'What car should I buy' mega thread. Also help others buy. Post in here.

Keep in mind there is also /r/whatcarshouldibuy if you want to start your very own thread.

Stand alone car choosing threads will be deleted. If you have settled on a specific model or particular car, by all means start a thread. *

Please note your budget, general location (US, Canada, Australia, Europe, Asia, etc), and your preferred features.

Looking for a used car and don't know how to tell the good from the bad? Our used car buying thread in the sidebar can help.

/r/askcarsales also has a great sidebar FAQ for buying both new and used cars.

Looking for a $5K car give or take? We have a graphic in the sidebar.

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*You're welcome to make a thread starter on a specific car/model, but remember that /r/cars is a clearing house for general car info. The best resource when asking about a specific car is targeted forums. Considering an Audi, BMW, Jaguar, Porsche, or Land Rover? Find the specific subreddit (master list in the sidebar) or outside forums. Chances are that your questions have been answered many times over. Nobody here is going to have the kind of indepth info you can find there.

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We start a new thread on this topic every Sunday night. Feel free to repost if you have posted late in the week.

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How to Tighten up a Weld Seam on a Patch Panel.

No one's perfect, but we can do our best to strive to get the closest we can get to perfection every day. These ideals are the same whether you're a cook, a machinist, a landscaper, or a guy in his garage building an old car or motorcycle. One big lesson I've learned over the past few years has been to slow down and take the time to make sure that parts fit together as nice as possible before welding. Just blindly rough cutting a piece and trying to make it fit another piece is going to end with an uneven weld seam and won't end well!