Bad News

"Cebu" (animoo) 01/06/2015 at 19:45 • Filed to: FRED SABERHAGEN YOU BASTARD

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I have been strucketh down by Reality, also known as the Parents. My !!!error: Indecipherable SUB-paragraph formatting!!! about perhaps-maybe getting to pick my own car was a false alarm. My parents have decided that I am not worthy of anything "powerful" -even a lowly Crown Vic- until I have proven my safe driving mettle on the field of battle highways with the familial CR-V, and until it's my own money. Thanks for the help, though- it was entertaining to say the least to look through all of the suggestions.

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So, since I'm stuck with an '06 CR-V, I might as well have some fun with it. I have so far given it a Name- the Flying Beigemobile. Sadly, as I found out when it got lost in a car park, the Flying Beigemobile does not answer when its True Name is called. However, it sometimes answers when the lock button is pressed twice. But only sometimes.

Foglights are probably the first modification- one that my mother actually sees the practicality in. After I flee the parents, the back seats are coming out, then it's getting lowered maybe one or two inches because, honestly, I don't feel safe in something that tall with tires that skinny.

After that, probably a severe interior modification including moving most of the switches to the roof because airplane. It'll have to be done well, though- luckily App State has a really, really good fab shop. I shall also attempt to befriend a Textile Major so the seats can be two-toned.

Back to the dungeon with me it is, then. Good night and good morrow.

(realizes he wrote the entire article like Thor, again)

*facepalm*

yamahog > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 19:49

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Unpopular opinion? Save your money/time/effort for a car you actually want. Or blow it on booze, it is college after all.

Mercedes Streeter > yamahog 01/06/2015 at 19:55

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Ditto! Or at least do cheap mods that'll make the car more fun until you can get a better one.

44444444444 > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 19:57

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Should have tricked them by getting a V70/S60 T5 or R...

Cebu > yamahog 01/06/2015 at 19:57

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"Car I actually Want" is either fantastically expensive (E-type, Dino Fezza) or fantastically cheap, as in somewhere near the price cap I quoted. Still, at least the CR-V would be from the right country for me to do a full-on Tengen Toppan Gurren Lagann wrap and look merely like a recently arrived foreigner and not a complete nutjob.

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:00

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Is it 4wd?

Mr. Ontop, No Strokes, No Smokes...Goes Fast. > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:00

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My parents allowed me to pick any car I wanted, too....by paying for my own.

Arch Duke Maxyenko, Shit Talk Extraordinaire > yamahog 01/06/2015 at 20:02

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Yup, booze it up

KirkyV > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:05

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And I am once again both pleased and slightly perturbed by the fact that my parents were completely comfortable with the idea of my having an old French deathbox with all the mass and structural integrity of a paper bag as my first car.

thedevilinside > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:06

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Parents did something similar to me, and I'm glad. I'd probably be dead if I had my GTO when I was 16. And it was a disaster when I did get one.

bob and john > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:14

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this is why I dont even comment on those threads anymore.

sorry guys, for your first car, you're not (sorry, SHOULD NOT) get anything fun or sporty or even a little mean looking. insurance will rape you, and your job isnt to learn how to get the most out of a car. your job is to learn to drive. forget the stick, forget the RWD, forget the sporty 2 doors. best car I think for a new driver? early to mid 2000s volvos and corollas and stuf like that. Cheap, <200HP, FWD, 4 door, auto, reasonable safe without being a TOTAL beige-mobile (like a van or something).

Sorry, there was nothing on that list that was even CLOSE to that. (maybe the crown vic)

1: s-chassis: no. just no. even if you forget trying to buy one you like for a good price, but RWD, stick, and a car thats (more or less) made its name in drifting? insurance companies would have a field day with you
2 + 3: the MR2 and the Corvair. you LITERALLY couldnt not have picked a more dangerous car could you? LITERALLY could not have. mid-rear engined for a first car?
4: the toy: seriously? A: safety. B: finding parts when it breaks down. enough said.
5: liek i said, this was the only one even REMOTLY reasonable that I saw. but its still RWD, and it still has a massive engine.



of course there are exceptions. example: I STILL havent gotten a first car (i'm 20) as I cant justify it (live on campus during the school year, have motorcycle during the summer). but i've been driving mom (2001 volvo S40, later replaced by a 2008 IS250) and dads car (a3 TDI) for 3 years now, and been riding motorcycles for longer (4 years). with ~ 60K km of driving exp, I think I could go to something RWD (still ~200 hp) or something more powerful (but AWD or FWD)

What you were looking it? sheer stupidity **** Assuming this is the VERY first car you driving. if you have a few year behind other steering wheels, then ehhh. still think crown vic was the best out of those (also, i'm assuning you live in a state with snow)

Justin Hughes > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 20:22

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Definitely add a Type R badge. I did.

Naturally it had absolutely no performance modifications whatsoever.

yamahog > bob and john 01/06/2015 at 20:36

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Lol yea, wasn't my WOOO I'M AN ADULT WITH A 40K BUDGET AND A NEED 4 SPEED suggestion thread much more fun?

bob and john > yamahog 01/06/2015 at 20:38

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at first I read that as "need a 4 speed" and was trying to figure out if anyone still makes a 40K car with a 4 speed......

bob and john > yamahog 01/06/2015 at 20:46

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also: ducati 1299 R

whatisthatsound > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 22:01

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Don't lower a CR-V. Don't move the switches. This will ruin any resale value in the car. Give it a nickname, accept it for what it is, take good care of it then sell it. You want a Nice car you will have one, but don't try to justify lowering or changing anything because you will lose a lot of money. I started with a 99 Chevy astro, to an s2k, jeep wrangler, then lotus Elise sc by 23. Upgrade a crv with a tow bar and that is it. You have a safe reliable car with enough space to have fun with a lady like drive inns. Be the guy you want to talk to at a car show, not the guy with a tricked out CRV with no rhyme or reason.

Flat Six > Cebu 01/06/2015 at 22:43

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CR-V is a great first car. Mine looked exactly like this

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > whatisthatsound 01/07/2015 at 07:44

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Any car you hate can be good fun—simply because you hate it and don't care.

Cebu > bob and john 01/07/2015 at 12:49

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"this is why i don't even comment on these threads anymore"

Continues on, to comment, at length, on this thread.

o_o

Might want to consider whether you're adding to the discussion or just trolling next time you comment, mate.

Cebu > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 01/07/2015 at 12:51

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The CR-V is the Most Interesting 4WD in the World. It doesn't always drive all four wheels, but when it does, you're either in over your head on a corner or off-roading.

(yes, I have the part-time 4WD model)

m-b-w loves his SUBAROO > Cebu 01/07/2015 at 13:32

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You can have a good bit of fun then.

Pictured is my friends element.

Cebu > m-b-w loves his SUBAROO 01/07/2015 at 13:39

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Heh. Heh. Heh.

CalzoneGolem > bob and john 01/07/2015 at 14:05

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I had to buy my first car with my own money so what do I know.

VonBelmont > Cebu 02/03/2015 at 22:00

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Same. I went from my brother's (formerly dad's) E38 BMW to my mom's CR-V, thanks to a transmission failure last September. Apparently the adequately powered well-handling sedan was "too powerful" and an underpowered topheavy guzzler (17mpg with few lights) is "safer". And. There. Is. No. Way. Out.

I've never driven a car that makes me want to get out of it so quickly.