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post 10000225460 4 days ago, 04:28 PM
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Driving a clean well kept beater is GOATED.

Ive been thinking about this more and more. Car notes are outrageous. Just buy a well kept used car and avoid the nonsense.


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post 10000225462 4 days ago, 04:29 PM
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You must live in the south. Beaters in the north mean rust buckets that you use during the winter and save the nice days for your real car
post 10000225463 4 days ago, 04:29 PM
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post 10000225470 4 days ago, 04:33 PM
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
You must live in the south. Beaters in the north mean rust buckets that you use during the winter and save the nice days for your real car
That's why you travel down south when buying? Just don't go to Florida or hurricane states that flood.

A rust bucket makes me want to buy a new car with a note.

If the beater is well kept, I have no need for a new car.
post 10000225472 4 days ago, 04:34 PM
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I drive a $25k beater.
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post 10000225474 4 days ago, 04:34 PM
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Finding a 15 year old Toyota in Arizona and road tripping it home is where it's at.
post 10000225488 4 days ago, 04:44 PM
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I prefer my beaters to be beat up. Gives me peace of mind
post 10000225516 4 days ago, 05:08 PM
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i remember back in the day (like 10+ years ago) you could buy a 4k car and drive it a very long time.

but yeah i'd say a reliable beater (preferably a yota or honda) is a nice tool...less worries about dents/dings/shopping carts.

my uncle is worth 10+ mil and he drives a 2006ish highlander he bought 6-7 years ago from his sister for about 4k (he rants about sister being "nuts" because they bought a new bmw).
post 10000225536 4 days ago, 05:28 PM
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
You must live in the south. Beaters in the north mean rust buckets that you use during the winter and save the nice days for your real car
You could just pay a couple of hundred bucks and get it undercoated.

Do that and look after the paint and you should be good.
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post 10000225638 3 days ago, 07:14 PM
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Nah, never going back to beaters. I need my bells and whistles
post 10000225644 3 days ago, 07:20 PM
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Originally Posted By Waingro⏩
Nah, never going back to beaters. I need my bells and whistles
they are kinda nice but personally the standard set of "features" on say a mid level mid-late 90s camry would do me...would just need one of those adapter things to plug into the cig lighter to charge my phone
post 10000225675 3 days ago, 07:54 PM
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I don't drive a beater but no car payment crew. Mine is paid off. It's a 2017 so nice enough. I plan on driving this thing into the ground. I never want to have a car payment again for the rest of my life srs. That shit is like a noose around your neck. Rent is already bad enough.
post 10000225926 3 days ago, 03:44 AM
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
I drive a $25k beater.
Is it because they salt the roads in winter?

I hear that causes the underbody to rust out so it’s not worth spending anything on a car that gets driven in the winter

I spent a bit of time in VA but it didn’t snow heavily that year

Worst is that the salt corrodes the wheel nuts, was fucking terrible trying to change a tire on the roadside in Moscow
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I dont have time for nice cars 90s/2000s Toyotas are it for daily.
post 10000225980 3 days ago, 06:05 AM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
Is it because they salt the roads in winter?

I hear that causes the underbody to rust out so it’s not worth spending anything on a car that gets driven in the winter

I spent a bit of time in VA but it didn’t snow heavily that year

Worst is that the salt corrodes the wheel nuts, was fucking terrible trying to change a tire on the roadside in Moscow
I moved here from NYC metro in 3016, and they don't salt the roads like they do in NYC. They spray the roads here with a liquid that sticks onto the road, it's not actual salt. I haven't had any issues with rust. When I lived in NYC the rear quarter panels would always rust out on older cars, but back then I could only afford actual beaters. Now I just called the car I use for my commute a beater. It's a Civic 6 Speed that I bought new a few years ago.
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post 10000225990 3 days ago, 06:18 AM
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I don't ever want to drive a "beater" again. I'm going to drive cars that are 4-7 years old for the rest of my life.
post 10000225994 3 days ago, 06:27 AM
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Originally Posted By OliviaHomeless⏩
I don't ever want to drive a "beater" again. I'm going to drive cars that are 4-7 years old for the rest of my life.
So… beaters then
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Originally Posted By Godfrd824⏩
Now I just called the car I use for my commute a beater.
I mean that’s literally what a beater is, a shitbox you drive so as not to put miles on your actual car
post 10000226006 3 days ago, 06:42 AM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
So… beaters then
Nah, I mean I buy luxury cars that are a couple years old so I'm not on the hook for the initial depreciation. A beater to me is like 10+ years old and was purchased for $4000 and always has a 25% chance of something breaking.
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
I mean that’s literally what a beater is, a shitbox you drive so as not to put miles on your actual car
I don’t think people actually understand what a beater is lol
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Is a beater just the white version of a hooptie or are there levels.. I think there's levels IMO
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
I don’t think people actually understand what a beater is lol
Lol, yep some people have no idea. A guy that works for my family just bought a 2004 Saab for $200 that wasn't working and he spent $800 to get it running. Now it runs like a top and has no radio or air conditioning. That's a beater.
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Originally Posted By p7nk⏩
Is a beater just the white version of a hooptie or are there levels.. I think there's levels IMO
A beater is something you drive in the winter while you keep your summer car tucked away. Or something you drive to keep miles off your more expensive car
post 10000226023 3 days ago, 07:12 AM
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Originally Posted By OliverHeldens⏩
Lol, yep some people have no idea. A guy that works for my family just bought a 2004 Saab for $200 that wasn't working and he spent $800 to get it running. Now it runs like a top and has no radio or air conditioning. That's a beater.
Nobody is selling a 2004 Sabb for $200 when you’ll get more calling a scrap company
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
Nobody is selling a 2004 Sabb for $200 when you’ll get more calling a scrap company
It was a friend of his, and it was dead on the guy's property. They were just happy that the dude was willing to haul it away.
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Originally Posted By OliviaHomeless⏩
Nah, I mean I buy luxury cars that are a couple years old so I'm not on the hook for the initial depreciation. A beater to me is like 10+ years old and was purchased for $4000 and always has a 25% chance of something breaking.
That’s what I said. Beaters.

It’s like eating slops except for you, you do it all the time.

Oh wait
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
I don’t think people actually understand what a beater is lol
Yeah I think a lot of people just drive poverty cars

That’s not a beater, you’re just poor
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Originally Posted By GooBaaa⏩
A beater is something you drive in the winter while you keep your summer car tucked away. Or something you drive to keep miles off your more expensive car
I don't care for mileage or keeping a car pristine. I just daily a Civic because anything more capable gets me in trouble.
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post 10000226075 3 days ago, 07:41 AM
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Originally Posted By r32gojirra⏩
Yeah I think a lot of people just drive poverty cars

That’s not a beater, you’re just poor
Lol, pretty sure you're the person he was referring to when he said nobody knows what a beater is
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it's nice to walk out of the gym and hop into my bright new clean shiny Lexus sports car. i can't drive a beater and have all of the gym bunnies thinking i'm poor when the reality is far, far from that. i pay cash.
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