kashmeister
Well-Known Member
So, some of you may know...
I'm 16, and when summer started I had like $7k saved up and I wanted a car. I went to tons of dealer auctions and almost got a car each time. I was looking for something stick, fun, and good looking.
I didn't find anything. All the Japanese cars were expensive because of the earthquake and gas prices. Few cars were manual, and they looked trash. I bid on some mini coopers, civics, 6ga
D), rsx, etc. but no luck at a sick win.
I gave up and hit up craigslist, looking for cars i liked. I really wanted to get an old 325is (84-91), but all the old cars around chicago are rust buckets. One of them I saw had a fking crown royal shift boot. I was like WTF man, you wanna get **** when you get pulled over??? Some needed headgaskets, some needed engines, etc. I began expanding my search to a newer crappier cars. I found high mileage BMWs but they were all around the 10k point.
I test drove an old 7 series at the auction and I wanted to see what they went for on CL. Same thing, around 10k for the good ones. I narrowed it down to 740s because I didn't want the trouble of the v12 750.
I did a quick search one day, I found a Titanium Silver BMW 740iL with Sport Package in CLEAN condition for 7800$. I went to see it, test drove it, and came back at night and gave the guy $6360.
Since then... I found out a lot of things:
-Disconnecting the battery bricks the Radio/NAV ECU
-The car's security freaked out...had to get cluster changed for $460 AFTER a 50% BMWNA discount
-Someone installed concealed radars (K40) at one point
-The electornic shocks ($1500 each) were replaced with normal ones
-Needs suspension work
-Needs brake work
-Tires are dry rotted
-Has a minor vacuum leak
-All fluids should probably get changed
I should've got a japanese car... I mean I expected problems and more complicated repairs, but not stuff this retarded haha
I don't wanna be a dick you you guys, sorry I left the Honda family. I will be back later on in my life. Honda's are awesome.
Don't buy a German car. Seriously. I had more fun with the accord.
Oh and about the accord: I got rear ended a few days ago. We'll see what were gonna do with it. My phone flew and hit the windshield and cracked in half. I'm going to report that too, my phone was one of those nice android ones.
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I'm 16, and when summer started I had like $7k saved up and I wanted a car. I went to tons of dealer auctions and almost got a car each time. I was looking for something stick, fun, and good looking.
I didn't find anything. All the Japanese cars were expensive because of the earthquake and gas prices. Few cars were manual, and they looked trash. I bid on some mini coopers, civics, 6ga
D), rsx, etc. but no luck at a sick win.I gave up and hit up craigslist, looking for cars i liked. I really wanted to get an old 325is (84-91), but all the old cars around chicago are rust buckets. One of them I saw had a fking crown royal shift boot. I was like WTF man, you wanna get **** when you get pulled over??? Some needed headgaskets, some needed engines, etc. I began expanding my search to a newer crappier cars. I found high mileage BMWs but they were all around the 10k point.
I test drove an old 7 series at the auction and I wanted to see what they went for on CL. Same thing, around 10k for the good ones. I narrowed it down to 740s because I didn't want the trouble of the v12 750.
I did a quick search one day, I found a Titanium Silver BMW 740iL with Sport Package in CLEAN condition for 7800$. I went to see it, test drove it, and came back at night and gave the guy $6360.
Since then... I found out a lot of things:
-Disconnecting the battery bricks the Radio/NAV ECU
-The car's security freaked out...had to get cluster changed for $460 AFTER a 50% BMWNA discount
-Someone installed concealed radars (K40) at one point
-The electornic shocks ($1500 each) were replaced with normal ones
-Needs suspension work
-Needs brake work
-Tires are dry rotted
-Has a minor vacuum leak
-All fluids should probably get changed
I should've got a japanese car... I mean I expected problems and more complicated repairs, but not stuff this retarded haha
I don't wanna be a dick you you guys, sorry I left the Honda family. I will be back later on in my life. Honda's are awesome.
Don't buy a German car. Seriously. I had more fun with the accord.
Oh and about the accord: I got rear ended a few days ago. We'll see what were gonna do with it. My phone flew and hit the windshield and cracked in half. I'm going to report that too, my phone was one of those nice android ones.
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