Good car(s) for a high schooler in a hick town?
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My Durango blew up in December my sophomore year of college at NDSU. I had to take my Cutlass to my apt. from home for a few weeks until winter break when I could fix it.
I had to pull the battery and let it sit inside my apt and put it back in the car every time I wanted to drive the car because a cammed and carbed 3.8 turbo wouldn't start with a cold battery below 5f. You might be able to get a very well running computer controlled carb 305 with a good starter and battery with all the flaps, diverter valves and stuff to start and run but good luck finding a car that so that stuff still exists on.
A cheap g body for the summer and winter when it's 20 or warmer is fine, but reliable transportation at 0f I wouldn't try. Heck a 94 rusty s10 is boarder line not fun.
I had to pull the battery and let it sit inside my apt and put it back in the car every time I wanted to drive the car because a cammed and carbed 3.8 turbo wouldn't start with a cold battery below 5f. You might be able to get a very well running computer controlled carb 305 with a good starter and battery with all the flaps, diverter valves and stuff to start and run but good luck finding a car that so that stuff still exists on.
A cheap g body for the summer and winter when it's 20 or warmer is fine, but reliable transportation at 0f I wouldn't try. Heck a 94 rusty s10 is boarder line not fun.
I knew someone will say that. My rebuttal is that you're not trying hard enough. As my daughter's ice skate instructor said "If you don't fall, you're not trying". Eventually, you need to find the limits of your vehicle, and sometimes, those limits get exceeded.
Your choice - what ever floats your boat or is the better car.
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that is strange coming from a guy who has gone through more front bumpers than an assembly line.....
Fender (bumper) benders =/= wrecking a car. 😛that is strange coming from a guy who has gone through more front bumpers than an assembly line.....
Plus, both werent my fault. 1st one brakes went out, 2nd dumb *ss kid slammed on the brakes at a green.
I'm going to have to go S10 as well. Mine is only an 80 or so I thought, no auto parts stores carry parts for them. Everything is order and have delivered. You are not going to get too far waiting on parts for a daily driver. The 70 chevelle, forget it. I might as well go in a parts store and tell them I have a space ship.
is there a need for you to show that picture when many of us are dealing with a snowstorm in subzero weather? 😡
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