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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:48 pm Looks like the Lobster is indeed available now, but there are only a handful of R-specs in the country and they are nowhere near NC or KY for a :dillerman: test drive.

https://www.cars.com/for-sale/searchres ... 0&zc=28105
I think I will drop my local :dillerman: a line and say I'd like to be notified when I can test drive one. I'm sure I will soon come to regret this decision.
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It looks like they'll give me a $40 Visa card for coming in to drive the car.
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D Griff wrote:It looks like they'll give me a $40 Visa card for coming in to drive the car.
But don't they need to have the car? I should look into that. I could use a google voice number and then block them later...
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Desertbreh wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:56 pm
wap wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:48 pm

Agreed that the halogens in my :turboyaris: are 5/7 :notbad:
They may not be as pure white as good LED's but they sure seem to project a pretty strong beam pretty far.
You can never sell this to millenials. Out of date iphones and cars without HIDs are like being teleported to the Bronze Age. Every time you and I get in our halogen headlamp cars and drive at night WE ARE CHEATING DEATH EVERY TIME WE ARRIVE HOME SAFELY. WE DANCE WITH A CATLIKE LUCIFER WAITING TO STEAL OUR LIVES EVERY SECOND BRO. Think about driving in the 60s... Every time you got in a car at night, it was Evel Kneivel buckling up to jump the Snake River Canyon.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:30 pm
D Griff wrote:It looks like they'll give me a $40 Visa card for coming in to drive the car.
But don't they need to have the car? I should look into that. I could use a google voice number and then block them later...
Yeah, they're going to look into trading one from another :dillerman: for me supposedly.
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One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
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D Griff wrote:One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
Yeah, I worry that the various nannies and other electronic shit will make these cars suck in reality despite being decent on paper. The pointless rev hang on my :turboyaris: was so annoying that I ended up ditching the car after only 25k miles. That's why I need to test drive everything for myself.
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wap wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 4:48 pm
Johnny_P wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 12:10 pm

That's the thing. New LED lights are all the rage and produce white bro-light and look cool but you're fuuuuuuuucked if you burn a bulb out. Basically requires full headlight housing replacement in most cars.

IDK, maybe this is me getting :wap: but I've now been in plenty of halogen cars that I deemed lighting was decent enough to not actually care if I were to own it.
Agreed that the halogens in my :turboyaris: are 5/7 :notbad:
They may not be as pure white as good LED's but they sure seem to project a pretty strong beam pretty far.
I mean my high beams are halogens :whocares:
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:30 pm
D Griff wrote:It looks like they'll give me a $40 Visa card for coming in to drive the car.
But don't they need to have the car? I should look into that. I could use a google voice number and then block them later...
I’m doing that next time along with a burner email addy.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:43 pm
D Griff wrote:One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
Yeah, I worry that the various nannies and other electronic shit will make these cars suck in reality despite being decent on paper. The pointless rev hang on my :turboyaris: was so annoying that I ended up ditching the car after only 25k miles. That's why I need to test drive everything for myself.
Yas it was annoying. Majorly so.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:41 pm One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
:whocares: the :poorvette: is for fun :stig: anyway.

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D Griff wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:41 pm One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
:whocares: the :poorvette: is for fun :stig: anyway.

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I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:20 pm
Detroit wrote: :whocares: the :poorvette: is for fun :stig: anyway.

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I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
I agree, but why can’t a car with safety features be fun? It’ll blow at 10/10, but that’s not what he’s buying it for.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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^Mods, someone hacked Troy's account.
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Tarspin wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:24 pm ^Mods, someone hacked Troy's account.
Reported for suspected account hijacking.
Desertbreh wrote: Tue Oct 10, 2017 6:40 pm My guess would be that Chris took some time off because he has read the dialogue on this page 1,345 times and decided to spend some of his free time doing something besides beating a horse to death.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:20 pm
Detroit wrote: :whocares: the :poorvette: is for fun :stig: anyway.

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I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
:dat:

A Fiesta ST is a way better DD than the :poorvette: but still way more fun than some of the suggestions (TDI :disgust: ). The commute will be 80% of my time driving, may as well have some fun darting through traffic on the way to and from my cubicle.
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Detroit wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:24 pm
troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:20 pm I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
I agree, but why can’t a car with safety features be fun? It’ll blow at 10/10, but that’s not what he’s buying it for.
I don't like the auto-driving shit. I'm cool with passive shit i.e. seatbelts, airbags, and stuff. I don't enjoy adaptive cruise or automatic braking or automatic lane keeping. Sometimes a :mahtroy: gotta change lanes sans signaling.
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D Griff wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 5:41 pm One cool thing about the Fiesta though, it has no active safety features, pretty :fuckyeah:
Like in the new camry? The only complaint on my dads explorer, and this especially happens often when you drive in dc, it alerts you to that you’re about to hit something, its good for some cases when you text and drive and whatnot, but it is pretty damn irritating
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Seriously a Hyundai what is this Prague ? Get a decent brand of car :disgust:

That’s like wearing fashion nova because Levis is too upmarket
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max225 wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:37 pm Seriously a Hyundai what is this Prague ? Get a decent brand of car :disgust:

That’s like wearing fashion nova because Levis is too upmarket
Wut.
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troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:20 pm
Detroit wrote: :whocares: the :poorvette: is for fun :stig: anyway.

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I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
:dat:
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D Griff wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:43 pm
troyguitar wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 6:20 pm I don't understand this all-or-nothing idea that some of you people seem to have - Why must a vehicle be 100% specialized for a single task with no regard for anything else?

A car can still be more entertaining to drive than a dump truck even if it's not an F1 racecar.
:dat:

A Fiesta ST is a way better DD than the :poorvette: but still way more fun than some of the suggestions (TDI :disgust: ). The commute will be 80% of my time driving, may as well have some fun darting through traffic on the way to and from my cubicle.
:dat:

Can confirm, I have fun on my 12 Mile commute.
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max225 wrote:Seriously a Hyundai what is this Prague ? Get a decent brand of car :disgust:

That’s like wearing fashion nova because Levis is too upmarket
There's our favorite badge humper!

Get a base CLA with a giant light-up star in the front. Mercedes BENZ, bitches.
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:popcorn: I personally don’t think there is a bad suggestion in this thread. FiST could be fun. Lobster could be fun. Up to you Griff!

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max225 wrote: Thu Sep 06, 2018 7:37 pm Seriously a Hyundai what is this Prague ? Get a decent brand of car :disgust:

That’s like wearing fashion nova because Levis is too upmarket
:aintcare:

I mean I don't know that I'll get it, but all of the online reviews I've seen have been great, it's affordable, great on gas and looks interesting. I think they deserve a test drive if nothing else.

Also... I'm thinking it might be kind of awkward to have something that seems too upmarket when I start this job. I negotiated very well due to not really caring that much if I got the job or not and as such will be in a higher title/pay grade than many of the other sales people there including some of the people who interviewed me. Might be a little awkward.
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