>15194011
>>15194014
kill yourself
>>15194016
A breaker bar would snap a stud in two with little effort and considering They're like 20 of them and all rusted to fuck I'd rather not deal with it.
>>15194020
>implying a nigger would give your wife good dick
us blue collars would do just fine.
>college is harder but i doubt you know
>implying intelligence is measured by education status.
how them debts working out for ya?
i get greasy and dirty everyday and i love it. the pussy flows in. "anon can you fix my car for me? my cuck husband doesnt know how" i service bitches and the cars they drive.
>>15191072
I saved my allowance from age 5 and then drove it into the ground
RIP
>>15194030
>what is easy out?
>what is stud extractor?
>what is bolt out?
NO E X C U S E
>>15194038
sorry senpai
>>15194032
Holy shit, I assumed you actually did go to college.
Money? Not good enough grades?
>>15194039
for your efforts in shitboxing
>>15194045
if i can be quite honest i didnt go to college. went to work straight out of highschool. everyone my age is still living with there parents and driving their automatic shit boxes while i work at a dealership everyday and drive my own car and go to sleep in my own house
50/50. Parents helped where they could, first car was a piece of shit so I sold it and started financing a car myself. My dad let me drive his Cressida when I didn't have my own vehicle though, was great
>>15194020
College is very easy, and then comes the nearly unavoidable "english class" (which may not be called english composition, but is still the same basic thing)
Trying to write freely and easily when constrained to the essay format is like walking through all nine circles of hell with an SUV tied to each ankle and then stopping in the hidden tenth circle to look at satan's personal collection of diseased dog vaginas and rate them by smell.
Like all horrible things in western society, the french probably had something to do with it.
>>15194052
Interesting. The blue collar life is alien to me, since I'm a privileged cis white scum.
When I went to Ohio to buy my car, the meth addicts at the gas station were white, and everyone was wearing trends that had died years ago.
Would you trade places with me, if you had the chance?
>>15194061
I'm really good with English, actually.
But when it comes to math, I struggle at the easiest shit. I can't get stuff like 9 minus 5 off the top of my head, it takes me a second.
Maybe I'm autismo
>>15194078
No, you're reverse autismo.
Omsitua.
>>15191072
Felt awesome. Car was 3k parents put 2 and I put 1k towards it. 2 years later I bought a second car for 4200
>>15194065
It's possible. I wish I was privileged I came from a very poor family so me doing very good at age 23 is an accomplishment to say the least. I'm also white though.
>>15194061
I don't think I could do college I couldn't sacrifice my job to go there I need to work and keep a roof over my head.
>Trying to write freely and easily when constrained to the essay format is like walking through all nine circles of hell with an SUV tied to each ankle and then stopping in the hidden tenth circle to look at satan's personal collection of diseased dog vaginas and rate them by smell.
Mother of god that description
>>15194046
adorable
>>15194061
I fucking hate English classes.
First off the teacher talks the professor talks the entire class period. Most of the time about off topic stuff. I'd much rather work while in class because I've got other things to do out of class.
Second you have to turn in every part of the essay process. I've never had trouble writing papers so it comes very easily to me. most of the time when I write something I plan very little and I write the entire thing with few problems on the first go. THEN I have to go back and make the rough draft and edit and shit afterwards which is frustrating as fuck to do.
>>15194106
Hated writing in school
Hated math
History was cool English was cool
I just hated school
>>15194090
I'm both, because I almost just looked up Omsitua
>>15191476
zachodniopomorskie!
>>15194061
wtf? writing essays is easy. pick an interesting topic.
>>15194065
being a salesman isnt exactly blue collar.
and you do realize tradesmen make six figures right?
>>15193939
My family is dirt poor, and I'm the first to actually get a degree. The work I do is technically blue collar... sifting through mud and animal shit isn't ever fun. Neither is half the stuff I do for work.
But in the end I get experience working with animals which is something I've wanted to do. I also got the opportunity to move out of the shithole city I'm from and move to Colorado.
>>15191476
that's nice qt twingo you have there
kołobrzeg!
>>15191072
>>Or you busted your ass working 2-3 jobs to get it?
This. Kind of.
>Be a poor child throughout HS
>Driver's training was free and hosted at the HS
>Completed segment 1 when I was 15 and some odd months
>With summer coming up I was looking for a job
>Live 12 miles away from the nearest village: pop ~500
>18 miles away from the nearest town: pop 1,300
>Land a job hoof trimming bovine
>Have to ride my pedal bike to work everyday during the summer
>Got up at 4:45am and left at 5:15 on my pedal bike
>Got to work at 6:15-30am and started off by getting the truck ready for work
>Truck left at 7 with or without me
>Did this 6 days a week all summer long
>Developed huge quads and stunningly beautiful calves
>When school rolled back around I only worked weekends
>Eventually had to ride my pedal bike to work during the winter
>I hated riding a pedal bike during the winter
>Purchased a motor kit for my pedal bike and used the block as a hand warmer
>Eventually purchased a car and got my license
>Put it off as a car and insurance would cost me more than my bike
>Eventually came to my senses and a car was clearly the right answer
>>15191172
>>How can you work without a car?
>Walk
>Pedal bike
>Moped under 49cc
>Bother people because you're a lazy fuck and ask for rides
>Expensive public transport
I actually bought the family car.
Not "I bought the car from my family for my own use for cheap", I actually bought the car that the family continued to use for 2 years after I left.
15 (half a year before I could get my learners permit), paid 2grand for a rusted Chrysler Cirrus, painted/bondo'd it back to life, few small engine repairs and put it on the road. Made about 1000/month at the time (few hours after school every day) to pay it. Parents paid rent, food, Insurance, so wasn't bad.
I got a real job in the time between high school and uni, made enough to move to Uni and bought a better car by working through the summers. They used the cirrus until my 2nd year before the water pump blew and they cooked the engine.
>>15194895
It WAS mine. Sadly. Now I drive this monster. Also, fuck this city. Impossible to drive during the day in summer.
>>15195282
Never knew I would find an anon so closeby lol. Koszalin here :]
>>15195293
Quite a few of you ZKfags here actually
>>15195303
who would have thought!
>>15191072
I didn't buy my first car until I was in the military. A beautiful 1995 Lexus SC 400. in Diamond White Pearl. I crashed it like 3 months of ownership. I don't think I've ever been so depressed.
Worked ass off at taco bell saved up for crx with a broken strut, guy sold me car with frame damage, being first car I didn't know and discovered it while fixing. Dad recently gave me a BMW e30 that's been sitting for 16 years idk if that's counts as bought for Me but fuck, now I'm gonna part out crx to fund e30
>>15191861
ooh I didn't hate it! Loved the car! but it is really not a good first car
Saved up since I was 8 and spent it on a miata. I regret everything.
>>15194032
Have fun driving a shit box for the rest of your life while us white collars drive our brand new cars that cost more than your yearly pay check
>Got it for 18th birthday
>Gray econobox, in perfect condition though
>Still excited
>No license
>Got in some deep shit with my health for two years
>Got the license at last
>The perfect condition is not as perfect now, but whatever
>Sold the econobox to buy something more exciting
>SUDDENLY currency falls two-fold
>TFW poor and without a car now
Pic related
>>15191072
hand me down civic that was poorly maintained its entire life up till it got to me.
also fuck every car brought to nc from florida. florida mechanics ruin everything.
My mother paid for my car, 91 Miata, $3200, i paid her back for 1/2 of it, the other 1/2 was a HS graduation gift.
I now have a job and have put... probably about $2,000 into it with parts and one trip to the engine shop for a timing belt change.
Drove my parent's 93 ford escort and 94 f250 xlt for the first 3 years. Just bought my first car under my name a month ago. '14 dodge charger. Somewhat regret not waiting and getting the v8 model but it's a nice car for someone my age none the less.
>>15194014
is there something up with the sunroof there?
>>15194668
Implying I'm a fuckboy sales man.
Mechanic mang
>>15196310
>implying I drive a shitbox
My cars a 2015 civic that's manual trans
Hardly a shit box.
Go ahead I'll drive my new car while your wife hits my line for that good good.
>>15196334
You a nigger by chance?
>give dad 3 grand and tell him to get me a VS ute
>nothing special...
>brings home a vz sv6 commodore
>sedan
>m8 i got you something "safe"
>it is on a $15,000 loan, 3000 already paid off
>all of my wat
>can't even sell it, i lose 5 grand if i do
>sell it for 5 grand once its fully paid off
Fuck sake.
i swear my dad is an actual retard, first and last time i ever trusted him with my money.
I think the only reason i ever tried to convince myself that i liked that car is because of how much i ended up paying for the fucking thing.
>>15191072
Pretty good, granted it was an 98 corolla with broken door-handles, severely scratched up paint, and more dents then i could count, but it was better then nothing.
>>15191072
>work for dad in his shop
>poor family, only one car
>don't care what it is, just drive it
>start working for him for no pay
>keep doing this for 2-3 years
>become a bit of an enthusiast
>one day, engine blows
>shit.jpg
>dad says he used all of my money rebuilding the engine
>wtf
>continue working for him
>tells me the car is 1/2 mine now
>fucker buys a new car
>tells me the car is all mine
>shit.jpg
>>15197263
>one day engine blows
>used all of my money rebuilding
Did you learn to check your oil uleh?
>>15197276
image related . jpg
>>15197089
then don't drive the car and move out faggot
>>15197012
White as fuck
Bought into the German engineering meme with my sikk student handouts and had ran up repair bills exceeding the purchase price of the car within about 6 months.
Oh the memories.
It was a 1991 Dodge Spirit with 200k+ miles. I was given the car by in-laws so I could pick up my half-brother from school. The exhaust/muffler had totally rotted off of the car, and the body/interior was in bad shape.
The first day I drove it to high school the accelerator pedal stuck down, redlining the engine. I rode the brakes through an intersection and pulled off into the grass and turned it off. I called my mom and eventually got it to pop back up by stomping on the pedal.
Eventually it started drinking coolant and blowing white smoke, so I assume it blew a head gasket. It was junked and I moved onto other terrible cars.
I remember it being fun since it was "my car" and it was really annoyingly loud because it had no exhaust (grandpa welded a piece of pipe to where the catalytic converter was, that poked out the side by the driver's side rear door - I thought it was neato... kids burned their legs on the exhaust pipe when they got out of the backseat after I brought them home from school with my brother. No vehicle inspections or emissions tests here)
I'm still sitting here trying to find a job to buy a sihtbox
>Ontario insurance
>>15191172
Find a way and quit being lazy and scared. Public transport is not that terrible, it just takes time and is not available everywhere. Bikes and scooters are cheap. I literally bought a 1976 moped for $400 and drove it to work year round (except for December; too cold) then bought a car. If you want to make money, grow some balls first.
First car was 1988 Volvo 240 I bought for $800. Needed lot of work immediately (paid for by parents) but the first 6 months were glorious.
Eventually your own daily car (any car) becomes an appliance. You need to plan special drives to keep it fun.
>>15197966
>Eventually your own daily car (any car) becomes an appliance. You need to plan special drives to keep it fun
You must only choose totally shit cars to drive.
Was excited but it was a complete shitbox, 93 Ford Tempo. I bought it myself since I had a job, probably paid too much for it.
>>15191072
>Did your parents get it for you?
Nope, paid with my own money.
>Or you busted your ass working 2-3 jobs to get it?
I worked one job full-time as a lot attendant at a hardware store. It was a shitty job with shitty people, but it worked out in the end. Got it for $2300 at a auction.
>>15191072
My aunt gave me her 91 corolla back in 05 when she decided it was finally time to upgrade, trade in value would have been sub $500 so she sent it my way, 9 months later blew a head gasket, over heated, melted a piston, and ended up getting donated for the tax paperwork
Guys I like I just lost my first car. It's a 96 civic d16y7.
>Car dies while driving
>no spark
>replace ignition coil, spark plugs and wires car cranks
>now I get misfires in mid rpms
>put on old plugs and wires
>car cranks, drive 100 foot and it dies again
>no spark
>replace entire distributor with one from my brothers project car
>spark from all spark plug wires but no start
>getting fuel
>do compression test
>50, 115, 115, 175
>hear knocking while doing test on cylinder 2
I don't even know if it's worth trying to fix at 275k miles.
>>15198926
>non vtec
>275k miles
no its isnt
>>15198934
my non vtec d16y7 having 275k miles is unbelievable?
>>15198497
>2015+1
>buying anything at auction
>>15198946
clearly i said it wasnt worth fixing. not that it wasnt unbelievable
>>15198957
Sorry I'm autismo
>>15191072
>Did your parents get it for you?
Yes. A BMW 335i when I got my temps (15 1/2 in my state). Kept that until college. Sold it and bought a LS460, but I dont want to keep it on campus so it sits in the garage.
>Or you busted your ass working 2-3 jobs to get it?
Lmao No I didnt even get paid for a job until I started research
>tfw make 12.50/hr
>plebs actually live on 7.25/hr
lmao
>>15198964
clearly.
swap in a new engine for 250$ join honda facebook groups thats what i did i always do business on there
>>15198967
>got 335i at 15
>sold it for ls460
>both automatic transmission.
man youuu
>>15197966
>Eventually your own daily car (any car) becomes an appliance. You need to plan special drives to keep it fun.
Kind of this.
>Miata for DD
>Eventually morning commute just becomes boring
>Explored side roads on the way home
>Built a to / from route for work
>Adds 15 minutes to my morning drive
>If my caffeine kicks in before the turn I take that route
>Also destroys my empeegees
>>15198975
>He thinks manual cars under 400 hp are fun
Yea no. If im rowing through the gears Fast and Furious style I dont want a minivan to pass me.
>>15199021
You probably shouldn't drive something that weighs more than a minivan and the entire junior soccer team then.
>>15199021
where is the insult?
my car is manual im automatically better than you in every shape and form
>>15198950
>buying things at full price
I got my '96 Ford Contour from a person my mom works for
>she has been cleaning this old couples' house for years now
>the car had been out in their yard rusting
>they wanted to vacation in Texas for a while
>said if I took care of their cats while they were gone I could have it
its a total shitbox but I can't say I hate it. Its got a lot of problems that I don't know how to fix. It would be nice if my dad was here because hes a mechanic but since hes in prison thats kind of hard
>>15199091
>gambling with buying a car at an auction
>implying buying a new car and being the original owner is a bad thing
>not buying a car that wont fuck you on your purchase.
which one is yours? the shitty lexus? or the mexirice stick on vent one?
>>15199228
>>gambling with buying a car at an auction
Only go to auctions with pre inspections or same day inspections. You can learn a lot by looking at a few simple things.
Grandad decided to stop driving because his vision was getting bad and gave me his 91 Camry , was decent enough to get me around while I saved up for getting my first proper car.
>>15191072
>Be me, late 16, maybe 17.
>A block away some house has a 2001 Buick Century for sale for 500 diggery doos
>Blown intake manifold gasket
>Hella rocker rust
>Dad buys it.
>My dad, brother, and self repair the gasket over 2 days.
>I do stupid teenage bullshit like install crappy subwoofers and do burnouts all the time
It felt pretty good. Only car I've had so far with working a/c.
Ps I still do the stupid teenage bullshit
>>15191839
He probably meant the pushrods. That's the depth you need to go to fix the gasket.
>>15191855
If someone's being a dick just keep scrolling or call them a faggot if you want to put in the effort. People are douches here
