cars

[ornate viper]

and when he realized he threw his car back, and went straight off the road

[civic spoke]

That's basically what I mean. They are physically unable to be safe

[brittle totem]

Yeah compare it to the police car in the background that the moped car collided with and you can se the differents in safety.

[ornate viper]

is that a V70 or something?

[brittle totem]

And they are not cheap either a new can cost between 20k to 25k.

[ornate viper]

or is it an X5?

[brittle totem]

Probably a XC70

[ornate viper]

yeah, that sounds right, it seems to have those plastic trims on the side

the overexposed image makes it a little difficult to make out the shape of the back 😛

[civic spoke]

It's the XC70. That's what it looks like.

Plastic cladding of the fenders.

[ornate viper]

yeah

[brittle totem]

Here in Sweden you can drive regular cars at 15 to but the need to be limited to 30km/h and no backseats and some other things to needs to be changed. And it need to be re registered as an "A-tractor".

[ornate viper]

it's pretty mangled too

[civic spoke]

Stuff like this...

[stoic ledge]

We had that also here, mostly SUV's and small vans were converted

Made 0 sense

Here, have a V8 limited to 45km/h

[civic spoke]

Limited to 30 kmh here.

[brittle totem]

One of neighbors has an Porsche cayenne turbo from like 2007 as his "a-tractor" idk why need more then 400hp for car that is only allowed to go 30km/h and and the consumption is at like 20l/100km to.

[civic spoke]

0-30 kmh. Real quick.

The fun part is that you're actually allowed to use semi's as A Traktors.

[brittle totem]

But are you allowed to drive as a 15 year old with Am licenses ?

[civic spoke]

Nope. A traktor is a different license compared to AM.

The best part? You're still allowed to hook up trailers. As long as you are within the weight limitations.

[brittle totem]

Its not some of my friends are still 17 with an am license and some of them is driving around with a tractors.

[civic spoke]

Oh. Maybe I'm wrong then. I thought tractor was a separate thing.

Yeah. Looked it up just now.

You're allowed to.

[brittle totem]

A tractor is just an very old and outdated name for it they should change it so something else because its a bit confusing it has nothing to do with tractors anymore.

[ornate viper]

AB

[lavish lynx]

》:(

[sinful creek]

#cars I need a recommendation for a clutch. I have a 94' JDM h22a pushing 8lbs of boost. I need something that can put up with the power, if it can be more street able I would prefer it but it's not necessary. I currently have my eyes on an ACT HA3-SPSS

I would like to stay under $400 if possible but I can go a bit higher

[eager raptor]

dodge hornet spotted

[wraith rivet]

[civic spoke]

I'm not surprised.

The current generation has been around for years and years.

And uhh, SUV's sell helluva lot more.

[fluid hatch]

What yall think

[sinful creek]

🔥

[ornate viper]

looks pretty nice tbh!

older cars that are properly taken care of look very appealing imo

[fluid hatch]

Thank you!! I agree, this is a 98 forester and with it being my first car im tryna take care of it as much as possible

[gilded jackal]

love the subie

Very clean set up bro

[fluid hatch]

Many thanks my guy🎯💯

[charred depot]

I got this subaru for free recently, was thinking of welding the center and rear diff and removing the front shafts to convert it to RWD only

its only got like 100hp but in the wet it would be a bit of fun

id keep it for winter but then we wouldnt get any snow

[gilded jackal]

You can also probably just use it as a fun little rally car

Have some fun in a little gravel road somewhere

[charred depot]

theres not really anywhere to legally "offroad" here in Scotland, England has green lanes which is nice.

[gilded jackal]

Aw okay

[charred depot]

used to be quarries and abandoned rail tunnels but they all got blocked off to cars because no fun allowed

[gilded jackal]

that sucks honestly

[brave totem]

https://tflcar.com/2022/08/dodge-charger-daytona-srt-concept-electric-news/

[wind peak]

So my grandparents' neighbor has a broken down Miata in her garage. Turns out this neighbor is also the mother of my Dad's best friend from highschool, so when she gets rid of it, we'll be the first to be offered the chance to buy it. I have no idea what year or exact model/package it is, just that it's a manual with relatively low miles, and that only a week after buying it, it made a loud noise on the highway and stopped shifting, and had to be towed home where it's sat in a garage for years ever since. No clue what it would be worth without knowing exactly what's wrong with it, but I'm considering it because I've never really had a project car before I can work on to keep myself busy, so as long as it's a good price, I might just get it.

[fathom palm]

any body got a mercedes benz to show brrrrrrrrr

[dusk ocean]

Ullllllltra rare stuff

[sacred aurora]

yo guys

weird question

do yall know where i can find this font or what its called?

sn95 passenger side dash airbag cover

[civic spoke]

Gotta love rolling up on the scales, and then instantly hearing "We can't take that material. Their company credit score is too low."

[naive grail]

Look at my new car. Got for 7k with 79k mills

It’s a 2003 Honda Accord

[hoary pine]

That make me curious what was the old one.

[candid iron]

If it works dont touch it 😂

[charred depot]

Need cv joints on the front badly

[dusk ocean]

Nice! Is it in good shape? But, damn, 20 year old common cars selling for $7k. This market is nuts.

[civic spoke]

Damn. What kind of a market are we in? Paid 50,000 kr (SEK) (basically $5,000) for my E46 320i, 7 years ago. And that had under 45,000 miles on it.

[naive grail]

The car is in great shape, and that was the greatest deal I found

[civic spoke]

What made you go for an Accord?

[naive grail]

It was a coup

I like coups

[civic spoke]

Just keep in mind that you're likely still needing to invest a bunch into replacing bushings and suspension parts.

[naive grail]

The great part was the person who sold it to me took good care of the car so it feels like it’s 10 years old instead of 20 years

[civic spoke]

Bushings and everything is still parts that wear, even if the car just sits around. So keep that in mind. Same thing goes for springs and shocks.

[charred depot]

1 year old nearside arb bushing : (

To be fair i probably overtightend it

[lone fern]

i gotta do my ball joints next week bc i cannot stand my steering wheel vibrating on the highway lmao

[lone fern]

cleaning a school van and uh

seems a little bit limp

it’s as loose as the blinker/wiper thing

[vocal mural]

3k km on my moped 😃

Oil service

[fathom socket]

So I got my car connected to obd scanner

And I got code po115

[fathom socket]

BeWGeouMt

Also looks like someone painted it with a wall paint

[charred depot]

Only the best

[stoic ledge]

Engine Coolant Temperature Circuit Malfunction

[fathom socket]

I did change the thermostat and install new temp sensor

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so that's why I think it's weird

[charred depot]

2 luxury cars :^)

[fathom socket]

but also I have my thermostat removed at the moment.
but the coolant temp hovers around 98c on idle,105c on load

[brittle niche]

Ford Focus 😂

[civic spoke]

Doesn't stop you from getting a ticket.

[brittle niche]

Well driving the Charger does though 😂

[civic spoke]

Can't outrun the radio.

[brittle niche]

Extremely true. The radio pretty much always wins.

[vocal mural]

An tasty traffic congestion

[steep quiver]

Slr kit car

[dense shard]

I look at old Audis

And wonder what Audi was smoking.

Engine so far forward they had to move the radiator to the side. And the engine just hangs out in front of the front wheels. How do they even vaguely handle

[glad mantle]

also chaining @brittle totem into this, I was asleep when you guys responded.

It's actually both, Model 3 that I track but the interior was fully re-done from scratch

It's not a track first car, it's my daily. But I take it to the strip and to autocross events whenever I'm able to

I just wanted something different than the boring stock black interior so I had a custom look done up

Next up is coilovers with air cups, upgraded sway bars from UP, big brakes, and new wheels.

[frank tundra]

picked myself up a new toy 😮‍💨

[eager raptor]

my friends miata

i took the picture 😎

[wind peak]

One of my neighbors has a miata with a busted transmission I kinda wanna buy, but apparently some other ppl also want it. Dunno why so many people are fighting over who'll get it but I'll probably have to find something else to buy as a project car

I'm 6'2" so I might not even fit in it anyway lol. That plus all the other people gunning for it might be the universe's way of telling me to look for something else

[hoary pine]

Miata is one of the most popular roadster after all, not hard to Imagine there are many people want to get their hands on one.

[brittle totem]

Do you get to keep the warrenty for the parts that you havent replaced on the car ?

[brittle totem]

Seems like koenigsegg is announcing a new car today can it be their first electric hypercar ?

[brittle totem]

So Koenigsegg just made a proper manual car but its automatic to if you want to with so they just revamped the Manuel gearbox. Noting else then the greatest from Koenigsegg.

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/3LfkTodFuxg

[brittle totem]

So basically best of both worlds a fully manual car that can be operated as an automatic if you want it to. I newer thought that we would se a new hyper car with a manual gearbox.

[civic spoke]

It's either a 6 speed manual, or a 9 speed automatic? WITCHCRAFT.

[charred depot]

Ultimate interior

[brittle totem]

Yeah how is Koenigsegg pulling of all of this with a suck a "low" budget compared to the other hyper car manufacture. They always has something new for each car they are making witch none other car has had before.

[civic spoke]

Their engineers are on crack.

[dry pine]

https://youtu.be/3LfkTodFuxg

[civic spoke]

They are using sim card ejectors as needles for the instrument cluster.

[dry pine]

omg thats awsome

[gilded jackal]

Lil rev

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/QBM6cS_dRns

[paper surge]

Has anyone in here talked about how ugly the electric charger concept is?

I'm a huge fan of electric cars but they were trying too hard to look like everything else coming out in the future

[gilded jackal]

Yeah

[dusk ocean]

"I don't need motorsport quality stuff to wire the relays for my e30 fuel pumps"....

[fathom socket]

I have usb charger behind dashboard and cable sticking out

[wind peak]

Well I can understand that, what I don't understand is why so many people are eager to spend $10000 on a miata that needs a new transmission, cracking paint and holes in the top cover, is over 20 years old, with over 200k miles, it's a pennsylvania car so the salt has heavily rusted the underside, and since they left it sitting in a garage for years without taking and of the fluids out there's possibly some rust going on in there as well, when there are significantly better options for less money and in better shape online. If she only wanted $500 for it or something crazy low like that I'd understand but she believes the car is worth just as much today as the day she bought it and nobody is trying to haggle with her. Hence my confusion.

I mean, the only reason I wanted it is because (as stupid as this sounds) I don't like buying cars that are for sale. As soon as I have to play pick-me with whoever else is looking at the car and basically fight someone else to get it, it becomes way less desirable. So I thought since it was so beat up and it belongs to a very socially isolated woman, I'd have a good chance at being the only one who even knew it existed or wanted it. But as soon as her son told us that there are actually a dozen people chomping at the bit to pay exorbitant prices for this car in particular, it made me think 1. what kind of treasure is hidden in the trunk, and 2. I really regret not having gone used car hunting with my dad when he invited me last month because the firebird he found and passed up on now sounds like an infinitely better buy

[gilded jackal]

You sure the son isn’t trying to get you to pay a premium for it?

It’s best to let it go. There will always be better deals.

[wind peak]

That might actually be what's going on. That or he actually wants to keep it for himself and just wants me to back off. Either way, best I leave it alone and look for something else

[gilded jackal]

Yup

[tropic mulch]

bugatti just announced their new car

the "mistral"
bugatti continues to only produce ugly hypercars

[twin grail]

Im just here to tell you guys I need some SUTUTU!

[eager raptor]

the audio quality is astonishing

pranked

that road goes right onto an interstate

[tepid wing]

Is it possible to buy a car without a dealer sticker?

[wraith rivet]

like a car max sticker on the back?

If it’s not on there already just tell them not to put it on at least 6 times

we got a new truck and told them not to put a dealer license plate frame on the front a ton of times and they did anyway

maybe it was just a Silverado thing idk but the front license plate stuck out a ton and the license plate frame took a while to take off for some reason

[fathom socket]

Found this absolute gem of a nsx on mobile.de today with 10.000km

If only I had 130k € tho

[tropic mulch]

just think about it this way

10k km of life doing this

[fathom socket]

as far as I know it’s a track car and not street legal so yeah

[fathom socket]

My brothers car is like 11 years newer than mine and it's already falling apart

Hyundai quality I guess

[weak rune]

w

[fathom socket]

I did a 2 week internship as a mechanic at a Hyundai Dealership, we had about 5-10 i10s almost always with very low milage but completely broken transmission

[fathom socket]

I mean the car as a whole is falling apart

also my peugeot 307 has a broken transmission, but it works fine

it's more of inconvenience

[frigid anchor]

They all have almost same interior , hard plastic weird display placement

[dense shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y9gCHoBrflk

[eager raptor]

alfa romeo watch

[dense shard]

Does it only show the right time twice a day?

[eager raptor]

no its synced with real time

[eager raptor]

silly mustangs

[wraith rivet]

lol everyone recording hoping their video out of the dozens of others will get attention

[tropic mulch]

What is it with chrome wheels coming back in style? They were awful back in the day, they were awful back in the 00's when car companies tried to bring them back, and they're still terrible now when the aftermarket is getting flooded with them.

Also

[ornate viper]

that's a close call for the fingers

[fathom socket]

That's why I put bricks or jack stands under

[fathom socket]

Honestly I hate chrome nowadays.
Every thing chrome looks out of place and cheap.
Also the worst are interior chrome trim pieces.
The peugeot emblem was constantly shining in my eye in certain conditions.

[ornate viper]

piano black or carbon interior trim

[brittle totem]

Nah not piano black it just looks cheap and it scratches so easily.

[fathom socket]

I LOIVE DATSUN!!!!

[ornate viper]

I disagree, I think it looks awesome

[tropic mulch]

i used to be a fan of black wheels, but honestly unless they have a contract color, they just tend to get lost in the wheel well

[fathom socket]

piano black will suck dust and fringerprints from around the world

personally I like matte black, but it has same problem that piano black has

the scratches

[fathom socket]

what cars you guys drive?

i have a 1979 ke30 corolla coupe

[ornate viper]

Yeah I’m aware, but that wasn’t part of the discussion, I was only ok about the looks

[dense shard]

2019 E210 Corolla hatch

[deep flare]

So looking at an electric truck… preordered the Cybertruck, but it seems like they are just gaslighting. And Tesla has quickly become the Apple of the electric vehicle industry. Which would you think is the better choice? Lightning or R1T?? (This will be used as a daily driver as well as hauling the occasional building supplies/furniture, noting crazy)

[dense shard]

Ford F150 Lightning

Or you can always wait for the Silverado EV

Or you can drop something like 80k on a Tacoma sized Rivian.

[tepid wing]

I was told this wasn't an option at all so I had to check. I need the front plate where I live, so that's not a big deal to me. Would it be possible to not accept an ordered car for that or is that just being far too stupid?

The Rivians have some real Tesla level QC issues and a bunch of teething problems with their trucks from what I understand. Like random stuff breaking in the first months.

[fathom socket]

smh

just buy a miata

[fathom socket]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/943288595794513985/948457803444551700/caption.gif

[ornate viper]

my 3.0 TDI was pretty solid tbf

[brittle totem]

My parents haven't hade a single engine or transmission issue yet with their Germen cars. And my brother has owned 5 BMW and none of them has hade a single engine issue at least during his ownership. And they all where more then 10 years old. (BMW 520i 99 E39 BMW 330I E46 2003 BMW 330i 2006 E90 BMW 330I 2007 E92 BMW 325I E91 LCI 2009) And all of them hade more 150,000km some hade way over 250,000km. But they all have hade some smaller issues that needed to be fixed during the time that he owned them.

[ornate viper]

2.0 TFSI on 2010 Audi A4 have been pretty bad for example 😂

[fathom socket]

lol i have 1 for audi

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/943288595794513985/945380834574217216/caption.gif

[ornate viper]

my A4 2.0 TDI had the crank shaft(?) iirc go bust because of a failed oil pump

that's more an oil pump issue rather than engine though

[ornate viper]

mine had 210k km, still ran smooth as hell 😛 my first one had 420k km on it when I finally sent it to the scrap yard 😮

[fathom socket]

tbh though
its not even the engines
its the price for the parts

[ornate viper]

yeah, got to pay for quality and premium!

[fathom socket]

smh

just buy a miata

[ornate viper]

no thanks 😛

my next car is probably gonna be an Audi A4 1.8TQ, either a B5 or B6

after that I'll get an S4, RS4, A6, S6, or RS6 depending on what I can afford at the time I choose to upgrade

[fathom socket]

bmw z3 convertible

[ornate viper]

I don't like BMWs

[fathom socket]

same

[ornate viper]

I also don't like small convertible cars

if I could pick any car that'd be mine, I'd pick an Audi RS6 C7

this model

my ultimate dream car ngl

[fathom socket]

id pick a 1974-76 Bricklin SV-1

its a hatchback

gullwing doors

popup headlights

[ornate viper]

way too inconvenient for my taste 😛 but I like the old cars, they have much more personality to them

[fathom socket]

yes

[ornate viper]

just like the Supra MK4 is unironically one of the nicest, if not nicest, Supras ever made

imo anyway

[fathom socket]

hype ruinedd the mk4

[ornate viper]

a little, I agree

but good luck finding one here in Norway 😛

if you do, and it's in good condition, it would cost $100-200k+

[fathom socket]

i bet once the demand for them goes down they are gonna go ddown to mk3 supra prices

ngl i like the mk3 supras

[ornate viper]

the reason I like the RS6 C7 is because it's a pretty powerful car, it's nice looking, to the average person it would look like a regular family wagon, and generally quite convenient because it has a decent amount of room to fit stuff

[ornate viper]

yeah, not too bad those either, just a little too "squary" for my taste I guess

not the right type of "squary" 😛

[brittle totem]

My dad is currently on his 2nd Passat right know with the 2.0tdi engine. And not any issues yet with the engine on the first on he has from new in 2017 to early 2021 and he drove like 120000km and the the one that he currently has is 2021 that has around 50000km on it right now. And my mom has BMW 225xdrive f45 2015 with over 140,000km and no big issue so far with the engine.

[ornate viper]

yeah, the oil pump was specifically a weakness of the A4 B7 model cars

same with the 2.0TFSI, the bad ones were specifically for A4 B8 model cars

[brittle totem]

Isn't the engine the same in Audi a4 as the Passat (EU-spec) ?

[ornate viper]

not sure, but B7 = 2005-2008 iirc

for the A4 anyway, iirc the Passat uses the same model classification or whatever

[brittle totem]

Yeah the ones that he has hade is from 2017 and 2021 so probably the same engine as the Audi a4 b9.

[ornate viper]

could very well be, yeah

pretty much no experience with Passat tbf

it's the budget version of Audi, so wouldn't be surprised if the engine was the same, or at least largely

or rather

Audi is the premium of VW 😛

a Passat is nice though tbf

I also like the Golfs

you pay a lot more for not that much more if you buy an Audi

[brittle totem]

Yeah but not in reliability (:

[ornate viper]

nah, just pure luxury 😂

so just more stuff that can go wrong if anything

[brittle totem]

Probably one of the best estate for the price you get a lot for you money tech and comfort wise. We where looking on a Audi a4 as an replacement for my dads 2017 Passat but a similar specced one would be like 15k more then a new Passat. But a Cupra formentor our a Cupra leon would have been the best choice for the money but they wait times was like 9 months or more for a brand new one. You can get them for with 310hp engine for the same price as the Passat or an "base" Audi a4 with 200hp engine with quattro.

[ornate viper]

yeah, I wonder what I will get when I finally buy a car again... I want a A4 1.8TQ, but I'm not sure that's financially will be a viable option

[brittle totem]

Buy they car that you want no car is good financially anyways some are greater then other but the most impertinent thing is that you like and enjoy the car that you own. The only type of car that is financially good is hyper cars but if you can afford a 3 million $ money should not be a problem anymore.

[ornate viper]

well, it also isn't ideal to have a car you can't afford to use 😛

[brittle totem]

That's true when you are buying a car you should always have a bit of an buffer for "unexpected" repairs.

[ornate viper]

yeah, and insurance and/or loans still leaving enough for gas and food etc 😂

https://www.finn.no/car/used/ad.html?finnkode=268694622

something like this would be nice tbh

would have something to work on as well, get it in proper shape, instead of all this jankyness and crap people like to do with these cars

[brittle totem]

Yeah food can be expensive specially when you live in Norway. That was a thing that we noticed the most when we where on road trip in Norway this summer. Specially candy it was so much more expensive then in Sweden like twice the price.

[ornate viper]

yeah, and I'm drowning in debt atm

[brittle totem]

I like how the shopping centers near the Norwegian border here in Sweden is always full of Norwegian cars and people. Is everything like double the price in Norway or is just food. But the average income in Norway is very high to compared to Sweden so that probably makes up for it to.

[ornate viper]

yeah, we're just too cheap to buy stuff in our own country 😂

I don't think it's that much cheaper in Sweden tbh, other than candy, tobacco, and alcohol

[brittle totem]

Maybe it depends on how much you are planning to buy to but most Norwegian drives electric cars nowadays to the fuel cost for extra distance to the Swedish boarder it probably not that much. I think their was some border shopping centers then nearly got bankrupt during peak corona because their was nearly no one their because 90% of the customers is just Norwegian people.

[ornate viper]

Yeah there were plenty of articles about it being disastrous for Norby 😂

[deep zealot]

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/754621869256081510/981714505002283028/IMG_7099.mov

No gears no problem

[ornate viper]

I might be getting a Model 3 with my girlfriend, because it’s pretty good bang for the buck imo

[scenic magnet]

installed new wheels on my jeep yesterday and replaced the vacuum brake booster today😩

[deep zealot]

was the booster leaking?

[deep zealot]

Fantastic A to B car tbh

If i wasn’t into cars i’d have gotten a Model 3

[scenic magnet]

Yeah

[ornate viper]

Yeah, it’s pretty comfy and very cheap to drive, looks okay too - but very boring compared to the A4 3.0 TDI I had for example 😅

[deep zealot]

Exactly my thoughts

[ornate viper]

Looks nice!

[scenic magnet]

Thanks!

[deep zealot]

Was debating between Model 3 Performance and an M3 F80. M3 was the easy win for me

[ornate viper]

Yeah and the 3.0 TDI I have isn’t even that exciting in itself 😂 I mean by good margin better than the average car on the road but yeah

[ornate viper]

Yeah, M3 is probably even faster, maybe not from 0-100, but everything else is nicer I reckon - personally not a fan of it though

[brittle totem]

Yeah specially in the Norway isn't the prices of a model 3 lower in Norway then they are in the USA ? The cheapest brand new one is 60k here. But my dad will be getting a ev as his next company car after the Passat so it will probably be a Tesla to. But the problem is that Tesla is increasing their prices al the time and the ev budget will be 70k at his company and the the base model y is like 80k now.

[ornate viper]

Yeah it’s pretty cheap until tax is added on EVs as well

[brittle totem]

When the came out in Sweden the fully loaded model y performance was less then 80k and now the base one is 80k over here just 11 months later.

[ornate viper]

We’re adding VAT to cars starting next year

Everything above 500k NOK will be taxed at 25%

So a car at 600k NOK would cost 625k NOK after VAT

[brittle totem]

They keep changed the tax rules for evs here in Sweden all the time so you newer no how much you will get back from the government when the car arrives. So its like a gamble over here some people has missed out on 7k only because the government felt like changing the taxes on evs for no reason.

[ornate viper]

So ideally I’d want to get an EV now

[stoic ledge]

That's some quality quick maths 😛

500k -> 625k probably

[ornate viper]

Quite sure I got it right 😮 everything after 500k will be taxed, so 100k would get 25% tax

Assuming the car costs 600k

[stoic ledge]

AAAAAAAAAH so only the value above 500k gets taxed

[ornate viper]

Yeah

Thankfully 😅

[stoic ledge]

Right, thought you meant if the car is above 500k the entire thing gets 25% tax

[ornate viper]

At least until 2024 that is, after then who knows

[brittle totem]

In Sweden they just changed it so if the car base price is over 700,000SEK you wont get that 70,000SEK back. So you can buy a car that is starting at like 699,990SEK and then add a lot of options and still get that money back. But they will probably change the rules in like a week again as always. But we will most likely switch government in September so the tax rules while probably be completely different then.

[brittle totem]

But will you be fine as long as you have ordered the car before that our do you need to take delivery before the new rules to avoid them?

[stoic ledge]

I'm quite curious... My cousin bought/ordered an MG Marvel R, and we have a government grant of €3350 for cars under 45k. The MG was at the time of ordering 44995. However, it hasn't arrived yet, and the current price is 45995, which should also be the price registered on his license plate, which would make it not eligible for the government grant. Curious to see whether he gets it or not

[ornate viper]

🤞

[ornate viper]

Think it’s a matter of when you placed the order

[brittle totem]

Here in Sweden its rules that are in place at the time you taking delivery and not when you order it so you newer now because they like to change their minds all the time about evs over here.

[ornate viper]

Not sure though

[brittle totem]

Maybe that is great thing to look up before ordering it. If you are planning to do so.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so if I understand our terms and conditions correctly, it's based on the retail value registered on the license plate of the vehicle here, which is determined at registration so just before taking delivery of the car. The current retail value is 45995, which is over 45000, meaning it isn't eligible for the grant

If I understand the terms and conditions correctly

[brittle totem]

Can you even get a decent ev for under 45000$ in the Netherlands or otherwise that price cap seems to very low. Here in Sweden you need to pay around 55000$ to get a decent ev or maybe even more then that.

[stoic ledge]

Stuff like the Twingo EV, Dacia Spring, Corsa-e, e-2008, Mokka-e, e-208, e-C4, MG ZS EV, MG 5 EV, MG Marvel R...

Ngl if you can afford a car of 50+k you don't really need a grant tbh

Ah Kia Niro EV, Hyundai Kona Electric, base model EV6 are also <45k

But currently there are bigger problems in NL than some "rich" people getting an EV, like millions of households not being able to afford electricity/gas for their homes

[brittle totem]

Yeah if you can afford ice car that is over 50k but an ev is a bit of different story. Because they hold their value a lot better then ice car and the running cost is way lower to witch means that the total cost of owner ship will be way lower on ev so that the "government" is helping you with can make an ev more reasonable for more people to own a ev. But it all depends on how much you are driving to. One of my Friends dad got a Model y because it would be cheaper to own then keeping his 2014 Volvo v70 d4 that he hade before. But he drives like 40,000km a year to. And diesel is very expensive over here to.

[charred depot]

If its just to get them over a hump then a zero interest loan or some shite instead of a grant

and they can pay it back with what they save on running costs

[stoic ledge]

Well if the TCO is already lower, why the need to subsidize a luxury product even more 🙃

But yeah a co-worker got a new Corsa-e as it's cheaper than the 2011 Agila he had before

[stoic ledge]

Better system imho

Currently the TCO is also way cheaper as they pay 0 tax on basically anything

Ngl I wouldn't feel comfortable purchasing a BEV outright atm, I'd go for lease even tho I hate lease 😛 But the future of EV's is still unknown in what both governments will do, but also future technologies (e.g. solid state batteries). Those will have a high impact on future resale prices

[brittle totem]

Yeah but choosing to purchasing a brand new "normal" ice car is probably the worst financially thing you can do right now because they depreciation will only get worse for each year. Yeah leasing is probably a good idea specially on the cars with a lower range like less then 300km. I think the best deal you could have done on ev here in Sweden was when mg zs ev came out and you could lease it for starting cost of 195$ a month for 10000km each year and for 15000km each year it was like 250$ a month which is such a great deal specially for 2nd car that you wont need as much range and fast charging.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah no you're right, I wouldn't really recommend purchasing a brand new ICE currently either. Lease could still be valid, as the costs are known up front, or you buy it with the intention of driving it for many years/decades until it's undrivable anymore, basically excepting a depreciation to 0.

Hell, we usually purchase a "new" car when cars reach ~150k km, but both cars have exceeded that and we're not planning on changing them out any time soon. Even used cars are crazy expensive, and modern cars have gotten so good they basically still drive as new, and can probably double or triple their mileage. So we'll probably drive them until they can't anymore, or EV becomes a viable used option for us

[brittle totem]

The biggest problem thst i see with evs right now is for the People living in apartments in big cities thst doent have a parkeing garage or any place to ac charge the car during the night. For People living in regular houses that wont be a problem at all and over night charging is one of the best things with evs right now. Becuse you can always wake to a "fully" charged car so no time wasted at a gas station after work.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah but charging millions of cars overnight is also not viable for our infrastructure. Imho, it should be mandated by workplaces to provide chargers, so cars can be charged by excessive electricity generated by solar panels during the day

That will also result in many people in apartments not needing to charge "at home" as they can often perfectly commute a round trip + additional trips on a single charge

And, ofc, installing public charge which fine you of you stay too long

[tacit elm]

Oops

Wroung chat

[fathom socket]

Just bought a hardtop for my Miata

[silent parcel]

F for your future repair bill

All in all i think CVTs are cool but they just aren't entirely ready

Toyota came out with a CVT that had a whole first gear for the main issue

Which is slippage

Which leads to burning it all up

[dense shard]

People worrying about depreciation are funny. You shouldn't be buying a car in anticipation to sell it

It's a step above people who act like cars are an investment. They're not

[wraith rivet]

they’re an investment that’s pretty much guaranteed to go down in value lol

[civic spoke]

You know what could world?
CVT with a electric motor for <50 kmh.

So that first gear is essentially just done on electric.

[stoic ledge]

I know some hybrids do basically that, but then the CVT is a planetary gear

Maybe not all the way up to 50km/h

[ornate viper]

yeah, of course 😛 probably not gonna be ordering before the VAT is in place anyway

[dry pine]

like the 675lt much?

[civic spoke]

That's the 765LT.

[fathom socket]

WHats a chrion

[civic spoke]

1,500 hp Bugatti

[dry pine]

shit thats what I meant

[fathom socket]

? Im confuzzled

[civic spoke]

Chiron is a model from Bugatti.

[fathom socket]

Ohhhh

ok

and thats like in aud plz

[fathom socket]

OH

My

GODDD

oh oop

[civic spoke]

Looks like it's the Supersport trim, too?

[fathom socket]

i just like the sound of aud more than my currewncy bc its 10x more than mine lol so youe saying that, that car is 100,000,000?

[civic spoke]

Where are you from?

[fathom socket]

RSA

Ok lol

Im from south africa

lol

llol ya

yes but its so gawdamm colddd

its like 17C

iM FREEZING SO BADLY

[civic spoke]

When it comes to Bugatti, then it's not if you have one or not.
It's have one, and Yacht.

[fathom socket]

how fast is 300mph in km

OMFFFFG

CHeeses christ

[dry pine]

ooooo an enzo

[brittle totem]

Can the Bugatti Chiron 300+ even hit 300mph at all ? Didn't Bugatti do the 300mph run with a modified test car or something like that ?

[hoary pine]

With that kind of car you can't even go drag day in most places as you have to get different license/permit and have certain safety modification if your car is too powerful, you either rent the whole track or build your own if you want to go anywhere near what it could do

Or go 60mph on highway behind the guy with a 2002 civic like everyone else if that is street legal
But I highly doubt anyone buy such a car for that

[gilded jackal]

For it to hit that speed they had to wait for the right wind speeds etc etc They had a entire team to ensure everything was perfectly set up in the car like the tire pressure etc and they did it on a huge closed track. You wont be able to hit those speeds in a real life scenario.

[brittle totem]

So it newer gor a the calimed top speed tested? So does that mean that the Koenigsegg agera rs still has the highest offcial top speed ?

[gilded jackal]

Not sure about that.

[deep zealot]

300 mph is easy

[open plaza]

@rotund mason can we talk for two mins? Just to clear a misunderstanding regarding me leaving the server

[stoic ledge]

[open plaza]

@stoic ledge hey buddy

Life is strange

[stoic ledge]

[wraith rivet]

200mph?

[static panther]

guh

Gran Turismo livery R32

goofy bug car

[wraith rivet]

Popup headlights 😍

[fathom socket]

mfw miata

[static panther]

miata 🤢

best friend has an 82 280zx

🤝

[fathom socket]

chad

[fathom socket]

tbh the asthetic people ruined it

miatas are one of those cars that look better stock

i mean under the hood stuff is fine but stancing it and shit ruins it

[dusk ocean]

E30 life

[static panther]

i just dislike them

weird little bug car

[wary flower]

tbh i really like miatas

[hoary pine]

lol miata aren't that bad, even the very early versions (30+ years ago) can do 0-60 mph in 8-9 sec unless you and your partner adds 300kg on it.

(really low bar in today standard but they aren't that bad.

[dense shard]

Dunno... Those early early Miatas were pretty gutless

[wraith rivet]

exactly

what do you all know about cold air intakes for a normal car? Just so I can get a little more power and a little better mpg

maybe it’s not even worth it depending on how expensive it is idk

[drowsy surge]

put a short ram intake on my car, felt barely any difference but it makes more noise

[brittle totem]

Maybe but its never completed the official run and what I have heard the tested it with a non production modified Chiron and not the standard 300+ that customers can buy.

[fathom socket]

C3 corvette 🥵🥵🥵

[viscid atlas]

a 60+ year old small woman worker at my internship had an exact one like this, these cars are aweome

[wispy cloak]

My 2000 dakota is faster than that

[hoary pine]

It is not a fast car after all (even the new model are around 6sec 60mhp 0-60, mediocre at best), but neither were as terrible as some people describe I guess.
Sure people will fly pass you if they wish, but you just stick to 60 mhp, take your time to enjoy the miata because you aren't hurry A to B when you jump into it, you are riding it because you want to riding it.

[dense shard]

6 second 0-60 is mediocre? lol

[viscid atlas]

to be fair, it is for sports cars

[fathom socket]

is the miata even a sports car

[viscid atlas]

yes, it is

[fathom socket]

yeah I guess

i have no concept of sports cars at this point

[viscid atlas]

the new one is pretty cool actually, you need to not look at it at a surface level

[fathom socket]

they are all just cars

i really want to get an NC

i kinda of gaveup on the NA after i realized all the sad bois are buying all of them

nc is just the nb but good

Miata funny tic tac car haha

[viscid atlas]

nd

the new one is just, genuinely solid, maybe even the closest to the NA interms of driving tbh

[civic spoke]

Think about doing a rotor replacement with the next set of pads.

[dry pine]

I mean, a miata with fender flares, and a track focused aero kit looks cool.

[hoary pine]

If it is a 2 ton SUV that is quite impressive but for a 1 ton roadster that is mediocre at best :p

Yeah the spec pretty much already set the use case for you.
You take your time and have fun, time fly pass but your car won't

Having fun is most important isn't it

[wraith rivet]

what makes more noise? the exhaust or the engine itself?

idk how that would work

[charred depot]

Should have painted your discs while you were in there

Induction noise

One of the previous toerags that owned my subaru put a stupid pod filter on it. I must admit it does sound nice.

[dusk ocean]

All back together!

E30 odometer gears are like a sharp cheese

[wraith rivet]

yeah

[charred depot]

Miss my odometer and speedo

[dusk ocean]

I am not going to miss disconnecting the battery

[charred depot]

Thinking of selling my subaru and saab to replace with an E39

Seeing my friends with german cars just being able to order parts is wild

Ive wanted a e39 or e34 for a while just put off by the bmw insurance prices

[fathom socket]

Prius>>>bmw

[hoary pine]

lol, they are totally different things.
But you definitely shouldn't get a BMW if you don't have that money to burn, keeping a 20 years old BMW aren't going to be cheap.

[charred depot]

My daily driver is 36 years old : )

An E39 isnt really going to be much worse than any of my other cars

bonus if I dont have to change the engine in it

[hoary pine]

Looks like you fully aware of the cost then it is fine :p
Many people think old BMW are cheap but unaware they will spend more on upkeep than the market price in few years.

[charred depot]

preferably I can get an absolutely rotten and hanging touring to weld up a bit then paint with a brush

good condition I can also live with

[drowsy surge]

the exhaust definitely i have a loud exhaust on my car lol

first is intake only second is intake and exhaust

phone doesn’t pick it up that well

[stoic ledge]

I really can't handle the steelies + that exhaust

[drowsy surge]

found the stock vid lol

sounded like a vacuum

[drowsy surge]

wheels are expensive ok :(

craigslist is letting me down with the rpf1’s

[stoic ledge]

Get some Mugen GP wheels

[drowsy surge]

yeah right

more money than i have in my bank account

[stoic ledge]

I mean, they look great

I never see that bodystyle Civic here, they were only sold as a Hybrid here, and while they sold quite well the hybrid system was shite so not many are left

All batteries died

[drowsy surge]

i don’t like the hybrid this one gets good enough mpg and it’s a manual

[stoic ledge]

We got the sedan only as a Hybrid

But, shite so all exported or crushed

[drowsy surge]

the only mugen thing i can afford

and it’s a knock off

[stoic ledge]

Is this an anti theft device?

[fathom socket]

Prius >>>>> Bugatti

[fathom socket]

SO I got a call from a mechanic

and they tell me or a waterpump or headgasket

It would be weird with head gasket since I had no signs of it being blown

[dusk ocean]

where are you located

[charred depot]

Scotland

[dusk ocean]

Ah ok - I am in the uS

so "just ordering parts" for BMWs is really only possible with like 5 year old cars

after that, its all specialty places/stuff

[charred depot]

I like old forgotten peugeots but they are just so unsupported compared to german brands

[dusk ocean]

For a lot of my builds lately I am refurbing w/ OE parts, so getting a brakeline or fuel line means ordering thru the dealer who orders from germany

[charred depot]

Friend with his old W124 can get anything from mercedes

[dusk ocean]

yeah you can get most things for BMW if you go to BMW

maintenance stuff is obviously cheaper from 3rd party

Though it has started to get to the point where I needed the fuel pumps for my E30 and it was cheaper, for me, to retro fit a single in tank

[charred depot]

Had to make bushing moulds for the rear end of my poojo 305

french brands just generally arent great with supporting their classics

[dusk ocean]

Right - meanwhile no one wants OE bushings in BMW land lol

Like they're available, but they fail and so most people go aftermarket

[charred depot]

sadly theres neither for me heh

[dusk ocean]

Oh I fully understand

I drive E34s

[charred depot]

like 20 on the road in the UK no market for anything

[dusk ocean]

E34s and E30s

E30 has TON of things available

E34 is either an E31/E32 retrofit or completely custom

At meet ups I still get asked "Yo wow what turbo kit is that?" 🤣

[charred depot]

Had to pay £50 for a sway bar link some random guy had old stock of 🗿

rear shocks also are unobtanium but I got some old stock "towing upgrades"

[dusk ocean]

So while available, you also pay BMW tax 🙂

[charred depot]

atleast you can just buy it rather than having to phone 10 people

[dusk ocean]

For most things

There are many, many parts NLA

[charred depot]

I imagine most suspension components are available

[dusk ocean]

Not if you have leveling

[charred depot]

ah but you can work around it by downgrading

[dusk ocean]

Which costs like $2,000 lol

Its almost as expensive to delete as to repair

There are many weird oddities too - like god forbid you have a semi special model

Like a 540i M sport

where there may be a special sway bar or damper or something

[charred depot]

I know someone with a ropey AF E39 540i manual

shame the steering is worse on them

[dusk ocean]

I am hot/cold on the E39

well that's the other thing

E39 6 cyl were rack and pinion

V8s were box

all E34s were box

[charred depot]

id prefer an E34 but moneys money and I really should get a diesel but : ^|

[dusk ocean]

So hard to find non rust shit box E34s

[charred depot]

thankfully I "prefer" rusty cars

[dusk ocean]

oof

You'd love my E30 brake lines then

[charred depot]

I just replace all steel lines now dont trust them, had one rust through on the 305 in a hidden position

[dusk ocean]

Fortunately BMW uses dual chamber front/rear

Replace with what, Ni-copp?

[charred depot]

yeah

[dusk ocean]

Prob is euro bubble flare

[charred depot]

mhm, I used to make them with a cheap £10 wrong tool

[dusk ocean]

double or bubble?

[charred depot]

double tool making a bubble heh

[dusk ocean]

oof no

[charred depot]

I bought the proper tool recently as it was too annoying to get right

[dusk ocean]

yep

so I had such a hard time doing bubbles that I ended up buying OE bubble lines, cutting, and splicing double

[charred depot]

primary tools

shovel to scoop up remains of car

[dusk ocean]

LOL

I think we have different intentions

[charred depot]

I wouldnt actually repair the rust I just have to get them through an inspection heh

they failed my car for having 2 big holes in the boot recently, snobs

[dusk ocean]

lol

[charred depot]

my rear view mirror fell off during the bloody test

[dusk ocean]

LOL

[charred depot]

horn was working the day before

wheezed its soul out when the tester tried it

this was where the seats mounted, I kept the right side bit with 2 holes as a souvenir

[dusk ocean]

my pulse is going up

[charred depot]

friends cars are worse, they absolutely tank MOTs

[dusk ocean]

i wish we had a more comprehensive inspection here

[dusk ocean]

That is the output for your vehicle?

[charred depot]

nah thats his vauxhall chevette

my vehicles are relatively structurally sound

[dusk ocean]

Either way that's actual output

[charred depot]

yeah

[dusk ocean]

ours would get

"fail"

[charred depot]

you can nose in on any car here https://www.check-mot.service.gov.uk/

[dusk ocean]

that is amazing

by the freaking plate!?

wow

you need VIN here and to pay

And you won't find any MOT, just inspection dates

[charred depot]

NGX 840W is his plate

[dusk ocean]

https://www.eastwood.com/universal-hydraulic-flaring-kit-not-for-stainless.html

Talking brakes has me wanting to buy this

[charred depot]

buy a car with that money

[dusk ocean]

LOL

No car I'd ever buy clicks in at that price

[charred depot]

this was my main car but ive put it to the side till I can be bothered to fit the new rear beam

[dusk ocean]

I'd just box that

[charred depot]

was tapped with a angle grinder to weld a "crack"

[dusk ocean]

Just cut some plates

make it more better

[charred depot]

ive left it too late so the wheel on the left side has mega camber

[dusk ocean]

its God saying FWD sucks

[charred depot]

I have another beam im just out of energy after swapping the engine in my other car after its engine got diesel runaway

diesel runaway on a non turbo engine my luck

[dusk ocean]

how is that even possible

[charred depot]

headgasket or rings pressurising crankcase shooting oil up breather

I think its rings

[dusk ocean]

I had an HG fail like that on gasoline

blew the fire ring into the valley

blowing air out the pushrod hole in the head pressurizing the crank case

[charred depot]

so much oil had went through the engine it had filled the exhaust with oil

[dusk ocean]

that's kind of amazing

[charred depot]

I just looked in my mirror saw an almighty smoke cloud let off and the car was still pulling

[dusk ocean]

oof

[charred depot]

I went from a 50hp 1.8 to like a 55hp 1.9 mega upgrade!

[dusk ocean]

rollin coal

[charred depot]

tops out at like 74mph

any incline and it loses speed rapid

[wheat mural]

50 and 55 hp

are these lawnmowers?

[dusk ocean]

lol

[wheat mural]

Cars I'd tolerate driving start around 300 hp

😄

[charred depot]

id like a 55hp lawnmower

[dusk ocean]

I have a 24HP lawnmower

[charred depot]

pulley swap : )

[dusk ocean]

brap brap

[charred depot]

I prefer unpowered cars as it stops me getting into any trouble

[wheat mural]

I'm too used to sports cars, drove my grandmother's jeep recently and was thrown off by its atrocious acceleration

[charred depot]

I still overtake people in them. slowly

[dusk ocean]

I only overtake people spinning tire in 4th

[wheat mural]

Even then, her Jeep's 172 HP, not 55

My daily driver though is 580 hp, so 172 still feels super sluggish

[dusk ocean]

My daily is 300 bhpish

but my fun car is 1100 bhpish

[charred depot]

My saab has 130hp and I end up getting up to license deleted speeds to easily with it

[dusk ocean]

You should see what you can do with 900 rwhp

[charred depot]

I have a 300hp engine for my saab but im like, whats the point

[dusk ocean]

all the points...

You can just lay things on the pedal and take a nap

[charred depot]

aygo race

[dusk ocean]

I put an S50 in my e30

not the quickest swap

but considering the car is like 2500 lbs...

240 bhp

and then putting a supercharger on it for good measure

[charred depot]

I wanted to put like a merc SLK supercharger on my engine for a laugh

[dusk ocean]

I have an Alpina B7-esque supercharger

[charred depot]

all the sound none of the go

[dusk ocean]

yeah roots blowers that size are kinda meh

[charred depot]

https://youtu.be/89dZqpWx6qs?t=562

[dusk ocean]

lol the noise

even the tuner is like "I don't care" as he works the first few gears reading a book

[charred depot]

85hp!

[dusk ocean]

hahaha

so worth it

non intercooled i imagine

[charred depot]

mhm

[wheat mural]

Guessing not stock?

Can't think of much that's that high stock

[dusk ocean]

lol cmon

[wheat mural]

There's some cars that are, but not many

[rustic coyote]

Im dont have a car

:\

[dusk ocean]

That's kind of where I am at in life though

just for the fun of it

I didn't have an appropriate fuel pump or fuel injector for my E30 swap so I put in a spare walbro 255HP pump and injector dynamics 2000cc/min lol

[charred depot]

Id like to convert a car to RWD but thats pushing the boundaries of our legal system

well itd be legal id just not be able to insure it properly thus illegal

[wheat mural]

I might not go much faster with 580 hp than you do with 130 on a regular basis, but fast acceleration's still fun

sub-3 0-60's just more fun than 7-10 second 0-60

[dusk ocean]

https://youtu.be/CBaG6fUU0GE?t=166

street tune strapped to dyno on 93 pump

[charred depot]

I know a few people with "proper" cars but they pour so much money into them

[wheat mural]

What are "proper" cars?

[charred depot]

properly modified

[dusk ocean]

Obviously the RPM sensor fell off, but she was still climbing on a slipping clutch

was a 4th gear pull with a 3.23:1 rear end so like 4000 rpm - 6900 rpm represents the 110 - 150

Revs to 7800

[charred depot]

reminds me ive had a slipping clutch for like 6000 miles but the whopping 130hp hasnt totally roasted it yet

[dusk ocean]

lol

I wish I had vid of the car doing 946 rwhp

race gas and more methanol

[charred depot]

id like to bring this back to the road

[dusk ocean]

Don't.

[charred depot]

but look at it

[dusk ocean]

right

it's pleading

If you turn your speakers up you can hear it whisper, "kill me please"

[charred depot]

theres a car hoarder I went to this weekend who has a bunch of 305s sitting in overgrowth I could use but hes very hard to deal with

my friend was trying to get him to sell a windscreen off a pickup that the rear of has totally rotten away and disappeared

successful, not

[dusk ocean]

hoarders are not to be dealt with

everything is $1000

and "not for sale"

why am I even here

[charred depot]

its not even a money thing

I dont even know why he keeps them

[dusk ocean]

hoarder

[charred depot]

friend has bought entire cars

but theres a T boned 305 top spec GTX (side caved into the middle literally) but he wont let anyone take parts as its "complete"

completely hooped and being reclaimed by nature

[dusk ocean]

makes no sense

[charred depot]

its totally overgrown now, stuff still gets added to it. theres some 2005 cars there

[wraith rivet]

I meant like what part of the car gets louder when you put on a cold air intake

[drowsy surge]

the intake noise

so the engine ig

[pearl plover]

1997 Honda Civic Coupe 5MT
Current engine: D16Y7 SOHC
Planned Engine: K24 with, K20 Head
Can go up too 400hp with current transmission

How would this be

[wicked minnow]

I bet I can build a faster Honda with less hp than you. But I'm not gonna because we are in a gas crisis

[drowsy onyx]

Rivain R1T or Tesla Model X

[hoary pine]

I have no idea of Rivian reliability
Assuming it is reliable R1T would be no-brainer

But I think I would lean towards R1S a little more.

[dense shard]

Neither

[viscid atlas]

idk if you were serious in saying this, but that may have been the cringiest sentence i have read about hondas

[wicked minnow]

nah the worst would be. my 1989 civic with a b series swap and a ebay turbo will beat your scatpack

[viscid atlas]

bruh

also, scatpack is bruh too

if you wanted a yacth, buy a yacth

[wicked minnow]

lol

[viscid atlas]

apperantly theres some sort of emission settlement with porsche

[wicked minnow]

oddly im actually looking at getting a porsche lol

the poor mans porsche

[fathom socket]

Which is better civic or Corolla

[wicked minnow]

1999 suzuki grand vitara

[hoary pine]

TBH unless you only drive on dragstrip, the HP or 0-60 aren't the only things you should look at.

[dense shard]

As an unbiased Corolla owner I'd say Corolla.

I wasn't a huge fan of the last gen Civic tho. Maybe this gen is that much better.

[wicked minnow]

get a pontiac vibe. basically a corolla hatchback that doesnt have the toyota tax like the toyota matrix

[drowsy onyx]

1958 Chevy Truck

that's the dream truck

[dense shard]

I like my 2019 hatch.

[drowsy onyx]

I can't spell the actual name

[dense shard]

Excellent car.

[drowsy onyx]

1958 apache pickup truck

[wicked minnow]

thinking about getting a rolla xrs

[dense shard]

If you don't mind potential oiling issues and no torque, go for it.

[wicked minnow]

i had a vibe gt

never had oil draining issues

[dense shard]

Not oil draining

[wicked minnow]

oil pump going boom.

never had that issue

even reving it at 8500 all the time xD

[dense shard]

okay

[wicked minnow]

and realistically any high reving engine will not have low end torque

[dense shard]

8th gen Si was decent enough on low end torque

[wicked minnow]

yet to drive one. kinda wana get one before they skyrocket in price.

[dense shard]

same

[wicked minnow]

like the em1

[dense shard]

But at this moment in time I'm making my E210 XSE work and the outback.

[wicked minnow]

oddly i remember back in 06 when i was 6-7 i remember seeing one and thought it was a cool looking car

[dense shard]

Subaru has more than enough power for my uses

[wicked minnow]

i want a outback xt 5mt

but impossible to find

[dense shard]

I ended up with a 3.6R

For the one generation they made it with the bigger engine and the 5 speed auto

[viscid atlas]

i like mine

[wicked minnow]

what porsche?

[viscid atlas]

06' 911

[wicked minnow]

niceee how are the hg>?

ahh

looking at a 986

[dense shard]

HG?

[wicked minnow]

headgaskets

[dense shard]

It's an EZ

So no head gasket issues

[wicked minnow]

wish i kept my 99 outback 5mt. shit was a tank

[viscid atlas]

they are ok, im not a fan of the headlights

[dense shard]

Or shattered transmissions

[wicked minnow]

ahh

[dense shard]

Just a bit of hail damage

[wicked minnow]

could change them

[viscid atlas]

with some creativity you can slap the 987 front on it tho

[wicked minnow]

could

[viscid atlas]

these earlier new edge Porsches are actually quite reliable once they've been serviced properly

and yes the IMS issue goes into that serviced properly

that is a massive fatal flaw

[wicked minnow]

yea ik

gonna try to get a pre 00

[viscid atlas]

oh?

[wicked minnow]

since the boxster s is sorta expensive

[viscid atlas]

ah

[wicked minnow]

pre 00 had dual row ims bearings and had less failures

[viscid atlas]

is the price difference really that big?

[wicked minnow]

nomrally i can get a nice base for 7-11k and the boxster s is 5k more

[viscid atlas]

lol you can actually stick a 997 front end to it too

[wicked minnow]

didnt know that

[viscid atlas]

hmm, i mean IMS bearing fix works

[drowsy onyx]

I don't know much about cars, so my info here is worth nothing

[wicked minnow]

also expensive.

[viscid atlas]

i didnt really bother because mine is an 06, and it has the M96.5 engine

which was the gen they fixed it in from factory

[wicked minnow]

what got me into porsches was my buddies 06? cayman

[viscid atlas]

yea those things are like actually fun

[wicked minnow]

and he had the S

[viscid atlas]

the 06 cayman is basically my car but less powerful and more barebones

[wicked minnow]

ye

and i drove a 98 boxster and fell in love

[viscid atlas]

theyre genuinely good cars

i still want an audi R8 cabrio V10

[wicked minnow]

ooo

[viscid atlas]

i would sell my 911 for that if i actually get money for it

probably a 2012 model or an earlier one

as i personally think the r-tronic gear is cooler

although it does eat clutches for lunch

[wicked minnow]

damn

[viscid atlas]

yea before i even consider buying one i would need to have like 80K in the bank for maintenance and cars cost ontop of the sale price of my 911

[wicked minnow]

yea lol

[nocturne sonnet]

Car.exe

[gilded jackal]

Tony stark vibes

[viscid atlas]

lul

[fathom socket]

They have replaced the 40 year old busses with brand new electric Spanish busses

[bitter compass]

All i gotta say r8 in german is r acht, "racht" is pretty much the Bavarian pronunciation of smoking and audi is bavarian, sounds fishy to me

[viscid atlas]

its cus it's smoking hot obv

[bitter compass]

So am i 👀

[gilded jackal]

👀

[dry pine]

👀

[stoic ledge]

👀

[vocal mural]

CAF?

[fathom socket]

Solaris

Well, technically it's manufactured in Poland by polish part of Solaris but company is owned by by Spanish

[vocal mural]

Solaris is owned by CAF.

Construcciones y Auxiliar de Ferrocarriles

[charred depot]

Live in luxury, or despair.

[dusk ocean]

e38 ftw

people used to think e38s were fragile

then god made the e65

[charred depot]

heh

Id love to get one just to see how long I could keep it going on a strict budget, but while they are super cheap last I checked they are mega for insurance

[dusk ocean]

surely europe has a like 1.4L diesel version

[charred depot]

alot of the later 7 series about are diesel

well there isnt that many 7 series about but most are diesel

this ones a 740i vee 8

The smart option for me is a diesel E39 but might be wild and get a petrol

May get a car trailer in the future so id like to have something which can tow that sanely

Well I was looking at BMW's then someone has to offer me a citroen XM for £500

[brittle totem]

Will this be the feature instead of charging your car you can do a battery swap that now takes around 5 mins but will probably be even faster in the feature. And the the time that it takes it to travel 1000km is the same as kia ceed phev. So 15 min faster then a Tesla. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ResuBGtVjg

[wraith rivet]

seems cool but extremely expensive to build mass amounts of them

[dusk ocean]

@charred depot https://photos.app.goo.gl/AA3k2Ad54GYEdBpw8

E30 S50 swap with new circuitry in the gauge cluster to prevent it from draining the battery dead again as well as a 7000 RPM tach and a repaired odometer gear set as well as a 20 amp circuit and dedicated relay for the fuel pump retrofit while triggered off the ECU fuel pump output

[tepid wing]

I'm going to guess that "cheap", "electric" and "comma gold" aren't terms that go together?

[dry pine]

Not a full scale car, but what do you think about the paint job?

[pearl rock]

Question: Are Nissan Altimas really that bad? People online keep on complaing aboht the CVT engine and whatnot and to avoid it in leu of the Accord or Camry

[ornate viper]

doubt that will be it tbh, at least not unless something drastically changes... with today's tech, that's gonna be a nightmare on a large scale tbh

[dense shard]

Nissan had a severe dip in quality about a decade ago.

Their CVTs were infamous for blowing up, and the engines were recalled for timing chain guides... so that was also a boom. Didn't help that Nissan would sell to people who didn't care to maintain their cars.

If you can wing an Accord or Camry you're more likely to have it long term.

Tho Accord has also moved to a CVT for the base engine so ymmv

Another decent choice imo would be the Ford Fusion.

[pearl rock]

@dense shard Don't american cars suck though? Or is that a bad stereotype that doesnt apply to ford fusions

[dense shard]

Ford Fusion has been around long enough at this point to have all the kinks worked out.

Do avoid the Focus and Fiesta. Specifically the automatics. The dual clutch transmissions might be worse than a Nissan CVT

Or you can get the spicy version with AWD and a higher power engine

[pearl rock]

What about Hatchbacks?

[pearl rock]

Appearently it is discontinuing production, being retired

[civic spoke]

We used to have the XM wagon as a family car before when I was a kid.

[brittle totem]

Seems to be a big thing in china already but we will se how good it will really work in the feuture.

[brittle totem]

But how will it handy dirty or snowy better packs during winter. That one thing i am wondering. Is there som sort of battery cleaing in their ?

[ornate viper]

I remember debating it with a friend of mine, because I came to think of this idea before it was a thing in media 😛 thought it sounded really smart, can’t recall what exactly we ended up on in details, but I remember him and I agreeing it wasn’t really all that ideal to do this on a large scale and it being convenient

[brittle totem]

Is this actually a real Norwegian websites for electric cars for kids or is just a joke ?. And who decided that this was good website design to convince people to buy from them. https://arngren.net/

[brittle totem]

I think that the concept sounds good but in reality it wont be that good. How till it handle dirty and wet battery packs and stuff like that. It will probably just lead to more problems. Imagine buying a brand new Nio then do a battery swap on a swap station and get a battery that has already done over 100000km in your brand new car.

[charred depot]

Id have just thrown on a isolator switch and lived with it

[charred depot]

Ive always wanted a wagon BX or XM but im too cheap to be picky

[vocal mural]

It is Swedish

Atleast the screenshot

[brittle totem]

It auto translated to swedish. But the wrbsite is norwegian.

[hoary pine]

I doubt if you can ever do much better than 5 min because these are all physical works, you will need extra protection if you want to push any faster the cost can scale fast.
Given 5 min are quite bearable already, they won't have a lot of reason to push it even further (over building more).

Also hydrogen battery are pretty promising, maybe eventually we still go to fuel gas, just not the same gas we used to use.

[fathom socket]

@stoic ledge it turns out it's the head

[stoic ledge]

Gasket blown?

Or literally a broken head?

[charred depot]

i30 was a bit worse than expected

[dry pine]

I was replacing my friends Vtech actuator, and I had a 12oz bottle of happiness. I somehow striped everything I touched... anyone know what I can do?

[fathom socket]

I think soon they'll let me now if it's both

[timber oar]

I can't say they were ever top of the line but they definitely used to be a lot better in the past

[fathom socket]

it's a problem because they paid me too little in my previous job and I need a car to get anything

[timber oar]

Now it's computerized plastic that's always broken

[fathom socket]

should have fixed my focus

[timber oar]

You should have

focused on it

[fathom socket]

the head went on that car

[timber oar]

Ooooh that's not good

You need that

[fathom socket]

that was inevitable.
no matter if I got a good one or dicided to fix the original one

I would have to redo valves on any of them

and LPG expired

[timber oar]

Yeah the worst I've had is maybe a starter or fuel pump here and there

On my old stuff

Nothing that bad

That's nuts

[stoic ledge]

Yikes F

But it drives normal otherwise? That's strange

[fathom socket]

No white smoke, no weird smells.
Engine runs like a clock, it only overheats

[stoic ledge]

I have no idea how the head could contribute to that

[fathom socket]

apparently it might be that compression leaks in to cooling system

[stoic ledge]

Hmmm then a gasket would fix it I'd expect

[fathom socket]

I just hope at this point

if I find out the radiator was too small I'll be very mad

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I bet

Very stupid as the cooling system on those is quite simple iirc

[scenic mango]

RIP

[dusk ocean]

Before

after

I love an easy fix

Yes, I'd like fewer for more $ pls

[ornate viper]

it's legit a thing lol

funny you mentioning that, I linked it to a coworker of mine earlier today xD

topic was UX, so I just linked that site hahah

[ornate viper]

yeah, and imagine the nightmare of having all the car manufacturers follow one standard lol, we can't even do that for mobiles and laptops

[brittle totem]

But are People actully using it to buy stuff ? i would never have trusted a website that looks like that in 2022. And how is that a good bussines strategy at all ? And who deisgned it most have been the ceo 3 year old kid or something like that.

[ornate viper]

I have no clue honestly

it's a one man operation afaik, and the numbers on the company don't look too good tbf 😂

[brittle totem]

But if that thing is profitabel i have no words. And what do they even sell it looks like a norwegian version av wish but for cheap vechles but with a website design from the late 90s.

[ornate viper]

it was couple years ago xD

50k profit

NOK that is

[brittle totem]

But how and what are the doing are the actually selling products or is just advertising buy why would anyone pay for adverting on that site.

[tired sundial]

I do not recommend putting a lawn mower engine in a car guys my brothers Camry only goes 34 after 30ish seconds

[errant shore]

Yea but its unique

[fathom socket]

it needs turbochargers

to go faster

[dusk ocean]

everything needs a turbo

[tired sundial]

Ik there a tt but is there quad turbo?

[fathom socket]

honda cr-v has stock turbo to help it go faster as it only has a 4 cylinder engine

[errant shore]

2 turbos 1 supercharger and fuck it throw some no2 in there

[tired sundial]

The lawn mower engine im using I pulled it off a Honda it’s a one cylinder

[fathom socket]

LOL

THOSE ARE LIKE GO KART ENGINES

[tired sundial]

Yes

[fathom socket]

PUT TURBOS

LOTS OF TURBOS

[tired sundial]

Also I love your name I’m just more into the 1970 Datsuns

[fathom socket]

they're all great cars

[tired sundial]

How much is there a quad turbo somewhere

[fathom socket]

idk search up "turbo kit for honda lawnmower" on ebay or smth idk

[tired sundial]

Yes I love the facia of the 1970 240z

[tired sundial]

I don’t thing there is turbo kits for mowers from 1998

[fathom socket]

my gpu was slow so i turbocharged it

[errant shore]

Some guy on tik tok made a turbocharged shopping cart

[fathom socket]

but fr tho

[errant shore]

That thing has a lawnmower engine

[fathom socket]

try finding the exact model of your engine

[tired sundial]

Is his lawn mower engin from a Honda mower from 1998

[fathom socket]

then do "(engine name) turbo kit"

[errant shore]

Idk I deleted tiktok

[tired sundial]

I don’t have TikTok

[dusk ocean]

is that a clock thing?

[fathom socket]

no its a song by kesha

[tired sundial]

I think is a app white girls drinking pure coffee creamer use

[fathom socket]

bro tbh

i used to make coffe so strong i deadass couldnt use milk

it had to be all creamer or it tasted like shit

[errant shore]

https://vm.tiktok.com/ZMN778jxD/

Found him

[dusk ocean]

why you gotta make it about color

[tired sundial]

I can’t do creamer it has bad tast

[tired sundial]

Because it is

[vocal mural]

FIAT is equipped with lawnmower engines

[vocal mural]

Spijker D12 SSUV Peking to Paris

[wraith rivet]

would you are are rather drive the

I had a stroke reading that

[dusk ocean]

I'm not 10 years old so I just moved off

[fathom socket]

I used to drive ford unfocus if I took my glasses off

[gilded jackal]

A ride on mower or a regular lawn mower engine? Cause you would make 0 gains turbo charging a engine like that lol

It is possible though just for a laugh

[wispy cloak]

Mower mechanic here

They don't make turbo kits for mowers