Ongoing General Automotive Thread 2.0

[Locke]

Originally Posted by photon

Oh, good to know. Though I'll probably forget by the next time I buy/sell a car...

I remember going with my son to buy his first car, that was an absolute trip.

First one was an Acura RSX, we go to see this thing and it was just....a heap of ####.

"Oh yeah, I modded this, changed that, upgraded this, yeah brah! Its amazing!!"

Its a giant pile of muddled together garbage. The fob doesnt unlock all of the doors, because thats a different door entirely and the seatbelts dont work. Keep it 'brah'

We went through a few more until we literally stumbled upon a Unicorn.

"Old lady's car. Only driven to church and co-op. Well maintained."

It wasnt a nice car, but it was low mileage and in the price range and I figured, Yeah, yeah! They all say that, I'll be the judge.

It had like 89k Kms on it and was clean as a whistle. The brakes were good, the oil looked brand new so she lets my son take it for a test drive and off he goes.

She says to me she says: "Oh my...I probably should have taken some collateral or a photo of his driver's license or something...what if he takes it?"

I just chuckled..."Lady...thats my son and I am standing right here beside you with the money. He's not going to steal it or anything."

So he comes back with the car, then I hand him the money and ask if I can drive it, just because I've bought a lot of used cars, I just wanted to make sure everything was cool, no weird sounds and that everything works, so he stands with the lady, I handed him the money...so the money is there, there is no risk to the lady.

I went on a quick jaunt, nothing to worry about, so I came back and we finalized the deal.

The price was fair, the car was good and we finalized the sale.

She was honourable, we were honourable, it was a smooth sale and it turned out to be a great first car for him and she got her money.

Thats how its supposed to go.

[TorqueDog]

People with 'pops and bangs' ECU tunes and the businesses who sell them are the worst. Nothing says "I drive a clapped-out sh-tbox whose value is directly correlated with how much fuel is in the tank" like a straight-piped base model Audi A4 driving through a residential neighbourhood going "vrrrrooooo-POP POP POP POP POP POP POPPOPPOP".

Totally the same energy as the obnoxious motorcycle riders from the South Park episode 'The F Word'.

[puffnstuff]

Buying used cars for the kids to drive, I always took them with me. I would drive it first and leave the kid with the owner 'Keep the kid if I dont come back'. Also, no point in the kid driving it first.
Ive had a couple people want a pic of my license in the past, I just tell them I will watch them delete it when I am back whether I buy it or not.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Buying used cars for the kids to drive, I always took them with me. I would drive it first and leave the kid with the owner 'Keep the kid if I dont come back'. Also, no point in the kid driving it first.
Ive had a couple people want a pic of my license in the past, I just tell them I will watch them delete it when I am back whether I buy it or not.

Noted for future reference. That is great!

"But I dont want the kid tho...!"

Presumably as I flip them the bird out of the window whilst driving into the sunset in a 1988 Buick.

Fair. Trade.

Never to be seen again.

[Sert]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

Buying used cars for the kids to drive, I always took them with me. I would drive it first and leave the kid with the owner 'Keep the kid if I dont come back'.

Great, but what do you do when you run out of kids?

[puffnstuff]

If I run out of kids I wont need the cars.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

People with 'pops and bangs' ECU tunes and the businesses who sell them are the worst. Nothing says "I drive a clapped-out sh-tbox whose value is directly correlated with how much fuel is in the tank" like a straight-piped base model Audi A4 driving through a residential neighbourhood going "vrrrrooooo-POP POP POP POP POP POP POPPOPPOP".

Totally the same energy as the obnoxious motorcycle riders from the South Park episode 'The F Word'.

I think it's just as bad when they are burbles from the factory tune. "Let's burn rich to sound cool" - just create an option to have a loudspeaker that loops "Look at me!" and get it over with.

[photon]

I was just laughing at the Chestermere Facebook group this morning about this. Every few days there's some people complaining about certain cars' exhaust. Pretty sure my neighbour's kids and one or two of their friends are the ones they're talking about.

I can't say much about it now because my car is just the factory exhaust and tune but it still does have a bit of noise to it.. my wife always knows when I start the car no matter where she is in the house now, no sneaking out

Whatever, people do silly things but if it makes them happy it doesn't really bother me, I'm more jealous of their youth and enthusiasm than anything.

That said yeah if it's a crap car made to sound like it's got something more than it really does then it is hard not to be a bit derisive.

[Locke]

Originally Posted by puffnstuff

If I run out of kids I wont need the cars.

Thats the dream.

[fotze2]

I bought a Subaru Outback 6 months ago because I figured I would die and needed something sensible to save cash for the family. Didn't die.

Wife told me to buy something cooler since I've spent zero dollars for five years trying to build cash for these arseholes who live in my house. Got a Ford Bronco from my Downtown Mercedes friend and holy crap, I just love it. I'm sure you guys think its Ghey, but I am definitely not a car guy and don't care. Absolute blast to drive. Subaru felt like a golf cart. Crappy 1.5 L engine but goes like hell.

[Fuzz]

Judgment reserved. Bronco or Bronco sport?

[Locke]

Did it come with driving gloves and did you check if they fit before purchasing?

Also...please tell me its white...

[fotze2]

Originally Posted by Fuzz

Judgment reserved. Bronco or Bronco sport?

I only drive gay cars.audi a4 avant, Honda crx, subaru. Ford gay male escort.

[cam_wmh]

Originally Posted by fotze2

I only drive gay cars.audi a4 avant, Honda crx, subaru. Ford gay male escort.

he meant, did you get a ford escape in disguise, or a jeep ?

[Fuzz]

Originally Posted by cam_wmh

he meant, did you get a ford escape in disguise, or a jeep ?

a better than Jeep.

[cam_wmh]

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[TorqueDog]

Originally Posted by Bill Bumface

I think it's just as bad when they are burbles from the factory tune. "Let's burn rich to sound cool" - just create an option to have a loudspeaker that loops "Look at me!" and get it over with.

Oh don’t get me wrong, they’ve definitely started doing some of that stupid nonsense at a factory level too, and I also hate it. But at least the factory doesn’t make it sound like a sustained POP POP POP POP POP the whole time. Some of the aftermarket tunes make it unbelievably obnoxious.

[Bill Bumface]

Originally Posted by TorqueDog

Some of the aftermarket tunes make it unbelievably obnoxious.

For sure. 90% of the things people do to try make their car sound "cool" sound like absolute dog ####. Tasteful exhaust systems seem to be woefully unpopular unfortunately.

[TorqueDog]

Give me induction noise all day over excessively loud exhaust.

[dammage79]

Jaguar F-Type gen 1 is the OG out of the box gurgle popper and I'm all for it. Sexiest car made in the modern era. And yes I know of the existence of the GT3 RS and those pesky Ferraris and Huracans but I love the F-Type more than any other car aestheticly. Followed closely behind is the Nissan GT-R. Perfect Coupe shapes those two.