cars

[wispy cloak]

FedEx managed to bend an entire computer chassis for me once

[charred depot]

This is a special delivery aswell has to be handled by two people health and safety n all that

[wispy cloak]

Or the freight company at work did this to three or four snowblowers

$2000 retail price tag on those

Wooden crates with a cardboard sheath over top too

[charred depot]

Sometimes I wonder how you can be this bad. It takes effort

Will probably end up lost in their warehouse till the end of time

Sadly I only opted for the free £50 insurance thinking how bad can they fuck up

[solemn pebble]

vrooom

[gloomy cove]

Need some automotive help here my ls1 5.3 has a ticking noise or exaust manifold I don’t know can someone help me

[misty mantle]

Sounds like either a valve train noise or an exhaust leak

[gloomy cove]

I do have two broken exaust manifold bolts one on each side and it’s been driving me nuts but it only happens at 1800-2000 rpm no where else

I have kept it as well maintained as I can for a northern vehicle changing fluids and parts when needed with the exception of the exaust because it’s a pain to remove those broken bolts

[fathom socket]

I don't wanna be rude or anything but the single bar of 4G is the most UK thing ever 🤭

[gloomy cove]

And it only happens when warm too

[charred depot]

I start loading a page then wave my phone about in the air

lucky to have a bar of 4g

[fathom socket]

Do you happen to use O2 by any chance?

[charred depot]

three

[fathom socket]

Damn

[sturdy lily]

Guys is it a bad idea to replace brakes in freezing temperatures?

[charred depot]

Im in scootland so its common for dead spots

[fathom socket]

Three is usually a good carrier 😁

[charred depot]

its alright when I return to civilization

[fathom socket]

[wispy cloak]

Not an ls1

I'm guessing lm7

But probably exhaust leak

Could be lifter related but those engines are so cheap that if it were me I'd just run it till it died or got worse

Either that or an accessory

Is it coming from the front or back

[tepid wing]

I got an ad in the mail for golf cart sales.

A tiny part of me wants to buy one.

[gloomy cove]

I thought the lm7 is based on the ls1 huh

[gloomy cove]

Back

[wispy cloak]

Ls1 is aluminum block

[vocal mural]

Hello BAB3

[tired sundial]

Anyone else love the noise of salt hitting the bottom of your car

[civic spoke]

You know what another big problem for the Tesla Semi, or any EV truck is?
If the tractor unit weighs that much more, which means less load, then you'll stack even more load in the front. It could be fairly easy going over the limit on the driving axle for EV trucks. At least for tractor units.

[vocal mural]

Ausfahrt, the biggest city in Germany

[gloomy cove]

Oh

[remote kernel]

Hehe funny goofy name

[vocal mural]

@stoic ledge

[stoic ledge]

In a mall?

[vocal mural]

Yes, Centr.O in Oberhausen

1h drive for me

[fathom socket]

I need a jump starter for trucks

The battery died and had trkugle finding charge

[main moss]

https://tenor.com/view/spiderjay-jayblixt-gif-24269912

[tepid wing]

There used to be a Tesla at a mall near me.

[civic spoke]

This is what I want to see more of.

Each parking spot having its own place to charge their car.

[tepid wing]

The great thing about EVs is that you don't need that outside of where you live in most cases.

[civic spoke]

I want to see it everywhere. Honestly. The more the better.

You don't need fast chargers if every location you visit had any kind of charger.

[tepid wing]

I wonder, is there a fast charger between me and where I want to go on a road trip...

[civic spoke]

Probably is

[tepid wing]

I'm not sure how to check at the moment.

[civic spoke]

There is stuff like Plugshare

[tepid wing]

Looks like there is in a place that would be nice to stop at, so that's good.

[civic spoke]

I saw an electric Volvo truck today. 6x4.

Decided to check out how much it weight was. 13,300 kg. I'm guessing the Tesla will be heavier?

[vocal mural]

Wait, 13 ton?

[civic spoke]

Yeah. For this tractor unit.

[vocal mural]

I thought a 13 ton weighing passenger car

[charred depot]

didnt even look at the ZX just seen the engine and went "oh XUD!"

[feral reef]

You can take it one step further and that you don’t need fast chargers at any location if every location had a charger

Okay maybe for road trips

[civic spoke]

Problem is that fast chargers are more then x10 the price of slower chargers. And if we're going with the ones in that picture I shared, then it's a bigger difference still.

[misty mantle]

And cost as much as filling up your car with gas

[civic spoke]

Would you rather have enough to charge 15 cars at once overnight, or just one?

[civic spoke]

A big thing with fast charging is that you're paying for convenience.

[fathom socket]

Do you realize that this is extremely bad for the batteries?

No one talks about this, but these batteries have much lower capacity, even after just a year.

[misty mantle]

EV batteries still age like normal car batteries

[feral reef]

I’d think it’s the opposite?

As slow charging is generally better for batteries ?

[fathom socket]

Constantly plugging it in isn't good.

Just makes it break faster.

[feral reef]

Why is that?

[fathom socket]

Because that's how the batteries in those cars work.

(They're not great)

[feral reef]

That’s not a great answer, lol

“Just cuz”

[fathom socket]

Do you want me to literally explain how a battery works?

I'm doing push ups, it's 11:04 pm

I could explain it in a simpler way.

Go to your phones settings and check that battery capacity thing.

[feral reef]

I have quite extensive knowledge on how batteries work

[fathom socket]

Good.

Then you should know why that is bad for electric cars.

[civic spoke]

Batteries have a set number of cycles, more or less. Having it plugged in constantly isn't always a bad thing.
Charging to 100% all of the time, however, is.

Ideally you just want to charge it up to 80-something percent.

Slow charging is generally considered better than fast charging. I'm guessing mainly because of the temperatures?

[fathom socket]

Yes, but in a huge car it's honestly whatever.

[burnt solstice]

me who has charged my phone with the ultra fast charging mode for the past year

[civic spoke]

Same. But my phone usually stops at 80% overnight. And then goes up to 100% before I wake up.

[burnt solstice]

it automatically does that?

they "say" the phone stops charging when its at 100%

but i mean the battery is still good

although lately i noticed my phone got warm in my pocket and the battery drained fast because of gallery

apparently i have a corrupted photo in there

but i almost never open gallery anyway so i just force stop it

[burnt solstice]

and because it tries to read it over and over and over it drains the battery very fast

[burnt solstice]

ah ok my phone has never said that

and netherlands timezone haha

[civic spoke]

You could check if you have a setting for it.

[burnt solstice]

well its a xiaomi so i doubt it lmao

[wraith rivet]

slow charging is better than fast charging for battery health

[fathom socket]

It doesn't matter. That battery is gonna be broken after 5 years anyway

Electric cars

[burnt solstice]

but they do have a sort of smart schedule learning thing where it learns your charging habits with when you plug it in and out so it will charge accordingly with power dosage

[fathom socket]

Don't even bother with this fake ass app

[fathom socket]

Thats all just stuff to make you feel better.

It doesn't matter if it charges it sooner or later

100% is 100%

[burnt solstice]

yes ok idc

[fathom socket]

No way to make that less "harmfull"

Samsung has a feature that limits charges to 85%, which is useful

But that's on phones

[burnt solstice]

well not charging it at full bore for 30 minutes then just let it hang on charger for the rest of the night...

it charges slower overnight

[fathom socket]

No, that just increases your energy bill.

And everyone is supposed to get an electric car in this crisis that government caused.

[burnt solstice]

if it consumes less power how does it consume more lmao (i am talking about my phone here not car)

[fathom socket]

Oh

[civic spoke]

100 kWh is 100 kWh

[fathom socket]

I charge my phone wirelessly overnight, so it's 5W less

Than wired fast charging.

[civic spoke]

Wireless charging is generally pretty bad.

Mainly because of how inefficient it is. Lots of heat.

[fathom socket]

I charge my phone on wireless all the time at home actually

[burnt solstice]

well electric cars will become a disaster in 10 years

all those batteries that need replacing

[fathom socket]

Just at school I use a cable because the power bank I have only has 10W wireless.

[fathom socket]

I don't mind

[burnt solstice]

i think they did invent a more eco friendly battery but still

[fathom socket]

That's still not ready

[burnt solstice]

exactly

glad i can just get my motorcycle license and drive a motorcycle for atleast coming 20 years or so

[civic spoke]

We need to figure out good ways to recycle and reuse batteries at scale.

[burnt solstice]

"Back in my day the cars and vehicles made engine noises"

"Oh grandpa don't be so silly"

[burnt solstice]

well tesla batteries can be used in homes for solar energy storage, i heard some stuff about it

[fathom socket]

I have a driver's license that cost $2100

[burnt solstice]

well i have my driving exam in a few weeks for car

[fathom socket]

Government regulated it so hard that the price went up like crazy.

[burnt solstice]

and then 2 months after or so i start with motorcycle

[fathom socket]

Another Europe moment.

[wispy cloak]

Another $875 on the repair bill for my truck 🥲

We're at a little over $2000 now

[fathom socket]

Great

[burnt solstice]

yes in the netherlands they really try to milk every cent out of your wallet just to get a exam and then they fuck you over because you

"did not brake fast enough because i had my foot on the brake already and you still had to travel your foot to the brake so i am earlier then you meaning you failed "

[fathom socket]

I failed it once because I didn't look hard enough when parking.

[burnt solstice]

meanwhile in the real world i would have still stopped early enough in the normal driving methods

[fathom socket]

I was about to fail because I shifted to fast, but he wasn't an asshole so he let me pass

[burnt solstice]

like the exam driving style and casual driving is so different

[burnt solstice]

shifting too fast? this gotta be one of the dumbest reasons

[fathom socket]

Austria 🇦🇹 🤷‍♂️🤷‍♂️

[wispy cloak]

You have specific cars that you have to do your test in?

[fathom socket]

Now I floor it anytime I exit my driveway because the speed limit is 100km/h

[burnt solstice]

i sometimes just rev to 4K rpm and do a 1 to 2 to 3 in a few seconds

[burnt solstice]

well the examinators and driving instructors have a clutch and brake and often also a gas pedal for when someone gets scared

[wispy cloak]

I did my driver's test in my parents' pacifica

[fathom socket]

I had to do the test in my own car

[burnt solstice]

bro what

i have to do it in the driving instructors car

because thats what i have been getting lessons in

[civic spoke]

You're not allowed to do it in your own vehicle here.

[fathom socket]

I even floored the car with the dude in it

And he said nothing

Cuz it was legal

[wispy cloak]

You're required to have your own vehicle here

[fathom socket]

[civic spoke]

The car you're getting your license with has to have double commando. Meaning an extra set of pedals for the instructor.

[fathom socket]

Sounds like a heavily regulated country.

Uk probably

[wispy cloak]

Yeah

[burnt solstice]

exactly

i live in the netherlands

[wispy cloak]

We only have those in the driver's ed cars and I don't think it's even required there

[burnt solstice]

they really milk you for your money here

[fathom socket]

Netherlands is heavily regulated, for example

[wispy cloak]

I could've done my driving test in my f350 for all they care

[burnt solstice]

america?

i think i could get my license there after driving for 5 lessons lmao

[civic spoke]

Can't do a driving test in an F350 here. At least if you're just going with a B license.

Since an F350 requires at least a C1 license.

3,500 kg

[wispy cloak]

All you need to do to get your license at 16 is hold a permit for nine months, take a driver's ed class, have 5hrs behind the wheel with an instructor, and 50hrs behind the wheel with an adult

Then you do a written test and a behind the wheel test

[burnt solstice]

no wonder so many accidents happen in america, no offence but people drive like there are no rules there

[wispy cloak]

Then you have a license where you can have a vehicle with a 16000lbs gvwr and tow another 10000lbs

[wispy cloak]

Yeah people don't know how to drive

Also if you go to places like Texas or California there are a lot of unlicensed and uninsured drivers

[civic spoke]

I'm allowed to tow as much as I want. As long as I'm within the legal limits of everything.

[wispy cloak]

An example of people not knowing how to drive is when my truck was parked and got totaled by somebody ramming it head on

[burnt solstice]

alot of people here give way to me when having a driving lesson

[wispy cloak]

Nobody gives way for anybody unless you're in a rural area here

If anything I get cut off MORE in my f350 than any other vehicle

[burnt solstice]

they are legally required to have a sign on top with the driving school name and a L

[wispy cloak]

What could go wrong when cutting off a 7000lbs truck that can't stop as fast as my tiny sedan

Let's find out apparently

[civic spoke]

We require a green or red "Practice driver" sign before you have a license.

[wispy cloak]

Yeah that isn't required here

[civic spoke]

Green for private practice driving, red for schools.

[wispy cloak]

The actual driver's ed cars have business decals on the sides though

[stoic ledge]

Name is not required

Just a Blue L

[burnt solstice]

mmhhh

well all driving schools slap their name on top

[stoic ledge]

Almost all do yes

Mine didn't 😎

[brittle totem]

You can use a better route planner to check that. https://abetterrouteplanner.com/

[brittle totem]

Yeah everyone knows that already but its only the first year that degradation I noticeable after that the degradation % per year is very low. An example is this model s from 2013 with 350000km on it has only lost 11% from its original capacity and this specific car mostly charged at supercharger when it was new. So the degradation is higher then your average ev. https://youtu.be/4aTgscnmlR8?t=245

[brittle totem]

Nah 12v battery is way worse then ev batteries degradation wise.

[wraith rivet]

true

because 12v batteries on gas cars get used super heavily during starting don't they

[brittle totem]

Not really if you limit it to like 50-60% for daily use and only charge it up to 80-100% for longer drives they should last for a good while and plugging it in every night at slow charger doesn't hurt the battery that much either.

[brittle totem]

Yeah i did that with my old Galaxy s7 and the battery health was at 57% after just 3 years.

[brittle totem]

Oh shit I thought my licenses was expensive to take it costed me approximatively 815€ and for just the mandatory courses and tests you need to take its like 400€ just for that.

[fathom socket]

Car

Flying car Pog

[brittle totem]

Here in Sweden you are allowed to use the reversing camera during your drivers test. But you still need to check all of your mirrors too while parking and driving and they are so dam strict with that. One of my friends managed to fail because he checked the mirrors to much.

[brittle totem]

If you try to do that on drivers test in Sweden you would fail because of the eco driving part.

[brittle totem]

You don't need any lessons there their driving tests are so dam easy there I have heard that some states have their driving tests in a parking lot even.

[fathom socket]

And I literally used all of my 15 hours of work today all to the minute

[dusk ocean]

@steel prairie I sold my E30 M3 for this supra

Played with that for a while

[steel prairie]

wow

supra looks nice too

kj

yay no chat cooldown

[steel prairie]

supra engine pic?

[dusk ocean]

Somewhere will have to look

[steel prairie]

i found e39 M54B30 for 7k

canadian

[dusk ocean]

Nice

I'm going to be selling a E34 530i if I get less lazy

Has e39 540i (4.4L) and 6 speed swap

[steel prairie]

for how much

[misty mantle]

Yo, Is that a SuPrA

[steel prairie]

average 12yo kids

[misty mantle]

Nah, Ive just been looking at way too much Reddit

[dusk ocean]

Prob low 20ks usd

It's mint

[sinful creek]

https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1129928310949849/?mibextid=6ojiHh

Is this a good listing?

I’ve had it listed for a while, if it doesn’t sell within a month after I take it out of storage I’m thinking of throwing an ungodly amount of money at it to rebuild it lol

[fathom socket]

Why wouldn't you be

[fathom socket]

Goofy aah city names

Dinslaken💀

[wispy cloak]

Mmmmmmm

So warm

[fathom socket]

Damn

Here it's 10 degrees Celsius

[wispy cloak]

That's in farenheit as well

[fathom socket]

Yeah

I wanted to have snow this Christmas 😡

[wispy cloak]

We have snow

Just the bad kind

[fathom socket]

I like the bad kind too

[wispy cloak]

Half of it blew away

30mph winds sustained

50mph+ gusts

[fathom socket]

Damn 😳

Most of the USA has very cold weather rn. I've seen it on Fox News yesterday

Canada too, I think

[wispy cloak]

Yeah

Polar vortex

[vocal mural]

Laken geprüft nach DIN Norm

[wraith rivet]

bomb cyclone goes brrrrrr

here it’s going to be 80 on Christmas

[fathom socket]

It gets worse, the deeper you go into Germany, trust me.

[wispy cloak]

They're saying 14/9 right now for here

Which I can live with

Just need less wind

And I need my truck back

[fathom socket]

Which truck do you drive?

[wispy cloak]

"Feels like -39"

[wispy cloak]

Right now an '04 f350

[fathom socket]

Damn that's nice

[fathom socket]

These are proper winter shoes.

[wispy cloak]

But I have my dakota in storage for the spring/summer

That truck isn't meant for bad conditions

[fathom socket]

Ah okay

Do you like Dodge RAM trucks?

[wispy cloak]

Eh

Not really

[fathom socket]

Oh okay

[wispy cloak]

The dakota is an exception because it's a muscle truck

Dakota r/t specifically

Or the srt10

[fathom socket]

How much did it cost you?

[wispy cloak]

I paid $1900 for that truck

Then it got totaled and they offered me $6200 to surrender it

Which I declined

Was too low of an offer

[fathom socket]

How much tax do you pay for it?

[wispy cloak]

I don't remember

[fathom socket]

Oh okay

[wispy cloak]

Not very much

I need a transmission because I want to make power

Turn it into a street/strip truck

I think registration is $151 a year or something like that

It's on class b truck plates which is the smaller end

Maybe a little bit more than that

The f350 is on class c plates

[vocal mural]

It begins already by the border. With 🪣

[fathom socket]

Very nice 👌

[fathom socket]

Frfr

[fathom socket]

Damn, here it would cost a lot of money to even own it

[vocal mural]

Or Sticky (Kleve), if you come from Nijmegen

Empty (Leer) if you take the border from Groningen

[vocal mural]

Emmerich

Or the best place name near border
Monk happy German componist
(Mönchengladbach)

[fathom socket]

Why is Dutch such a goofy German

[fathom socket]

Lmao

[vocal mural]

Snijnegen

Cut nine

The first big city you will see if you drive on BAB3 is servers music style (Oberhausen)

[fathom socket]

Bruh

[honest stone]

I drive jaguar xe and a Mercedes a200

This is when I drive from UK to France

Co incidence my only picture of mercedes it's always broken

I bought matching plates for them though haha

I bought my 8 year old son a bmw e46 for Christmas becuase he wants to become a drift driver so I'm going to teach him in it will send photo when it arrives

[vocal mural]

Or this one @fathom socket,
Garbage home at the Ruhr river.
Which city do I mean?

[feral reef]

From this angle your a class looks like a b class

[fathom socket]

Mühlhausen

[fathom socket]

I drive this exact car 😁

But black, and a better engine

Wait no, yours is also a A200

[stoic ledge]

Should've gotten it with the Renault engine

[vocal mural]

Mühlheim

[fathom socket]

Lmao

[fathom socket]

Frfr

[open helm]

cars go vroom

[fathom socket]

No, car has to go: 🏎️💨

[open helm]

Vroom

And my car goes rawr before sputtering and misfiring

[honest stone]

Haha I know

[honest stone]

Nice yeah mines the automatic 120hp diesel

My daily car and the jaguar for weekends becuase it's manual rwd

Jag is 330hp supercharged v6

[fathom socket]

Nice

[feral reef]

Nice

My daily is a manual RWD

But only 150hp

oh wait no, 160hp

[stoic ledge]

laughs in 83hp

[open helm]

225hp

Sadge

[feral reef]

You running at like 7000 rpm constantly? haha

[charred depot]

its a diesel too

Got a turbo diesel engine to go in that will make 130hp basically usb plug and play but need to mount an intercooler and want to change it to accept a radiator that you can still buy

[feral reef]

I love diesels

diesel > petrol

[stoic ledge]

Diesel MX-5 when

[feral reef]

Actually something I think I'd like

A Skyactiv-x MX-5 would be interesting

Not a diesel, but Diesel like

haha https://www.autoweek.nl/autonieuws/artikel/skyactiv-x-motor-mazda-niet-belast-als-diesel/

[honest stone]

I like my diesel but it feels like a van acceleration wise haha

[wide hemlock]

https://youtu.be/MXRI1IRZn_g

The Diesel cannonball record holder has pretty similar specs to my stock s40 lmao

And it's been tuned

[honest stone]

Is that the race from side to side in America

[wraith rivet]

yeah

[vocal mural]

VW 2,5L TDI 88kw 5cil 😃

One of the strongest engines ever made

Originally meant for Audi

[civic spoke]

There is a guy who did a Cannonball across USA solo, without refueling. Only stopped for essential stuff.

[vocal mural]

Fuel is essential

[civic spoke]

Not for this guy. Since he had a good amount over 100 gallons of fuel with him.

[vocal mural]

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/WybRBEWJmRc

[charred depot]

couldve potentially fallen onto the road below thanks to the ramped "safety" barrier

[fathom socket]

It's so trippy when you get off your truck to drive a small car

[patent basalt]

Anyone else here into ls4 cars? Or any w body

[timber oar]

I don't remember what a w body is

[odd steppe]

https://b-pro.ca/car/2004-toyota-voltz-s-92477-km/ buying this to drive back in NA is so meta

[plucky flame]

How much for the 20c on the dash

[stoic ledge]

That's the price, 20c

[plucky flame]

No i want the temperature

I dont care about the car

[sinful creek]

The most vanilla JDM import money can buy

Its really really solid and has no rust and low miles

But like

Definition of commuter car

Lol

[rotund wolf]

soo does anybody know what Linus' new car is xD ?

[wide hemlock]

New gauge for my car

[feral reef]

Why would you get that, lol

[vocal mural]

Ah, the Econometer

@feral reef https://youtube.com/watch?v=m5Qypsu1bNI&feature=shares

[vocal mural]

Who the fuck drive such a car?

1,6l 4cil petrol engine 81kw

[wide hemlock]

you dont understand how hard it was to get

been trying for 2 years lmao

I'm going to hook it up to my turbo

[civic spoke]

Don't knock the Nissan Cube.

[vocal mural]

https://tenor.com/view/kots-straal-spugen-vomit-puke-gif-14891152

[fathom socket]

Fish tank on wheels

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/MdVdBvfnYkI

[stoic ledge]

They almost all were in Europe, and a very low amount of 1.5 dCi's

US 1.8, Japan 1.5

There was also an e-AWD with an electric motor on the rear axle

They actually made 2 different bodies for RHD and LHD markets

[charred depot]

seen a e-awd one

[timber oar]

Bleh

I've always thought cubes and souls and the like demonstrated a lack of creativity and design knowledge

A prius looks better and that's saying something 😂

[bitter compass]

Cuuube

Such a weird car

[stiff quartz]

So i need engine for civic 2009 (manual)

[charred depot]

Someone in the netherlands putting an XUD into a BMW E21 : )

[plucky flame]

Theyre supposed to be cheap. Why would you waste money on designing a new car when someone has already done it?

And let me tell you. The soul sure is cheap.

[civic girder]

I want to import a Probox for the meme

[sinful creek]

Those are kinda cool tho

They’re like a boxier hatch corolla

[civic girder]

They are JapanCar.png

literally the most generic car of car in Japan. And that's why I want one

[wraith rivet]

it’s gonna blow!!!!!

[wispy cloak]

Merry chrysler

[wraith rivet]

how many characters can it fit?

[vocal mural]

😥

Photo: Persbureau Heitink

[stoic ledge]

How

[charred depot]

murdered out vag product, all you need to know

I was going to save this thing for £795, has MOT and perfectly working

sadly I found it had a issue which was having an automatic gearbox

nothing against autos but these guzzle enough fuel as is

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

Looked at converting it but needs a few odd bits to do so would really need a manual car to vulture

plus I really dont need another petrol guzzler

[charred depot]

what is it the cars fault

[stoic ledge]

Yeah a modern VW would've broken down before they started their journey

[vocal mural]

How the fuck did the Skoda end up there upside down?

Photo credit: Jan Frens/Omroep GLD

[charred depot]

losing control going into the grass somewhat sideways and digging in

[vocal mural]

Someone was texting while driving.

[stoic ledge]

All VAG vehicles randomly crashing today?

[misty mantle]

Come to any U.S state that is in the rust belt and you will find that about 90% of the vehicles on the roads in those states are rusted to shit. Source: Personal experience

You will also find that the owners of those vehicles don't want to get a new car

[wraith rivet]

golf?

[pearl tiger]

is VW City Golf Mk4.5

Latin America and Canada

front even uglier

cheaper alternative car

[stoic ledge]

Mainly for Latin America, just cheaper

And somehow it ended up in Canada

[pearl tiger]

not like murica with their 8.8l cummins full stroke power diesel

hence the name MK 4.5

[stoic ledge]

Literally what they did lol

Take the Mk4 and modernize it a bit

So it fits in the newer lineup

Every VW is a mistake

https://tenor.com/view/viralhog-gun-fire-murica-flag-america-gif-12183553

[pearl tiger]

that screams "i date my sister"

[stoic ledge]

🔥

Too small for me

[charred depot]

pelican cases cost such a ridiculous amount, ones in my boot exceed the value of my car bruv

I was going to get some for my own tools but nope I could buy a car for that

[misty mantle]

Nah, Its a squatted truck that screams that

Thank god they are outlawing that mod

The "Carolina squat" is currently outlawed in outlawed in Virginia and North Carolina for sure

You cant see most cars the size of a miata directly in front of you

If no one likes Miatas, then why is there a Miata subreddit

Oh, Ok, I see, you don't care if someone gets run over by a squatted truck because the driver couldn't see what the fuck is in front of them

Nada

I know literally no one that like squatted trucks

[charred depot]

they have bad enough visibility as is

lets make it 10x worse!

[misty mantle]

Thats what I was trying to say

[charred depot]

Squatted trucks are I imagine quite rare in the grand scheme of things I wonder how many accidents you will find if you go looking

[misty mantle]

Depends on where you live

[charred depot]

in the grand scheme though anywhere

[misty mantle]

Plus, squatting a truck actually hurts it

[charred depot]

And with their lack of visibility they also make the crash structure difference between normal cars even worse

hit your crash structure nah how about your A pillars

semi trucks are probably safer

[misty mantle]

With a non-squatted truck, you can at least see the road in front of you

[charred depot]

we have some pretty bad summits where even in normal cars you are blind as to the road ahead for a good amount of time

I cant imagine why anyone would want to make that worse

[misty mantle]

Plus, if you get into a wreck with another vehicle in a squatted truck, there is a good chance, depending on how fast you were going, that the car you hit ends up underneath the truck, completely wiping out the front suspension in the process

Also nearly crushing the cabin of the car you hit

[charred depot]

their insurance companies should probably crack down

here it would just simply be a case of it being uninsurable

I also imagine headlight aim adjustment cant go low enough to make it right

[misty mantle]

Yeah

It hurts me to see a squatted truck

And people really think its cool

When it isn't

https://youtu.be/q63DhEMu46I

This is where all squatted trucks belong

[wraith rivet]

exactly

pieces of garbage

[solemn inlet]

If your vehicle has these. It deserves to be crushed lol

[fathom socket]

MERICAAA F YEAH

[wispy cloak]

Squatted trucks are awful

Same goes for those pavement princess wheels

[plucky flame]

Damn you must have those new square wheels huh

[wide hemlock]

you guys think I can use a check valve to keep boost pressure from destroying this gauge

I really want to install it on my car but it's a holy artifact and I don't wanna destroy it

[civic spoke]

Boost pressure? Aren't you supposed to hook up a vacuum line to that?

[wide hemlock]

Yes

Turbo cars operate above vacuum bro

[civic spoke]

I know. They do both.

[fathom socket]

These still look better than half of the cars I saw driving in Poland

Imagine cars with no floor and suspension at all that anytime can snap in half.

[dense shard]

So don't install the mpg gauge

[civic spoke]

That reminds me. I actually have an MPG gauge.

E46 comes with one as stock. Shows L/100 km.

Right side. Just under the the tacho.

[pearl tiger]

i have digital one.. i can set L per 100km or km per liter

[surreal shard]

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nice sponsor

[desert saddle]

sky car

[tired sundial]

100% agree

[eager raptor]

i like those though

tbh i would want something like this

[plucky flame]

For what purpose

You wouldnt be able to leave the road with that truck

[solemn inlet]

It’s so impractical though. Getting in and out, expensive, not able to use it as a truck, plus can’t even go offroad.

That’s my opinion

[eager raptor]

show truck

[solemn inlet]

Some people daily them tho

[timber oar]

Why couldn't you take them off road

I'd think they would be great at it

all that nice ground clearance

Don't even need a snorkel

The steering would be meh with that kind of an angle on the drag link but

[plucky flame]

Those rims simply would not fair well

Cant go anywhere if your wheels are fucked.

[timber oar]

Well get some good rims

The rest should be fine

[civic spoke]

Not to mention, illegal. Since your wheels go outside of the fenders.

[wraith rivet]

is that illegal in the u.s.?

[plucky flame]

In some states

Especially ones that have inspections

Iowa does not have such inspections

[fathom socket]

I wonder how people drive wrecked cars in Italy

[wispy cloak]

Not in my state

At least it isn't enforced

My wheels go past my fenders

[plucky flame]

Pardon the dirty ass windshield

An acctual danger to society

Just hangin out

[mild eagle]

... wtf

Crazy offset on those rims or what

[plucky flame]

Probably i dont remember

[wraith rivet]

classic pos honda

[plucky flame]

Either that or its the sin. Spacers.

[mild eagle]

D: Don't scare me like that

[wispy cloak]

Look at the camber from just stress on the spindles themselves 😭

[wispy cloak]

This is really common around here

Usually not to this degree though

[plucky flame]

It be one of them dancin bed trucks

But no hydraulics

And no modifications

Frame just cracked right half in twain and its riding on the driveshaft.

Heres one of them lifted useless things you all like.

Almost the entire wheel is outside of the rim

And dusty from a gravel road. The most offroading that thing has ever done surely

[mild eagle]

Lol well it has no ground clearance

Always cracks me up seeing these things with a giant diff case practically dragging on the ground

[plucky flame]

They invented portal axels for a reason dontcha know

[wispy cloak]

This is as good as it gets with just a lift and wheels

[plucky flame]

Behold. Auto class.

All junkers except for the fucking shelby cobra

[wispy cloak]

This is one of the few relatively decent vehicles in my automotive class

It's a preproduction eclipse

No top and no obd2

[plucky flame]

That ferd back there looks pretty new

[wispy cloak]

There are two of those for ford asset

And a new mustang and mach e

And some 6.7s

And a couple of 6.4s

Very nice trucks

I wish I could afford a 6.7

[plucky flame]

The cars in the autoclass here arent much newer than the model T on the lift behind the cobra

Which fun fact

Before my school was a school it was a ford factory where they built those trucks

Infact im pretty sure the one on the lift is the one we usually have on display in the front.

[wispy cloak]

My school was built for education and had most of the major design done by the instructors

[plucky flame]

Imagine

We have a cargo elevator where they used to apparently bring the finished trucks to the roof

Not sure why they would do that but yknow

Its an absolutely giant school. Biggest in the district by far

Before the school district bought it it was owned by a solar aircraft company in 1942

[vocal mural]

Update: The vehicle is demolished on 29 November this year

[fathom socket]

They sent me in a place with wood work machines that you can't ender with a semi truck

[edgy quiver]

How bad is this wire to the spark plug? (2012 ford fusion SE)

[vocal mural]

[civic spoke]

HAH. Tesla aren't allowed to call it "Full Self Driving" in California anymore.

[eager raptor]

because tesla full self driving isnt full self driving

[civic spoke]

No way! /s

[wide hemlock]

harbor freight boost gauge harbor freight boost gauge

[hasty grove]

Now you need to get the harbor freight turbo.

Does anyone have any opinion on what the best Bluetooth OBD2 scanner app is?

[brittle totem]

carly is pretty good and specially if you have a BMW.

[wide hemlock]

I'm just using it to test a valve

I already have baller IPD gauge for my volvo

[wispy cloak]

Torque pro

[wispy cloak]

Finally got my truck back this morning

[honest stone]

why so many people have pickups is it becuase this server is mainly usa?

i see a pickup once a month where i am

[civic girder]

what I don't understand is why people daily pickups

even garbage suvs get over twice the mpg, and 4wd isn't even an excuse because most trucks I see are 2wd and you can get awd in most suvs and even sedans

[misty mantle]

A lot of them are work truck

[wispy cloak]

I have a truck for work

That's the main purpose of the f350

The ram is just to resell

And the dakota is for fun

The audi is supposed to be a daily but it's scary

[civic girder]

I have met like 3 people irl who daily a truck and actually use it for work

the stats are probably like 65% people driving truck because they drive a truck and the rest are people that actually use it as a truck and/or use it for work

[misty mantle]

I have a truck because its what my parents got me. My dad has a truck because its what his work gave him.

My grandpa has a truck for when he needs to move stuff. Other than that, he dailys a Ford Edge

[civic girder]

yeah, having a truck to use as a truck but dailying something else is respectable

but imo its not a great idea to just daily a truck because you cba to save money

[misty mantle]

And you have to remember, people live where a AWD suv wont cut it

[wispy cloak]

I daily the truck because the audi is unpredictable

[civic girder]

As an owner of an awd minivan, I find this hard to believe. Most proper SUVs have twice, or more, the ground clearance I have

[civic girder]

and shit suvs, such as crossovers, have about the same ground clearance; at which point it just becomes a skill issue

[civic girder]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/862074701239943178/1055955719041597560/20221223_160205.jpg

[wide hemlock]

does that one have a supercharger

[civic girder]

yes

so does my 2wd one

[wide hemlock]

mine

[civic girder]

nice wheels

and nice porsche in the background

[wide hemlock]

it has eclipse brake calipers on the front

rn I'm putting gauges on the A pillar

[civic girder]

oh that's neat

[tropic mulch]

Emiru bought a Corvette
https://twitter.com/emiru/status/1607843870221508608?t=tW505PeOJxV-nKjwnWTihw&s=19

egg (@emiru)

ok i pull up

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she's a twitch streamer

[civic girder]

but why

she actually gonna track it?

[tropic mulch]

she was talking about a track day with another steamer who has a 911 GT3

[civic girder]

ok I respect it then

[dense shard]

Cute

[wraith rivet]

my family doesn’t use ours for actual work but chores and items that need it

like the occasional bale of hay for our horse or Christmas tree transport

or taking our dirtbikes somewhere

[civic girder]

yeah, I'd consider that proper use of a truck

It's not like you're driving it every day to an office job or running to kroger for milk

[wraith rivet]

yea

[fathom socket]

what audi is it

[wraith rivet]

my dad doesn’t take the truck to work too often because his Ducati gets way better mpg

unless it’s cold or raining or something then he does

[wispy cloak]

A4 B5

[fathom socket]

have u got a tune on it

[wispy cloak]

No

It's a 2.8

Winter beater

I prefer driving my trucks

Speaking of which

F350 cold start

[fathom socket]

thats the v6 fsi right?

[wispy cloak]

Idk

Boring v6

[fathom socket]

yep

[wispy cloak]

Sohc too

So even more boring

[fathom socket]

not as boring as any 2.0 i4

that comes with almost every car today

[charred depot]

My friend got a ranger (pickup trucks are very rare here) its so fucking shit

If you enjoy roundabout tomfoolery its great

back end just has no weight on it unless you are carrying concrete blocks

Its RWD only so in snow (without the proper tyres) it is absolutely useless

[wispy cloak]

I have owned more trucks than cars

Right now I have an f350, ram 1500, and the dakota

And I used to have an f150

[charred depot]

It beats towing with our cars but other than that it just seems worse

[plucky flame]

Literally the smallest puniest truck you could buy

[charred depot]

weve had some smaller ones but they are unibody construction so dont quite qualify

Ranger is quite big here

Few imported F250's here and they are just ridiculously big and unusable

L200 quite common think the biggest engine you could get was a 2.5D and size wise slightly smaller than a Ranger I think

[misty mantle]

I've been meaning to ask, did Ford sell the Mazda-made Rangers where you live?

[misty mantle]

Please don't tell me it was an early 5.4 3-valve

[wispy cloak]

V6

[misty mantle]

Ah

What year?

[wispy cloak]

'07

[charred depot]

I think we had the 80's B2200 but very few left

Never seen a single Mazda pickup

[random siren]

mazda / ranger goes way back farther into the courier and what was the rotary powered mazda truck

[wispy cloak]

Do you have grand caravans/town and countries

[charred depot]

god no

[wispy cloak]

Siennas?

[misty mantle]

AKA POS Chrysler products

[charred depot]

we had the chrysler voyager

very few bought it

[wispy cloak]

The new one?

[charred depot]

2000s remember seeing them when younger and thinking fuck me

who bought that new

[wispy cloak]

Looks about the same as a town and country honestly

[charred depot]

Not sure why anyone would have bought them

[misty mantle]

Was about to say the same thing

[charred depot]

too big engines for this market

[wispy cloak]

It's hard to show it on camera but this is my truck vs a town and country

My truck is too tall to go in the garage

[charred depot]

weve had sub 1.4L vans for a long time

1.2 now

Where you had v6's in alot of your normie automobiles that is pretty much unheard of here

[wispy cloak]

My truck has a 6.0

Turbo diesel

And my ram and dakota have 5.9s

Gas

The audi is a 2.8

The geo is a 1.6

The firetruck is a 6.4

[charred depot]

most recent history is 1.3, 2.0, 1.8, 1.8, 1.8, 1.9, 1.8, 1.9

people around here think a 1.9 is a fairly big engine

most of that is diesels

pulling a car out a barn and expecting to be able to use it quite quickly as a daily driver would have been all fair and well if the reason it ended up in the barn 25 years ago wasnt due to a worn engine

[wispy cloak]

yeah that's tiny around here

[charred depot]

pre 2001 vehicles there is two tax bands here, small engine < 1.5L and large engines over 1.5L

[wispy cloak]

we have the same tax/registration for everything

unless you buy something new and get the gas guzzler tax

just the different weight classes

[charred depot]

2001 - 2017 vehicles are based off co2

2017 - tis complicated

funny thing when 2025 comes around a 2010 diesel can have £30/y tax and a ev like £300/y

2017 onwards the first owner pays a lump sum based off emissions then yearly its like £140 for every car

[wispy cloak]

i think registration for my f350 is like $191/yr

[charred depot]

and a extra £140 for the first 5 years if it is worth over £40k

pre 2001 road tax is £180 for <1.5L and £295/y for over which all mines are

I find it a bit of a meme that my classics pay £295/y but mega mile commuters made 2001 -2017 pay £30/y

We went hard into diesels as a environmental solution then realised oh there is other emissions

[wispy cloak]

I just have a tax when I buy new vehicles

[charred depot]

I only have one car that I can use on the road as I hate throwing money at insurance companies and taxes

lots of MOT'd ones though I could use if the insurance system wasnt a meme

Funny thing because its such a pain and expensive for me to get insured to drive another vehicle im inclined to take minor risks

[feral reef]

My 2.0 is considered a pretty big engine over here

[charred depot]

Like when the rear shock burst through into the boot of my saab I removed it and carried on using the car

it was awful

was welded during the weekend

[inland osprey]

Rgb shift knob

[languid spear]

How do i reset the service meter on a audi a4 b7 from 2007??

[civic spoke]

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

[languid spear]

Yee but i dont have the light beckuse it have ben sitting around for 7 years with no battery so i need to reset it to get it working

[civic spoke]

Try going through those steps either way? Normally you can reset it even if you don't have a light or anything for it.

[languid spear]

Oh okay

[languid spear]

I did not get it to work and i drove around 50 km

[pale trail]

https://bringatrailer.com/listing/1990-volkswagen-rallye-golf/

awd supercharged

🤤

[tired sundial]

Sadly the Lincoln handles like a ford

[languid spear]

I just did this but ig I need to drive to see enything to change

This is my service meter

[civic spoke]

Just using the key and the buttons on the dash didn't work, I assume?

[languid spear]

Nope

Did nothing

[civic spoke]

Key off, hold down button, key to accessories? Or whatever it was.

[languid spear]

Except of reseting my meter that shows how mutch I have drove

[languid spear]

Yeye that didn't work

It's a a4 avant combi s-line b7 2007

[charred depot]

1.8L 5spd beast

[languid spear]

Hmm never sen that stile of license plate before that's a new one

[civic spoke]

British. No?

[languid spear]

I'm swedich lol

[civic spoke]

I mean the license plate is British.

[languid spear]

Ye and I have never seen it

[charred depot]

not had the luxury of seeing any clueless British tourists driving around in Sweden?

[civic spoke]

I have.

[languid spear]

I might but not paying attention

[civic spoke]

But then again. I can spend over 10 hours a day on the roads.

[languid spear]

[civic spoke]

Tomorrow I'm likely going to be at least 9 hours on the roads.

[languid spear]

My car is not a "real" car it a a-tracktor now for those that understand

[civic spoke]

Ahh, right. It's a "GET OFF THE ROAD" tractor.

[charred depot]

Id like to move to somewhere in the EU and could as im half Italian but I cant be bothered learning another language

[civic spoke]

🔺

[charred depot]

Germany comes to mind but doubt they would be much a fan of my cars

[languid spear]

LOL

I whis I culd drive 45km/h like the :mopedbil"

[civic spoke]

Stuck driving 30 kmh.

[charred depot]

Some horsebox I was stuck behind for like 30 miles on a 60mph road taking the "fun" route back from England

[languid spear]

And 4 gears insted of 6

[charred depot]

Was about ready to go for a 20 car overtake

[civic spoke]

You can do with just the one gear. Honestly.

[charred depot]

too many people too scared to overtake it

[languid spear]

With 4000 rpm yesssss

This is some real swedich

Probely no one is going to understand

[charred depot]

fast monterade

[civic spoke]

Fixed mounted weights in front bumper beam for 60% weight on drive wheel.

Sorta how that's translated.

[languid spear]

Yep the weights is on my "krockbalk" idk the englich word

[civic spoke]

Crash beam

[languid spear]

So it is like 1mm betwin the cooler and that

[civic spoke]

@languid spear You better step up your game. This is also an A-tractor.

[languid spear]

Ik im just to scared to be that high and you have biger responeblity when driving somthing that big!

And i berlyyyy can drive probably with a clutch

Okay damn my englich is horebole

[civic spoke]

Let off the clutch slower. Take a good 7 seconds to go through the whole pedal. Meet the clutch with a tiny bit of the accelerator if you have to.

Slow is smooth. Smooth is fast.

[languid spear]

Yeee but I have adhd so doing things slow is hard lmao

But im getting bether!

[civic spoke]

Actually try counting seconds from when you start to let up the clutch.

[languid spear]

My biggest problem is that can't go backwards slow but do it forwards is fine

[languid spear]

Yee but if you have 1 rpm less on my car it dies

It needs to be perfect

[civic spoke]

Is that the A4?

[languid spear]

Mhm

[civic spoke]

Then I imagine that you just have to give it a bit of gas.

It's fine revving it to 1,500 when you're taking off. If you have to.

[languid spear]

Or if it's to mutch restinse on the front wheels it dies beckuse its going to slow to move forward

Or have to little gas

Hate snow lol

[civic spoke]

Snow is fun.

What I hate, is black ice.

[languid spear]

Ohhh that's the worst

I agree

[civic spoke]

That happened sometime this morning, I think.

[languid spear]

Ooof

How did that even hapen to begin with

[civic spoke]

Black ice, driving down a crest, and then there is a corner.

So he pretty much just drove straight through the corner, into the fence, and up on the concrete barrier.

[languid spear]

Did the airbag relise?

[civic spoke]

Didn't see.

[languid spear]

Ah okay

[civic spoke]

It's probably written off. Considering that pan was cracked and spewed oil all over.

[languid spear]

Oh yee

It's just aluminum igues and that brakes for nothing

[civic spoke]

Many modern oil pans are plastic.

Oil sump, I guess it's also called.

[languid spear]

Bruh fr

[vocal mural]

Does a 2007 Ford Transit have a default speed limiter set at 150km/h? I tried the max speed on the Autobahn today (BAB3 between Oberhausen and Emmerich) but I didn’t get above 150km/h 3300rpm

[civic spoke]

This is the oil pan of the newer Ford GT.

[languid spear]

Then I'm lucky that have a aluminum one

[civic spoke]

I think it has a limiter around there?

Don't really want to go much faster in a van.

[vocal mural]

It was indeeed very shaky

[languid spear]

@civic spoke is this common when it have ben without a battery for 6 years before we bought it?

[civic spoke]

Can't remember if you need to program the new battery for that generation of not.

[languid spear]

Wdm the battery works fine and I had no error codes

Or DTC codes

[civic spoke]

I mean that if you have removed the battery, or if it was low. Then the computer will at least save a bunch of fault codes.

If it's just the "Service in X km's", then I really do think that you just need to do what that video showed.

[languid spear]

It is -----

[civic spoke]

Or better yet. If you have the manual for the car, then check that.

[languid spear]

I did clear the service with the obde reader lets see on friday when im home and can go out on a test drive to late for me now

Its to dark for me

Right now

[normal trout]

1m $?

or more

[civic spoke]

Probably not. Pure track cars tend to go for less than those you can drive on the street.

[normal trout]

this young timer have nice cars for sale

[wispy cloak]

Mmmmmmm truck

[pale trail]

trock

[wraith rivet]

Snow

[shrewd mountain]

Volkswagen: Das Auto

[stoic ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/smokey-the-bear-gif-22606353

[charred depot]

my friend cracked his sump open at a MOT center

[languid spear]

hold up @civic spoke are you swedich?

that wuld explain why you culd translate swedich that good

[wraith rivet]

Swedich?

[brittle totem]

Swedish* and yes he is from Sweden.

[languid spear]

oh thats why he did understand evrything

[brittle totem]

I guess that you are form Sweden to ?

[languid spear]

lol yes

[languid spear]

@brittle totem i think this is good proof

(thats about my car)

or tracktor

whater the clock is 01:12 am

meby time to sleep

[fathom socket]

It passed

[languid spear]

my audi has some minior rust on front feders

[brittle totem]

1:15 am*

[languid spear]

it tock you 3 min to respond 💀

[brittle totem]

Didn't see until then i hade discord opened on my pc so i get any notification bout it.

[brittle totem]

Why is it written like that ?

[honest stone]

I have many times in my house I move between 2 countries often so I forget its either 3:30am or 0:30am where I am

My automatic time doesn't even know haha

[brittle totem]

Well my phone shows my "home" time and time in country I'm in even if they are in the same time zoon. So when I was in Norway this summer it displayed the clock twice and both hade the same time on it.

[honest stone]

I put that one but my phone update and it gone

But I don't think I'm moving again for like 2 years

I move between Scotland and russia every few months but I have exams next year

Not japan that's where I want to live haha

[languid spear]

??

[brittle totem]

Why is it on the opposite side (left side) and not written from the right side as it should be ?

[languid spear]

idk

why dose it mather?

[brittle totem]

Just thought that it looked very weird.

[fathom socket]

Guess who got pulled over

[wraith rivet]

your dad

what happened?

[fathom socket]

Random check

Pretty terrified because it was my first time pulled over in a truck

[feral reef]

What is extra terrifying about being pulled over in a truck

[timber oar]

Commercial bs probably

[deep zealot]

wtf where do u live

[fathom socket]

Italy

[deep zealot]

makes sense

i was gonna say that’s a very illegal thing for cops to do here in the USA

[fathom socket]

I'm in commercial truck.
There's a lot of wrong it could go and I'm still with no cash

The cops literally said that rarely everyone has all the documents

[wispy cloak]

https://youtube.com/shorts/TTE7Izo0Ba8?feature=share

[near heart]

anyone know whats happening to stradman's babymac now? i missed it

[vocal mural]

Pings: @civic spoke @stoic ledge @charred depot

[stoic ledge]

What's the price even

Per km? Per month? Idk

[civic spoke]

I don't know what this means.

[vocal mural]

Per month

Average car price

News article link: https://www.ad.nl/auto/in-deze-twee-europese-landen-is-autorijden-nog-duurder-dan-in-nederland~aa727606/

[civic spoke]

Lets find out how much I spent on fuel for 2022.

Alright, calculated it all now. Anyone want to take a guess?

||$3,200. Give or take.||

[vocal mural]

@civic spoke

[civic spoke]

For me it's like €8+ a day.

[charred depot]

Ive spent more than id like this year but have a few "assets" to sell off

I think im only like £1200 spent on fuel this year, not had much time to do leisure driving thanks to needy cars

[stoic ledge]

Kekw, x doubt if that's accurate then tbh, that's like half the average income

[charred depot]

Yeah I definetely dont spend that a month heh

[stoic ledge]

Mine costs like 250/month

[charred depot]

For the past year ive only worked 3 days a week which was most enjoyable but I was only earning sligthly over that heh

going up to 5 days a week next year got to fund my most deserving project

coming back to some road probably not near you soon

pinnacle of my foolish "investments"

I need to put a roof rack on my other 305 get a crossing over to Northern Ireland and pickup a bonnet and wings

[fathom socket]

This looks so wrong

[bitter compass]

Male kids + that seat + crashing

Ignoring that old cars a death traps in crashes anyways

[uncut glen]

Rx7 or Audi rs6 stage 3 tune twin turbo?

[uncut glen]

Dutchie

[wispy cloak]

Rs6

Easily

There is no contest between the two

[uncut glen]

Bruv that's hot 349kmh on autobahn

[wispy cloak]

Bad economy

[deft badge]

Are off brand lug nuts something I should worry about?

Or should I just pay the premium for oem ones?

[wide hemlock]

yes

[wispy cloak]

I'd pay for the oem

[wide hemlock]

your wheels are gonna fall off instantly

why are you even looking at off brand

[deft badge]

Im buying a set of take off rims from a toyota, I need a different style of lug nuts.

[wide hemlock]

hot glue the wheels to the hubs

[deft badge]

Ill zip tie them on

[deft badge]

Ill go for oem, thank you for your input

[wide hemlock]

just get the cheapest ones from autozone

oem is lame

[timber oar]

Huh that's a good question

ive never run into a situation where i needed to buy lug nuts

[spark igloo]

just picked up my 2nd 0 cylinder car

a model Y LR w/ acceleration boost, induction wheels and white interior

so far mixed feelings on it

drives and rides much nicer than my 4 year old model 3 SR+ but some stuff has taken a step back, like them removing the lumbar support for the passenger, removing the radar and parking sensors as well as the fact acceleration boost is an in app purchase, on a over 70k msrp car

[deft badge]

I thought lumbar support for the passenger was a standard feature in most cars.

All of my cars have it

[pulsar granite]

adjustable lumbar can be hard to come by

all my Volvos had it until the 2005 S60R, which had a more "hugging" seat design that wasn't adjustable on either side. My Subaru STi doesn't have any lumbar adjustment either.