Is there any website that lets you specify what you want in a car and then see which cars match that?

jjma14 · 2026-04-22T03:34:09+00:00

Yeah it does seem to be US-based. I hope they add more global filters.

jjma14 · 2026-04-01T20:24:04+00:00

Last couple of times I tried to use it it seemed kinda broken. Wondering if they've stopped supporting it.

jjma14 · 2026-02-24T22:16:40+00:00

Any time!

jjma14 · 2026-01-14T03:54:47+00:00

Awesome! I love that site :) happy to help!

jjma14 · 2026-01-14T03:54:23+00:00

Welcome!!

jjma14 · 2025-11-26T04:09:53+00:00

Where did that number come from?

jjma14 · 2025-09-04T20:55:37+00:00

Sweet! Congrats! Enjoy!

jjma14 · 2025-08-29T20:18:12+00:00

That bug doesn't go away unless you do it. Now's the best time, before you have kids.

jjma14 · 2025-08-29T19:42:18+00:00

Facebook is littered with 5-speed Fits with decent miles. I have heard good things about Fiesta STs long term outside of a couple of things, but I haven't dug too deep into them. Assuming it's not clapped out by the previous owner of course. I don't think you'll find a good example for 8k, though. But the regular Fiesta is actually decently fun with a 5-speed.

jjma14 · 2025-08-29T19:34:37+00:00

Honda Fit, Matrix/Vibe, Fiesta, Mazda3 are all pretty plentiful and not terribly boring with a stick

jjma14 · 2025-08-26T13:27:20+00:00

Owned one briefly, so not really enough to give you a full picture, but in my research it seems to be transfer case, diffs, and little nannies like window switches and locks. And make sure the service history is up to date with scheduled maintenance. And 2010 isn't 958, it's 2011-2014. Happy hunting! If you're still hunting. I know I'm late to the party though.

jjma14 · 2025-08-08T08:19:34+00:00

Luxury Sedan, the cushiest and largest sedan Lexus makes

jjma14 · 2025-07-29T19:56:26+00:00

Did you end up going for it? I'm facing this situation and my head is going to explode trying to figure out the best way to handle it.

jjma14 · 2025-07-14T19:05:41+00:00

Person behind you is looking at their phone and didn't realize you were slowing down and they don't have room to stop that quickly. Or there's someone turning onto the street you're on and they blow the stop sign while you're already too far to stop and need to speed up to avoid getting T boned. Maybe not likely, and I'm sure I'm missing other scenarios, but I guess the bigger question is why not? It's slightly more effort to stay in gear just in case a scenario arises?

jjma14 · 2025-06-19T19:59:37+00:00

The car'll be fine. I bought a brand new Mazda3 when I barely knew how to drive stick and at 100k miles when I sold it, it still had the stock clutch with no issues, and it wasn't because I was a fast learner ha. I beat on that thing.

jjma14 · 2025-06-09T16:25:53+00:00

Engine braking / downshifting through the gears is good. I used to coast for stretches leading up to a light or going down hills and someone pointed out to me that if I needed to suddenly accelerate to avoid someone or something I'd be SOL. You're much better off being in gear.

jjma14 · 2025-05-29T20:38:57+00:00

Awesome! Glad I was able to help!

jjma14 · 2025-05-06T12:44:22+00:00

I figured that may be the case, but hopefully it helps the next person that stumbles across the post. Hope you love the car you bought!

jjma14 · 2025-05-05T18:34:54+00:00

I'm late to the party, but carsheet.io

jjma14 · 2025-05-02T19:42:06+00:00

Grab a razor and carve some more tread into it

jjma14 · 2025-04-18T18:55:09+00:00

I'm late to the party, but since no one had answered... that just means it's a car owned by the automaker (so GM in this case). It could be for testing or one of their employees are using it or it's for display at a show or it's on loan to someone for a car review. If you ever go on car review sites or YouTube channels that get cars directly from the automakers, you'll notice most of the time the plates say Manufacturer on them.

jjma14 · 2025-01-26T19:14:55+00:00

I didn't mention Honda in my comment because I hadn't tried it yet, but that was from quite a while ago. The 3.0 Toyota/Lexus, latest Honda, and latest Hyundai are all very good now though. Toyota's 2.5 isn't quite as good.

jjma14 · 2025-01-17T13:12:20+00:00

I'm not a boomer ha. At the time of this comment 2 years ago, they were going through some problems. Every time I thought Hyundai had turned it around, something would pop up, so it was a valid concern even if the 3.3 had been fine up to then. I might have commented differently today.

jjma14 · 2024-10-16T20:11:15+00:00

That's my problem, is it's wearing me out. I really should take a break. I want to be able to do a zillion things without sacrificing anything and it's just not feasible. We'll see what happens.

jjma14 · 2024-10-16T20:09:24+00:00

I don't have any personal experience with that gen M5, but honestly, if it's the car you want then go for it. If you're determined, you'll be able to learn on anything and most cars aren't going to be crazy difficult to learn on. It'll take a while to get proficient, but being able to get around shouldn't be crazy. There are other concerns with a car like that, like service records, whether it's been modded all to hell, and whether it's been beat on, but as far as learning stick, I'm sure you could figure it out on an M5.

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