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listen, i'm a progressive guy and i don't mind women, if i have to become a lesbian then so be it
i'm possibly going to get my first car soonish
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Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Even here, the bigger the truck, the shorter/scrawnier the guy driving it. Some exceptions, of course. Also I'm drunk.
Krilons Resa
Jerry's married?!
Isn't it like 12 Noon over there? lol
I just got home and cracked my first beer of the weekend.
I just got home and cracked my first beer of the weekend.
How else am I supposed to get through 3+ meetings on a Friday lol
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So here's the thing about the Big Truck / Small Penis thing.
I once drove a big truck. Some giant Toyota thing. Total brodozer. I was 19. It was ridiculous. It did not do any better offroad, in fact honestly it was worse, so I went back to regular sized Toyotas/Jeeps/Whatever after a few years.
However, it was an absolute chick MAGNET. The number of times that women would run up to me, and the following conversation was always the same:
"OMG I LOVE YOUR TRUCK, CAN I DRIVE IT?!"
"Can you drive stick?"
"Yep!"
"Climb aboard."
One girlfriend back then was completely anti-macho anything, and when she first saw this monstrosity, she mocked me mercilessly. And then, of course: "...can I drive it?"
There were more than a few naked women in that truck at some point. Guess how many naked women have been in my two Subaru Wagons? Zero. Zilch. Nope. Narp.
Also, I totally have a small penis.
I once drove a big truck. Some giant Toyota thing. Total brodozer. I was 19. It was ridiculous. It did not do any better offroad, in fact honestly it was worse, so I went back to regular sized Toyotas/Jeeps/Whatever after a few years.
However, it was an absolute chick MAGNET. The number of times that women would run up to me, and the following conversation was always the same:
"OMG I LOVE YOUR TRUCK, CAN I DRIVE IT?!"
"Can you drive stick?"
"Yep!"
"Climb aboard."
One girlfriend back then was completely anti-macho anything, and when she first saw this monstrosity, she mocked me mercilessly. And then, of course: "...can I drive it?"
There were more than a few naked women in that truck at some point. Guess how many naked women have been in my two Subaru Wagons? Zero. Zilch. Nope. Narp.
Also, I totally have a small penis.
J.
Old Fart
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What A Horrible Night To Have A Curse
A few things:
1. This thread is hilarious with a beer. Does that count as drinking and driving? Don't arrest me for having a good time.
B.
III.
So I just watched an old X-file right now and halfway through I thought "oh neat, there's a Jeep at the end, I remember now!" It's an old CJ-7 and as it pulls up into frame during the climax it makes the EXACT same sound I've been trying to hunt down. Must be normal, fuckit!
v.
= same ol' shit
1. This thread is hilarious with a beer. Does that count as drinking and driving? Don't arrest me for having a good time.
B.
Dude we TOTALLY have this car in America, Fiat 500, right? I saw them all the time when brand new but never since, so I assumed that they all biodegraded within the first three years. The Abarth version was kind of awesome.
III.
I've had a weird noise in the Jeep for about 2 years now, which I tried to track down for awhile, but eventually gave up and thought "must be these old mud tires" because I couldn't figure out anything else. So anyhow I have new tires now, and these all terrains are whisper quiet, but that other odd noise is still there. Doing some tests I've at least narrowed it down to the transmission as the source.
So I just watched an old X-file right now and halfway through I thought "oh neat, there's a Jeep at the end, I remember now!" It's an old CJ-7 and as it pulls up into frame during the climax it makes the EXACT same sound I've been trying to hunt down. Must be normal, fuckit!
v.
= same ol' shit
Reign in Acai
Of Elephant and Man
We are not inundated with micro peen pick ups in the favela of my dismay. What tires patch the cracked and crevassed roads of Mierda Norte scream of an entirely different echo of inadequacy. The afore dissonance of the Prius has been replaced by an Elonian dode slarving of the EV variety.
Ellestin
one-click buy
Fiat is pretty cool in terms of against the tide designs, I was loking into a 4x4 Panda before buying the Micra. Still on the lookout for a deal on one of them Abbaths.
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i know these are not the 4x4 pandas you mean but the old ones are fuckin badass
i would hella drive one of these all the time if i had one in good condition and if i had a personal mechanic who fixed it for free when it inevitably broke down in new creative ways every week
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^^^ I'm tellin' ya, fuck reliability. Shit falling apart is just part of the adventure. It's all a lie anyhow. My most unreliable car ever was an '80s Toyota. The same one they blew up on Top Gear and it still ran. Yeah well mine couldn't even make it across town without SHITTING ITSELF so there.
Anyhow I repaired a car with a bottle of Coke today. Stupid battery corrosion. And now I'm ready for a road trip to HELL.
Anyhow I repaired a car with a bottle of Coke today. Stupid battery corrosion. And now I'm ready for a road trip to HELL.
NAD
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Land Rover proverb from the ancient African explorers of 19-diggity-2:
"When your vehicle leaks, all is normal. When no leak greets you in the morning, that is time to worry. For something is empty."
"When your vehicle leaks, all is normal. When no leak greets you in the morning, that is time to worry. For something is empty."
MFJ
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So I ended up leasing another Nissan. I wasn't really expecting to go that route, but I somehow managed to squeeze a great deal out of the fuckers at the dealership. They've clearly been hurting for sales over the last year so I'm sure that gave me a little bit of an edge. It was a pretty quick in/out process, HOWEVER:
When I got to to the finance desk, they first tried to sell me a warranty which already came standard with a brand new, leased vehicle. I called them out on it and they immediately dropped it and went on to the next subject. The next subject was going over the dealer/lease fees which are mostly unavoidable. I've leased a few vehicles during my life and this is a standard procedure, they show you the charges (which are already a part of your payment) and then you sign off on it. After explaining the charges, this time they asked me "Okay so do you want to pay these up front or roll them into your payment?". I basically said "what the fuck are you trying to do here" and declared that I've never been asked to pay these up front and that the negotiated payment always included this stuff. They came back with some nonsense like "Oh wow, that's crazy. Unfortunately SOMEONE has to pay these fees, so I don't think we'll be complete this transaction if you aren't willing to pay them". I said no problem, thanks and see you later. Sure enough, it was my "lucky day" and they completely waived the $2400 charge.
About a week later, I got my liability statement for the older lease which I had traded in. The statement listed a $0 liability for everything: wear and tear, disposition fees, remaining payments, mileage, early termination fees, etc. At the bottom, it had an extra line: "Unsatisfied obligations - $1255.00". So after 5 calls directly to Nissan, I finally got someone on the phone who took care of it. You guessed it, they waived the charge. No one could even BEGIN to explain what the charge was for. They had absolutely no idea. So by the end of this, I had dodged nearly $4000 in totally trivial charges from both the dealership AND the corporate office. This shit isn't for the faint of heart. I think this will be my last transaction with any auto dealership whatsoever.
When I got to to the finance desk, they first tried to sell me a warranty which already came standard with a brand new, leased vehicle. I called them out on it and they immediately dropped it and went on to the next subject. The next subject was going over the dealer/lease fees which are mostly unavoidable. I've leased a few vehicles during my life and this is a standard procedure, they show you the charges (which are already a part of your payment) and then you sign off on it. After explaining the charges, this time they asked me "Okay so do you want to pay these up front or roll them into your payment?". I basically said "what the fuck are you trying to do here" and declared that I've never been asked to pay these up front and that the negotiated payment always included this stuff. They came back with some nonsense like "Oh wow, that's crazy. Unfortunately SOMEONE has to pay these fees, so I don't think we'll be complete this transaction if you aren't willing to pay them". I said no problem, thanks and see you later. Sure enough, it was my "lucky day" and they completely waived the $2400 charge.
About a week later, I got my liability statement for the older lease which I had traded in. The statement listed a $0 liability for everything: wear and tear, disposition fees, remaining payments, mileage, early termination fees, etc. At the bottom, it had an extra line: "Unsatisfied obligations - $1255.00". So after 5 calls directly to Nissan, I finally got someone on the phone who took care of it. You guessed it, they waived the charge. No one could even BEGIN to explain what the charge was for. They had absolutely no idea. So by the end of this, I had dodged nearly $4000 in totally trivial charges from both the dealership AND the corporate office. This shit isn't for the faint of heart. I think this will be my last transaction with any auto dealership whatsoever.
NAD
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Yeah as someone that has purchased several new cars... I doubt I ever will again. The finance department becomes the last line of defense to screw the customer out of whatever deal they worked out on the sales floor. And now brand new cars are so absurdly expensive, so fuck it all.
But what car did you get?!?!?! The best thing about Nissan is that their ex-CEO literally shipped himself inside a Yamaha road case across the world to escape being arrested in Japan. Yamaha later had to release a statement requesting "please don't ship yourself in our cases."
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/carlos-ghosn-escape-yamaha-musical-instrument-cases/
But what car did you get?!?!?! The best thing about Nissan is that their ex-CEO literally shipped himself inside a Yamaha road case across the world to escape being arrested in Japan. Yamaha later had to release a statement requesting "please don't ship yourself in our cases."
https://www.cnet.com/roadshow/news/carlos-ghosn-escape-yamaha-musical-instrument-cases/
MFJ
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I got a 2020 Sentra, which sounds lame but is actually pretty solid. They had a major redesign for last year so that the only similarity between the old shitty models is the name. Apparently they're getting rid of the Maxima, and using the Altima to take its place. The Sentra is now taking the place of the Altima, which is why they look almost identical now. I'm sure there will be times when I miss AWD, but my wife has a 4WD Mitsubishi and we work for the same company (can commute together in the poor weather). I think that's all we need for now. This car is WAY cheaper than the Rogue and is considerably more fun to drive.
Mine is black, but:
Mine is black, but:
NAD
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Bump for dorian, tell me tales about your Mustang burnouts in the rolling hills of Tennessee! Do you sing Vanilla Ice when you do that shit?
Rollin'
In my 5.0
With the ragtop down so my hair can flow
I've been debt free for too long so I keep iShopping for a new car that is entirely unnecessary but would probably fun for the first 17 payments or so.
Huge car, 2 door, V8, manual transmission, no other options, not a bad price for some Canadian built American bullshit.
But because I quite enjoy being debt free, instead what I got was this:
Not a bad price for some Danish built American bullshit.
Rollin'
In my 5.0
With the ragtop down so my hair can flow
I've been debt free for too long so I keep iShopping for a new car that is entirely unnecessary but would probably fun for the first 17 payments or so.
Huge car, 2 door, V8, manual transmission, no other options, not a bad price for some Canadian built American bullshit.
But because I quite enjoy being debt free, instead what I got was this:
Not a bad price for some Danish built American bullshit.
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