STAR PROJECTOR SITTING ON TOP AND SPAM ROOM WITH STARS
#technology-discussion
hot shadow
sly elk
STAR PROJECTOR SITTING ON TOP AND SPAM ROOM WITH STARS
the top of the case is glass.. I could....
hot shadow
oh shit I hope their fan bearings don't die
sly elk
but it'd have to be small to fit next to the radiator
sly elk
oh shit I hope their fan bearings don't die
they're maglev fans
hot shadow
ANIME FIG SHELF ON LEFT FAN
sharp star
ANIME FIG SHELF ON LEFT FAN
lost python
iphones feel weird
also i really didnt expect for dbrand to be this unhinged outside of social media
my case came with a card telling me that they dont believe i have friends and that i should rate their stuff because they know where i live.
also the shipping bag design is just one very long wall of text of some unhinged rant 
hazy frost
Oh yeah everything they do is like this, it’s not just a social media act which makes it actually good
If u talk to customer support they still act like that too iirc
lost python
well i will find out because they accidentally sent me the wrong case lmao
ordered the max grip case but they shipped me the ghost case 2.0
hazy frost
I’ve seen bad things about the quality recently I’d be interested in how it holds up tbh
lost python
IIRC the ghost 2.0 is the updated version they are sending out to owners of the 1.0 for free?
inland mauve
wow this new Discord interface is trash
hazy frost
I actually really like it but it might be bc I always use it windowed it’s a lot more compact and usable for me
dire viper
@potent arrow idk if this even qualifies as a wheel core anymore
hot shadow
my case came with a card telling me that they dont believe i have friends and th...
lmao the packaging for me was just one long rant in tiny text
once in a while cause of current events they send me a SMS and then tell me to get extorted
once sent email linking to PS5 cases telling me to buy it cause if I'm stupid enough to buy a PS5 then I must be stupid enough to buy extra backplates
tru
potent arrow
<@829359022288797726> idk if this even qualifies as a wheel core anymore
QHAT THE FUCK
dire viper
QHAT THE FUCK
Yea I gotta pull the tire off for it to go back as a core
potent arrow
is that even a wheel core anymore
dire viper
is that even a wheel core anymore
Yea, AER doesn’t ask questions for cores
If the wheel was cut in half they’d take it
hot shadow
<@829359022288797726> idk if this even qualifies as a wheel core anymore
me after surviving Costco parking lot
lost python
im surprised that this phone even has decent quality speakers
like they sound A LOT better than any other phone i have heard
dire viper
me after surviving Costco parking lot
Utah driver type shit
Watch ppl go off the side of the canyon here sometimes while going 15mph
Like it’s just not even possible to do that but they do it
dire viper
im surprised that this phone even has decent quality speakers
What phone did you get?
lost python
iphone 16 pro max
lost python
its my first iphone that isnt a company phone. pretty neat so far
and oh fuck does it feel good to have a smooth OS and smooth apps again 
dire viper
Refresh rate more than 5
lost python
oh my old one also had a 90hz screen, but the hardware was ass
and you certainly do notice the difference between an OS designed for one phone type and an OS designed for thousands
hazy frost
ios animations are j ust good as well
ios is just the best OS for phones rn especially if u get sideloading in the country u buy it
lost python
it was just a pain to get everything transferred. the "move to ios" app didnt work quite as it should
hot shadow
ya iphones have come a long way, even the 12s are still fine
rn it's around iphone X that is laggy so those people have to upgrade anyway
been long enough, also x can't even handle vtuber face tracking well
hazy frost
yeah i upgraded from an X after it was like 7 years old
it wasnt doing too good for how i use my phone but they'd still work for most people
hot shadow
I was given this new unopened 14 plus just laying around so I'm gonna be stuck here for a while 
hot shadow
but it's good excellent phone
hazy frost
i refuse to buy anything over 6.1 or 6.3"
hot shadow
I don't like apple keyboard tho I switched to Google kb
hazy frost
i dont mind it that much the alternatives arent enough better imo
i dont like any phone keyboard
hot shadow
I found out there is an inaccuracy on apple keyboard on the left side where your thumb meat MIGHT hit it randomly and the shift button flips the fuck out
like the pressy hitbox of the button isn't where the visual should be wtf
hot shadow
it might be more a thing on the plus
hazy frost
the only problem i had on ios was when the dynamic island came into existence but old phones still had notches some apps would have stuff under the island
or vice versa
hazy frost
its not too bad now but when it first came out it was annoying
people say dynamic island and notch bad but its like the only flagship phone with proper face ID
hazy frost
the facial recognition hardware is just miles better on iphones than any android phone rn
thats why the notch is there still
hot shadow
ya
hazy frost
means my phone actually unlocks quickly just when i take it out my pocket
hot shadow
that's why when a vtuber doesn't have an iphone you bully them for being poor and have to use open libs for webcam jank
hazy frost
and works properly in the dark bc i ts not camera based like some phones
hot shadow
Everytime
hazy frost
lol
its disappointing how little changed in the 14-16 tho
basically just the processor for meaningful stuff
hot shadow
ya
that's kinda why gifting a 14 or 15 rn is acceptable
cheap and not far behind
esp cause who cares about the AI part
hazy frost
in a few years theres some features i could see being nice but they dont work properly yet
hazy frost
my 14 pro was like £750
which is £300 less than the 16 is
for the AI features..
and 5x zoom instead of 3x
hazy frost
maybe we won't care till 18 lolll
by that time i hope google has made a pixel with less problems so i can just buy that lmao
hazy frost
pixel with better processor and face ID is what i want
hot shadow
but I quit pixels forever when my husb took a buncha pix n vid of me then his pixel bricked itself randomly
hazy frost
their AI features actually work, camera is better, OS isnt bloated
hot shadow
also still no good face id camera I can use for hobbies
was able to use iphone cam for VR face tracking
it made me think people could actually figure this out for MMOs if they bothered
having a framework for it
then you could go up to your friends and do stupid faces
hazy frost
the requirement to have that working for everyone on a server at the same time would be a problem as well tho lol
lost python
then you could go up to your friends and do stupid faces
there are some games that support it and its hilarious
hot shadow
inzoi 
I want to see more games realize they can do it just as an extra fun thing
it'll have unintended consequence of everyone buying an iphone to give a shit
hot shadow
the requirement to have that working for everyone on a server at the same time w...
idk I've seen 60 people use it for VR before so prob would limit this for friendlist only or guildies
within like, a radius of you ofc so it culls it
dire viper
sly elk
i fully expect 'max' will argue with everyone who says it's not safe lol
inland mauve
paper tusk
dire viper
@sly elk
umbral moss
based bob lutz, the last american car guy who made cars
unlike these shitbirds who only make boring fucking trucks and soulless SUVs
where's the american morizo 
dire viper
they exist
just have to make money
Toyota makes most of its profits from SUV's and Trucks now
technically the Corolla cross is a truck so
yippee
sly elk
unlike these shitbirds who only make boring fucking trucks and soulless SUVs
there was the s10 blazer but meh
it's still just a tarted up suv lol
that probably isn't the one i'm thinking of
yea i was thinking of the syclone
and the syclone was a truck hehe
umbral moss
they exist
the reason the viper funding worked the way it did is because bob wanted to make the viper and couldn't tell the board he was spending money on it
the only ceo who is still kind of making cool cars is morizo and that's only because the corolla/yaris gr exist
otherwise the only GR they make is the 86 which subaru designed for them
dire viper
Nah the 86/FRS/BRZ chassis was a Toyota thing
The engine is Subaru
The GR Corolla is unfortunately catching on fire
Too heavy for the 3 cylinder
And the boxer also just isn’t that great of an engine
Boxer used for lowering weight but that doesn’t matter in 99% of cars
Miata doesn’t do it and imo handles better still
dire viper
@sly elk @potent arrow EB110 Quad Turbo 3.5L V12
hazy frost
Miata doesn’t do it and imo handles better still
Doesn’t the ND still have serious body roll compared to other sports cars u can buy
That’s like the only complaint I see about them
I haven’t driven one long enough or close enough in time to the FRS to know if it’s that bad
dire viper
Doesn’t the ND still have serious body roll compared to other sports cars u can ...
It’s not even that bad
Like it’s not bad enough to detract from the driving experience
Plus sway bars are like
120 bucks
For real tight ones
hazy frost
Yeah any enthusiast who actually has one buys them
But so many people drive them without
dire viper
They drive fine without
Body roll is annoying but bad suspension is more problematic
Miata weights up fine
Doesn’t really disrupt its handling
umbral moss
The GR Corolla is unfortunately catching on fire
tragic, but expected
trying to coax boosted 2.5L performance out of a 0.9L 3 banger 
dire viper
I mean the Yaris doesn’t have issues
It’s just the weight load
Plus everybody was running V12’s lower than 4 liters that were incredibly over strung forever
The GR Corolla doesn’t come with enough cooling or anything
Lots of that is extra parts that are dealer install or self install
umbral moss
I mean, yeah, they could have just made the damn yaris but somebody said "just make it bigger and change nothing else" lmao
dire viper
Why sell the GR car and advertise it as a rally car and then void warranties when people drive them at the speed limit
dire viper
Two of the owners with caught on fire cars were cruising at a fixed speed during the fires
75 and 80
Both those ones got voided cause they were speeding (both going the legal speed limit on the roads they were on)
But also the GR’s have a weird third person warranty?
From factory
umbral moss
car companies have some weird gotchas on warranty stuff
like subaru has a trade-in guarantee but the guarantee also requires you treat the car like a lease for 10 years lmao
dire viper
It’s not that it’s against the warranty agreement in some loophole way, it’s literally not
There is ONE PERSON at a third party warranty company doing all of the GR Corolla warranty stuff
There is a forum thread about it
Every appeal and what not is responded too by one person
umbral moss
that's really odd
did they just expect people to buy the thing and put it in a museum?
dire viper
Probably
Toyota hasn’t built a factory sports car for America forever
Supra is a Z4
umbral moss
yeah, the supra is poopy
dire viper
And the BMW hardware is bullet proof fortunately
They’re not poopy, just ugly
Z4 looks better
umbral moss
I have no idea what they're even doing, they tried to make cool cars but every cool car they make is someone else's product lmao
umbral moss
bmw though
hazy frost
yeah, the supra is poopy
I don’t understand people saying this
Z4 great
Supra continues to be great at significantly less money
umbral moss
it's the same argument with the BRZ/FRS though
it's like toyota took a good car and decided to make it less cool looking and somehow less fun to drive
if you have the ability to buy the car the toyota version is based on, that's the better version to get
hazy frost
Idk I think the supra looks way more interesting than the z4 does rn
hazy frost
And the supra is like £20,000 less
Which is an actually absurd number
Z4 doesn’t depreciate so u can’t buy a good used one from a dealer for 30k
U can do that with the supra tho
hazy frost
It’s good if u don’t buy brand new expensive cars like an idiot
umbral moss
¯_(ツ)_/¯
hazy frost
£30k for a supra with like 10k miles and a warranty
Personally I’d go buy an e92 for 1/3 of the price again but still
umbral moss
I'm eyes-open for the ES90
I have an XC40 right now and I'm already missing that two-body trunk the subie had
hazy frost
I don’t like driving big cars tbh
I’d drive an estate car if I needed the space but I don’t really anyway
umbral moss
the S90 isn't too bad, it's what, 190 inches?
hazy frost
That’s huge
umbral moss
the XC40 is like 170 and it shows since the trunk barely fits the jack I had in the back of my subie lmao
hazy frost
That’s 40cm wider than a 340d
That’s a LOT
And the 340d has a 500L boot with seats up still
umbral moss
the XC40 just has no trunk
they made the back seat livable in exchange for barely any cargo space unless you put the seats down
the subie could store at least a body, maybe two if you folded them
hazy frost
The answer
umbral moss
hazy frost
I’d buy one of these if I wasn’t already able to fit everything into a small hatchback or coupe
umbral moss
I hate those sportback things
hazy frost
Its not a sport back it’s an estate lol
Same space inside as most of the stupid SUVs and oversized sedans
umbral moss
SUVs are already an abomination on automotive industry, slicing 40% of the vertical space off to make it look cool is worse
hazy frost
Without being obnoxiously large on the outside
hazy frost
SUVs are already an abomination on automotive industry, slicing 40% of the verti...
That’s literally not what it is
Have u never seen an estate car
umbral moss
is it a wagon like the V60?
hazy frost
Mid size sedan in width and length so easy to park and manoeuvre but with SUV luggage capacity and good space for passengers
umbral moss
it's a wagon
wagons don't really sell in the US so they make these stupid sportback SUVs instead
like the X4
hazy frost
They’re called estate cars in the UK
Volvo and Porsche still sell theirs in the US atl
I think Audi do I forgot but theirs aren’t as good value as the BMW ones anyway
hazy frost
It’s a shame
Crossovers are stupid bc they’re hatchbacks that look bigger
I have a guy that owns a Ford puma here and parks behind my small hatchback and it looks huge but u can see the space inside is the same and ground clearance isn’t even that difference when mine was stock height
umbral moss
the US version of a crossover is just a compact SUV on a sedan sub-frame, like a shittier hatchback
like the corolla cross is literally just a corolla but they made the back bigger
umbral moss
almost nothing in the US is lifted unless it's specifically marketed that way, like the wilderness trims for subaru
umbral moss
the forester wilderness could probably run over a small child and not notice lmao
it's got like 11 inches of front clearance
hazy frost
My next car will probably be a TTS as I said here the other day I think and it has basically the same dimensions and luggage space as what I drive anyway
I’ve not driven anything bigger myself so I’m never going to notice
umbral moss
I wanted an s60 hybrid but the PHEV is basically impossible to find in the US
there were zero within 250 miles of my zip code, new or used
hazy frost
I don’t have the money for a newer car tbh
Or I do but it’s not a reasonable use of it rn lol
umbral moss
I just wanted 36 mpg and 450whp
umbral moss
umbral moss
the XC40 is slightly better on gas than the subie, it does about 33 highway while the subie did about 27 if you coasted as much as possible
hazy frost
The S60 is twice as much as that
hazy frost
the XC40 is slightly better on gas than the subie, it does about 33 highway whil...
Which engine is it
umbral moss
the XC40? b5
hazy frost
Nice
umbral moss
they had a 2021 R-design that I really wanted but it didn't pass the passenger test
hazy frost
lol
umbral moss
when you turned on polestar mode it went
hazy frost
Im spending a bit more money on this car before moving on
Might even just keep it and rent a garage for the next
Sentimental now
hazy frost
when you turned on polestar mode it *went*
Yeah they do that lol
I’m doing 0-60 in like 7.7 still rn I want to get it to just under 7 and I’ll be happy with this
Hybrids cheating 😔
umbral moss
well, I took a perf loss going to the XC40
hazy frost
Yeah
hazy frost
Tbf getting >40mpg and still doing 0-60 in less than 10 seconds is making me happy
My fuel costs are great with prices rn
hazy frost
my legacy had 265hp, the XC40 is only 240 if you squint
240 is enough to drive everyday anyway
I’m never doing 0-60 anyway it’s when 10or 20-30/40/50 or similar feels fast that’s nice
umbral moss
I feel it when I need to cut someone off trying to make a turn
the manual mode is kind of good for that because it skips the computer's insistence on staying in the lowest rpm it can manage
so you can nyoom on M1/M2 and then put it back in drive since the XC40 only seems to have two torque gears for some reason
the other 8 are just varying degrees of 💤
hazy frost
lol
I’m not gapping many people but most people don’t have anything fast in the UK anyway
It’s all practical
umbral moss
practical for me is speed
the speed limit is 80kph but people practically go 120 and you will die putt-putting in the fast lane at the speed limit
if you're one of those "I must drive 2kph below the speed limit" people, do it in the right lane or stay on local streets
get off the highway
sly elk
i set my cruise control at the speed limit and hang out in the right lane
i think it's stupid that everyone wants to drive 100mph and it's SO POPULAR that yet somehow
somehow nobody ever manages to actually raise the speed limit
it's like those neighborhoods where they stick a stop sign on every damn corner. you know what I do when I have to drive in those? I come to a complete stop at every sign.
I'm not the one who made the stupid law or put the stupid sign there.
umbral moss
somehow nobody ever manages to actually raise the speed limit
insurance company lobby
also local municipalities use it for revenue
there's a work zone near where I live that has a sign that warns you that fines are doubled in work zones, and as you're driving out of it there's a sign that says "end work zone" and another 1000 feet after it that says "end higher fines zone"
sly elk
lol
yea all I can say is this shit's why i drive the speed limit
i don't need that drama in my lifee
umbral moss
you only really need to when there are cops around 😌
sly elk
or i can just hang out in the right lane doing 65mph wih the cruise control on and not give a shit
my favorite is the school zone by my house
25mph in a 35mph
in the almost 8 years i've lived here, I cannot remember the last time I saw someone actually do 25mph
twice i was putzing around at 25 and someone got into the bike lane on the shoulder to get around me (and there's 2 lanes, so they could've gone around me on the left)
and like
there's school busses and kids and shit
umbral moss
25mph in a 35mph
20 in a 40 
sly elk
my favorite is when they do unhinged shit and then pull into the school
umbral moss
and school zone fines are doubled because why not lmao
sly elk
that's nothing
vegas. 15mph in a 45mph
and people actually DO drive 15mph for that one
sly elk
also
their school zone is super well defined
they're very short and clearly marked and have flashing lights on big poles
umbral moss
NYS is almost always just a sign that says "surprise, you're about to get a nasty ticket, bitch"
so if you don't know it's there you just take the L the first time
I've gotten like 5 speed camera tickets going around queens because they put them in dick places
sly elk
new yawhk in general
umbral moss
the last one was a speed camera on the fucking on-ramp to the highway
sly elk
then you go park
umbral moss
who the fuck puts a speed camera on a highway ramp
sly elk
the last one was a speed camera on the fucking on-ramp to the highway
how does that work?
do they have a ramp speed limit?
umbral moss
it's aimed at the service road next to the exit ramp
umbral moss
so if you're accelerating off the service road to get onto the ramp, they nail you
sly elk
drag strip style lmao
umbral moss
plus they classify it as a school zone so the ticket is impossible to fight
fucking shitbirds
umbral moss
you actually will die if you putt-putt onto a fucking highway in NY doing 25mph
sly elk
then you are legally obligated to join the freeway at 35mph
umbral moss
nobody will let your stupid ass in
that's why you always see that one jackass parked at the end of the ramp with their blinker on
like "please sir, let me in"
sly elk
it's been about a month since the last time I was on the freeway
sly elk
when i was going up and down the 110 at 11pm to try and get my car smog check ready lmao
the only time at night you can hold 60+mph for more than 10 seconds
umbral moss
I spend almost all my time on the highway so I have like, zero tolerance for dumbfuckery on the road
if you're afraid to drive, fuckin don't
have someone else drive you
sly elk
honestly
i'd rather have the slow dude
than the one that tries to do 126mph in their silverado 3500 duramax
with mud tires
umbral moss
no, slow drivers are also nervous drivers so they slam on their brakes over every little thing
sly elk
presumably only rated to 98mph best case
sly elk
no, slow drivers are also nervous drivers so they slam on their brakes over ever...
hmm yea I live in LA bro
umbral moss
they're a legit road hazard
sly elk
we call those tourists 😄
umbral moss
umbral moss
a single leaf drifts across the road, and the brake lights go up
unless you are about to hit a wall, you do not need your brakes for fucking anything
sly elk
i'm always impressed when i see a florida plate out here though
that's a long ass drive
especially when they do it in a car that must've been a real journey
97 ford taurus with florida plates
or some other real weird car
fine, 90s jeep
something you would not wanna drive cross country in
their ass mus've been on firee lmao
sorry my e key needs a new switch
dire viper
Bugatti Tourbillon supercut
V16 sounds even more like a wall of noise than the W16 lmao
two straight 8's... Packard would be proud
umbral moss
what is bugatti even going to do when EVs go to primetime
dire viper
EV's arent
market share tanked so hard over the last two quarters its seriously unfunny
even with rebates
Mate Rimac wont let Bugatti go the way of the EV
cause thats what Rimac is for
20 something year old CEO?
oh no hes way older
37
but hes way younger than all the other CEO's
Christian von Koenigsegg is 52
Gordon Murray is almost 80 
its almost comforting to see the person in charge of the two companies that will lead the future for unobtainium cars daily drives BMW's from the 2000's, 90's and 80's
umbral moss
market share tanked so hard over the last two quarters its seriously unfunny
that's because teslas are less liked than rob schneider movies
dire viper
its surprisingly not that
umbral moss
so there's barely any EV demand now, everyone else makes shittier cars
dire viper
its just generally, EV's are still in their infancy
wraith agate
Rob Schneider makes movies?
umbral moss
Rob Schneider makes movies?
dire viper
people feel like they got cheated after a while
wraith agate
I thought all he ever does is just cameo in Adam Sandler movies
umbral moss
that's because he's a comedy multiplier, he's only funny if someone funnier is on screen with him
like ben stiller
dire viper
the only cars that can do minimalism are the ones that costs millions of dollars
umbral moss
rising prices dont help
I mean, this is the big thing, but also because tech is just kind of flatlined in this area
nobody is making more efficient motors, just cramming more batteries in and blowing up the price of the car
because people won't even look at an EV unless it can do 750 miles on a charge
umbral moss
yeah, because lucid is literally tesla 2.0 lmao
dire viper
they are continually engineering improvements
umbral moss
the founder and chief engineer for lucid is the chief engineer from tesla before dummy forced him out
lmao
dire viper
I mean its not just Tesla 2.0, its engineering led rather than profit and clout led
thats why that shit is expensive
they've also said they dont want to sell a million cars a year
they want to sell lots of nice cars and mostly be a supplier for other OEM's
umbral moss
they also said that's their roadmap to profitability, they're selling high margin cars to fund their development of an affordable car
dire viper
ehEhehEHEHeheh
umbral moss
they do have a plan for a lucid that's like $45-50kish
dire viper
its really really hard to bring down pricing on cars
umbral moss
but they can't actually make it because batteries are like 80% of the EV car BOM
dire viper
if lucid made extremely efficient compact cars
they'd literally never be able to keep up with demand
make little two door electric vans better than the other companies can
for reasonable prices
I just think Peter Rawlinson is TOO engineering driven
ie Mercedes pre 94
umbral moss
they'd literally never be able to keep up with demand
yeah this
dire viper
like mercedes was selling a fucking 90,000 dollar compact sedan in the 90's
umbral moss
if they had a 250whp awd compact SUV that got 15-20 miles per kWh it would basically never stay on the lot
with a 33.7 kWh battery that's 500+ miles per charge
and such a tiny pack takes what, 20 minutes to DCFC?
dire viper
Rivian will probably beat them to profitability
umbral moss
not even?
rivian is definitely going to clown on lucid with the r3x
it's the exact vehicle americans will buy
dire viper
yuh
umbral moss
I've got my eye on the r3x too
dire viper
car buying age goes up but thats cause economy has been wacky and millenials are still paying off houses
even RAB is looking at the R3X
umbral moss
the ES90 is calling to me because it's going to be the EX90 but with 60% of the weight
umbral moss
hell, my girl likes the way rivians look
she just didn't want an EV so I got outvoted
umbral moss
she said the second car we get can be an EV though
dire viper
simply buy an ineos
im actually sending their parts manager my resume
the local dealer
maybe can go work there
its so cool 😭
I WANT IT SO BAD
umbral moss
is it still an ice car?
umbral moss
dire viper
and the ZF8HP
umbral moss
I don't need another gas car, I want to pay nothing for gas lmao
dire viper
fair
idk the Grenadier is just very niche?
it is entirely offroad orientated
locking diffs and selectable 4x4 is standard
it uses ball steering rather than other kinds so it doesnt self center
umbral moss
I want an offroading EV
dire viper
I want an offroading EV <:pogianger:745694828825673828>
which is why you want a Rivian
Rivian continually refining and simplifying is also good
umbral moss
yeah
umbral moss
they got rid of android auto though, which kinda sucks
I enjoy the navi on android auto
dire viper
do they have to do a licensing thing for android auto
I thought that was part of the issue
umbral moss
I think it was more like they didn't want to license carplay so they removed both
and then said it was because they think their in-house software is good enough to not need android auto
sly elk
car buying age goes up but thats cause economy has been wacky and millenials are...
if the millennials even can afford to own a house lmao
dire viper
I mean millenials be having multiple kids now
sly elk
atm though, cars are just fucking expensive
bring the cheap BYDs heree and they might sell
umbral moss
atm though, cars are just fucking expensive
boutta get worse because even broke-ass alabama in a non-union shop still more expensive than mexico
sly elk
frfr
umbral moss
dealers are already baking in the 25% increase on cars they already have on the lot
hot shadow
I mean millenials be having multiple kids now
why have kids when I can send money to broken adults
dire viper
true
hot shadow
sly elk
i mean it was possible to get a new jeep for <40k, now that the market for them crashed.. probably low 30s even, and those are built in ohio .... but!!!! with a mexican engine and a german transmission
and a probably mostly chinese interior
dire viper
dealers are already baking in the 25% increase on cars they already have on the ...
thats just how its gon be
dire viper
wuh
hot shadow
Ed do you still like your place you bought?
umbral moss
Ed do you still like your place you bought?
ye
dire viper
there is not a single car outside of a 400,000 dollar aston martin that can max the load on a ZF8HP
which is funny
hot shadow
dire viper
twin turbo V12 making 900hp and 800ft lbs of torque still has a 300hp and 600ft lb buffer on the transmission
umbral moss
counterpoint: the reason the 3000GT sucked was the transmission
umbral moss
the transmission just being like, a bag of bolts welded into a housing was a bigger problem lmao
the noise just means it's working 👍
dire viper
the 5 speed was designed for the power it came with
like if you wanna make serious power with those cars, the go too has been 3 speed automatic CAMPER transmissions
not even joking
its what the Vectors ran
I have an acquaintance that has a 500k mile Galant VR4 and its on the same transmission somehow
there isnt a single transmission with a service life that long, regardless of how good it is
umbral moss
ah man, when the galant was an actual sport saloon
dire viper
ah man, when the galant was an actual sport saloon
we never got the V6 turbo
unfortunately
JDM has wacky shit
umbral moss
keeps all the good shit to itself
dire viper
there is however a Galant V6 Turbo locally here and its not very fast!
but its still cool
umbral moss
although I saw an AZ-1 near the dealer where I bought my XC40
I don't know how the fuck they managed to get one here
dire viper
although I saw an AZ-1 near the dealer where I bought my XC40
there are like 5 local here
mfs buying them up
umbral moss
the guy who sold me my xc40 scooped my subie and flipped it in less than a week
that thing is legitimately more rare than a lambo from the same model year
umbral moss
first to second was always the transition it didn't like
sly elk
sorry for your loss
i love my zf 8 speeds
umbral moss
you drive a jeep, what speed lmao
dire viper
first to second was always the transition it didn't like
thats just kinda true for all boxes
did you have an STi
sly elk
its so cool 😭
which brings me back to these, b58 engine and a zf8hp, great combo
umbral moss
I had a legacy GT
dire viper
oh
umbral moss
they only made 1500 in the year I bought it
sly elk
you drive a jeep, what speed lmao
nono it does have a zf 8hp 🙂
dire viper
1st and 2nd geared for acceleration over comfort
sly elk
is it fast? no? It's a jeep lmao it doesn't need to be FAST
umbral moss
the actual hump is just really sticky
dire viper
my M3 when I have to wait for it to drop 2k revs to let the clutch out cause 1st does 43mph and 2nd only does 64.
umbral moss
you have to like, slam the shifter into second or the gearbox shoves it back
"do better, bitch"
umbral moss
that uses the WRX box
I kind of wish it did, my understanding is that the GT is slightly different which is why there are literally no mods for the stupid thing
sly elk
I had a legacy GT
nice choice
umbral moss
the gearbox makes the exhaust tubing layout different so you can't use WRX parts
sly elk
sure but aftermarket exhaust on a subaru engine is kinda
umbral moss
none of the intake stuff is the same either
umbral moss
it's an EJ255 but you can't do anything with it because everything is slightly different for some reason lmao
dire viper
so things change big
a Legacy B Spec would be cool
if you were to ever buy another subaru
umbral moss
the legacy is officially dead after 2025, only the outback will survive
dire viper
or Spec B
umbral moss
although they did bring back the 2.5T for the top trim legacy this year
umbral moss
if you were to ever buy another subaru
I thought about getting the solterra because they were offering 0% financing on it lmao
dire viper
umbral moss
2011 legacy GT
not the spec B
although the 2025 legacy looks basically identical from the outside
dire viper
they only made 500
and ive seen like 30 different ones, cause Utah lol
bet you a fifth of them were sold here
umbral moss
as far as I know there are only 1500 2011s in existence
and mine might have been the only one in the NYC area
as rare as the S60 PHEV
dire viper
I like how I was told I was gonna not have fun with snow with the M3 yet even when it did snow I had no issues
because Utah salts and plows the minute snow starts dropping so there was no snow
yay
umbral moss
that's people in states that don't know what to do with snow
dire viper
california transplants
umbral moss
although you can tell where the town and county lines are when it snows in NY
dire viper
cause a 16 car pileup cause they run 2 year old summer tires in winter
umbral moss
NYC plows to the goddamn pavement as soon as it starts snowing
nassau and suffolk don't plow until the day after
meanwhile, the subaru just quietly chugs right through it like it's just a little rain on the ground
we'll see what kind of tires these dummies put on the XC40, when I got my legacy originally they put fucking summer tires on it like assholes
so it sucked in the snow until I replaced the tires with proper all seasons
dire viper
where the Polestar 💔
umbral moss
I wanted an EV and got outvoted
also there's apparently only one polestar dealer in manhattan
hot shadow
outvoted by who
umbral moss
when this one is paid up it's hers and I'll get what I want
hot shadow
hot shadow
I'm just gonna ride my shitbox into the dirt
umbral moss
I tried to ride my shitbox into the dirt and it actually did
dire viper
you're the one with the money it's your call. kekw
SAME FOR U RAB
umbral moss
the exhaust and tires were cooked
hot shadow
bich
umbral moss
surprisingly, the engine was in good shape
umbral moss
if I had another $6000 I would have just put the stupid repairs on the subie and kept it another decade lmao
hot shadow
it's pretty tho
umbral moss
at least I was able to talk gril out of buying a smart car or a mini
like, I do most of the driving, please let me have a car I can fit in
umbral moss
I drove a mini in canada, it's nice but I wouldn't want to be trapped in it for two hours a day
hot shadow
smartcar is cool only for tiny lil areas and 5 mile radius suburb stuff
dire viper
Mini GP would be cool if they werent still 50k, which was MSRP
300 something horsepower mini
faster around tracks than Type R's
(dont tell Honda that tho cause they still say they make the fastest FWD)
hot shadow
I think
umbral moss
don't they still make the turbo mini?
hot shadow
I probably like horses more
dire viper
yea
umbral moss
I thought the JCW was 300-ish
umbral moss
I mean a real turbo lmao
hot shadow
I feel like nothing for cars a lot but I like animol
umbral moss
not the "we just slapped a turbo on it to get better mpg"
dire viper
GP is a full comprehensive redesign of what a Mini is
dire viper
I feel like nothing for cars a lot but I like animol
horse girl
hot shadow
a lil
didn't run around all clopping in gradeschool tho
like the other girl did
yeesh
dire viper
fair
dire viper
not the "we just slapped a turbo on it to get better mpg"
I mean turbo is turbo
the issue was the prince architecture motors being not great
but the B48 swap over was good
umbral moss
yeah, sorta, but there are two types of turbo and companies tend to use them interchangeably
dire viper
engines reliability can make high power with smaller turbos
umbral moss
turbo doesn't always mean "fast"
umbral moss
volvo is really bad at that, they only make turbo engines but none of them are especially "fast" unless you have the PHEV boost
because they just use one of the motors from their EV lmao
dire viper
I need GP
dire viper
volvo is really bad at that, they only make turbo engines but none of them are e...
I mean it makes sense from an engineering standpoint
sly walrus
mini my beloved
dire viper
why would you make bespoke stuff when you can make it faster
add complexity and cost for no reason?
Volvo USED to do that
they had a V8, they used to do transverse inline 6's
a bit expensive for what they were
dire viper
mini my beloved
true
umbral moss
why would you make bespoke stuff when you can make it faster
I mean more that they don't have a performance turbo platform
like if you want a fast volvo, that exists, but only the PH/EV models
dire viper
I mean if you ask me the modern turbo doesnt even give the same emotions as turbos used too
so I see no point
umbral moss
they don't make a pure ICE version that's like, double the boost of the normal b5
umbral moss
the polestar upgrade is just an ecu flash lmao
they make it seem like it's some secret upgrade process
buddy, it's a 5 minute OBD-II session
wow, you bumped the fuel map and restored the power curve to what it was supposed to be
umbral moss
they don't do that anymore, the polestar thing is just an ecu flash
the b5 platform doesn't get any hardware
dire viper
the V90 comes with ohlins and akibonos
umbral moss
honestly, I would punch at least ten babies for bigger rotors on the XC40
it's got rotors like it's a compact sedan when it's pushing 4000lb dry
my subie had 12.6s in the front and that was a little undersized
umbral moss
better stopping power
dire viper
my mf M3 with slider calipers outbraking cars with monoblock 6 pistons
umbral moss
you can feel the thing being like "nope, fuck off"
dire viper
that sounds more like a grip issue
umbral moss
bad pedal feedback, no pad bite
dire viper
pedal feedback is just an issue
thats baked in
you wont get pedal feedback in any modern car that isnt bespoke from the ground up
umbral moss
it just feels like the car is sliding out from under you
dire viper
I mean your driving an SUV
umbral moss
the legacy is an outback with less cargo lmao
it's not like I was driving a kei car before
umbral moss
all the more reason to make those rotors 12s
I'm pretty sure they're like, 11s
so small for no reason
on the EV it makes sense because the motor also sucks rotational inertia
the ice doesn't really engine brake like that
dire viper
torque converter moment
umbral moss
and the mild hybrid also doesn't have regenerative braking for some reason
it only regens when you actually brake
strange choice
dire viper
probably to not weird out prospective buyers
umbral moss
yeah but if you don't touch the brakes that often the battery doesn't recharge
dire viper
plus most people buying a volvo probably live inner city, and probably drive stop and go all the time
umbral moss
I mostly use engine braking in manual mode and the brakes only get touched in traffic or a dire emergency
umbral moss
plus most people buying a volvo probably live inner city, and probably drive sto...
if only the mild hybrid got good efficiency in heavy traffic
the thing is super thirsty if you're constantly on the throttle because the gearing is weird
umbral moss
just make the XC40 PHEV
umbral moss
they have the EX40 for EV buyers, which is a lowkey sleeper
because the EX40 has like 450whp
dire viper
yea but no 8000rpm inline 6
blazing wagon
so i've tried to undervolt my gpu so it can stay alive a bit longer playing ffxiv
i really don't get why my undervolt worked fine last evening but today crashes my game every 10m with the same setting/profile loaded in msi afterburner
umbral moss
yea but no 8000rpm inline 6
would you believe I would rather have all the torque right now instead of only at 6573 rpm specifically
dire viper
would you believe I would rather have all the torque *right now* instead of only...
I never understood that argument
very FEW high revving engines are dead at low RPM
they usually make peak torque BELOW 4000
umbral moss
you know what a torque curve is
dire viper
or below 5000
yea I do
but the differential has a huge part to play
if you have a very aggressive diff, that helps
which any car with an engine designed purely for fast should have
umbral moss
sure, but small displacement engines with high HP output tend to have all their torque at high rpm too
dire viper
I mean true
but then you have a trade off
large displacement with lots of torque usually has wack ass gearing
hot shadow
I want to feel excited by wearable tech again
dire viper
Corvette Z06's are the only cars I can think of that do not have that issue
umbral moss
yeah, because you can't actually accelerate without your tires chirping like a canary
hot shadow
those days have come n gone
dire viper
I want to feel excited by wearable tech again
animorph tech
hot shadow
turn you into Tobias true
umbral moss
although I kind of wish they just had a damn torque modulator in the motor controller for EVs instead of making you run those weird exotic rubber compounds
dire viper
idk its kinda wack
umbral moss
super low rolling resistance to avoid the tires dying as soon as you lean on the throttle
dire viper
cause in real world, high revving is always better
like a Hellcat, with all its power and better suspension for squatting, will not even be able to keep up with a base 911 GT3
and then there is the Turbo
the fastest accelerating ICE car period
Demon 170 only does it on prepped surface
umbral moss
I enjoy watching the video of the tesla ripping a hellcat on the quarter because the hellcat driver didn't know how to launch
dire viper
911 Turbo S Lightweight does a 60 run in 1.9 and thats repeatable
so its faster than even a Model S Plaid in the real world
which is fucking funny
umbral moss
the plaid only works for what, 10 launches and then it goes into limp mode because the battery is too hot?
umbral moss
all those stupid Ultra Performance EVs do that
dire viper
and because Tesla is Tesla, they cheap out on everything
dire viper
all those stupid Ultra Performance EVs do that
the Sapphire isnt so bad and the Rimac isnt either
umbral moss
well, if they hadn't fired all the engineering staff and let them form lucid lmao
dire viper
the Plaids are REALLY bad
the sweet spot for Tesla is the Model 3 Performance
which has the performance of an M3 Competition XDrive
for 20k less
or 30k less?
idr
umbral moss
the sweet spot for tesla is 🚮
dire viper
true
umbral moss
also I was talking about like, the ioniq N and stuff
dire viper
https://youtu.be/vCPlZl6xJq4?si=JwMLKA4IH0m7s62g Cammisa got death threats for a month straight after he made this video
dire viper
also I was talking about like, the ioniq N and stuff
fair
umbral moss
where they have this special Ultra Instinct mode but it's like a fucking nitrous shot
you can only do it a few times before the car just shuts off on you lmao
dire viper
passing button
you can use it for 10 seconds and then its on cool down for 50
the Elantra and Veloster N both have it also
just shoves more boost in
umbral moss
to be quite honest most EVs would be just fine if the motors were current-limited to maximize battery drain and you only unlocked the max current capacity for max throttle
nobody drives like they stole it
even the shittiest f250 duallie tailgating you at 100mph isn't foot to floor
dire viper
I just hate people who think new cars are any good, some definitely are but most are not. BMW has lost the fucking plot except with like the M8 and nobody buys that. Toyota cant make a car that isnt slow, ugly or catches on fire.
like
new ICE cars are as dead as EV's
because buyers are brain dead
why would you BUY a sports car for it to not be nothing BUT inconvenient?
thats literally the only reason people bought Ferrari's
umbral moss
they'll all, of course, blame regulations
"we had to make the car more efficient, so we also had to make it extremely shitty because fuel efficiency and quality go together"
dire viper
Ferrari has used the same V12 in their mainline top tier cars for over 20 years
it will meet EU emissions until 2030
umbral moss
why would they mess with success
dire viper
and it makes close to 900hp
umbral moss
it's the fuel efficiency standards that american auto companies claim is killing them
dire viper
its good because the engineering is good
umbral moss
"we can't do 35mpg"
dire viper
not because regulations are being broken
dire viper
yuh
see Mazda
NA 4 cylinders that have spirit
and new engineering not seen before
umbral moss
mazda's approach to engine/chassis design is something EV companies should be stealing
umbral moss
the engine is exactly the right size to power the car in its weight class at the speed you expect
you don't need 7000whp in an EV
dire viper
actually its kinda funny
umbral moss
you need it to be fast enough to drive for fun
dire viper
the Miata has gotten less heavy
gen after gen
and power bumps have gone up pretty decently
so its faster than old mustangs now
lmao
umbral moss
yeah, I remember seeing some weird stat like they spent 6 months coming up with a way to shave 0.6 ounces off the rearview mirror housing lmao
dire viper
the current gen, ND? 0-60 under 6 seconds
umbral moss
mazda's engineering team is wild
dire viper
which a lot of cars do under 6 seconds but not a lot at the price point
umbral moss
imagine a miata chassis with a lucid motor in it
dire viper
Caterham is considering doing that
umbral moss
could probably reasonably hit 10 miles per kWh just from the fact the thing weighs what, 1000kg with the motor and batteries in it lmao
dire viper
2,623lbs, 268hp, RWD
umbral moss
dire viper
200lbs heavier than a Miata
umbral moss
that's exactly the kind of car people want
dire viper
would be lighter if they could do extruded aluminum at volume and low cost but they cant cause Caterham is a kit car company
they do have an EV Seven
umbral moss
it's fast enough and doesn't require a second car's worth of battery packs to drive the stupid thing further than a charging station
umbral moss
I would absolutely buy one of those EV miata things
umbral moss
¯_(ツ)_/¯
let me get a DSM-1 eclipse so I can paint it obnoxious vaporwave blue with pink edge highlighting
and EV it
dire viper
55kWh battery in the Project V, 150kW capable, and a range around 250 miles
0-62mph in 4.5, top speed 143mph
umbral moss
that range is weirdly low
5 miles per kWh isn't super awful but I'm surprised it isn't higher with how light the body is
dire viper
probably the battery tech/motor tech
umbral moss
my guess is motor
umbral moss
you get better efficiency cranking the voltage up
dire viper
work started 22
umbral moss
the new stuff is like 1200V
dire viper
it should be coming the end of this year or next
umbral moss
that's how byd is getting their new MW charging system
it's 1kV at 1kA
absolutely bonkers
umbral moss
I... think they make one or two
dire viper
Issue is weight distribution and other stuff
umbral moss
it's just that the clutch is straight up not having a good time with the torque
dire viper
I mean depends on the output
umbral moss
like I was looking into this and the engineering involved is really annoying for the gain you get
that's why direct hookups for EV conversions are so complicated
dire viper
C6 Corvette ZR1 says hello
umbral moss
it's not so simple as just bolting a comparable TQ output motor to the clutch and flywheel
sly elk
https://youtu.be/vCPlZl6xJq4?si=JwMLKA4IH0m7s62g Cammisa got death threats for a...
on the left we have an ugly green bmw.. on the right we have an ugly red abomination
umbral moss
C6 Corvette ZR1 says hello
$150k halo car custom designed for this says hello
sly elk
gimme corvette
dire viper
$150k halo car custom designed for this says hello
I mean you’d be doing a custom transmission anyways for any manual EV
Only obstacle is scale
sly elk
if it has to be an ev i want a baby blue taycan
umbral moss
I also saw there's a motor company making a dual energized coil setup that doesn't use permanent magnets
sly elk
they look so pretty in person
dire viper
Taycan looks better than a 911
sly elk
the model y made me throw up a little in my mouth every time i walked out to my driveway
umbral moss
they're all destined to the landfill anyway lmao
sly elk
Taycan looks better than a 911
till the headlights
umbral moss
tesla still on low voltage battery topology and rapidly falling behind in innovations
sly elk
i don't like taycan headlights
but \ i like the rest of the design enough
the black rear bumper aint pretty either
dire viper
tesla still on low voltage battery topology and rapidly falling behind in innova...
This is what happens when you fire the best engineer you’ve ever hired
sly elk
ya know i wanna see a new charger in that blue
umbral moss
This is what happens when you fire the best engineer you’ve ever hired
and let him start another, competing company
sly elk
you know what would be innovative
umbral moss
I would rather buy a lucid than a tesla, dollar for dollar
sly elk
NORMAL MECHANICAL DOOR HANDLES
dire viper
EV’s have this wondrous thing where the tech is in its infancy so racing legitimately does drive usable innovations
And guess what lucid does!
sly elk
I DEMAND NORMAL DOOR HANDLES
dire viper
Make incredibly space and weight efficient battery packs for Formula E!
umbral moss
NORMAL MECHANICAL DOOR HANDLES
ah man, every uber driver with a tesla has fake door handles glued to the bullshit wing handles so people don't stand there for 5 minutes trying to figure out how to open the passenger door
sly elk
ah man, every uber driver with a tesla has fake door handles glued to the bullsh...
and my favorite part is the fucking handle doesn't eveen pull a latch
it just pushes a button inside the door
umbral moss
that's the superior tesla engineering
sly elk
which actuates an electronic latch
and gg if you're in the back seeat when the idiot crashes because the back doors do not have easily accessible emergency releases
same with pretty much every EV on the market atm
why is this even allowed
dire viper
I think it’s funny when people compare Tesla engineering to mobile tech and it’s like. No. A fucking iPhone works.
umbral moss
reminder that tesla spent almost $1.5 million in transaxle and motor replacements before they figured out that the transaxle knocking noise was caused by a loose wire harness that would have been solved by a $0.05 zip tie
sly elk
I think it’s funny when people compare Tesla engineering to mobile tech and it’s...
also, iphones were designed so old people could understand how to use them
umbral moss
I think it’s funny when people compare Tesla engineering to mobile tech and it’s...
also, I want my car to be dumber than I am
I don't want my car to be smart at all
sly elk
me too
umbral moss
no wireless connectivity, no remote access
sly elk
dumb cars are the best
i want dumb
i also want a heated steering wheel and air conditioning in the seat
umbral moss
although I parked my car at my garage and the stupid car automatically locked itself because the attendant took too long to drive it away from the station
so they called me frantically asking me where the key was and why the car was locked
sly elk
lol
umbral moss
I told them to hold on and unlocked the car from my phone
sly elk
i keep saying
umbral moss
which was honestly a pretty pog experience on the whole
sly elk
the 2n or 3rd time i drove that model y rental
i sent an email out that night to a dealer about getting a 300 because I didn't want a newer car LOL
next time i need a car i'm probably gonna have to buy a lightly used lexus
so I can gete something stupid that will last a long time
or until i can't afford gas anymore
umbral moss
I already can't afford gas
premium only for these accursed gas-wasting vehicles
that's why I wanted an EV, the garage charges $150/mo to charge the car as often as I want
I spent $250/mo on gas
sly elk
i'd rather drive a prius than a tesla
hot shadow
ok the Camry hybrid kinda cute
sly elk
if the rental lot had them i'd try a prius
hot shadow
there's a lot of hybrids rn
umbral moss
there aren't that many that are spicy and efficient
only a handful of PHEVs and they cost almost as much as a real EV
umbral moss
so why not just buy an EV
umbral moss
theye're good cars
hot shadow
I still go road trip
sly elk
the elantra is frumpy
hot shadow
which means I need gas to gtfo
umbral moss
every camry I've driven has been a miserable slushbox
sly elk
but the other day i saw one go by and was thinking it actually looked good frumpy
hot shadow
Corolla hybrid
umbral moss
and this altima I'm stuck with for a rental is also dogwater
sly elk
i always found the elantra annoying because it looks like it's missing a window
hot shadow
accord hybrid