econo-car, used, max price 10 grand + change, must have under 100K miles

[constantinople]

GO!

[ayingerbrau]

2005-2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel, 60-70mpg easily.

[ratfrink]

Honda Civic/Toyota Corolla. Yeah, they're not very nice cars to drive, but you'll get 8 grand change and they're fucking reliable.

[A$AP Weed Smoker]

constantnipples parents: We're only spending $10K ON YOUR CAR!

Lol, wtf?

[Miley Highrus]

Originally Posted by ayingerbrau

2005-2009 BMW 3 Series Diesel, 60-70mpg easily.

Can you find me one listing for this described car anywhere in the United States.

[Mullen]

Originally Posted by Weed Smoker

constantnipples parents: We're only spending $10K ON YOUR CAR!

Lol, wtf?

"Also we just bought our poodle a $2500 sweater vest, lol."

[ayingerbrau]

Originally Posted by Unwires

Can you find me one listing for this described car anywhere in the United States.

Might be limited to Europe! Import?

[ratfrink]

40mpg - doubly good since diesel is cheaper than petrol in the US. Don't worry about it having more than 100k miles, they'll do 500k easily. I'm a bit biased, though.

[constantinople]

Originally Posted by ratfrink

Honda Civic/Toyota Corolla. Yeah, they're not very nice cars to drive, but you'll get 8 grand change and they're fucking reliable.

Since I couldn't swing my folks on a Merc turbo diesel (le sigh) I ended up with a 2010 Corolla, in red.



I can't really complain though, I did 90mph for about 3 hours straight driving it back and it felt pretty solid. I like it. Can't figure out why it has traction control though.

Originally Posted by ratfrink

40mpg - doubly good since diesel is cheaper than petrol in the US. Don't worry about it having more than 100k miles, they'll do 500k easily. I'm a bit biased, though.

How I wish they would have listened and bought one of these. At least the big Mercs have character. My folks are both in the oil industry and they were like "nah, diesel is only going to go up right now."

[mafiabro]

I wish my parents bought me a 10k car. Shit I wish they got me any car, working sucks anyway.

[Malcolm Equis]

diesel has always been more money where i live?

[ayingerbrau]

Originally Posted by Malcolm Equis

diesel has always been more money where i live?

You use much less of it.

[constantinople]

Originally Posted by mafiabro

I wish my parents bought me a 10k car. Shit I wish they got me any car, working sucks anyway.

Yeah it was really nice of them, believe me I wasn't expecting to get a car as nice as I did.

[reggie_love]

1953 Volkswagen Dolphin, make sure to get it in diesel if possible, and remember that you really have to moisturize it.

[MediumD]

Originally Posted by ayingerbrau

You use much less of it.

"much" is a bit much.

You use a bit less diesel in a passenger car application than you would gasoline, certainly not "much less."

[Township Rebellion]

Originally Posted by reggie_love

1953 Volkswagen Dolphin, make sure to get it in diesel if possible, and remember that you really have to moisturize it.

Wut? I mean, I'm sure you're just having a laugh, but there's no such car. Perhaps you mean one of these:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Dauphine

Rear mounted 4 cylinder, around 30 HP, got between 30-40 MPG. Also had difficult swing arm rear suspension and would rust like a Lancia Beta. OP should sell his Corolla and look for one

I suppose it's easy to mistake it for a VW if one has little knowledge of old european cars. "Dauphine" doesn't mean "Dolphin" either, btw.

[CountBlah]

Originally Posted by Township Rebellion

Wut? I mean, I'm sure you're just having a laugh, but there's no such car. Perhaps you mean one of these:



http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Renault_Dauphine

Rear mounted 4 cylinder, around 30 HP, got between 30-40 MPG. Also had difficult swing arm rear suspension and would rust like a Lancia Beta. OP should sell his Corolla and look for one

I suppose it's easy to mistake it for a VW if one has little knowledge of old european cars. "Dauphine" doesn't mean "Dolphin" either, btw.

I dig that car. are they plentiful in the uk?

[Township Rebellion]

^^^ Probably more so than here in Canada, though apparently they did sell a few in the states. As I say they supposedly succombed to rust fairly easily, I imagine it wouldn't be easy to find one worth buying no matter what country you live in.

I just thought it would be fun to bring the car up, more for trivia's sake than anything else. It is an interesting and characterful little car I admit, it could be pretty fun and pretty quick if you modified it appropriately. There are better cars from that era though.

[reggie_love]

Originally Posted by Township Rebellion

Wut? I mean, I'm sure you're just having a laugh

Yup!

[CountBlah]

Originally Posted by Township Rebellion

^^^ Probably more so than here in Canada, though apparently they did sell a few in the states. As I say they supposedly succombed to rust fairly easily, I imagine it wouldn't be easy to find one worth buying no matter what country you live in.

I just thought it would be fun to bring the car up, more for trivia's sake than anything else. It is an interesting and characterful little car I admit, it could be pretty fun and pretty quick if you modified it appropriately. There are better cars from that era though.

When i saw it first thing popped in my head was tube frame and ford V-8. Can you elaborate on some of the neater old UK cars(or canadian)