Comment on Time keeps marching forward

solidsmoke@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

• vorpuni@tarte.nuage-libre.fr ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  My experience with such old cars, where their age is starting to make full restoration advisable:

  • mechanically reliable and simple to fix (and critical parts are usually available, quality varies)
  • everything electrical is shit (and old), you need to go through everything to check the connections, completely rotten through ground wires aren’t necessarily visible and will cause endless pain until you find them
  • the rust-proofing wasn’t great but it was there so usually if they’re still alive by now they just need the usual spots where those models rust checked before purchase and/or crash damage thoroughly checked
  • crash safety is nonexistent, ABS and ESP aren’t that useful if you learned how to drive without, if you rely on ESP, better learn not to
  • the fastest affordable cars from the 1980s are slower than family cars from the 2020s, still feels like you’re going way faster
  • if you buy something predating catalytic converters in your country, be prepared for it to smell atrocious

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• boonhet@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Get one while you still can, they haven’t been going down in price for a long time and may in fact already be going up in price. They’re pretty iconic, but not as many on the roads these days.

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• real_squids@sopuli.xyz ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s a mk2 Golf, if you want a cooler one - there’s a Cross Country variant that’s a lifted 4x4, or if you’re super lucky - get a Rallye version, it’s a homologation special

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• possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Keep in mind it is a death trap due to the weak frame

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