Hal
Hal HalfDork
4/8/10 2:47 p.m.

The perfect first car for your kid is now listed on Craigslist. It even has Challenge pricing.

Perfect First Car

zomby woof
zomby woof HalfDork
4/8/10 2:51 p.m.

Awesome.

DukeOfUndersteer
DukeOfUndersteer SuperDork
4/8/10 2:58 p.m.

i saw an ad for a 1985 300zx, claiming it would be a perfect first car for a 16 year old...

93celicaGT2
93celicaGT2 SuperDork
4/8/10 3:00 p.m.
Hal wrote: The perfect first car for your kid is now listed on Craigslist. It even has Challenge pricing. Perfect First Car

Epic. Awesome. Perfect.

DaveEstey
DaveEstey New Reader
4/8/10 3:28 p.m.

literally had me laughing out loud

Marty!
Marty! HalfDork
4/8/10 3:36 p.m.

I don't flag CL ads for "Best Of Craigslist" often, but that one definitely got it.

Volksroddin
Volksroddin Dork
4/8/10 4:19 p.m.

awsomeness

integraguy
integraguy HalfDork
4/8/10 4:34 p.m.

The icing on the cake would be to paint this car some truely memorable color...besides "every other car silver". Pain it a medium shade of PINK, and your kid won't be able to go anywhere without being noticed (almost as good as a GPS unit).

Feedyurhed
Feedyurhed HalfDork
4/8/10 8:59 p.m.

Quite amusing. You just gotta love craigslist for ads like that. It makes it all worth while.

Eb4Prez
Eb4Prez New Reader
4/8/10 9:26 p.m.

That's even better than my "rust-free Chevy vega-$250" ad 25yrs ago. The would be buyer was really pissed when he saw the totally rotted, oil burning, powerglide turd. Yeah it's rust free, no extra charge!

DrBoost
DrBoost Dork
4/9/10 7:25 a.m.

Nominated for Best of Craigslist.

ultraclyde
ultraclyde Reader
4/9/10 7:41 a.m.

winner winner chicken dinner

Raze
Raze HalfDork
4/9/10 7:48 a.m.

Wow, I especially love the suffering part at the end...

Bumboclot
Bumboclot New Reader
4/9/10 10:56 a.m.

I'll take it. The SPI Motor is almost as powerful as a Zetec and has more usable torque down low. I would remove the hubcaps, add cheap sporty tires and install the SVT suspension kit. Lift oversteer hoonage would abound.

I had a 2000 LX setup just like that and loved that car. I killed it when I hit a deer............. crossing sign.

Dan

EricM
EricM Dork
4/9/10 1:01 p.m.

First car answer = first Gen Saturn.

Focus, however, makes a good alternative choice. I still want a first gen focus and put the rally fenders on it and 17 inch rims. but at that point I would be looking to get an AWD mechanism under it as well......

EricM
EricM Dork
4/9/10 1:04 p.m.

Although I found this very humorous.

"It has no A/C, so you’ll know he’s suffering every time you get mad at him. Pretty satisfying. It’ll bring a smile to your face too, to know he’s rolling around looking like a faggot in a Ford Focus"

1slowcrx
1slowcrx Reader
4/12/10 10:50 a.m.

haha, that was amazing!

My kids first car will be just like mine... Whatever he can save the money for. My Dad matched 1/4 of my savings and paid insurance.

With that help I was able to pick up a 1987 CRX Si in pull me over red.

Fixed it up, sold it for profit and repeated the cycle. 9 years later that same $2k has put me into a a very nice BMW 328i with STX goodies

Lesson learned... Good job dad!

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