General Car Discussion

Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. Codeslamer

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    Knowing what people are like here, someone will probably find a way.

    Lets be honest though, they'll all be graffitied on within the first 5 minutes
     
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  2. workclock1©

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    Looking for my first car. Any suggestions? (Ford and Dodge fan by the way)
     
  3. nosraenyr kcirtap kcin

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    90's Dodge Ram there cheap and easy to work on.
     
  4. workclock1©

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    Cool, there are a lot in my area, to be specific, lots of diesels (2500 or up)
     
  5. MotherTrucker02

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    A diesel is not going to be cheap, but if you can find a well taken care of 5.9 Cummins or 7.3 Powerstroke (that you can afford) either would be a sweet truck. What are looking for in vehicle exactly, what would you do with it most of the time?
     
  6. workclock1©

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    I'm looking for sports cars, something zippy. Like a 2001 GT Mustang or something like that, gas mileage with trucks will drive you into a wall. So trucks are not the best for a first car/truck.
     
  7. aljowen

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    A 2001 Mustang is not going to be massively better in terms of fuel economy.
     
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  8. workclock1©

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    Yeah that's why i gave an example. Older cars are not going to be the best fuel saving car.
     
  9. aljowen

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    Honda Civic, Toyota Corolla, Honda Accord, Toyota Camry etc etc etc

    All can be had in somewhat fun variants, all will likely give you ok fuel economy.
     
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  10. Bubbleawsome

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    Friend of mine has a late 90s early 00s Camry with a manual. It's fair fun.
    I imagine they would be the movable kind that slots into the ground and is then locked in. Those are an item to be taken where I am, not sure that would be the same with the strange kid bollards though
     
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  11. nosraenyr kcirtap kcin

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    Oh 1994-96 C4 Corvette than they are cheap as fuck and go get about 24-27 MPG with 300 horses without a twin turbo so imagine how fast it would be if you put a turbo in it.
     
  12. workclock1©

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    Looking at some C4 Corvettes now, and some mustangs
     
  13. aljowen

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    Officially rated at 15city-22highway (mpgUS). With mods, expect lower.
     
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    C4 Corvettes looking good, but MPG Not the best in the world, and adding a twin turbo would make MPG Worse
     
  15. aljowen

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    The car you are looking for does not exist. You cannot get C4 performance with good fuel economy in a cheap car. You can only get a compromise of the two.
     
  16. nosraenyr kcirtap kcin

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    I think you where looking at the ones from the 80's I'm talking about the 1993-96 models
    1993 17 city / 25 highway MPG
    1994 17 city / 27 highway MPG
    1995 17 city / 27 highway MPG
    1996 17 city / 25 highway MPG
     
  17. aljowen

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    https://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/noframes/10621.shtml
    https://www.corvetteforum.com/forums/c4-general-discussion/2856577-1994-corvette-mpg.html

    The only time that car will get 27mpg is when you are pushing it by hand towards the next petrol station.
     
  18. Harkin Gaming

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    It depends on how good you are at parking, and how much your budget is. The killer is insurance costs, especially in a medium size city and larger. Subarus are good, they are AWD, can come with a manual, and if you get a wagon, you can haul around stuff and have slightly cheaper expensive insurance :p

    EDIT: They are pretty fun to drive, and aren't slow. Not too bad gas mileage either.
     
  19. nosraenyr kcirtap kcin

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  20. workclock1©

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    My Budget it tight. Forgot about insurance. But i am looking for older Mustangs and corvettes, while researching some stuff (thanks people) i realized those 2 are not the best option.

    So I've been looking into Subarus, and some newer muscle cars that Gas Mileage is a bit lower on them :)
     
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