i just bought a 97 acura 2.2 cl with 271k miles on it

Aeroknow said:
Omfg dude! That has got to be the fucking ugliest van ever made, omg. I don't think I've ever even seen one of them before. Lmao!!!! But you had fun, that really is all that matters sometimes. Wow.
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that thing looks to have pretty decent ground clearance, nice sized roof rack and I can't really tell by the pic but it seems to have a sunroof....

srh88 said:
when i just finished up high school my girlfriend at the time.. her family offered her a super super ugly minivan. almost identical to this one
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the chick turned it down until i talked her into it. i took out the back seats and went a bought a futon pad and some pillows and threw them back there. it was a fun van
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this thing looks like it has decent ground clearance, a sunroof, roof racks.... shit not a bad ride if you ask me.... for free?!?! you kidding me...
 
srh88 said:
I highly suggest an old school station wagon for your next car. Safety first. They probably had the safest seating of any car ever made
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Just don't get rear ended
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We went camping once when I was a kid and borrowed someone's Stawag like that to tow a pop-up camper. 2 friends and I sitting in that reat seat. We hit a good bump going down this shitty road up in Maine, we all got tossed and landed on each other/ the floor. When we got ourselves straightened out, there wasn't a camper behind us anymore..lol. It popped off the ball, no safety chains..:roll:. My father, and his friend, were in the friends truck towing a boat and got a few miles ahead of us. So it was 3 preteen kids and a middle aged mother trying to get a pop-up out of a ditch and hooked back up. No cellphones, we had a CB but couldn't get anyone cause we were in a valley. It was a good start to the vaca....

If it wasn't a older full-size, full frame, V8 rwd car, I don't think we would've got the camper out. My mother backed it down the ditch, we hooked up the safety chains, couldn't get the ball on, and she floored it and dragged that camper out, plowing the hitch the whole way. Those old wagons were more like trucks than cars. I miss real cars...
 
Nugachino said:
Old cars were built well. Made to last. Now everything is plastic. Replaceable. And disposable.
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The cars of my youth needed constant repair and maintenance. Today's cars are essentially maintenance-free, and repairs are the exception, not the rule. I cannot do any meaningful work on my '13 Honda, but the good news is I don't need to the way I had to even fifteen years ago. So overall I see the "built to last" equation working positively.

Doesn't mean I'd refuse a '72 Ferrari!
 
cannabineer said:
The cars of my youth needed constant repair and maintenance. Today's cars are essentially maintenance-free, and repairs are the exception, not the rule. I cannot do any meaningful work on my '13 Honda, but the good news is I don't need to the way I had to even fifteen years ago. So overall I see the "built to last" equation working positively.

Doesn't mean I'd refuse a '72 Ferrari!
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In a couple years when your a/c stops working, and you're stumbling at idle, it's the 70 buck low pressure switch. After you fix that you have an 8-10 hour job to replace the expansion valve, roughly 30 bucks located, conveniently under the entire fucking dash.

Thank god Honda's don't need work.
 
cannabineer said:
The cars of my youth needed constant repair and maintenance. Today's cars are essentially maintenance-free, and repairs are the exception, not the rule. I cannot do any meaningful work on my '13 Honda, but the good news is I don't need to the way I had to even fifteen years ago. So overall I see the "built to last" equation working positively.

Doesn't mean I'd refuse a '72 Ferrari!
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Was that because of the cars, or just due to the quality of car youths tend to own?

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my newest car is a 94, only mechanical part that ever gave me issues was the fuel pump, it was something like $15, the bugger died under warranty, so they gave me another. No problems.
I replace shit before they break, all fluids, brake pads and cv joints have less than 2000 miles on. A service like that is about $150.

I'm the furthest thing you can get from a mechanic. You just need youtube or the Bentley manual.
 
WeedFreak78 said:
Was that because of the cars, or just due to the quality of car youths tend to own?

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It was the cars.

You got me thinking about the question, and I am thinking of when i was a carless teen and paid attention to what family, friends of theirs, neighbors ... drove and talked about.I was careful about just that bias, "teens and their heaps".

Cars then were radically easier to service, but they needed tools-on service constantly. I had to adjust the valve position and service the carb on our (bride and me) very first new car, a 1985 Honda CRX.

This '13 Fit uses less gas, has almost 40 more ponies and is effortless to drive. Its 1.5 made the old CRX mill, a famous spunky Honda four, feel notchy and rough. And all i do is wash it, gas it and change oil&filter every so often.

The AC warning is very real in my mind. My AC feels a little weak in this heat, and i am not confident I can service the unit. I will probably have to pay much for a simple repairr ... but the first such in years. My last extraordinary auto expense was a windshield.
 
ANC said:
I have to replace my heater core, it is also a complete dash out job.
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Yeah the shit that makes you cry. I have an 89 Ford Probe I love dearly, she eats ignition coils so every visit to the junk yard I picked up coils LOL luckily they are easy to get to and a quick fix. Her A/C is heaven. Now I just need a new wiring harness for her. I blame asshole aftermarket stereo equipment installers grrrrr.

I also have to replace the windshield in my Civic. She took a rock on a recent trip to LA. However I'm not doing it until we are past the 120 days and I'm done driving to LA three times a week. Which should thoughtfully coincide.
 
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Aeroknow said:
Lol, nah. Just your eveyday vanagon westy.

I just googled 4wd vanagons and what do you know. People are converting them into 4wd and than they are called Syncros.
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one of those in the 80s was 4wd I think....maybe the Toyota's? import wise. ford had an e series with a 7.3 idi diesel that was 4wd they used them for ambulances for a while, really nice vans.
 
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