Looking for a new daily

RodneyWright · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2012 4:40 pm

Marty Howard wrote:

Looked at a speed3 on Friday. It was okay.

I like the mazda 3's. What didn't you like about it? What about a 4 door VW Golf? Gave one to my son Drew, very fun car to toss about.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:19 pm

BMW 3 series 4 door older model. Or 2.5rs like what Kevin Allen had, 2 doors four seats.. AWD traction.

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:35 pm

A $7000 MS3? I think someone raised their price ceiling.

JamesShort · **Posted:** Sun Jul 01, 2012 8:38 pm

Steve, nah....just means it burns 2 qts of oil every gas fill up instead of just 1

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Marty Howard · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:38 am

Just took a look because it was there. More than I am looking to spend. As for the VW, see my comment earlier about them.

We are on vacation now so I'll pick up the search next week.

Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 5:28 pm

i like mazdaspeed 3.. fast as can be. nasty, the vw gti can also be fun.. i still say a older model bmw is the way to go.

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:04 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Steve, nah....just means it burns 2 qts of oil every gas fill up instead of just 1

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after recently pricing synthetic oils, that is not a small sum with which to contend....

JamesShort · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 7:26 pm

Steven Carter wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

Steve, nah....just means it burns 2 qts of oil every gas fill up instead of just 1

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after recently pricing synthetic oils, that is not a small sum with which to contend....

I wouldn't run synthetic in an MS3. You burn through oil so fast that you'd be burning money running synthetic

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Pete Guthrie · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:43 pm

found elsewhere on another section of the forums.

A friend of mine is selling the following car, let me know if you want to look at the car. Email me at sspampi@yahoo.com

1998 Audi A4 2.8 Quattro 4 door sedan
Pearl Paint (good for age)
Cream Leather & Dark Blue Interior (great for age)
5 Speed Tiptronic Automatic (Tiptronic still works great)
Fog Lights, Heated Dual Front Seats, 6 Disc changer, Power everything, Sunroof
182K miles (75/25 highway & city)
All Maintenance Records since 2001
Only known issues are: tape player doesn’t work, small (repaired) chip in windshield, central electronic display is slowly dying, CC is finicky & Gas gauge is not accurate (gets about 315 miles to a tank)
I am 3rd owner; Parents bought it in 2000 from CarMax in Raleigh
$4500 obo

_________________
Steven Spampinato
Scuderia Meatball-Honda
2006 Civic SI Coupe
GS-247

Been auto-crossing on and OFF for a while now, yet I find myself driving more OFF than ON.

JohnByers · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 8:44 pm

JamesShort wrote:

Steven Carter wrote:

JamesShort wrote:

Steve, nah....just means it burns 2 qts of oil every gas fill up instead of just 1

.

after recently pricing synthetic oils, that is not a small sum with which to contend....

I wouldn't run synthetic in an MS3. You burn through oil so fast that you'd be burning money running synthetic

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Same logic applies for what oil to run in the RX8. Not to mention that whole debate of how well synthetics burn in that whole process anyways...

Steven Carter · **Posted:** Mon Jul 02, 2012 9:46 pm

Holy miscommunication, Batman :shock:

I was just talking about how oil is expensive in general. The synthetic comment is relevant only because I use it in the S2k and Subaru.

Carry on with the tribology offtopic nature of the discussion, however. It is a very interesting subject!

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 6:27 pm

While I haven’t put too much effort into looking, the few I have looked at have been disappointing.

They fell into these categories:
Too Small (having a couple of tall teenagers kind of kills that)
Made of gold according to their owners
Trashed
Boring

So I am thinking about changing my tactic a bit. I might be going older for something unique or at least interesting. I know that getting a Camry or an Accord is probably the most sensible approach, but this is a 5th car so I can afford to be a little more risky. I would like to have a little more luxury or sport than what those have to offer. I just don’t want to spend a small fortune to keep it up, or have it broken all the time since that defeats the original purpose. Suggestions?

I did find a high mileage G35 I liked, but it was more than I have budgeted.

Jason Mauldin · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 7:54 pm

How much is a GTO these days?

Marty Howard · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:08 pm

Jason Mauldin wrote:

How much is a GTO these days?

More than $7k

steve remchak · **Posted:** Fri Jul 13, 2012 8:43 pm

2009 / 2010 X5 4.8i, conversation ended.

well, except for the "meets none of my original parameters"

see Marty i used to DD a F350 crew LB.

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