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  • fastbmw

    Dec. 23, 2008 3:54 p.m. fastbmw New Reader

    1999 Crown Vic police interceptor - lots of power http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/968135125.html

    1991 Subaru Legacy - cheap, that's about it. http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/968056373.html

    1987 Ford F250 - might be useful http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/967977424.html

    1999 Forester (damaged) - might be worth fixing up http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/967962011.html

    So many choices....

  • wherethefmi2000

    Dec. 23, 2008 3:56 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader

    P71 out of that list

  • Salanis

    Dec. 23, 2008 3:59 p.m. Salanis SuperDork

    You know what would make something a great beater? If you could slap some push bumpers onto it...

  • wherethefmi2000

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:04 p.m. wherethefmi2000 Reader

    that foreste looked like it need them^

  • Keith

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:09 p.m. Keith SuperDork

    A Subaru. Everyone in Colorado drives a beater Subaru.

  • PHeller

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:27 p.m. PHeller Reader

    You don't want the four cam Subaru.

  • ignorant

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:36 p.m. ignorant SuperDork

    I'd do the 91 legacy then get a legacy gt engine. 2.2 turbo closed deck.. add boost.

  • RussellH

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:37 p.m. RussellH New Reader

    Depends what you want to do.

    Can't beat a beater pickup truck for usefulness and simplicity. However, I'd go with a smaller truck (and a 4x4 if the weather is a concern) not a F250.

    Failing that Subaru sounds good...can't beat AWD or can you? I'm talking about the viscous diff, see the other post on here where someone noticed they were getting no torque transfer to the other wheel in the snow, it was a VLSD on a sentra I think.

    P71, you know the gas prices will go back up in a year or so if we're lucky if not sooner.

  • Travis_K

    Dec. 23, 2008 4:44 p.m. Travis_K Reader

    Id pick the legacy out of those cars.

  • m4ff3w

    Dec. 23, 2008 5:35 p.m. m4ff3w Dork

    Volvo Turbo Wagon.

  • Travis_K

    Dec. 23, 2008 5:46 p.m. Travis_K Reader

    Any of these would be decent too:

    http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/968299612.html http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/968157869.html http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/967332837.html http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/967199956.html http://vancouver.en.craigslist.ca/cto/965655037.html

    Esp the diesel jetta.

  • fornetti14

    Dec. 23, 2008 7:46 p.m. fornetti14 New Reader

    Keith wrote:

    A Subaru. Everyone in Colorado drives a beater Subaru.

    +1

    Beater? Get the Subie. That Forester is priced twice as high as it should be.

  • jimbob_racing

    Dec. 23, 2008 7:57 p.m. jimbob_racing HalfDork

    What? Nobody suggested Miata?

  • Junkyard_Dog

    Dec. 23, 2008 7:59 p.m. Junkyard_Dog Reader

    m4ff3w wrote:

    Volvo Turbo Wagon.

    +1

  • ReverendDexter

    Dec. 23, 2008 8:59 p.m. ReverendDexter Reader

    Get whatever you're not gonna care about getting dinged in a parking lot.

  • jwdmotorsports

    Dec. 23, 2008 9:15 p.m. jwdmotorsports Reader

    Junkyard_Dog wrote:

    m4ff3w wrote:

    Volvo Turbo Wagon.

    +1

    +2

  • aussiesmg

    Dec. 23, 2008 10:19 p.m. aussiesmg HalfDork

    Baseball bat......wait

  • ddavidv

    Dec. 24, 2008 6:17 a.m. ddavidv SuperDork

    Forester. Just not that one. Find one with blown head gaskets. People are usually desperate to get rid of them. A weekend in the garage and some parts and you're good to go.

  • fornetti14

    Dec. 24, 2008 7:15 a.m. fornetti14 New Reader

    ddavidv wrote:

    Forester. Just not that one. Find one with blown head gaskets. People are usually desperate to get rid of them. A weekend in the garage and some parts and you're good to go.

    Now there is a true statement!

    My Forester was $800 and my '00 Outback (really nice car) was $1,000. Both had bad or failing HG's but were still driveable. The repair isn't that bad either.

  • P71

    Dec. 24, 2008 7:27 a.m. P71 HalfDork

    Scooby. HG's are easy and they are fun beaters.

    ...

    OMG P71 picked NOT the P71 for a beater!

  • fastbmw

    Dec. 24, 2008 6:52 p.m. fastbmw New Reader

    Up here in vancouver, car prices are ridiculous. Maybe I'll take that suggestion to look for a scooby with a blown HG....thanks for the suggestions!

 
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