Do you drive?

Z's bouncy tits · Post by **Z's bouncy tits** » 15 Oct 2019, 02:10

And whatcha driving?

Been driving 16 years and on the lookout for a new car, as my Scenic is dying. The turbo is going on it.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 15 Oct 2019, 02:11

17 years for the I, my jetta is still going strong but I don't put a lot of miles on it regularly.

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 15 Oct 2019, 03:00

hmm i think i got my license 20 years ago?

i too have a jetta and it has been problem-free

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 15 Oct 2019, 03:05

Mine just went over 90k this weekend :chetty:

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 15 Oct 2019, 03:34

9 years, driving an Opel Meriva right now.

Might look into a 4x4 if we move out of the city (next year hopefully).

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 15 Oct 2019, 03:59

Drove a 2009 Hyundai Sonata for 10 years, 132k miles before it died on me. I have a 2015 Nissan Altima now, only had 45k miles on it and was in great condition.

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 15 Oct 2019, 04:03

Since I was 17 so 19 years now

I bought my moms 2013 Nissan Murano from her estate after she passed last October.

zim · Post by **zim** » 15 Oct 2019, 04:31

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 15 Oct 2019, 06:37

i obtained my driver’s license in the year two thousand

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 15 Oct 2019, 06:44

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Drove a 2009 Hyundai Sonata for 10 years, 132k miles before it died on me. I have a 2015 Nissan Altima now, only had 45k miles on it and was in great condition.

Transmission issues pop up around 80-90k in Nissan's

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 15 Oct 2019, 07:28

You got those fancy toyota blings

rhino · Post by **rhino** » 15 Oct 2019, 08:18

The country roads take me home

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 15 Oct 2019, 09:46

Nick wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Drove a 2009 Hyundai Sonata for 10 years, 132k miles before it died on me. I have a 2015 Nissan Altima now, only had 45k miles on it and was in great condition.
Transmission issues pop up around 80-90k in Nissan's

Interesting. Is this just a thing with Nissans or did they have a few shitty years?

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 15 Oct 2019, 10:02

Nissan thing. I know a few of the nissan dealerships around here have dudes who do nothing but work on transmissions exclusively.

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 15 Oct 2019, 10:54

well I've put on 7K since I bought it - just put some new tires and break pads on it - i'll have to keep an eye on the transmission.... thanks for the heads up.

User · Post by **User** » 15 Oct 2019, 11:55

i got my driving license in 2005. also this thread is pertinent to my situation right now in that i do not currently drive but i am considering purchasing my fourth car

i like the look of the suzuki swift GLX turbo

these are the cars i have driven:

- honda city 1984
- ford corsair 1989
- kia picanto 2013

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 15 Oct 2019, 14:33

Been driving for around 12 years now.

Drove my old man’s 1991 Toyota Crown when I started. After that, the mother gave me her old 1996 Nissan Sentra and I used that throughout the end of my college years and through my first few years of work.

I just got a 2019 Hyundai Accent last week and that’s what I drive now.

User · Post by **User** » 17 Oct 2019, 15:37

brand new, does it smell good

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 17 Oct 2019, 23:32

New car smells

The 6-speed tranny needs a little getting-used-to though

rhino · Post by **rhino** » 18 Oct 2019, 00:50

User wrote:
rhino wrote:The country roads take me home
west virginiaaaaaaa

rhino did you know this is possibly the best known english-language song in myanmar a nation of 55 million people

the reason why is unfathomable to me

I did not know this. Cool fun fact

deckard · Post by **deckard** » 18 Oct 2019, 05:38

ford focus

Ninny · Post by **Ninny** » 19 Oct 2019, 23:08

zim wrote:nope

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 20 Oct 2019, 10:03

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
Nick wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Drove a 2009 Hyundai Sonata for 10 years, 132k miles before it died on me. I have a 2015 Nissan Altima now, only had 45k miles on it and was in great condition.
Transmission issues pop up around 80-90k in Nissan's
Interesting. Is this just a thing with Nissans or did they have a few shitty years?

I've heard the same thing about newer Nissans online and from some mechanics at my work. It sounds like if you change the transmission fluid much more frequently than is recommended then things can work out just fine, but only if you do it early enough. I guess after a certain point it's better just to leave the fluid as it is and try not to drive too aggressively.

I have a '07 Hyundai Tuscon I bought used in early 2013 with about 93k miles on it. It has about 136k miles on it now and still runs fine with no major repairs needed. I've been thinking of preemptively getting a newer used car, but it's hard to part ways with one that has been so reliable and doesn't have all that computerized safety shit that I don't want.

On a somewhat related note I was surprised that my dad couldn't seem to wrap his head around why it wouldn't make much sense for me to buy a brand new car given that I only drive about 7k miles per year and park on the street in Minneapolis.

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 20 Oct 2019, 12:40

I always thought you Yanks had a beef against Asian-manufactured cars.

Or is that mostly a 90s thing now.

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 20 Oct 2019, 12:45

The trumptards do.

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 20 Oct 2019, 17:05

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Oct 2019, 20:35

shadowalk wrote:I always thought you Yanks had a beef against Asian-manufactured cars.

Or is that mostly a 90s thing now.

Are we talking manufactured or Asian brand? Cause the only American brand car you can really get anymore is Ford/Chevy/Dodge and those are shitboxes unless you want a truck.

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 20 Oct 2019, 20:47

even for trucks they are shit nowadays. (unless you can score one that was made in the 90's/very early 2000's that's had good upkeep). you're better off buying a Toyata.

Mesarthim · Post by **Mesarthim** » 20 Oct 2019, 20:48

jorsh wrote:The trumptards do.

what's funny is most of the "american made" cars are made in mexico nowadays. at the very least their parts are made in mexico and then assembled in america.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 20 Oct 2019, 20:55

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:even for trucks they are shit nowadays. (unless you can score one that was made in the 90's/very early 2000's that's had good upkeep). you're better off buying a Toyata.

Ford isn't the worst if you stay away from the aluminum body bullshit. Dodge are great up until 70k-80k when the transmission issues kick in. I don't know of any real issues with the Chevy's at the moment.

The biggest issue with Toyotas is the material they made the frames from. They've had a campaign going to spray the underside if there's no holes in the frame, If they find holes they end up replacing the entire frame. The new round of these just started and it's probably cost Toyota a few hundred million to get it fixed. Not to mention the airbag/inflator replacements are still going on

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Oct 2019, 23:26

Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
jorsh wrote:The trumptards do.
what's funny is most of the "american made" cars are made in mexico nowadays. at the very least their parts are made in mexico and then assembled in america.

similarly a large chunk of euro & asian cars sold here are manufactured domestically. they're just mostly based in southern states where unionizing is effectively illegal.

karl sanders works (or worked) at the BMW plant in greer!

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 20 Oct 2019, 23:53

Over here, all the locally-sold Mercedes Benz and Volkswagen cars are assembled in China.

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 21 Oct 2019, 00:16

Hitoshura wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:
jorsh wrote:The trumptards do.
what's funny is most of the "american made" cars are made in mexico nowadays. at the very least their parts are made in mexico and then assembled in america.
similarly a large chunk of euro & asian cars sold here are manufactured domestically. they're just mostly based in southern states where unionizing is effectively illegal.

karl sanders works (or worked) at the BMW plant in greer!

Kentucky
Indiana
Mississippi
Texas

All have Toyota plants

Paste Human · Post by **Paste Human** » 21 Oct 2019, 07:19

Doesn't (or didn't) Karl Sanders work at one?

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 21 Oct 2019, 07:40

Hitoshura wrote:karl sanders works (or worked) at the BMW plant in greer!

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 21 Oct 2019, 08:08

definitely drove past some major hub of activity for mercedes in alabama or louisiana when i was en route to nola, but i can't quite remember where. that whole stretch was kind of a blur

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 21 Oct 2019, 08:59

I know theres a big ass Chevy plant out in Ohio. Passed that shit on my way out to Cleveland last tear.

User · Post by **User** » 21 Oct 2019, 12:53

australia stopped manufacturing cars long ago, we have only one or two factories left doing partial parts stuff. for us, all comes from southeast asia, whatever the brand

shadowalk · Post by **shadowalk** » 21 Oct 2019, 13:47

User wrote:australia stopped manufacturing cars long ago, we have only one or two factories left doing partial parts stuff. for us, all comes from southeast asia, whatever the brand

Your Toyotas and our Toyotas all come from Thailand.

happiness and harmony · Post by **happiness and harmony** » 21 Oct 2019, 15:02

Nick wrote:last tear.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CprfjfN5PRs

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 29 Oct 2019, 23:24

Nick wrote:
Rufus T. Firefly wrote:Drove a 2009 Hyundai Sonata for 10 years, 132k miles before it died on me. I have a 2015 Nissan Altima now, only had 45k miles on it and was in great condition.
Transmission issues pop up around 80-90k in Nissan's

Is there anything I can do to help possibly prevent issues? How certain is it? It’s got 64,000 miles on it right now. I made an appointment Friday to get the tranny flushed along with my oil change. Will a tranny flush help? Is it even necessary?

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 29 Oct 2019, 23:45

I honestly don't know where the failure comes with Nissan transmissions. What I do know is they have techs who do nothing but work on transmissions at the dealerships around here. I'm sure if you took a look around on some car forums you'd find an answer. Sorry I ain't no help on this one lummo

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 30 Oct 2019, 01:50

i guess i morphed into lummo somehow

Methuselah Honeysuckle · Post by **Methuselah Honeysuckle** » 30 Oct 2019, 04:05

Just saw it was lummos original post and assumed it was him

droidspawn · Post by **droidspawn** » 30 Oct 2019, 06:17

User · Post by **User** » 20 Apr 2020, 08:24

bought a 2004 BMW X5. immaculate condition, as new, 30,000 miles only. should last me a few years until I finish this fucking PhD

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zim · Post by **zim** » 20 Apr 2020, 09:17

very nice

i still don't drive

jawn galliano · Post by **jawn galliano** » 20 Apr 2020, 12:17

daaang that is a clean-ass '04

vO)))id · Post by **vO)))id** » 20 Apr 2020, 15:12

Damn that thing is nice

Z's bouncy tits · Post by **Z's bouncy tits** » 20 Apr 2020, 20:02

Dashboard. We need more dashboard. And Bort.