Author Topic: Cab or car (Read 4907 times)

calder · « **on:** February 22, 2009, 12:08:57 am »

So, i am only 16, and a time has come for me, should i save up to buy a really cheap car, or an arcade cab. I can use my parents cars freely, but would like my own, to do... things... in.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #1 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:42:17 am »

car!

you should set up a poll...

pointdablame · « **Reply #2 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:11:42 am »

You're 16 and an arcade cab isn't gonna get you any tail.

Get a car.

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #3 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:17:00 am »

Car

Seriously, car

danny_galaga · « **Reply #4 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:46:20 am »

Quote from: pointdablame on February 22, 2009, 01:11:42 am

You're 16 and an arcade cab isn't gonna get you any tail.

Get a car.

although, a SNES nearly got me some a month back...

calder · « **Reply #5 on:** February 22, 2009, 01:51:16 am »

haha, ok, good plan. a car would be better indeed.

daywane · « **Reply #6 on:** February 22, 2009, 07:31:12 am »

car and desk top controll panel
I do not know about your state.
Kentuck has a law . 1 year driver permit before you can get licence.
no underage passangers only licenced adults can be pasanger.
insurance will be high.
shop around and go to your insurance agent every 6 months and see if a cheaper insurance is available to you.
after a year or two your insurance will not be so bad.

Ginsu Victim · « **Reply #7 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:02:05 pm »

Car

Take care of the more important things first.

saint · « **Reply #8 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:05:51 pm »

He has access to a car.

Get a cab.

calder · « **Reply #9 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:42:56 pm »

minivan and a really crappy truck, hmm, i think i might go for the car, my parents will cover for insurance, but i will pay gas and such.

calder · « **Reply #10 on:** February 22, 2009, 12:43:22 pm »

anyone in austin have a car they'd like to sell for cheap?

RayB · « **Reply #11 on:** February 22, 2009, 02:08:58 pm »

Information fail: What type of area do you live in? If he's in a city with easy access to bus and subways, or stuff within walking distance, then a car is pointless.

calder · « **Reply #12 on:** February 22, 2009, 02:16:58 pm »

haha, no, i live far away from everything, the closest commerical stuff is a long bikeride away, and very hilly. A car is a needed.

Mauzy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 22, 2009, 02:31:57 pm »

As my parents said to me about a year ago: You can't take your girlfriend out to the movies in a pinball machine.

I believe this applies to you as well. Whether or not a girlfriend is/would be in the mix for us arcade folks in high school is another topic entirely...

SavannahLion · « **Reply #14 on:** February 22, 2009, 04:09:06 pm »

A truck. The kind with a bench seat, not the captain's seats.

Here's why. First and foremost, you can transport future cabs with it.
Get the long bed, and you can toss a mattress back there. Need I say more?
Ditto on the camper shell. Or even a tent.

I've got a Tacoma and my GF and I went camping

a lot with it. With the 4x4, we went stomping way out in the middle of nowhere for our outings (read: no one to bother us).

Insurance might be slightly higher if they view it as an SUV (Also known as, I-use-this-vehicle-for-fun-and-not-work). So you might want to look into that. For a long long time, my coverage in California was twice as much for half the coverage that both my parents combined got for similar vehicles.

calder · « **Reply #15 on:** February 22, 2009, 04:35:24 pm »

Yeah, im looking into a pickup, because i like the fact that with an old pickup, you can just beat the crap out of it, it can transport, and when you look backwards you just see the road and not more car. i would like a pickup truck, except that this car will be driving me to and from work, and to and from school, every day. so i would like somthing with ok gas mileage. *cough*ford ranchero*cough*

Mauzy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 22, 2009, 04:56:47 pm »

Quote from: SavannahLion on February 22, 2009, 04:09:06 pm

I've got a Tacoma and my GF and I went camping a lot with it. With the 4x4, we went stomping way out in the middle of nowhere for our outings (read: no one to bother us).

Insurance might be slightly higher if they view it as an SUV (Also known as, I-use-this-vehicle-for-fun-and-not-work). So you might want to look into that. For a long long time, my coverage in California was twice as much for half the coverage that both my parents combined got for similar vehicles.

Jeep Cherokee 4 door 4x4 applies to all of the above

. Too back I can't haul a mattress, but all of my cabs will fit (well, the biggest will. I assume the other, smaller ones will...)

Definitely not the first choice for someone with a truck in mind, but if a truck doesn't come your way, these babies are easy to come by. A nice late 90s will run about $4K.

calder · « **Reply #17 on:** February 22, 2009, 06:36:36 pm »

cool, but i was thinking more along the lines on free-1800, i can still get a pretty good truck for that.

Mauzy · « **Reply #18 on:** February 22, 2009, 07:31:34 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 22, 2009, 06:29:08 pm

Quote from: Mauzy on February 22, 2009, 04:56:47 pm
Definitely not the first choice for someone with a truck in mind, but if a truck doesn't come your way, these babies are easy to come by. A nice late 90s will run about $4K.

And $4k in Texas will get you a decent truck with an extended cab that's considerably more reliable than any Jeep vehicle these days.

I know. You've told me a couple times...

calder · « **Reply #19 on:** February 22, 2009, 08:13:42 pm »

mauzy, how old are you? i see the represent the generation thing, i gave up on that a little while ago, this decade just sucks by way of culture.

Mauzy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:00:19 pm »

Quote from: calder on February 22, 2009, 08:13:42 pm

mauzy, how old are you? i see the represent the generation thing, i gave up on that a little while ago, this decade just sucks by way of culture.

17. It kinda does, yeah. It definitely explains why we have decided to associate ourselves with a previous generation.

calder · « **Reply #21 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:17:35 pm »

definetly, but think of it this way, for me, atleast, i graduate in 2010, so if i so choose i can accosiate myself with the next decade.

calder · « **Reply #22 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:21:32 pm »

i'll tell ye what, craiglist, is a wonderful thing, and if not, our family is close friends with a used car dealer, who i could use to go to a car auction, where cars are cheap, really cheap.

Mauzy · « **Reply #23 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:21:53 pm »

Quote from: calder on February 22, 2009, 09:17:35 pm

definetly, but think of it this way, for me, atleast, i graduate in 2010, so if i so choose i can accosiate myself with the next decade.

I do too. I got put into school late. Ended up being a plus in the long run...

calder · « **Reply #24 on:** February 22, 2009, 09:31:33 pm »

Juniors 2010!!! who like to represent better decades!!

we should do somthing to make our generation be know for somthign good, right now i feel like we are the 50's, but worse .

calder · « **Reply #25 on:** February 23, 2009, 12:31:52 am »

here, 3 minutes of craigslist, http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1045955572.html

could probably get it for 1000. would be fine.

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #26 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:03:36 am »

Why do I sense the ghost of USSE in this thread ?

shardian · « **Reply #27 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:10:44 am »

Car/Truck > arcade cab.

If your mom and dad are receptive to an arcade machine coming into the house, then harass them into buying you one for Birthday or Christmas.

Oh, and I 2nd getting a "sleep" friendly vehicle.

Check out this site to see where the drive-ins are to use your new truck:
http://www.drive-ins.com/

shardian · « **Reply #28 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:12:20 am »

Quote from: SavannahLion on February 22, 2009, 04:09:06 pm

I've got a Tacoma and my GF and I went camping a lot with it. With the 4x4, we went stomping way out in the middle of nowhere for our outings (read: no one to bother us).

I'm curious, did you also have that 'back of the mind' feeling that Jason Vorhees was gonna grab you by the hair and cut your head off at any moment?

pinballwizard79 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 23, 2009, 11:12:37 pm »

I changed my mind, get the cab & then play Turbo Outrun.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #30 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:47:48 am »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 22, 2009, 11:23:22 am

You can get a cab for $50 once you have a car.

Granted, when you're spending Friday nights alone with your cabinet, you'll feel less depressed about it if you can blame the lack of a car. Once you've got a running car, your loneliness is your fault.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #31 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:49:17 am »

Quote from: Mauzy on February 22, 2009, 02:31:57 pm

As my parents said to me about a year ago: You can't take your girlfriend out to the movies in a pinball machine.

I believe this applies to you as well. Whether or not a girlfriend is/would be in the mix for us arcade folks in high school is another topic entirely...

is it just me or is mauzy showing twice?

Mauzy · « **Reply #32 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:55:48 am »

Quote from: danny_galaga on February 24, 2009, 04:49:17 am

Quote from: Mauzy on February 22, 2009, 02:31:57 pm
As my parents said to me about a year ago: You can't take your girlfriend out to the movies in a pinball machine.

I believe this applies to you as well. Whether or not a girlfriend is/would be in the mix for us arcade folks in high school is another topic entirely...

is it just me or is mauzy showing twice?

EDIT: Wow Im slow. I just got what you were saying...

Thenasty · « **Reply #33 on:** February 24, 2009, 09:03:21 am »

To end all this confusion................

GET BOTH in this order CAR .... CAB......

you're going to have both anyway....one day

ChadTower · « **Reply #34 on:** February 24, 2009, 10:17:43 am »

Do you want to play with your joystick or do you want a girl to do it?

Girls don't hang around cabs.

FrizzleFried · « **Reply #35 on:** February 24, 2009, 10:25:27 am »

Get a truck... then you can get a cab. A truck is WAY more important for a 16 year old than a cab.

If you get the cab, make sure you stock up on tissue and hand cream too. You'll need it.

ChadTower · « **Reply #36 on:** February 24, 2009, 10:44:50 am »

Of course, that begs the question... what size cab on the truck?

shardian · « **Reply #37 on:** February 24, 2009, 11:37:41 am »

I don't think his budget allows for anything more than a standard cab.

knave · « **Reply #38 on:** February 24, 2009, 03:46:51 pm »

I like the standard cab just fine. Pop a camper shell on there and you now can lock your stuff up and sleep in there

. In collage I used to go take naps in between classes all the time with the added bonus of camping with the GF. It's also a plus if you have lots of friends...they usually don't ask you for rides but in a pince you can load them all in the back. (I think it's ileagal now but

)

A small truck was ideal for me. In fact I still own it.

ChadTower · « **Reply #39 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:03:27 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 24, 2009, 11:56:05 am

Standard cabs are awesome if you don't have any friends and like having your stuff blow away, get rained on, and 'disappear'.

Considering what he's going to be doing in that cab that may not be a bad idea.

knave · « **Reply #40 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:11:44 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 24, 2009, 03:50:44 pm

Camper shells are awesome until you try and load your first game.

If I want to load a game I just take it off. (why does that sound dirty?

)

ChadTower · « **Reply #41 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:17:58 pm »

Take some advice from the older guys... you can get a cab at any age. You're only going to have access to 18 year old girls for a short time!

Mauzy · « **Reply #42 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:20:59 pm »

Quote from: danny_galaga on February 24, 2009, 04:49:17 am

Quote from: Mauzy on February 22, 2009, 02:31:57 pm
As my parents said to me about a year ago: You can't take your girlfriend out to the movies in a pinball machine.

I believe this applies to you as well. Whether or not a girlfriend is/would be in the mix for us arcade folks in high school is another topic entirely...

is it just me or is mauzy showing twice?

Blanka · « **Reply #43 on:** February 24, 2009, 04:57:26 pm »

Quote from: calder on February 22, 2009, 12:08:57 am

to do... things... in.

Immitate scenes by Dirk Diggler perhaps?
Get neither. Just buy a ticket to Europe and become a pothead and have fun with stinking French and Germans in Amsterdam. Much better for your mojo.

calder · « **Reply #44 on:** February 24, 2009, 05:53:15 pm »

HAHAHA, you guys are too great.

yeah, i have already settled on the idea of a car.

A girlfriend is something i'm also working on. I'm pretty nerdy, so the idea of a girlfriend only recently occurred to me, maybe the freedom of driving hoax that into the open.

but before all of this -girlfriend, i need a job. Balls these next moths are going to be busy.

calder · « **Reply #45 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:48:49 pm »

translation needed?

before i get a car or a cab. i need a job, but i can have a girlfriend without a job.

Mauzy · « **Reply #46 on:** February 24, 2009, 07:51:59 pm »

like hell you can. who's gonna pay for gas? movie tickets? dinner? gifts for holidays? gifts for when you screw up?

ChadTower · « **Reply #47 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:11:33 pm »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 24, 2009, 04:39:40 pm

He can have all he wants. The sagest advice that I ignored as a youngster was, "the hormones don't begin to settle down until they're 25".

Gravity is a cold ---smurfette--- and doesn't care about hormones.

You can get girlfriends without a job. I had them. You pretty much have to spend that time you didn't spend earning at the gym instead, though.

calder · « **Reply #48 on:** February 24, 2009, 08:15:42 pm »

oh piss, ok, job, girlfriend/car then cab, dang

danny_galaga · « **Reply #49 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:17:44 am »

Quote from: Mauzy on February 24, 2009, 08:55:48 am

Quote from: danny_galaga on February 24, 2009, 04:49:17 am
Quote from: Mauzy on February 22, 2009, 02:31:57 pm
As my parents said to me about a year ago: You can't take your girlfriend out to the movies in a pinball machine.

I believe this applies to you as well. Whether or not a girlfriend is/would be in the mix for us arcade folks in high school is another topic entirely...

is it just me or is mauzy showing twice?

EDIT: Wow Im slow. I just got what you were saying...

yeah, i want two, too

danny_galaga · « **Reply #50 on:** February 25, 2009, 02:20:59 am »

Quote from: calder on February 24, 2009, 08:15:42 pm

oh piss, ok, job, girlfriend/car then cab, dang

complicated, isn't it?

but i think youve pretty much settled on th right order there. job first, car will follow. girl will not necessarily follow

cab can be any time after the first two...

ChadTower · « **Reply #51 on:** February 25, 2009, 10:56:53 am »

Quote from: pinballjim on February 25, 2009, 10:11:02 am

If your girlfriend was blown out by 25, there's only two people to blame:

1 - You
2 - Colonel Sanders

There is a long way between 25 and blown out... and an even longer way between 18 and 25. Men and women both.

ark_ader · « **Reply #52 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:18:27 pm »

No girl will go out with you in a clonker.

Get a Chevy V8 1500 Silverado.

ChadTower · « **Reply #53 on:** February 25, 2009, 12:39:59 pm »

Quote from: ark_ader on February 25, 2009, 12:18:27 pm

No girl will go out with you in a clonker.

Get a Chevy V8 1500 Silverado.

Now that's not true at all. Many girls will go out with him on Paige's scooter if he can piss daddy off enough.

calder · « **Reply #54 on:** February 25, 2009, 06:39:27 pm »

Auhhh yeah, http://austin.craigslist.org/cto/1049149268.html

CheffoJeffo · « **Reply #55 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:06:19 pm »

Quote from: ChadTower on February 25, 2009, 12:39:59 pm

Quote from: ark_ader on February 25, 2009, 12:18:27 pm
No girl will go out with you in a clonker.

Get a Chevy V8 1500 Silverado.
Now that's not true at all. Many girls will go out with him on Paige's scooter if he can piss daddy off enough.

I dunno ... Paige is Paige and he's got the special mojo going on -- AstroTurf CPO's with no angled joysticks, more vehicles than I have owned recently, the MAMEd motorhome and, the piece de resistance -- that beautiful picture of Cheedsus above his couch.

Mauzy · « **Reply #56 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:29:12 pm »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 25, 2009, 08:06:19 pm

the MAMEd motorhome

Damn! Someone beat me to it! I was gonna replace the fridge in our camper with an in-wall MAME setup with fold out CP...

ChadTower · « **Reply #57 on:** February 25, 2009, 08:34:23 pm »

Quote from: CheffoJeffo on February 25, 2009, 08:06:19 pm

I dunno ... Paige is Paige and he's got the special mojo going on -- AstroTurf CPO's with no angled joysticks, more vehicles than I have owned recently, the MAMEd motorhome and, the piece de resistance -- that beautiful picture of Cheedsus above his couch.

I wonder if his scooter had a paperboy CP on it and that's why he crashed.

daywane · « **Reply #58 on:** February 27, 2009, 10:28:13 am »

think van instead of truck.
I have both.
I like the van more

Aceldamor · « **Reply #59 on:** February 27, 2009, 10:43:15 am »

to hell with 4 wheels...motorcycle all the way.

Ummon · « **Reply #60 on:** February 27, 2009, 05:30:38 pm »

Quote from: Aceldamor on February 27, 2009, 10:43:15 am

to hell with 4 wheels...motorcycle all the way.

Well, cheaper all-round, unless you get a ricer or something hot, and those are often what chicks like. Unless you get a hog...but them's a different kind a girl. Just forget the chicks. Get a vehicle so's you can do things that are fun an all. Look up the surplus/seizure auctions. Hell, even privately-owned used cars might be going hella cheap - like that Integra so and so here got the other day.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #61 on:** February 27, 2009, 11:47:24 pm »

Quote from: Ummon on February 27, 2009, 05:30:38 pm

Quote from: Aceldamor on February 27, 2009, 10:43:15 am
to hell with 4 wheels...motorcycle all the way.

Well, cheaper all-round, unless you get a ricer or something hot, and those are often what chicks like. Unless you get a hog...but them's a different kind a girl. Just forget the chicks. Get a vehicle so's you can do things that are fun an all. Look up the surplus/seizure auctions. Hell, even privately-owned used cars might be going hella cheap - like that Integra so and so here got the other day.

dunno about in the US, but here the kinda girls that like you for your ricer are kinda, well, retarded...

most women really dont care about your car, although i must admit a lot of em like my car. probably precisely because it isnt compensating for anything...

that isuzu truck or whatever, that looks like a pretty good sort of thing to be aiming for. 4 cyl means you wont blow all your money on fuel, you can move stuff around, you can still pimp it out a little if you want (if you want to waste some cash). only drwaback of trucks is you cant have the sort of fun a carload of friends gets you...

ChadTower · « **Reply #62 on:** March 01, 2009, 09:51:26 pm »

Quote from: danny_galaga on February 27, 2009, 11:47:24 pm

dunno about in the US, but here the kinda girls that like you for your ricer are kinda, well, retarded...

He's 16! That's what he wants. He's not looking to find a wife, you know.

If it helps, though, should one of my sons come home with a motorcycle as a teenager, I'll cripple him myself and blow the motorcycle straight to hell. Ain't happening. HELL NO.

danny_galaga · « **Reply #63 on:** March 03, 2009, 02:02:58 am »

Quote from: ChadTower on March 01, 2009, 09:51:26 pm

Quote from: danny_galaga on February 27, 2009, 11:47:24 pm
dunno about in the US, but here the kinda girls that like you for your ricer are kinda, well, retarded...

He's 16! That's what he wants. He's not looking to find a wife, you know.

true. true


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