i’m thinking about getting my first car
what kind of car is a good safe and cool first car (really just has to be safe)
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OK I’ll be serious if your looking for a good reliable car look into the mid size dodges intrpeds are very reliable cars low maintanance cost good gas milage personaly I’m not a dodge man but statistics point towards dodge
It depends on allsorts Bruce, mostly how much money you are willing to spend. But also, what you need it for, will you be using it a lot, would you like to “p1mp it up” etc.. it’s a big decision. I was going to buy a used car from a newspaper, but it’s a tricky and risky business out there. So I bought one from a proper dealer (used, but only 2003!) and it’s a dream :D
Yay - have fun! I know that whenever I’ve look for a car I always check out the “Lemon-Aid” line of books -
(they have a website, too- lemonaidcars.com).
These books are usually available at the library even. They rate and give lots of details (mpg, etc) on different cars/models and they’re updated yearly.
I’m sure there are other manuals like this out there- but really, they’re most useful.
unless u absolutely/ desperately need it… do NOT do it - it is a liability - save the cash, bide ur time… when the time is right you will be ready and it will be only sweet.
aston martin w00t! lol if you can afford it but get a skyline from nissan there pretty cool with a desent paint job and a few rims and spoilers, them also pretty fast =P
—no drunk drivin—-
what kind of car dosn’t have a fuckign air bag, wow the dessiner are smart, the dont care about the drivers….^^^^^
alexroy, the car clearly came out before air bags were common/popular
thanks guys i’ll keep all this in mind
lol it did? srry
Go with a small to mid-size import car, like nissan altima (my current transportation device), sentra, or maxima. Honda Civic, Accord, CRX. Toyota Corolla or camry. Mazda protege, mx-3, mx-6. They are affordable, easy to work on, cheap to work on, and good on gas. Do not buy anything like a lincoln, cadillac, or a mercedes. They are nice cars, but usually traded to a dealership by the original owner towards a new one after 5 to 7 years, then sold for 4 times as much as the trade in value, and if something goes wrong, parts can be expensive, but even worse they are very expensive to work on. I had a 1994 cadillac eldorado which I bought from a friends dad, everything was in excellent condition on it, but the rear main seal leaked oil really bad. The seal it self I could get for no more than 50 bucks, but to have it replaced the engine would have had to been removed, so I was looking at about $2000 in labor which is more than half of what I paid for the car. So I sold it.
I wouldn’t worry all that much about safety because these days cars don’t blow up if you get into a fender bender. As long as you keep all the wheels secured tightly, do regular maintenance, and look drive defensively, you should be good.
I was gonna say look out for crazy drivers too
a good tip,,,go car shopping at night so that the sales people wont bother you and u can get a good look at the cars and their prices in the lot.
I ended up getting the Honda Fit, and i’m very happy with it i love that car
GET AN AUDI!!!!! WOOT THATS a sweet car man, sool, slick, safe and fast man! if not that then try the nissan z50 or wtv its called i cant remeber…
ohh whoops did realise you alredy got a car any ways, audi could be your second car ;)
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