Sludig
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lol just dumped the Facebook pages since I gave up on getting one and dissent wasn't too convert my order to a 23 for more with less features.
What vehicle do you drive?
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Sludig
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fuck ton of issues that I saw being rushed hencho es Mexico.
if mine had come I was 50/50 on flipping it. shame on paper should have been amazing commuter utility vehicle
Lanx
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top10 safest car all around, not even in its class, of all classes
if it's 2004 and it vibrates that much probably means your engine mounts rotted away
i mean you drove it 9hours home and all you can complain about it is that it shakes from engine mount rot and bare interior and it's slow
heck a few weekends and put some zoom zoom on it
53 ppl already bought this turbo kit, how bad can it be?
do kids need anything more?
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No, it isn't that. It's that I didn't feel safe while driving it on the highway. Maybe I'm just a pussy. Thanks for the safety info you posted, that's helpful. I'll do a little more reading.
Lanx
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i mean, no doubt a new car is gonna give teens a safer ride w/ even more airbags and stuff like backupcams and blindspot monitoring, i mean you sit them in that car and they be like
"wow dad, what is this see dee player?"
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Yeah, there has already been a discussion that there is no way to plug the phone into the stereo...spoiled brats. I blame their mother.
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Denamian
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What ever happened to kids driving a beater for their first car?
That's a safety feature nowadays, but I used to used something like this back in the day.
That's a safety feature nowadays, but I used to used something like this back in the day.
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Burns
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If you are going to go down the safety rabbit hole then you will eventually end up with a Volvo. If you are going to helicopter parent it, and they are injured in an accident, you will feel guilty with anything less.
So, you can tell them to choose the Corolla or one of the ugliest, but safest cars ever made, a Volvo.
As for the phone issue, the aftermarket radios are less than $500 bucks for a good one and you could probably get one with a phone jack for less than $200. I think Toyota is one of the easier aftermarket radio installs, if you want to do it yourself or make your kids learn how to do it. I learned how wires and electrical works from doing my own car stuff; cause my parents weren't going to pay for an after market stereo systems on my $2000 first car.
Also, if it's getting shit gas mileage, then there has to be something wrong, the 2001 Corolla my neighbor had was averaging something like 28 to 30 mpg city driving. The internets say it should get 40 mpg on the highway, which is great for a anything not a hybrid.
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Yeah, I've been looking at the aftermarket radios.
And as for mileage, it gets about 30 on the highway. Should be better. I have a mechanic friend who is going to give it a once over for me. I guess we'll see.
And I don't helicopter pilot. And I think Volvos are not ugly.
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I vaguely remember something about the Corolla having extra support in it's unibody frame that makes the car act like it has a built in roll cage. They knew it wasn't the prettiest car, so they made selling points of extra safety, fuel economy, and price point.top10 safest car all around, not even in its class, of all classes
if it's 2004 and it vibrates that much probably means your engine mounts rotted away
i mean you drove it 9hours home and all you can complain about it is that it shakes from engine mount rot and bare interior and it's slow
heck a few weekends and put some zoom zoom on it
53 ppl already bought this turbo kit, how bad can it be?
do kids need anything more?
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Lanx
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Batmobile raid: San Mateo Co. DA drops criminal charges against Indiana garage owner
The San Mateo County DA said in a statement that he determined after the review that the allegations against the garage owner would be more appropriate for civil court.
tldr fuck nugget cali sheriff raided a garage in indiana b/c his $$$ donor wasn't getting his batmobile b/c he missed a payment and the charges were misappropriating "construction funds"
somehow all these paid off fucks cobbled this against the batmobile guy by using "construction funds" you know for buildings
Axiel
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Subarus eclipsed Volvos sometime after they stopped making those rectangular monstrosities.
Corollas always feel that way, but with 20 year old struts and motor mounts it's going to feel like shit on the expressway. Though that car will probably still be on the road after most of the ones people on this thread are looking at are scrapped.
No street car is really safe in a crash at 70mph, better to teach them how to not crash in the first place. An old car with no illusions of invulnerability could help there, plus cheap to repair.
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Hateyou
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That’s how the Subarus are. When I bought my Impreza in 2012 they talked about how it’s a built in roll cage, it had the only B pillars the jaws of life couldn’t cut through. I asked isn’t that bad if they need to get to someone? He said if the wreck was bad enough that the b pillars had to be cut in that car, there’s no way the person is alive lol
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