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Need help buying a new car!!!

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CruztheBluez
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What's up NS. So I'm in need of a new car soon and don't know what to get. I want to get a good car in the snow and is also good on gas mileage. I was looking at the Subaru wrx and the VW Gti. The subbie gets decent mileage but is awesome in the snow. The Gti is great on mileage but I don't know if it's good in the snow. What else is out there that has the best of both worlds and around $10K? Thanks guys
Oct 13 2013 8:27PM
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CruztheBluez
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By new I mean used btw.
Oct 13 2013 8:29PM
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CruztheBluez
Posts: 14 - Karma: 64
By new I mean used btw.
Oct 13 2013 8:31PM
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Spagett+
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Inb4 this thread turns into a Subaru Volvo orgy and Lawrence posts that one meme.
Oct 13 2013 9:07PM
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cannaguts666
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Toyota Tacoma.
Oct 13 2013 9:07PM
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Iliveinutah
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my vote subaru, volvo , VW (diesel), or tacoma. subaru is the best in the snow and gets good gas millage but the power and sound you can get from those engines is insane. and if your still worried about getting stuck in the snow just add a 9000lb winch like i did. but all above said cars are good
Oct 13 2013 9:12PM
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RusselCrowe
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volvo s60R 290hp awd
Oct 13 2013 9:15PM
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Bachto
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Just buy it
Oct 13 2013 10:04PM
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CruztheBluez
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Never thought of the s60r and it has the same same gas mileage as my Buick. Hopefully the gas gauge won't act the same... That needle goes up and down more often than a kid hitting puberty
Oct 13 2013 10:15PM
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JeremyClarkson
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An old Subaru legacy/outback with an ej22 engine

'Nuff said /thread
Oct 13 2013 10:18PM
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RusselCrowe
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yea im set on getting a used one eventually ive seen some from $6500-$12000 on craigslist
Oct 13 2013 10:38PM
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CruztheBluez
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I just saw a few for around $7000 but I'm afraid that +130k miles is a little too much... Or is it? Also, I feel like parts are going to be pricey.
Oct 13 2013 11:01PM
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RusselCrowe
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well its a volvo they last long but i havent yet looked into the parts or insurance
Oct 13 2013 11:12PM
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bfulmer
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go for the scooby
Oct 13 2013 11:21PM
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bieberhole69.
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I just got a 2.5 rs and i love it
Oct 13 2013 11:28PM
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Deluge
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Oct 13 2013 11:42PM
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*ninja*
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Oct 13 2013 11:46PM
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XtRemE11
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does anyone else get this kind of sick, uncomfortable, depressed kind of feeling when they see cars like this? i swear every time i see a shitty civic or something like that i get that feeling, like i just feel sorry for the guy who actually would put money into a civic and think it makes it cooler.
Oct 14 2013 3:34PM
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maximiliaan
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again:
VOLVO!!!
Oct 14 2013 3:37PM
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CruztheBluez
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I just find if funny that old civics are the #1 cars that get stolen near me.
Oct 14 2013 5:11PM
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RusselCrowe
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do you live in east LA?
Oct 14 2013 6:27PM
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icculus.
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cool

Oct 14 2013 6:29PM
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BroNamath
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Hondas are awesome, jdm or die.
Oct 14 2013 6:48PM
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speedin
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Funny because if you look close, you can see that the civic has a front mount intercooler. Prob pretty quick..Civics can be made to handle crazy good, some race in the super unlimited class against vipers and vettes and hold their own....don't underestimate civics, because they can be scary quick.


Oct 14 2013 6:58PM
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Black.Bird
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It's this guy's civic
Oct 14 2013 7:00PM
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deepfriedtwinkie
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Yeah that front mount intercooler means its super fast! That adds like 100 hp right? Hondas will always be pieces of shit...it doesn't matter if they are quick they are still an econo shit box
Oct 14 2013 7:03PM
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CruztheBluez
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No, near south Yonkers
Oct 14 2013 8:33PM
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BroNamath
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It has a big front mount, probly has a big turbo system, b or k series engine swap, ext. adding potentially waaay the fuck more than 100hp. civics are the best cars to work on, modify and tune. yes it super fast!
Oct 14 2013 8:46PM
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hippy.
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NOT TODAY TIMMI !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Oct 14 2013 8:54PM
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the-honeypossum
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put as much money into your civic and push as much hp as you want but its still fwd....
Oct 14 2013 9:04PM
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the-honeypossum
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what i think of when i hear fwd

Oct 14 2013 9:07PM
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XtRemE11
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sweet, so you have a stoplight racer that has torque steer and understeer up the butthole and is still a piece of shit. i'll admit, ive seen a couple track civics that are somewhat decent. but the mexi-mobile civics like this one and 99.9% of other modded civics out there are just a waste, and i have driven a guys 400whp civic at a local drag event. i just didnt get it, theres no skill, or even excitement, just felt pretty meh to me. give me a stock miata, you can feel cool flooring it through an intersection in your sick civic.
Oct 14 2013 10:53PM
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.nasty
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subaru legacy gt. just as fast as a WRX (and even faster than the early 2.0L WRX's) but more "luxury" and with more interior room. One thing it'll have over both your choices is the cheap insurance that will come with it as insurance companies don't view it as a "race car" like a WRX. I'm biased as I'm a legacy fanatic but definitely look into them!

this is the JDM version, but you can make it look this nice easily

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Oct 15 2013 12:59AM
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speedin
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While I am not a fan of FWD. A civic can be made to handle well. FWD blows for drag racing, and is not as good as rwd or awd for road racing, but.....a civic can be made to handle. I have seen plenty of
"mexi-mobile" as you put it, on the road. I wouldn't say that this civic is in the at class. I don't see any stickers, and it obviously has work done to it. 400whp in a civic would be a very quick car. Maybe not off the line, but from a roll I bet it pulls pretty dam hard. My fwd DSM had about 400whp, and it ran 11's when I could get it to hook up.

Oct 15 2013 11:02AM
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bfulmer
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FWD is way better for drag racing. The engine is in the front and so is all the weight... Just go to Autozone and get a 4" can style exhaust to let that 1.8L monster breathe and you're all set
Oct 15 2013 11:59AM
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.AR6rider.
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Nah, man. AWD is the best. Slap on an exhaust, a few Wu-Tang stickers, and mud flaps, and you'll have the fastest car at the mountain!
Oct 15 2013 12:20PM
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Laurent.
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There's only one option:

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Oct 15 2013 12:30PM
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kingchasewell
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Get the swankest AWD car you can find and you're set unless you will actually be driving through some shit or are trying to race.

I've had a Subaru and a Volvo and between the two my vote's for Subaru on overall snow ability / gas mileage
Oct 15 2013 12:37PM
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Kid.Kelley
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Audi a4 Quattro. They're the bomb
Oct 15 2013 12:45PM
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bfulmer
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Haha you just don't give up do you
Oct 15 2013 1:31PM
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RusselCrowe
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lol dont worry as far as i know he to has an STI
Oct 15 2013 7:31PM
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CruztheBluez
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I might consider getting this and try to talk him down:

hudsonvalley.craigslist.org/cto/4125385041.html
Oct 15 2013 9:28PM
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Kid.Kelley
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its nice. He has a lot of engine mods. Thats a good and a bad thing. For his aftermarket turbo i would ask how many PSI the turbo is running because if its over 20 psi that can decrease the life of the engine. And the 750cc injectors are war to big for a WRX. Your gas mileage would be really really low because much fuel is going in at one time. Its a nice fast car but my advice i wouldn't go for it
Oct 16 2013 7:59PM
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RusselCrowe
Posts: 367 - Karma: 1,111
id say keep looking you could find something better so you can do the stuff yourself and make it the way you want it.
Oct 16 2013 8:14PM
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XtRemE11
Posts: 5680 - Karma: 268
modded subaru's are sketchy, ive dealt with a lot of them through my friends shop and just knowing a lot of people with modded wrx's and sti's. the engines are fairly reliable stock, but anything past the basic ECU, exhaust, intake work and the reliability goes out the fucking window.
plus, you know you're getting a car thats been driven hard and beat on if its modded like that, especially with those bright ass wheels. they're decent cars for the money but they arent aging very well, so just gotta be careful with what you get.

get a bone stock wrx owned by some 60 year old guy.
Oct 16 2013 9:55PM
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XtRemE11
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if you're in the 10k range, id personally get a c4 s4 or s6, or an e30 325ix. any of those will outperform a wrx in the snow, especially the audi, the amount of grip those audi's have is insane, subaru's are good but audi is on another level. and for 10k you can get one in amazing shape that will definitely be more reliable.
Oct 16 2013 10:00PM
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Kid.Kelley
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This.
Oct 16 2013 10:23PM
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daannnnieel
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not at all. It's essentially the exact same thing as wearing baggy ski gear, if you like it you wear it, if you don't you don't.

Or in your case, you bitch about it.
Oct 16 2013 10:50PM
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SFB
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volvo subaru orgy:




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Oct 16 2013 10:58PM
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XtRemE11
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yeah i judge people that make poor choices.
Oct 16 2013 11:13PM
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daannnnieel
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And I judge people for making irrelevant statements.


You're an idiot, it's style. Not everyone likes the same style, get off your high horse and welcome yourself back into reality.
Oct 17 2013 1:50AM
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