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« on: May 13, 2014, 01:06:48 AM »

I was gonna say the same about the SLS part.

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« on: May 12, 2014, 08:20:21 PM »

I used to play a lot of rally racing xbox games, those were fun.

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« on: May 12, 2014, 03:58:23 PM »

I think the wheels are the best part of that one.

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« on: May 12, 2014, 08:24:35 AM »

I hate those haha.

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« on: May 12, 2014, 12:51:32 AM »

I just tried watching some videos explaining them and holy stuff complex. Like honestly I feel like it's amazing that there even are automatic transmissions just from how complex they really are.

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« on: May 12, 2014, 12:26:11 AM »

While we're on the topic of transmissions, has anyone here tried to understand how automatic transmissions work? It's really complicated. I haven't gotten really into the hydrolycics parts yet.

Both my friend and I have tried. I for one really haven't grasped it but I havent tried hard either.

Moving on to the rust topic. Living in a state where cars are loving eaten alive by rust because we salt the stuff out of our roads, I'd say many newer cars do rust out. Im not sure about like the rocker panels anymore, since many of them have that kind of scalloped corrosion resistant stuff, but there's still so many places for stuff to accumulate around the wheel wells and cause it to rust. My Intrigue has plastic covering what used to be the pinch welds and somehow salt and all that good stuff started getting in there and there is absolutely nothing left for metal under the plastic. I actually took the plastic off last summer and I couldn't even get it back on after I emptied all of the crap out and noticed it was going up my rear quarter panel. The whole underside of that car is completely forgeted.

That being said, the car is still 13 years old and has 149,000. That's a lot of winters and miles in said winters. So I guess I can't be too upset.

I think a lot of it also has to do with how much upkeep the owner puts into it. If you notice paint chips or places where its starting to turn your paint orange, its obviously a quick fix and easy save. But since nobody around here truly gives a forget Ive seen Caravans and Sebrings start to rust out of control beforr 75,000. We aso had a newer 2013 Silverado in the shop the other day with a quarter sized spot of rust on the bed. I couldn't really make out if it was rotting from the inside out or just from the surface but it wouldn't surprise me either way. I'd have a hard time owning a truck for the reason that older ones have nothing in the wheel wells to stop all the bullstuff from building up in the frame and in the bed supports and along the bottom of the bed and its hard to clean.

Idk. Rambling.

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« on: May 11, 2014, 02:49:33 AM »

Ive seen two older Z06s and one new Stingray today. Must be corvette season.

That stingray was loving ridiculous though. Like literally jaw dropping. Thing looks like a legit supercar.

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« on: May 10, 2014, 04:32:47 PM »

I do come from a wealthy family but I make my own money too. I could afford my $500 a month car insurance, but my parents are kind enough to pay it until I graduate college. I'm a part time foreign currency trader, so on a good day I could make that whole payment (though, on a bad day I could lose that payment four times over).

I wish I could do that. I could afford having the Dart and insuring it but I just don't want to budget that much, I like being able to go do random stuff without having to look at my bank account first.

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« on: May 10, 2014, 09:45:36 AM »

I thought it was crazy when Progressive gave me a $430 quote per month on a Dart lol. Ill stick with my $70/month for my stuffty cars.

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« on: May 10, 2014, 01:19:11 AM »

Holy stuff what do you do that you can pay $500 a month on car insurance?

Wait, didn't we establish you're just from a wealthy family?

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« on: May 09, 2014, 03:40:35 PM »

They're reliable cars, though.

I'd rather have a Honda in that case. Its amazing how many I've seen around here,  like mid-2000 Accords with over 200,000 miles and they're so clean and still run so well.

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« on: May 09, 2014, 01:15:24 PM »

I hate Toyotas for the sole reason that they always feel so basic and cheap no matter how loaded up or expensive they are.  They never appeal to me aesthetically either.

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« on: May 08, 2014, 05:38:21 PM »

Why did you back out?

$154 monthly insurance rates. The payments themselves for the car were reasonable but total it would've been $431/month not even including gas.

The plan now is to save up for one of the SRT ones coming out in a few years. AWD is music to my ears and turbocharged? Well stuff. Im thinking Ill save up enough for a nice down payment and get my payments low enough so insurance can fill the gap and get me closer to that $300 mark.

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« on: May 07, 2014, 09:37:37 PM »

Fixing cars yourself is ridiculously cheaper. Like working in a shop for that short while was a damn good decision.

I almost signed a lease for a 2014 Dart today, blue with the black Blacktop rims. Wouldve had a sunroof, remote start, 8.4" touch screen... sigh.

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« on: May 07, 2014, 09:51:23 AM »

The SRT Dart is like the best thing I've heard all year. I want a Dart still, guess I have a good reason to wait now.

I also want an old VW bus to fix up. Like those things are just sweet.

That Veyron is also ugly, like I don't understand how you can have a car that costs as much as that one does and get such an ugly color scheme.