25K for a utility vehicle.
09-07-2005, 03:23 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigdog6060
You could get a sabb 9-2x aero fully loaded for like 23, it has the same engine and drive train as a subaru wrx.
There is always the legacy wagon, or if you want crazy, the baja(not my cup o' tea). While we're on Subaru, the forester runs about 21 starting I think. I'll come back later and give you some more ideas. I need to go eat.
09-07-2005, 03:25 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
Any ideas, wagon, SUV, or crew cab pickup? I'm not super familiar with this market segment, so I call upon your services. 
how much utility? i think toyota tacoma crew cabs are pretty nice, well under 25k i think.
also, you could by a Scion XB and mod it and still have enough money to go on a shopping spree at home depot
the audi a3 also starts around 25K base.
has 200HP 2.0T engine
09-07-2005, 03:25 PM
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RX8 and a Truk....
We purchased a 2002 F150 4x4 for my wife for less than $25k...Super-smooth and torquey motor...very comfortable heated leather seats...etc...15mpg isn't great...but it works VERY well to haul a mix of people (the 4 in our family, plus two others in a pinch) and a couple yards of top soil/bark/whatever at a time.
09-07-2005, 03:27 PM
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Originally Posted by Aoshi Shinomori
Hehe, I think he wants something that can carry other large things, like say, a go cart :p
There is always the legacy wagon, or if you want crazy, the baja(not my cup o' tea). While we're on Subaru, the forester runs about 21 starting I think. I'll come back later and give you some more ideas. I need to go eat.
There is always the legacy wagon, or if you want crazy, the baja(not my cup o' tea). While we're on Subaru, the forester runs about 21 starting I think. I'll come back later and give you some more ideas. I need to go eat.
Oh it is a wagon, not a big one but still a wagon.
http://www.saabusa.com/saabjsp/92x/index.jsp
09-07-2005, 03:32 PM
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Originally Posted by Bigdog6060
09-07-2005, 03:32 PM
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Okay, maybe a wagon is going to be too small. Unless it's a big *** wagon. Those 92x are pretty sweet though. I'm looking for a sheet of ply wood or 8ft lengths of pipe type of utility. Would be nice to tow 5000 lbs or so, but not necessary.
Keep 'em coming! :D
Keep 'em coming! :D
09-07-2005, 03:46 PM
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RX8 and a Truk....
Can't get a 1/2 Ton Ford w/ a diesel or I would have chosen diesel too! Fwiw I think my truck can tow 7K lbs.
One HUGE benefit to big V8? Easy HP. Intake/chip-reprogrammer/Exhaust on my wife's 5.4L = ~50hp.
On a turbo diesel? geesh...get a 'chip/reprogrammer' and see 80hp and 100lbs ft increases.
Fwiw I think my truck can tow 7K lbs. One HUGE benefit to big V8? Easy HP. Intake/chip-reprogrammer/Exhaust on my wife's 5.4L = ~50hp.
On a turbo diesel? geesh...get a 'chip/reprogrammer' and see 80hp and 100lbs ft increases.
09-07-2005, 03:55 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
15 mpg on that thing eh? Guess it's no worse than the 8 would be.
09-07-2005, 04:03 PM
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Originally Posted by BlueEyes
15 mpg on that thing eh? Guess it's no worse than the 8 would be.
Only downside is it is probably pushing something like 40k. I'm gonna go lok that up.Edit: well it's not out yet so I have no idea what the cost will be, but I assume 45-50k.
09-07-2005, 04:04 PM
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I don't know. I'm thinking about it. Everyone is pretty serious about doing this racing team thing. We are going to need some capital so I thought I would divert some car funds towards that depending on how much we figure we need. We don't really have access to a truck any more, and I always planned on getting one. I was just going to get a car first. Probably won't be a new 8 if I get one now. Who needs a sports car when you have a race car though :D Out of all the people wanting to get in on the race team, I am probably the only one that would ever use a truck outside of the racing stuff.
I don;t know, I just like to know what my options are. Not like the dealers can find me a god damned white GS anyhow
I don;t know, I just like to know what my options are. Not like the dealers can find me a god damned white GS anyhow
09-07-2005, 04:13 PM
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Aye, dealers are jackasses. I was in getting my car serviced the other day and I started casually talking to a salesman about some of their cars and he was throwing me just piles and piles of bullshit stories. Telling me that they were selling out of RX8s all over the place, that he was cruisn down the instestate doing 160 "without even noticing it" and telling me that the car puts 250hp to the ground "because the numbers are at the engine, so the car actually makes more horsepower once it gets to the wheels." You know, pretty much just generally trying to get me to buy from him since he has the best bullshit in town. Then he goes "So, what do you drive?"
He walked back to his desk shortly thereafter.
Anyway, good luck with the decision. If you decide to go to the dark side, don't forget about all the good folks here that drive regular people-sized vehicles.
He walked back to his desk shortly thereafter.
Anyway, good luck with the decision. If you decide to go to the dark side, don't forget about all the good folks here that drive regular people-sized vehicles.
09-07-2005, 04:16 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhawb
Aye, dealers are jackasses. I was in getting my car serviced the other day and I started casually talking to a salesman about some of their cars and he was throwing me just piles and piles of bullshit stories. Telling me that they were selling out of RX8s all over the place, that he was cruisn down the instestate doing 160 "without even noticing it" and telling me that the car puts 250hp to the ground "because the numbers are at the engine, so the car actually makes more horsepower once it gets to the wheels." You know, pretty much just generally trying to get me to buy from him since he has the best bullshit in town. Then he goes "So, what do you drive?"
He walked back to his desk shortly thereafter.
He walked back to his desk shortly thereafter.
09-07-2005, 04:24 PM
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Best part is, we know one of the higher-ups in service (he's a rotorhead) and I was talking to him about 2 minutes earlier and he said that the cars top speed is "140ish." Oh, and I didn't even get into the whole "and suddenly there was a Sheriff plane patroling the interstate." 
That guy was the most absurd liar ever, he just never knew when to stop...well, until I told him I had an RX8 :p
That guy was the most absurd liar ever, he just never knew when to stop...well, until I told him I had an RX8 :p
09-07-2005, 04:31 PM
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Originally Posted by Rhawb
Best part is, we know one of the higher-ups in service (he's a rotorhead) and I was talking to him about 2 minutes earlier and he said that the cars top speed is "140ish." Oh, and I didn't even get into the whole "and suddenly there was a Sheriff plane patroling the interstate." That guy was the most absurd liar ever, he just never knew when to stop...well, until I told him I had an RX8 :p
That guy was the most absurd liar ever, he just never knew when to stop...well, until I told him I had an RX8 :pBlueEyes, are there any other specifications you're looking at, or do you just want a broad variety and skim through the ones you like later?
09-07-2005, 05:42 PM
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ummm, toyota has a wicked accesory site. You can view a 3d model of the truck then add the accesories, rotate around the thing, zoom in. pretty fly!
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