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Just bought my first car!!

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  • M MehreenTahir

    I wasn't exactly planning on buying any car until this morning since I'm still on my learner but fast forward a few hours and I have a Hyundai i30 in my parking. Not even sure if it's considered "perfect" for somebody's first car but who cares. It complements me and I'm just super excited to finally be part of the club :cool:

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    Daniel Pfeffer
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    Good for you. Enjoy!

    Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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    • J jeron1

      Mmmm.... 1. Wife 2. Children 3. House 4. Boat 5. Car ;P

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      Daniel Pfeffer
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      0. Wife (in case of divorce) 1. Spacecraft 2. Yacht 3. Plane 4. House 5. Children 6. Wife (if happily married) 7. Car :)

      Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that is granted, all else follows. -- 6079 Smith W.

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      • M MehreenTahir

        I wasn't exactly planning on buying any car until this morning since I'm still on my learner but fast forward a few hours and I have a Hyundai i30 in my parking. Not even sure if it's considered "perfect" for somebody's first car but who cares. It complements me and I'm just super excited to finally be part of the club :cool:

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        Southmountain
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        congrats! after you got it, you need to take good care of it...

        diligent hands rule....

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        • M MehreenTahir

          I wasn't exactly planning on buying any car until this morning since I'm still on my learner but fast forward a few hours and I have a Hyundai i30 in my parking. Not even sure if it's considered "perfect" for somebody's first car but who cares. It complements me and I'm just super excited to finally be part of the club :cool:

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          Afzaal Ahmad Zeeshan
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          Happy for you! :rose: I also bought an Opel Astra recently and the only goal I had in mind was to just travel and enjoy the roads here... Hope you get your license soon. :)

          The shit I complain about It's like there ain't a cloud in the sky and it's raining out - Eminem ~! Firewall !~

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          • C Craig Robbins

            1971 Plymouth Ruster Duster purchased in 1979 for US $100 ... I paid too much!

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            jmaida
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            In 1968, I bought 1956 Black Chevy convertible with white top. Beautiful car, but a load of trouble as time wore on. First brakes, then front end alignment. Next carburetor. Then transmission. Lost reverse. Drove it for full year with no reverse. Yes, it can be done, until inspection hits you. But that car looked great. Check it on web.

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            • L Lost User

              What do you think of the citroen cactus?

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              Sander Rossel
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              Not great, not too bad... A whole lot better than Multipla and i10 in any case.

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              • R rnbergren

                welcome to the 2nd most expensive thing you will ever have. Hyundai builds reliable and SAFE vehicles. Not a bad choice for your first vehicle.

                To err is human to really elephant it up you need a computer

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                Sander Rossel
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                I'm currently paying more for my car than my house each month X| My house is pretty big, my car is a mid-range (Opel Corsa) and I drive less than 1000 km a month. I hate cars, but unfortunately, I can't do without :sigh:

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                • OriginalGriffO OriginalGriff

                  Mine was a Lancia Beta HPE 2000. Three years old, and already melting away ... :sigh: Nice car when it was running, but a PITA to work on when it wasn't.

                  "I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony "Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt AntiTwitter: @DalekDave is now a follower!

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                  Mine was a Lancia Beta HPE 2000.

                  That’s why it was called a Beta, they hadn’t got around to finishing it 😁

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                    Mine was a Lancia Beta HPE 2000.

                    That’s why it was called a Beta, they hadn’t got around to finishing it 😁

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                    OriginalGriff
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                    They never did get round to finishing them ... they melted in a mild shower of rain ... :sigh:

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                    • Sander RosselS Sander Rossel

                      Nice, congrats! :D I don't much care for cars, but I make an exception for the Hyundai i10 (a friend of mine has one). That must be the ugliest car ever (well, save for the Fiat Multipla), but it's really good and dependable. Somehow, the way the i10 looks really triggers me (even more than the Multipla because the i10 looks like a regular car at first glance while the Multipla looks like a monster right away). The i20 and up look great though :thumbsup:

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                      MehreenTahir
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                      Thanks! I don't care much about the cars either but I at least wanted a car that's not boxey. i30 looks pretty classy and its comfortable and economic. I'm nothing but happy with my choice :)

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                      • R Ravi Bhavnani

                        Congratulations, Mehreen!  Drive it in good health! :rose: /ravi

                        My new year resolution: 2048 x 1536 Home | Articles | My .NET bits | Freeware ravib(at)ravib(dot)com

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                        MehreenTahir
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                        Thanks Ravi! :)

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                        • J jeron1

                          My dad gave me his car, a 1973 Ford Gran Torino station wagon. I could fit at least dozen people in there when going to the drive-in movie theater, it was $5 or $10 per car to get in. I had it while in college, at some point the radiator started leaking, thankfully it was during an almost record cold winter :laugh: and I could drive where I needed to go without the car overheating without a drop of antifreeze. Had to drive with the windows rolled down to keep the frost on the windows minimized. Towards the end of that winter the gas tank sprung a big leak... Got $25 from the auto wreckers, when they came and towed it away.

                          "the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment "Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst "I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle

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                          MehreenTahir
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                          That's some story. :laugh: My dad works in the transport and drives Toyota Hiace 90's models and I'm pretty sure I'll never be able to drive that :-D

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                          • T theoldfool

                            Great, enjoy. The first anything is always memorable. Mine was 13 years old and that was a long, long, long, long time ago. Actually sold it for more than I paid ($75/$125). I am to the left of the pond so the car survived with the help of the Pep Boys. :)

                            >64 Now is not the time to dream and drift, there's work to do and loads to lift.

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                            MehreenTahir
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                            For $75??? :omg:

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                            • M MehreenTahir

                              For $75??? :omg:

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                              theoldfool
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                              Yup. Lot of money in those days. I worked for about $0.65 an hour in an entry level job. Just got my second booster, slept all morning. Mostly just tired.

                              >64 Some days the dragon wins. Suck it up.

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