First car, El camino?

Lucas

Lucas

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I would like to try to buy an El Camino as my first car, but i dont know how it does on gas mileage or how reliable it is. Does anyone have any information on it? Also, how would it handle in the snow?
 
El Camino's are dope but for handling in the snow you're better of with a Pinto

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lol are you for realz?

it's rear wheel drive and have little weight in the back, so it will handle like shit. (unless you put something in the "bed")

you're going to get shit milage no matter what....i don't think they make a camino with anything smaller than a 3.9L.

also it's considered a collector car so you'll pay a lot to purchase one originally, for repairs (unless you're doing it yourself) and for insurance.
 
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But in all seriousness, a El Camino is a muscle car. Not a winter/daily driver.
 
Believe me. I live in Prince George, BC, which is pretty far north (I guess). Snow tires wouldn't really help... The car is still rear wheel drive and that is a recipe for disaster on snowy roads. Plus winter does terrible things to vehicles, like paint chips from gravel, or salt, window chips, build up of salt and snow in your wheel wells... It's just not good. Buy an El Camino for the summer, they are rad-tacular cars but they are just not made for the snow and cold. If you want to risk it and be extra careful not to lose control fine, just be careful :)
 
Very right on brother! When i was like 15 i wanted a El Camino so bad. Ended up getting a Crown victoria police cruiser...Grow a mullet in either car and youll be the bell of the ball at any trailer park in the United States.
 
By buddy drives a white crown vic, and when you start roaring up behind people on the highway they usually get right hahaha
 
Ohh yeah i fucked with people daily in that car. I had a brushgaurd and lights above both sideview mirrors so it looked hella legit. I would park in a place hidden from veiw like cops do all the time then speed out doing like 1 buck 10 chasing after them to to see them shit their pants lol.
 
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I've always wanted to get an El Camino and convert it to 4wd somehow. Would be totally badass.
 
First of all, if your asking how much an el camino is going cost to run as a a daily, you cant afford one. There collectors cars, old, and RWD. Meaning its going to cost a lot to buy, be very hard and expensive to find parts for, and handle like shit. Even with snow tires or weight in the bed the back end is still going to slip out under power in the snow because its still RWD. Tires/weight will just help with the problem, not fix it.

Second, that blue car is a WRX wagon with the back shooped off.

Third, you should look into a subaru brat, its like the baja, but with that classic 'el camino' look. Obviously AWD and totally rad. You will get more attention in a brat from subby enthusiasts than in an STi. Theyre hard as hell to find, but there so damn awesome.

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Dude, just get a Subaru Brat or a Baja if you want something newer.

El Caminos and Ford Rancheros are fuck ugly, laughable in snowy conditions, and make you look like a hick.

 
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