cars

[wispy cloak]

On this kawasaki the front is supposed to be at 3psi and the rears are supposed to be at 2psi

Maybe it's the other way around

[rugged lynx]

i did think about making a fat tire bike out of it, after giving it a suspension

[wispy cloak]

After this one I might be picking up an ATC125M

The plastics are in a lot better shape

[rugged lynx]

i think there is super charger kits for some of the hondas

[wispy cloak]

It just has a broken chain

I want the real death trap that guy has

A 400cc 4 cylinder swapped blaster

The factory engine makes 17hp and if this is the engine that I think it is then it makes 37hp stock

[rugged lynx]

lol there is a few 4 wheelers around here that go 100 mph. i got out of that stuff about 10 years ago

there is a lot of junk bikes just sitting around here too you could build something crazy out of

[wispy cloak]

Idk what the ratios are like on that blaster but the bike that I think the engine came out of did almost 110mph from the factory

So I bet it flies

[rugged lynx]

i wanted to put a high reving street bike engine in a geo metro for the lols

or a 3cyl snowmobile engine

what if you put cowling on it and made it catch less air?

[wispy cloak]

I'm pretty new to atvs and stuff

[rugged lynx]

only thing i worry about is some of those engines idle high and cops hear that and think you are racing

[wispy cloak]

I'm accustomed to small engines in equipment and a fair amount of car engines

[rugged lynx]

i been building them stockish for a while now

i like having less problems

[wispy cloak]

I'm basically trying to just slowly upgrade until I get something that I want

Because the parts availability on this kawasaki is just not good

[rugged lynx]

2 strokes you can improve their power for free

[wispy cloak]

Sell this, buy something a bit more expensive, fix it, and repeat

[wispy cloak]

Spark arrestor and rejet?

[rugged lynx]

you can just grind the ports and shave the head and you can make a pipe for it too or buy one

[wispy cloak]

A classmate of mine has a 2022 honda ruckus with no compression

[rugged lynx]

like those weed eater engines? they could make 4hp if the internals could tolerate it

[wispy cloak]

Which legally is considered a moped so I don't need a motorcycle license

But if it needs a new jug and piston

Big bore

[rugged lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lsnOqHWuE6Q

[wispy cloak]

Yeah I work for a stihl dealer and it's crazy how much power some of these tiny little engines make

[rugged lynx]

i think that one is 70cc

i hate getting blasted with intro music

cvt is nice

i like how nissans program a shift in their cvt so customers shut up

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zIUhIrNk14

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V_UcldU__5A

you can double their hp pretty safely

you can get more depending on internals

i have a bunch of 25cc homelight blocks sitting around

i thought about getting them tied into a jack shaft and make an i6 2 stroke gocart

or those 50cc leaf blower engines, the crank is supported on both ends, you can get 5hp each out of those

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tYvQK-XdyJg
someone notify linus lol

[wispy cloak]

Like trimmer blocks?

[rugged lynx]

yeah. pretty much every brand used the same 2 blocks

i think it finally changed recently though, supply chain and stuff

the $79 walmart trimmer and the $300 trimmer at farm and home most likely had the same engine

the block ryobi used is 30cc. maybe a little more power. the 25cc homelite blocks are built better and have more potential for power

most of the time the fuel line is bad, you can just get them for free when thrown out

[wispy cloak]

Oh I probably have half a dozen of those then

The only trimmer that I still use is my stihl

[stoic ledge]

OOF, I think that's a general law throughout Europe

Although often they don't really do anything about it

[brittle totem]

Avrage BMW suv driver parkering.

[timber oar]

U gotta be shitting me

[timber oar]

I've seen one in the wild with a Yoshimura pipe on it

[vocal mural]

Maybe it is too political what I am saying now:
I am actually for that people need to do theory exam again before renewing their license (every 10 years). There are way to many people, especially elderly driving cars without knowing (new) traffic rules.

[dense shard]

That's hardly political. And frankly a practical maybe a good idea

[civic spoke]

I can't wait to have proper bluetooth in my car.

[charred depot]

theory exam in the UK is pretty meh

if you have a ounce of common sense and deduction skills you can do it without any revision

[civic spoke]

This is correct.

And you 'only' need 80% or higher.

[charred depot]

Youd be amazed how many people in the UK including new drivers dont know what the national speed limits are

alot of our roads especially in rural areas just have this sign

and coupled with that they dont know the difference between a single and dual carriageway which doubles the issue

[civic spoke]

I have no idea what that sign means.

I know the German "No limit" sign. So I guess it's similar?

[charred depot]

national speed limit reference table

i wish heh

[civic spoke]

I'm trying to think what sign we would have in place of that.

[charred depot]

in england they seem to just put down the actual values for cars and trucks etc are just expected to know that it isnt for them

[civic spoke]

OHH. Now I know what that sign means. And yeah, we don't really have anything for it.

'National speed limit applies' sign

[charred depot]

like you dont see a 70mph sign here in Scotland really but seen loads in England

[civic spoke]

That sign is actually a bit stupid, if you ask me. tbh

[charred depot]

eh tis what it is, just amazed how many people ive explained it to

[civic spoke]

Probably because it's not a thing for so many.

[charred depot]

I mean even local people to me, its everywhere here

they know in a way what speed they can drive at on those roads but they havent a clue what the sign means

Its on the A1 which changes from dual carriageway to single all the time. When its got a barrier in the middle you can do 70 but have to go to 60 once it disappears which alot of people forget

some people think dual carriageway just means 2 lanes so they unknowingly speed

[civic spoke]

I guess it's similar to what we have here in a certain way.

Sign on the left is freeway. And highway on the right.
I guess it would be.

The difference between the two being that on a freeway, then you will have a clear divide between you and the on-coming traffic.

[charred depot]

alot of our residential sort of in town areas are unmarked which means 30mph alot of people seem to do 20mph so I guess they dont know that either

[civic spoke]

This being an example of the right sign.

I guess you would call that a single carriageway?

[charred depot]

would call it a dual as theres a barrier I guess

[civic spoke]

That cable barrier is something that they have introduced to up the safety in general. But I believe they still class it the same.

[charred depot]

theyd have to sign it down to keep the lower limit here

else it would now be 70mph

[civic spoke]

Actually, I can show a good example where it goes from one, to the other, and then back again.

[charred depot]

this is well separated but even like yours would mean the same

70 into 60mph

not because of the lane disappearing but barrier

[civic spoke]

Across that bridge, then it switches to a single carriageway, and then back again after the bridge.

[charred depot]

it leaves us with these sorta in city roads which have a 70mph limit

[civic spoke]

Fun stuff.

[charred depot]

up to 70 then braking for the next roundabout

[civic spoke]

Areas where you're technically not breaking the laws.

But it would be silly driving that fast many times.

Looks like a 70 kmh road, and not 70 mph.

[charred depot]

When its non rush hour its alright but you obviously wont be able to do it during rush hour

totally jammed up crawling at 3mph

[civic spoke]

And here comes the squid.

[charred depot]

there is often crashes on this road due to the way the roundabout before it works

traffic coming from the left going up have a free run and are often faster

end up in the blindspot or something and a car coming around into lane two smacks them when trying to return to lane 1

[civic spoke]

Ahh. A bypass right turn from those coming up there.

[charred depot]

left here heh

yeah seems people panic to get back in lane 1 and smack into people who have appeared in their blindspot unknown to them

[dusky torrent]

I think there is a correlation with technology enthusiasts and their interests in electric vehicles

[civic spoke]

I appreciate EV's for what they are. But I don't know how much I like that many new EV's are high power machines.

Give us EV's for the layman, with a functional public charging system.

[charred depot]

id happily have my own cobbled together EV shitbox which would have about 50hp and 90 miles range but it would be mine nonetheless.

I dont really like modern cars in general nothing specific to EV's

[bitter compass]

Imo the best EVs are funnily the low effort ones

Aka the small hatchbacks

[civic spoke]

Agreed. That's what we really want.

[bitter compass]

But the suvs sell soo

[civic spoke]

Just basic EV's that we can use for transportation

[bitter compass]

Screw hatchbacks

But the i10 up polo 308 corsa sized cars maybe even golfs are such nicer to have as EVs

Than the s-class etc

The sad thing the only pure EV in the class

Is the zoe

Which is ooold by now

[stoic ledge]

Will be replaced by the Renault 5 I think

Although the Corsa Electric/e-208, with the newer efficiënt driveway is very good even though it's on an ICE platform

[charred depot]

mmm, peugeot have kept their drivetrain mounting system reasonably consistent. e208 305 :^)

[bitter compass]

e208 is my favourite ev currently

[charred depot]

or perhaps XUD e208

[bitter compass]

Without the up around now the current offers in small hatchbacks are only the corsa/208 and zoe 👀

[charred depot]

I think the one I dislike the most is the id blob

(id3)

[bitter compass]

Which one of the 3 blobs

[wispy cloak]

Rare part acquired

One of three OEM ones that were still available in the entirety of the United States

[charred depot]

were cheapskates so just hand cut them out of sheets we have

that and 0 delivery time!

[wispy cloak]

I'm going to attempt to 3d model this one and the other one that is coming so that I can make new ones in the future if I have to

The one that hasn't arrived yet was the last one in the entire country

[fathom socket]

This is what you bought

[brittle totem]

Norway hade a similar sign it basically means that national speed limit applied. We got an pop up in my dads Passat after driven over the border which did show us what all of national traffic signs looked liked and what they meant. I guess all newer cars does that nowadays which is nice.

[brittle totem]

Well I guess the mainly do that because high powered ev doesn't mean that it consumes a lot more electricity you can drive extremally efficient even with a Model S plaid even if it has 1020hp. Which you cant exactly do with ice car with big engine like a RS7 for an example will always consume a lot more then the base 200hp A7 even while "cruising" at the same speed. Meanwhile an Model s long range will barely consume more electricity a model s plaid if you are just cruising.

[fathom socket]

Did't you go out to nightclubbing tonight?

[wraith rivet]

i let the slightly intrusive thoughts win

i wanted to see how much traction control would kick in and cut the power back

the light flashed a bunch so that's cool

[deep zealot]

which one is the best

[fading bane]

e30

[civic spoke]

That's partly what I'm getting at. One issue is that energy storage is expensive, while the motors are cheap. So the base price of any EV goes through the roof if you want a big battery.

Where as it's the other way around for ICE. Fuel storage is cheap, engines are expensive.

[wraith rivet]

lol looks like they've gotten angrier over the years

[deep zealot]

such is the BMW design language

[brittle totem]

Noting compared to Seat Leon that my dad got as an loaner it hade some shit all season tires on it. And this was just like 15% throttle to.

[brittle totem]

I really liked the F30 and G20 generation. And everything is better then their current shit.

[civic spoke]

The iX is something else.

[deep zealot]

True

[rugged lynx]

i thought about building one with a lot of lead acid batteries and just keep it above 50% charge

dont need a fancy charger

the low tech ev

[fathom socket]

Went to Spa-Francorchamps GP-racetrack (Belgium) last summer... blue M2 is my ride, orange M4 the of my best friend... tires and breaks had some work to do that afternoon 🙂 Terrific experience, highly recommended!

[dusky torrent]

E46 and F30

[civic spoke]

I say E46 (LCI) and F30 as well.

[wraith rivet]

all seasons on snow

[fading bane]

some pics with a 10 year old camera from a few weeks ago

the leather in the iX M60 smelled really nice and felt a bit too grippy, not the accustomed smooth leather I tend to feel

[fathom socket]

better camera than on my ximi redmi note 9 pro overheating looser edition

[dusky torrent]

I kinda like the new 7 series design but it makes the previous gen look way better

[bitter compass]

I honestly don't know why bmw does continue with those designs, it seems like they ain't hearing anything

Like they're insanely committed to it

[fading bane]

they don't care if people hate it

they want to have a "bold" exterior that looks like nothing on the road

but still screams bmw

[bitter compass]

Eh there are other ways to have a bold exterior that don't look awful

[fading bane]

hyundai is a good example

[bitter compass]

Literally rolls

In their own group is a brand that is pretty much king in that category

[fading bane]

bmw can't really make a car that has the exact statement as a rolls royce

or else their cars would be confused with a rolls royce

cough 300c

[bitter compass]

And honestly the old x7 was a pretty bold thing

[fading bane]

even more bolder

split headlights remind me of a nissan rogue

[bitter compass]

Idk the new one is just so hideous I don't want to look at it but i have to look and laugh at it

Laughing at its ugliness aint that bold

[fading bane]

we gotta appreciate the fact that bmws don't look like this yet

[bitter compass]

Luckily the won't release an i3 again because it isn't an SUV

[fading bane]

we'll be getting an i3

it's an electric 3-series

bmw is renaming their lineup

[bitter compass]

Ye but i mean the i3

Which is imo the ugliest car they ever did

Followed by the new 7 and x7 👀

m3 and m4 front i got used to seeing, it's certainly not the prettiest but its like a mk8 golf it is fine

[fathom socket]

The i3 looks "odd" no doubt, but it's a lot of fun to drive... had an i3s as a rental once... 184hp rear-wheel-drive at just 1300kg... instant torque due to the electric motor... good fun!

[civic spoke]

I have thought about getting an i3. But they are still super pricey.

And I don't know how I would feel about the more upright sitting position

[fathom socket]

They major drawback of the i3 - apart from the weird looks - is the fact that BMW discontinued it last summer... the whole model-line.

It's price-tag is probably due to the full carbon-chassis.

[fathom socket]

Isn’t this the Honda that killed a ton of kids because it was so incredibly unbalanced?

[brittle totem]

Yeah its so stupid to give people loaners that doesn't have proper tires on them.

[stoic ledge]

Imagine not going through snow on summer tires

[bitter compass]

Pure hate

[stoic ledge]

Ikr

[wispy cloak]

More adults than kids but yeah

[near lantern]

hey

guys

about that bus...

there seems to be a difference in the VIN

nwbus.com says the vin is 5FUD2LP19YU021218

when i search that on the government vin lookup it gives me an error

someone told me that this bus used to be owned by North County Transit District as bus number #1143

and on that page it says the VIN is 5FYD2LP19YU021218

putting that into the government vin lookup shows info

is nw bus sales trying to pull a fast one on me

why do all the lookup sites try to charge me thousands of dollars to do anythin g

[stoic ledge]

1st one is probably a typo, same VIN except the 3rd letter, U vs Y, keys which are next to each other on the keyboard

[near lantern]

oh thank goodness

hang on let me email nwbussales

[flint sable]

I honestly don't think its THAT bad

[deep zealot]

thats pretty bad and im a long time bmw owner

and fan

[flint sable]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

the only think i dont like about dee is the interior

[fathom socket]

Weather ah shit it actually torn open the side of my trailer

[flint sable]

the exterior is refreshing compared to the edgy mess that is the iX and so on

honestly think that modern BMW design peaked with the i8

[deep zealot]

the 8 series is the best looking in the modern BMW lineup

the F87 M2 gave it a run for its money for sure

[flint sable]

M8 is good too

[wispy cloak]

@charred depot know anything about the XUD9?

[charred depot]

yes its in basically all of my cars heh

have like 5 outside of cars

[wispy cloak]

I figured out that you could get one in a first gen Suzuki Vitara

Unfortunately not in the United States

[fading bane]

2014 i3's are dirt cheap

[wispy cloak]

It's so sad that the US didn't get the diesel options of so many cars 😢

We only got the G16A and G16B in the Geo Tracker

Other countries got the J18, J20, H20A, and H25A for starters

Oh and the G13BA but I doubt anybody wanted that

And the diesels

XUD9, RF, and DW10

Such a tragedy

[charred depot]

I want to move onto DW10's but ECU bleh

[dusky torrent]

Mercedes AMG F1 W14 E Performance

It's race week

Sports channel where?

[tired pasture]

Thoughts on 2008 Acura TL type s manual?

[compact grotto]

Beautiful

[stoic ledge]

US spec headlights and bumpers are sooooo ugly

[feral reef]

Yeah they look ridiculous on that era of european cars

[dusky torrent]

I think they're amazing

[fathom socket]

pretty solid car

[tired sundial]

This should not be legal

[tired sundial]

It’s beautiful but needs to be a manual

[timber oar]

Thats why i like my really old cars

they don't have a lot of bullshit going on

They go forward and that is it

All that needs to happen

[wispy cloak]

No damage to truck from my brief assessment when I went back out to it so that's good

[charred depot]

A valid concern when you park over the line into a disabled bay : )

[wispy cloak]

Well I got a tornado warning and it started to hail

I was in a bit of a hurry to get inside

[charred depot]

Despicable, just put a jacket oon

[wispy cloak]

Tornado proof

At least for the first two

[charred depot]

A couple more layers and youll be fine

[wispy cloak]

That trick only works when there are two tornados or less

But when there are three they gain the knowledge to bypass the tornado proof clothing

[charred depot]

Very effective paint on the truck. Can barely see it :^)

[wispy cloak]

What's the story behind this

[charred depot]

Car pulled out on truck guy was on his phone

Then legged it across flat clear fields where he could be seen for miles heh

[wispy cloak]

Sounds like a highly intelligent individual

[plucky flame]

Forbidden milk man

[limber whale]

Idk what to even say

that’s a smart car

[charred depot]

I mean they fall under mercedes

[plucky flame]

Merc owns that

[tired sundial]

Alpine bmw gota love it

[tired sundial]

It’s a Honda

I have one of those a 2010 civic turbocharged

[charred depot]

whats a honda

[limber whale]

that’s an atrocity

[tired sundial]

I would remove the tvs on the headrest

Buys it’s a nice m3

[fathom socket]

Country roads

take me home

to a place

i belong

west virginia

[bitter compass]

Ayeeee

Thats what i call a car

Sadly too expensive for me :(

[misty mantle]

You think thats bad, I just had to un-bury my dads truck from 3 feet of snow.

• what he had already plowed

And yesterday we spent about 3 hours getting my moms Bronco Sport the last half mile back home from a gas run after the tire chains decided they wanted to be axle chains instead

Yes, I'm in California

Where the weather doesn't know what the fuck to do with itself right now

Holy shit, that turned into a rant

[wispy cloak]

We're supposed to get a winter storm on Friday now

60°, three tornados, and a ton of rain on Monday to 30°ish and a ton of snow on Friday

[charred depot]

Great here in scotland, never nice, never awful.

[misty mantle]

We have 3-4 feet here and are expecting another foot or 2

Its a snowy hell

Hell, my front yard alone is up to my waist with snow and I'm 5 feet 9 inches tall

[plucky flame]

We hit the high today by 8am

50 degrees

And it rained overnight

[wraith rivet]

Idyllwild or somn?

or mammoth

[misty mantle]

Neither. I'm in fucking Bass Lake

@wraith rivet

[wraith rivet]

Oh kinda by mammoth

Can you drive there from your place? Or do you have to go alllll the way around?

[misty mantle]

I can drive there from my place, but driving conditions are currently limited to 4WD vehicles with snow tires or chains

[wraith rivet]

Ah make sense

it’s snowing right now isn’t it? supposed to get a few more feet

[misty mantle]

Yeah, its snowing right now

Hoping my parents get back from town soon

Even with 4WD, its easy to get stuck

Espesially without snow tires

And Idk why, But PG&E decided to restore power to my neighborhood with trees still down on the lines

One of the trees pulled the line out of the insulator on the pole

[wraith rivet]

😳

[dusky torrent]

@fathom socket If those are your pictures, that's really good

I wonder where you go to have access to these vintage cars

[fathom socket]

https://silverarrowcars.com/cars/1970-jaguar-e-type-4-2-roadster/

[fathom socket]

No way

[wraith rivet]

bro randomly spam posts pictures of cars like they’re his

[timber oar]

Fr

[deep zealot]

Looks great but why does a convertible have screens on the seats

Not like anyone is gonna use those

[spiral crescent]

2004 "rich"

[eager grove]

If you have to suffer and sit back there, then you deserve a screen

[hazy crane]

Zero leg room and perpetual screen glare

[fathom socket]

Thread is about cars my friend, what do you want posts of pizzas?

[elfin stone]

@stoic ledge Remember me an my Astra? Been quite some time, but I have been busy!

It’s now a Holden Astra

Had a LOT of work done on it

It now has an Electronic Climate control, a Stock DAB+ Radio and some other stuff like Cornering Xenon Headlights, Foglights, heated Seats etc

Currently in progress of retrofitting the KeylessGo system

[elfin stone]

For comparison, this is how the car looked like when I bought it 2021

[civic spoke]

Nice

[timber oar]

Ahh

I spy a stick

[elfin stone]

I’m German, what did you expect? It’s either manual or CVT for me

[stoic ledge]

Very nice

ECC upgrade is very impressive

I also like the button upgrade for seats/tpms/sport

And the screen ++, didn't know they actually sold those with DAB+

[elfin stone]

And I got it completely repainted

[stoic ledge]

[elfin stone]

They actually didn’t, I installed a Zafira B unit with a Antara Control Panel

[stoic ledge]

Me likey

[elfin stone]

And some small shenanigans

[stoic ledge]

Hey that looks like my key

With a different logo

[elfin stone]

During the ECC upgrade

Had to pull the whole dash

[stoic ledge]

While you had the dash out... did you upgrade the airbags as well

[elfin stone]

Nope, one stage is actually better on the H

[stoic ledge]

2.0 LET upgrade when

[elfin stone]

Oh, and I got some mail from Australia

[stoic ledge]

It's an 1.4 isn't it?

[elfin stone]

Mm

Plans are currently to turn it into a Z22YH

Australia exclusive engine in the H

TÜV already gave it’s ok, even for the eventual Historical Plate

[stoic ledge]

Z22YH

1st time hearing that for an H

[elfin stone]

Apart from some VERY early prototypes, opel never made them

But all the parts for it are in the parts catalogue

[stoic ledge]

But easily sourceable from Zafira B's or Vectra's

[elfin stone]

And there exists native Astra software for the engine control unit, it’ll be fun!

[stoic ledge]

Well Opel did make them as they were all made in Belgium iirc, including Holden's? But yeah never as Opel

Wait I also see Z12XEP in that list

[elfin stone]

But there is a separate parts catalogue for Holden, there is no reason why it’s in the Opel EPC

[stoic ledge]

What market got that one

[charred depot]

I always see people with mk5 astras retrofitting stuff

[elfin stone]

Austria

[stoic ledge]

Yikes

[elfin stone]

Probably because it’s extremely easy to do on the H

[charred depot]

I mean its alright to do on alot of cars but I mean few people bother

[stoic ledge]

The 1.2 isn't overwhelming in a Corsa, never mind an Astra

[charred depot]

always see people with mk5 astras doing it though

[elfin stone]

The car probably attracts these people

The byproduct of the Z22YH conversion will be a Z14XEP Zafira B though

[stoic ledge]

Probably as many Astra's were made in poverty spec but plentiful, now aging parts are widely available but high spec cars often have high mileage, so you get a clean lesser one and upgrade it

[elfin stone]

Because 99.99% of the parts are the same

[stoic ledge]

LOL

Imagine moving 7 people with the 1.4 Zafira

[charred depot]

ive got a saab b205 engine laying around if you want some decent phwoar

[stoic ledge]

He's going full Aussie spec apparently

I suggested the Z20LET

[stoic ledge]

Next step is flipping it upsidedown

[elfin stone]

Yup, and you can find such oddity’s: A low spec 1.4 Astra Edition with a f*ing sunroof

That’s as rare as it gets

[stoic ledge]

Yeah freaked out about that before

[elfin stone]

I still suspect that this is the only edition unit made with one

[civic spoke]

Reminds me that my car is a fairly high spec car for being an E46 320i. But I still just have cloth seats.

[covert wasp]

What's everyones dream car?

[elfin stone]

Eh, i had cloth seats too, then a certain flooding came in 2021

[stoic ledge]

MediaMarkt

[elfin stone]

People were surprised that the car still works 100% and has no issues at all

[stoic ledge]

Aston DBS

[charred depot]

no confusers low down on these

[twilit halo]

datsun fairlady z or r32 gtr 😅

[stoic ledge]

Opel quality 😎

[elfin stone]

Currently? Maybe a Astra L electric

[civic spoke]

"For now"

[charred depot]

I love the obsession in new cars with putting computers right under seats

[elfin stone]

It’s been 2 years, I don’t think something will happen now

[stoic ledge]

I might be getting one... Or a PHEV... Or I keep the Corsa for a while. We shall see

[civic spoke]

I don't really have a particular dream car.
But I do have what I would consider a dream garage.

A Morgan would have to be in that garage.

[charred depot]

I own my dream car but id like to own a couple more

[stoic ledge]

Ged be like XUD swap everything

[charred depot]

im probably moving onto hdi's

ecu the horror!

[stoic ledge]

Ferrari F40? Only with an XUD

[covert wasp]

class

[covert wasp]

sweet

[charred depot]

we shall see how long my 230k mile Xantia engine lasts running big boost

[covert wasp]

Cant blame you

good price and electric

[stoic ledge]

No price yet is there?

[elfin stone]

I got Holden by Design for the Astra, that’s the OPC Line equivalent for Holden

Now a need a custom speedo dial

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

theres nothing really to retrofit on 305's I dont think

[stoic ledge]

Retrofit a 306 on it

[charred depot]

306's r shit

[stoic ledge]

@elfin stone do you know how to retrofit AFL headlights on a Corsa D

[elfin stone]

They do not exist

[stoic ledge]

What did you just say

[charred depot]

I need to find something to put my 306's running gear into

[elfin stone]

The Corsa was never offered with Xenon’s

[stoic ledge]

True but they still got AFL

But with halogen

[charred depot]

I might be buying a 305 with rare power steering, only to delete it.

[elfin stone]

Dafuq

Who does that?!

[stoic ledge]

Also pre-facelift

[elfin stone]

So weird

[stoic ledge]

I want them, but it's not easy to fit

[civic spoke]

Would have been nice if the newer big Morgans could be had as a manual.

[charred depot]

Base spec Citroen BX's are great as the hydraulic system has like no wear compared to ones that had power steering

[twilit halo]

got something cursed for all of you: turns out audi rs5 wheels fit on a 2014 mercedes a class 👀

[civic spoke]

Smol brakes.

Big rim.

[twilit halo]

yeah i know

[twilit halo]

a friend of mine and me were messing around because we were bored

[elfin stone]

The Corsa D is apparently the first Car with vehicle specific Wiring looms. So there will be 0 cables pre fitted. I had most of it pre fitted because the H used universal looms with very few variations

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I know 🥹

This makes me very sad

[civic spoke]

Oh, looks like you can get the 4 cylinder that Morgan uses as a manual, but not the 6 cylinder. Booo.

Stupid BMW for not having any modern 6 cylinders with a manual.

Other than a very low amount of the new Supras.

[twilit halo]

huh? they do tho.... at least in germany... you can get virtually any modern bmw with stick here...

[civic spoke]

So can you get a B58 BMW with a manual?

[elfin stone]

Germany is an oddball with its manual obsession (I like it though)

[twilit halo]

you mean the engine from the 1 series and 3 or 4 series?

(sorry, im not too good on bmw engines)

[civic spoke]

The B58 is BMW's current 6 cylinder engine.

The engine that comes in the 340i

[elfin stone]

There is a 6 way manual Transmission for the B58 BMW on eBay-Kleinanzeigen.de

Looks like you can get them over here

[stoic ledge]

Only in the Supra and M2/3/4 I think?

[civic spoke]

This is what I remember also.

The S58 engine can be had with a manual transmission. But then you're also looking at the M cars.

[twilit halo]

i mean i could still be wrong, but i think yes

cuz i did my drivers license in a f21 135i and it was manual

manual driver licenses are still the norm around here

as i said tho, i could be wrong... im not too good when it comes to bmw and their models

[civic spoke]

135i uses the N55 engine. 140i would be the newer B58 engine.

[twilit halo]

oh okay

[stoic ledge]

Ngl with ZF 8HP I don't mind an automatic

[civic spoke]

Would just stick out like a sore thumb in a Morgan.

[twilit halo]

i actually had to look it up now... turns out after 2020 there was a huge decrease in the manufacturing of manual cars even here in germany... you just dont really realize it, cuz most people dont drive such new cars here

[twilit halo]

why tf does that steering wheel look like it is ripped out of a smart car

[civic spoke]

Probably to save cost on the airbag design.

[twilit halo]

just saying...

[civic spoke]

I would have almost said Lotus?

[twilit halo]

kind of

[stoic ledge]

Oh yeah in a Morgan no

[bitter compass]

The heck is a morgan

[civic spoke]

British car manufacturer.

[twilit halo]

basically a kit car bmw
yes i wanna see the world burn

[stoic ledge]

Donkervoort is also nice

[bitter compass]

Ohhhh like mg

[civic spoke]

Morgan is a modern-built retro car.

More or less.

[bitter compass]

British stuff i have never seen before but look kinda like knock-off bmws

[stoic ledge]

Uses BMW powertrain

[bitter compass]

Oh i have seen that one

[civic spoke]

You can get the Morgan Plus Four with the straight 4, and that has the manual option.

[twilit halo]

kinda sad that germany doesnt have any real unknown car brands.... like all the brands we have are world famous which takes away from them being something special

the uk and netherlands do that really well

[civic spoke]

Many German manufacturers take off-the-line cars, tune and tweak them to their liking. And resell them.

Brabus, Alpina, etc.

[bitter compass]

Not unknown but special we have

Brabus alpina ruf

[twilit halo]

yeah true

i get scared everytime i see alpina in my rear view mirror on the highway.... like my car is tuned, but stands absolutely no chance against an alpina 😂

[civic spoke]

I guess Gumpert would be one of those less-known brands.

[bitter compass]

It's apparently also quite hard to be allowed to build road going cars in Germany

[twilit halo]

okay yeah, but then again i havent seen a new car from them in ages... or seen any of their cars in real life at all

[twilit halo]

it is hard doing anything legally to your car in germany in general, so yeah....

[civic spoke]

This is what Wikipedia gives me for current small manufacturers in Germany.

[bitter compass]

Ohhh

[twilit halo]

okay well calling mansory a german car brand is a stretch tho

[bitter compass]

There is now that solar car brand in Munich

[twilit halo]

huh?

[bitter compass]

They haven't released one yet i guess

But they exist and do science stuff

Sono

[twilit halo]

i have never heard of 90% of those brands... dont even know if they really count tbh
what i've meant before were car brands that are known to some car enthusiasts but not to the general public as a whole... but ive never heard of most of those brands on the list

[twilit halo]

oh yeah, they were in the news once... literally only once tho 😂

[bitter compass]

Yeah they do mostly just vibe around

Occasionally they figure shit out and shout it out

But not much more

Budget tesla

[civic spoke]

They are a manufacturer. Same as Alpina, Brabus, and everyone else.

[bitter compass]

Making announcements and not delivering

[civic spoke]

But many of those big ones you have heard of are just manufacturers that work together with major manufactures now.

[bitter compass]

Maybach is dead

[twilit halo]

yes i know that, i was referring to calling them german... like the founder of the company isnt even german really

[twilit halo]

is it tho?

[bitter compass]

Isn't it just a trim now?

[civic spoke]

Maybach is dead.
Love live Maybach.

[civic spoke]

Same deal with AMG. I guess.

[twilit halo]

well kind of, yeah. but they are still a novelty and you cant get them at every mercedes dealer unlike AMG

[bitter compass]

Id consider alpina still their own brand because they still do stuff different

[twilit halo]

^

[bitter compass]

But maybach is just more s class

[twilit halo]

yeah true

[bitter compass]

And two colours

[civic spoke]

And Alpina is technically just a BMW+.

[twilit halo]

maybach and brabus are mercedes
ruf and 9ff is porsche
alpina is bmw

[civic spoke]

Yupp.

I guess a big problem these days is just how well sorted many cars are, in terms of chassis, etc.
That many minor manufacturers can't do all too much without messing up the car.

[twilit halo]

yeah... kinda the curse of modern cars: they are literally built to perfection

which in my opinion also takes away from their character a bit... like a 2022 mercedes c class really looks similar to a bmw 3 or 4 series

all modern cars start to look alike... there's rarely a new car that still oozes a character like old cars did

[civic spoke]

Man would I love an Alpina over an M.

[twilit halo]

imma just leave that here then

[bitter compass]

Any alpina e30 🥹

[twilit halo]

uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuh

[bitter compass]

B6

[twilit halo]

lemme see

[bitter compass]

Only saw one up to sale in Germany ever

300k€

[civic spoke]

I used to look at Alpina rims for my E46 before.

[civic spoke]

Ended up with a set of X3 rims instead that I got for cheap.

[bitter compass]

Tbf didn't check for a while

And the dream would be

The b6 3.6s

[twilit halo]

if there's ever a bmw that i'd love to get then it would either be the m5 v10 or the e46 m3 gtr

both are insanely expensive tho

[bitter compass]

3.5 s

Not 6

[twilit halo]

i mean you could just buy a normal e30 and build your own alpina... afaik you can still get the parts for them

might be expensive but not as expensive as buying the real thing

[civic spoke]

Wouldn't want the SMG in the E46, really.

[twilit halo]

true that, but that engine tho... also it was my childhood poster car

[civic spoke]

Would just try to restore it and make it your own at that point. Without any Alpina parts.

[twilit halo]

nfsmw 2005 did me really dirty

[twilit halo]

dude, clapped out e30s are cheap af here

[bitter compass]

I actually looked into getting an e30 estate

[twilit halo]

there's one for sale currently

[bitter compass]

You can get e30 really dirt cheap especially around Munich

[twilit halo]

nvm not just one

[twilit halo]

well guess where i am 😂

[bitter compass]

The sheer amount of bmws sold here makes it flooded

[twilit halo]

the amount of e36 and e46 on the streets is... well it is so much, you dont even see them anymore cuz they just blend in with the rest

[bitter compass]

If you want old bmws search in munich

Old audis Ingolstadt/Neckarsulm

[twilit halo]

bmw 3 series and vw golfs are the most notorious cars around here...

[twilit halo]

well munich and poland or the czech republic 😂

[bitter compass]

If companies would like to deal with selling their old cars to end customers 4-5 year old bmws on mass

But nobody wants to deal with all the hassle

[civic spoke]

Sucks that any old-ass car would need heaps of work to get it up to spec.

[twilit halo]

i mean not really?

bmws have common issues which can be fixed quite easily (most of the time) like vanos breaking, oil leaking and a broken exhaust and they are pretty easy to work on... parts are also quite cheap

if you're into working on cars, it can be a fun hobby

in case you're not.... well... just dont look at old bmws then 😅

[bitter compass]

I would like never buy an old car from anything >50km south of Munich but there are a lot that are just old lads who don't want to drive anymore or have been told to selling their perfectly good cars

Sure more work than my 2010s VW

But honestly probably less issues from being beaten up by everything

[twilit halo]

well most of the time when people get a bmw around here, we make jokes about oil-mileage instead of gas-mileage since they always leak oil or have some issue

[bitter compass]

A 3 series in the south is what a golf is to the rest of Germany

Just kinda the basic thing you get

[twilit halo]

the amount of 3 series and golfs i see is so obnoxious

[bitter compass]

You're probably not allowed to live in munich if you don't have one

[twilit halo]

😂

[bitter compass]

that's why i only see 4000€ rent prices to show me that im too poor to live in there since i looked up vw up parts

[twilit halo]

i mean i personally drive a 2014 mercedes a-class and driving around a mercedes in munich is like visiting enemy territory tbh

[bitter compass]

I honestly feel safer in my up in the city since im like, yeah your car costs 5 to 10 times the amount of mine, if you want to crash into me whatever

And i don't have to worry about the narrow garage at work because well the size of a mk1 golf

[twilit halo]

meh, if someone crashes into my car, i literally have another front and rear bumper up in my attic

i basically have enough parts on my attic to build another a class really.... like i got a full turbo kit lying around my room rn cuz it is too cold to put it on the car

[bitter compass]

Last time someone crashed into me i literally just was annoyed and bend my rear bumper back to how it should be, re attached licence plate

And went my way

[twilit halo]

😂

[bitter compass]

Not worth it dealing with any of that crap because he maybe scratched a bit of paint off the plastic

[twilit halo]

okay yeah, that's cool

[bitter compass]

Fixing that would literally cost more than a new bumper i can get from the next vw dealer

[twilit halo]

well a new bumper for my car costs like 2500€

[bitter compass]

Yeah.. 150€ and i got a standard paint so no extra

[twilit halo]

😐

ngl kinda jealous

[bitter compass]

• whatever the dealer charges (depends on what kind of a dick he is)

[tired sundial]

That’s why you buy from a dealer you know personally

[twilit halo]

yeah good luck with that in germany

[deep zealot]

The M in BMW stands for Miku

[tired sundial]

Nawww your tripin

[deep zealot]

nah

i got it straight

[bitter compass]

Usually go to the one in the next bigger town if something needs to be done that you can only get specifically at a vw dealer

They're nicer than the other one in the region

[twilit halo]

i just do it myself 90% of the time... except it is something that is a pain in the a** to do, then i'll go to a dealer

[bitter compass]

And I can't be bothered to drive more than 25km

[twilit halo]

bruh

well okay... in a vw up which is made for short trips, that's understandable

[bitter compass]

If it needs to be vw it is usually just getting parts

[twilit halo]

dunno how it is with wv but mercedes has an online store for parts... they even deliver it the next day

[bitter compass]

Na man i yeeted that thing 180km highway for a year

[twilit halo]

lmfao

[bitter compass]

At maximum speed

[twilit halo]

i just go to a dealer when i need something asap

[bitter compass]

Which is only like 170 tbf

[twilit halo]

i was about to say 😂

[bitter compass]

175 if you give it time

[twilit halo]

except if you're a crazy tuner from western germany who puts a audi ttrs engine into a wv up

then you'll go zoomin'

[bitter compass]

Jp? I think that was a vr6

From mk1 TT

[twilit halo]

nah, he used a 2l 4 banger

oh nevermind

1.8T

[bitter compass]

Oh yea

Remember

It was 1.8T

[twilit halo]

500hp in a vw up 💀

[bitter compass]

Probably my favourite project of that man

[bitter compass]

Of that company...

[twilit halo]

im still waiting for him to finish the v12 mercedes...

i'd love to talk to the man behind the company tho...

[bitter compass]

The sport quattro caught my eye

Just a restoration but

Its nice

[twilit halo]

true

[bitter compass]

I got influenced to love urquattros/sportquattros by my dad

(same for my desire for e30s)

[twilit halo]

my uncle used to drive one in rallye 😅

he died years ago tho... my aunt still has the car tho

[bitter compass]

But he lost that by getting drowned is his mind numbing and dead end job, otherwise i would just straight up buy him an e30 because well he couldn't afford one with in his 20s when he dreamed of one

[twilit halo]

damn, this got dark and personal real quick

[bitter compass]

Its a reminder to get out of a bad job before it drowns your interests

[civic spoke]

I know there was one VW Up that got turned into a track machine.

You wouldn't think that this were the interior to an UP.

[velvet maple]

hey if anyone has a Audi B9 engine DM me with how you like it and what your experience is with it I'm thinking of getting a 2018 S5

[wraith rivet]

Is it possible to fit newer generation headlights on older cars?

if they fit of course but wouldn’t the electronics and connections be different

[wraith rivet]

well I just find it funny you post pictures of random cars and then say “no way” after someone assumes they’re yours because of how much you post about them

[fathom socket]

I'm just a poor latino inmigrant living in northern europe. I can barely afford commute pass. Life is not that easy.

I'm like the dog shit of your neightboor in california

Because probably your neightboor's dog has more value and succes than me

[wraith rivet]

my one neighbor across the street has a dog that wont stfu

that little shit barks nonstop for hours at a time into the night

[wraith rivet]

what country?

[fathom socket]

Sweden

[deep zealot]

I want to go to sweden

Heard its so easy to run from cops there

and traffic law is very easily exploitable

[civic spoke]

"Hello? Police? Yes. I would like to leave an anonymous tip."

[wheat hatch]

Yup

[fathom socket]

immigrants have a free hand to do what they want, here the law does not exist

[wheat hatch]

True

[fathom socket]

No possible make money for buy a cool car, even less without swedish language speaking

[wheat hatch]

Not true, however, you need some form of competency

[fathom socket]

I want to become truck driver

Are u from sweden too?

[wheat hatch]

Yes

[fathom socket]

Swedish only socialize in discord not un real life seems to

[wheat hatch]

I stay in my circles, don't feel the need to expand it further

[fathom socket]

How much for a golf gti 2015?

[wheat hatch]

Check on blocket

[deep zealot]

I seen the video of a guy running from the cops in an M3

[wheat hatch]

Yeah, it's those wannabe tough guys that upload those vids

[fathom socket]

Today at the tunnelbana (local metro system) i saw a very odd situation with passengers

[wheat hatch]

I don't think this is the correct chat for that

[fathom socket]

Actually this are the cars you can afford in sweden as inmigrant (golf GTI scooter edition)

[wispy cloak]

Valves are a'clackin but it seems pretty happy otherwise

[brittle totem]

The cheapest one is listed for 190k SEK https://www.blocket.se/annons/skane/volkswagen_golf_5_dorrars_gti_performance_2_0_tsi_dsg_230hk/104562886

Or there is one that is cheaper but it has an salvage title.

[brittle totem]

https://www.blocket.se/annons/skane/volkswagen_golf_gti_2_0_tsi__eu6__steg_2__digital_instrument/98019224

[fathom socket]

Affordable... if you are swedish

[fathom socket]

Do you know midjourney?

[wheat hatch]

Not true, but ok

[brittle totem]

I don't understand how that changes anything. There is a lot of jobs here that don't require you to speak fluent Swedish English is fine to.

[wheat hatch]

@brittle totem I think he's over pessimistic/negative.

Also, no idea what being Swedish has to do with the conversation. Just weird.

[fathom socket]

superbil för minimilöner

[wheat hatch]

You want the government to give you a GTI or what?

[fathom socket]

Me in my debut with a Scania over swedish roads

I'm so miserable that even the midjourney AI couldn't recreate an image of me behind the steeringwheel of a MK7 GTI on the streets of Stockholm. He bullies me even a damn AI

[brittle totem]

Well if you want an MK7 GTI you will need to work for it. You cant just expect to get it for free.

[misty mantle]

Oh my fucking god, I am way too excited right now. I just got a snowmobile for free
Been sitting for 6-7 years due to a broken pull chord
It was one of my neighbors, and I just happened to be at their house while helping clear snow, so I asked them about it. Guy said he would sign the title over to me if I wanted it, and I couldn't say no to that

All I really know about it right now other than why its been sitting is that its a Polaris

[carmine summit]

sick

free snowmobile with a title is 100% worth it

[wispy cloak]

Definitely

[misty mantle]

Yep

Been meaning to ask the guy about it for a while, just haven't gotten a chance to.

[wraith rivet]

Yooo that's really cool

with all that snow you're gonna be having a good time pretty soon

[misty mantle]

Yeah, got to get the thing unburied first, then get a path dug out through the guys driveway since it hasn't been cleared, then I got to get it running and replace what needs to be replaced, and with my experience with Polaris, those parts aren't going to be cheap

[stoic ledge]

Some people have made adapter looms to fit the newer headlight on older models, but then they only work as "headlight", not as active cornering light as with those with them fitted from the factory

But also if you stay within the generation, they have different Connections and even modules

[wraith rivet]

ah dang

my headlights have the cornering feature and all that but the one thing i really don't like about them is that the turn signals aren't led and just look really out of place

[lime gull]

why does Linus have porsche tyres in his garage??

[civic spoke]

Because he owns one.

[viscid atlas]

probably summer tires for his taycan

i just use summer tires on my 911 all year around in CNY tho

[lime gull]

ah

so he did end up getting a taycan

Nice!

[vagrant dune]

its something I am also pretty highly considering atm

except if rivian starts selling in finland any time soon

[plucky flame]

Do not preorder a rivian.

Theyre over 100 thousand orders behind.

[vagrant dune]

wasnt planning to, they'll have to fulfill those orders first before entering a new market anyway

they arent even available to preorder here

but tbh an i4 m50 wouldnt be a bad choice either, loved how it drove, the aesthetics are pretty weird imo but I can look past that

[timber oar]

They are delivering rivians here though

I have seen people driving them around

Not super often but they exist

So they just gotta catch up

I always thought they look kinda funny with Dyson bladeless fans on the front of them

[vagrant dune]

Kind of but they are so good all around cars

Especially for the winter

This was a few days ago

[tired sundial]

So Tesla way more behind

[plucky flame]

Wrong. Theyre ahead in fact.

[tired sundial]

Also a dealership 2 miles away from my house have a good 5 of them

[tired sundial]

Tesla cybertruck

[plucky flame]

Thats not in production.

[tired sundial]

So

[plucky flame]

If it ever goes into production then you can say its behind

[plucky flame]

So rivians truck is in production and theyre behind and now they released a new suv that theyre also going to be behind with

[tired sundial]

But if it goes into production it would take a while to catch up with the preorders

[plucky flame]

The point in that statement is if

[tired sundial]

That’s their fault

[plucky flame]

So you shouldnt order one.

Because they are fucking themselves over.

[tired sundial]

I don’t order cars I go get them from a dealership

[plucky flame]

Which means you will be waiting years for one if you get one at all before rivian shuts down.

[plucky flame]

Doesnt have anything to do with this conversation.

[tired sundial]

I don’t see how they would shut down

[plucky flame]

Their stock is dropping

Significantly and quickly

Its dropped 80% in 3 months

[tired sundial]

Sounds like bitcoin

[vagrant dune]

The reason was the huge order of vans from amazon

Actually now would probably be a good time to invest in rivian a bit

[plucky flame]

They promised 50k after previously promising 100k and they delivered 25k.

[vagrant dune]

Since now that they are able to start making the consumer cars the stock prices are likely going to rise

[plucky flame]

I dont like companies that dont keep promises.

[bitter compass]

Bad management of orders

[tired sundial]

I bet that number was included amazons order?

[bitter compass]

Both tesla and rivian kinda suck in that regard which isn't a good image for new car companies to have

Idk rivian isn't really in my sphere of interest if they don't sell not trucks or SUVs

[bitter compass]

All car manufacturers don't keep promises and talk shit, beancounters dont care

[brittle totem]

Don't think that it will take that long with the rate tesla is growing at right now they are the only car manufacture that I know of that still has decent delivery times. For a reference if you want an VW ID4 you will most likely need to wait at least a year meanwhile with a model Y it usually just takes 2-3 months from order to delivery.

[bitter compass]

Vw does apparently particularly bad at delivery times now

[tired sundial]

I’m not a person to buy electric cars I will be driving gas for life

[charred depot]

They are doing salary sacrifice EV's at my current job which im leaving and I think its like a year for a Tesla

only one you can get quickly really is the MG ev's

[bitter compass]

A closed mindset is a bad mindset

[tired sundial]

For you normal people I’m going to have a running car when china emps America

[bitter compass]

And you won't EU already decided i think 2035 and america is probably gonna follow

[tired sundial]

Naw they ain’t touching my fucken cars

It’s like saying the government will take away certain guns like rifles but they know they won’t be able to

[bitter compass]

Still

[tired sundial]

I don’t believe a closed mindset is a bad mindset

I will only get a ev if it can recharge under 5 minutes

[brittle totem]

Yeah but most other brands you will need to wait at least 9 months for your ev so it's not just VW that have problems with delivery times.

[tired sundial]

Eu won’t ban gas cars they will ban newer gass cars from being sold

[timber oar]

Never mind when China emps us our power grid will take a shit along with your computer controlled fuel injection engine

[brittle totem]

Yeah and VW doesn't even sell ice cars in Norway anymore.

[tired sundial]

Yea that’s why you need to buy the olds stuff

[timber oar]

I wouldn't even be surprised if the original engine that came in my firebird stopped working

Still has an electronic ignition driver in the distributor

Not points

This is all assuming China can even be competent enough to make a powerful enough emp

Which i can't comment on

[bitter compass]

Definitely not suspicious that is conveniently aligns with VW's schedule of cutting off ice by 2035

[bitter compass]

They won't ban them but no new ice cars will be allowed to be registered and ramp up taxes on fuel

[tired sundial]

That’s their bad they gona regret it

[bitter compass]

Na works pretty alright

I just see how it is

Change scary

[brittle totem]

It will most likely work out great here in Sweden EV have already surpassed ICE car in sales for quite a while now. Here is the numbers for the 2021 until now on newly registered cars.

[warped urchin]

100%, no country that has a huge EV percentage has mentioned any issues with the transition apart from needing to build more chargers

[brittle totem]

The main problem with EV right now is for people that are living in apartment's and doesn't have access to an home charger. Because needing to go to an public charger to charge is just annoying to sit there and wait for an hour.

[warped urchin]

in london a decent amount of the bollards around the city are now slow chargers, and you can get a card from your local council to use them

[wispy cloak]

Public chargers here just flat out don't work in most places

And they cost almost as much to use as it would cost to fill up a gas car when you can find a working one

[warped urchin]

fast chargers are pricey, but most people i know hardly ever use one

apart from one guy, but thats because they have enough money to not care about wasting a bit

london also charges like £30 a day for driving anything that isnt an ev

[charred depot]

not true

[brittle totem]

Same thing here but they are still quite a bit cheaper then "gas" but most People charge at home during of peak hours like 80% of the time anyways so there is no problem with "high cost" of fast chaging or public for most ev owners. But if you live in apertment and relies on those charger you want save that much money on owning an ev over an ice car.

[warped urchin]

london actually has so many that the plugshare website cant render all of them

heres a zoom in on the top of hyde park

tbf, most of inner london doesn't have cars

[brittle totem]

Yeah that's a lot more chargers then central Stockholm. But I guess there is more People living in central London then Sweden.

[warped urchin]

you might need to zoom in a bit more or look on a pc

theres not a ton, but def more than in your screenshot

theres only 3 chargers in the whole of mongolia

[brittle totem]

Yeah I know but I was focused on the central part of Stockholm. That's where the main problem is mainly becuase most People that lice there doens't have access to garage spot and there for no "private charger".

[warped urchin]

my map is zoomed in closeer than yours, and ignoring the extra side bits there's still almost twice as many chargers

[normal trout]

$0.49 for 1kWh and 145kW its cheaper than my country
Thats why EV cars are not popular here

Superchargers in my country

Vs German, Uk, France etc

[dull heron]

honestly i dont think its even smart to switch to electric right now

no country has the power grid infrastructure to support mass EV adoption

China has the highest EV adoption rate, and they have had rolling blackouts recently. they are now constructing i believe 86 new Nuclear Reactors to strengthen their grid

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-11-02/china-climate-goals-hinge-on-440-billion-nuclear-power-plan-to-rival-u-s

[plucky flame]

49 cents? Dawg residential here is 19 cents and thats considered expensive

[dull heron]

oh shit you are in sci craft server

[plucky flame]

I am

[brittle totem]

That's very cheap here in Sweden it cost like 0,77$/kwh if you want to supercharge during peak with a non tesla not sure what's the price is at for Tesla owners but I guess around 0,50$/kwh. And on non Tesla charger its usally more expensive then thst so maybe around 1$/kWh without a membership.

[deep zealot]

Debating between G80 M3 or G15 M850i

damn the LCI m850i doesnt even look like an M lite car anymre

[fading bane]

m3 all the way are you kidding ?

[deep zealot]

its nice for sports driving, but the car i need is mostly commuting

which the m850i is much better at

[fading bane]

the m3 is fine for daily too

[deep zealot]

yeah but M850i is better

and it looks cooler

[fading bane]

i would get an m550i instead

[brittle totem]

G80 M3 touring

[deep zealot]

plus sexy V8

we dont get touring here in america

[fading bane]

imo the v8 is the downside

[deep zealot]

how

theyre both very good engines

the S58 is indeed the best 6 cyl engine in the world

[fading bane]

bmw v8s don't sound good imo

[deep zealot]

yeah but you can make them sound good

[fading bane]

they sound like 4 cylinders

[deep zealot]

only the S63 sounds like 4 cylinders

N63 sounds like a real V8

[fading bane]

yeah but i don't want to suffer the pain of putting an exhaust

also i'm aware of problems of the n63 and s63

and i don't want to deal with them

if it's new and on a lease, you probably won't care

[deep zealot]

S63B44T4 andf N63B44T3 are very reliable engines

[brittle totem]

I like how nearly all of the picture on google is from the rear because of the ugly grill in the front.

[deep zealot]

thats part of my problem with it

[fading bane]

i come from a bmw family, and i don't care about the new front ends on new bmws

it does look bold and definitely will turn heads

[deep zealot]

i also come from a bmw family

it will turn heads because of how repulsive it is

[fading bane]

my dad owned three e30s

one of them is still around, owned by my cousin

[brittle totem]

Yeah the M340I touring looks way better the M3 touring would have been perfect if the just used the M340i grill on it.

[deep zealot]

Exactly

I was hoping LCI they will put M340i grill on the M3

such a shame

Im prefering M850i due to this

[fading bane]

never going to happen

i also don't care about their split headlights

[deep zealot]

Ya they just gave it the new idrive thats all

[fading bane]

i hate that everything is touch screen now

[deep zealot]

i dont mind it

[fading bane]

this is me in an x7, if they updated the old screens lazily to idrive 8, i would have prefer that instead of this

[brittle totem]

Maybe M340I would be a good option for you and you can probably get a fully loaded one and save a bit of money compared to base m850I.

[deep zealot]

Thing is, I dont get to keep the money I save due to the will

[fading bane]

this also got the new bmw mhev v8

[deep zealot]

I either have to use all the money on a BMW or not at all

[fading bane]

i'm saving up for a C450 or C43 AMG

[brittle totem]

How does that work ?

[deep zealot]

It is my grandfather inheritance will

He said to get me a car and give the rest of the money i dont use on the car to his 3 children

so obviously, i am to use all of the money i can possibly use lmao

[brittle totem]

Well get an M8 then 😅

[deep zealot]

thats too much

besides i dont like that engine too much

[fading bane]

also do you need practicality?

[deep zealot]

somewhat

im fine with 2 door, but i want rear seats

[solar echo]

https://www.thedrive.com/news/future-fords-could-repossess-themselves-and-drive-away-if-you-miss-payments

[deep zealot]

[fading bane]

i was in the back of this thing and people should not sit in the back at all

[fading bane]

maybe try out the gran coupe

[deep zealot]

maybe

[brittle totem]

Have you tried the new rear seats of the 7 series/ i7 thoe one are amazing and way better then s class.

[deep zealot]

Real

i7 is so cool

[fading bane]

unfortunately
the car was locked

[solar echo]

have your kids use nvidia cloud to play games

[fading bane]

i sat in the iX M60 besides

the leather smelled super good

quite grippy and not the smooth one

[brittle totem]

Well its not my car. But it would be cool if hade RDNA2 based infotainment system like the new Model s and x so so that you could run Steam games on that screen/tv. Like the new Model S and X can do.

[fading bane]

the tv screen probably uses an intel atom chip

since idrive 8 also uses an atom

[brittle totem]

Maybe the M4/M440I would be a good option to.

[deep zealot]

Yuck. Still bad grille

Id rather M3 you know

[brittle totem]

Maybe a E63/S65 coupe or is that to boring ?

[deep zealot]

I like BMW, so maybe an M5 is better for me than E63s

[brittle totem]

And what about the RS6 or is that to big ?

[deep zealot]

no its too slow

[fading bane]

seriously that's slow??

you have an f30

[deep zealot]

M3 beats RS6 for less money

https://youtu.be/w0OPOSf1wlE?t=577

[fading bane]

wagon cooler tho

[brittle totem]

Just tune it a bit like this guy and my local car meet. Just a causal 1000hp in a big family car. https://www.tiktok.com/@swedish_carspotter/video/7188827748150840581?is_from_webapp=1&sender_device=pc&web_id=7037442661670110725

[deep zealot]

You can also do 1075 hp in M3 very easily for less cost

[fading bane]

i saw some picture of an rs6 with an a6 and tdi badging

[brittle totem]

Yeah I would personal have gone M3 touring but that isn't available where you live so the RS6 is the only option in America if you want high performance wagon right ?

[fading bane]

correct

[deep zealot]

Yeah, i think id rather get RS3 and then tune that

5 cylinder engine is the only audi engine i like

[fading bane]

a year back I wanted to buy a cheap VW jetta or passat just for the 5 cyl

put a decent exhaust on

good project build

[brittle totem]

I would go for the M2 over the RS3 the M2 just seems to be so much more fun to drive the RS3 but I could be wrong driven either of them.

[deep zealot]

I agree I also like M2 more

But F87 M2 doesnt have HUD and the new M2 is ugly :/

[brittle totem]

Well the M4 F82 have both "decent sized" rear seat and HUD and most important its good looking to maybe that's the way to go then maybe an M4 competition.

[deep zealot]

Yeah im looking at F82 M4 CS or F80 M3 CS now

[solar echo]

nods

GeForce NOW coming to cars

[brittle totem]

Weird that the M2 doesn't have the option to get an HUD when even my moms F45 225i xDrive has it but it's the ugly version of the HUD.

[deep zealot]

Ya because if I get M car the thing I want most is HUD since it shows many things like gear position, RPM and speed

Only M cars have this so if I get M i want this the most

[brittle totem]

Well this is even better. https://youtu.be/CEhBzX-6FjA

[solar echo]

game while your tesla sucks at driving

[brittle totem]

Yeah the one is my moms car doesn't show the RPM just the current speed the current speed limit and navigation info and adaptive cruise control information.

[solar echo]

tesla got rid of the radar for the lower end models and you only have cameras so it has a higher change of hitting whatever

[deep zealot]

yeah my car does this also

[brittle totem]

The Adaptive crusie control and active lane assist in my moms BMW is just camra based to and it works Great so it will probely work even better on newer Tesla's . If my moms car from 2015 can do a decent job with just a single camra.

[solar echo]

nods