cars

[solar echo]

I watch a lot of Louis Rossmann videos so he talked about the shitty side of tesla

anyways. back to TVR speed 12/Zonda/Bugatti pwrn

[dry pier]

does anyone here know a decent amount about powder coating?

this seemed like the likely channel for this

[misty mantle]

Got the title for my snowmobile today. Turns out its a 2002 Polaris RMK800, and according to one of my friends that has a lot of experience with snowmobiles, its on the faster end of the 2002 Polaris Snowmobile lineup

[misty mantle]

Give me some tools, parts, and 2 boxes of brakleen and I'll have that thing driving out of its grave in an hour

[wraith rivet]

Anybody know anything about switchback led’s?

thinking about placing the bulbs in my front turn signals with LED’s and apparently switchback LED’s function as running lights AND turn signals

but idk if it’s just plug and play, or if they look and good or what

[solar echo]

https://www.youtube.com/@1320video

[wide fox]

So they are plug and play, but for hyper flash you’d need resistors

Check out VLEDs

[wraith rivet]

resistors prevent the hyper flash?

[wide fox]

Yeah

https://www.vleds.com/v6-extreme-wa-switchback-1156-reverse-polarity.html

These are complete overkill but I have these in red as brake lights and holy crap

Nuclear bright

[edgy quiver]

Best/least invasive ways to increase car horsepower anyone?

[wraith rivet]

probably a tune

you can do it yourself or have someone custom make one or get a premade one

[edgy quiver]

Any idea on cost to have someone tune a Ford Fusion lol

[wraith rivet]

those are pretty common so I would assume not much

[wraith rivet]

Those look really nice

but $230 😬

[edgy quiver]

Hopefully lol

[jagged mulch]

@deep zealot whats the 0-60 on said 850bhp bimmer

[deep zealot]

like 4 seconds because it cant find traction

[jagged mulch]

Lmaooo

Makes sense

[deep zealot]

the turbo charger is so big we had to remove the hood

so the car doesnt have a hood

[jagged mulch]

Tbh if it could find grip could be a really good drag car

That makes it not street legal right?

[deep zealot]

im not sure

we dont driveit much on the streets

[jagged mulch]

I think its illegal to drive without a bonnet

[deep zealot]

right now its cold here in the USA for winter season so we parked it until april

[jagged mulch]

Yea cold tyres and no traction arent friends

[deep zealot]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/375436621450969089/1080277304934137876/trim.DD372DB9-3D63-4A54-905F-9EDF1BA1F355.mov

This is the pull

[jagged mulch]

What yr model is it?

[deep zealot]

2009

[jagged mulch]

Damn

[deep zealot]

stock engine except for pistons

[jagged mulch]

How much boost does it run?

[deep zealot]

i think around 34

which is 20 psi positive

[jagged mulch]

My dads 98 patrol runs 15 psi on a tiny turbo

Lol

[deep zealot]

yea my 328i runs 18 psi on stock turbo

[jagged mulch]

Damn

[deep zealot]

it can handle up to 22 but i dont tune it

[jagged mulch]

Nah his isnt a stock turbo

[deep zealot]

dam

[jagged mulch]

Its a garett

[deep zealot]

those are nice

[jagged mulch]

Fucking tiny tho

I think he said its a 2056 or sum

[deep zealot]

how big in mm?

[jagged mulch]

No idea

But its small

The diameter is probs like 12cm

[deep zealot]

120 mm is very big

thats even bigger than my turbo

[jagged mulch]

The turbine is not 12cm its like 4

[deep zealot]

ah

[jagged mulch]

Yea

Thought you meant the whole thing

[deep zealot]

yea

[jagged mulch]

Wait i think its this one http://www.sonicperformance.com.au/465941_dash_5005S/Turbo-TB0262-Suits-Nissan-Patrol-RD28T-2.8L/pd.php

Wait no thats not garett

But yea its got a smol turbo

[wide fox]

Could just get switchbacks on Amazon and resistors too

[waxen hill]

it sounds rad!
wow

but im new here so mind telling me?
what else apart from that turbo in it?

[wraith rivet]

True but I heard even with resistors a lot still hyper flash after like 10 seconds of the signal being on

[brittle totem]

Almost like the Volvo 740 that my brother have as test car at his job.

[misty mantle]

Haha, Volvo 740 go brrrrrrr

[brittle totem]

Yeah its quite fast in a straight line that Golf GTI clubsport is a "track build" with around 500HP.

[brittle totem]

Manged to score 4l/100km with ski box not sure how.

[wide fox]

Just get some quality ones

My front and rear signals are LED and I had to use the 3 ohm resistors from VLEDs

[deep zealot]

Port/Direct hybrid injection system
upgraded chargepipe and intercooler
Upgraded LPFP for ethanol
Upgraded forged MAHLE motorsport pistons
redone intake manifold
Catless VRSF downpipe/BMS Exhaust
MHD Custom tune
Manual swap from ZF6HP to ZF Manual transmission
Heavy duty single mass flywheel
Upgraded rear axles

[bitter compass]

I kinda don't trust the built in economy meter

[brittle totem]

Don't forget VW loaner cars that they give out during winter with shitty all season tires on them. This seat hade 110hp and still barely got any grip with like 15% throttle 😏

[deep zealot]

I find the all season tires on my 328i perform well in winter

But that’s because xdrive heh

[brittle totem]

My moms 225I xDrive have proper winter tires on it it does barely spin at all going "full throttle" or TC limits the throttle response quite a bit to be fair but the Seat did the something and could barely find any grip anyways.

[carmine summit]

thats impressive, my record in a mk3 jetta with a 1.9 TDI is like 4.8

then again I have big injectors and a bigger turbo

[dusky torrent]

my e90 328i xdrive feels great to drive

my mother says i speed, so im gonna try to smoothly accelerate and drive the speed limit

all of which is foreign to a bmw driver

[livid sail]

I would like opinions on this 2 seats "Car"

[dense shard]

I want it.

Theoretically 100Wh per mile.

Basically the equivalent to 100 mpg as far as I'm concerned. Pie in the sky goal, and frankly I don't need more when it comes to my daily commuter pod

[livid sail]

I’m trying to decide between this one, a Model 3 (used) or the Cybertruck.

[deep zealot]

this isnt it

it looks electric and i hate electric cars

[waxen hill]

definitely very good for point A to point B if it really is equivalent to 100mpg
but still 2 seats might be a downside since it ain't racing

[brittle totem]

Go for the model 3 if you dont need a pickup for something the model 3 will be an overall better car in every way. And try to go for that was made in 2021 or newer becuase they have some nuce inprovments over the older ones.

[civic spoke]

Buying a car that doesn't exist yet is usually a bad bet.

[brittle totem]

Yeah this is like what we get most of time if we are going on longer trips. Its basically always under 5l/100km.

[bitter compass]

I barely get less than 6L but well.. i guess it's just not having a speed limit that causes that

[thin jasper]

quick question : ya'll know chrisfix?

[thin jasper]

ooof yea

i just can't wait for his new video that's dropping tomorrow

[dusky torrent]

chefs kiss

1. it's not electric
2. it's reliable
3. clean carfax records
4. it's german

[wraith rivet]

reliable..?

[eternal cedar]

I'm just as confused.

At least it's not American in terms of unreliability. Or Korean.

[vocal mural]

And not French

[eternal cedar]

No French cars where I live, so I can't speak to their reliability. A friend of mine owned a Peugeot 206 TDI from 2003 for a very long time, though.

[charred depot]

french diesels are very good

end up in loads of other brands cars

why I consider getting a volvo v50 estate

[wispy cloak]

American stuff isn't even that unreliable though

[eternal cedar]

It is in areas that experience winter and anything aside from trucks.

[wispy cloak]

Trucks

Also I experience winter

[charred depot]

didnt realise rust was a reliability metric

[wispy cloak]

I didn't either

Everything rusts here if it's steel

American or not

[fathom socket]

first time I drove a diesel car

So painful going on highway speed
Makes me literally sick

[wraith rivet]

wdym?

just low power?

or the smell

[misty mantle]

Got my snowmobile partially unburied to get some pics

Not in too bad of shape other than the seat cover

[feral reef]

My mom has one

[charred depot]

sick focus :^)

[feral reef]

With the weakest petrol engine

[charred depot]

I hate the ford style wheel bearings on them

[feral reef]

On the V50?

[charred depot]

yeah

same as a focus I think

purely a press fit, need like a 50 tonne press

[feral reef]

Haha

[charred depot]

no circlip or anything

[feral reef]

My mom’s car really needs a bigger engine or another gear

[feral reef]

At highway speeds it sits at a stupidly high RPM

[charred depot]

the cheap way to do a v50 front wheel bearing

[feral reef]

It does rev quite nicely though

[charred depot]

I imagine it absolutely drinks though

id only own a diesel one

[feral reef]

Yuuuup

And it doesn’t have cruise control

Keeping a constant speed on the highway is impossible

[charred depot]

I do quite like them but I prefer driving my older stuff so if I have a modern "daily" it just sits around

[fathom socket]

the vibrations from the engine make me nauseous.
It's so loud when the engine is going like 3700 RPM

[feral reef]

It’s actually quite a fun car to drive

[feral reef]

What shitty diesel engine does 3700 rpm on the highway lol

For diesel engines I’ve found that premium fuel makes a huge difference

Like my dad’s E220 CDI is so much quieter on premium vs normal diesel

And just runs smoother

[fathom socket]

FIAT too

[feral reef]

Haha

[charred depot]

no turbo 🗿

[fathom socket]

but isn't that petrol?

[charred depot]

no thats diesel heh

Im fitting a turbodiesel to my 305 at the moment as its slowness was getting slightly annoying

[fathom socket]

that doesn't sound like diesel, or it's such high RPM I can't make out

[charred depot]

its insanely high revs, my cobbled together engine just isnt setup right

[fathom socket]

fair

[charred depot]

I could set it up right orrr just go ahead and put a better engine in

I literally set the injection timing in about 5 seconds as it "sounds fine", vastly underfuelled aswell

but N/A XUDs have been said to behave alot like petrols

when they were released alot of the competition was considered agricultural while these were quite well accepted

[feral reef]

I wanna drive a Mazda with a Skyactiv-X engine, really curious how that feels

[fathom socket]

I'm not a fan of small diesels engines

could be fine for a generator, but not for a work vehicle.

[charred depot]

I have taken my 305 on B roads with a few friends which is quite interesting as I have 50hp and shit handling but atleast im comfortable

[fathom socket]

I went to mechanic in italy with my 307 SW 2.0 16v and they were shocked to see a 2 litre petrol version

like they never seen a petrol engine beside small city cars

[charred depot]

must be smart people, 2.0 hdi would have been the choice

I need a cheap 2.0hdi donor car so I can work out smelectrics

want one in my 305 eventually

[wispy cloak]

Tornados on Monday winter storm in Friday

Already slick enough to make my truck slide back down the driveway in park

[dusky torrent]

i wonder how the socal people are coping with the snow

[wraith rivet]

Oml

is that the highest gear?

[wispy cloak]

You have different grades of diesel?

[feral reef]

You don't?

[wispy cloak]

No

We just have regular diesel and off-road diesel

[feral reef]

What's the difference

[wispy cloak]

Off-road diesel is dyed red

[feral reef]

Ahh we just call that "red diesel"

[wispy cloak]

Yeah you just don't pay road tax on it

And a lot of people still put it in their trucks

[carmine summit]

the trick is to carry a jug of ATF with you so if you get pulled over with it you can say it's red because of ATF as an injection cleaner

it's a detergent and won't hurt anything

[dusky torrent]

How do EV owners check the coolant temp of their motor?

[deep zealot]

they dont

the car knows EV owners dont have the brain capacity to know about motor/coolant temp

so it just ignores it

[wraith rivet]

it’s probably only readable through the odb port

[silk crystal]

Mazda6 '16 with shit tires. Want to swap them so bad

[civic spoke]

All Season Tires are meh.

[fathom socket]

as good as people say this engine is, I don't think it can live in the current reality

[next temple]

why run All Seasons when studless have more grip both on and off ice, and when just swap for summer ones over the summer. It takes like 20 minutes with your average jack and a bolt cross in the driveway.

[charred depot]

cheaper and lack of wheel storage would be two big ones

[stoic ledge]

Also really depends on the climate

For here if you'd get 2 sets, you're probably better off with a summer set for summer and all season for winter

Or you can leave for work on winter and then during the day switch to summer as it gets too warm for winter tires

[charred depot]

have all seasons on the front of my 305 as I got them for free, unlikely to pay for winter tyres

[civic spoke]

Aventador is such an old car now.

And the gearbox had always been pretty mech from what I heard.

But man does that engine scream.

[grand shadow]

Does this count as a car?

[charred depot]

I miss my saab

[stoic ledge]

Crusty 306 w

[silk crystal]

); I was thinking about continental dws06 all season. Would they be useless? Winter is almost over but surely they're better than these cumhoes

[dusky torrent]

Yes that's obviously a Saab

[charred depot]

Well yeah i dont have my saab

Thats the point

[wraith rivet]

[dusky torrent]

Does this sound okay?

[fathom socket]

Something wrong?

[dusky torrent]

I heard a high pitched noise from somewhere but it was gone when I started recording

[deep zealot]

N54 or n52?

sounds like N54/N55 personally

direct injection clatter is real

[dusky torrent]

N52

From a 328i

[deep zealot]

damn thats some mad clatter

[dusky torrent]

Yeah

[fathom socket]

u mean an earthquake?

[timber oar]

I would bet direct injectors are loud

Just knowing they have to deal with higher pressures

[fathom socket]

Any Audi drivers here?

[stoic ledge]

Nah no Audi drivers

All Audi's are in the shop

[vagrant dune]

B7 A4 quattro here

[fathom socket]

💀

[fathom socket]

What engine

[vagrant dune]

I do have a fiat 126 as a project car but a4 is my daily

[vagrant dune]

2.0 tfsi (belt, not chain) thank fuck for that

[fathom socket]

Nice

[vagrant dune]

Pushing around 280+- hp

Havent dynoed it, dont see a reason to since I just wanted a bit more power from a daily

[stoic ledge]

Don't really hear anything wrong tbh

[fathom socket]

Here’s how mine ended up

[vagrant dune]

Yes I have new wheels for next summer

Dont even mention those ugly ass audi oem wheels

[fathom socket]

Steel ones?

[vagrant dune]

Nope, theyre full aluminum, just looks like steel with some hubcaps

Ugly as hell wheels

[fathom socket]

Who signed off that design

It looks like it’s tryna cover up steel wheels

[vagrant dune]

They look good on A6 sedan and A8

But this, hell nah

[stoic ledge]

A3 had them also, and I think A6 and A8 as well

[fathom socket]

I had 2.0 tdi

It was a great car

It had good low end torque and you could hear the stock turbo in the cabin

[vagrant dune]

I have every badge removed from mine, the amount of arrogant rwd BMWs that think they can gap me is insane

[fathom socket]

https://tenor.com/view/jasiek-drift-podlasie-bmw-crash-gif-24594832

[vagrant dune]

Especially in winter, I just launch instantly and they get stuck spinning their wheels

[fathom socket]

I hate rwd cars

[vagrant dune]

Nah theyre great fun

But man I would hate to daily drive one in the winter

[fathom socket]

Luckily ice isn’t a problem for me in uk

[vagrant dune]

Like man this was yesterday

[fathom socket]

Damn

That’s a lot of snow

[stoic ledge]

Rather have an understeering Audi

[vagrant dune]

I mean these older quattros are 40-60 so not that bad

[fathom socket]

I got a q5 now

[vagrant dune]

Like I can get this to go sideways with only throttle

[stoic ledge]

Most A4's I see are just FWD

Those don't really drive nice imho

[vagrant dune]

I dont get people who buy an audi without quattro

[stoic ledge]

Haven't driven a Quattro

[fathom socket]

Same

[vagrant dune]

Its so good, like a few weeks ago I helped a brand new x6 that was stuck in like a foot of snow, not even ice underneath

[fathom socket]

It’s what Audis known for

[stoic ledge]

People here just drive Audi's for the badge (idk why you'd do that) and then just get the base model

[fathom socket]

Where r u

And what Audis u talking about

[stoic ledge]

Also, Quattro isn't necessary in this climate + often too expensive for what it is (also increases tax on it)

[stoic ledge]

🇳🇱

[fathom socket]

Ah

[stoic ledge]

Literally any Audi

[vagrant dune]

Finland here

[fathom socket]

If ur gonna get base model a6+ u might as well get a nice a4 or a3 with Quattro

[vagrant dune]

Or just a few years old a6 quattro

With all options you can wish for

[fathom socket]

Exactly

[stoic ledge]

Always great when people get a 30TFSI A3 S-Line

Like wow, 110hp 1.0TSI

[fathom socket]

In England we have all most no choice for engines and configs

In a1,a3 all only front wheel drive and up to 35 tfsi/tdi

No 40 tfsi quattro

[vagrant dune]

We get everything you can think of but costs so much

[fathom socket]

A4 only Quattro option is 40 tdi

[fathom socket]

How much

[vagrant dune]

Base A6 new is like 60k+

[fathom socket]

Also here we have 25 tfsi for a1

[vagrant dune]

An rs6 is 200k+

Electric cars are similarly priced

[fathom socket]

I don’t know if there is 25 tfsi anywhere else

[vagrant dune]

Which is why I'll likely get a taycan or an i4 m50

[fathom socket]

I’m not a fan of recent bmws

The grille is ugly

[vagrant dune]

The looks are pretty odd yes but they are such good cars

[fathom socket]

Pathetic 95hp

175 nm torque

[stoic ledge]

A1 is such a useless car

Just get a Fabia and save a lot

Same car

[deep zealot]

everyone here knows audi is just overpriced rebadged volkswagon

[stoic ledge]

Base spec A1 is amazing

[stoic ledge]

And even VW is overpriced shite

For every VW there's a better care elsewhere within VAG

[fathom socket]

How much is base price in France

[stoic ledge]

In France? Je ne sais pas

[fathom socket]

Base a1 spec in England

[stoic ledge]

Damn so RHD is an option in the UK

A1 starts at €30.704,31 in 🇳🇱

[fathom socket]

We’re weird

[deep zealot]

I like LHD

[brittle totem]

🤔 Here in Sweden you need to get Quattro if you want anything above the base model A4.

[fathom socket]

It’s how we drive

[deep zealot]

i think every audi here in the usa comes with quattro standard

[fathom socket]

We also use miles / miles per hour

[fathom socket]

Even a3?

[deep zealot]

yes

nvm You can get fwd

[fathom socket]

Oh

[deep zealot]

ewwww fwd

[fathom socket]

I don’t mind fwd

[brittle totem]

"Quattro premium plus" 🤔

[deep zealot]

quattro in general just isnt my favorite

i prefer sporty rear-bias AWD

[fathom socket]

Quattro in a3 is quite the opposite

Front bias

[deep zealot]

Exactly

xDrive is my type of AWD system

[fathom socket]

Haldex 70/30 split

Even then it is fwd most of the time

It bearly engages awd anyway

[deep zealot]

Having fun even in AWD

[stoic ledge]

I can get every trim on the 35 TFSI and 40 TFSI A4 with only FWD

35 -> 40 is +3k, 40 -> 40 Quattro is +3k

And apparently there are 2 40 TFSI's... 204hp and 265hp? Wtf js this naming scheme That's another 11k tho

[fathom socket]

Really?

[fathom socket]

On what cars

[stoic ledge]

A4

Or the configurator is lying to me

[fathom socket]

They do that naming scheme so that you don’t see 1.0 on the back of every a3

Or 1.5 on the a4

[brittle totem]

I guess the 2nd 40TFSI is supposed to be 45TFSI but they got it wrong on their website.

[fathom socket]

Or any other pathetic engine size for the car

[stoic ledge]

I think the latter is supposed to be the 45 TFSI

[stoic ledge]

Yeah on another trim it's 45 TFSI apparently, the configurator is borked

[vagrant dune]

torsen 40-60 gud

ew haldex

[fathom socket]

Haldex is almost useless

It does give better acceleration tho

[brittle totem]

€67,5k 💀

[stoic ledge]

Just have no badge at all

[stoic ledge]

🇳🇱

[fathom socket]

That’s an option

[stoic ledge]

And then you can start adding options

[stoic ledge]

I know

[fathom socket]

I drove a q2 30 tfsi and it was weird

I forgot to shift because I could barely hear the engine

Which could be a good or bad thing

And it was also weirdly nippy

[brittle totem]

The S4 avant starts at €65k in Sweden and apparently its diesel 💀

[stoic ledge]

I'll check soon

[fathom socket]

3.0 v6 tho

[stoic ledge]

First loading up an A4 45 TFSI

[fathom socket]

Got the torque

[stoic ledge]

So sad, just €99.511,07

Not even 100k

What kind of poor stuff is this

[stoic ledge]

Can't get an S4 apparently here

Probably as they cancelled the diesels

Can only get petrol A4's

A6 same apparently

Quite certain A1 and A3 also

A8 only as TFSIe or S8

[steep spindle]

🚗

[stoic ledge]

So I think we can't get any diesel Audi anymore

[brittle totem]

Nearly all A4/A6 here is just the 40TDI model with Quattro since they where all just company cars when they where new.

[stoic ledge]

Audi barely sells A4 and especially A6 nowadays

Only new Audi's I really see are Q4 E-Tron's and A3 30TFSI

Those 2 combined are 46.5% of Audi's sales last year

They sold 5 TT's

[brittle totem]

The A4 #22 on the best selling cars list in Sweden since jan 2016 and the A6 is at #19 and is best selling Audi overall since jan 2016 until now.

[stoic ledge]

A4 #103 A6 #155

And A6 also includes cop cars

[rustic night]

clutch just went on the titanic

whole reason i bought it was to put gaming PC in it and have an on the go office but now she's dead, too much to fix the clutch

[glass basalt]

niscar

[wide hemlock]

Volvo

[weak night]

Fun time

[fathom socket]

[supple anchor]

Somebody convince me to not make a dumb decision

[stoic ledge]

Probably the sanest decision you'll ever make

[bitter compass]

Its a Box, how dumb could buying a box be

I don't think im helping

[wheat hatch]

What's the worst that could happen

[supple anchor]

I test drove it

The clutch was extremely grabby like on off kinda thing and it was quick

Not fast

Just quick

It was running at 15 psi

Of boost

[fathom socket]

Thoughts on vag 1.8t engine

[wide hemlock]

They aren't that good

I have one

It will break down constantly cause it's a 30yr old car

[grand shadow]

This is my parents’s shitbox

[civic spoke]

Norway is one of those countries where they sell more EV's than anything else.

[dense shard]

nice

[dusky torrent]

I wonder why EVs are so popular in Norway

They're probably getting poorer range since it's so cold there in the winters

[civic spoke]

Because they got big money.
They understand that they are really green vehicles in the long run if the power from them is green.

So they actually sorted out their charging infrastructure compared to what it looks like for many other countries.

[bitter compass]

And also it ain't such an impact because most people don't drive at the edge of the range of an ev

Amd Norway got summer as well..

They don't live in perma -35C

[dusky torrent]

And Europe got those hefty petrol taxes

I heard gas in Scandinavia is like $8 a gallon if you do the exchange rate and volume conversion

[bitter compass]

I need a calculator to know what a gallon is

Gimme a sec

Ehh

Yeah sounds about right for europe

8$ would be on a bad day but happens

Honestly don't know if Norway is worse or better than central europe

Since they do be having oil themselves

[brittle totem]

Yeah petrol is 7,16$/gallon and diesel is 8,25 currently but the prices has gone down a bit when it was at its peak it was like 8,5$/gallon for and close 10$/gallon for diesel.

[dusky torrent]

Wait

Diesel is more expensive? I thought it was cheaper than petrol since a lot of people in Europe drive small diesels

[bitter compass]

Depends on country

[dusky torrent]

Ah

[brittle totem]

When we where in Norway it was a bit cheaper then Swedish prices but not by a lot and someplace it was more expensive then in Sweden it because Norway have different prices depending on location up in the mountains it was more expensive but it Oslo it was cheaper then in Sweden.

[bitter compass]

Germany used to have like cheaper diesel but you pay more taxes on your car, since well exactly a year diesel became more expensive

[bitter compass]

Aka diesel only worked if you drive a lot

[brittle totem]

Well that's just how it is Sweden I guess its more expensive because the diesel cars consume less then equivalent petrol car.

[rugged lynx]

its cheaper if the engine and drive system has no issues. repairs cost more

just buy a pink honda instead

[zinc bolt]

Tinkering with the Jeep this weekend, almost ready for the season to start

[civic spoke]

It's common practice for you to salt the bed of the truck some for the material not to stick as much when it's cold.
But I feel like I could have skipped that today...

I'm loaded with nothing but salt...

[eager grove]

In the UK diesel is always more expensive - but diesels are more fuel efficient, especially if you do a lot of miles (> 12k is a recommendation I heard)

[plucky flame]

Here in the us its been nearly twice the price of e85

[grand shadow]

Usually about 9$ a gallon here in Norway

Or about 2,5$ a liter

[brittle totem]

Oh so it has gone up alot since we where during the summer.

[frigid anchor]

Petrol here in India is 1.17 $ and diesel is 1.1$ per liter

Where as in middle East they pay like half a dollar

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/iNQPNtMYITk

[vocal mural]

https://tenor.com/view/audi-sexy-man-car-wash-wipe-cleaning-gif-12514003

[wispy cloak]

I wish my truck was in there

[rugged lynx]

i like my delsol

i have a few pics parked next to trucks.

[wispy cloak]

This is my audi next to my truck

[rugged lynx]

My truck is pretty ratty lol

50 year old truck that hasent been restored

[misty mantle]

What is it?

[rugged lynx]

1975 chevy c20

[misty mantle]

Ohhh

Cheby

[rugged lynx]

i might get a toyota tacoma. you can treat those like a car too

or a c60. idk

[wispy cloak]

You can treat a lot of trucks like cars

I've been daily driving the f350 because of electrical issues with the audi

If I had the money I'd bs driving a newer f150 5.0 with the 10spd

[misty mantle]

Rip, I doubt diesel is very cheap either

[wispy cloak]

It's not horrible right now actually

I saw $3.53/gal a few days ago

[stoic ledge]

At least price I wouldn't bother turning the car off

[wispy cloak]

I need to fix the audi

[bitter compass]

Pretty much what would happen if they started selling small and normal cars in the us

If anyone would buy them tho..

[bitter compass]

And agreed

Drive around in 1st gear probably too

[stoic ledge]

100% of the time at peak power point

[wispy cloak]

I spend a lot of the time over 20psi of boost

[wispy cloak]

They do sell some smaller cars in the US but as you already know they aren't very popular

[stoic ledge]

Americans be like "Corolla is smol car"

[bitter compass]

Golf smol car 👀

The us needs that punishment that those 45kmh cars are

Share our suffering on the road

[wraith rivet]

it is 😭

I’d say the Camry is better sized

[stoic ledge]

Kek

That's a family car in Europe

[wraith rivet]

I mean it could be

but I would imagine with taller people legroom would be a problem

if the driver or passenger is anyways because then the seats are back more

[stoic ledge]

Corolla might not be the best example, it's not the biggest in its class

But 1m80 should definitely be feasible

[wispy cloak]

When I drive the Audi I sit at eye level with the top of the trunk lid on most regular cars

[dusky torrent]

The Corolla is a small car. It's a compact car

A subcompact car would be something like a Smart Car or BMW i3

[brittle totem]

I wouldn't call it a small car for me a small car is something like a Polo or BMW 1er. The corolla is decent sized car like a golf.

[rugged lynx]

its almost like station wagons are better

[dusky torrent]

https://cdn.jdpower.com/JDPA_2021 Toyota Corolla XSE Red Front Quarter View.jpg

The Corolla is larger than I remember it being

[rugged lynx]

the wheels on my honda are so small there is almost no tires for it

[stoic ledge]

Of many the Wagon is better looking than the Hatch lol

Sedan of the Corolla is discontinued in Europe nowadays

[rugged lynx]

I think we should make bad drivers drive gocarts

small car

[stoic ledge]

Also @brittle totem , a 1er is the same size as a Golf/Corolla/Astra/Focus. All C-segment. Not Polo sized

[stoic ledge]

Bad drivers shouldn't drive. Period.

[rugged lynx]

lol make them drive properly under fear of death

[stoic ledge]

Small cars aren't inherently unsafe

[rugged lynx]

gocarts are

[stoic ledge]

Well lol yes

[feral reef]

A kart is also not a car

[wispy cloak]

They are in the united states

[misty mantle]

Toss a lifted truck behind one and then try to tell me they are safe

[timber oar]

You can't see a damn thing because everyone else driving a damn truck, suv, something huge

My firebird is probably worse than the escalade in that chart though

I'm gonna have to get used to driving it when it actually works

[civic spoke]

Nice and chilly

[timber oar]

What is that i like that dashboard

[wraith rivet]

😮

[civic spoke]

Bmw e46.

[brittle totem]

Perfect car for the "snowstorm" today 🤔

[brittle totem]

That's an low milage e46 my moms f45 is already close to 150k km.

[fathom socket]

.

I've tried out sygic truck nav and it looks ugly af

[edgy quiver]

Opinions about Ford Fusion Sport?

[deep slate]

What year and engine?

[frigid anchor]

My car's hood is soo small I cant even see it from the driver seat , not even with my head touching the roof

[vocal mural]

Try OSMAnd @fathom socket, it is fully customizable

[stoic ledge]

1ER

[eager grove]

Yeah in the states, 'compact' refers to Golf/1 series/A class/Focus/Corolla sized hatchbacks, 3 series/C class/civic sized sedans and (to me, slightly hilariously) Tiguan/Rav4/CR-V/X3/GLC sized SUVs are 'compact SUVs'

I think the major source of confusion is that in Europe a Golf is a class C, so calling it a 'compact hatchback' seems bonkers to up, because it's the largest of 3 sizes of hatchback

whereas in the states, that's 'compact' sized, and anything smaller is 'subcompact' but there's no differentiation between a Mini and a smart car -- mostly because most of the class-a city cars we have in Europe (C1/108/Up!/Ka etc) simply don't exist out there

[civic spoke]

I said to myself "ugh, I should have parked the car in the garage" with the snow storm that we're going to get.
Then I remembered that the car is at the truck parking spot.

[eager grove]

The one that tripped me up when I first heard it was when someone called a Kia Telluride or something a 'mid size crossover' and I was like 'What???'

[civic spoke]

I guess in USA the Volvo V90 is considered small size. I guess?

Here it's a pretty large vehicle.

[eager grove]

Which BMW does that compete with, I can't remember?

In the US they have sub compact, compact, midsize and full size

[civic spoke]

5 series.

[eager grove]

Yeah that's considered a midsize

with the 7 series being the 'full size'

The hilarious thing about the classification is that it's on interior room, so by that metric, the enormous bently convertible is considered 'compact' even though it's 5m long

There simply aren't many SUVs sold in the UK that would be considered full size in the states

BMW X7, Mercedes GLS, Range Rover

[civic spoke]

Those are massive to me.

[eager grove]

Yeah they're big

and they are considered full size out there

though the vehicles they compete with are often truly enormous

[civic spoke]

Suburban and the like.

[eager grove]

Especially like the long wheelbase ones (like the Chevy Suburban/Cadillac Escalade)

yeah exactly

[civic spoke]

Volvo XC90 - A big car.
Compared to the Escalade? Hah, no.

That's the normal wheelbase on the Escalade, too.

[eager grove]

Escalade I think only has one wheelbase?

The bonkers thing is that the interior room doesn't even get that much larger

and also you can't see the different in width either

[civic spoke]

Escalade has a LWB, too.

[eager grove]

nutty

But the pickup trucks that people drive as their personal cars out there are like...the size of a flat bed truck

[civic spoke]

5,766 mm vs 5,382 mm

[eager grove]

I think they sell 1 new truck in the US for every 100 people every yeart

[eager grove]

That's pretty substantial!

[civic spoke]

The Chevy Suburban is almost as long as the LWB Escalade. Which is nuts.

[eager grove]

Yeah, though I don't think they sell many of those. But the amount of F150s and shit

F150 lightning is almost 6 metres long

a full metre longer than an XC90

[brittle totem]

What's up with that orange warning for a snowstorm it barely snow at all where I live.

[civic spoke]

Coming in the afternoon for Stockholm. Apparently.
So... Soon™️, I guess.

[brittle totem]

According to SMHI it would start at 06:00 and end tomorrow at 15:00 🤔

[vocal mural]

I had sleet an hour ago

[civic spoke]

That's the whole warning. No?

[feral reef]

Sleet?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah, I think the European system makes more sense but also that can sometimes be confusing, and it isn't based on hard criteria. Especially pReMiUm cars are often a segment higher as it's size would suggest

[civic spoke]

The whole warning then, I guess. Considering that it spans all across Sweden.

[eager grove]

What do you mean by that?

[eager grove]

mixture of snow and rain

[vocal mural]

Natte Sneeuw

[brittle totem]

Yeah I guess it has offcially started not it snow quite a lot here and it very windy to.

[stoic ledge]

Like a BMW 3er is D-segment but a Skoda Superb also, which is more the size of a 5er

[eager grove]

Huh

I wonder why that is, sounds dumb

[bitter compass]

I kinda think its ridiculous that for sake of pedestrian safety rating an x7 or a f150 is fine

[timber oar]

What i wanna know is why Ford elected to put the shift range sensor inside the transmission instead of outside like a sane person would

For the 6spd auto

[eternal cedar]

Some companies choose to follow car regulations for their SUVs. Honda comes to mind with the CR-V. That being said, the move to SUVs being the more popular mode of travel has caused an increase in emissions and a decrease in safety across the board for sure.

[wheat hatch]

Saw one of those Escalades in the a parking lot at Evidensia in Stockholm. He had to make a 50 point turn just to get out of the parking lot, not even joking. 🤣

[timber oar]

Yeah considering most people i see driving can barely handle a prius much less an suv

Meanwhile i did my permit logging hours in an f150 lmao

[misty mantle]

Has a better turning radius than a '96 Chevy Silverado 2500 Extended cab long bed

My dad has a '17 F150, and the Chevy is my grandpas

[misty mantle]

Yeah, sounds like a standard gas guzzling American luxury SUV

[timber oar]

I like my car Cadillac

Suvs just aren't Cadillac's

Its a suburban they slap the Cadillac badge on

[civic spoke]

Cadillac haven't been Cadillac for a while now.

[misty mantle]

Yee

[timber oar]

Ye Ik it's annoying

They used to be awesome

[misty mantle]

Cadillacs and GMCs are literally just rebadged Chevys with slightly different styling and interior

[civic spoke]

Oh, right. Escalade V is a thing.

Wouldn't you want an Escalade with almost 700 hp?

[misty mantle]

Supercharged 6.2 V8

[civic spoke]

Not sure which engine it is. But it's a 6.2 liter, supercharged.

Oh, it's the LT4

Same engine as the Corvette Z06, CTS-V, Camaro ZL1 and CT5-V Blackwing

[wheat hatch]

Yeah, but to be fair, the V8 did rumble nicely

[tired sundial]

I fully blame the dodge

[misty mantle]

But was it really the Dodges fault though?

[tired sundial]

Idk I think it was

[timber oar]

That looks like a shit show

[winged mica]

wait was one of those you?

[tired sundial]

No

I just saw it happen

I stoped to give dashcam footage because I’m nice

[stoic ledge]

Share it

[wraith rivet]

^ this

@tired sundial

[tired sundial]

I would if I had the sd card I gave it to the lady who got hit

[sinful creek]

Dodge did not, in fact, dodge

[stoic ledge]

Oh damn, probability wouldn't have done that'd. I'd write down their contact info and send a copy to them later when I got home

[tired sundial]

Meh I can aford a 30 gb sd if she doesn’t return it

[wheat hatch]

Lovely March weather

[stoic ledge]

March is still winter

[civic spoke]

Aero wheels.

[brittle totem]

That's what happens when the government doesn't allow bus driver to have proper studded tires because of "environmentally" reasons.

[stoic ledge]

OEF

[wheat hatch]

March is the new December

[stoic ledge]

Who needs seasons anyway

[wheat hatch]

Exactly

[wheat hatch]

Hasn't it always been like this?

I remember as a kid the busses would get stuck or tip over a lot during the winter

Or well, to be fair, the bus stop that I usually took the bus from had a very sharp turn so I guess there is that as well

[wheat hatch]

Don't worry about it, he was just drifting the bus a bit

[brittle totem]

Not sure but it has been while since they changed it. But can you really do anything in that kind of bus if you start to skid in it I can imagine that it quite hard to correct if its even possible.

[wheat hatch]

Nah, thing is too heavy for any fun movements

[stoic ledge]

Driver watched 2much 2Fast2Furious (or rather The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift)

https://tenor.com/view/han-tokyodrift-gif-8353630

[wheat hatch]

[bitter compass]

Eh

March is alright

If it happens in june imma head out

[tired sundial]

Idk what winter is I Live in Florida

[bitter compass]

Imagine its raining alligators, just makes the world look like a mess and its harder to drive/walk around

Just in white

[charred depot]

Always some SUV with tinted windows parked right on a junction, which no one should be doing but it happens. Cant see through them at all in a normal car 🗿

compared to modern stuff im fish tank status other than the fat C pillars

[eager grove]

https://insideevs.com/news/656075/ford-lightning-buyers-use-truck-bed-way-more-than-ice-f150-owners/

Interesting stats here - Electric F150s are being used as trucks way more often than normal F150s

which both makes sense and is hilarious

[charred depot]

It makes sense because the atleast 90% of the people that have bought petrol / diesel pickups is for some delusional reason

[eager grove]

Right

[charred depot]

Those same people probably wouldnt do it for an electric

[eager grove]

Whereas the people spending big bucks on an electric pickup seem to be both non-pickup and non-electric people, and they want to use the hell out of the new thing

Not to mention that, size aside, it's amongst the most practical vehicles in the world. 5 people + a big bed + a trunk off of a 'Compact SUV'

plus offroading capability and breathtaking power

[charred depot]

EV's really demonstrate how much pickups suck. So anyone opting for that vehicle type if sane would do so only with good reason.

[eager grove]

lol 51% of gas F150s are used for home projects once a month

half

[civic spoke]

But we needs our pickup truck.

[charred depot]

My friend has a like 2005 ranger and its just so shit

Just the tip of the iceberg as far as pickup trucks go in America though

[eager grove]

US Rangers aren't the same as the EU/UK ones

There's a guy who parks near my work in an F350, which seems bonkers on UK roads

runs it on biofuel, but still

[charred depot]

barely any F350's imported to UK

When I was at uni in the parking lot a few people had imported dodge rams which I found quite funny.

Ranger in the snow is just awful its not 4WD it doesent have a LSD even the shitty Poojie 504 pickup has a LSD.

Unless you have a fat load its just a RWD car in the snow but amplified 5 times

Bad enough in the rain too, great if you like sliding around roundabouts.

[bitter compass]

Honestly

I don't see any pickups except the hilux

Or if someone wants to fancy

Amarok

[wheat hatch]

Nature:

https://tenor.com/view/writethatdown-gif-5313946

[stoic ledge]

9/10 times I see a pickup truck in NL it's an American pick-up truck

[charred depot]

I see quite a few L200's but those are discontinued

[stoic ledge]

There are already 2 of those in my town (<1000 inhabitants)

Oh and there is a Hilux

But I guess this isn't representative of the country

[charred depot]

few ssangyong pickups around here usually owned by garages

friends unreliable ford being towed

[stoic ledge]

Oh god not the Actyon Sports

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/G7JcFIxBnH4

[charred depot]

Fun to be had with a LHD car in the UK

[wraith rivet]

this is the truck my dad got a few years ago

traded in a pretty much brand new Silverado, that thing was a piece of shit

like 3 months old

[brittle totem]

I would like to se a compression between this and the their AMR23 to how big the difference between those two on track.

[deep zealot]

Picking up S class tomorrow

[stoic ledge]

That's not a BMW

That's illegal

[brittle totem]

Not a BMW 🤔

[deep zealot]

not a BMW

issa V8 tho

[stoic ledge]

Classic BMW moment

(it's slightly downhill)

[fathom socket]

Guys

A genie lamp appeared on my truck dashboard

[civic spoke]

Should probably throw in a liter either way. Or at least half a liter.

[fathom socket]

Where I can get more genie lamps?

[deep zealot]

I wish BMW still had dipsticks

[stoic ledge]

Yeah we found a bottle of his old 318i, same spec oil as far as I can see, half full (~0.5L) so we'll add that anyway

[deep zealot]

instead BMW decided to be dipshits

[stoic ledge]

The electronic dipstick is stupid

[civic spoke]

As long as it's for German/BMW's. Then you can use pretty much any viscosity. 0-30, 0-40, 5-30, 5-40 being the common ones.

[fathom socket]

Now imagine if cars came with lifetime oil like automatic trannies come with

[stoic ledge]

Castrol Edge Titanium 0W30, and it says BMW Longlife 04 which is as far as I can see the correct oil

[civic spoke]

Yupp. That sounds good enough.

[stoic ledge]

My manual transmission is sEaLeD fOr LiFe

[civic spoke]

If I remember correctly. Then as long as it has the LL04, then you're good.

[fathom socket]

But geniuenly.
How often you need to change oil in manual gearbox?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah LL04 is the oil I get from the BMW website based on the license plate / model /..., This is that but just from Castrol (which is a good brand)

[stoic ledge]

We changed the one in the Meriva at ~140k km as my dad thought it went kind of hard

Mine hasn't been replaced yet (160k km)
But 150k-200k I'd say? Also depends on your driving I'd say

[fathom socket]

200k when my gearbox broke

[charred depot]

We never do it outside of after replacing shaft seals / driveshafts.

[fathom socket]

Defective from factory tbh and was never fixed

[charred depot]

Peugeots are very prone to seeping through the shaft seals so its important you atleast check they still have oil heh

You pretty much should replace them any time the shaft is removed but alot of people dont

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that's more a design failure than oil problem probably

[charred depot]

Just not all of them have the plastic thing that protects the seal when you insert a shaft

high chance you knick the seal with the splines

my 305 has too many oil leaks I cant tell if the gearbox is seeping heh

On early boxes there isnt actually a way to check the level without draining and measuring, later boxes has a level port added. I will be fitting a newer gearbox soon.

[fathom socket]

I think mine had the correct level

But the 3rd gear synchro is gone and with gear sheered off the teeth

[civic spoke]

Just replace the gearbox oil whenever you replace your car.

[charred depot]

The box I am fitting has like 400k km on it but my current 250k km one likes to eject out of first gear.

[civic spoke]

But actually. I haven't done mine (yet?).

[charred depot]

only the most patient gear changes

[civic spoke]

The weather was so bad today that I decided to start in second gear most of the time.

[charred depot]

would be doing that in the 305, its so short geared

do like 18mph in 5th

new gearbox is long which is one of the main reasons im fitting it

[civic spoke]

I just did it because it was all just covered in snow. And first gear wouldn't do much either way.

That's how all roads looked like. Or worse.

[charred depot]

Not gotten that bad yet. Still time though.

Need to see if my "winter" set (all seasons) will fit on the 306, tyres might be too big for the arches.

made a big difference on the 305 compared to its usual Falken summers

only put them on the front though because I thought it was funny.

[civic spoke]

This is what my car looked like when I came home to park it.

[charred depot]

we usually get like that for a week or two every year but it is a fun period as basically no one has winter tyres

alot of like 2mph crashes

[charred depot]

speaking of it, its snowing quite heavily now. Got the 306 with 20 year old chinese tyres ideal.

[dusty urchin]

ggsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsdsd

[misty mantle]

You good?

[sinful creek]

This place is going to shit quick lmao

[dusky torrent]

My car is stinking up the garage with it's burning smell brake pads

Ok I admit I was speeding, but please go away smell

I was going 70 in a 45 mph zone🤣

[past copper]

The fact that they say automatic trans fluid will last lifetime is a (insert wan show bleep here) joke, 200,000 miles and I'm sure the previous owner never changed it once. I checked the stick and sure enough brown like oil, it's red now but for as long as the owners manual says "50,000 for heavy use and 100,000 for light use".

[rugged lynx]

OH no, you only run 2-3 times a year, you dont need your legs

[dusky torrent]

Wanna know the nickname I give to the Rimac Nevera?

The Nico Rosberg car

[misty mantle]

There are more gas than diesel F-150s

Did you mean the F-250s and F-350s?

[wispy cloak]

There are diesel f150s?

[misty mantle]

Yep. They are rare, but they exist. Factory 3.0 V6 Diesel churning out 250hp

Only made for a few years

2018-2021, to be exact

Discontinued because no one wanted a diesel F-150

[timber oar]

Wat

diesel f150 sounds lit

[eager grove]

They should all be diesels really

[eager grove]

If you only need one that often, save yourself tens of thousands of dollars, get way better fuel economy, don’t squash pedestrians and get a normal car and hire a truck three times a year

[eager grove]

There’s a diesel Chevy Silverado that’s dope. Can tow like 14000 lbs (7 tons or something) and has legit truck style engine braking out of a straight 6 diesel engine

[eager grove]

I was just making a point that literally half of them are pretty much never used for truck things

[rugged lynx]

no dude lol.

[eager grove]

Fantastic argument, well reasoned

[timber oar]

People buy trucks to drive around

Not actually be trucks

Which is fine

I don't care

But trucks are used as luxury passenger vehicles for the most part

[eager grove]

I mean I do get it

Like part of me really wants one

But it makes no sense

[rugged lynx]

yeah how dare we own one vehicle that happens to be a truck

i should also just rent my tools since i only use each one a few times a year

[timber oar]

Like i said i don't care if people want to have trucks to just drive to work or whatever

I really don't care

[rugged lynx]

warm clothes are only used in the winter, should just rent clothes too

[timber oar]

Let's just not pretend we are actually using trucks to haul stuff that often lmao

[eager grove]

I mean I’m coming down on the side of the argument that does care — there are lots of bad things about this being the case — but I don’t think I care very much about it either. And obviously there are people that need a work vehicle, and trucks make a lot of sense, particularly in rural America where lots of job sites are off dirt or gravel roads or whatever

And I do get the one vehicle thing, for sure

I think for most applications though a panel van, especially a 4wd one beats a truck, but that’s a different argument

[timber oar]

Im just not interested in telling people what to do

[rugged lynx]

oh no the 5 cars i own are so bad, Im totally driving all 5 at once

[timber oar]

Wanna drive a deuce and a half to the grocery store? Idgaf

I know i don't like being told what to do

So i dont do it

[wispy cloak]

Most of the time when I encounter bad drivers it's the people in the tiny cars

Especially nissans, kias, and hyundais

[rugged lynx]

lol you know the demographic that buys those?

[wispy cloak]

My truck almost got clipped today when somebody was merging into my lane and was supposed to yield

They didn't speed up or slow down to get behind me

And obviously didn't even look because my truck is impossible to miss

[wraith rivet]

Nissans fr

some of the worst drivers

[rugged lynx]

low income mostly. and feminists love the kias for some reason. 10 year 100k waranty lol

[wraith rivet]

Nissan drivers are up there with bmw and Mercedes drivers

I nearly got t boned by a Mercedes today

[wispy cloak]

When I drive dumb I make sure that if I wreck I'll only hurt myself

[timber oar]

Kias are honestly the better looking of modern cars

Kias and hyundais

[wraith rivet]

they look cool but the interior quality is still just meh

[timber oar]

I still prefer my old stuff

[rugged lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRqGtGXtG7I&t=296s

[vocal mural]

According to Melvin (MELden van Verstoringen in Infrastructuur Nederland) logic board replacement on junction Terborgseweg/Bedrijvenweg in Doetinchem. I hope the speed/red light camera will be removed there.

[deep zealot]

whys it age restricted

[vocal mural]

I want this combination
KUT020

[foggy nexus]

Am I alone in wishing that Short Circuit does videos on cars that aren't electrified?

Like, no hybrid, no EV, just pure gasoline/diesel

(read, just brrr, no whirrr)

[brittle totem]

Wrong channel to watch then isn't Short Circuit mainly focused on just new tech things.

[foggy nexus]

And are ICE cars obsolete?

[brittle totem]

Nope but the channel is focused on new tech and ice car is obsolete becuase it doesn't happends as much tech wise in that "world" compared to ev "world"

[foggy nexus]

Yeah tech-heads seem to hate ICE

Which puts me in a weird spot, a techie who refuses to let go of gasoline/diesel-fed vehicles

For me, the noise is the main thing that keeps me into ICE

Nothing really can beat the melodious growls of the I5 and V10

V10 anything, as well as I5 anything too

Ah, a Volvo 5 in that thing!

I've been thinking about what car I should get when I move out

The car I'm most tempted by is somewhat related to the XR5, @upbeat hatch

V60 T5

[brittle totem]

I like both ice and ev both are good in their own ways..

[foggy nexus]

It's a wagon, so it's better than a crossover.

[bitter compass]

Wagon wuuuuu

[foggy nexus]

(although the image is from Germany, not Canada)

I specifically picked the V60 because it's not a crossover, SUV or pickup

[bitter compass]

Would say why not an audi or bmw but then i saw Canada

[foggy nexus]

The I5 was the main thing that sold me

[bitter compass]

Fair

[foggy nexus]

Need that mini-V10 roar

[brittle totem]

Yeah wagons it better the crossover and SUV in every eay if you dont need that extra ground clearance that no ones really needs that buys SUV anyway.

[bitter compass]

No i imagine putting rs3 organs into a golf variant

I kinda want that now

[foggy nexus]

I thought of that too

Pacific Blue Golf Sportwagen on TE37s

Yes, Pacific Blue, like the iPhone.

[bitter compass]

It probably won't even take many or any modifications

[foggy nexus]

An American company called Innovative Motorsports does it for you, for about $30,000.

https://www.imsperformance.com/#Section-DAZA-DT

[bitter compass]

Germanys laws probably say no

[foggy nexus]

Yeah no.

I'm also thinking of EV-fying a kei van eventually

[bitter compass]

You would need to get any modifications listed and an angry german man has to look over it and say yes

[foggy nexus]

Imagine a 60 or so horsepower e-motor in one of these

The electric motor also has a nice place to sit in, under the rear cargo area

[bitter compass]

If you put batteries in it with a 60hp engine you just end up with a vw up van without an angry 3 pot screaming at you on the highway

[brittle totem]

Well doesn't the cupra leon sportstourer vz come with the same i5 as as the RS3.

[foggy nexus]

I think that was a Cupra Formentor VZ5

[bitter compass]

Arent all cupras now the 1.6 hybrids?

Or do the spanish just scam us germans

Ok they sell 2.0 now..

But not the angry audi 5 pot

Also yikes 51k for a spanish golf r wagon

[brittle totem]

Nope ? Their is an 2.0tsi 300hp+ on every Cupra but the born and 390hp 2,5tsi on the Formantor.

67k$ for the base VZ5 formantor in Sweden

[bitter compass]

2.5 in leon would be fancy i guess

And the new leon looks better than the golf too 👀

Would still get an octavia over both

Uhh what

3 series is kinda boring tho

Everyone and his mom has one

Idk if bmw, id always go for an alpina just to have not a bmw

It's just beeing surrounded by too many

[brittle totem]

Yeah I like the Cupra leon more then Gold R and its cheaper to and quite a lot cheaper actully i think their like a 10k diffrence between the Leon And the Golf R.

Here in Sweden we only got the wagon version of the M340I/M340D and it starts at 106k AUD i guess it's becuase Swedes loves wagons so much and most family have wagon instead of crossover/SUV here.

[icy osprey]

Looks like a toy car cause I was upstairs 😭

That was at a history museum I went to

Pretty W

[lone wren]

Hey anybody familiar with Toyota Camry s from 2007??

[vocal mural]

Fuck Amsterdam
020 is referring to the phone number of Amsterdam.

[stoic ledge]

Yikes

[charred depot]

id never really been in a SUV before, got driven around in a new mercedes one going 100mph at points. If I had to guess id have said we were doing 70 heh.

[wispy cloak]

Tronk

[deep zealot]

that’s….. still a bmw

[pearl tiger]

hi

[misty mantle]

https://tenor.com/view/ayo-the-chat-is-dead-gif-22820552

[fading bane]

i'm scared of this gen of camry in particular

unintended acceleration

[foggy nexus]

Man, kei cars are beautiful

[lone wren]

I've got the se model and it's been a project so far dude

[fading bane]

how is a 2007 camry se a project car???

[civic spoke]

Why not? Any car can be a project car.

[fading bane]

I know, but is it from an accident? Got it for dirt cheap and trying to restore it? AutoZone tacky modding project??? What's the purpose for it to be a project????

[lone wren]

I've already dropped like 4k into it with repairs from the previous owner

[fading bane]

on what

[civic spoke]

sunk-cost fallacy? Is that it?

[fading bane]

I ain't dumping 4k on a 07 camry

on top of the price i paid before

[lone wren]

New driveshaft and other repairs. It wasn't really taken care of

[fading bane]

should have got an es350 at that point

[wispy cloak]

Should have gotten an F350

[timber oar]

I only reserve that kind of money dumping for cars i really like

Which is unfortunately everything i own but it is what it is

[silk crystal]

Shiii, clean carfax

[bitter compass]

Yes.

[deep zealot]

took her out on a wash

[fathom socket]

I'm not going home

Yay

[tired sundial]

Fun

[vocal mural]

Person drowning?

https://tenor.com/view/maeiba-maeeiba-maeibaa-drown-drowning-gif-25204259

[fathom socket]

Drowning in adblue

[civic spoke]

Drowning in urea.

[fathom socket]

Such strong winds

Can't open the door

[wide hemlock]

Car

Swedish Honda civic

[civic spoke]

True box car.

Does the Volvo emblem still point towards the hood latch on those earlier models?

I'm thinking of that slash that goes through the grill.

[wide hemlock]

Pretty sure

That car is taken apart in my parents back yard rn

New gaskets all round the engine

[wide hemlock]

I like my s40 more

[vocal mural]

Your secret area

[civic spoke]

Ugh. Letting the truck regen.

[vocal mural]

Snow

[wispy cloak]

Def moment

[vocal mural]

Time to look at ANWB Onderweg🤔

[tired sundial]

Ok so hear me out

We start a oil change shop

And hire someone to drain nearby cars oil