How is no one else seeing the rust on this thing? It’s anything but “solid” IMO
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How is no one seeing the rust on this thing? It’s been hastily spray painted over, but there is strong evidence to suspect that you’re going to be dealing with rotten brake lines, etc on this thing. A truly clean rust free one of these with 127k for $1950? Sure I’d pay that in this market. But not for a rust…
When has anyone considered the 4cyl engines in these “smooth?” lol
Largely agree on your other points. This one is a CP though, look closer at all that rust that was hastily spray-painted over.
Did yours have as much hastily-painted over rust patches as this one? I guarantee this thing will need brake lines and other corrosion related stuff.
Seriously. Pre-COVID, I test drove a new-gen Ram 1500 Tradesman crew cab 4wd, Hemi, Offroad package, 3.92 gears. I think they were asking $41k for it. Out of state with some more incentives, closer to 34-35k. Tremendously more, better driving, more fun truck for the money IMO. These Hyundais are just plain weird.
Overrated IMO. Chain tensioner chewer. The 5vz V6 and UZ V8s are Toyota’s best gas engines. half a million and million mile motors, respectively.
While everyone jerks off to 22REs, I’ll argue the old Ford Lima 2.3 is just as tough.
IMO they’re still peppy to this day. 3000lb-ish curb weight and a compact body, with a smooth and torquey inline 6, just a great combo
I’m torn on the Jeep 4.0L. For every one that was thrashed to 200k+, there’s ones with 0psi oil pressure at hot idle, or ones with cracked heads when the crappy cooling system couldn’t keep up. Overall I’m still a fan, but I think people talk them up a bit too much.
Lmao!
“that it let me get my first apartment on my own at 25, buy a house at 28 and 3 other cars since.”
I did all of this without having to finance two cars to build credit. Apt at 23, house at 26. Just a small $5k loan on a $15k car paid off in less than a year at 22 and a credit card that I kept at a zero balance.
Cope.
As a budding car-guy, I WISH my parents encouraged me to go off and find my own ride, I would have had a lot of fun with it. As it was I shared an old automatic Civic with my mom that I took good care of (did my own maintenance, repaired rust on it, etc).
Granted this was 4 years ago now, but I bought a ‘97 XLT (RWD, 5spd, reg cab, 4cyl) with 126k miles for $1700 that looked okay but was rustier than it let on underneath. Still a solid driver, I sold it for $2500. Then I bought a ‘94, same spec except a 7ft bed, 106k miles this time, for $2000. Drove it all summer…
OG Escapes had one of the most failure-prone automatic transmissions ever, the C4DE
The interior quality of a 92-96 Camry really does feel like luxury within the context of how cost-cut most new mainstream sedans are.
5'11" I find the 1st gen Fit seats excruciating for long drives, particularly without cruise control. There is zero thigh support and the gas pedal is awkwardly located relative to the seat where your leg is in constant tension on the highway. It’s also a tin can with a pretty marginal ride, then again it’s all…
On a relative scale, Wally-World Douglas all seasons aren’t bad at all.
The OG VQ30 is the best of the bunch IMO. Smattering of sensor issues and coils go bad, but nothing difficult or expensive to solve. I always hear a poor abused to death Maxima running on 3-4 cylinders in the hood.
“I paid her about $2500 (pre-Covid fair market value), with 110K miles.”
I’d say you got that CRV for half it’s real pre-covid market value