I can't stand the sight of a smartcar. The look of it lets me know instantly that whoever owns it is a douche bag.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17322309]Main reasons for the disagrees?[/QUOTE]
I'm going to fucking tip your car over.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17319803]Maybe I should get a Smart ForTwo as a first car.
[img]http://www.rent-cityrunner.de/images/smart-fortwo-2007-coupe_high.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]Look, it's a gokart.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17322309]Main reasons for the disagrees?[/QUOTE]
and your going to be fucking dead when you get hit by a moped. Go buy an old crx that gets 50 miles to the gallon and fuck that thing.
I live in a pretty liberal college town and remember seeing a smart fortwo getting painted a candy metallic green at a local body shop. Not only do they like them here, they put money into them. Everyone always thinks they're electric too.
I want to put a turbocharged suzuki hayabusa engine in a smart car.
Talk about overkill.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17333544]Talk about overkill.[/QUOTE]
How?
Would putting a corvette engine in it be reasonable or something?
With a Smart car weighing less than a ton, why would you need anything more than the 1.0L turbo engine you can get as standard?
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17333642]With a Smart car weighing less than a ton, why would you need anything more than the 1.0L turbo engine you can get as standard?[/QUOTE]
Yea, totally they should outlaw all sports cars or anything with any sort of performance at all.
Because that's just overkill.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17333642]With a Smart car weighing less than a ton, why would you need anything more than the 1.0L turbo engine you can get as standard?[/QUOTE]
I thought it was a 600ccm engine in it? :V
[QUOTE=DrMortician;17333535]I want to put a turbocharged suzuki hayabusa engine in a smart car.[/QUOTE]
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c[/media]
[QUOTE=Van-man;17322968]Example:
Toyota Aygo is only a little bit bigger, got space for [B]4 persons,[/B] and isn't as ugly compared to the Smart.[/QUOTE]
Except it's still fugly, and slower than the smart because despite having the same engine size is a lot heavier. You say you can get 4 people in it, but that makes me think you've never tried to get 4 6ft lads in one. It just doesn't work, you'll need to saw your mates legs off mid thigh to ge tthem in the back. I suggest go for something cheap and second-third hand as your first car. (Going for all the obvious criteria on it, low mileage [looking for as complete as possible of a service history, so you can be reasonably sure it hasn't been wound back], but try and aim for fairly old, generally cheaper to insure) People won't think you're a twat for wasting a (comparatively) large amount of money on something that's hideous, and not all that fast either.
Also downsides for the smart: it's not going to be any fun long distance/on motorways. It might technically be safe, but when you're sat in one, it feels like ou have a bit of card between you and everything whizzing past outside, and they really aren't all that cheap. (As much as £12k new and you're looking at just over half of that secondhand) in comparison, my Ford focus (pictured a few pages back), 3 years old, 40k on the clock, all documentation in order, good condition, £6k.
[QUOTE=DrMortician;17333535]I want to put a turbocharged suzuki hayabusa engine in a smart car.[/QUOTE]
I've seen that done to a old mini cooper (the [B]REALLY[/B] old but cool mini cooper, not the new and gay one, designed and made by BMW)
[QUOTE=m0nkey98;17333892][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c[/media][/QUOTE]
I knew that would be like the most perfect car imaginable lol.
Ungodly power to weight ratio.
[QUOTE=DrMortician;17333535]I want to put a turbocharged suzuki hayabusa engine in a smart car.[/QUOTE]
Or you can put it in a mini..
you know the cars that aren't complete shit
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[QUOTE=m0nkey98;17333892][media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cV4HdsDZX6c[/media][/QUOTE]
i did [b]not[/b] know it was rwd
[QUOTE=edberg;17336191]Or you can put it in a mini..
you know the cars that aren't complete shit
[/QUOTE]
Why put a 4cyl in a mini when a v8 fits fine?
[media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iK4dy74ibY[/media]
[QUOTE=Van-man;17335634]I've seen that done to a old mini cooper (the [B]REALLY[/B] old but cool mini cooper, not the new and gay one, designed and made by BMW)[/QUOTE]
The new S is a pretty quick car, I love the sound of the supercharger going. But you definitely look like you love cock when you drive it. We had two S models at work a while ago, pretty fun to go run errands in.
[img]http://4xj.org/i/d/2446-2/0321091809a.jpg[/img]
[QUOTE=metallics;17335016]Except it's still fugly, and slower than the smart because despite having the same engine size is a lot heavier. You say you can get 4 people in it, but that makes me think you've never tried to get 4 6ft lads in one. It just doesn't work, you'll need to saw your mates legs off mid thigh to ge tthem in the back. I suggest go for something cheap and second-third hand as your first car. (Going for all the obvious criteria on it, low mileage [looking for as complete as possible of a service history, so you can be reasonably sure it hasn't been wound back], but try and aim for fairly old, generally cheaper to insure) People won't think you're a twat for wasting a (comparatively) large amount of money on something that's hideous, and not all that fast either.
Also downsides for the smart: it's not going to be any fun long distance/on motorways. It might technically be safe, but when you're sat in one, it feels like ou have a bit of card between you and everything whizzing past outside, and they really aren't all that cheap. (As much as £12k new and you're looking at just over half of that secondhand) in comparison, my Ford focus (pictured a few pages back), 3 years old, 40k on the clock, all documentation in order, good condition, £6k.[/QUOTE]
Thank you, a proper answer.
So aim for early 90s cars, pretty much?
[QUOTE=blackdenton;17337809]The new S is a pretty quick car. But you definitely look like you love cock when you drive it. [/QUOTE]
My point exactly.
BMW should reincarnate the mini-cooper, instead of making it a gay-pride mobile.
[QUOTE=Van-man;17338262]My point exactly.
BMW should reincarnate the mini-cooper, instead of making it a gay-pride mobile.[/QUOTE]
Kinda like the Gen 3 MR2's.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17337828]Thank you, a proper answer.
So aim for early 90s cars, pretty much?[/QUOTE]
Yeah, a good indicator is the previous owner being elderly. A rover is good from that sort of perspective, but I'm not sure of insurance on them and coming across parts now may be troublesome (also the styling is very middleage jag type). But basically if an old person has owned it, it's not going to have been thrashed at all, milage is likely to be genuinely low, it may have a few dings in the bodywork however, that just drives the price down (assuming there is no chassis damage or anything like that)
Ah, someone who knows his stuff.
Rovers would be okay, but they're [I]Rovers[/I].
Can't beat a [B]Jaaaaaaaaaaaaaag[/B] though.
So, summary:
Find an early 90s car owned by an aging person, as the milage will be lower, less mechanical faults, but possible more bodywork damage.
Sounds like a plan.
[QUOTE=dcalde78;17319803]Maybe I should get a Smart ForTwo as a first car.
[img]http://www.rent-cityrunner.de/images/smart-fortwo-2007-coupe_high.jpg[/img][/QUOTE]
Oh god no fuck the smart for two. I actually had the (unfortunate) chance to drive one of these things and jesus it sucks. There's some really terrible stench inside. Smells like old plastic and cheap seat covers. I got a headache after like 25 minutes. Its handling is also very terrible. At speeds up to 50 km/h it gets all woozy. Feels like you're being pushed left and right. It gets so bad on higher speeds, I didn't even dare to hit 80 km/h. I was scared the thing would just flip on its side or something.
The engine stinks, overheats and is loud as hell because you're sitting right on it, the interior is crap. Spartanic. Hard cheap plastics. Just feels totally cheap. It really just feels like a goddamn gokart.
Oh yeah one funny thing though. I'm used to driving with manual transmission. The Smart was an automatic. So I drove up the road to our driveway and our driveway is like a little hill. Pretty steep. So I slow down, set the indicators, drive up and the engine stalls mid way. I managed to 'kill' an automatic car. What.
I would just get a 1991 300ZX NA 2+2 instead of a smart. That's what I did.
14.5 MPG's ALL THE WAY!
[QUOTE=drive_the_hive;17344416]Oh god no fuck the smart for two. I actually had the (unfortunate) chance to drive one of these things and jesus it sucks. There's some really terrible stench inside. Smells like old plastic and cheap seat covers. I got a headache after like 25 minutes. Its handling is also very terrible. At speeds up to 50 km/h it gets all woozy. Feels like you're being pushed left and right. It gets so bad on higher speeds, I didn't even dare to hit 80 km/h. I was scared the thing would just flip on its side or something.
The engine stinks, overheats and is loud as hell because you're sitting right on it, the interior is crap. Spartanic. Hard cheap plastics. Just feels totally cheap. It really just feels like a goddamn gokart.
Oh yeah one funny thing though. I'm used to driving with manual transmission. The Smart was an automatic. So I drove up the road to our driveway and our driveway is like a little hill. Pretty steep. So I slow down, set the indicators, drive up and the engine stalls mid way. I managed to 'kill' an automatic car. What.[/QUOTE]
Funny because a new one costs around $30000
My dad was contemplating buying one and he just bought a honda with the exact same gas mileage (and actual seats) for half the price.
What do you think about the Datsun 1200 Coupe?
I'd like one for a first car, my friend has a library of spare parts for them so he said that he'd help me build/repair one
[img]http://a.imagehost.org/0465/coupe3.jpg[/img]
Yeah that's actually my friends lol
I really love the shape of it too.
I was thinking that I'd keep it stock for a couple of years, probably a lot more until I had some money then drop a SR20DET in it. I'd like to get my hands on a R31 LSD which could be great too. A couple of other minor adjustments along the way.
It looks like a great sleeper
At the moment I love cars but practically I'm useless
I'd also do something about the throttle body and bore it out a bit from 2.0 litres.
What do you think facepunch, would this be a good first car?
[QUOTE=MetallicaLover;17351758]
What do you think facepunch, would this be a good first car?[/QUOTE]
Do you really have to ask that question? You know your shit, get it, you'd be a dumbass if you got something else. If you want keep the open diff till you learn to drive better.
When I grow up I want to get a Bentley.
[QUOTE=kevlar jens;17352051]When I grow up I want to get a Bentley.[/QUOTE]
oh yah i want a veyron i have no appreceation for cars or anything but im gonna have one like a soccer mom driving a trailblazer SS
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or m3 sedan
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:argh:
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