Need NC Pictures and a new car
 

Alright guys lets put our noggins together and find Loki a nice car. My 1997 Camry was flooded in a nasty downpour we had and the damage is beyond repairable. I am working with insurance to get a check and the car (then fix and sell to carmax or some shit)

But i need a car, ideally under 20k that i wouldnt be too embarrassed to drive up to a jobsite with a bunch of union jerkoffs or to a engineers office and not look like a 24 year old newb.

I really like a NC with a HT (not retractable) black and lowered. What do you guys think? Any other ideas? Other ones floating around are used avalon - so comfortable. Or a mazda3. I am staying with mazda toyota or honda (maybe nissan/hundai) Something preferably not older than 4 years.

I actually just found this picture:

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/183/4...de83c07e_o.jpg

Still can't decide if I like the red or not, but the car is on point otherwise...

I like the NC tremendously the more I get to drive/ride in one.

I've seen some great deals on New Speed3s.

Yeap, thats the only NC i would ever drive.

Avalon. Big comfy couch on wheels.

depends on what you want....do you want a "couch on wheels" camry replacement, or do you want something closer to a miata? both can achieve the same goal of not looking like a dumbass newb. miata nc is nice, so is a 04-05 s2000 which can be found for about 23-24... as far as couch on wheels, lexus es, is, avalon, camry, all can be had used with low mileage for your price range...I notice (and love) the iJew avatar, and somehow think you will find a good deal ;)

Allow me to clear things up a little. Ahem.... there is nothing more assured in this mad world than one fact... engineers love Volvo's. Your new car:
http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/534...5customhc6.jpg

http://img.motorpasion.com/galleries..._hermes-07.jpg
or an ms3

Um, is that a Ferrari emblem on the front of that Volvo?

If it's what I think it is, it's the "prancing moose"

http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2335/...247575624b.jpg
http://www.speedparts.se/php/gallery...g2_itemId=3685

prancing moose
:bowrofl:

and I am kind of curious why engineers love volvo's...seriously

Come to think of it, my dad's an ME, and he once leased two Volvos back-to-back; an 850R and a V70 T5R. So I guess it's true.

http://www.evolvecars.com/albums/alb...50_b.sized.jpg

Or this.. For sure..

http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...1_242_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...1_241_full.jpg
http://memimage.cardomain.com/member...1_239_full.jpg

Dude is like 25, did all the work himself. Fucking Incredible.

Those fucking manifolds on that lsx are sicktardedly cool.

Volvette! shes a hottie. Big fan of volvos.

Seriously Loki, I wouldn't drive anything modded to a job site that wasn't a jacked-up pick up or a nasty sounding muscle car. I assume you won't drive either. And don't drive a "comfy couch on wheels" to a job site either...softie. And if it were me, I wouldn't be driving an "Asian shit-box" to a jobsite, either.

Just my experiences with job sites... ;)

Depends on what type of "job site" and what you're doing on the site. When I was working in commercial general contracting, I wouldn't drive anything other than my busted to hell jacked up, 4wd nissan pick up. Partially because I didn't want to get stuck, didn't want to get the miata muddy, and of course you get the "old timers" that give you shit over driving an import if you drive a "sport compact" (yet a NISSAN truck is fine...?) But if you're a higher up PM or something of the sort then you are almost expected to show up in a nice clean luxury type car/truck.

I deal with PMs 50% and consulting engineers 50%. I want something that i can have fun with park in the city without going ape-shit every time someone comes near it. I am really thinking NC, part of me is just worried about it in the snow. But i guess thats what winter tires are fore.

Just get two cars. That's what I did.

holy fucking god :bowdown:
http://www.speedparts.se/php/gallery...g2_itemId=3685

I need to find a manual trans for my outback wagon, get a turbo for it, and pull my green car to the track on an aluminum trailer.

Thats basically what i would want mine to look like, except for the red rims. Probably some gunmetal rims or something.

I drive a 2000 Mazda Protege to Union Job sites all the time, and I'm not a Union worker.. Of course, I'm contracted BY unions for IT work... :jerkit:



Off hand, do you know if a 1995 Impreza AWD Trans would work? If so, I know where one is and it won't be expensive either..

Are you kidding? Do you realize how long he's been working to get his miata boosted? How long do you think it would be before he got started on another project car?

I am the guy telling them what they did wrong and how they have to fix it. I am half their age - They hate me.

I need the diff and the controller too. Its going to be a fucking bitch unless I just put another auto trans in. I need to just sell that fucker and get a white ms3...but that takes money.

Shit. Diff went to the junk yard, the engine and entire car harness went to another guy already. I vote +1 on MS3.

Well in that case, get something expensive and Flashy. If they hate you, fuck em... then fuck WITH them.. ;)

Even much as I'd rather kill myself than drive a Honda... NSX's are getting affordable now.

http://www.dcr62.net/Car%20Pics/Lambo%20Orange%20M3.jpg
The Elise is a very affordable roadsteresk type car:
http://image.motortrend.com/f/922472...nt_profile.jpg
The NEW 335i is SICK!!
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2019/...611ee655_b.jpg

he e30m3 is one of those cars that should no be touched. I should also note that its not a car I could own for this reason.

but the parts for them are stupid expensive. clutch and flywheel will run 3grand, $800 for a starter, window regulators are $600, hell stock front pads are $200.

:giggle: I'm waiting for my friend to figure that out. He sold his Mr2 and S2k to buy it, and probably spent way too much $$ on it..

They sound pretty good, but its just not my thing.

I was at a dealer last night and the word is that the cars are no longer available with a removable hard top.

That's gotta be the gayest thing Mazda has done with the NC's yet. I'm sure you can find one with <10K mile son it with a removable HT for a good price if that's what you're set on though.

Loki: Curious, whats wrong with the power hard top NC model? I'd just assume have that on any car if it didn't add 1000 pounds to it, which my understanding is it didn't.. No soft top to slash or get otherwise damaged.

I dont like the way the retractable top looks. I want the removable for the winter and soft for the summer. Or probably removable for most of it except weekends.

But i havent yet :( thats the hard part.

That volvo is amazing...!

Just drove an 06 325i. Man that was fun, i think thats in the lead now.

if you liked the 325, you should definitely test drive the 335i/135i....the 6cyl tt engines are ridiculous