Gotta get a new car


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   October 29 at 11:42am
Anyone have any suggestions on getting a car? Not a new one and budget around $5k.....my car was totaled driving to NCAAs in June so finally have to get a new one and insurance stuff is now going through. any suggestions would help. i've always had an accord type car but am up for something new. let me know if you have any ideas or know anything in the Austin area
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Andrew Utas   October 30 at 1:44am
My family and I have always driven Volvo 240s. Two of my best friends also have these cars and they are nothing short of awesome. They never break down and they run forever. They were manufactured from 1984-1993 -- talk about a time tested design! The 4-cylinder models (not the turbo-brick models) get between 20 and 25 mpg and a low-mileage (under 100k miles) great condition car won't set you back more than $2.5k. That's cheaper than a 15" macbook pro. And if you get the wagon, you can flip down the seats and nap in the back...
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Colt From Cyclingdirt   October 29 at 5:55pm
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Flocasts Info   October 29 at 5:06pm
go to http://www.flocasts.com and explore a little. Flocast is the parent company and there are many different sports such as track, gymnastics, wrestling, sailing, etc. and each has a head guy(track has ryan) and they are the guys who go around doing it. mark and his brother are in charge of the administration and ideas and website maintenance, etc. but definitely explore flocasts, its pretty cool
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Brett Hornig   October 29 at 3:26pm
i love my mazda protege5. they were only made 02 and 03 but one of those could be right up your price ally. great car. nice cargo area seats 5 comfortably, like 28/32 city/highway mileage. but at the same time its a really fun car to drive. its got good zip and it handles really well. nice tight suspension. i would definately take a look at one of those
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Dylan Garbutt   October 29 at 1:51pm
dude, you should get a old car because they are really cool, yknow like a VW beetle. id be your best friend if you did
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Anonymous Coward   October 29 at 1:20pm
hey Fenton,
I'm thinking a DODGE STRATUS! Or forget a car and just get a Vespa and cruise across the country with an eskimo jacket on for the cold months then great wind AC for the hotter months. Pretty viable option for for old TEXAS.
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Ricardo Balmaseda   October 29 at 12:39pm
Curious said:
Hey Ryan,

Sorry I can't help about the car, but I was wondering . . . where has Mark been lately? I haven't really seen or heard him in any of the videos for quite a while. Thanks.
Mark has been outed as the head of the organization... Pretty soon we'll be logging in to "FenTrack" for all our running videos. Or you could be a loser and go to Runnerspace.

Actually no, my guess is as the "main guy" his role is to be in charge of administrative stuff... and he's probs just burnt out from doing interviews/traveling 24/7 for the last couple years. He picks his battles and goes to the events he's really passionate about and otherwise does a lot of contacting for setting up interviews and scheduling where the FloNetwork will appear next. At the end of the day, FloTrack started off pretty small with a big vision, and now that its fulfilled some of that vision it needs its creator to step up to bigger "behind the scenes" roles and take a backseat to the limelight of interviews and having his image out there on videos/blogs all the time.
Either that or FloTrack is shutting down at the end of the year.
Or Ryan killed Mark, and this actually will all eventually become "FenTrack".
Just guessin
Oh, and get a 1998 Ford Taurus. Nothin attracts the running ladies like a Mighty Taurus.
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Madra   October 29 at 12:13pm
mazda....protegé..colour: ferrari red
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Try It.   October 29 at 12:10pm
Get a used Subaru.
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Curious   October 29 at 12:09pm
Hey Ryan,

Sorry I can't help about the car, but I was wondering . . . where has Mark been lately? I haven't really seen or heard him in any of the videos for quite a while. Thanks.
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