transportation

[silent oak]

In Japan Harley is big popular

[jagged sentinel]

That's not surprising either

I know jeeps are also huge in Japan

Popularity wise I mean

I mean that statement is true in a more literal sense as well but I mean popularity

[silent oak]

The folk who can afford it:3

[jagged sentinel]

[silent oak]

Motorcycles in Japan are cool too

[jagged sentinel]

Motorcycles make more sense in Japan

[silent oak]

Honda gold wing

Beautiful thing

[jagged sentinel]

Honda started out with motorcycles

[silent oak]

Honder lore

[jagged sentinel]

As you can imagine, Japan was in an utterly devastated state after WW2

[silent oak]

And made the Japanese country a satellite country

[jagged sentinel]

Resource scarcity and poverty made cars prohibitively expensive, so motorcycles were the go-to for a good while before they were able to get their industrial side back up to spec

[silent oak]

Same with most of the poorer Asian countries

[jagged sentinel]

The only thing that could have made Japan's post war situation worse was a full-scale land invasion, not that the nuclear weapons the US deployed were particularly kind

[silent oak]

Marines scared Japanese folk back then

[jagged sentinel]

Most of Imperial Japan's defense budget and resources are scattered across the bottom of the Pacific

[jagged sentinel]

Japanese soldiers freaked Americans out too

[silent oak]

Yeah, scarily devoted soldiers who would rather take their own life then surrender would do that

[jagged sentinel]

Yeah, the US had the advantage in just about every other possible aspect

[silent oak]

I miss seeing the Pajero around, those are fucking cool trucks “SUVs” as Google says

[jagged sentinel]

The term SUV used to mean something less boring than now

[silent oak]

I like the pajero cuz it’s a small 2
Door truck that can be used as an off-road vehicle

[pseudo charm]

I’ve seen more R32s than R35s funnily enough

Probably cause lower models are a lot cheaper than an R35

I’ve seen GTS-Ts sell for like 20-25K meanwhile R35s are still around 70-80K minimum

[slate harness]

I hear Briggs and Stratton is popular in Europe, too. Clearly folks don't know junk when they see it.

[lone geyser]

An r32 skyline? They are past the 25 year import law

Fully legal to own and drive

Theyve been fully legal here since 2019

[lone geyser]

heheheh, they had to rename the pajero in spanish countries

[silent oak]

Mitsubishi really fell off bruh

[lone geyser]

they changed it to montero in spain

[silent oak]

Cutting the evo lancer

[lone geyser]

because pajero means wanker in spanish

[silent oak]

God that would be a funny car in Mexico

[lone geyser]

im buying a non evo lancer this month lmao

[silent oak]

God buying a none lancer is like buying a none wrx Impreza

[lone geyser]

i dont wanna spend 60 grand on a car im only buying to drive for the winter months

i dont even do that for my summer fun car

[silent oak]

Buy a fucking Datsun 100A

[lone geyser]

well... i did, then the kept getting stolen

[silent oak]

Real my summer car shit

[lone geyser]

nissan cherry is satsuma confirmed

[lone geyser]

i should play it...... i own it

[silent oak]

Misery sim

[lone geyser]

i played mon bazou instead, canadian MSC

you build a bmw e36 instead

you can guess why that'd be up my alley

[silent oak]

Haistu vituuu

[lone geyser]

honestly i kinda wanna buy an old Z

[silent oak]

How could Datsun make such an icon

[lone geyser]

like before the Z was part of ther chassis code

[silent oak]

And become Nissan

[lone geyser]

it was already part of nissan

[silent oak]

It’s Europe’s Nissan

[lone geyser]

nissan aquired datsun in 1931

[silent oak]

Nissan z’ed

[lone geyser]

die

[silent oak]

Being European rn

[lone geyser]

bet you ruined a perfectly good piece of toast by putting beans on it while you typed that

[silent oak]

Put beans on toast like a good European

And add the cigarette with coffee

[lone geyser]

i wouldnt consider this euro

ive been doing that for years

[silent oak]

I learned zed from my trip to Aus

[loud spade]

more commonly europeans smoke

[swift olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxeLZyILLrY

[rocky roost]

Looks constipated on that thumbnail

[night steeple]

after a certain number of subscribers their faces will be like that

[swift olive]

[steady cove]

Looks like he has botox

[dire shard]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/p/DOjL_b1D60t/?igsh=MXVhaDduc3NzYnlm

fr legends

[jagged sentinel]

roblox

Why does it look like Roblox

[green drift]

Are you the raptor bot?

[jagged sentinel]

[green drift]

Time to update your bio my friend

[jagged sentinel]

You read the bio first didn't you

[mental lion]

It looks like fr legends bruh

[jagged sentinel]

I mean I did say I'm losing my mind

[mental lion]

Lol

[silent oak]

Naur average thumbnail YouTuber face

[steady cove]

he def has botox

[silent oak]

Doesn’t everyone now

[static gale]

https://youtube.com/shorts/TrOoEYIjYjY?si=u-W1u_6ZDAj9N-Lk

[lone geyser]

peak

although that wasnt the original ls400 i the picture he held up lmao, that was the late second gen

[naive thorn]

https://youtu.be/YBIr2nD46n4?si=95xCiQPwaZ3laQ_K

Amazing video

[fleet owl]

My friends car

Insane mileage for the age

Old cars look so much better

[fleet owl]

Instead of coasting and braking I downshift to second gear from 50 mph to slow down without wearing down my brakes

First gear requires a little more balls

[naive thorn]

Money shift

Increase your bank account for bravery

[naive thorn]

Car called sex

Of course it's good

[fleet owl]

One with 40k miles on auto trader is like £10k so I do wonder what he paid for it

or got it from parents maybe

[naive thorn]

How does it only have 2k

[fleet owl]

Kept in garage all it's life probably

[naive thorn]

Would be rusting by now

[fleet owl]

Not if you barely take it out

[naive thorn]

[fleet owl]

even in the UK where its always wet i feel like the rust problem is a myth or described unproportionally

worse is being in the US in the rust belt, or somewhere it snows

[slate harness]

haha. I money shifted and fragmented my clutch disk

fortunately it was more like a "time shift" because the clutch was under warranty - it just killed a weekend.

I'm at the tire store getting a rebalance, and this new gear they got for tire mounting/balancing is amazing. They don't pick up the tires/wheels onto the balancer - it has a lift. Fire-and-forget inflators in cages, and they switched from air impact guns to Milwaukee M18s, so the whole shop is about a third as loud and there's nothing to trip over on the floors. Nothing like any tire store I've ever been in before.

[static gale]

that's... actually pretty cool

[slate harness]

yeah. It's pretty wild because the shop isn't just full of big gorilla dudes

[dire shard]

sounds like it'd take longer

[slate harness]

it does take longer, but there's a lot less opportunities for injury

[kind osprey]

How is a driver error covered under warranty?

And where can I get this said warranty

😭

[fleet owl]

warranty of taking out a new credit card with no intention of repaying

[slate harness]

It was a cheapo clutch set from Autozone - the kind of place that sells mostly junk with a "lifetime warranty" and they fully expect failures.

[kind osprey]

Ohh

[fleet owl]

i wish a place like that existed here

[slate harness]

Yeah. Aftermarket parts are the same worldwide - the warranty coverage widely varies.

like here - you can buy lifetime warranty brake pads. You wear them down to the wear sensor, take them back to the store, they load up your account/prior sales - everything matches they take your worn out ones and hand you a new set.

I don't foresee this sticking around forever as Americans are keeping cars on the road far longer than they used to. I want to say the median age of our auto fleet is like 14 years now.

but, had it been a "good" clutch from a respectable reseller, it probably would have been disqualified for warranty coverage due to overspeed - but a quality clutch disk probably wouldn't have grenaded at ~7500.

[silent oak]

It’s like fucking harbor freight, you know the tools gonna shit the bed on you

[slate harness]

I love shitty HF tools. Tell me anywhere else you can buy a pack of weldable chromed random sized/length "brackets" (wrenches) for $10

[silent oak]

I kind of like my snap on ratchet

[dire shard]

everyone likes snap on tools until they have to pay for them out of pocket

[silent oak]

I paid 80 for mine from eBay

[slate harness]

I like S&K rachets

but mine are all over 30 years old

[lone geyser]

Im the only person in my workplace who doesnt like snap on 💀

[slate harness]

I mean, I appreciate the things snap-on offers that are exceptional. They make the thinnest wall sockets that aren't a total f'n joke that I've experienced. Their chrome tools look amazing for decades with lots of use and zero love, etc.

The only snap-on rachets I have are older and I suspect a 'heavy duty' line as they're like 36 tooth

I honestly prefer HF's 72 tooth offerings to those snap-ons. My dad loved the snap-on rachets but he had a tendency to abuse the hell out of them. Like, I spent thousands and thousands of hours watching him work and then working with him and I never saw him grab a breaker bar 😄

throw a 4' cheater on a snapon rachet? Regularly.

He also had some S&K rachets that he reserved for interior/light work and they're lovely, but the better HF rachets feel almost identical.

[silent oak]

Heyya chatto

[naive thorn]

Hi

I love gr yaris

We should all buy gr yaris

[silent oak]

Naw I need an AWD challenger rt

[naive thorn]

And a gr yaris

[silent oak]

I do prefer an truck to some hatch back in the middle of nowhere Midwest

[naive thorn]

Why you playing hard to get

Just take the gr yaris

[silent oak]

Snow isn’t nice on low to the ground cars

[modern oasis]

[static gale]

Just™️ air up the tyres like a balloon with helium for that extra ride height!

[silent oak]

I like the styling of a 1500 or a 150 then a hatchback

Not suki sized tho

[kind osprey]

Idk if that is in the US

[silent oak]

It is

[kind osprey]

Interesting

[silent oak]

I saw one in the state of CA in a dealership

Kinda cool but I’m not into a hatchback

[kind osprey]

My car is the hatch version of the lineup and it has been a lot more practical

Because I should be able to fit my bike in here

[silent oak]

I want a Mustang over a gr Corolla

[dire shard]

if there is any gr yaris in america, it's imported - which means it has to be show and display, because it's not 25 years old yet

the gr yaris will never be sold in america

because it's built on a platform that they never sold in america, meaning they have to go through the steps of certifying the platform - that's the whole reason they made the gr corolla

because they sell the corolla in america already, they don't need to certify a new platform to introduce the gr corolla

that all begs the question, why the hell do you want a gr yaris when you can get the gr corolla
the three door hatchback is very unpopular in america for the same reasons it's popular in europe and asia - thing's tiny and while european and asian cities are extremely dense and therefore the yaris is perfect for them, the corolla is already considered a very small car in america and the larger size of the country and the larger size of the citizens makes the corolla a better choice for the north america market

once you get over the feeling of "i want cool car that i can't have", you realize... if they were in your position, they'd buy the corolla too, because a more spacious car is much more pleasant to be in

[dire shard]

granted, the caveat with being american is that you can afford and have space for a second car, so i guess the practicality factor goes out the window

[onyx rivet]

living in a country where i can (if i am in a position to) by either GR hatches

i will say that while the GR 'Rolla is probably the car i would have, i will say that the GR Yaris is the cooler car

practically a WRC homologation model

and i guess its closer to the size of hot hatch of the golden years

[dire shard]

it is the cooler car, it's got two doors, it's smaller and lighter, it's the one with the homologation, but far as being a cheap(heh) single daily for a cheap single person, it's inferior in material and practicality

if you could choose between the two, the yaris instantaneously looks like a toy

i specify material because god damn the yaris looks like ass inside

[onyx rivet]

cool toy tho

[onyx rivet]

but also admittedly that, yeah

honestly i would go on to say that the pre-facelift GR Yaris' interior looks better even with the half-arsed placement of the iPad™

[dire shard]

it looked slightly less like a boxtruck interior

okay, significantly less

[lone geyser]

Idk i had space for 6 and still buying

Suppose this is wealthy living in America

[slate harness]

I rented a Yaris once. I swore I'd never get in one again if I could avoid it. Toyota always hits their design points perfectly, and they clearly designed being completely fucking miserable into the interior design of the early-mid 2010s yaris.

I also realized today for not-much-more-money I could have purchased a Chevy SS when I bought my Camry.

the SS would probably still be worth >50% of what I paid for it. Camry isn't worthless but it sure as hell isn't worth half of what I paid.

[dire shard]

brand like toyota gotta have a car for every range, and the yaris is the shittiest of the shit

it's not a whole lot of steps higher than a mirage, which was the cheapest new car you could buy period

at the segment that the yaris is punching at, you're basically just buying the ability to drive - nothing more

cheap and reliable, keeps you dry in the rain, costs nothing to operate, costs nothing to purchase - at this cost, expect no concessions

the irony of that generation of yaris being a mazda2 underneath is that now, the mazda2 hybrid looks just like a yaris

[silent oak]

Mijuuu aren’t they bringing back the Mazda for a new run ?

[dire shard]

the mazda2? it still exists, it was just pulled from north america because the entire segment of tiny hatches failed

i saw your other ping, you should know that mexico has the gr yaris which is probably why you saw it in LHD

[silent oak]

God damn cute car tho

I’d never drive a hatch back tho

Unless it’s a fox body mustang

[dire shard]

would you drive a liftback

i'm sorry

liftbacks are hatchbacks

it's over for you

[silent oak]

I’m a muscle car enjoyer mijuuu

[dire shard]

yea and

[silent oak]

It looks like it got hit by a semi truck at the back

[dire shard]

i hop u kno

[silent oak]

God old advertising is funni

[dire shard]

get in the hatchback shinji

[silent oak]

Tehe

Mijuuuuu have you seen the old challenger marketing? From the 70s not the 2000s

Apparently being from 2000s makes you old

[dire shard]

no i don't look at advertising from five decades ago

[silent oak]

Mijuu damn I love my old muscle cars

[dire shard]

yeah i know

you escaped the world of owning a single tiny car

[silent oak]

I’d Kurt cobain myself If I had to drive a kei car again

[dire shard]

pretty much the fact of life for every country in SEA and NEA - worse for SEA, because a lot of them don't even get cars, scooters still dominate indonesia, vietnam, and the philippines

[silent oak]

That’s why you learn to ride motorcycles

[dire shard]

motorcycles? worse, you get a vespa

or whatever alternatives to vespas there are, honda makes scooters too

[silent oak]

My dad almost gave me his Harley until I crashed my moped

He doesn’t want me on a motorcycle let alone a dirt bike

[dire shard]

true

they're not motorcyclists, they're inevitable organ donors

[silent oak]

Glad he doesn’t see me now as much, he’d have a heart attack with me on an f150

[dire shard]

ah, the organ donor initiator

[silent oak]

Miju let me guess? Your parents do not want you on a motorbike?

[dire shard]

of course not

(you bet i wanna be on one)

[silent oak]

Same.

I want a triumph

Fancy fucking bikes but cost a fortune

I want that triumph bonnyvile

[dire shard]

though knowing the drivers here makes me not want to get one unless i can put it on a truck

i wouldn't even ride a bicycle on the streets here anymore

[silent oak]

I don’t ride them out of principle

[dire shard]

L

get fit

[silent oak]

I don’t want to save the polar bears

[dire shard]

my thicc fighs from cycling

fuck the bears, do it for the thighs

[silent oak]

Mijuu no context in the first sentence

[dire shard]

never seen a bear i liked anyway

[silent oak]

Man I’ll bear with you ba dom tshhh

[dire shard]

😞 i'm hard to bear with

[silent oak]

Miju imagine taking public transport in the us (poor)

[dire shard]

poor (the public transit infrastructure)

imagine how less stressful the roads would be if idiots could sit on a train instead of driving

[silent oak]

Public transport in Arizona once you get out of the main city

Desert noises

That’s why I got my license quick

[dire shard]

i was in the shower and had shower thoughts of getting an isf

frick

[silent oak]

Oh naur

[steady cove]

Guys stop flirting

[lone geyser]

things that'd happen to me part 1

[fleet owl]

Brand new alternator, belt, and battery and I'm getting 12.5v at idle

Surely that's meant to be at like 14 consistently right

[static gale]

At the very least 13v, I think. As per that graph, you're just kinda holding steady™️ and not really charging

[fleet owl]

Low quality battery maybe?

[naive thorn]

Why not use a multimeter

[fleet owl]

Was never like this before I got it all changed so idk what they messed up

[naive thorn]

[fleet owl]

Don't have one atm

[naive thorn]

If the car starts I think that will not have a clear index

Car electricity is so annoying

[fleet owl]

And they try to force evs on us

[naive thorn]

I think if you keep the key at accessory, it will give obd a reading

[fleet owl]

Was around 12.5

[naive thorn]

The battery have normal charge then

Maybe the belt is a bit loosened

[fleet owl]

That's exactly what I thought but garage said it wasn't

I don't have much experience with garages honestly but I feel like they'd just treat the customer like they're stupid anyways and would dismiss this voltage as fine

Whether it is or not idek, seems low to me

[naive thorn]

Does the car vibrate at idle ?

Especially when the AC is on

I had a similar issue

Turns out my alternator was faulty

[fleet owl]

Yes

[naive thorn]

So maybe if you have these symptoms there's something wrong with the charging system

[naive thorn]

Alr then go check the charging system

The alternator
Belt
Uh

[fleet owl]

But what else is there aside from what is brand new

[naive thorn]

Idk

Maybe some connections are loose

[fleet owl]

Yeah maybe ground

[naive thorn]

If you have the warranty of the alternator active, it might be worth checking it

[fleet owl]

Garage supplied it

[naive thorn]

Is it OEM?

Did they give you a bill or something

[fleet owl]

Not OEM but same amp rating as an OEM

[fast edge]

let me guess, they billed you the same as an oem one would cost

[naive thorn]

Go to the garage, they need to fix it

[fleet owl]

Nah they billed the same as it cost if I bought myself

[naive thorn]

Tell them that the car wasn't vibrating like this before

[fleet owl]

It hasv part number on it

[naive thorn]

Whatever magic they do

It's their fault

[fleet owl]

Which they'll bill me for

[naive thorn]

Technicians love someone who's cooperative, but definitely don't sleep on a sloppy job

[naive thorn]

Don't pay

It's part of the same fix

Idk how the garage culture is where you're at

But here, if the car isn't fixed then no one gets paid

I once needed to change the brake master cylinder, and they started working on it without checking if they had a matching part. When they found out, they had to put it back together and I didn't pay them for the 3 hours they wasted

I couldn't find a replacement myself

Some terrible punctuation here

[fleet owl]

I already paid them when they fitted new alternator and battery cause before it wasn't holding charge or charging at all and would stop working (even after being jumped) when turned off

They fixed it, supplied parts, etc so job done. I never noticed the issues until later on but thought not much of it. But 1+1 is 2 and if voltage is low then there's obviously something wrong with what they replaced

[naive thorn]

Idk man

There's no definitive answer

You'll need to check everything relevant

[fleet owl]

Yeah dw I will ty for help

[lyric hound]

How can a miata be so scary. Volume warning btw

[lone geyser]

if they said its fine you got off easy

most of the shops ive worked in would immediately try to sell you another battery

[kind osprey]

https://youtube.com/shorts/xlAAsGVuJD8?si=0Old_ZaRHEacl1hI

Ik modern Ferraris have been looking kinda goofy but this thing is gorgeous

[empty niche]

https://youtu.be/LolBuzO8RWw @static gale

[static gale]

🇿

[loud spade]

If they say it’s fine, they don’t know how to fix it but don’t wanna say that

That’s my experience with mechanics here

I know something’s up, the mechanic knows but doesn’t know how to fix it it so he just throws the "oh yeah all these old bikes are like this it’s normal"

[jagged sentinel]

"cool bro, thanks for the anecdotal statement and excuse but that's not why I'm here, I don't care if it's 'normal', I want it fixed."

[lone geyser]

as a former quick lube/shady shop worker yes and no

i was not shady at the shady shops i was just kinda there

[loud spade]

That’s how it be here

Mechanics have a huge ego

Even the mechanic that I go to to get most of my work done is like that, but he generally knows his stuff and can diagnose issues very quickly and explain to me what it is

Which is why I go to him, he doesn’t just change parts in the hopes one of them’s the culprit and it gets fixed

Something a lot of "mechanics" do

[lone geyser]

not sure if its a global thing but most mechanics work off comission here

they get bonuses for racking up a big ticket

i am included in that bunch but i do not like upselling shit people dont need

[loud spade]

mechanics here are mostly freelancing

very few shops with multiple mechanics exist

At best there's two mechanics and a couple apprentices

[lone geyser]

damn

at the shop im currently working with literally everyone is a mechanic depending on who isnt preoccupied with something else

[fleet owl]

???

[loud spade]

that... wrap or whatever probably cost more than the whole car

kim kardashian ahh micra

[silent oak]

The furry car

I think you need to get a black light in there when you get it

[fleet owl]

I doubt anyone would do anything in the car

Even driving it has gotta be painful

[silent oak]

Being seen in it is the problem

[fast edge]

gathers more attention than a carrera gt

[fleet owl]

Still less ugly tho

[fast edge]

questionable taste

[silent oak]

Atleast the carrera gt is a good car

[fast edge]

nissan micra is a good car

stylish, affordable, reliable

[silent oak]

I hate one of those things. Affordable

[floral sluice]

Furrymobile

[sage roost]

Let it sit in the rain for a few hours and it'll get 2x heavier

[lone geyser]

Weight addition

[edgy cosmos]

Wait guys what you think of this

[dire shard]

lamborghini manifesto, concept celebrating their design centre's 20th anniversary
don't think of it as a car, it's more of a sculpture that exaggerates and shows off designs they put into their cars over the past two decades

[lone geyser]

my time as a bmw owner is starting to show

i found a new oil leak last night and im not even mad about the leaks anymore

[edgy cosmos]

Pop

Oop

[versed fulcrum]

yea it doesnt even look like a real car

its cool i guess

[slate harness]

It'd look a lot better if they eliminated the front splitter, put some real tires on it, and sold it as a dunebuggy.

[static gale]

The side view is so uninspiring that it fits

Mmm, wedgecar

[jagged sentinel]

2016 Chevrolet SS VIN: 6G3F25RW5GL217399 for Sale - Cars & Bids https://share.google/ywHnIO5OZfipZwRL5

[jagged sentinel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/NjqcHhUA114?si=4UfUTfy1IDXbvR3n

This guy could review a Saturn shitbox and I would still watch it, the camera work and editing is so well done

[fast edge]

youtube sharts 😦

[jagged sentinel]

[jaunty dock]

How do I do this

[fast edge]

i have no idea why this is in transportation but you guide the line through the gaps

[naive thorn]

He's trying to transport the line

[silent oak]

Hi car chyattt

[dire shard]

transport the line? more like transport this question to #gta-questions 😞

[silent oak]

Mane this is car chat not gta chat tell the mf

[dire shard]

☝️😮

[static gale]

What makes it even better is the instructions in the top left

[mental lion]

One of the dullest rear ends I’ve seen

[silent oak]

Most “the car” ever

[jagged sentinel]

https://youtube.com/shorts/O1IOHJ6d6Ag?si=2ouSeZ0LVb_B0nLA

@silent oak

[silent oak]

Oooh I LIKEY

[silent oak]

Tyyyy

[jagged sentinel]

I figured you would

[silent oak]

I’d SO BUY THAT

It’s such a sight

[jagged sentinel]

Direct connection is neat too

Do you know what that is

[silent oak]

Not really

[jagged sentinel]

It's a program that lets customers buy from-the-factory performance parts from Dodge for them to install themselves or at a dealership

I believe you can get some of it warrantied

[silent oak]

That’s cool asf

Idk it’s between getting a 90s jdm car to a ram

[jagged sentinel]

What do you need more

[silent oak]

I like my nationalities sort but I love me a ram

[silent oak]

My greed

[jagged sentinel]

You know what I mean

[silent oak]

Cars I love them

I’m inspired by top gear- grand tour to own a classic Lancia

But that’s future me problems

[jagged sentinel]

Like what do you need in a car? AWD? More cargo? Fuel economy?

You've talked about needing a winter car before

[silent oak]

AWD /

I trip up to the black hills sometimes

[mental lion]

The older versions were more special

[silent oak]

I find myself, I want a “ classic ”car like an older Mitsubishi

Idk old American cars are hit or miss

And yes 2000s cars are old

[static gale]

[silent oak]

Im 24.. don’t say that im not wrong

[static gale]

I'm also 24

[silent oak]

Damn we both husks

[static gale]

😭

[silent oak]

Remember when cars didn’t have massive I pad screens?

Just a digital mph or kph gauge

[static gale]

Our newest vehicle is a 2005 Sequoia, so yes

[silent oak]

Im looking for a taste from my homeland myself

It’s either between a Mitsubishi 3000gt/ GTO

Or a jp only Subaru

And no I’m not a vaper

[lone geyser]

They still pushing this fake hemi bullshit lmao

[lone geyser]

I have a buddy woth a busted 3000GT he’s been trying to get rid of for a while now

[silent oak]

Hmm salvage?

[lone geyser]

No idea

[silent oak]

Is it RHD?

[lone geyser]

Its LHD

[silent oak]

I’m looking for a Mitsubishi GTO

Jdm version

But can’t be picky with 90s sports Mitsubishi

[lone geyser]

I was gonna say, its the same car 🤣

[silent oak]

Cooler name. GTO

[lone geyser]

Its the same car.

[silent oak]

It’s also the Dodge stealth

[lone geyser]

Finding a non fucked proper import would be worth its weight in gold in the states

[silent oak]

I’d love to drive one

[lone geyser]

Ive driven a few :3

[silent oak]

Rhd cars are my favorite

Idk it’s my muscles memory to have my right hand on the wheel

Left riding the shifter

[lone geyser]

Last import i drove was a Toyota Vellfire v6

Someone brought it to the shop to get tires done

@silent oak

[silent oak]

Looks fun to drive

Proper mini van that is

[lone geyser]

Rear window has curtains for….. activities

[silent oak]

You know what goes on in a Japanese mini van after dark

[lone geyser]

Japanese minivans are trying to make me buy a Japanese minivan

[silent oak]

I just want a Japanese coupe sports car ..

I want Honda NSX. We have NSX AT HOME

[dire shard]

we have nsx with electrical problems at home

[silent oak]

Fr

We have NSX that isn’t cool and curvy just skinny

[dire shard]

it's pretty cool

in some ways it's even cooler

but boy is it old and in most examples you can buy, everything in it not working

[silent oak]

I’ve seen some JDM examples

The Mitsubishi GTO

Jdm kids thinking that a Japanese brand making a car in the US is Jdm

[slate harness]

most ricebois don't know what the acronym even stands for

I own a "1" VIN Toyota. It's a made-for-americans-by-americans-and-holy-fuck-does-the-fit-n-finish-show-it Camry. At least its been hella reliable.

[mental lion]

Remember when cars had dash integrated screens

That was like 5 or 6 years ago

[slate harness]

I get it. The day capacitive touchscreens got cheap was the last time I stuck a bunch of buttons on an electronics project.

I can literally draw on a piece of paper where the buttons are, put the digitizer over it. If you're doing more than a couple buttons the digitizer uses less I/O channels.

[silent oak]

I like early 70s late 60s car interiors.

They are basic asf

[slate harness]

I loved the interior on the 78 Datsun 200SX I grew up with. Not too fighter jet (no 91 300ZX) but had proper pods, good looking instruments, large enough warning lights that even the passenger knew when the alternator failed, etc.

[silent oak]

I have a soft spot for the fighter jet ahhh Mitsubishi 3000gt VR4

That’s real good 90s classic

[pseudo charm]

3000GTs are cool until you buy them and realize how shitty they are with their electrical problems nowadays

I’ve seen people spend 40K to buy a high mileage 3000GT and it’s like why 😕

[silent oak]

God I hate electrical stuff

[fast edge]

we should go back to the days of burning gas for headlights!!!

[silent oak]

Naur I love yellow headlights

[slate harness]

I'm a carbide man myself.

[kind osprey]

I warned ya haha

[silent oak]

How easy can fix?

[lone geyser]

depends on the electrical issue

[silent oak]

Common electrical failure in 3000gts?

[jagged sentinel]

[lone geyser]

Idk ive never owned or worked on anything from that lineup

That’d be something reddit would probably be good to answer

[silent oak]

The Reddit will hear about this

[onyx rivet]

how would this be an NSX

[onyx rivet]

yeap, this

[jagged sentinel]

I think an MR-2 is closer to an "NSX at home"

[lone geyser]

the cars side of reddit is actually extremely educatioal its great

[dire shard]

except for r/jdm that place is genuinely 99% kids who aren't old enough to drive

[sage roost]

Brown manual Miata wagon.

[dire shard]

WAGON DIESEL BROWN

[jagged sentinel]

Reddit/Instagram car kid, barely old enough to drive with two pedals, let alone three
looks at an image of the interior of an R35 GTR, a vehicle that very famously was never offered in a manual configuration
"Why no manual"

For as knowledgeable as they want us to think they are about cars, it's remarkable they don't know this very surface-level fact about a car they're otherwise fanatical over

[dire shard]

why would they know, they spend all their time on the outside of the car

https://tenor.com/view/pepe-laugh-kek-intensifies-kek-intensifies-gif-10111909

[jagged sentinel]

True

[jagged sentinel]

And drooling at the idea that an R34 GTR (they'll react the same if they see any R34 because they don't know it's actually an NPC car) registered in their ZIP code

If they saw an actual GTR, assuming they could actually tell the difference between a GTR and a regular R34, they'd probably have a heart attack

[dire shard]

"my neighbour drives an r32 skyline"

[sage roost]

I only buy used and wait for depreciation to hit
wtf why did they cancel production??

[jagged sentinel]

"MY neighbor drives a Nissan Silvia"

Why are you laughing at me guys it's clearly a Silvia look at the back

[thorn wraith]

😂

[lone geyser]

that i can see

r/bmw and r/e46 have been insanely helpful to me thusfar though

i cut the rear muffler off my e46 today

[pseudo charm]

JDM fanboys justifying why their 20+ year old barely 300 horsepower sports car should be the same price as a Lamborghini Huracan 🙁

Like be so fucking for real right now

[lone geyser]

my 22 year old 350z had 280 stock (400 now)

my 22 year old e46 has 170 horsepower

lmao

might be slightly over 170 without the muffler

[pseudo charm]

Iirc the later model 350s had over 300 hp right

[lone geyser]

the ones with the Rev up engines and the HR engines

mines a non rev up DE

[pseudo charm]

I see

[lone geyser]

both my VQ vehicles are non rev up DE engines

i like how the DE sounds over the HR but damn i wish i had that second throttle body and intake

[pseudo charm]

350s are nice but I’ve like never seen a good looking one in person due to how much they’ve been ran through throughout the years

[lone geyser]

everyone out here has riced to hell ones and then theres mine

visually stock aside from wheels

gets clowned on cuz its a vert but i get it

[pseudo charm]

I think I’ve seen you post yours in here. Or it might’ve been another person

[lone geyser]

the silver soft top Z?

with chrome wheels?

[pseudo charm]

Nah I don’t think it was that one

[lone geyser]

usually has 2 old chevys next to it

[pseudo charm]

The one I saw posted was black

But I could be misremembering. Either way, I really enjoyed the sound

[lone geyser]

i havent posted any sound clips of mine

[pseudo charm]

Yeah it was definitely a different person then

[lone geyser]

mine looks like this

[pseudo charm]

Oh that’s looks nice

[lone geyser]

although a lot of my photos of it were before the chrome wheels

looked like this before

[dire shard]

y

[night steeple]

TIL chebby made a 5 cylinder engine

[lone geyser]

Twas way too quiet

and the muffler weighed way too much for my liking

[small vault]

[lone geyser]

Ah yes, my beloved 2003 bmw Delorean 🤣

[quaint oar]

[slate harness]

Of the three, I'd daily the red GMT400.

[lone geyser]

It was my daily/work truck

Things got ungodly high mileage and is falling apart

[slate harness]

yeah, I've got a 92 LWB with 362k miles. I gotta start attacking surface rust soon.

roof has lost 100% of its paint. Otherwise the paint job is kinda/sorta holding up

[lone geyser]

Mines also a 92, pushinh 900k miles 💀

[slate harness]

holyshit

fortunately this truck had about 13 years of downtime sprinkled between 1997 and now, else I imagine it'd have at least 500k

It's on 700R4 #2 (first unit was overhauled a couple times) and I swapped in a lower mileage 350 at 350k. Rebuilt the front end and brakes a couple weeks ago - drives great again. I'd lost a rear brake cylinder while towing a little over 6k on a trailer w/o brakes. That was an adventure... 😄

[lone geyser]

Today is a day, a day i might do things on

[dire shard]

i bid you a happy complete service and aesthetic makeover to bring the vehicle back to like-new condition

it's so freaking cold now, how are you even going to do anything 😞 you have one of those heated jackets or something

[fleet owl]

Is this a good looking car

[lone geyser]

Im wearing 2 hoodies and a winter coat

And already halted my work

Theres like 9 stripped bolts in my transmission pan

[dire shard]

what the heck

[swift olive]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dx8rPtoBabI

[silent oak]

You know the OEM repair bill is more then the price he bought it for

[swift olive]

he won't do it

[silent oak]

Damn

[lone geyser]

aberage 22 y/o bmw shennanigans

every bolt left on theire isnt possible for me to remove

[silent oak]

Hey Kate.. is it worse then my urge to buy an old Ferrari testarossa?

[lone geyser]

you cant even make up your mind on what car to buy, let alone afford a ferrari

[silent oak]

I seriously still want one but I know I’d kill the trans and clutch doing stupid girl shit

[silent oak]

It’s called being a car girl

When you watch top gear/ grand tour

[lone geyser]

being a car girl is avoiding ferrari at all costs because they are dicks about their vehicles

[silent oak]

I said old testarossa-..and private seller

[lone geyser]

and?

they are still dicks about em

they shun you for doing anything to those cars, whether its brand new or not

doesnt matter who you buy it from

[silent oak]

Miami vice car goes hard

I turn 25 soon.. god I’m gonna hate myself even more

[lone geyser]

aunt status

[silent oak]

Am I going to be one of those girls who buys a Volvo and says sober is better..

[lone geyser]

better be a boxy volvo 240

[silent oak]

With a 429 hemi

[lone geyser]

the ford engine?

[silent oak]

That’s hemi it’s Chrysler it’s the one in the famous Daytona charger

[lone geyser]

Hemi refers to the heads being hemispherical

[silent oak]

Yes I know

[lone geyser]

its not a chrysler exclusive thing

they've been falsely using "hemi" since 2003

[silent oak]

I’m talking the 426 hemi from Chrysler

[lone geyser]

you said 429 up above which is a mustang engine 😂

[silent oak]

This engine is a BEAST

[silent oak]

I wouldn’t be opposed

It’s the power that makes it worth it

[lone geyser]

honestly a 429 swapped 240 would go insanely hard

less Coyote glaze from mustang guys

gotta bring back the boss 429 from the 69' and 70' stang

[silent oak]

I swear fr

[lone geyser]

Seben Litre Veee ate

i would absolutely swap a 429 into my e46

wouldnt stay a carb'd engine though it'd get EFI swapped too

[silent oak]

Imagine this .. 429 swapped challenger

Confused boner from the dodge community

[lone geyser]

i feel like thats probably been done before

maybe not, theres no info on it online

go figure there is posts about an LSX swap on a 70s challenger

[silent oak]

I feel the huge chassis works in favor of it

[lone geyser]

of the 429 or the lsx?

because LS engines are fucking tiny

[silent oak]

Twin charged baby

Super and turbo

I’d love to see that

[lone geyser]

what about 2 fucken superchargers?

https://torqstorm.com/product/kits_twin_ls-conv/#:~:text=Twin TorqStorm® Supercharger kit,system with Top-Shelf accessories.

[silent oak]

Based

[slate harness]

how about foursuperchargers and two LSes mated front/rear

stuck in some aircraft carrier 70s car

[lone geyser]

same energy as Jay Leno saying "im gonna turbo the jet car"

[jagged sentinel]

The Boss 429 had so little room in the engine compartment from the borderline-racing engine "shoehorned in" that there wasn't any room for an HVAC system

[dire shard]

you see billy, when the driver is sitting in the car in the texan sun, the water content of his body evaporates in the form of sweat and the vehicle system experiences dynamic weight reduction right there and then

[stark glen]

yeah, science!

[runic orbit]

hmmmm im gonna

mmm

[loud spade]

Sexy

[slate harness]

Hello 32 gallon gas tank

(900 Kroger fuel points...)

[static gale]

Is that 87

[slate harness]

Yeah. It's going into a 9.4:1 TBI 350. No need for anything fancy

[silent oak]

I use premium only-

[slate harness]

I'm hauling everything but ass today.

[blissful edge]

a few pics i got from my LA trip last month

[silent oak]

Good part of la

[blissful edge]

the part that isnt filled with homeless people

[silent oak]

Cops everywhere

[slate harness]

I've never been to LA so I can't compare, but I saw a metric shitload of exotic and interesting in/around Vegas

Scottsdale, AZ is another spot where folks enjoy showing off their money

[dire shard]

ah yes, my monthly reminder that the amg gt is a beautiful car and that mercedes is absolutely throwing with the gt63

[onyx rivet]

yeap

i dont necessarily hate the front of the current GT but the rear is quite bad

current generation GT exterior is a downgrade

and frankly that could be said for all current mercedes cars

[mental lion]

Except for the eqs of course

It’s sick

[paper heath]

"why the long face"

the bonnet takes like 50% of the real estate 😭

[onyx rivet]

it looks even more exaggerated on the SLS

[slate harness]

I wonder if MB ever improved themselves. Friend of mine decided to own a series of oldish (90s-00s) MBs and, personally, the last one that was worth a shit was the 2003. Soon as I started seeing parts marked "DaimlerChrysler" the quality took a complete nose dive and the bonehead/dickhead design decisions were everywhere.

He jumped off the MB train and got an Audi and found a mechanic. No idea if that thing is a piece of shit, I only hear "I ran by Valentine's shop today and he's doing good" on occasion. The e-torx set is getting a rest, thank god.

[sage roost]

The 4 door AMG GT looks better than the current coupe

There I said it

[kind osprey]

True, the design transitions from Mercedes between 2013-2015 were some of the coolest in the company the 2014 C and S Class were really nice improvements from the last gens

But going from that gej which was pushing 7-8 years old to their "new" gen

ALL the designs are exactly the same

They are just rounder and fluffier on the outside and have worse interiors

[kind osprey]

Like compared to modern bubble cars this thing has so much character

The gt63 would be a really cool "won the lottery" daily cruiser car. Most of the time I don't have backseat passengers so might as well drive something much nicer looking than a 4 door

[paper heath]

🥀

and i thought the Viper was long

wait no both are pretty much the same lenght

[kind osprey]

Miata is Eevee, and the Dodge Viper, TVR Cerbera, and Mercedes Amg Sls are the eevee evolutions

[static gale]

Miata Is Always The Answer

[rose sierra]

Hell nah

[slate harness]

No no no. Crossfire is the answer. Whatever your question/problem was must have really sucked, though.

also... Guy that bought my motorcycle in August just posted a picture of his leg with about 12" of cut and dozens of staples to match. Shit sucks.

[static gale]

"Does this hurt the bike?"

[dire shard]

https://www.kkinstagram.com/reel/DPil3zOEp4z/?igsh=eHVlZ2M5ZnliaHo0

things i'd do if i had too much money even if i had no money

[silent oak]

Hai chyatto

[onyx rivet]

not necessarily an unpopular take considering that the current GT stopped looking good

i guess it took pretty much the whole lineup to look like jellybeans for me to finally come around and get the GT 4 Door's exterior

[onyx rivet]

lol

[dire shard]

lol

it's like they stuck the mercedes badge on an econoshitbox

[static gale]

*a e r o d y n a m i c *

[dire shard]

the no ass, no hood, A-pillar shooting beyond wheel well design is what happens when you try to make a compact or a subcompact

look at literally every single luxury car that isn't a minivan (so, exclude vellfires and alphards)

it's not a good look when you're making the "S-class of electric vehicles", these are design features that belong on the lower A-class

[onyx rivet]

this is what happens when you try to minmax your car designs

im more than certain that it has a extremely aerodynamic profile, but to achieve that you more or less need a jelly bean for a car

ie: not going to look all that good

[dire shard]

chad luxury cars don't care about aero cd because their owners can afford gas
virgin eqs that relies on 0.2 cd to get the same amount of distance as a pickup truck

[lone geyser]

want a terrible car? crossfire

want cheap active aero? crossfire

wanna look like you cant afford the mercedes this shares parts with? crossfire

[slate harness]

exactly. I have a friend that owns a crossfire convertible. Honestly, I'd rather have an NA.

he's also hit the point where he realizes he can't afford some parts for it, like the headlights.

which is crazy to me. Even my old-ass Roadmaster still has aftermarket reasonably-priced headlights.

[tawny nymph]

Same here I don’t wanna pay like 1k for it but idk if it like a certain brands or model of it

[dire shard]

crossfire parts are expensive because nobody bought it

can't have spare parts if there are no spare parts

[slate harness]

yeah, and no aftermarket support. Just a dead-end car

[dire shard]

that's why if you're buying older cars, you look for a car that has a solid aftermarket or you're capable of self-fabrication

[tawny nymph]

Either you gotta look online for a certain parts depending on what u need

[dire shard]

like an old mustang 😎 can't find headlights for a crossfire but you can buy an entire 65 mustang shell primed for painting from china

[tawny nymph]

For me I like old broncos but where I’m from either it’s beat up and high mileage or I’ll have to travel 5 hours to get a decent condition one

[slate harness]

Here, you find vehicles in ok external condition - often times where they aren't rotten on the bottom. Not quite AZ clean, but reasonable. But the interiors are always mega-trashed due to UV and heat

I need to take a trip north so I can get a decent original dash and other interior plastics for my truck

[dire shard]

you see the opposite problem up north

interiors are fine

but depending on where the car is manufactured and where it lived after it was sold, exteriors are often rusted through because of the use of salt on roads in winter months

older japanese cars rust most because japan doesn't use salt on a majority of their roads and hence didn't do anything to address that when exporting, but eventually any car rusts because the owners don't know to spray the underbody down after driving on salted roads

[silent oak]

Car chat

[grand yoke]

Did you see the real life flying cars

Jetson ONE - Let the Jetson Air Games begin! Look up on YouTube this

[jagged sentinel]

Putting aside the fact that we already have a vehicle that would serve the same purpose of a flying car and have had it since the 60s...

Flying cars in a more literal sense is a fucking horrible idea

[silent oak]

Imagine having to get a plane or some new license just own it

[night steeple]

watching carwow talk about the bugatti tourbillion and found out the engine is naturally aspirated, a NA V16 engine (with electric motors), what a time to be alive man

[silent oak]

So hybrid ?

[paper heath]

a naturally aspirated NA V16, wow

[silent oak]

Imagine being in a twin charged w16

[paper heath]

must be a lot of air coming in if its naturally aspirated TWICE

[night steeple]

so a hybrid, but they say its like the F1 hybrids where it only gives a burst of power

[paper heath]

ive never seen a W engine in my life, that would be fucking insane

[silent oak]

Group b engine be like

[night steeple]

but still, a naturally aspirated V16 engine man, its just so cool to me

[paper heath]

oooh a W engine is basically just two VR engines sticked together

[silent oak]

With a fuck ton of radiators

[paper heath]

wow

[night steeple]

imagine if they call it the VR16

can this fit in my golf?

[silent oak]

Could fit in a old challenger they have a huge engine bay

The challenger from the 70s has a 30 / 32 inch engine bay- but you gotta fit all those radiators and special equipment in it

[fleet owl]

Dream car

idk what the vent is for on the taillight tho looks pointless ➡️

[sage roost]

Your dream car is a Suzuki?

[onyx rivet]

two car solution

[fleet owl]

That's my current car 🥲

[stark glen]

noice

[jagged sentinel]

Twin charging is a little redundant now

W16s have immense grunt as it is, and the quad turbo system in the only W16 98% of people are aware of is actually a dual sequential turbo system, rather than 4 turbos of the same size

This eliminates turbo lag while providing more net boost in general, and without the internal complexity of a twin charging system

Plus all of that excess pressure being discharged at once when you let off the gas makes quite a unique sound

[jagged sentinel]

(a sequential turbo system is a smaller turbocharger being used at low ends to give some low end boost, and to spin up a second, larger turbo down the exhaust line to provide even more boost)

Honestly just go Google ts

[fleet owl]

Not as nice as rs4 one can dream tho

[silent oak]

Fair

[static gale]

Fender vent for drag purposes, but next to taillight for design purposes.

Unless it's a fake vent, for goofy-ahh purposes.

[fleet owl]

Wouldn't be surprised

The amount of fake exhausts I see, where its plastic and goes nowhere

[static gale]

Whole reason I just hard-stopped liking the Civic Type-R, lol

[silent oak]

The civic type r is cool but not appealing to me

Like if I wanted a nice decent sports car, I’d get an old Porsche

[static gale]

I like hot hatches, and it's a mainstream one in the US (as opposed to more offerings in other markets, i mean), so it was one that stuck with me even without necessarily being a fan of the brand or car

I do dislike that egg generation though

[silent oak]

I like 2 door coupes not 4 door sports cars

Like if your buying a sports car why make it 4 door

If the civic type r was a 2 door coupe

Maybe

[static gale]

The FK2

[silent oak]

The front looks soo bad

It looks like a pugs face got smashed in with a semi

[dire shard]

the fl5 doesn't have any

they lern'd

[dire shard]

people fuck

that's why

depending on your financial situation or your region, you can't afford a second project car or you simply don't have room - that's honestly something only americans are privileged to
so for some people, a single car that can do it all is important
you can haul your furniture or your kids in the same car you set 1:17 in
hell, set 1:17 with your kids in the back
this is why this car comes out of japan where having a single car is already a privilege, why the civic type r has historically been most popular in other south-east asian regions like hong kong, the philippines, or thailand, which all have similar space constraints or wealth disparities - and why there are really no four door sports cars coming out of america other than the ct4v/ct5v blackwings (and calling those sports cars is kind of a joke... more like, well tuned luxury sedans)

[dire shard]

purely aesthetic, it's there to elongate the the taillights to fill in the added width created by the widened fender

the idea is that if it were just body colour, the taillights would also look proportionally too small

[lone geyser]

the standard run of the mill "Twin turbo"

just doubled

[dire shard]

yeah don't most twin turbos do that

[static gale]

They usually just explode

Well, at least the ones I make in BeamNG do

[jagged sentinel]

I refrain from calling sequential turbo systems that because they aren't, but yes, most "twin" turbo systems are of the sequential variety

I believe engines with more than one cylinder bank are way more likely to use actual twin turbo systems, technical term being parallel turbo systems

Unless of course if you're out to build the most ridiculous piston engine imaginable, in which case you use two sequential turbo systems in parallel

[jagged sentinel]

I love the CT5-V

Based Cadillac putting a 6 speed manual in a sports sedan in the 2020s

And yes I'm calling them sports sedans, even if they're Cadillacs

And/or a muscle car, depending on what you consider the 4-door dodge chargers to be

GM never drove one around the 'ring so I don't have a bonafide reference for how competent of a sports car it is

[dire shard]

the sole annoyance to this is that they only put the 6mt in the blackwing

you can't get a lower trim ct5v with a 6mt

[jagged sentinel]

That is a bummer

[dire shard]

considering that the blackwing costs 100k?

yeah

if the entry point to a 6mt in your range is 100k, no wonder that shit ain't selling

granted the lower ct5v's have v6tt's, but that's still worth putting a manual in
you're fighting bmw's segment with like a 60k car to begin with, it's already a losing battle, but for example bmw isn't putting a manual in the m340i

[slate harness]

I'm so pissed at myself for not buying a Chevy SS instead of the Camry I have now

a beat to shit one with a salvage title is worth about what the window sticker said on it.

which wasn't much more than the Camry's

[runic orbit]

Cars, planes, trucks, boats, trains, trams, subways, space ships, sattelites, bikes, cycles, trolleys, segways, man there's a lot of transportation

[kind osprey]

It would be nice if Chevy made an entry level version of the blackwing today as an ss but it would probably still be like $70,000

Cars today cannot do 2 things
1: be light
2: be cheap

Every new car boasts this and that but they all weigh 4500+ pounds and cost $20,000 more than you think they should

[runic orbit]

I drive a V6 770hp

[kind osprey]

What v6 comes with 770?

[runic orbit]

A truck

Sorry meant v8

[kind osprey]

That's a massive difference lol

[runic orbit]

Meh 2 cylinders

[kind osprey]

It's exponential

Not linear benefits

[kind osprey]

These have v8's?

That's surprisingly honestly

With hauler trucks like these meant for heavy duty and larger trailers the figure anybody buying them looks for is solely the torque

Nm/foot pounds etc

[runic orbit]

Yeah newest engines got a 770

[sage roost]

Doesn't the CT4 blackwing also have a 6mt?

ye it does

And that starts at $65k

[kind osprey]

Bebe

My car has a manual, it's missing the v8 and the power though 😭

[dire shard]

huh guess so
thought that was higher too

[dry sage]

Stg, I'm starting to see some weird ah millionaire shit.

Seen an Aventador SV the other day, then an 812, an SF90, what the fuck have they been doing?

[loud spade]

money laundering

[dry sage]

Time to buy some modern art.

Or PIPE.

[dire shard]

sparkasse

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g3Y4IIPVoc4

on one hand, it's pretty much an SVO

on the other hand, realistically who tf really wants to buy a mustang with an ecoboost for the price of a mustang with a 5.0

particularly since you can't get the ecoboost in a manual too, although i'm sure nobody cares since only like 10-20% of s550s were sold in manual

[sage roost]

isn't the whole thing with the ecoboost mustang is that it's a cheaper version of the mustang?

Also surely if someone is specifically looking for a mustang and wants to spend 5.0 money, they'll get the 5.0

[kind osprey]

I saw the oddest thing today

A normal house, normal neighborhood, not a place you'd expect it it stuck out like a sore thumb

2 Lamborghini Huracans side by side

[silent oak]

The “I can’t afford a v8 Mustang” Mustang

[paper heath]

wow

thats a lot of car

[kind osprey]

Like I was not expecting to see that while random going around

[silent oak]

He must be Richie rich

[paper heath]

what are you driving, a school bus?

[kind osprey]

Nah, I put big mirrors on my Mazda miata, I keep hitting things in my blindspot

[silent oak]

Sign of a bad driver?

[paper heath]

you know the miata is small enough that you can turn your head around when backing up right?

[kind osprey]

I don't have a passenger cdl so by law I can't drive a school bus

But I can drive regular trucks

[kind osprey]

[silent oak]

You don’t have a huge pillar like a challenger ..

[paper heath]

what in the Temu Mercedes-Benz is this

[modern edge]

that is not a mercedes?

[silent oak]

Fr

[paper heath]

thats the point?

[modern edge]

what a bunch of horrible people

shame on u both

[silent oak]

Looks like an vauxhel Europe’s Gm where they send bad ideas

[modern edge]

is this better

[silent oak]

It’s a bus

Prefer to spot a car like.. a Mustang or corvette..

[modern edge]

they r not very common

not where i live anyway

[silent oak]

I see a corvette a lot

[paper heath]

i dont see a lot of corvettes here

its just not the place for a car like that to be

[modern edge]

i like buses

i have so many pictures on my phone

[silent oak]

I want a corvette soo bad

[modern edge]

keep dreaming

[silent oak]

Im turning 25.. im nearing my midlife crisis

[modern edge]

25 isn’t mid life not even close xd

u should respect me i’ve been in this server longer than u

[paper heath]

oooh you wouldnt know

[silent oak]

I need a corvette to satiate my midlife crisis

[modern edge]

lol maybe one day

i want a porsche 911 but here we are

[silent oak]

Instead of new balances it’s high heels

[paper heath]

its really funny how my "dream car" was at most a 30k car like a year ago

dont get me wrong its still a coolass car

[silent oak]

I can afford an older corvette

[paper heath]

but now ive been thinking about an AMG Hammer which went in auction for 700 grand

[silent oak]

I’m seeing old corvettes drop to 10k

[paper heath]

6.0L V8....

[silent oak]

6.4 l v8 hemi goodness or 6.2

All that bark

[static gale]

and no bite

[silent oak]

More bite then a boring 4 banger

[smoky cliff]

Hey, I remember you. We spoke last year on this channel. You told me you're a bus driver and I told you that I recognise that bus because I'm from south east London

[slate harness]

Spent all day in a Kia Soul. It stole my soul and replaced it with sciatica.

[sage roost]

Unfortunately (fortunately?) Kia souls are no more

[silent oak]

I’d rather do myself in then drive a soul

[dire shard]

luckily for you, it ends production this month end

[silent oak]

My field day!!!

[dire shard]

unluckily for regular people, the soul didn't seem like that bad of an appliance car

cheap, fwd, and the whole boxy design was done to intentionally maximize cabin room so there's plenty of space in a relatively compact vehicle

personally i'd get a mazda suv like the cx30, but it faces the exact opposite design philosophy: in order to make it look beautiful, its interior is cramped

[silent oak]

I’d be flash drunk once the juke ceases production

[patent pawn]

uk astra 😭

[modern edge]

u got a issue

[swift olive]

Ooof

[lone geyser]

i feel your pain, i used to work on them all day every 💀

[stark glen]

damn, is that the slr mclaren?

[swift olive]

yes it is!

SLR McLaren Roadster

[fleet owl]

I think he needs more tractors

[opal forum]

He is john tractor

[static gale]

The image of the literal "tractor-trailer" on the side is sending me

[fleet owl]

Lmao I didn't even notice that

[slate harness]

What I find interesting about the Soul is the amount of underhood space. It's more spacious than the Tucson, which can easily hold a V6. I figure if it breaks bigly its getting a stupid-ass swap.

turn that POS into the Tiburon GT US3 I never had 😉

[silent oak]

He needs the Clarkson mobile

[fleet owl]

Guy probably has the rusty tractor from arena wars

[stark glen]

a tractor in a not-a-farm place, weird

[fleet owl]

Only thing he farming is tractors

[silent oak]

He’s farming the loot tables

[fleet owl]

Also saw this Jag with a cool plate

500 hp car

[outer vortex]

Hey, student mechanic here didn’t know this little channel existed.

But if you need help fixing your car I can look up reports for you. It might take me a few days as I need to be in proximity for Alldata (meaning I can’t look it up at home)

Anyways this is random but thought I’d say something 🤣

[kind osprey]

My car is just a silly little fella

[outer vortex]

Oh lord! Did the suspension give out? Or was it something with the axil?

[kind osprey]

Ball joint snapped on a bump going 40mph and I skidded into the median thinking it was a flat tire until I got out

It needed a new ball joint cv and upper control arm

[outer vortex]

New fear unlocked cuz that could definitely happen to me 🤣🤣🤣

[kind osprey]

If I was on the highway and this happened it probably would have been totaled

[outer vortex]

Yeah it wasn’t your time to go 🤣🤣

[kind osprey]

It's a major issue on that specific gen of Accords

[outer vortex]

I also totaled a Honda civic I hit a dead deer in the dark.

Anyway make sure you shop around and call the shops they like to haggle

And lmk if you need me to look anything up

[kind osprey]

Oh no that was months ago I did all the repairs in driveway with someone else lol

[outer vortex]

👏👏👏👏 top class

[kind osprey]

I had to sell that car a little later unfortunately because the electrical issues were getting really annoying

It was a good first car

For 2004 heated leather seats was pretty cool

And back when they actually still had the v6

[outer vortex]

And working on those cars help ease anxiety about more expensive cars

Heated leather was a time!

[tropic timber]

I don't think that's supposed to do that

[kind osprey]

Yea, idk who would just park in the middle of the street like that

[tropic timber]

Greek people

[outer vortex]

You’ve inspired me to look at my ball joints when I get back into the shop on Tuesday 🙏🏾🤣

[kind osprey]

Usually it happens when you steer while parking and going slow

But with those accords it loves to happen when your far away from home and going faster

I can't believe I drove that thing 650 miles to North Carolina

Nativity was my strong suit when I got that car lol

[tropic timber]

this guy

[kind osprey]

https://tenor.com/view/truck-out-get-of-here-gif-22534056

[tropic timber]

that truck reminds me of something

[dire shard]

nice drift mod

[silent oak]

Fiat panda looking ass

[opal forum]

What's the insurance on one of these?

[tropic timber]

your house

[silent oak]

Enough to give a starving African a heart attack

[fleet owl]

Probably 5 figures

For new drivers

Per month

[opal forum]

So basically the retail for one of these

[silent oak]

Who needs to pay insurance when you drive a Jaaaag

[static gale]

gotta get that extra turning circle in somehow

[stark glen]

bro's got that negative camber down

[jagged sentinel]

https://youtu.be/0psFuki_SkU?si=F8wyiwcr4o8E73L4

Acceleracers was peak and I'm poisoning whoever disagrees

They HAD to have sampled modified cars for these sounds

[kind osprey]

a fellow teku

it gets rarer and rarer to find people who even heard of this damn franchise

[burnt nimbus]

Ahhhh I need to buy again gta v

[slate harness]

https://www.facebook.com/share/r/16WU2LsAsT/ Panther socety in a nutshell

[outer vortex]

That’s a big engine 👏👏

[silent oak]

Beeg engine

[slate harness]

they couldn't have made that oxygen sensor easier to reach. Looks like the engine could meter out a little less fuel with its air, tho 😄

[rich anvil]

Hey! What have you done to my grandmas car?!?

[fleet owl]

Day was going great till I saw this

[modern oasis]

This shit need a parking ticket IMMEDIATELY

😭 ‼️

[slate harness]

Lol. The 19 year old ricer girl with the civic with the fart pipe grew up to me a ricer milf with a CVT and a cricut

At least it's not an Eclipse Cross ❌

[dire shard]

you sure you want to call whoever drives that a milf

[silent oak]

A milf would drive a mini van

With Leopard print seat covers

[slate harness]

my friend has been smashing on a milf that drives a Rogue just like that one - except bone stock

[static gale]

No bone attachments?

[slate harness]

I'm not gonna knock their boogie

[silent oak]

Not leopard print seats or a wheel covers

[slate harness]

no, no illegal leopard seat covers