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@this_that5553 hey bro, all cars are the same under the hood now. I sold the same parts to Ford and GM as I did Toyota and Mercedes. Same goes for all vendors, I've had the opportunity to work in every North American auto plant.
Buy what you need, for example I'm a simple man, needed a new truck, I shopped for like 3 years looking for exactly what I need. I picked up a 2010 F150 16k miles, for $7500. I wanted an 8 foot bed single cab no power anything. Less shit to break.

Feck. Even our engine compartments are globalist.

TBH cars like Mercedes are 100% fact more $ for parts I drove a BMW before I got my silverado and the cost of parts were crazy, even for an oil chage, having to get premium gas sucked espiccally

It's all malarkey. They make Mercedes in Alabama

Except the SL, SLK, C-Class, E-Class Coupe and the GLK

made in good ole mother land germany

They do pick up work

Does everyone know about the NUMMI plant in Cali? Where GM and Toyota's were made in the same plant.
It's Tesla plant now. I only went in there once, right after they started tooling it.

yea that was old GM

they left that plant after they became a new company after the bail out

most trucks all made at fort wayne now a days brotha

Yeah it closed in 2010, there are parts manufacturers everywhere.
Are you in Northern Indiana? I worked at the Subaru and Caterpillar plants around Indy.

No man im out in the city I live in Boston I work at a large volume GM dealership

Ok so I wake up at 3 this morning to my trucks horn blaring for no reason. I don't think it was the alarm because it was one solid blast. It only stopped when I honked the horn

Anyone know whats up?

@here

Does it only happen when it's cold?

@Thomas Morrow

This is the first time it's ever happened

The temperature did drop last night though

Most of the parts around the horn are plastic. Cold weather can cause the plastic parts to compress which would cause the horn to go off.
You have to open up your horn to do a little modification to the horn pads.

Yeah you probably have the connections touching

@Thomas Morrow let us know what you find out.

For sure. The cold could very well have been it

@bostoneuropean glad you’re in here. I lot of people are completely in the dark about car sales

Glad to be here and trust me I️ know I️ see people getting fucked all day every day I’m here to make sure it doesn’t happen to our brothers

I️ will give best step by step negotiating skills hahaha you will be a better negotiator than (((them)))

@bostoneuropean I've heard that a lot of dealerships do 0% interest towards the end of the year. Is that true? If so, now is the time to buy, right?

Buy a car cash if you can dude. You never really win at a dealership, especially if you finance.

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spooky_kraut#8307 Alright so here’s the thing with 0% yes dealerships do 0% but a lot of the time they have to buy the rate down so you will loose discounts on the vehicle either way they get their money the reason dels at the end of the year are good because the manufacturer give extra rebates to get rid of left over 2017’s

I just went through a lot of leasing research. Was gonna lease instead of buy my wife a car. Seemed like leases work for nicer cars but don’t pan out for cheaper ones. Plus they hide all their fees in $ down on a lease. Seemed like it is best to never put money down on a lease

Just decided to fix the car we have for now

Well my horn went off again last night

I ended up disconnecting the battery

@Thomas Morrow can you go ahead and pop open the steering wheel?

Haven't had time to yet. If all else fails I'll just pull the fuse for the duration of winter

Hopefully I can just fix it after work today

Sounds like a good long term solution

Yeah I'd rather fix the problem but if I can't I'll just pull the fuse. Better than waking up at three in the morning and running out into the cold to disconnect the battery

I had the same problem with an old car. Had to pull the fuse out to fix it.

I ended up pulling the fuse until I can figure out how to fix it

PSA: car drivers ... trucks and SUVs fare far better in car crashes. The heavier weight forces the crash energy into other objects and reduces G forces, the large size provides big crumple zones, the higher bumpers match other trucks and make the collision at knee level rather than shoulder level. You should consider an SUV for your next vehicle purchase, it could save your life and prevent permanent injury.

Plus trucks are cool

I was thinking of getting something like Ford Escape maybe. I like the smaller SUV models out now

whats the rundown on a honda civic purchase as a tuner car

What year are you looking for? What's your goals for the car?

I was thinking Id just start with modified exhaust panel air filter VTEC and the flywheel

They are pretty good. Nip legos. But you should go Volkswagen. Sweet little hatchback.

The aftermarket is very strong for hondas. What year are you thinking? I would recommend one with a k series engine. The money to power ratio is much greater than older models engines. I'm mostly a rear wheel drive guy myself but I went through the tuner stage at one point. Volkswagens make decent cars unless you want something really fast.

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Honda would be cheap, if your looking for something fast and cheap I would go either dodge peon or an older Toyota Supra my buddy just built a peon srt 4 for literally only 3k thing has 450 at the rear wheels

That's sweet. Those turbo neons were pretty awesome, I just think they were ugly.

It all really depends what your after. If you want to go really fast for cheap buy a fox body mustang ls swap it with a turbo.

@bostoneuropean you mean 450 at the *front* wheels.

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But back to @Deleted User original question. A civic makes a fun little car that you can modify pretty cheap. Just don't get an auto trans.

Yeah of course lol

I don't know your budget but if your plans are only bolt ons I would go with a newer than 01 because they have the k series engines. They're similar to b series but more power and more responsive to modification. And easier to tune being obd2

Get 2006 or newer. They made big safety advances with the 2006 redesign.

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What's your budget and what are your goals besides bolt-on mods? You can do bolt-ons on a minivan. Do you want something that looks cool, sounds cool, sharp handling, fast cornering, fast acceleration, does it need to have cargo capacity?

That's what I was thinking as well, I'm looking at a 2013 model @Tanner - SC

Budget is 8k for mods 10k vehicle

I'd like to keep it below 4k for mods and 5k for vehicle but I have wiggle room

In my area you can pick up a low mileage 06 and newer for 5-7k easy. With 4K for mods you can put a good set of wheels and tires, coil overs, exhaust, intake, and a good tune.

As long as you do the work yourself excluding the tune.

I was going to also add I prefer Acura rsx to the civics

“As long as you do the work yourself”
You must not know of Koba’s road trip debacle.

No I haven't heard about it. Lol.

The VW Jetta/Golf of the same era has a 5cyl engine. I think it sounds amazing with an intake and exhaust, far better than a 4cyl.

https://youtu.be/RRoMiWYhvNs

https://youtu.be/wzAv-g_OJhE

Agreed. Vw are fun also. I had a pal who had a vr6 with just intake and exhaust and it sounded good and was quick.

The VR6 also sounds good. Most manufacturers are abandoning the 5cyl design and moving to turbo 4 to boost mpg for CAFE regulations. Owning a 5cyl might be a once in a lifetime opportunity, I don’t think there are any new cars made with one and might never again.

Anyone into off-road racing?

Aw man I've never raced but I used to love mudding. I had a jeep wrangler and, believe it or not, a 6-cyl Chevy Cheyenne I used to mud with!

Ya I used to be into mudding I had a chevy k2500 on 37inch tires with a built small block. Then I got into rock crawling and built a pretty impressive trail rig Cherokee. Now for some reason I'm really getting into prerunners and buggys and even lifted bugs like the different kinds of cars you see race Baja.

@JesseJames You ever see those mud rigs where they strip everything down, even taking the cooling system off, and just go full throttle for about 20 seconds?

Sounds like you're describing a mud bog rig. Most of the time the ones I've seen move the radiator to the rear to keep from clogging air flow with mud. My step brother lives in lake placid and they're really big into mudding.

Yes sir. That sucks they won't let you temp store it.

Most storage unit rental places usually rent trailer parking places around here for cheap. Maybe try that?

@Deleted User did you ever find your car?

Yeah! @JesseJames

I should be all set

What did you end up getting? Got any mods lined up yet?

@Deleted User what car did you get?

2005 Honda Civic EX

@Tanner - SC is that something you just found on the net or did someone you know do it? @Deleted User sweet how are you liking it so far?

Its alright, very economical. Going to pay off another thousand or so and close the loan, then I'll start modding it.

@JesseJames found it on the net

Glad to see you being smart about it. It will be a fun car for ya I'm sure.

Sweet! What all do you have to do to it? I had a buddy who built one into a truggy back when we were all into rock climbing.

Plugs cap wires and everything would be good for it.

Yessir. Will keep you guys posted

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So, old Lawn Chief tiller dating back to the 1980s. 5 HP Briggs & Stratton 4 stroke pull start. Haven't used it in a couple of years but kept in pretty good condition. New gas, won't turn over. Bad spark plug; replaced it and tested new one, which works. Still no turn over. Removed and cleaned gas tank, line, filter, and carb. Still nothing. Carb starter fluid. Nothing.

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