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Well, it's been a while since anything has been posted here so I thought I'd ask about your definitions of "solid".
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No rust, no major mechanical problems.

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Toyota.

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Toyota.
Solid Not! When I can use my fingers to successfully pullout bent metal "solid" as applied to a car is laughable. Reliable? Maybe, if well maintained.
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Solid to me means granite! Or maybe titanium? In a car, I'd look for ZERO rust or weak spots. I think most EBay descriptions use solid as meaning it weighs in at over 2,500 lbs.
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Way solid, man...

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Filled with concrete?
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One cannot launch a comprehensive treatise on the meaning of solid vehicles without promient discourse on the LEAD SLED.Image So named because of the tons of molten lead used to fill vast expanses of body imperfections.
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You can also define something by the thing(s) it is not.

For instance, communist cars aren't solid. Check it out: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dke6WL-Cntk

The American styled KGB cruiser at minute 03:29 is hilarious. Especially the push button automatic transmission.
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ReijerLincoln wrote:The American styled KGB cruiser at minute 03:29 is hilarious. Especially the push button automatic transmission.
I always wanted a Gaz Chaika growing up, I thought it looked very "Dick Tracy"!! I had a friend that grew up in communist Russia and he said the Chaika was a terrifying car to see coming down the road!
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They must be hard to find...
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Solid: structurally sound, may have surface rust or need paint, but overall condition is that most original metal still remains. "This car has a solid body, but might need paint."
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