Trade bikes/parts/gear for auto body work?

Posted by: thaaad

I'm 38 and have never had my license and this is giving ME anxiety about getting mine lol

41 here, snap.

Posted by: syncro

Buying a $900 beater is probably the cheapest way to go.

cars like that now days usually need 3000$ worth of work

Only if its American. Buy an early 90s civic and send it.

which is now almost 30 yrs old

Posted by: XXX_er

which is now almost 30 yrs old

So freshly broken in then

had this discussion with Lance the owner of Freelance auto, basicly he sez running a cheap car doesnt work

Sez he doesnt like fucking people over so he should do a talk to the kids at the HS across the street

about how/why cheap cars are not cheap and what owning/ running a car actualy costs

the days of plugs/points/condenser for 15 $ or the entire front end on a chevy II for 67 $, 12$ to align it at sears are gone

Insurance for a kid as primary driver is fucking absurd.

Posted by: [email protected]

Insurance for a kid as primary driver is fucking absurd.

Insurance, I'll give you that. The thing with an old Honda as a starter car is that they are STUPID easy to fix. Anything goes and its a $15 repair with a part from the wrecker. My wife bought a 96 Integra and put well over 500k on it commuting from Langley to Agassiz for a few years. Starter and alternator were all it needed. Seriously worth considering imo.

Posted by: Sethimus

the first person not needing to get a drivers license to drive a car already lives...

I've been telling my daughters for years that I'll be very disappointed if most vehicles aren't autonomous by they time they are ready to drive.

Posted by: T-mack

Posted by: [email protected]

Insurance for a kid as primary driver is fucking absurd.

Insurance, I'll give you that. The thing with an old Honda as a starter car is that they are STUPID easy to fix. Anything goes and its a $15 repair with a part from the wrecker. My wife bought a 96 Integra and put well over 500k on it commuting from Langley to Agassiz for a few years. Starter and alternator were all it needed. Seriously worth considering imo.

Some people wouldnt listen to a random keyboard hero on the webz but gosh  I'm going  to believe you instead of lance

Posted by: [email protected]

Insurance for a kid as primary driver is fucking absurd.

Still insure it in your name and put minimal insurance on it - no collision - should be cheap as chips. If she bumps a pole or something then who cares? She can practice parking in tight spots and work on those spatial skills with no worries of dinging the paint on your nicer vehicle. Just do it for 3-6 months while she learns to drive and then she can either keep it or dump it for close to what you paid for it. And yeah, an older Honda/Acura would be the ticket - reliable and cheap/easy to fix most maintenance type stuff which you could probably do yourself.

Posted by: syncro

Hey, I'm gonna assume that's directed at me. Now I may be a bit of a goon, but the 'Dawn of the dad' image should be a clue I'm not a virgin. 

(though maybe it would have been less hassle).

Posted by: XXX_er

had this discussion with Lance the owner of Freelance auto, basicly he sez running a cheap car doesnt work

Sez he doesnt like fucking people over so he should do a talk to the kids at the HS across the street

about how/why cheap cars are not cheap and what owning/ running a car actualy costs

the days of plugs/points/condenser for 15 $ or the entire front end on a chevy II for 67 $, 12$ to align it at sears are gone

Idk, my kid bought an old beater, and he had learned so much by keeping it running and doing all his own work. Clutch, head gasket, turbo rebuild. Also, he is a student with no money and somehow manages to find used/cheap parts.  Turbo bearings from Amazon!