Help Me Buy A Car Thread v.ScottyB: WITNESS ME BROTHERS

[ispoonwithmugen]

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[ispoonwithmugen]

But for real, get that 04 STI, change the exhaust out and be happy again SUbaru Ambassador.

[ispoonwithmugen]

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[ScottyB]

so i just got back from test driving this at a local dealer down the road. the price was low for the mileage so i knew i was walking into a trap but not sure how bad. at the very least i just needed to see how the size felt.



it is FUN. honda knows how to make a driver's cockpit and controls. steering is right-now fast, rifle bolt shifter, shortest-throw clutch pedal i've ever seen. it felt like driving a motorcycle. the K20 is gutless down low but very fun to hoon. good seats, good trunk, strong brakes.

but wow....it got some abuse in a past life and didn't age well. 6 previous owners, and it looks like all of them tried to screw with mods of some kind and haphazardly take them off. pulled bad to the right. the weather seals on the bottoms of the windows are disintegrating, and it reeked of smoke which was the last straw. had a giant 3" exhaust on it too and some kind of strut/spring combo none of which they alluded to in the ad.

great car. i get them. but its a pretty frantic experience. not sure if a fully stock one would feel like its got better touring legs.

in a stroke of good luck, i'm currently borrowing a 6-speed TDI coupe from my neighbor, before it gets bought back and turned into slag next month. looks exactly like this:


really nice and a very opposite character from the Si of course, but in general terms i get why people dig these. brought back so many audi memories because the steering/shifter/pedal feel is almost exactly the same. now i just need to find a GTI to drive locally.

[ispoonwithmugen]

3 good looking WRX hatches:
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Change the wheels and have a lowish mile STI:
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Nice looking STI:
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[ScottyB]

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good eye, i saw that one earlier today.

i'm leery of the 09's....they had a run of rod bearing issues, and generally speaking, there are some other things to worry about with the tune and oil pickup from that generation. tricky cars to buy used.

[*insertusernamehere*]

SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI SI

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[JPolen01]

6 owners :lol: I guess to test-drive it would be fine but damn that car has been passed around a lot in 4 years. That would be an immediate turnoff for me.

[*insertusernamehere*]

How did you feel about the overall interior on the civic?

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[WRXtranceformed]

https://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/d/20...47618.html

Man if you could find something like this, in AWD, you would be the prince of the rally circuit. And you can air condition your balls while doing it, which is a huge plus in my book :thumbup:

[ScottyB]

How did you feel about the overall interior on the civic?

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its great. but weird, its like the dashboard comes out 5 feet from the windshield. materials are decent plastic. great seats with like a suede material. leather wheel. the back seat folds 60/40 and the trunk is big for what it is. nice headroom and the AC worked well.

too bad that car was treated so rough, i liked it.

[JustinG]

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Man if you could find something like this, in AWD, you would be the prince of the rally circuit. And you can air condition your balls while doing it, which is a huge plus in my book :thumbup:

Yea but Lexus went all Toyota on us and made all the AWDs in Auto.

[ispoonwithmugen]

Be selfish Scotty:
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... more responsible options:
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Decently priced STI:
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[ScottyB]

damn it Garrett

that red one....

[ispoonwithmugen]

DO IT. We can't have the resident Subaru guy leave his brand. Too much confusion within MM at that point.

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[ScottyB]

https://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/d/20...69151.html + a lot of money for maintenance

i thought really hard about the Speed3 but i don't think i like the idea of that much power going through the front wheels. it would be nearly impossible to rallyx due to that as well

[rherold9]

https://columbia.craigslist.org/cto/d/20...69151.html + a lot of money for maintenance

$5k?? "Lots of mods"?

[PDenbigh]

Scott,

Sooooo sorry to hear about the suby. You are taking better than I would.

I have read and ignored all of your rules. I vote Mercury Marauder. It's a mustang cobra-engined crown vic. You know you have twisted dreams of CVs....

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[ScottyB]

wildcard just showed up on the list. i'll fill you all in later today. could be very interesting.

Scott,

Sooooo sorry to hear about the suby. You are taking better than I would.

I have read and ignored all of your rules. I vote Mercury Marauder. It's a mustang cobra-engined crown vic. You know you have twisted dreams of CVs....

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ha, get out of my head. i need to let my manual-converted panther chassis car ideas go....