ok, i've got two ideas.

get a good one. be more expensive, but worth it (money wise)

buy a shitty one, and fix it up myself, making it as good or better than the good one.
reasons:

-it'll gimme a better understanding about car parts, cause i bearly know enough about cars to be a guy.

-i can buy it in a few months, as apposed to about a year and a bit.

-other reasons, but too lazy, and high to type anymore.

you are fucking pathetic, if you are a guy and does not know shit about cars, that being said, I know too much, I won automotive awards in high school. Also most women cannot change a flat tire, any woman I ever date, will be able to do that, as well as change oil.

My advice Brad, buy a book about automotive things (I got a huge book like 1300 pages about it). It takes ages to learn all about the cars, the basics are not that hard, it saves you money in the long run.

if u need a car to get around in, just buy and shit one and fix it up so u can actually learn...
if u dont need a car to get around at the moment keep saving and get the better car

heh. ok tta. don't need to be mean ;(

but isn't building a car and watching it 'grow' a fun/rewarding thing to do?

It is fun to do but it is damn expensive and if you have no clue what the hell are you doing, even more expensive and wasteful. My suggestion, get an auto book and learn it inside and out, it could lead to a career in auto mechanics but at least you know your car.

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Originally posted by torontotrance It is fun to do but it is damn expensive and if you have no clue what the hell are you doing, even more expensive and wasteful. My suggestion, get an auto book and learn it inside and out, it could lead to a career in auto mechanics but at least you know your car.

i played alot of motor city online when it was a free beta. and i even got to drive the same car i'm gonna buy (68 el camino), so i think i know enough to get started building my car.

after owning and fixing up a few used cars, I woudl say buy the new car


its all well and good to know how cars work n all, but really, if you just keep getting a new car, you don't have to worry about it with the warranty n all.


Buy new, learn about cars on a friends used car.

Older cars are more expensive to restore and more complicated, remember back in 1968, they did not have all the great things we got.

Edit: Easiest way to learn about fuel injection, get a lawnmower engine cut in half.

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Originally posted by torontotrance remember back in 1968, they did not have all the great things we got.

like dvd players and air bags? pfft. who needs that

no no no

engines were not as computerized back then, and their are a bunch of differences between a 68 and 04, not including airbags, dvd players, radios.

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Originally posted by torontotrance no no no engines were not as computerized back then, and their are a bunch of differences between a 68 and 04, not including airbags, dvd players, radios.

heh, i know. but i can't say i like any car (that i'd be able to afford) that is relativly new. they look like space ships more than cars now a days.

i want a car with balls, not photon torpedos.

actually you want a car with no plastic under the hood.

but make sure you have an alternator, those old generators suck ass.