The best Hyundai is a twin cam Excel coupe. They're awesome boy-racer cars cos they're light and low from factory with decent acceleration
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Nearly ran over a goat on my drive back, not sure what kind of country I live in anymore.
[QUOTE=butre;51032638]kia and nissan are about as reliable these days but the interior in a nissan is way better. older kias were reliable if you didn't push them but tbh driving on interstate is pusing a kia[/QUOTE]
I don't have many experiences with Nissan directly. A former coworker has one, and it constantly was in the shop probably twice as often as my car is. My stepsister's Kia Sorento (I think 08 or 09, I don't remember. She's gotten rid of it,) was two or three times as bad as my car. In the short span she owned the car she had to get the throttle body replaced twice, front axle replaced, rear axle replaced, and several small suspension repairs done.
And I was highly considering getting a new car, until I realized something. I'm repairing my car a lot, but I'm also using it consistently for a very hard job on cars: paper routes. I realized that all of my repairs except the stupid engine fuck up has all been since I got that second job. So I haven't been as mad lately at the car for breaking sus parts like candy. So I'm thinking of keeping it for a year or two more while I work and save the money up to afford something new-er than what I'm looking at.
[QUOTE=butre;51032638]kia and nissan are about as reliable these days but the interior in a nissan is way better. older kias were reliable if you didn't push them but tbh driving on interstate is pusing a kia[/QUOTE]
We have a 01' Kia Optima in the family. My dad bought it from the dealer slightly used, it was a demo car. We've drove it up to just under 250,000 bloody miles. It's a shitbox. It's typcial New England rusty. I don't think anyone ever bothered to change the fucking timing belt. It's being used to tow around our tiny sailboat (which I think warped the rotors).
But it still runs. I think it sort of defies logic at this point.
I'd really like to try and shop for a car that will replace it, preferably one that can actually tow so it will be good for my dad and brother, and one that will fit the snow tires we bought last winter (I think they are 205/60/15s or something similar).
Likewise we also have a 2012 Hyundai Accent. About 55k on the clock, noticeably tired already. My dad kinda sorta wants to sell it now that he got himself a NB Miata. But he really is not trying hard at all. He's incredibly, frustratingly indecisive. I think I have to take care of it myself to at least list it on Craigslist. Only issue with selling it is what does he drive for the winter? He doesn't think that far ahead it seems. But at least I got him thinking about Miata winter storage.
Fit mine (just barely) in the basement, going through the two-door opening we have around the back, and maybe push his sideways back to the edge of the garage. Course, he has a more elaborate idea of putting in ramps and hoisting both cars up! :v:
[QUOTE=butre;51032638]kia and nissan are about as reliable these days but the interior in a nissan is way better. older kias were reliable if you didn't push them but tbh driving on interstate is pusing a kia[/QUOTE]
Older Kias were mechanically reliable but the electrical system was garbage. We had an '04 Optima with omnipresent electrical gremlins, though luckily they were mostly confined to infotainment and non-essential functions like electric windows.
I had an older kia about 12 years ago that spun 4500 rpm on interstate and ate headgaskets like they were candy
Well. As of Friday I no longer own a Charger! Sold it for $4500. It was a great car and would totally buy another! Hopefully I can find a good replacement.
[t]http://i.imgur.com/fJcf6jW.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/bruyTs2.jpg[/t][t]http://i.imgur.com/w7nIIkH.jpg[/t]
[t]http://i.imgur.com/6Iy7IAL.jpg[/t]
First day I got it:
[t]http://i.imgur.com/AeqMafp.jpg[/t]
Only electrical shenanigan I've noticed in this Kia is that when getting into the car sometimes, before even being in the seat, the speedometer needle will slightly jump around :v:
[QUOTE=Xanadu;51034346]Only electrical shenanigan I've noticed in this Kia is that when getting into the car sometimes, before even being in the seat, the speedometer needle will slightly jump around :v:[/QUOTE]
built-in weight-scale telling you you're a fatass? :v:
[QUOTE=Van-man;51034350]built-in weight-scale telling you you're a fatass? :v:[/QUOTE]
I'm underweight!
But nah, before actually stepping in. There's also a nonfunctional trunk release but I haven't checked if that's electrical or mechanical. All the major problems with this car lie in the rot, it's rusted completely away in countless spots and the frame is substantially toast. I thought the rust on my '06 Subaru was bad for its age, but the '04 Kia is absolutely shameful for it.
I noticed a recent RCR episode reviewing the '03 Spectra brought up the electrical issues too, including the headlights being out for no reason in particular.
[QUOTE=Hell Strike;51027866]when the previous owner doesn't tell you that it runs out of gas when it reads 1/4 tank
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5698103/Cars/2005%20Audi%20S4/2016-09-08%2012.01.54.jpg[/t]
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5698103/Cars/2005%20Audi%20S4/2016-09-08%2015.42.17.jpg[/t]
it's all good now though
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/5698103/Cars/2005%20Audi%20S4/2016-09-09%2018.42.39.jpg[/t][/QUOTE]
My Maxima did that, started buying midgrade and using seafoam periodically and the float seems to work now. My gas got so low once that I stalled on a slightly banked freeway bend where whatever gas was left sloshed away from the pump inlet. It also had warped front rotors, 2 bad cam sensors and a bad cyl4 ignition coil, still might have a funny crank sensor. Codes were cleared at the dealer and it ran fine during the test. Don't buy from a Luther dealer :v:
What year was your maxi?
Am I accepted here?
[vid]http://webm.land/media/O6kx.webm[/vid]
[QUOTE=C0MMUNIZT;51035281]Am I accepted here?
[vid]http://webm.land/media/O6kx.webm[/vid][/QUOTE]
ye u rite cunt
i took this photo yesterday, thunderstorms + sunsets make for good lighting and a good break from a long highway drive
[t]https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/3965132/shit%20past%201013/wat/anime%20stuff/photos/note5/20160910_200415.jpg[/t]
[QUOTE=C0MMUNIZT;51035281]Am I accepted here?
[vid]http://webm.land/media/O6kx.webm[/vid][/QUOTE]
almost straight mustang'd it into the back of that parked vehicle
I finished cleaning up the second Justy and got that turd [url=http://kamloops.craigslist.ca/cto/5777317149.html]up on Craigslist.[/url]
The other one was picked up an hour later and I should be able to get the transfer papers tomorrow.
[QUOTE=NO ONE;51031401]
Very tight slalom there. I mean grass ain't terrible, but I can only imagine the time lost by going on the grass if you somehow end up there.
I'm going to autocross on a proper track (as apposed to the usual parking lot/airstrip I'm so far used to) on the 24th. They use some narrow connecting sections just like that, so I'll get a taste soon enough. Does look like, from that picture, that the venue being used isn't the absolute best.
Here's a taste of Canaan, NH autocross I mentioned, gonna be extra fun!
[video=youtube;W2YBwntWbOY]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2YBwntWbOY[/video][/QUOTE]
It was at the local Sheriff's track, the nearest full size track is about 100 miles away. I'd need someone to tow around e85 for me if I went up there.
Did an intake muffler delete on my diesel, haven't driven it yet.
Removed the setup that was 4", into ~2.5" muffler, into 4". Now it's 4" throughout.
Hoping to get more efficiency. Eventually will completely delete the egr, requires a manifold swap.
What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.
I moved out and stopped talking to most of my family
Find the nearest bar and move in
[editline]11th September 2016[/editline]
Wait wrong AA
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51037231]What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.[/QUOTE]
Listen to calm electro music and drink rum and coke.
Or put in my earbuds, grab a beer or three, and work on one of my projects.
Or if its thunderstorming at 3am, nothing eats my stress away like drifting around wrecklessly and finding the next way to break my car.
[QUOTE=Del91;51037239]I moved out and stopped talking to most of my family[/QUOTE]
Same here, fell off the face of the earth. I regret nothing.
[QUOTE=Del91;51037239]I moved out and stopped talking to most of my family[/QUOTE]
I guess the same can go for me. Unless I see you on a regular bias You will not know I am alive and I will not answer my phone for the vast majority of the time.
I have sevral sisters and we only send / reviceve 1-4 texts a year from each. Most either saying "Happy birthday, merry christmass or the deaded how are you"
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51037231]What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.[/QUOTE]
I've told you many times to move out and into the cities
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51037231]What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.[/QUOTE]
for me its usually going out and finding a backroad and just getting on it
sometimes just pull over on the side of the road near some random farm and get out just to walk around a little
this time tho it was 'buy a motorcycle'
and tomorrow this quest will be completed when i do the title transfer
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51037231]What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.[/QUOTE]
Last time I was feeling down I grabbed a cooler and a case of beer, fucked off down into the country where my grandma lives in my Xterra, drove around a bunch, did some very light offroading, found a clearing in the woods, just parked it and read a bunch of my book and plinked at some targets with my SKS and just explored a little. Camped out of the back of it for a night.
Granted, I had to go back eventually, and not back to any real family issues so it's nothing permanent, in your case.
[QUOTE=DPKiller;51037231]What does AA do when they are down and sad?
Take a drive around town braping around? Sit on your tailgate on a starlit night and wonder where you went wrong?
I'm almost to the point I just wanna live out of my truck for a few weeks due to family shit.[/QUOTE]
take a drive to the liquor store and pick up a bottle of gin
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