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OtterMeanGreen

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I could’ve sworn that was James May at the 4:00 mark. Loved his take on SUV’s though




Loved early 90’s Jeremy Clarkson. I was shocked to hear such high praise towards the Viper from him. One thing I love about that car is the unpredictable nature of it. You never know when it’s going to kill you and there’s a certain kind of exhilaration to that. Similar to the Ferrari F40, which had a similar attribute whenever you winded up those turbos. I’ll take either feeling any day of the week over something like a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which was so predictable that even Captain Slow himself was able to navigate to 259mph. Reaching top speed in a Viper, which wasn’t even close to that high, was too ludicrous of a endeavor that it was hardly ever attempted. This due in part to its ridiculously loud side mounted exhaust & neck snapping torque.

 
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In today's "Rando Car Reviews" I test drive:

Honda Life.
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This Kei car boasts power windows, that you can reach at all 4 doors.Electric mirrors, A/C, and a radio.
what else do you really need?
At 126,000 Kilometers it's still fresh.
Back again with the column shift auto, gear shifts are available. And it has brakes.
Featuring a Honda 3cylinder Zinger, It goes.
The wipers gracefully smear the windows with wiper fluid, which dries after a few minutes.
At night time you can turn the lights on. And beep at bad drivers.
This Honda life gets a 7/10. It's actually fun to drive.
The Kei cars never disappoint.
 
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gomestar

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my sister in law needs a beater city car for $5K.

I suggested the Honda Fit.

any other recs?
 

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I could’ve sworn that was James May at the 4:00 mark. Loved his take on SUV’s though




Loved early 90’s Jeremy Clarkson. I was shocked to hear such high praise towards the Viper from him. One thing I love about that car is the unpredictable nature of it. You never know when it’s going to kill you and there’s a certain kind of exhilaration to that. Similar to the Ferrari F40, which had a similar attribute whenever you winded up those turbos. I’ll take either feeling any day of the week over something like a Bugatti Veyron Super Sport, which was so predictable that even Captain Slow himself was able to navigate to 259mph. Reaching top speed in a Viper, which wasn’t even close to that high, was too ludicrous of a endeavor that it was hardly ever attempted. This due in part to its ridiculously loud side mounted exhaust & neck snapping torque.



I prefer not to die

edit: I think there is a difference of "it's there I can feel it kind exhilaration" vs. OMG I'm going to die.
 

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my sister in law needs a beater city car for $5K.

I suggested the Honda Fit.

any other recs?

End thread. Honda Fit rules

Toyota Corolla CE 2004 if you don’t need the extra space but it’s like saying I don’t like extra cookies.
 

clee1982

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I would have said Scion xB, but a 2 second google seems to tell me they're a lot more than $5k for whatever reason...
 

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yea but xB just looks like it's a box and you can stick all the crap in it, if I want a beater it better be able to carry as well.
 

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it's more "ricer" (the whole Scion is), but if I want a reliable beater with lots of space I see xB being pretty good though it seems to be well over $5k so moot point...
 

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Yeah not sure about it yet... first one I’ve seen in the wild

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The Land Rover dealer is right next to the Porsche dealer here, and I dropped off the 981 for an oil service on Saturday morning. We decided to wait, and so we walked over to a good breakfast place a couple of blocks down. During that walk, we saw three new Defenders. Two of them were on flatbed trucks, which we decided wasn't a very good sign, unless the dealer was trying to keep as many miles off them as possible, perhaps?
 

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