# My first GEM Car! Looking for advice **URL:** \ **Category:** GEM Forum\ **Created:** [October 24, 2021, 9:23pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/my-first-gem-car-looking-for-advice/22722 "2021-10-24T21:23:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 5
**Author:** ![JarJarJava](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/jarjarjava/32/15158_2.png) [@JarJarJava](https://community.electricforum.com/u/JarJarJava)\ **Post date:** [October 24, 2021, 11:51pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/my-first-gem-car-looking-for-advice/22722/5 "2021-10-24T23:51:11Z")
My advice to you is to start drinking heavily. And maybe read some of the posts here > [@New to Gem: Bought 2002 E825 for hilly area](https://community.electricforum.com/t/new-to-gem-bought-2002-e825-for-hilly-area/22061/45): > > LOL, please DON’T rub it in. My 2002 rides like a tank, can hardly do a U-turn on an empty street. If I had a crystal ball in 2017 I would not have paid $3,000 for it, not installed $700 disc brakes, not put new Pb batteries in it, not upgraded the headlights, not put Leaf Gen4 lithium batteries in it, etc etc and I would have purchased a used 2013 Nissan Leaf with worn batteries and only 50 mile range for $5,000. But I didn’t and now there’s no way I’ll get my $$ out of the GEM and can’t get … Then, fix it like you would a Fiat… 2 gallons of gas and a match… Then go buy something newer. You’ll thank me later --- _[View the full topic](https://community.electricforum.com/t/my-first-gem-car-looking-for-advice/22722)._