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People might not know this, but such is life of Honda owners. It just keeps happening sicknasty. [img]http://drmcninja.com/comics/2009-06-22-15p6.jpg[/img]
I hate german winter tire laws, my sergeant's wont let me drive until I change my tires and the local DIY shop says the tire tools would chew up low profile tires. Now I have to bring my car to a shop and pay to have it worked on. I love old underfunded army programs.
Everyone at my job either has a beemer of american muscle. So last night all 10 of us literally rolled out onto the highway all together. Pack of 10 cars doing 90-100mph straight down 87. [b]edit:[/b] could even have been considered pack style nascar racing
[QUOTE=RubberDuckeh;38133096]lotsa text[/QUOTE] Yeah I did some googling and read about the supers having "highway jitters" but I couldn't tell if it was just one person with the experience or not. A super would probably be bad for my first car (especially when I have no tools) then right? I took a look on craigslist in the nearby 50 cities and unless I'm missing something, searching for "beetle +1970" all of the way up to 1974 seems to really only find supers :(
Aww yee, theory test for driving license done! All I got left now is my birthday (which is in march) and to drive 2 more hours with my teacher.
Quick question because I'm curious: As a young driver in the USA or Canada, how much do you pay for insurance?
[QUOTE=Banana Lord.;38136444]Yeah I did some googling and read about the supers having "highway jitters" but I couldn't tell if it was just one person with the experience or not. A super would probably be bad for my first car (especially when I have no tools) then right? I took a look on craigslist in the nearby 50 cities and unless I'm missing something, searching for "beetle +1970" all of the way up to 1974 seems to really only find supers :([/QUOTE] I bought a 1970 Mercedes Benz as my first car :v: buy what you want to buy, man. I only know the basic knowledge (full oil change, valve-cleaning / timing, replacing gauges and sensors, etc). I expect to learn stuff with time if anything breaks on it because frankly, even an old Mercedes that was for it's time quite overengineered is still not that hard to work on. I did buy one that had already all the stuff done to it, so I hopefully won't run into anything just yet but basic reapairs shouldn't be hard - I couldn't expect a Beetle to be that hard to maintain considering it's a pretty simple car overall, at least compared to an S-Class.
Do you think this is decent [url]http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/3336604370.html[/url] It seems a bit high considering 200k miles but everything else pretty much fits what I'm looking for and theres a rebuilt tranny+timing belt involved. Rust doesn't seem that bad for a 200k mile car in ohio either though I'll obviously have to look under the car to see if it's not eating at the frame. Still I probably could talk it down to at least 2800-3000 Just don't want to overpay if I don't need to. Looking mostly for fuel efficent and reliable (so I don't have to spend 1000-2000 within the first two years of owning it fixing something)
[QUOTE=KorJax;38138341]Do you think this is decent [url]http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/3336604370.html[/url] It seems a bit high considering 200k miles but everything else pretty much fits what I'm looking for and theres a rebuilt tranny+timing belt involved. Rust doesn't seem that bad for a 200k mile car in ohio either though I'll obviously have to look under the car to see if it's not eating at the frame. Still I probably could talk it down to at least 2800-3000 Just don't want to overpay if I don't need to. Looking mostly for fuel efficent and reliable (so I don't have to spend 1000-2000 within the first two years of owning it fixing something)[/QUOTE] Looks pretty good, but I'd still talk him down a bit. Even in a well maintained car like that, with 200k+ miles on it, something's bound to break (although it most likely won't be something terribly bad, since the car's been taken care of).
I drove over a bump and suddenly my car sounded like this: [media]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zYpzBXBk_Ak[/media] no dampers at all, it was loud as hell :v:
You probably got a busted exhaust connection.
That happened to a friend of mine just a few days ago. His pipe broke right behind the manifold so dad welded it together quickly as a temporary solution so me and my friend will probably go exhaust-scavenging on the local junkyard soon :v:
Happened to my fathers car. Shit was so cash because the sound made people look like there was a sports car flying by :v:
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i saw a beetle in it's natural habitat today aka next to the road, the driver trying to fix it
[QUOTE=Jackpody;38137934]I bought a 1970 Mercedes Benz as my first car :v: buy what you want to buy, man. I only know the basic knowledge (full oil change, valve-cleaning / timing, replacing gauges and sensors, etc). I expect to learn stuff with time if anything breaks on it because frankly, even an old Mercedes that was for it's time quite overengineered is still not that hard to work on. I did buy one that had already all the stuff done to it, so I hopefully won't run into anything just yet but basic reapairs shouldn't be hard - I couldn't expect a Beetle to be that hard to maintain considering it's a pretty simple car overall, at least compared to an S-Class.[/QUOTE] Really the only reason I wanted a super was the full dashboard but from googling around it seems anything after '72 has the full dash and I sure don't want highway jitters, but it seems [i]most[/i] (good) Beetles on craigslist are [b]all[/b] Supers - does anyone know if there's any reason in particular for this
They're common..?
but it's literally for every 10 beetles, 1 is a standard
[QUOTE=KorJax;38138341]Do you think this is decent [url]http://dayton.craigslist.org/cto/3336604370.html[/url] It seems a bit high considering 200k miles but everything else pretty much fits what I'm looking for and theres a rebuilt tranny+timing belt involved. Rust doesn't seem that bad for a 200k mile car in ohio either though I'll obviously have to look under the car to see if it's not eating at the frame. Still I probably could talk it down to at least 2800-3000 Just don't want to overpay if I don't need to. Looking mostly for fuel efficent and reliable (so I don't have to spend 1000-2000 within the first two years of owning it fixing something)[/QUOTE] imo you could get a much better condition honda for 3k, if i were you i would just keep looking
[QUOTE=technicsix;38141591]imo you could get a much better condition honda for 3k, if i were you i would just keep looking[/QUOTE] yeah a standard manual civic with 200k on the odo is not worth $3100 i don't care what they've done to it, it just isn't worth it
[QUOTE=Protocol7;38141933]yeah a standard manual civic with 200k on the odo is not worth $3100 i don't care what they've done to it, it just isn't worth it[/QUOTE] "car I lost my virginity in so it z worth moar munnies right?"
[QUOTE=Ldesu;38134196]Mine's got independent rear suspension and isn't a super beetle. I just can't handle the way they look. They got a fat front too.[/QUOTE] yea, there were standard beetles with IRS but it's way more common to have swing axle rear instead of CV joint/IRS rear on a standard, what with standards being more common before 68 and supers being more common after 68 [QUOTE=Banana Lord.;38136444]Yeah I did some googling and read about the supers having "highway jitters" but I couldn't tell if it was just one person with the experience or not. A super would probably be bad for my first car (especially when I have no tools) then right? I took a look on craigslist in the nearby 50 cities and unless I'm missing something, searching for "beetle +1970" all of the way up to 1974 seems to really only find supers :([/QUOTE] as far as the tools thing, hardly. a good set of metric wrenches (something like 7mm-18mm would cover most bolt/nut sizes. i think the oil drain plug may be 19 or 20mm i don't remember for sure), a screw driver, optionally a 3/8 drive ratchet set to make a LOT of things much quicker, one of those cheapo fan-out feeler gauge sets (.006"-.02"), a good jack and some blocks (i <3 wood blocks, jack stands scare me) would be enough to do 90% of the work on a Bug. a 17mm allen/hex wrench is required to change the transaxle's gear oil but really beyond that all maintenance work can be done with basic, run of the mill hand tools. for a good set of metric wrenches and a good metric ratchet set you're probably looking at a whopping $200 if you spring for the higher quality tools and the plastic organizer carrying case things.. really not all that bad considering you'll be able to do almost everything with just those tools With a good set of wrenches, a ratchet, a screw driver and a jack (and some ingenuity) you could strip a Bug down into the 4 separate main parts - body, chassis, engine and transaxle in a day (an afternoon if you were experienced with it). i typed a lot more words but it came off preachy and annoying so i deleted the rest, so yea. they're great cars, i love both of mine. i leave you with this: personally, i wouldn't own a Bug as my only form of transportation. not to say they are unreliable but for the most part if something were to go wrong, you would have to wait until at least the next day (fff fffiningsingisng shipping! curse you shipping!!!) unless you're lucky enough to live in California (where most of the ACVW vendors in the US are located) or SLC, Utah (my favorite ACVW vendor, aircooled.net) you're going to have to order whatever parts you need (though NAPA does "stock" (in their warehouses) a lot of OEM Bosch parts, mostly ignition related stuff though) so there is that. then again, both of my Bugs are shitboxes unlike Mr. Ldesu but i think he would probably agree with my sentiment about not having a Bug as your only form of transportation, though perhaps for different reasons. then again he might think i'm a silly sillyhead or something i don't know fuck. i always type way more than i intend to, i feel like i'm totally that guy at the party that just KEEPS FUCKING TALKING and everyone just kind of glazes over and just starts like, nodding their head and saying "Yea, yep, yea man i know what you mean" while they try to think of an escape plan but only if they're polite, other than that they just be all, "hey man i'm gonna hit the bathroom" and then they just go into the other room and they're all, "holy shit why do we keep inviting that guy? it wasn't even a conversation he just, like, verbally diarrhea'd all over me, fuck" and then they just try to avoid him at all costs for fear of the verbal equivalent of the result the day after eating a ton of taco bell and drinking a bunch of shitty beer assaulting their ears. yea, that guy. edit: 67 beetle is best beetle, i'm totally not biased. nope, nuh-uh, no way.
the boss let me drive the company car to get the pizza for the store meeting. it was a brand new rental Chevy Cruze (our other 2 cars both got hit within a week). i had no idea how to work to keyless starter, so i felt stupid having to walk back in to ask. in comparison to my xterra, i felt like i was driving a golf-cart. i was fucking around with the triptonics the whole time. tl;dr being paid to drive cars is fucking awesome, especially when they're new
isn't cruze some korean POS
[QUOTE=stupid10er;38142474]the boss let me drive the company car to get the pizza for the store meeting. it was a brand new rental Chevy Cruze (our other 2 cars both got hit within a week). i had no idea how to work to keyless starter, so i felt stupid having to walk back in to ask. in comparison to my xterra, i felt like i was driving a golf-cart. i was fucking around with the triptonics the whole time. tl;dr being paid to drive cars is fucking awesome, especially when they're new[/QUOTE] I am paid to drive a truck and I can tell you that my job suck shitty titties because of my cheapass boss and the clients
[QUOTE=opaali;38142504]isn't cruze some korean POS[/QUOTE] it was pretty nice in comparison to what i am driving
Does anyone have a cheap DIY tire tree idea? I have around 4 sets of wheels and tires that I want to stack to save space. Thinking of pluming pipe (for easy twistty removal) and some weld'n for the hanger part.
so some dick head today was riding my ass cause none of us wanted to do 30 cause we knew there was a cop somewhere around. The second a turning lane opened he jumped into it to get past me, zoops by and guess what [b]cop at light[/b] lol'd so hard
[img]http://puu.sh/1hNeW[/img] DP, u maek me sad :<
That cabby [i]is[/i] a piece though.
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