What car do you drive?
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*commences sandblasting off paint and adding water*
this rust!
Nice truck though. I think after Im done with this Jag im gonna get a mid to late 50's truck.
Newest additions to the fleet: 1991 Suburban and 1966 Corvair.
rear engine air cooled!! those oversized rear tires were the first thing to go!
and I just got this new motor for the corvair... should make around 220 HP
rear engine air cooled!! those oversized rear tires were the first thing to go!
and I just got this new motor for the corvair... should make around 220 HP
I drive a 2009 Ford Ranger XLT. Only things i have added to it is the tint on the windows, XM Radio, CB Radio, and a tool box.
I got myself another project! It's a 1969 Ford Ranchero. It's solid except for some surface rust. It had a vinyl top that caused a few rust bubbles, but thankfully I got it off while the roof was still solid. I have a freshly built 302 ready to go in with a 4 speed top loader to go behind it. She already has a 3.50 limited slip 9 inch!
I traded a 390 FE engine for it.
I traded a 390 FE engine for it.
Just got rid of my 2002 Volvo V40, picked up a 2008 Saab 9-3 2.0T. Only had 27,000 miles on it.
Feels good to be back driving the right kind of Swedish car again.
Feels good to be back driving the right kind of Swedish car again.
Is it your first car? What type of environment do you live in? Are you going to drive it around a lot? And are you going to be paying for your own gas?
Hmm, well if you plan to be driving it a lot, a Jeep Wrangler can get pretty costly in terms of gas, which isn't something that many 18 year olds would want. I suppose that's the only real downside to it.
TBH, for an 18yo, a Wrangler is - although very cool - probably not the right car. Insurance will be brutal. Gas mileage flat sucks.
You might want to look at like a Subaru Forester or Outback. Neither will get quite every place that a Wrangler could, but they'll be a LOT better on gas mileage and insurance, and unless you're looking to do rock crawling or something, you're probably not going to take advantage of the full capabilities of a Wrangler anyway.
The Subaru's you mentioned are both SUV's, and are a little bit overpriced for me.
The Wrangler does indeed suck with gas mileage, I heard it was because they replaced the engines in 2002, I forget the exact details so I'll have to look it up. But the 2012 model is supposed to come with a better engine, with better gas mileage.
The only problem would be that for better gas mileage, I would either have to get a brand new one for 20 grand, or a really old one.
The Wrangler does indeed suck with gas mileage, I heard it was because they replaced the engines in 2002, I forget the exact details so I'll have to look it up. But the 2012 model is supposed to come with a better engine, with better gas mileage.
The only problem would be that for better gas mileage, I would either have to get a brand new one for 20 grand, or a really old one.
In America you get stuck in traffic, in Soviet Russia, traffic gets stuck under YOU!
