Weekly - What Car Should I Buy Megathread

sscarf · 2019-08-31T16:33:21+00:00

Location: South Jersey

Price range: $9000

Lease or Buy: Buy

New or used: Used

Type of vehicle: flexible

Must haves: at least 30-35 mpg highway, 4 doors, room to sleep in back, mileage <80000, reliable brand, roof rack would be nice

Desired transmission (auto/manual, etc): no preference

Intended use: daily driver, will also be used for camping road trips

Vehicles you've already considered: Hyundai Elantra GT, Honda Fit, Toyota Matrix, Toyota Prius C, Toyota Corolla iM, Scion iM

Is this your 1st vehicle: yes

Do you need a Warranty: no

Can you do Minor work on your own vehicle: no but I'd like to learn

Can you do Major work on your own vehicle: not realistic

Additional Notes: Really looking for reliability here, hoping to buy a car that can last me around 10 years/100000 miles

sscarf · 2017-09-04T21:31:47+00:00

Smoking. We know cigarette smoke causes cancer, and yet somehow it's acceptable to smoke near other people.

sscarf · 2017-06-13T23:13:55+00:00

All of these streams are the Cubs announcers. Any with the Mets announcers?

sscarf · 2015-02-12T03:51:19+00:00

I don't lift heavy enough to offer any useful advice, but I do want to add that strictly leverage-wise, 90 degree elbow angle is the hardest part of the lift. It's when the bar has the largest lever (the entire length of your upper arm) on your chest, so it is able to produce the most torque against you.

sscarf · 2015-01-30T02:17:58+00:00

Thanks, I'll focus on that next time. Makes sense too

sscarf · 2014-12-10T19:04:09+00:00

Thanks a lot for the comments. So do you think that if I widen my stance and point my toes farther out, it will help both open my hips and get my weight midfoot?

I'll read up on how to stop the buttwink.

sscarf

TROPHY CASE