Our new car story

[FishBoy]

yea those crazy days on the highway it's ok im gonna rent another car when i get back in december

 

[Kush]

wont need to well have my impala ss baby, and my dads 2004 caBrice (caprice) royale (he wont know though) hehe and UR LEXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXUS (inside joke)

 

[muzikool]

*cough* hijack *cough*

 

[Sazar]

Very nice car, and a great choice, Sazar. I wish I had known you were looking at an Altima, cause I'm selling a 2002 Altima S for $12k, though it's manual transmission. I'm only 1.5 hours up the road from you, too! I have a 2002 3.5L Maxima SE myself, and I love it so I'm always recommending Nissan. What I like the most about the 3.5s is that they pick up and go on the interstate even when you're already going 60-70mph... it's nice when you need to pass people.

well we wanted an altima, a 2.5 but nothing was working out...

the manual would not have worked coz my wife can't drive a stick...

as is the car is nice... I haven't driven in it much yet but I will get my chance

 

[Kush]

dont know if u can do this in the states but we do it here, when u take a rental or a test drive of a new car, can u rape the car like burnout and skid and stuff?

 

[Sazar]

generally not if you have a guy from the dealership in the car with you...

they encourage you to open the car up and what not however...

we went to about 7 dealerships yesterday all told and settled on 3 cars...

all 3 cars were driven hard but only one of them had a guy from the dealership in with us... teh 2.5s and the 3.5 SE were basically the car dealer giving us the keys and saying enjoy

still its not very easy to burnout/power slide with an automatic with all the vehicle stability controls active... and my wife is not a super race-car driver type... she drives well enough for city/highway driving and thats more than good enough

 

[Tabula Rasa]

all 3 cars were driven hard but only one of them had a guy from the dealership in with us... teh 2.5s and the 3.5 SE were basically the car dealer giving us the keys and saying enjoy

Anyway, the best test is seeing how it drives uphill, no need to rape a car to see if its in good condition

though it's manual transmission

That only makes it better

 

[Sazar]

Anyway, the best test is seeing how it drives uphill, no need to rape a car to see if its in good condition

you apparently have not heard enough about austin...

we are pretty much hill country

the part of the city I live in is basically canyons and hills and valleys... nothing massive but plenty of gradients...

 

[NetRyder]

Congrats Saz! Nice ride.

 

[Sazar]

its not my car lol...

its my wife's car

 

[Tabula Rasa]

you apparently have not heard enough about austin...

True, I asumed its flat Just proves me right tho
The 3.5 is definatly the right choise Ever try going uphill with a 1.3

 

[Nick M]

True, I asumed its flat Just proves me right tho
The 3.5 is definatly the right choise Ever try going uphill with a 1.3

Hey! I have a 1.6 and it works fine on hills

 

[Tabula Rasa]

Hey! I have a 1.6 and it works fine on hills

Define "hills" You have a Honda Civic right? Its a decent car, and New York Hills aren't too scarry
I had to climb some serious mountains in a Hyundai Getz, almost blew my brains out

 

[Perris Calderon]

excellant car, one of the best values in the auto market is the altimar...nice story

 

[Perris Calderon]

we headed down to houston from austin with the dealers implicit promise...

I haven't seen hide nor hair of the dealer since he went in trying to take incredimail off of someones computor without a reformat...it's good to know he came out of that all right, that's for sure

could you ask him to give me a call?

I miss him

 

[Sazar]

Define "hills" You have a Honda Civic right? Its a decent car, and New York Hills aren't too scarry
I had to climb some serious mountains in a Hyundai Getz, almost blew my brains out

I spent a fair deal of my time in Seychelles...

we drove a 1.6 litre civic back then (narrow roads... can't drive full sized vehicles) and it worked fine on gradients of 30+ degrees in many places...

the main islands are granitic outcrops jutting out of the water... very steep all around...

and 95% of the vehicles were manuals

doesn't mean its any fun, but its certainly doable

hyundai's btw don't have much torque in my experience, and thats basically what causes them to be a little weak on the pulling power...

the car of choice for us teens when we were carousing round the island was a Vivio (I believe subaru, though not 4wd)

I believe the engine was an 800cc 3 cylinder do... not very powerful but in an ultra-compact, it did the job

as long as you are willing to shift through the gears fast and often, driving up mountains in an under-powered car is not so bad (assuming you have SOME momentum)

....

ah memories...

 

[Tabula Rasa]

as long as you are willing to shift through the gears fast and often, driving up mountains in an under-powered car is not so bad (assuming you have SOME momentum)

True, but its nice to fly by at 110 when everyone are barely doing 80
Even at the expense of gas.

 

[Sazar]

no doubt

 

[Grandmaster]

Sweet car at a nice price.