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| 04-27-2011, 09:47 PM | #1 |
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I need ideas for a beater car / truck
truck would be nice, but kinda expensive. Something not horrible to drive, reliable and under maybe 7K... or 10K for something nice.
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| 04-27-2011, 10:00 PM | #4 |
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An older gen Altima wouldn't be bad.
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| 04-27-2011, 10:45 PM | #5 |
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I have an 01 Civic DX Coupe that I love and wouldn trade for the world....
and its got a shit ton of space you wouldnt believe it! as for a truck, id look at a Toyota late 90's model... cant think of the name now but theyre tanks!
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| 04-27-2011, 10:49 PM | #6 |
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| 04-27-2011, 10:57 PM | #7 |
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| 04-27-2011, 11:11 PM | #12 |
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what do you do with a beater car that would be so terrible to do with the bmw? ya spend all that $ on a fun car, then drive a beater.. rain or even snow won't hurt todays cars.. if you're worried about mileage and losing a couple K on the resale down the road, why spend 7k now on another car? take the 7k and mod the BMW and DRIVE it !
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| 04-27-2011, 11:28 PM | #14 |
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not afraid of putting miles, just want my car to last...plus for some like myself, i drive 70 miles roundtrip and thru so cal so that would put a massive beating on my car....
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| 04-27-2011, 11:35 PM | #15 |
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anything honda. i still have my honda accord which was my first car 13yrs ago. 250k miles later its still going strong. ive bought/sold 4cars since then and still have my accord. gets great mileage and has never been to the shop other than maintanence.
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| 04-27-2011, 11:52 PM | #19 |
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so you don't want to drive your car due to a long commute yet are considering a truck? they don't run on sunshine...
if you're mechanically inclined and have garage space, I'd look for a mk1/mk2 gti, e30, original mini, (964) 911, etc. something older, light, fun to drive, fun to work on. otherwise, I think the only logical solution is to buy a cheap, dull, boring car which will make you hate life. |
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 its a win winas for the OP's situation not really sure what his main objective is
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