Unique Car/Truck Suggestions?

"Luc - The Acadian Oppo" (luc5) 08/31/2015 at 17:09 • Filed to: None

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Ok guys I told you my buddy is looking at a Sport Trac Adrenalin because of it’s uniqueness(less than a thousand in Canada).

Now I’m thinking how interesting it would be to drive a car where there is not an identical one at every set of lights. I can’t really think of anything else that would be that unique other than maybe the Hummer H3T since it was only sold for two years until Hummer shut down.

Here are the requirements:

Under $25K

2005+ (a 10 year old car is old enough)

Room for family so no 2 seaters.

under 70,000 miles

can be used year round including harsh winters

Auto or manual doesn’t matter same for FWD/RWD/AWD no real preference

Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:12

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Saab 9-7x Aero. Trailblazer SS in Saab’s clothing.

FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:14

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If your friend doesn’t mind looking like a drug dealer/Texan/2005 rapper: The Cadillac Escalade EXT.

450X_FTW > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:14

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>$25K

2005+ (a 10 year old car is old enough)

Room for family so no 2 seaters.

>70,000 miles

So you gotta spend more than $25K and it has to have more than 70k miles on it?

HammerheadFistpunch > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:14

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Doesn’t need to be unique? or does? H3T Alpha would be pimp, but harder to find. I would get a Tacoma myself, but thats just me. I guess you could get a Suzuki Equator, don’t see many of those.

(not sure if sold in Canada) Supposed to have a nicer interior and stereo but otherwise a Nissan frontier.

Jedidiah > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:14

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Greater than 25k?

HammerheadFistpunch > Jordan and the Slowrunner, Boomer Intensifies 08/31/2015 at 17:15

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Not bad.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > HammerheadFistpunch 08/31/2015 at 17:20

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Does and Yes the suzuki was sold here. I saw one on saturday and was like:

The only one I’ve ever seen.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > 450X_FTW 08/31/2015 at 17:21

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That was supposed to mean under

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Jedidiah 08/31/2015 at 17:21

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under 25K

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:22

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There is only one answer: the Nissan Murano CrossCabriolet.

HammerheadFistpunch > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:22

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The frontier is a good truck and it would certainly get the looks.

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > HammerheadFistpunch 08/31/2015 at 17:22

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Know a guy that has a V6 Frontier and he says the gas mileage sucks. Like you’d get the same gas mileage out of a 1/2 ton with a V8. The Equator is unique, but not really anything special.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > FSI - alcohol enthusiast with a car problem 08/31/2015 at 17:23

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Not uncommon enough(we have a lot of drug dealers here)

not for canada - australian in disguise > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:23

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Kizashi?

Ticks all the boxes, good looking, comfortable, room for human beings in the back, and I rarely ever see them.

HammerheadFistpunch > BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE 08/31/2015 at 17:28

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I have a friend with one, he gets about the same highway mileage as his brother with a Tacoma but the city mileage is a little worse (16 ish). This one is for all you “Boxed frames or GTFAC” types re: the new Tacoma - The reason why the frontier gets worse mileage is because its several hundred pounds heavier thanks to a fully boxed frame.

BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE > HammerheadFistpunch 08/31/2015 at 17:30

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Makes sense. What’s the deal with the new Tacoma? Is the frame slightly boxed? I haven’t looked into it

Noah - Now with more boost. > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:32

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X5 4.8is. Common body style, rare car. This is the STOCK exhaust:

FromCanadaWithLove > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:33

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http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/a/Cadillac/CTS…

http://wwwb.autotrader.ca/a/MINI/Cooper+…

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > FromCanadaWithLove 08/31/2015 at 17:36

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HammerheadFistpunch > BReLp7dzHM3ytYsE 08/31/2015 at 17:36

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“triple tech”. i.e. fully boxed up front, reinforced C-channel center, c channel at the back.

Pros and cons for each method. I was talking with someone recently who puts a lot of hard miles on their Tacoma with a camper on the back and he says he can feel it flexing and has had to re-tighten the crossmember twice.

On the other hand, the Frontier has much less payload and city mileage but is noticeably stiffer. Frankly, I think they are both inadequate above 1200 lbs payload constant load in the really rough stuff. The Tacoma for flex and the frontier for strength to weight (more weigh on the axles means closer to the GAWR before adding a load).

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:43

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Ram SRT-10s can be had here in the states for 20-25k depending on milage

deprecated account > Noah - Now with more boost. 08/31/2015 at 17:45

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Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 08/31/2015 at 17:45

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Same here. But the gas bill would be deadly and wouldn’t be the greatest in a foot of snow.

deprecated account > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:46

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Miata?

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > deprecated account 08/31/2015 at 17:47

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Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 17:51

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You have a point with the gas bill but with a set of all terrain winter tires and 4x4 it would handle snow just fine

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 18:02

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Also nowhere to put the baby.

shop-teacher > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/31/2015 at 18:04

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He wants unique and good, not unique and truely awful :)

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 08/31/2015 at 18:10

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I could get the quad cab

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 08/31/2015 at 18:11

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No 4x4 on the SRT10

Van Man, rocks the Man Van > shop-teacher 08/31/2015 at 18:16

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It fits all of the categories above.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 18:30

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Well boy howdy.I didn’t knowknow they did a quad cab SRT-10.

ly2v8-Brian > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 18:36

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Any coupe or RWD truck would be unique where you are in my book.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 08/31/2015 at 19:46

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They did but the Quad cab is auto only but still has the 525hp V10

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 20:02

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I see, there’s always a catch. Although personally I prefer my trucks to have an auto anyways.

shop-teacher > Van Man, rocks the Man Van 08/31/2015 at 20:04

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True, but we like Luc.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 08/31/2015 at 20:38

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so it’s a win win. you can have your super truck and bring your daughter along too. Might be time to trade in that chevy of yours

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 20:55

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I won’t lie, it’s a bit tempting. Especially since I sold my Buick yesterday.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 21:34

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Huh I thought they did. Even still a set of good winters and it’ll be fine

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 08/31/2015 at 22:38

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YOU DID WHAT NOW????

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 08/31/2015 at 22:39

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Looks like fun

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 08/31/2015 at 22:59

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Sold it yesterday to the guy who offered to trade me a Fatboy a few weeks ago. My wife wasn’t comfortable letting the kids ride in it, and I was bored of driving around by myself. Now I’m in perpetual Craigslist search mode looking for something fun that the family can join me in.

pip bip - choose Corrour > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 05:13

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Chevy SS.

8)

oh wait , not for you!

pip bip - choose Corrour > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 05:14

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2004 - 06 GTO

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 09/01/2015 at 09:40

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Yeah I could see that. Cruising by yourself could be a good way to get away at times but in the long run that would get boring pretty quick. You better find something quick before you realise that you don’t really need anything and that the money would start a good college fun. That’s not how we roll here.

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 10:18

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If you can get an Alpha, do it.

It's basically a 5.3 Colorado with most of its issues fixed. Actually, that goes for all H3T's...

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer 09/01/2015 at 10:35

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There is one Alpha for sale locally for $26K with 55,000 ish miles but the thing is brosified big time. All the others seem to be above 30K even with only the I5

Smallbear wants a modern Syclone, local Maple Leafs spammer > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 10:52

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If you beat them down a little, you could probably make up the money over budget by returning it to stock. Or as close as you want.

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 11:00

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see, snownuts are the best nuts

Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero > shop-teacher 09/01/2015 at 11:02

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something fun and family friendly you say? how about the family car of the 60s

http://chicago.craigslist.org/nch/cto/519681…

deprecated account > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 11:18

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‘twas but a joke good sir

deprecated account > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 11:19

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I actually dig that bed cover.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 11:30

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Yeah, I can always cruise by myself, but ONLY cruising by myself has gotten old. I don’t feel any urge to drop it into a college fund, because lets face it, $6500 is a drop in the bucket. I could easily blow it all on the house though, as it needs a LOT of work still.

The three things I’ve got the biggest jones for right now are a 3rd gen Camaro with a manual trans, a K5 Blazer, or an ‘80-85 Olds Delta 88 coupe. Of course there were a few 3rd gens I was interested in while the Buick was for sale. Now that I have cash everything is either beat to hell, overpriced, or both.

shop-teacher > Sampsonite24-Earth's Least Likeliest Hero 09/01/2015 at 11:37

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Oh, I like that very much! If that had seat belts in the back and AC I’d be all over it.

If you see a clean manual trans 3rd gen Camaro for sale, let me know!

Or a K5 Blazer, or an ‘80-85 Olds Delta 88 coupe :)

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 09/01/2015 at 11:39

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These are sweet looking but WEAK. Most of them had the 305 and was rated at 190hp at their peak. Unless you can find one with the 350 which isn’t incredibly common those had 245hp and would be a respectable cruiser.

IROC-Z or GTFO

As for a K5 are you thinking like 2wd street truck or offroad beast? I personally like both but the street truck would be more my style me thinks.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 13:56

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Actually all manual trans 3rd gens were 305s, the trans couldn’t take the torque of the 350. I could actually get a nicer 4th gen for the money, which are much faster and better, but they don’t have the looks. 190 HP would be plenty to drive in a “Slow car fast” kind of way. It would also be a big improvement to the smog era Buick, it’s 350 was only rated at 150 hp.

I could go either way for the K5. I dig the off roaders, but there really isn’t anywhere to go offroading around here. I found this sweet 2WD K5 about 45 minutes away from me. I don’t care for the cut springs, but that’s not a big deal to fix. Price seems OK too, it even has working AC (a must in order to bring the family with).

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 09/01/2015 at 14:07

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Dude! That K5 is fucking bad ass! You get my vote on that right away. I think I saw that on a Squarebody facebook group I follow.

This is better than a 3rd gen Camaro. 4th gen on the other hand that’s a tuff call.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 14:12

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I sent the link to my wife and she said, “OK. Go look at it if you want to.”

Hopefully he still has it on Saturday, as that’s the soonest I can get to it in the daylight.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 09/01/2015 at 14:54

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Keep us posted

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 16:34

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Will do!

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/01/2015 at 22:54

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Talked to the seller tonight. He sent me some more pictures. This one scares me.

Luc - The Acadian Oppo > shop-teacher 09/02/2015 at 00:06

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Thats a whole pile of nope! Not for that price. He’s asking about 4k too much with the underside looking like that.

shop-teacher > Luc - The Acadian Oppo 09/02/2015 at 00:09

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Yeah, that’s what I was thinking.