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Getting 1st Car...want help

So I have yet to have a need for a car until now. I know jack squat about cars. There is this 1991 Black Mercedes 190e for sale for 1,500. It has no antenna, the sun roof is broken, and it has a boat load if mileage, however a new transmission. I know it looks like an old man wennie so is there anyway wit this car for me to put a body kit, and LED lights and a spoiler ect on it? Also random but are LED lights under cars legal in CA? I've looked around but I cant get a 100% answer.

PS the car in the picture is different from the one i'm looking at.

how much room is there in the back seats? legroom, head room,

I wouldn't recommend buying one of those.

My first car was a 190E, and the repair costs are just a joke because of the rareness of parts.

Each service was costing me a minimum of $1000 dollars, and I even had one big bill of $3000.

Putting aside the the high repair cost, they are great cars. Very safe and very comfortable.

What's the mileage by the way? When I got hold of mine it had done about 250,000km as I remember, or 156,000 miles.

I really dont know how much room and such there is in it but im guessing it is on the small side but looking at the picture..and mileage i really dont know but its a lot....i can tell you that much...can you guys recommend some cars to me that are good out there for me to look around for....and they must be cheap and no old man looking

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Originally posted by Oreoh142 I really dont know how much room and such there is in it but im guessing it is on the small side but looking at the picture..and mileage i really dont know but its a lot....i can tell you that much...can you guys recommend some cars to me that are good out there for me to look around for....and they must be cheap and no old man looking

Meh, just buy a Corolla. They're cheap, and easy/cheap to fix, and they're sweet on fuel too. And if you're into that rice stuff, well, yeah, I'm sure you can mod it up or something :/

Re: Getting 1st Car...want help

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Originally posted by Oreoh142 to put a body kit, and LED lights and a spoiler ect on it? Also random but are LED lights under cars legal in CA?

body kits are gay. All that show stuff is only going to get you ridiculed by:
1. everyone.
Cops will even give you a hard time cus they look so shitty. Yes, having a gay looking car IS an illegal on-road distraction.
If you think a girl will ride your cock 'cus u got a double decker (or is it called 2-story) spoiler, it's a dead wrong assumption, unless you're hoping to hook up with some 14 years old ADHD middle schoolers at an Harry Potter convention.


just get the car, learn the rules of the road. Within a year, you'll have a better car to work on and impress the ladies with. Maybe it will even come with a GT-R badge on the back! First cars are SUPPOSED to be shitty, don't spend more money than needed on it.

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Originally posted by SuspicionVandit body kits are gay. All that show stuff is only going to get you ridiculed by: 1. everyone. Cops will even give you a hard time cus they look so shitty. Yes, having a gay looking car IS an illegal on-road distraction. If you think a girl will ride your cock 'cus u got a double decker (or is it called 2-story) spoiler, it's a dead wrong assumption, unless you're hoping to hook up with some 14 years old ADHD middle schoolers at an Harry Potter convention. just get the car, learn the rules of the road. Within a year, you'll have a better car to work on and impress the ladies with. Maybe it will even come with a GT-R badge on the back! First cars are SUPPOSED to be shitty, don't spend more money than needed on it.

Can confirm...except for the part about cars impressing women. What kind of fuck wit woman judges a man by the car he drives, or the clothes he wears? Oh, wait...

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Meh, just buy a Corolla. They're cheap, and easy/cheap to fix, and they're sweet on fuel too. And if you're into that rice stuff, well, yeah, I'm sure you can mod it up or something :/

I agree.

Perhaps not a Corolla in particular, but buy a car, or at least a brand of car, that is very common in your country.

Toyota/Hyundai/Chevy?/Dodge? Are dodge and chevy even common?

Yes, if you buy a Hyundai or something like that, it's not the coolest car in town, but you'll be laughing when your repairs cost a quarter of everyone else's, and your running costs are simply spare change.

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Originally posted by Beat Blog I agree. Perhaps not a Corolla in particular, but buy a car, or at least a brand of car, that is very common in your country. Toyota/Hyundai/Chevy?/Dodge? Are dodge and chevy even common? Yes, if you buy a Hyundai or something like that, it's not the coolest car in town, but you'll be laughing when your repairs cost a quarter of everyone else's, and your running costs are simply spare change.

Did you get your transmission fixed yet?

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Did you get your transmission fixed yet?

I got another quote; it's at another shop until the end of the week.

If you remember correctly, the original clowns were quoting $8000.

The second guy thinks it's the sensor chip that monitors the transmission and controls the changes, not the transmission itself. He's quoted $1000.

I fail to see how you can get such a massive difference in opinion. Surely, you open the car up, look at the part, and then see if it's fucked or not?!

To be honest, I was kind of looking forward to buying a new car, regardless of the massive cost involved. I was planning on the lovely Golf GTI

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Originally posted by Beat Blog I got another quote; it's at another shop until the end of the week. If you remember correctly, the original clowns were quoting $8000. The second guy thinks it's the sensor chip that monitors the transmission and controls the changes, not the transmission itself. He's quoted $1000.

Yeah, well that's just a bit of a difference huh.

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Originally posted by Beat Blog I was planning on the lovely Golf GTI

Yeah, I wouldn't mind one of those too. Black, with black mags (IMO).

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Originally posted by Sushipunk Yeah, well that's just a bit of a difference huh. Yeah, I wouldn't mind one of those too. Black, with black mags (IMO).

0-100km/h in 6.9 secs, and the 250W sound-system. That's all I care about.

The R32 would be even nicer, but I don't think I could justify the extra cost to even my greedy self.

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Originally posted by Beat Blog 0-100km/h in 6.9 secs, and the 250W sound-system. That's all I care about. The R32 would be even nicer, but I don't think I could justify the extra cost to even my greedy self.

Haha, fuck yeah. Has the new r32 been released in Australia now? Haven't seen one anywhere yet.

Edit: Mind you, it is Backwater Brisbane I'm talking about

sorry to break it to you, you fucking dumbass russian, but a 20 year old luxury car IS NO LONGER FUCKING LUXURY.

+1 for the "I'm considering a Golf GTI" brigade. Prob gonna go have a look at one this week, only problem is all my mates who I'd take as a second opinion are out of town.

I also considered the Megane R26, a little different and also much faster and more involving to drive than the Golf but a harder ride (they were engineered from the start to be a hard core hot hatch, so impeccable handling and an LSD but hard hard ride), however their AUD price got released while I was away and they're a good 5000 more than the Golf. Thats crazy cos in the UK they're 2000 pounds ($5000) less than the Golf. With that price difference you'd go the Golf every time.

yeah R32 is here.

i recommend getting a dependable, inexpensive car and putting a good stereo in it.

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Originally posted by VAR i recommend getting a dependable, inexpensive car and putting a good stereo in it.

Yup, like I said earlier - Just get a Corolla. They're so reliable, and cheap.

You wanna put a sound system in it? Go for it. Though, ask yourself how much time you really spend in your car.

And forget the ricey shit, please! You're only guaranteeing that you look like a tool!

Avoid anything european for awhile, once they break down (and they do break down eventually) you get skinned alive for parts and servicing, being it's your first car, you're also going to crash it into things and it tends to be twice as costly for everything. The Honda Civic's, Nissan Pulsars, Toyota Corollas and the like are good cars for what they are and relatively cheap to fix, break and they'll go at least twice as fast as you actually need to kill yourself in them.
After you've managed to wreck it, settle down a bit and have a little more sense on the road, get something good.

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