Dream Garage: $8,000 Edition

"Wobbles the Mind" (wobblesthemind) 09/25/2018 at 18:11 • Filed to: Dream Garage

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Pick out THREE vehicles where the combined list prices/MSRPs do NOT exceed $8,000 USD. One vehicle must be brand new (relative to sandals ) . Play around without breaking the budget and as always, enjoy yo’self!

*You can still do the $80,000 budget, I’ll check out your comment!

Nibby > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:14

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3 new 1993 Hyundai Excels.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:17

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1 Nissan Versa absolute base

2 VW Cabrios

Aaron James > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:20

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Porsche Macan Turbo, old beat up 10 speed and a skateboard with only 3 wheels.

Mr. FiSTer of Team FiST Fetish > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:21

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M2 Competition - $58,900  

Fiesta ST - $21,215

Nope.

Wobbles the Mind > Nibby 09/25/2018 at 18:23

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1988 Hyundai Excel is a classic though!

Decay buys too many beaters > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/25/2018 at 18:24

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(replied to wrong thread)

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:24

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3 used auto transport trailers

Each carrying a full load of 80's turbo Dodges and 85-96 Ford Escorts.

Decay buys too many beaters > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:25

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1996 Ford F150 300ci 6cyl 4wd. Let’s say $5k for a really clean one

2019 Speed Triple RS $17,000

2019 Husqvarna 701 Supermoto $13,000

I have cheap taste it seems.

imadick > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:26

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6 new Nissan Versas

CompactLuxuryFan > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:38

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I’d try to squeeze an E46 (~$3 ,5 00), a Miata (~$2,500), and a Hyundai Accent/Kia Rio/Nissan Versa sort of thing.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:39

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New Golf R. 42,000 with factory option snow tires.

A 135i coupe 17,000 seems to be the average for a manual one.

That leaves 21,000 can you still get an Integra Type R for that? Probably not. I guess I’ll “settle” for an Evo 9 then. 

ihm96 > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:39

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Id probably get a manual 340i Sedan which would run around 50 if I ordered it in oppo spec. Id keep my Z3 Coupe so call that 8K for what I paid for it. That leaves me 22k to find a nice early corvair and then do some mods to that and the Z

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/25/2018 at 18:39

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You missed a zero. 

Future next gen S2000 owner > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:42

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Those squealing tires sounds sound like lies.

CaptDale - is secretly British > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:43

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1997 Aston Martin DB7 $24750 + 8000 (wheels)-$5500(negotiation = $27250

1994 Audi RS2 Avant $45000 -3000 (negotiation) = $42000

2019 Volkswagen Jetta S $12999- $2250 (negotiation) = $10749

Total = $79,999 but I am sure I could get more off the 2 used vehicle. Or I will add 1 Snickers for $1

Just Jeepin' > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:44

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I haven’t eaten in a few hours, so my reading comprehension is waning, but wut?

Brand new “ relative to sandals” and sufficiently less than 8k that you can squeeze two other dream cars and I don’t understand anything.

CRider > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:49

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2018 F-150 XLT supercab 5.0 V8, 3.55 locking axle MSRP ~$39k. To be supercharged to 650 horsepower for an additional ~$9k .

2018 KTM Super Duke 1090 R, MSRP ~$18k

2019 Honda CRF450L MSRP ~$ 10k

I think I’m within budget, two bikes and a 650 horsepower truck to haul them. 

Future next gen S2000 owner > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 18:56

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1965 Sheldy Cobra 289 MSRP - $5,595; Budget Remaining $2,405

New Gas powered RC car - $ 500; Budget Remaining $1,905

Lincoln K series with the V12.

Boom.

Wobbles the Mind > Just Jeepin' 09/25/2018 at 18:59

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It was an $80,000 budget with three cars, one of them must be new. Feel free to do that challenge!

The first responses did their own thing with $8,000 or something like that so I adjusted. I didnt want to m ake people feel excluded .

Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks > Spamfeller Loves Nazi Clicks 09/25/2018 at 19:01

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To be clear: mine works at $8000. I just have to return the trailers.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/25/2018 at 19:11

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Man the new Jetta is hideous 

bhtooefr > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:12

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I’ll do two posts, then!

The original $80,000 budget first.

Daily: Tesla Model 3 Long Range RWD, standard interior, red, 18" wheels, EAP, estimated at $51,500.

Track: 1991 Honda Beat, $8500:

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Haul: 1996 Ford F-150, straight-6, manual, long bed, like trucks were MEANT to be, $2499:

Done, with $17,501 to spare.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Future next gen S2000 owner 09/25/2018 at 19:12

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The real reason I want time travel 

Just Jeepin' > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:14

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Ok, so an 80k version...

New: Fiat 124 Spider Abarth, $34870 with lots of options and another $5k to a 3rd party to get a color I actually want (yellow, of course).

M715, we’ll say $8k to get something that doesn’t need much TLC.

This Willys MB for $22.5k.

Still leaves almost 10k for the inevitable repairs on all of the above.

bhtooefr > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:18

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And now for the $8,000 budget.

You said vehicle this time.

So, haul, let’s use the same straight-6 manual long-bed 1996 F-150 from the $80k post , $2499:

Track... let’s take a salvage title 1986 MR2, $2800:

Daily and the new vehicle ... well, I wish I could get colors other than white and black in this trim level (I don’t actually care about the features in the Gogoro 2 Plus, I just want a fucking color, but I only have $2701, not $2950 ) , but the Gogoro 2 is $2700:

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:22

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A 2019 Honda Cub 125. 3600

That leaves me 4400 sooo

1 an okay condition 86 CRX Si- 3500 on the high end.

1 a POS Ranger, or P anther which I with cut up and make a truck.

dogisbadob > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:22

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Wait, is it $8000 or $80,000? :p

Nom De Plume > CRider 09/25/2018 at 19:22

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Someone(s) introduced me to Graham Jarvis yesterday so my answer was about to be very similar.  Serviceable but beat up truck, BMW R1200R, and a Husky Enduro bike sounds about right.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:23

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I can’t imagine some one bragging about having s Hyundai, especially back then. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > bhtooefr 09/25/2018 at 19:27

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That’s a good combo. Modern practicality, little car fun, old truck simplicity 

Wobbles the Mind > dogisbadob 09/25/2018 at 19:39

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Yes!

promoted by the color red > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 19:56

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However much Toyota pickup truck you can buy for $6000

2000's-era 250cc dirtbike - $1200

2018 Specialized Rockhopper Comp - $725 MSRP

Use left over money for beer, gas, ice, and chips.

CaptDale - is secretly British > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/25/2018 at 19:56

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Yeah I agree, it was that or a spark, but idk...

Wobbles the Mind > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/25/2018 at 20:10

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When most people around your age dont have an income to afford new shoes, that is when a $6,000 anything becomes a big deal.

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 21:01

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I guess that makes a lot of sense. For a young guy to now only have a car, but a new car. That’s a big deal. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > CaptDale - is secretly British 09/25/2018 at 21:03

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The Jetta has at least been inoffensive, and at best been a very good looking car,  for the last 35 years, and then this things happened and the call it an improvement.

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/25/2018 at 21:05

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Di d I though? I think we both know just how expensive old VWs are. 

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/25/2018 at 21:12

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Yeah but it’s a mk3. They can’t be that bad. 

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/25/2018 at 21:19

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No dude, it’s... so, so bad. Whenever I fix something, something else breaks less than a week later. Here’s my current “I should fix this” list:

Shift linkage

Fuel pump

Distributor

Plugs (intermittent miss when it’s cold, might be the coil)

Top off power steering fluid (special VW fluid that’s 5x the cost of normal stuff)

Both front struts

Wear items are normal. Just timing belt/water pump and trans fluid.

G_Body_Man: Sponsored by the number 3 > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 21:34

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No clue what brand new relative to sandals means so here it goes.

My 6MT G35 sedan (around $3700 USD with the conversion rate)

1987 Fiero SE V6 4MT ($1500)

Blow the other $2800 on a relatively nice post-facelift W163 ML500

wafflesnfalafel > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 21:42

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C6 Z06

Crew cab short box ‘yota Tacoma

down payment on 2022 STI

HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles > I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker 09/25/2018 at 22:11

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Oh here’s mine

Steering shaft bearings/bushing

Shift linkage

Find out why brake likghts don’t work

Get left blinkers working

All the oil leaks(might just say screw it and do an ALH swap and you should too)

Replace every single price of rubber that touches glass, then replace the top. (These will never happen because money)

I like cars: Jim Spanfeller is one ugly motherfucker > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/25/2018 at 22:18

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Ahhh the rubber. Not even worth it for mine. And the ALH swap is a hard pass for me- I have no garage and this is my daily, because I hate myself. When I have a real car, I’m tossing a supercharged VR6 in there.

ranwhenparked > Wobbles the Mind 09/25/2018 at 22:18

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OK,

2019 Lada 4X4 3-Door: $7200

2019 Speedy II motor scooter: $380

Preowned 2018 Cannondale Catalyst 4: $440

pip bip - choose Corrour > Wobbles the Mind 09/26/2018 at 07:35

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Chevy Spark/ Holden Spark

Mitsubishi Mirage

Fiat 500

punkgoose17 > Wobbles the Mind 09/26/2018 at 10:02

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$8,000 Garage

Suzuki GW250 $4,099

1989 Isuzu Imark $1,200

1959-1973 Saab 95 or 96 $2,701 whatever is the best I can find for that money.

(This was fun because I had to think of what is cheap and new that I would like.)

$80,000 Garage

Mazda 6 Sport $22,000

Renault Alpine A310 $32,00

Isuzu Bellett GTR $24,000

(This one was fun because I had to think of the more expensive but not insane things I would want.)

Cute dog from Craigslist selling an Isuzu Trooper

The dog’s Isuzu Trooper

CaptDale - is secretly British > HFV has no HFV. But somehow has 2 motorcycles 09/26/2018 at 11:13

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Hmm, I never found them attractive, so maybe that’s why I don’t find this one offensive.

RT > Wobbles the Mind 09/30/2018 at 10:42

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Saving money on the new car, I decided to go for a Maruti Suzuki Omni ($3.75k) https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://www.marutisuzuki.com/channels/arena/omni&ved=2ahUKEwjVkp_Y-uLdAhWQN8AKHS94C_gQFjAJegQIARAB&usg=AOvVaw37FnbweqsvCwmF-Wxu9jIN .

Now I can splurge on this Lotus ($3.25k): https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/lotus/elan-m100/lotus-lotus-elan-elan-se————————-1991/9030973 .

And that should leave me enough to haggle for this Citroën ( ad has been up for around a year): https://www.pistonheads.com/classifieds/used-cars/citroen/bx/citroen-bx-gti-1-9-8v-abs—————————-1987/7468925 .

This is the coolest set of cars available in this challenge, undisputably.

LongbowMkII > Wobbles the Mind 10/01/2018 at 10:05

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I’ll take a pink Mitsubishi M irage.