First car, El camino?

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if youre buying an el camino your first priority isnt gas milage

Jun 14 2012 7:55PM

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baethoven

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El Camino's are dope but for handling in the snow you're better of with a Pinto

Jun 14 2012 7:56PM

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Avifarer

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my dad had an el camino and it got stolen

Jun 14 2012 7:57PM

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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.

Jun 14 2012 7:58PM

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Flying~Squirrel

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has always been my favorite car

Jun 14 2012 8:01PM

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CheddarJack

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Ah, the mullet car

Jun 14 2012 8:07PM

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Jun 14 2012 9:13PM

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TimRiley

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El camino is like a mullet. Business in the front, party in the back.

Jun 14 2012 9:16PM

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douchebagmdgee

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It wouldn't.

Jun 14 2012 9:18PM

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Hahahaha, great.

Jun 14 2012 9:21PM

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Can't embed on iPad, but this... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li7RVz0i-Tw&feature=youtube_gdata_player But in all seriousness, a El Camino is a muscle car. Not a winter/daily driver.

Jun 14 2012 9:26PM

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Lucas

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What if I put snow tires on?

Jun 14 2012 9:41PM

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douchebagmdgee

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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 :)

Jun 14 2012 9:51PM

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skiers el camino

Jun 14 2012 10:03PM

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new zealander's el camino
http://www.holden.com.au/vehicles/ute

Jun 14 2012 10:06PM

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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.

Jun 14 2012 10:09PM

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baethoven

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By buddy drives a white crown vic, and when you start roaring up behind people on the highway they usually get right hahaha

Jun 14 2012 10:16PM

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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.

Jun 14 2012 10:18PM

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Lucas

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Thanks for the help I decided to pick up a pinto instead

Jun 15 2012 1:37AM

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what is that top one?

Jun 15 2012 1:41AM

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Where-am-I

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im pretty sure a holden ute
hence the link i posted earlier

Jun 15 2012 1:50AM

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rareison

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don't pintos have gas tanks on the back?

Jun 15 2012 1:54AM

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pbandj

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looks like a wrx with the back chopped off pretty much.

Jun 15 2012 2:08AM

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Jun 15 2012 2:20AM

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Same but I just upgraded to a charger cop car the best car I ever drove.

Jun 15 2012 2:31AM

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Kman000

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I call them 'Chick Deflectors'

Jun 15 2012 3:33AM

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chicken

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el camino's are so radical. but you wont be getting good milleage that's for sure

Jun 15 2012 3:36AM

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You know those thing are one of the most unsafe cars ever made they catch fire all the time.

Jun 15 2012 3:44AM

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Corin

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I've always wanted to get an El Camino and convert it to 4wd somehow. Would be totally badass.

Jun 15 2012 4:53AM

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rareison

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I hope you back into something

Jun 15 2012 9:47AM

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Troy.

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A photoshopped 04/05 WRX. Not a real car.

Jun 15 2012 11:41AM

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Lucas

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Ya I know I taped propane tanks around the car to use as extra bumpers.

Jun 16 2012 1:44AM

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deleted5

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Not watching a 2 min vid.

Jun 16 2012 2:05AM

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Holy shit. Looked into them, this is sick.

Jun 16 2012 2:43AM

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Lucas

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Lol

Sep 2 2012 6:47PM

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Joebin

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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.