yay car troubles

[Samus Aran]

so i don't talk about my life much on boyah these days, but a few of you may remember that i posted briefly in the chat thread a while back about how i hit a deer with my 2006 grand prix. this was like four weeks ago. it ripped up the bumper and fender on the driver's side a good deal, as well as bent the hood badly enough so that it wouldn't sit flush anymore. had to tape around the left blinker to get it back into place but it was still working. one bulb in the front left headlight was annihilated, as well as most of the casing for said headlight in general. also, took out the passenger side wiper blade but that's negligible. i was only going about 50 when i hit it, so this kept the damage from being any worse than it was. the deer hit the front left and rolled up the windshield before flying off my car to parts unknown (never found the deer).

soooo that was a thing that happened.

and then a mere week and one day ago, my rampant bad luck struck again. and i hit another fucking deer. ANOTHER DEER. what are the fucking odds? anyway, this deer finished my front end off. the grill fucking shattered, along with the left headlight assembly. the left fender and bumper are even more torn up now. the hood hand-latch completely broke so now my hood does not shut at all. it's currently held down by two bungee cords. upon impact with the deer, the hood flew open and hit the windshield, creating fracture points at the bottom and top of the passenger side, so technically i'm still legal in that regard. sure is illegal to drive without a headlight though.

so now my car is a loss, especially when you consider it also has an unknown problem causing an occasional (but increasing in frequency) reduced engine power error, as well as a back driver's side window that's stuck all the way down. so those two things, plus an estimated $2100 in front end repairs (not including the windshield, so really it's even more). and these repairs would be used parts likely completely different colors from my current paint job. it seems worthless to me to attempt to repair this thing. even if currently i only got enough done on it to make it legal and safe to drive, eventually i'd need the windshield done too, plus the window issue and who knows what the fuck is causing that engine power error (best case scenario: air filter)

anyway here she is, tape and bungee cords and all:







so yeah now i'm surfing craigslist for a used car for like $2400 or less lol. surprisingly large amount of pretty promising options for something that is hopefully going to last at least long enough until i can afford something better. tons of pontiacs (especially sunfires for some reason?) and ford taurus...es...tauri?

[ME##]

how long has the rear window been completely down?  when i was there it was just barely stuck open


you have really shitty luck with cars i'm sorry, kaz.  also do you have an affinity for pontiacs?

http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5684343561.html

i'd hard ball him down to $1-1.2k since the thing has so many ing miles also make sure to ask the fucker about the timing belt and other common VAG problems

[Samus Aran]

i wouldn't say i have an "affinity" for pontiacs, but there are a TON of them at good price ranges because they were so popular for so long as entry-level sedans and coupes, so they're a good bet. the downside is, of course, they don't exist anymore lol

[ME##]

i wouldn't say i have an "affinity" for pontiacs, but there are a TON of them at good price ranges because they were so popular for so long as entry-level sedans and coupes, so they're a good bet. the downside is, of course, they don't exist anymore lol

well, at least there's plenty of donor vehicles around still 

[Samus Aran]

let's look at these super cheap options as well. i am partly posting these here to keep these links handy and organized.

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/5626430755.html (2006 dodge stratus)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5618756480.html (2002 chevy malibu)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5640902239.html (2000 pontiac sunfire)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/5627822579.html ; (2000 chrysler concorde)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5654253573.html (2001 pontiac sunfire)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/cto/5678576430.html (2001 pontiac grand am)
http://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5684343561.html (the 2003 passat david posted)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/cto/5674533528.html (2000 honda accord)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5684226846.html (2002 chevy malibu)

[ME##]

don't get the stratus, it will make you bleed money from your anus
the red sunfire is worrisome, a car sitting for that long is bound to have issues no mater how 'new' the engine may be

[Samus Aran]

don't get the stratus, it will make you bleed money from your anus
the red sunfire is worrisome, a car sitting for that long is bound to have issues no mater how 'new' the engine may be

yeah i don't know much about the stratus or dodge in general really but i have looked it up and it does seem to have pretty common issues lol

[Samus Aran]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5663996723.html (2000 chrysler sebring)

^i hate how vague some of these listings are, like this one

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5684239360.html (yet another 2002 malibu)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/5642946736.html (2002 chrysler 300M)

[ikanaide]

poor deer
[spoiler] [/spoiler]

[Samus Aran]

i can't say if either deer lived. the first flew into the ditch where i couldn't see it, and the second flew into the forest the same way. for all i know, they both lived. or died. who knows?

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/5676237387.html (2001 pontiac grand am)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5684743030.html (2004 sebring, needs some minor work but might be a steal)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5639289750.html (2002 pontiac sunfire)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/ctd/5668914940.html (2002 grand prix)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5656630749.html (2000 mitsubishi eclipse)

[Samus Aran]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/5674666556.html (2001 mitsubishi eclipse spyder convertible)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ctd/5671507453.html (2002 pontiac bonneville)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/5684217149.html (2004 pontiac grand am)

[6M69I69B9]

lol my fucking biology final exam is explaining why the deer density is too fucking much in the midwest and thinking of ways how to manage their population aside from hunting.  

i found it very interesting that people are using dart guns with immunocontraceptives

they want to shoot 90 percent of female deer, and those regulators have to shoot them again periodically

but yeah anyway jesus that is shit.  

as ineffective as it may be ill keep u in my thoughts

[Samus Aran]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ram/cto/5681572110.html (2003 pontiac grand prix gt, hey look its my car except supercharged)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/wsh/cto/5668455939.html (2002 chrysler sebring)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/5684217149.html (2004 pontiac grand am gt)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5678234208.html (2001 pontiac grand am)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5665238629.html (2002 mitsubishi eclipse gt)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/dak/cto/5683863019.html (2000 chrysler sebring)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5650535148.html (2005 kia optima lx)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5682251591.html (2002 sebring convertible)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/csw/cto/5622360261.html (2004 chrysler concorde)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ctd/5681864064.html (2003 mitsubishi diamante)


there are so many cheap grand prixs, grand ams and sebrings in this city lol

[Samus Aran]

https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/ctd/5670212515.html (2004 oldsmobile alero)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5619054811.html (2000 nissan maxima gle)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5636356004.html (2001 grand am gt)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/hnp/cto/5645500554.html (2005 chevy cobalt)
https://minneapolis.craigslist.org/ank/cto/5645392011.html (2001 monte carlo ss)

ok i am done spamming this thread for now and am gonna sift through these cars i posted and contact some people

[The Hand That Fisted Everyone]

kaz all these cars are awful