cars

[tired sundial]

Then poepl come to us for oil

[cobalt dune]

interesting concept

[tired sundial]

Yes

[stoic ledge]

Guess what car I'm going to look at tomorrow (and maybe buy)

[novel relic]

Vroom vrooming be expensive

[brittle totem]

114D 😏

[novel relic]

1.9tdi Skoda Octavia

[stoic ledge]

Kekw no diesel, I don´t like paying nearly 200/month in tax

[grand shadow]

Our tesla literally just started burning, fuck

[grand shadow]

Or I think it is, there’s smoke coming from under it

[civic spoke]

That's uhh, not good.

[novel relic]

Sounds like a tesla
Hope you got plenty of water cuz those can spontaneously combust

[civic spoke]

I just hope that it isn't in a garage of sorts.

[grand shadow]

Nope its in the snow

[cobalt dune]

well, at least there's water nearby to extinguish it

[wraith rivet]

send picture

[timber oar]

I'm not a smart man

But i know teslas aren't supposed to light on fire

[feral reef]

Very nice

[bitter compass]

Well there are other small cars to choose from

I'll go bury myself right now

[summer tusk]

You must've installed the internal combustion mod. Have you tried turning it on and off? If yes, try to perform a hard reset

[bitter compass]

Im kinda waiting for the day a tesla gets ransomware

I think that would be hilarious

[fathom socket]

Is that a generator?

[civic spoke]

You know it.

[fathom socket]

I think the best thing would be to bury it in a ditch

[cobalt dune]

lmao true

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/hHhf223jGIE

[compact grotto]

https://youtu.be/6JP9Swop_Fg

[limber pine]

Just found a car in New Jersey I want so bad not sure if it's legal in Massachusetts though...

https://boekiusa.com/inventory/all-stations/all-cities/all-vehicles/available/Suzuki-Carry-Mini-Truck/NzAx

[timber oar]

Those are really neat

Austin Niemela has one

[rich garnet]

Honestly I probably won’t go but tx2k is basically this week

Honestly it’s mostly the prices of the tickets

[rugged lynx]

i like this bike

[clear mortar]

Porsche Tycan Turbo S kinda cool ig

[grand shadow]

Good News it didn’t burn to the ground

[cobalt dune]

the wheelbarrow has acquired its weight saving paint chips

[supple anchor]

Thanks

[civic spoke]

Is it technically a bicycle? Or rather, low enough cc not to be registered?

[supple anchor]

It’s a motorcycle

It’s a 125cc

[dusky torrent]

It's one of the finer electric vehicles

Rivians are growing popular

And almost every Taycan I've seen is white. From what I've seen, white is the most popular color choice on the Taycan

[vocal mural]

And how much kW?

[civic spoke]

I'm guessing 10 hp or less.

So under 7.5 kW.

[supple anchor]

It’s supposed to have 14 hp

[civic spoke]

Sounds like the high end for a 125. But not impossible.

[dusky torrent]

This is serious, right?

Imagine Hamilton with Ferrari. That's the most wild thing ever

Hamilton has been with Mercedes for so many years. It's odd to think of him in any other team besides Mercedes

[civic spoke]

I would really want something like an MT-07, or a BMW F650GS.

Yes. Please.

f800gs

[supple anchor]

Might be running a bit rich

[civic spoke]

Better than running lean.

[sweet aspen]

I have to get my Kia Optima scheduled to get a software update hopefully that'll stop people from trying to steal it.

[civic spoke]

Don't worry. I won't try and steal it.
Just let me know where you park it and I'll keep an eye on it for you.

[wraith rivet]

the weirdest thing happened to me 2 or 3 times now

it rained a few days ago so i was using my wipers, but now it's not raining anymore so i have them off instead of auto

but for some reason, randomly a few times when i've gotten in the car and started it the wipers start wiping

idk if I'm somehow accidentally hitting the wiper stalk or what but it's happened on multiple occasions which makes me question it

[normal trout]

😭

[bitter compass]

Good news

[viscid atlas]

a hose wont help with a lithium fire lol

kinda have to wait till it all burns...

[stoic ledge]

€16.700 here so ~18k USD

Used to start at €13230 here

[stoic ledge]

Smart ForTwo is definitely the superior EV

[vocal mural]

Well, in most European countries you can that category of motorcycle A1 = <125CC, 11kW when you are 16, although in the Netherlands and Belgium the age restriction is 18.

[plucky flame]

Fuck off youre gaslighting us

In fact youre gaslighting yourself

[brittle totem]

That used price is roughly €1k less then what my mom paid for hers F45 225i xDrive.

[civic spoke]

I'm asking myself if I should get an action camera to record stuff with. idk

DJI Osmo Action 3 is on my list.

[bitter compass]

That sounds like a mate of me who's father owns a merc dealership

[stoic ledge]

Wot

Not my car fyi

Just saw one today, think it's the only one I've ever seen

[stoic ledge]

Well try getting a new 2er AT nowadays, 40+k base

[plucky flame]

I would be surprised if it could drive 50ft with the amount of battery they would be able to squeeze in there

[brittle totem]

They where quite expensive before new two they where like 40k+ if you wanted a decent spec one basically the same as what an 3 series used to cost new a few years ago.

[stoic ledge]

For the average American that's probably true, otherwise ~70 miles

Definitely for city/town/... Driving only

[plucky flame]

Aint no damn way

[stoic ledge]

17.6kWh battery, that's generally doable

[stoic ledge]

New 3er starts at 54k apparently today, checked it today coincidentally The one my brother had before, 2010, was 45k of something like that basically fully loaded (except engine upgrade)

[brittle totem]

The base 2er AT starts at 42k here. I guess that it is 55k+ in the Netherlands.

[stoic ledge]

I think the PHEV is the cheapest, not much emissions tax on there usually

320e is less than a 318i here for example

[stoic ledge]

42k for the 216i, 47.6k for the 225xe apparently

So similar pricing then Sweden 🤔

But yours is probably specced better

Winter Pack etc as standard?

[brittle totem]

The base 3 series is cheaper but that's for the 320i the 2er only comes as 225e and 230e here they ditched the none PHEV 2er for the new generation apparently.

[stoic ledge]

We can still get the 2AT as just a 216i

Damn even diesels

216i 218i 220i 223i 218d 223d, and then the 225e and 230e

[brittle totem]

There is no "Winter pack" here but heated seats and heated steering wheel is not uncommon here nowadays on brand new cars as standard if they are like 40k or above. My dads Passat came with Heated seats, 3 stages heated steering wheel and diseal heater as standard and 4 motion included in the company spec one.

[brittle totem]

Never heard of the 223D.

[stoic ledge]

New for this gen I think

Same for the 223i

[brittle totem]

[stoic ledge]

That's definitely the worst angle

[novel relic]

Bruh, why is the front all grill and no headlight lmao

[brittle totem]

And why is there a cabriolet version of the T-Roc ?

[novel relic]

So they finally have an SUV with a lower centre of gravity

[brittle totem]

"SUV" with unusable rear seats and no luggage space seems like great idea.

[stoic ledge]

The T-Roc is already a meh car imho .. the convertible is even worse

Although for some reason it sells decent

[novel relic]

You just whole described the whole compact crossover body type lol

[stoic ledge]

[rugged lynx]

i wanted to put a bike engine in those

[stoic ledge]

Do it

[rugged lynx]

i have 8 cars already

[final star]

Today I will play Hearts of Iron 4 in the car

[pearl tiger]

oh one of those cheap china android head units?

[final star]

yeah

they do the job good enough as the brand name ones tbh and its a cheap car so

[dusky torrent]

Sounds like something a Tesla owner would do

[timber oar]

Uh Wtf is it

I can't tell

Lambo?

[cobalt dune]

nice

i do quite like the Aventadors

just a shame they're slowly transitioning away from naturally aspirated V12s towards hybrids

[acoustic igloo]

fresh whip

[frigid anchor]

Just seems like a raised convertible

[wheat hatch]

https://tenor.com/view/reaction-my-eyes-cant-unsee-burn-gif-7225082

[eager grove]

I get why the normal TROC sells well

it's a Polo with a boot big enough for small families that's styled like an SUV

but the cabrio is like wtf

like the cabrio Evoque

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so basically it's a Polo priced like a Golf

[eager grove]

But narrower and easier to park and mums like them more

I@m not saying it's good

just that it's easy to understand the appeal

[brittle totem]

Isen't the T-cross the "polo suv" ?

[eager grove]

There's sort of three SUVs (T Cross/TRoc/Tiguan) that map onto 2 hatchbacks (Golf/Polo) in a non-exact manner

@brittle totem we definitely think of the Tiguan as the SUV Golf - but the Polo and TRoc are closer in size

I think the TCross is also slightly bigger than a Polo, but it's practically the same szie

[wheat hatch]

@stoic ledge Jesus christ

[stoic ledge]

Bruh Escalate is the same height as me

[wheat hatch]

Escalade can just drive over me without noticing it

[stoic ledge]

That's the American way

😎

[stoic ledge]

And then there's also the Taigo now which is like a slighty sportier T-Cross which is actually cheaper than the T-Cross while being longer

But yes most CUV's are often slightly larger than the "regular" car it's based on

[eager grove]

The lineup is hella confusing

and they have another different one in the US! It's bonkers, how can they have enough bandwidth for that many teeny SUVs in a time where most manufacturers are drastically simplifying their lineups

[stoic ledge]

Yeah the Taos I think?

Which is similar sized to the regular Tiguan we get

But based on the Karoq so a "cheaper" platform

Which in China is being sold remodeled again as a Jetta VS5 or something

Also the same platform as the T-Roc I think

[stoic ledge]

Oh Jetta is actually a brand in China, not to be confused with the Jetta model name also used by VW

[eager grove]

lmao

wut

[stoic ledge]

But yeah brands are scrapping models left and right, and they have multiple models within the same class

[eager grove]

Ford ditched cars in north america a couple years back, which definitely looks like the smart move

and mercedes is about to kill everyting

[stoic ledge]

Well Ford is also killing all in Europe

Mondeo is already gone, there won't be a next Fiesta. S-Max and Galaxy are cancelled this weekend I heard

Only "car" left for now is the Focus

[eager grove]

Like what are they even going to sell here? Just a Focus and a Kuga?

Ecosport maybe

and the mustang mach e

[eager grove]

Still sell mustangs don't they?

[stoic ledge]

Mustang is also still available yes

[stoic ledge]

Fiesta is more "replaced" or getting replaced by the Puma

[eager grove]

In the US it's all Explorers, escapes and F150s and they only sold the Escape of those here briefly

[stoic ledge]

Last 2 gens Escape were the Kuga here

Maybe you're thinking about the Edge above the Kuga/Escape which they sold in Europe briefly?

[vocal mural]

Ford focuses on focus

[stoic ledge]

[eager grove]

I do mean that

[novel relic]

Vroom vrum

[feral reef]

Wiiiide car

Did you make it wider in post? Haha

[novel relic]

Nah this was the original, wide angle lol

[feral reef]

You guys are clearly fans of japanse cars, haha

[novel relic]

:0

How can you tell??

[feral reef]

Intuition

[novel relic]

That ND, What year is it

[feral reef]

It's a 2017, so only barely an ND1 still

End of 2017 even

[novel relic]

160hp model?

[feral reef]

Yes

[novel relic]

Smol car, not like we can rlly go fast anywhere anymore anyway

[feral reef]

Officially 😉 😉

[stoic ledge]

Hehe pp

[novel relic]

Yea fr lmao

[feral reef]

Never gets old, haha

[stoic ledge]

[bitter compass]

Me like mx5

[stoic ledge]

Went to buy a new car this weekend
Sold before I could buy it
🥹

Advert was online 1 day

[fathom socket]

Is it the peugeot 3008 small or is the peugeot 307 big?

[feral reef]

That happend to the first MX5 I tried to buy

[novel relic]

Was driving to the coffee shop earlier, drove 120 through a like 90* corner, and some rover 45 was chasing lmao

[feral reef]

hahaha

[novel relic]

Same speed behind me lol

[stoic ledge]

Very sad

I found a better one which is only 35% more expensive

[bitter compass]

Can we use measurements that aren't Peugeot models because thats just numbers that are confusing

[feral reef]

Reminds me of when I was in France and I chased a car on some twisty mountain roads, was nuts

[novel relic]

We was in a 70 zone right outside of town lmao

[fathom socket]

https://www.carsized.com/en/cars/compare/peugeot-3008-2008-suv-vs-peugeot-307-2001-estate/

[feral reef]

Was around here, would lie if I said it wasn’t a bit scary 😂

[novel relic]

Jesus what a view

Send me location

[feral reef]

Cassis

[bitter compass]

Oh 307 is long boy Peugeot

[feral reef]

Route des Cretes

[feral reef]

Somewhere around here https://www.google.com/maps/@43.1971807,5.5527134,3a,75y,257.51h,77.23t/data=!3m7!1e1!3m5!1sth8qsPeBUsJJXG1sH-rkdg!2e0!6shttps:%2F%2Fstreetviewpixels-pa.googleapis.com%2Fv1%2Fthumbnail%3Fpanoid%3Dth8qsPeBUsJJXG1sH-rkdg%26cb_client%3Dsearch.revgeo_and_fetch.gps%26w%3D96%26h%3D64%26yaw%3D171.67006%26pitch%3D0%26thumbfov%3D100!7i13312!8i6656

[bitter compass]

Looks warm, i wanna be there

[feral reef]

It was ridiculously hot

[novel relic]

My guy you talking about this road??

Need to do that this summer

[stoic ledge]

That's why I wanted to buy a car with seat ventilation 🥲

[feral reef]

Yes

[novel relic]

Pffft, get coochie cooler cars

[fathom socket]

Somehow my iveco stralis came with ventilated seats

[feral reef]

I need this

[bitter compass]

Na too modern real man sweat into their car that's equipped worse than a 90s golf

[stoic ledge]

Can't as the car is sold already

[feral reef]

Sometimes it was too hot to drive with the top down

[fathom socket]

And it sometimes randomly turns on the heater instead of the ventilation because Fiat quality

[stoic ledge]

Mean reason I wanted it

[stoic ledge]

Kek always nice

[feral reef]

This is down in the town of the previous picture

[fathom socket]

That reminds me of useless inventions

[novel relic]

I mean, they sure ain't useless in summer

[feral reef]

Can I rip this out of your car and put it into mine?

[bitter compass]

Reminds me of learning to drive an a cabrio in the warmest summer ever.. in traffic jams

[fathom socket]

Sorry

Uneccesary inventions

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

This

[novel relic]

The Mazda and the Toyota have it installed lmao
90s simplicity

[feral reef]

ooooh, fresh

[stoic ledge]

Just reroute an airduct behind your dash

Ez to install

[feral reef]

Lol, found a video of that cliff

That was slightly terrifying

[stoic ledge]

Don't trip

[feral reef]

haha, I remember sending that video to my mom, she did not agree with me being there 😂

[novel relic]

Pfft, can't see why

[feral reef]

Wait actually @stoic ledge you said you were buying a car, another Corsa? 😂

[stoic ledge]

No an Astra

But fully loaded

So with cooled massaging seats, matrix LED headlights etc

[feral reef]

https://tenor.com/view/poggers-pepe-gif-12187647

How does an Astra have massaging seats

What reality do we live in

[stoic ledge]

Yeah

That's why I wanted it

Original Dutch car also

[novel relic]

I had to drive one of those when I did my driving test

It had suuuch a lazy engine

1.8d or something with 350k km doing driving lessons

[feral reef]

Most of my driving lessons were with the 2.0 TDI Golf

That was actually quite rapid

[novel relic]

I failed my driving test the first time with that car, I was foot flat in third gear, trying to accelerate, failed me for driving slowly

[stoic ledge]

I doubt it was this gen then

[fathom socket]

There are any long bed pickup truck here in Europe?

[stoic ledge]

They only had 1.6's as diesels in these, single or bi turbo ranging from 95hp to 160hp (NL didn't get the 95hp, 110/136/160hp only)

This was the 1.4 Turbo 150

Other markets also got the 1.4 Turbo as 125hp but we didn't

Older Astra's were available with for example 1.7 CDTi's and 1.9 CDTI's (also 1.3 CDTI's)

[stoic ledge]

Depends what you call long bed, there are single cabs

[fathom socket]

single cab basically.
All I can find are crew cabs

something around 180cm lenght or longer

or should be better off with mini bus/panel van

[stoic ledge]

Stuff like a Hilux, L200, D-Max, Ranger we're available as a single cab

[fathom socket]

Honestly As much as I love station wagons, I only been using it to haul stuff around

[stoic ledge]

Amarok I don't think it was on the European market but it was on others

[charred depot]

we have a single cab ranger and 2 peugeot 504 pickups : )

[stoic ledge]

504 Pick-up is best

[charred depot]

it is, the ranger is awful

Im sure all 504 pickups came with an LSD

[fathom socket]

I guess the 504 would die where I would go

[charred depot]

why?

[fathom socket]

10% hill

[stoic ledge]

Dacia Logan Pickup

[charred depot]

Can fit a TD into a 504 easily.

But the N/A ones are geared for what they are.

[fathom socket]

IF I could fit it with an euro 5 diesel

[charred depot]

like the 504 have a top speed limited by their gear, my friends is a 4 speed you basically redline at 80mph.

the other one is a 5spd but not on the road.

[stoic ledge]

Apparently also sold as Nissan (NP200)... And it was waaaaaaay ahead of the tEsLa cYbErTrUcK with an ATV in the bed

[charred depot]

Proton jumbuck

still fairly common here

well, common for a uncommon car.

[stoic ledge]

Wow I never knew those existed

[charred depot]

My friend did this

[stoic ledge]

Very effective

[fathom socket]

it looks like something from top gear

back when it still was it's thing

[stoic ledge]

Dacia basically did they but then from the factory

With the Dokker

Those all started as just vans

[fathom socket]

so it's a cut-off panel van

[stoic ledge]

Basically

[charred depot]

not a single cab but my friend owned a tata loadbeta for a while.

[fathom socket]

Currently I have Fiat Doblo, and I don't like it

[stoic ledge]

Where's Peugeot 307

[fathom socket]

at least it's not mine

[fathom socket]

confiscated

[stoic ledge]

Oef

[fathom socket]

or I pay more than the car is worth to get it back. (it also needs new gearbox and breake rotors)

OR get another car

[stoic ledge]

Understandable

Idk what you're willing to spend on a car?

Is there a benefit in some way to get a van/pickup over a large car?

[fathom socket]

honestly I need something for long trips and hauling lots of stuff

since that's what I'm doing 80% of the time

[stoic ledge]

You can get a Dacia Lodgy for 5-8k on LPG, take out the back seats and it's a massive van basically. 1.6 on LPG isn't fast but at least it's reliable

Flipped up here but I'm certain you can take it out completely

[fathom socket]

would need to install a devider or something

[stoic ledge]

With rear seats folded, the bootspace from the bottom of the trunk up to the roof of Dacia Lodgy is 2617 l.

Probably best yeah

Renault Kangoo Maxi can fit 2 europallets, up to 4.6m³

Ngl if you need to haul a lot of stuff, a van is probably better

[fathom socket]

a pickup truck would be easier to load

but also looked in to them and freaking 3000 KG?

for single cab hilux

[stoic ledge]

I think you can load them up to 3t

Empty they're like 1.9t

[fathom socket]

ah

still have plenty of time to think

[civic spoke]

I did my good deeds today.

[timber oar]

A hilux isn't even a real truck compared to what I'm used to lol

[stoic ledge]

American high fuel prices aren't high fuel prices compared to what I'm used to lol

😛

[timber oar]

Rofl

[civic spoke]

I would happily pay what people in USA pay for their fuel.

[timber oar]

Lets fucking go the current Hilux generation still has a stick

Only 4500lb

Heavier than my 4runner but still not a truck truck

[fathom socket]

For me a real truck is this

[timber oar]

It would do the job i bet

I don't mean a friggin semi lmao

[stoic ledge]

A real truck is... broken? 😛

[timber oar]

1500 or 2500 pickup

[fathom socket]

Basically run down neglected piece of crap fiat

[timber oar]

Correct me if I'm wrong but fiats are big suck

Yes?

[stoic ledge]

The answer is it depends

[timber oar]

I never drove one and i rarely see one here

[stoic ledge]

They only European country where they're still very big is Italy I think

Also as they basically haven't come out with new models in years

[fathom socket]

My iveco stralis basically feel like it's a vehicle from 2003

And it keeps breaking down because adblue problems and electrical problems

[timber oar]

I pretty much see... All the main American brands ofc, bmw, Mercedes, some minis here and there

[fathom socket]

And I ha e a 2016 Fiat doblo, but can't really say much about it other that it's super basic

[timber oar]

Shitloads of both Korean brands as well as Japanese brands

[fathom socket]

Alltoeugh Fiat tipo is pretty popular

[timber oar]

Fiat is Italian tho right?

[bitter compass]

Hmmm what is a general opinion on an Audi S1

Are they good cars or are they boring

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that's very... Fiat. Like take their best sellers... the 500, the Panda and (related) the Lancia Ypsilon, I think those even were the top 3 selling cars in Italy last year... are based on the 2nd gen Panda from 2003! Fiat 500 is basically unchanged since 2006. Ypsilon isn't even sold anymore outside Europe

500X is decent if you got the right engine, otherwise you only have the Tipo left which only sells decent in Italy and Turkey I think, they removed the Punto which is the most popular segment in Europe.... just some weird strategies and old cars

[stoic ledge]

I think it's a Golf R with less power in a smaller package? So probably quite fun

[civic spoke]

I've only driven a loaner A1. Which was buckets of fun. Have to treat FWD cars harshly to have fun with them.

[civic spoke]

Comparing it to a Golf R is too generous.

[bitter compass]

Its more like a polo gti with awd

[stoic ledge]

Well it's more than a GTI as it has the Haldex AWD

[bitter compass]

I guess

[stoic ledge]

Polo sized, Golf GTI engine and AWD

Polo GTI at the time had 1.4 TSI or 1.8 TSI

[civic spoke]

Pretty much.

[bitter compass]

Polo gti also has the 2L of the golf

[stoic ledge]

It does now

Not when the S1 was a thing

[bitter compass]

Like

A 50k km 2017 s1 is like 20k €

It a small car which i like

[civic spoke]

The current generation A1 with the big engine is pretty similar to the Polo GTI. Pretty much the same power.

[bitter compass]

Its a manual

231 hp goes wee? Maybe

But it be heavy boy

[charred depot]

I hate seeing the power numbers of normal modern cars

me heavily modifying my 80's daily car to achieve 120hp

[civic spoke]

I prefer seeing lighter weights.

[civic spoke]

Turbo goes BRRR

[bitter compass]

1.4t do being heavy for small car

[charred depot]

I dont really care about having a fest car but its still funny to see.

[civic spoke]

I would probably put on some smaller rims on the S1. But that's just me.

[bitter compass]

I feel like a polo gti or a i20n would be the smarter decision

Especially in regards of space

Polo being kinda big tho

[stoic ledge]

GR Yaris

[civic spoke]

Hard to tell. The Audi is probably a notch above in terms of interior quality.

[bitter compass]

And polo would need to be pre facelift

Because holy shit that rear ugly

[civic spoke]

I don't even know if they sell the Polo here anymore. Sadge.

[stoic ledge]

Finally someone with sense

I've been saying that also but others are like "i LiKe It iT lOoKs LiKe ThE gOlF"

It's hideous

[civic spoke]

Smallest VW here seems to be the Golf.

[bitter compass]

I think the golf will age fairly well

Polo wont..

[civic spoke]

I just hate the interior of the Mk8 Golf.

[charred depot]

Audi's I always struggle to tell the age of

[stoic ledge]

How's that an improvement

[civic spoke]

Mk7.5 was peak Golf.

[bitter compass]

Ye

[civic spoke]

I prefer the old Polo

[stoic ledge]

Same

[charred depot]

A friend of mine had a tidy 2008 A3 in a fancy light blue and honestly id have thought it was a 2018 if our plates werent dated

[stoic ledge]

My neighbour has a 2006 A3 with 2011 plates, if you wouldn't know it could easily be mistaken for a 2011

But yeah Audi's are often timeless

And I don't they look great when new

But they age well as they get older

[civic spoke]

Many of the Audi's look the same.

[bitter compass]

That's kinda what that somewhat boring design does well at

[charred depot]

I know the individual identities of most brands but with audi its just, oh an audi.

[stoic ledge]

Also really depends on the spec and condition, some same gen A3's sometimes even newer look waaaaay older as they're driven by chavs

[civic spoke]

Anything from the A4 B8.5 and onwards from Audi look super similar.

[bitter compass]

I think the best looking Audis were the oldest ones

[civic spoke]

This is a 10 year old car. Still looks the same as the current ones.

[bitter compass]

Like idk audi 5000 i like

[charred depot]

My friend used to have a Audi 80 B2, hes had hundreds of cars but thats the main one he regrets not still having.

[civic spoke]

I believe my family used to have an Audi 80 before? Can't remember.

[charred depot]

they have a similar read end to my 305 heh

[bitter compass]

Audi 80 b1 is also quite fine looking las

Lad

[charred depot]

basically the same thing

[bitter compass]

Also the polo audi 50

[civic spoke]

"Mom can we have Audi 80 ABT?"
"No, son. We have Audi 80 at home."

[misty mantle]

Good lord, there is enough space in between the front on the engine and the front of the car to stick another Miata engine in there sideways

[fathom socket]

What car

[misty mantle]

Wrecked Miata

guy is pulling the engine and transmission to put in another Miata with a blown engine for a customer

@fathom socket

[fathom socket]

Ye

[misty mantle]

Half the time I forget you can reply to messages......

and my lazy ass doesn't want to delete the message I already sent

[fathom socket]

Oh lol

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/8kWGWkA58VE

[misty mantle]

Yep, thats the video

[fathom socket]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202301233537832?sort=price-asc&model=A4 Avant&year-to=2008&include-delivery-option=on&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=le23rs&radius=1500&make=Audi&year-from=2005&page=1

Should I buy it?

[stoic ledge]

CVT no

[fathom socket]

Is the cat bad?

Cvt*

[civic spoke]

Stupid bots.

[stoic ledge]

CVT's in general aren't great, the Audi's are even worse and will definitely go bad

[civic spoke]

It might have an immobilizer issue as well. Not sure.

[stoic ledge]

Heh censored

[civic spoke]

It starts, but cuts off.

[fathom socket]

Oh

Which one should I go for?

Looking for a b7 a4

[misty mantle]

Who the fuck buys a diesel with a CVT transmission

[fathom socket]

Whoever is selling that car is

[civic spoke]

It's also mentioned to be sold for parts/spares.

[stoic ledge]

Imho if you're looking for around 2k: none? They'll all have things and if they don't have faults now, they'll come soon. And with pReMiUm Audi's, also expect premium repair prices

If you really want one, I guess a 1.9 TDI is the best bet?

[fathom socket]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303115139482?sort=price-asc&model=A4 Avant&year-to=2008&include-delivery-option=on&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&advertising-location=at_cars&postcode=le23rs&radius=1500&make=Audi&year-from=2005&page=1

What about this one

[fathom socket]

Too slow

[charred depot]

back at the service center quicker than you can say vorsprung durch technik

[fathom socket]

My dad had a 2.0 tdi 140 hp and it still felt slow af

[civic spoke]

That one sounds like a better deal.

[fathom socket]

The 1.8 t is an older engine tho right?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah, it's not the TFSI

Which I think is better

(this one better)

(TFSI worse)

[fathom socket]

Audi tfsi can’t win anything apart from who can consume the most oil

(At least the 2.0 tfsi from that era cant)

[charred depot]

just get a old one with a 1.9tdi and make it fest

[fathom socket]

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202303064964166?include-delivery-option=on&sort=price-asc&onesearchad=New&onesearchad=Nearly New&onesearchad=Used&maximum-badge-engine-size=1.9&minimum-badge-engine-size=1.9&postcode=le23rs&radius=1500&make=Audi&advertising-location=at_cars&page=1

Like this?

[charred depot]

mhm but I hate the rear end of those

[brittle totem]

Yeah this is werid spec no automatic climate control but it does have the automatic matrix leds and auto parking.

[wraith rivet]

that is quite weird

[brittle totem]

Always top tier tiers with VW loaners

Slightly uphill with basically as little throttle that you can give it to move forward and barely any grip at all.

Apperently they need to replace the gearbox on my dads passat Great quailty 2years and 58k km and it already needs a new gearbox.

[feral reef]

Maybe you’ve been sending it too hard

[brittle totem]

Not sure how they came up with that we haven't notcied anything that has felt wrong with it. But its coverd under warrenty anyways so it's fine.

[jade gale]

https://www.instagram.com/reel/Cm__GkGqUpW/?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

[brittle totem]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CHSgj-rTpj4

[stoic ledge]

That's exactly the quality I expect from a VW

Also what loaner is that

[brittle totem]

T-Roc

[stoic ledge]

Aaah yes forgot they revised that interior

Pre-facelift, but you could get the T-Roc R without dual zone climate control

Idk if that's still the case

[brittle totem]

The T-Roc R comes pretty much fully loaded here as standard or that's at least how it used to be like not sure how its now when Volkswagen have removed a bunch of a stuff that used to be standard on there cars and make them optional extras.

[stoic ledge]

It's not even available here anymore, but it used to come almost fully loaded. As here they are/were fairly expensive due to the emissions tax, which would make it odd to ship them without such features.

But in other countries like Germany you could get the R without dual zone climate control

Hmm so the T-Roc R started at €56k in 2020

I see a facelifted 2.0 TSI R-LINE BUSINESS+ was already €50k last year (but also discontinued now) so the R probably goes to €60+k

Starting at €51k in Germany I see, + €28k emissions tax... Yeah that's €79k

[brittle totem]

€44,2k for the base T-Roc R and €51k for a decent speced one. The used to be like like €40k for a fully loaded one like 2 years ago. But why would anyone go for an T-roc R when Formentor VZ is cheaper and has everything you basically want on such a car as standard.

[stoic ledge]

I feel like I've said this before... But for every VW there's a better option within VAG

😛

Maybe 😛

[brittle totem]

Yeah that pretty much true but when my dad got his Passat it was actually the best option within VAG we did Look at SEAT Ateca, Skoda superb and the Cupra Formentor VZ which would be fun car but the delivery time as that time was like 6+ months on Cupra. And Ateca was nice but it didn't fit into the company car budget that he hade then and the same thing with Superb. But to be fair VW hade great deal for the company spec Passat at that time it came with every option that we wanted as standard.

[stoic ledge]

Heh classic

They're always expensive but for some reason as a company car they're always "cheap"

[brittle totem]

I just find it weird that Skoda SuperB was more expensive then a Passat at that time isn't Skoda supposed to be a step down from VW. But Skoda felt way more premium then Passat to which was weird to but it was like €5k if you wanted the same company spec one.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so I can get a Golf Mk8 as a company car which is more expensive as a Octavia or Leon, which I also find very odd

I think it goes Golf < A3 < Octavia < Leon

Like wut

[brittle totem]

Yeah something is of when a Leon cost more then the A3 but I guess the A3 is base one and Leon is decent speced one.

[stoic ledge]

Yup

[foggy nexus]

It's a thing in India, the Honda Amaze there comes with an option for a 1.5L diesel hooked up to a CVT (presumably with 7 simulated gears)

[stoic ledge]

But list prices are the same but then monthly lease prices there's still a 50€ difference

[foggy nexus]

The Aussie-market Subaru Forester came with a 2.0L boxer diesel with a CVT as an option at one point too

As well as a Seat Exeo (circa 2011)

Nissan Qashqai (circa 2006) also

[stoic ledge]

Nissan even more recent on the Qashqai and X-Trail with the 4x4 diesel

FWD was a 7DCT

Renault also used it in the Koleos (same car underneath)

Seat Exeo literally was an A4 B7 so makes sense

[vocal mural]

[stoic ledge]

That's why I work from home Haven't been in the office in 1.5 week

[vocal mural]

What’s your job?

[stoic ledge]

Test Automation

[civic spoke]

So BeamNG?

[stoic ledge]

IRL, that's why there are that many traffic jams

[civic spoke]

Bot caught you?

Whoever that was.

[stoic ledge]

Wasn't me

[civic spoke]

I'm guessing a bot that was spamming discord links.

[dusky torrent]

5 hours later and Lamborghini still have not fixed the typo on their video

[civic spoke]

Strength

[charred depot]

new car?

its rough but ech

another 305

[feral reef]

LS swap it

You'll finally have some speed

[charred depot]

nah already has a engine much better than the LS

[feral reef]

Is it faster than the other 305?

[charred depot]

probably

it looks to be lighter

Id probably put my turbo diesel engine into this one instead

not as good condition so dont have to feel as bad when I end up in a ditch.

[timber oar]

Ls powerrrrr

[charred depot]

mfw mpg

[stoic ledge]

Just add LPG to the LS

[charred depot]

theres like one LPG pump left close to me

[timber oar]

If you are going for power and speed you are kinda directly going in the opposite direction of mpg

[charred depot]

I dont buy or have cars I wouldnt daily drive, I drive for work but like classic stuff so have to have a balance.

Turbodiesel allows me to have the speed I want while still maintaining good fuel economy.

[silk crystal]

Spooky miles

[wraith rivet]

mazda?

wait wtf

my car has like that exact amount of miles lol

48k something

[civic spoke]

My car is just about to hit 177,777 km's.

[charred depot]

highest I have at the moment is 378200 km

Probably the best car I have mechanically heh

Destined for death though as using its engine and gearbox in my 305.

[brittle totem]

That's quite low for an E46.

[stoic ledge]

I'm at ~159.8k km so ~99295 miles

Closing in on 100k miles

Also classic VW moment... It's a 2022

[civic spoke]

Screw on filter. Add oil. Check dip stick. Without running the engine and rechecking the level.
"Yah man. She gucci."

[stoic ledge]

Gas station apparently doesn't have the correct oil in stock

Only time we ever go to the shop of a gas station to actually buy something, and they don't have it

[civic spoke]

How doesn't it have it in stock? They only have to carry 6 different oils or something.

I guess you will have to make a stop at another one, again.

Considering that you need like 2 liters of oil.

[charred depot]

brev fuel station oil big money

mfers want like £40 for a phone charger too

305 has gotten dangerously low as it leaks that much

it used to have a level sensor but my new sump doesent have the hole, probably didnt work anyway.

[stoic ledge]

Company lease so company can pay for the oil

Also only "store" with oil open at this time?

But yeah it doesn't have it, does have 0W30

But this need 0W20

It's not like it's a rare oil

Or that VW's are rare

[charred depot]

Places here dont have 15W40 mineral oil anymore, terrible

would do well on 10W40 semi synthetic but it leaks badly enough on mineral oil

[civic spoke]

0W30 is good enough for you.

[charred depot]

only going to burn it anyway :^)

[civic spoke]

0W20 is surprisingly low viscosity. But I guess if that's what they recommend when you're at operating temp.

[charred depot]

company lease? just get any oil in there

"not my car"

[civic spoke]

I would probably just use the VW-rated 0W30. Since that will get you going again.

[stoic ledge]

We returned again, she's going to a different gas station tomorrow to see if they have 0W20

If not she'll return the car over 2 weeks so not really a problem

[civic spoke]

What car is it?

22 caddy?

[stoic ledge]

2022 T-Cross

[civic spoke]

What engine?

Huh. That's interesting. They realize here that you can top off with something that's off-spec. But they tell you that.

This is what Circel K comes up with.

[stoic ledge]

1.0 TSI

[civic spoke]

Btw. It tells me that your volume is only 4 liters. So you're really low.

[charred depot]

I mean the amount you have to top off a manufacturer approved oil burner it could quite quickly become 100% 5W30 heh

[civic spoke]

5W30 is one of the standard do-it-all blends.

[charred depot]

suppose depends how bad but ive heard like 1L every 3000 miles isnt that abnormal.

[civic spoke]

If you're going between the max mark, and the min mark between changes. Then that's good enough for me.

[stoic ledge]

I keep mine at MAX all the time

But as a quality product, it doesn't use any

😎

VW threw a message today that's why we looked

[civic spoke]

Reminds me of the old Volvo FM crane truck.

It didn't throw a message or anything.

But it was low 10 liters...

It's 5 liters between min and max.

[stoic ledge]

[civic spoke]

Meaning that it was 5 liters below the minimum.

[charred depot]

I think theres 2 different dipstick setups for XUD so you could actually get a dipstick which is the wrong length

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I got that

I did find this lovely diagram

[civic spoke]

Same truck liked to cook its oil at like 120 C too. (:

[stoic ledge]

Perfect temperature

[charred depot]

The engine in my 305 is from a later car with the 10W40 semi synth spec which got a oil cooler, dont have the cooler plumbed in though.

[civic spoke]

I believe the truck uses 15W40?

[wide hemlock]

car\

[charred depot]

I have like 15L of 15W40 left I have to use up anyway. Will be going to 10W40 with the new engine.

[civic spoke]

I know that I refilled the truck I'm driving right now with 5 liters dunk a while back.

Was pretty nice to fill with the dunk as well.

It had a small built-in spout.

[charred depot]

I park my 305 half on the pavement its totally stained with oil, any more and the US will be invading my street.

usually facing the other way

immortalised on google maps

[civic spoke]

Our old BMW was on the street view for another company.

[feral reef]

Reminds me of the time my co worker told me he never has his oil refreshed and just tops it up when the level gets low

I'm waiting for the day his engine blows

[stoic ledge]

Kek, well it's scheduled for an oil change next week, we asked to postpone it one week as it's being turned the week after They'll do it then

[feral reef]

TUNED? STAGE 2 turbo kit!???

haha

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

I drive a stage 5 peugeot 305

[true monolith]

'

[weary pagoda]

ist that a supra

stututututu

[bitter compass]

The green and red arrows is the oil industry trying to tell you moving parts need oil, trust me the black one is perfectly fine

Think about it, a liquid in an engine

[timber oar]

The black arrow is at least a quart low

How much below that you have no clue 😂

Realistically don't modern cars have a sensor for

Hey dipshit you are really low on oil

[stoic ledge]

It all makes sense now

[stoic ledge]

Yeah it did that, what's why we looked

[bitter compass]

My favourite idiot proofing is low tire pressure sensor

Seemingly no average person knows what the icon is supposed to say

And looking at the manual isn't a thing apparently

[misty mantle]

I literally read manuals and shop manuals for fun

[bitter compass]

Every single time the stupid meriva has something that could be easily solved by looking into the manual i just yeet the manual at my sister

Just to do it myself eventually

[stoic ledge]

Our Meriva doesn't have TPMS

😎

[bitter compass]

But tbf the manual of an up is a liar, it's impossible to change the headlightbulb the way they describes it in there

[bitter compass]

More in terms of changing bulbs etc meriva ain't have shit

[stoic ledge]

TMPS in my brother's BMW is permanently on now as the new wheels we got for it as they don't have the sensor 🥲 Will fix on the next tire change (we ordered the sensors, literally 75€ each 🥹 )

[stoic ledge]

I don't think we've replaced a single bulb since owning it

[bitter compass]

I honestly think the tire pressure thing in the up is just a randomised bulb that pops up

The wheels dont need sensors and it simply doesn't show up if pressure aint great

But it makes noise when i press button to set it

It's just to scam and tell Germany sure it has sensors for that

Because it's necessary

[stoic ledge]

Those system use ABS sensors

[charred depot]

can take apart the 305 frontend without any tools

grille and headlight assemblies removed in 30 seconds

working on modern stuff gives me much pain

[bitter compass]

Ye but still I don't think it's real

[charred depot]

People I know with new cars get me to help them fit bulbs as I know what im doing apparently

apparently fucking not 15 minutes in

[stoic ledge]

It only knows whether the tire is basically completely flat, nothing in-between. Can't read the value

[stoic ledge]

https://youtu.be/iBVmXukx_Gk?t=40

Like this?

[charred depot]

I need to make a video of the system

[bitter compass]

Changing bulbs on modern cars is a pain

[stoic ledge]

Atleast you don't have to take the wheel off like early 2000 Renault's

[fathom socket]

I'm looking for a used toyota hilux.

I find them so many crashed

[bitter compass]

Half of the time im wondering if the guy who wrote the manual had a papersheet thick hand to fit it in there

Even the old as frick meriva is stupid

[charred depot]

have a image with the grille removed showing it

[fathom socket]

more like the entire front

[charred depot]

disconnect the cable, lift the spring off the back of the headlight and pull that tab and you have the entire assembly in your hand

grille is removed by turning 2 tabs

[stoic ledge]

Very effective

[charred depot]

I thought the 305 im going to see on Saturday has 20k miles on it, its infact 200k miles

[stoic ledge]

Classic

[charred depot]

no difference to me I have like 5 N/A XUD engines heh

Guy is offering a engine with it im like pls I dont have room for any more shitty N/A engines

[stoic ledge]

Wanted to buy some wheels for zhe Corsa, asked how old they were, "1 year", asked for the DOT code, "oH iM sOrYy ThEyRe FrOm 2012 nOt 2022"

[charred depot]

its very crusty but its MOT exempt in 2 years

[stoic ledge]

Store it for 2 years gg ez

[charred depot]

It j ust looks to be incredibly scruffy, doesent look like much major stuff MOT wise for rust

its a top spec diesel which there is like only one on the road left.

He did try to buy sills of me a month ago but im like yeah they dont exist, sheet metal and hammer.

some people are perfectionists though, I am not. Scruffy cars are cool

[charred depot]

that off a ford?

nevermind thought it was press in

[tired sundial]

That amazing

[feral reef]

Not true

Mine generally shows up like 2 months after last topping up the pressure, only has to drop a couple of PSI

It measures how fast your wheels turns

[stoic ledge]

Well yes that's kind of what I meant, there's a threshold then and below that it goes on, can't notify anything else

[stoic ledge]

Literally what the abs sensor does

[feral reef]

Haha true

It’s a good reminder to top off the pressure

[stoic ledge]

I do it more frequently than the average driver?

But still not enough

[feral reef]

Yeah I don’t do it enough

[stoic ledge]

Thinking about getting something like a Bosch EasyPump? Idk if it's strong enough for a car tire

[feral reef]

Even before the warning comes up it makes a noticeable difference to the way my car handles and fuel economy

[stoic ledge]

It is but literally 5 times to inflate before the battery the runs out

[feral reef]

Well

[stoic ledge]

Yeah fuel economy difference is big

[feral reef]

Surely you don’t have more than 4 tires

[stoic ledge]

Fact, don't have a spare as there's a fuel tank in the way

[feral reef]

I don’t think my car has room for a spare even if I wanted

[stoic ledge]

Hmmm Lidl Parkside also has one

[feral reef]

Talking about tires, thinking about getting these wheels when I switch back to my summer set

[stoic ledge]

Nice

[feral reef]

The bronze is cool too, but not sure how that would look on my car

[stoic ledge]

On white decent I think

[feral reef]

Actually made my dad decide for me haha

[feral reef]

Yeah but I think I’ll just go for the safer option

[stoic ledge]

Kek

Every time I ask my dad something

[feral reef]

Haha

Worst answer

My dad knows what’s up, give a straight forward answer

[stoic ledge]

Yeah no my dad never answers

Or even asks

I was shocked when he asked this

Still sad about it

🥹

[feral reef]

Haha, rip

Okay, not a question, just funny

[stoic ledge]

Is that your dad? xP

[feral reef]

Yeah?

[stoic ledge]

You work at the carwash?

Or how did you take that picture?

[feral reef]

No haha

We went to stop off or pick up his car

I was a bit behind

I knew he was going there

He sends me that message as I’m watching him go through

My car was parked outside and I walked in

[stoic ledge]

Aaah lol xP

Also random dad moment

[feral reef]

Hahahaha

He always sends me pics of cars

For some reason this mx5 has a tribal tattoo

[stoic ledge]

Wrong license place

ND

🥹

[feral reef]

Omg

[stoic ledge]

Tribal is hideous btw

[feral reef]

Didn’t notice

Okay gotta go to sleep, going to a conference thing tomorrow

[stoic ledge]

Kek nice gg, gn

[fathom socket]

Hello @fathom socket

Wow!!

Chongqing

[fathom socket]

I told my cousin not to buy it. He didn't listen to me. This 2020 Camry SE has 30k mi 3 owners 1 accident and is 25k. You could get a new one for 30k

Since this dealer sells their cars at MSRP

[novel relic]

:) i sure did have some adrenalin at work after this

fokin bitchez

[feral reef]

Hahahah

[feral reef]

Reminds me of this 😂 #cars message

Shat my pants

[novel relic]

Bro wtf 2 of them, anything happen?

[stoic ledge]

TURBO

Dashcam upgrade when 😛

[novel relic]

TUUURRRBBBBBOOOOOO

Bro it's 2K through 8mbvideo

[stoic ledge]

Then I hope the source video is better

Because this is yikes

||also 2K doesn't say a lot about video quality but that's another discussion||

[novel relic]

So are my stock 1990s headlamps

Fr tho, all got the same stuff in em too

[civic spoke]

LTT even made a video about dashcams.

[stoic ledge]

Oui je sais

[civic spoke]

What did you call my mother?

[stoic ledge]

(French for "Yes I know")

[civic spoke]

It's my default reply to people not speaking in English.

[stoic ledge]

I'm quite certain my dashcam looks "better" in the dark... maybe it's less accurate as it's more greyed/washed out but at least stuff is visible

[novel relic]

I'm just very fucking stressed rn about that cop

Did they clock me, get my plate

One of the lights is out

Aaaaaa

[stoic ledge]

I doubt it

[novel relic]

I slowed down earlier too BC they were braking early so I did too

Then stopped for some reason

One guy did jump out to go into the night store so I doubt their rear view mirror was on their mind

[stoic ledge]

Also those vans ("Combi" in Belgium) usually aren't used for stuff like that, they have no way clocking you from behind (and from quite a distance), and if they would they'd actually pull you over

[novel relic]

But

Check the vid

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I guess they were probably looking where the location they were going to (a night store) was at

[novel relic]

Were the lights on

Static on

I didn't see it in person

But on cam

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I have no idea what a static light on the roof means

[novel relic]

Or is it the reflection of the light by the streetlamp

[stoic ledge]

Maybe a search light?

[novel relic]

No idea, would seem off to put lights on to turn in and jump into the night shop

[stoic ledge]

I looks to illuminate the houses if I look at it again

[novel relic]

It looks like only one side too

It looks like the blinker shines harder then the light on top

[stoic ledge]

I wouldn't worry, not too long ago it was dark and raining very hard during rush hour, the van in front of me had no lights on at all, we passed a police combi... they didn't do anything

🥹

[fathom socket]

I think I'll have to get another car

because renting costs more than a used car

[vocal mural]

You rent a car? Or lease?

[brittle totem]

I guess he meant long time rent like when you rent a car for like 1-2 months at a time so basically like short term leasing.

[vocal mural]

Well, here is an option called MyWheels

[fathom socket]

I'm lending a car from my boss, but I have to give it back next monday.
I'll get my car back in like 2 months, but I need a large enough car to get to work

[civic spoke]

Boat. Only spammed the trigger. Didn't get a good shot.

[bitter compass]

Attention backflip incoming

[feral reef]

Nope, nothing

[feral reef]

Right now?

01/01/2019

So I’m guessing the date is not set correctly? 😂

[feral reef]

I almost hit a car on the highway with no lights

Then when I passed. I saw it was already following a police car

[novel relic]

The power cable decided to off itself so yea, the date isn't set lmao

[charred depot]

so many people with zero rear illumination in heavy rain during the day

not like its a rare event

[feral reef]

No rear lights at all is quite rare

[charred depot]

alot of them have running lights but only on the front

should have headlights on anyway

[novel relic]

It's horrible during fog, they think their lights are on but nothing in the rear or quite new cars day light running lights being bright enough to light up the road at night and confuse unknowns driver and passengers

[feral reef]

One of the sucky things about a low car is constantly being blinded by other cars

[novel relic]

For reeaall thoo

[stoic ledge]

Wow

[stoic ledge]

Yes

[charred depot]

perfection

[stoic ledge]

You can't see anything but at least you won't blind anyone

[charred depot]

I eat my carrots

(I dont but)

[feral reef]

I love the headlights in my car, you can actually see shit on the road

Surprises almost everyone when they get in the car with me at night

And then when the highbeams come on

https://tenor.com/view/national-lampoon-christmas-vacation-christmas-light-gif-7301834

[charred depot]

I probably hate you, we have alot of blind summits here so when a cars coming over one its like aaaaaa

now this is peak headlight performance

headlights were broken internally on that car, still passed the MOT for the 2-3 years I had it

thankfully deer arent tooo common here as id have about 2 picoseconds to react

[feral reef]

Probably not? since the headlights sit very low

[charred depot]

still get flashbanged

Summits on the A68 are mega, not that I drove that road very often

Traffic on these goes over them at 60mph. I dread to think what would happen if a car was broken down immediately after.

[elfin stone]

Look what I got @stoic ledge

[stoic ledge]

[elfin stone]

Blinker modules for the Astra Mirrors

[wraith rivet]

https://youtu.be/Qq5Q1qKW-1g

[stoic ledge]

Is that OEM? Don't think I've ever seen it

[elfin stone]

It’s actually oem

The Brazilian version of the Astra is called Chevrolet Vectra GTX over there

And it has those blinkers

[misty mantle]

Classic General Motors moment

[elfin stone]

Yup

I now have an Opel Astra with Holden badges and Chevrolet parts

[misty mantle]

Its just a rebadged Chevy anyway, so it works out in the end

[elfin stone]

The thing is, I had to import those parts from Brazil

[misty mantle]

Ohh, that probably wasn't cheap

[elfin stone]

Their part Numbers have been blacklisted in Chevrolets Ordering system. And Opel doesn’t even know them

[misty mantle]

But why though.......

[elfin stone]

It’ll be funny when the car goes to the inspection at my local Opel dealer

I already get quite the looks for it

Now

And when I got it

[stoic ledge]

Didn't know they had that, very odd

They had to make a seperate fender for that then?

New fender for your Astra when?

[stoic ledge]

Well the original was an Opel and then rebadged to other brands...

I think this was the most rebranded car within GM? Opel, Vauxhall, Holden, Saturn, Chevrolet?

[elfin stone]

Yup

[elfin stone]

Someday. I talked to my painter, and he charges 300€ per fender for closing the holes and painting the whole thing

[stoic ledge]

Heh nice

Almost bought an Astra last weekend... A K but close enough

Was sold before I could buy it 🥹

[feral reef]

How did you managed to downgrade the already Ehm, questionable wheels? Haha

[stoic ledge]

I suspect winter tyres

The one he has on there now are "design wheels" and are supposed to come with wheel covers, but not those standard hub cabs but imitating alloy wheels

Like this

[wispy cloak]

Truck noises

[elfin stone]

Yep

That’s the Summer Look from last year

@feral reef

[feral reef]

Okay that makes more sense

[elfin stone]

The wheels were fairly cheap, and i needed winter tyres

long term plan is to use the design wheels as winter wheels. Or the current 17" and getting 18" for the summer

[stoic ledge]

No covers for the lug nuts

It's quite difficult to find proper used wheels imho, atleast it is for the Corsa

[elfin stone]

yup, same here

the 17 inch alloys were quite the lucky grab

[toxic karma]

back when I was like 14 and cut springs on the FD @dusk ocean

[timber oar]

That'll do it

[brittle totem]

Probely better then those on my dads old passat. It wouldn't suprise med if the rear lights on his new new passat i brighter then the high beams on the old one and yes it hade halogen lights not sure why becuase it was decent speced one.

[unkempt sedge]

Not a car, but it's Ayrton Senna

[civic spoke]

Smh. Traffic jam.

They think they are so important

[lament vigil]

Bro really going to game's end of the map

[civic spoke]

I managed to get a sample.

It's a boom stick

[lament vigil]

It's a for research or something?

[civic spoke]

Ahh. Yes.
"research"

[lament vigil]

"Research"

[civic spoke]

I'm not really afraid of the explosives themselves

[lament vigil]

Pretty impressive

Sometimes, loud thing was satisfying to hear

[bitter compass]

What they blowing up

[civic spoke]

Mountain rocks

[bitter compass]

So sweden

My guess was sweden or dutch but dutch and mountains wlel

In both cases its cursed german

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/dU65HwQ4eCs

[haughty glade]

Why does it look oddly similar to ltt

[tropic mulch]

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

get absolutely fucked tesla

[smoky fulcrum]

I mean, it's a class action so all it means is that the lawyers are going to make bank

[compact grotto]

@desert saddle

[desert saddle]

honestly I think the oem rims look good only on white gti

manual or dsg?

[compact grotto]

Replaced it with this because I’m old.

[compact grotto]

Stick. Base GTI, no leather no sunroof.

[desert saddle]

you're not American?

[compact grotto]

I am. Dealer drilled holes in the bumper so easiest way to deal with it was a euro plate.

PA doesn’t require front plates

@desert saddle

[desert saddle]

so you're allowed to put whatever?

sounds sketchy as hell

alberta doesn't need front plates but I think you can get in trouble if you have something that looks like a plate but decorative ones are okay

[compact grotto]

You can, yeah. Though funny enough driving in New Jersey I got a letter in the mail with a picture of my car going through the toll plaza for unidentifiable plate

Was able to get out of paying that

[desert saddle]

loooool

my dad got a ticket in the mail and thr picture was literally just a flatbed truck. idk ehat happened there maybe his car eas behind the truck but he got out of it pretty easy too

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean small world so longshot but you don't know this guy do you?

[dusk ocean]

Hmmm e39 m5, lemans blue

[compact grotto]

on HRE's

[dusk ocean]

I don't think I know that car

[compact grotto]

oh well

[dusk ocean]

awesome car though

[compact grotto]

My favorite BMW probably ever

[dusk ocean]

yeah same

there is a guy around here that has a silver 540i6 e39

its clean as hell like 20k miles

I keep trying to get him to sell me it