formula 1/car/motorsports thread

Saw a pretty tasty MR2 at the supermarket

in the latest episode of johnny travels half way across the country for a mediocre car show, some Japanese beauties seen in Norfolk

Reggie said:

very nice, i just wish the American car market wasn't absolute dogshit

FD RX-7 goes for around 20-40k here depending on condition, and extremely rare

evos go for 20-50k

trashed FD wit no engine for 12k moment

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It isn't much better here, anything JDM ends up being far more expensive than it should because 'muh japanese cars are so cool and better than euro trash'. People who were in their 20s or 30s or whatever when the RX7 came out and they couldn't afford it can afford one now and after buying it and realising it isn't for them because of it being a flat out sports car, they try and flog it on for the same price they bought it if not more

Johnny B. Goode said:

It isn't much better here, anything JDM ends up being far more expensive than it should because 'muh japanese cars are so cool and better than euro trash'. People who were in their 20s or 30s or whatever when the RX7 came out and they couldn't afford it can afford one now and after buying it and realising it isn't for them because of it being a flat out sports car, they try and flog it on for the same price they bought it if not more

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literally cheaper to import one a top condition one with way less miles straight from the US or probably anywhere else
8000 pounds + 700 odd pounds for shipping

i guess it'd be good to actually get to drive the fucking thing but still thats absurd

Reggie said:

hate to tell you brother, that's got to be a fake listing, or at least a very old listing-

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the listing is originally from a swedish import company's website
so we're either fortunate or you're right

i dont know much about cars

Reggie said:

yeah i just took a gander at the URL beneath the pictures, when you see a car selling for way below market value you gotta scrutinize it a lot

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got to be wary when buying used too, went to a bike shop for a part and they had this beauty of a honda outside

asked them why it was sitting outside (everything they fix is stored inside or behind the shop) and they told me they were waiting on the cops because it turned out the VIN was filed off, meaning it's been stolen by someone (who sold it to the guy who brought it in)

also had someone try to sell me a falcon that was written off so it's not just bikes

'77 East said:

got to be wary when buying used too, went to a bike shop for a part and they had this beauty of a honda outside

asked them why it was sitting outside (everything they fix is stored inside or behind the shop) and they told me they were waiting on the cops because it turned out the VIN was filed off, meaning it's been stolen by someone (who sold it to the guy who brought it in)

also had someone try to sell me a falcon that was written off so it's not just bikes

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Yeah you gotta be careful with used bikes. I only ever buy from dealers on that front because (even though they weren’t in your example) they’re usually more aware of what’s happening and if something’s dodgy. My local Yamaha dealer who I’m good mates with the owner said he had a fair few coming in recently with fake plates or the engine serial not matching the frame serial meaning it’s been nicked or stuck on or whatever. It’s tough with bikes because they’re so easy to nick, but dealers are usually quite thorough with their checks and can tell if something’s fishy

my next bike I’m looking at will probably be a GSXR750 in the MotoGP colours, and my local Suzuki dealer is the one I’m doing my lessons and test with at the end of this month. Should be handy!

2006 Honda Accord

ill b real

sorta been eyeing up early 2000s jeep wranglers lately

found a few absolute specimens for under 15k

problem is that most of them are manual and that really isn't an option for me because of where i live. i mean, it'd be possible, but annoying and it'd limit the speed at which i get my license because i'd have to do it entirely through a school b/c no one i know drives manual actively

it's confusing that so many of them are manual because wranglers started having automatic options in 1994 so the ones from the early 2000s are definitely around in auto form

still, heres some of the ones ive come across

12k


15k


13k

Reggie said:

bro manual is easy
clutch in, change gear, clutch out

hardest part is getting going from a stop, where you ease onto the gas as you let off the clutch, watch a couple YouTube videos.

on the other hand, jeeps are cool, the older ones are a lot smaller on the inside, backseats are shitty, and they're generally uncomfortable. but, cool cars nonetheless with good off-road capability.

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oh no i know manual isn't hard, it's just going to be a pain because of where i live + the fact i'd have to do a lot of training through a school and that's both annoying and expensive

i'd much rather just keep on the lookout for an auto or, hell, even look at a nissan patrol or something like that

patrols are fucking indestructible

Subeh said:

even look at a nissan patrol or something like that

patrols are fucking indestructible

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as someone who's driven and done maintence on one, don't

get yourself a later model cause the GU gen needs wheelbalancing every 20,000 ks or so and the bearings love to fuck up
the thing is a money sink if you buy one that's aged horribly

'77 East said:

as someone who's driven and done maintence on one, don't

get yourself a later model cause the GU gen needs wheelbalancing every 20,000 ks or so and the bearings love to fuck up
the thing is a money sink if you buy one that's aged horribly

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i mean pretty much every car is gonna have its little characteristic shit qualities

if u buy x instead of x ur just trading problems lol

just took the car for it's MOT, the yearly exam to make sure it's roadworthy, it's gonna cost 1200 to fix all the shit that's wrong with it

Johnny B. Goode said:

just took the car for it's MOT, the yearly exam to make sure it's roadworthy, it's gonna cost 1200 to fix all the shit that's wrong with it

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which car is this

nexus said:

which car is this

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the same as this bad boy


if i could, i'd just say fuck it and get a new car now but i literally have a 5 day block of there and backs with only 2 days to source a new one, plius i don't have the money for anything nice

Russell may get a podium by doing nothing lul