Bobby's used car lot and Free Carfax

[Timberridge]

Hey all. I have my sights set on a Mazda 3 hatch AWD, hoping to find a CPO car with AWD and a manual. They didn't make many between 2020 and 23 then canceled them in the middle of the year last year and the people that own them don't sell them so they're really hard to find. Searching nationally is harder than it should be so if anyone knows a dealer that might have one lemme know.

Has the gravitylover login been hijacked?

[gravitylover]

Heh. No, well, not really. My dad is reaching the end of his time with us and his car will be mine soon. Besides the fact that it's a sedan and I'm allergic to driving them it's a brand that my wife has a severe emotional resistance to so I'll be trading it off quickly. MB's with less than 11k miles have good trade values so it'll get me into something I want and need so I can put the POS, aka the grey blob, in the driveway except for when it's really needed. The primary goal is 30+ mpg with AWD, and it has to be fun enough to drive that I don't mind doing 500+ mile days and reliable enough that I can do 1500 miles a week working this year and it CAN'T BE a Subaru because - Fuck Subaru.

[BmillsSkier]

I've heard nothing but good things about those Mazda 3 hatches. Good luck GL.


Does anyone know if you can fit 190cm skis inside a Rav4 with one side of the rear bench folded down?

[El Chupacabra]

Does anyone know if you can fit 190cm skis inside a Rav4 with one side of the rear bench folded down?

I think yes, on the current body style ones. If you want, I'll test fit and see. Mrs C has a 2021.

[BmillsSkier]

I think yes, on the current body style ones. If you want, I'll test fit and see. Mrs C has a 2021.

That would be awesome thanks. Renting one this week and basically ditching it when we connect with the rest of our crew. Just need enough space to lay the 190s diagonally over the one side of the rear bench/center console and still have the other side of the bench serve as a seat for the kiddo.

Thanks Chup!

[riser4]

The cover photo for that article is fantastic.

Fear and loathing style.

[m2711c]

That would be awesome thanks. Renting one this week and basically ditching it when we connect with the rest of our crew. Just need enough space to lay the 190s diagonally over the one side of the rear bench/center console and still have the other side of the bench serve as a seat for the kiddo.

Thanks Chup!

are you counting on getting the car you actually reserved when you show up at the counter? hehe. that’s a… bold strategy there.

check out the sweet toyota trd pickup avis done give me… this version comes with a gotdamned 60” bed.




can’t even fit half my skis in there.





so fucking short, they give you the inches instead of the feet to try to make it sound bigger.


fact.

[El Chupacabra]

That would be awesome thanks. Renting one this week and basically ditching it when we connect with the rest of our crew. Just need enough space to lay the 190s diagonally over the one side of the rear bench/center console and still have the other side of the bench serve as a seat for the kiddo.

Thanks Chup!

These are 191 Volkl Katana. Fit with room to spare, front passenger seat was left in a normal legroom position, not slid or tilted forward.

[BmillsSkier]

These are 191 Volkl Katana. Fit with room to spare, front passenger seat was left in a normal legroom position, not slid or tilted forward.

Awesome man, really appreciate you taking the time to check it out for me! Looks like we’ll have more than enough space.

[El Chupacabra]

No problem. If you needed more space, or if you ended up with a different rental, that 60/40 rear seat splits such that you could put skis straight in, between the front seats (over the armrest console).

[Timberridge]

Just don't brake hard or they'll end up in the nav screen.

[BmillsSkier]

are you counting on getting the car you actually reserved when you show up at the counter? hehe. that’s a… bold strategy there.


fact.

That's what I'm trying to be prepared against. The Rav4 (or similar) is what was reserved, and what I'll probably end up with is the same 4 door Wrangler I always seem to be given which I know they'll fit in.

No problem. If you needed more space, or if you ended up with a different rental, that 60/40 rear seat splits such that you could put skis straight in, between the front seats (over the armrest console).

Good to know, thanks again.

Just don't brake hard or they'll end up in the nav screen.

That's the boy's job. Hold the cargo down son, Dad's got some Duke Boys shit to pull off here.

[m2711c]

it’s top speed is also it’s cruising speed…









fact.

[Meadow Skipper]

^ My first car was a ‘60 veedub with a 1200 cc/36 raging horses. Fabric sunroof, kick valve for gas reserve instead of a fuel gauge, 6v electric…and a surfboard rack on top that took a good 5-10 mph off the top speed. Rocked my high school years, but it didn’t rally well.

[Timberridge]

Guys. Bobby was last seen in FL, you think there's a chance he's left the exotic car world behind and is now selling golf carts? Looks like a good business.

[gravitylover]

@MS that gives me an idea, I think we need a 'What was your first car?' thread. Mine was an 81 Datsun 200SX 5spd hatch. I'd love to find one now and build it the way I should've back then.

[J. Barron DeJong]

@MS that gives me an idea, I think we need a 'What was your first car?' thread. Mine was an 81 Datsun 200SX 5spd hatch. I'd love to find one now and build it the way I should've back then.

1990 Plymouth Laser RS

[Timberridge]

[JimmyCarter]

First one that was really my older brother’s (this was in the mid-90s mind you)

First one that was mine:

[skaredshtles]

Some fancy goddam 1st cars for you blokes. I had a rusty POS Buick:

[riser4]

@MS that gives me an idea, I think we need a 'What was your first car?' thread. Mine was an 81 Datsun 200SX 5spd hatch. I'd love to find one now and build it the way I should've back then.

You trying to harvest security questions? Mother's maiden name thread next? Childhood pet?

[J. Barron DeJong]

Some fancy goddam 1st cars for you blokes. I had a rusty POS Buick:

If it makes you feel better, my cars have followed a mostly steady downward trend on the cool-scale ever since that first one.

[Cisco Kid]

First "car" was a used Honda 50cc Sport I got from the local Rolls Royce dealer. Traded it a year later for a Corvair Monza with a 5 speed tranny.

[skaredshtles]

If it makes you feel better, my cars have followed a mostly steady downward trend on the cool-scale ever since that first one.

I think peak "cool" for me was:

[J. Barron DeJong]

I think peak "cool" for me was:

This is the only other cool one I’ve had, but it was also kind of crap: