Car thread

[XR-7]

Ive never gotten a ticket :^)

So far 3 out of my 7 traffic stops by police cars have resulted in tickets. 2 ended up with warnings. I'll give the rundown:

1: Ticket (46 in 30), driving family's Ford E-350, stopped by the county (March 2015)
2: No ticket/warning (driving on the shoulder to pass cars at a stoplight when engine died), driving my Buick, stopped by private district (dunno date)
3: Ticket (93 in 65, dropped to 75 in 65), driving Buick, stopped by the state (March 2016)
4: Warning (81 in 65), driving Buick, stopped by the county (March 2016)
5: Ticket (76 in a 60), driving Buick, stopped by the county (April 2016)
6: Warning (driving without license plates), driving Crown Victoria, stopped by the county (May 2016)
7: No ticket/warning (strange circumstances), driving Crown Victoria, stopped by private district (July 2016)

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[extremely extreme]

i just went into the street in my underwear and took this picture because i wanted to post my piece of stuff car. 2006 vw bug 2.5L 150 hp manual transmission piece of stuff. this is literally the worst car ever made and it is also the most produced car ever made. also i have 1 brand new headlight and 1 stock because some starfish stole my entire loving headlight and i needed to buy a new one.

also to be on topic with the ticket business, ive got 2 tickets in my life. 1 for "unreasonable and imprudent speed violation" when i tried to drift my 2004 kia rio around a corner going 50 mph and smashed it into a wall and the second was for expired plates.

[Foxscotch]

speaking of expired plates I somehow wound up with the wrong sticker for my tag lol
the sticker says it expired in like april I think, but the actual registration expires at the end of august
I've been pulled over like three times for it*, and the last time, the cop like, called someone up and had them check something to make sure I didn't steal the car lol. although, they do that a lot, or at least ask, because the owner listed on the registration is "hayoung kim", my mom's ex-bf who gave the car to me. my name's damien howard so you know, it doesn't really match up I guess. we just haven't swapped the title over yet because idk

*never gotten a ticket or even a warning for that though. I'd imagine it's not really illegal to have the wrong sticker when it wasn't my fault
also I have no idea how I'm gonna get it renewed ? like... by the time I get off work, every day, the DMV's closed. and they're closed on weekends. so wtf

[Zloff]

never gotten a ticket, only warnings for stupid things like forgot to put my low beams on at night or plates expired by one day

Do all your friends have a lot of money or something I can't even afford a beater car

trav with the vette works 35-55 hr/wk year-round, making between 11 and 13 per hour. he's 17, pays no bills and has no debts, so he just saves up

Austin with the A6 works 45-60 hr/wk year-round, i forgot how much he makes but it's more than 10/hr... he's 19, smart with money and pays all his own bills except health insurance. he could've bought the A6 with cash, but to leave a good amount in his account he bought it on a loan

i guess the moral of the story is work at least 40 hours a week and make more than 10$ per hour. that's basically how i am able to afford my car too lol

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I decided this june to put my parts car Camry wagon to good use, so I gutted it, and turned into a rice burning ass kicking machine. Im going to enter my local fair's offroad derby, hopefully I don't throw a rod, and hopefully the struts don't come through the floor, ill be going up against 3.4L 200 hp v6 Monte Carlo's and Grand Prix's with this 2.5L 150hp v6 so I probably wont win, but hey, going out in a blaze of glory is better than getting cubed

[Dragonslayer182]

This looks like a proper 24 hours of Lemons race car. And I love it.

[warble]

This looks like a proper 24 hours of Lemons race car. And I love it.

guess I could use it for that too if it makes it through the offroad derby, I bought it for 225, guy wanted 275, I wanted 225, I won the coin toss

[e-maxx]

I found a picture of me as a kid

[Kumquat]

Would you an fastback miata?

[Zloff]

it could do without that rear bumper

[XR-7]

I found a picture of me as a kid
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I could do with a caprice right now

[Willco2]

I could do with a caprice right now

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[Insert Name Here²]

what are some really good sleeper cars that are usually sold on craigslist for like 2k or less?

Also I found a 1992 For Mustang 2-door hatchback on the side of a road, for sale for 400 bucks. The engine looks like it needs a few belts and such, but the transmission shifts perfectly and the pedals work so there's that

If my dad buys it then it may be my first car, heck yeah

also it's the 105 HP 4 cylinder version so it'll be weak

[extremely extreme]

what are some really good sleeper cars that are usually sold on craigslist for like 2k or less?

you can usually find old civics and accords for real cheap but theyre usually in bad shape or you could just get a miata. old miatas are really cheap and have tons of available parts and resources for modifying. i just went on my local craigslist and looked for cars under 2k and there was a 91 miata right at the top for 2k with a bunch of aftermarket stuff already on it

[Insert Name Here²]

sleeper car, like those 4 door cars with those huge v8's which can crank out a forgetton of power when tuned right