Car of The Day
- Started 15 years ago
- Last post 2 days ago
- 2,315 Responses
- mg330
I test drove a VW GLI today, which I was totally unfamiliar with and was pretty fun to drive. My wife and I are getting rid of our 2007 Passat soon, time for a new car. Not sure about the GLI, fully loaded it's comparable to a Passat, and the handling was great, but not sure. Good price on them though.
Also test drove the premium-level 2017 Audi A4 and loved it. Comparable size to our Passat. Had CarPlay and was so teched out. I loved it. Been holding holding out for CarPlay to be available on more, so hopefully we go in that direction.
- Huh, wife and I are thinking of getting rid of our 2007 Passat wagon soon. Problematic issues.prophetone
- Ours potentially has an engine issue when accelerating hard. It's like the turbo kicks in and the engine knocks.mg33
- Our driver xenon at $300 a swap and now not covered goes on in wet/cold and dead in nice weather, likely ballast... at $800 for oem part HAHAHAHAHAHAVAprophetone
- So... next week we are taking it in to local car alarm etc place that's cool and they have either non orm ballasts at $100 or...prophetone
- ... we can thro in a complete $140 HID kit with normal hid light swaps and it's own ballasts, for cheap.prophetone
- The bigger issue is the engine which we had camera'd and it had bad carbon build up requiring a full tear apart to clean it all out properprophetone
- And it seems to jump a bit when shifting now... not a good sign haha! Also the window washer fluid tank has a leak somewhere so never has any, annoying!prophetone
- Time to spiff it up and get something fresh, I'm too old to put up with being stranded b/c of known probs haha, in 20s wouldn't have caredprophetone
- Someone needs to make a "My Car of The Day" threadformed
- Why do you stick to a carmaker that builds such low quality and is so expensive to maintain if that bugs you? 2007 and so many issues?mekk
- It's less the issues and probably more wanting a new car. It's been great car. We just want something new, better features.mg33
- inteliboy1
question...
Need a car. Found this beautifully restored 1972 bmw 2002... Thing is I don't have a garage so it'd be parked on the street, and used as a daily commute car. Stupid impractical thing to do? Or bite the bullet?
- Depends on your neighborhood, traffic and weather. Old BMWs are easy to maintain if you get the parts. If i was in AUS, I would bite.Longcopylover
- ridiculously impractical and she deserves better than being left on a street!fadein11
- you CANT leave a car like that on the street. Prime target for jealous fuckwads and wiper bendersmicrokorg
- hm yeh. ok agreed... such a shame.inteliboy
- Get a garage and buy that thing stat!instrmntl
- mekk0
^ I had a 1986 Golf Cabriolet as a daily driver. It was a fun car to drive but the lack of comfort and features, esp. missing servo, A/C and the heavy clutch pissed me off really soon. But I learned how to change oil on that and do a bit here and there. I wasn't afraid of doing my own repairs. I would never do such repairs on my current car, since breaking something would be ridiculously expensive.
So maintaining it was cheap, brake pads were cheaper than on my bicycle. Insurance was normal, mileage on par with current cars (can't believe so little has changed here over the years).
Everyone else loved my car and it paid me back when I opened the roof. You will share the same experience with this car I think. After my Golf I would not drive such an old car daily.
I'd get something with power steering and climate control for everyday use.
- sofakingback0
^ Depends what type of guy you are. I personally love owning old cars as daily drivers... but you have to be cool with certain drawbacks.
I think the biggest draw back of the one you're showing is that its a nice rare-ish car, its on the cusp of being a classic. Which means parking it on the street will eventually bring some issues: getting hit, vandalized, weather wear, towed, etc
All of which will happen, its happened to my BMW and I just said fuck it, I rent a garage now.
The next thing to be mindful of is if you get that car, you're gonna be tempted to make it into a nice classic, which you should. If you do, now you're in a different situation. You have to baby it. No street parking, avoid crazy weather, needs a garage and you're gonna convince yourself you need a 2nd car ("just a daily beater I don't care about")
From what I can tell you want a 2002, so maybe heres what you do. Find a decently maintained but not pristine base model 2002. One that has ok paint and the owner cared enough to do maintenance. More than likely its gonna be a 1974 square light 2002, round lights are expensive even if they're beat. or you can get a 1975-83 BMW e21. These are not as valued but can be equally as cool and much much cheaper.
Either way the idea is to get one that will take a bit of a beating and it won't hurt you to actually use it. If the body is clean you can restore it later.
I currently daily drive a 1987 VW Golf GL, super basic car but I love it, I take it everywhere and I don't mind it getting banged up.
Before I restored my BMW I drove that everywhere and it was a blast, one weekend I drove it to San Felipe. Just cruising through the desert without a care in the world... now I would be terrified to do the same drive in the restored version.
P.S. how do they want for that touring?
- yeah the drawback thing was basically what I tried to point out. Looking fucking cool with you and the dog man!mekk
- ha thanks! such a random shot. This place was in the middle of nowhere. two local kids showed up on horseback to buy candy. This dog belonged to the store ownersofakingback
- BabySnakes5
Just bought this 88 RX-7 Convertible over the weekend as a project track/cruiser. I love it the more i look at it.
- These can be super dope. The anniversary and turbo 2's are insanely cool.sofakingback
- nice oneinstrmntl
- Gotta Love 80s sportscars, esp. from Japan!mekk
- yurimon-1
- yurimon2
- wow!microkorg
- technically a motorcycleimbecile
- No.
https://www.youtube.…Longcopylover - Yes.imbecile
- Engine of a motorbike, decals of a plane and drives like a rubber boat.Longcopylover
- Shit, rubber boats are fun actually.Longcopylover
- well its a nice hipster nostalgia reliving the wwII days. more as a styleyurimon
- lol @ rubber boat. that's a great combination of words.sarahfailin
- funky freshutopian
- pretty coolinstrmntl
- yupmoldero
- microkorg0
Never been that big on Porsches but earlier this week I learned of the 356 model and this one is probably one of the best out there ... an FIA specification model!
This isn't just "Car of the Day"!
=== FOR SALE ===
1953 Porsche 356
FIA-spec pre-A
A fast road/race FIA-spec 1953 Porsche 356 pre-A fully restored by Roger Bray and team with a fresh engine and gearbox by Andy Prill and colleagues. Initially supplied by Sonauto, the car came to the UK from long-term ownership in the US five years ago. It has been painted in its original fish silver-grey and fitted with aluminium bonnet and boot lids. It has an overhauled steering box, suspension and brakes, with wider GT-type drums on the front, a new loom and electrics and perspex side and rear windows. Inside, there is a half cage, a red works-type steering wheel and a pair of speedster seats with harnesses.
The engine has a billet crank and high compression pistons together with race-spec rods and cam and is fitted with twin double choke Solex carburettors. The gearbox has slightly shorter third and fourth gears and a period-type limited slip differential. The car was completed last summer and, after being displayed at Hedingham Castle, made a faultless racing debut at the Goodwood Revival. More recently it took part in the recreation of the first ever historic sports car race in the UK. It is equally at home on the road and comes with full UK-issued FIA papers and a spares package.
Interested?
https://www.classicdriver.com/en…- oh you wanna do big thangs? Then do big thangs. Check out emory Porsches. http://static.robbre…sofakingback
- http://3.bp.blogspot…sofakingback
- wow!instrmntl
- ^ Holy Moly! Black one is tidy. I do like the colour of the FIA one though.microkorg
- These are Emory Outlaws. Ive been following his work for a long time...
http://www.emorymoto…fooler - My father-in-law owns a mint stock silver '64 356, it's gorgeousprophetone
- Aside form the Emory builds the most interesting one I have seen is owned by Jerry Seinfeld. Its one of the real old school ones, the kind made by hand, its...sofakingback
- unrestored.sofakingback
- 1949 Porsche 356/2
https://www.pca.org/…sofakingback - I'll take anyone of these upsidedown bath tubs, my dream cars, I had a 944 20sum years back, porches are dopemoldero
- you know, you can get a very affordable replica. Looks exactly how you want it and is tons more reliable. I've considered it. drove one around, they're awesomesofakingback
- imbecile1
2017 Acura NSX No. 1 just rolled off the line in Ohio
VIN No. 1 wears Valencia red pearl paint. It is equipped with carbon-ceramic brake rotors, leather and Alcantara trim, and uses carbon fiber for the engine cover, roof, and rear spoiler. Top that off with upgraded wheels, and it has every available option. The NSX is powered by a 3.5-liter twin-turbo V6 that teams with three electric motors for a system output of 573 hp and 476 pound-feet of torque. It has a nine-speed dual-clutch transmission and all-wheel drive.
http://www.autoblog.com/2016/05/…
nice factory video at the link as well
- fooler0
This 911 Rally Car just sold for 250K
- sofakingback-2
Unfortunately the 911 Porsche scene is terribly played out right now. Every hipster and tasteless dude wants one.
Prices for these are just ridiculous. Magnus and outlets like Petrolicous made them super mainstream at the moment.
You snag a 1989 3.2 911 fairly cheap a couple years back, now they're in the $25-35k range.
Car prices are out of control in general. Bubble needs to burst and we need to save our pennies for when it does!
- 911s are for people that really don't know what they're doing.Muncher
- They're nice and all, but a bit of a default classic.Muncher
- Huh? You do realize they've been around for over 50 years, right? Maybe you just found them. The exotic car bubble was 89-2000-ish. It burst long ago.formed
- yeah, i've seen prices go up for even junky classic cars. hipsters are driving prices up for vintage stuffs all over.yurimon
- Im gonna slightly disagree with you. Prices when up for certain classics a while a go, like they do in most markets and dropped...sofakingback
- Currently and for the past couple of years the prices when through the roof. Try to get your hands on a Alfa GTV 2000, a BMW 2002, Porsche 911, etc. Prices aresofakingback
- Insanely high. Even for full resto shells. Now you said exotics, maybe you know a higher end market than I do, I don't know much about cars over $100k...sofakingback
- But the guys that I know, that sell, buy, and restore classic cars are all saying the same thing. They are starting to have trouble unloading some of the stock.sofakingback
- Prices went too high. So here in Cali / San Diego theres a huge market for classic euros. Not bought by americas, but by germans and other EU buyers...sofakingback
- Everything they can get their hands on. They fly out for a month and travel Socal buying all the euro gray market or decent US cars they can find.sofakingback
- My buddy sells, 5-7 Mercedes at a time. Now, its dead. they're cooling on it. Then theres US buyers, but most those guys are just getting phased out...sofakingback
- So anyway, prices hit peak right now. Its gonna hit the fan. Prices will drop. its fine. Classic Porsche's are in the same boat...sofakingback
- But like Muncher said, theres a ton of dip-shit who have zero clue what a porsche is and they're trying to buy anything. Then they fix it up to look like MW.sofakingback
- I love the Porsche and want a 911t someday, but right now is the worst time EVER to consider that car. its the fixie of the car world right now.sofakingback
- I love Porsche tho, one of the, if not the best car of all time. Im lucky to own a GTV 2000, got it at a decent price and the prices now are pretty out there.sofakingback
- Note: Im talking Euro Cars. Get ready for US muscle car mania in a couple years. Those are gonna be HAWT once those older folks pass. And they go on the marketsofakingback
- Yeah, we are talking different markets, different times, I am thinking of days when they madeformed
- one off Cobras that cost well over a million, just because they could sell themformed
