cars

[gentle ingot]

I'm 52. Feel any better?

[civic spoke]

33. So getting up there.

[feral reef]

Yes

[leaden stream]

are you the Flightaware Nugget or another Nugget?

[gentle ingot]

I am that nugget

[leaden stream]

Long time no see

[gentle ingot]

indeed 🙂

we're planning to be at ringmeet this year

[leaden stream]

fuck yeah!

does the texas autoreply also work here?

no 😦

[gentle ingot]

heh no

[brittle totem]

@stoic ledge The Passat is finally back it only took 1 month and 2 days for it to be fixed.

[misty mantle]

Yep, sounds like VW

[fathom socket]

Got the sub in the miata time to clean up wiring

[fading bane]

Wagon?

[amber radish]

send pic of wiring when done

Also i am installing LiPO4 battery for mah car

IM GONNA GO BOOM and break mah glass windows

[fathom socket]

Saloon

[fading bane]

Was thinking about one but it's a massive downgrade for me

[fathom socket]

Ok

They love the aesthetics of the saloon better

Due to the fact they are very old when they came here

And no longer drive as much as when they were in Russia

[fathom socket]

It’s just a 6” amp/sub combo
The miata cabin is WAYYY too small for a large sub

Despite living in Moscow, their estate has driven as far as Paris

They visited Prague three times using that black estate

[bitter compass]

I still wonder how people have so many issues with vw

Most issues i have encountered are related to rust

[brittle totem]

I guees that the older ones is better then new ones qaulity wise it guess it went downhill after diesel gate.

[stoic ledge]

Finally

I also saw a mule for the new (European) Ford Explorer today

It was covered in that freaky wrap

But basically looked like a squared off ID.4

Wraps like this

[fading bane]

I was talking about the pre-facelift W213 in general, it looks too smooth and unattractive

[fathom socket]

Wow!!

They bought an estate as they meant to use the car to travel

They are both Vietnamese and they love visiting Europe and Asia

In fact, they even drove the car to Almaty and Novosibirsk several times

Hence, their W210 mileage reached 400k mi in 20 years

2005 buick century, 3.1L V6
10k overdue on oil
check dipstick
lack of oil
check again
some sticky shit on the tip
where's the oil?
dump 2qt in
engine is happier

[fading bane]

are you viet?

[fathom socket]

Yes, and I was born in Vietnam

[fading bane]

I'm lao

[fathom socket]

Wow!!

Your car looks similar to my sisters old car

She had a 2014 MB E350 4MATIC Sport in black

[brittle totem]

The problem now is that it's still on studded winter tires and you are not allowed to drive on them starting tomorrow and the place where the summer tires are stored is closed during the weekend.

[fading bane]

2011 E350 Sport

[fathom socket]

She intended to give me the car when she moved to California in December 2017 but I declined since Cambridge is transit friendly, hence I believe I didn't need a car

[fading bane]

has the older engine though, 2012 models got the engine upgrade

[fathom socket]

So she sold it and bought a Tesla Model S

[fading bane]

It drives really similar to a model s

same gear shifter too lol

[fathom socket]

im still surprised this car runs

Wow!! She just wanted an electric car. I have two sisters, 1990 and 2001. I am the only son

Of course, what I meant sister's E Class is my older sister.

We used to live together in Belmont but in Decemver 2017 when she moved out after finishing Harvard Med, she sold the house and I ended up renting an apartment in Cambridge, which I still live there today

[fading bane]

wow ivy league

Since you live in Boston, I recommend visiting Boston Motorsports Maserati in Cambridge. Pretty cool place nearby Cambridge

[civic spoke]

I have had a truck that was low on oil. I check the dip stick, and it's DRY.
Had to add 10 liters to it...

[fathom socket]

god damn

ours hasnt had an oil change in 10k

no money

at least adding 2qt made it a bit happier for now

swear that car's indestructible

[civic spoke]

The oil in this truck wasn't happy at all.

Considering that it reached 120 C at times.

[fathom socket]

oh god

[civic spoke]

(:

[deep zealot]

Got to drive this beast of a car

Kinda crazy how they’re costing $250K on the market these days

[gentle ingot]

I find it hard to justify current Porsche GT car pricing. For $250k I'm not sure that's what I'd buy. That's pretty steep for a car that's built to be thrashed

what did you think of the drive? I haven't been behind the wheel of one yet

[feral reef]

@upbeat hatch guess what car this guy got

[fathom socket]

Just got back from the Tesla store

Inquiring about the model 3 tax credits

And this is what they gave me

[misty mantle]

That looks repackaged

[fathom socket]

I opened it

[wraith rivet]

can anybody help me real quick

is this overfilled?

I just pulled it out, I haven’t even added anything yet and it seems to be overfilled already

[clever sphinx]

did you wipe it clean and dip it again?

[wraith rivet]

Yeah I did

same level

just got back after driving for half an hour it’s pretty hot

[clever sphinx]

check ya radiator water level

[wraith rivet]

this is after taking some out then adding in the new stuff

idk why the color changed I think it has something to do with temp

but I got it close to the same level

[civic spoke]

Is this after you wiped it clean? And did you wait a few minutes before checking?

[wraith rivet]

yes and yes

[civic spoke]

Then I would say that you are overfilled.

[wraith rivet]

oh

I’m just confused because it’s never been changed

idk how it would’ve gotten overfilled unless it was from the factory?

[wispy cloak]

@wraith rivet what fluid is this

[wraith rivet]

ATF fz

I took it out for a test drive and accelerating out of corners where it would downshift and kinda jerk me a little bit did seem a bit smoother

[tacit elm]

Why have a pickup truck when you could use a minivan

[wraith rivet]

I was watching this video and found this frame of the dipstick after it’s wiped then put back in then taken out

they don’t actually show the level but it seems close to what mine was judging by the length of the stick

and how high the liquid color goes

[deep zealot]

Amazing car, Deletes corners like nothing else ive driven in my life. It feels like a part of you

But Id feel like I'd still pick the M2 CS I drove last month over the GT4RS, personally

[gentle ingot]

Every time I drive a Boxster/Cayman I feel like it’s making me look like a much better driver than I really am

[silent parcel]

i have a question

is the car running and in park when you check it

because thats typically how you are supposed to check autos but there should be something in the manual or you can find out online

[wraith rivet]

@silent parcel it’s in park on a level surface

but not running

because I physically can’t get to the dipstick without taking the whole air box out

and I don’t wanna run it without a filter

this is where the dipstick is

you’re probably right though

it would make sense that if it was running it would be slightly lower because the fluid is in the little passageways and pressurized

[silent parcel]

bruhhhh wtf

what car is it

[wraith rivet]

2015 Mazda 6

it’s supposed to have “lifetime fluid” but that’s crap

[silent parcel]

nah thats not crap

thats full on bullshit

doesnt seem like the engine has to be running from google

[fathom socket]

My sister is 21.5 years old. She currently drives a 2022 C300 Exclusive trim 4MATIC

In 2019 when she started uni, she got a 2012 C350 Luxury 4MATIC

[fathom socket]

I went from driving a 2004 Ford Focus to 2003 peugeot 307 sw to 2001 Toyota Yaris

[feral reef]

Okay, getting my wheels put on in about an hour

[fathom socket]

I wonder to what car I downgrade next. 1998 Fiat Panda?

[feral reef]

[stoic ledge]

What are the hole sizes?

Or like bolt pattern

[feral reef]

4x100?

[vagrant dune]

Swapped the new wheels on, massive difference

[stoic ledge]

Nice, then I can just steel them and put them on mine, also 4x100 and 205/45R17 also fits

[feral reef]

Haha, you could

[vagrant dune]

[stoic ledge]

Yikes

I've been looking for new rims for mine, or like used original wheels, but it's very hard to find them

When I find them, they are:

• In good condition with good tires, but 10 year old tires, asking a lot because they have 7/8mm thread left
• In good condition and new tires, but very shite C-brand tires, asking a lot
• Very bad condition/damages, pricing ranging a lot but not low enough it's worth it

So apparently that's a Lancia concept? Pu+Ra HPE? Don't like it tbh

[vagrant dune]

I hit a jackpot with mine, 1km from my house, exactly the dimensions I was looking for and 8mm thread nokian hakka black 2 tires

[feral reef]

👌🏻

[stoic ledge]

Lucky

There is 1 set available close by, decent condition, but expensive with very shite tires but new tires 😭 And the last thing I will do is drive on budget tires

Yeah still don't like it

[bitter compass]

I don't see anything about that concept i like

Also there is a point of too little sidewall of a tire 👀

[charred depot]

Not again

[fathom socket]

I know the problem
It ain't got no gas in it

[stoic ledge]

Putting gas in a diesel would be bad yes

[fathom socket]

dang I forgot y'all have loads of diesel cars

[fathom socket]

I guess check engine light came on

[wraith rivet]

damn those look good

how much per wheel?

[feral reef]

€225

[wraith rivet]

Not bad

[stoic ledge]

Tires 135-165 depending on where you bought them + install, so ~1.5k/set

[versed coral]

how do you guys feel about removing chrome from the inside of a car?

i personally hate the shine of the sun blinding me on the highway

[stoic ledge]

Probably depends on the chrome and car lol

Idk what chrome you're referring to

Mine has some chrome on the doorhandles, that's fine for me

[feral reef]

Paid 180 for them last year which included mounting them

[stoic ledge]

[feral reef]

They've gotten a bit cheaper since then

Because they had only just come out

[versed coral]

like on the shifter, dash, etc

the 2010 mk5 jetta is filled with them.

[feral reef]

When you say "removing" do you mean removing or covering them with something else

[versed coral]

either.

[feral reef]

Wrapping them can look cool

[feral reef]

I don't really have any chrome inside my car

Just some semi shiny metals

[versed coral]

the stereo had a whole bunch of it but i swapped that out

[feral reef]

For some reason I'm now looking at adding chrome to my car, look how cool this gearknob is!

[versed coral]

hm.

[eternal cedar]

Satisfaction

[charred depot]

what crossovers should be

[feral reef]

Nice

[charred depot]

get on brand

[civic spoke]

Replacing a light bulb? /s

[supple anchor]

No

Lol

Blower motor

[timber oar]

I think you forgot to remove the rest of the interior while you are at it

[charred depot]

All car design starts around the blower motor or heater matrix

My 305's blower motor is kapoot but I just have a boat one stuffed into the intake

[misty mantle]

At this point, its mostly the interior thats built around the blower motor and heater core

[charred depot]

its a joke

[misty mantle]

Since the majority of the time the entire dash has to come out just to get to either

[charred depot]

We generally have it worse as alot of stuff is designed to be easily replaced but that doesent get transferred over to RHD

have to remove the column etc on a RHD BX but its a piece of cake on a LHD one

[eternal cedar]

Rear brakes were even crustier.

But now I no longer have these vomit-inducing wheels on.

[supple anchor]

It’s back together now

[fading bane]

some ram t-rex

[boreal garnet]

Rate the whip

[tardy harbor]

aye thats pretty fucking dope

8.45/10

[boreal garnet]

Hell yeah, best rating yet

[tardy harbor]

I like it cuz its purpose build but not overdone while also still being unique

gj

[boreal garnet]

Im gonna be lifting it like 4 ish more inches with sum 33s, the colors factory

[tardy harbor]

looks good, are you doing a lot of rock crawling or something?

[boreal garnet]

Yeah, here and there, i wanna get into it more but its so expensive lmao

[tardy harbor]

just dont break anything

[boreal garnet]

Dont laugh but i just found out i gotta rebuild the front end 😭

[tardy harbor]

big oof moment

whats wrong with it

rust?

[stoic flicker]

9.25

[misty mantle]

My parents decided to get a ‘87 Ford Bronco II because my dad has to turn in his work truck.
It runs and drives, and that’s basically all it does. A/C doesn’t work at all
Radio works, as well as the tape deck
Headliner is completely gone, and what’s left of the foam under it disintegrates when you touch it
Of course it’s the 2.9 with the 5-speed

[silent parcel]

oh the 2.9

F

i had a ranger with the 2.9

its slow as fuck and loud

terribly inefficient

glad you didnt get the A4LD auto tho

that was a hot fucking mess of a transmission

[misty mantle]

Only other engine option of this platform at the time was a Perkins 4-cylinder diesel

And this is on the same platform as the 80s Rangers

[silent parcel]

surprising

the ranger got a few other engines

2.7 and 2.3 i think

my ranger was an 86

sold it a while back but i wanted to 4.6 swap it

[misty mantle]

The '93 through I think 2000 Rangers got the 2.3, 3.0, and 4.0, and the '01 through '11 I think got those + the 2.5

My personal Ranger is a '97 with the 2.3 and the 5-speed

[silent parcel]

heres this

also 2.3x5 is a great combo

[tropic mulch]

When you pull up to the car meet with your bronze TE37s.

[tardy harbor]

oh no

at that point might as well remove the model badge

[tardy harbor]

lmao

im dumb

my bad

[fathom socket]

Managed to take my 2001 Toyota Yaris to like 130 kmh on highway

Fun to overtake basically new cars in a 22 year old shit box

[fading pelican]

Mine. S-line A3, 40 TFSI, 190HP, 2.000ccm, quattro

[fierce oasis]

Close enough?

[fading pelican]

i'm looking at 19 inch wheels for my summer tires. thinking about either of these, opinions?

[tardy harbor]

looks nice but consider youre making your ride a lot worse

[fading pelican]

not too worried about it being rougher, our roads are really good here

[stoic ledge]

#2 looks more like OEM wheels?

Some RS wheels, or R8?

Ah the page I ripped the image from says R8

I like those more than #1 tbh

[fading pelican]

i'm unsure if #2 doesn't look too "busy" if you know what i mean. there's a lot going on

[stoic ledge]

I understand what you mean... But that's maybe what I like more about it? Idk 😛

What I don't "like" about #1 is that it's quite "flat". #2 has more depth to it, a bit concave? I like that more

Idk if that makes any sense 😛

[fading pelican]

yeah, i get that, it's hard to judge just by pictures

[marble falcon]

People keep saying hydrogen vehicles are a much better alternative to electric vehicles, why? Production of hydrogen isn't easy and results in 45% energy loss which is highly inefficient if done by electrolysis. Producing it from natural gas gives co2 co etc. I know electric cars aren't clean either with lithium mining but new battery technologies might be on the horizon and until we get there maybe we could reuse the batteries from cars as generators

[feral reef]

I prefer the first wheels, but the 2nd blend in a lot better with the car

Actually no, I prefer the 2nd wheels

They're a bit darker which matches the paint

[charred depot]

thank god they had a pickup

[stoic ledge]

@upbeat hatch did you also get a recall for the airbag? My brother got one... Airbag looks slightly worse as it has a small line in to it from production? In the middle

[civic spoke]

I'm guessing the quality is lower since they had to pump up the production for the recall.

[stoic ledge]

Or that line might be the reason for the recall so it opens better?

[stoic ledge]

Hmm ok, thanks

Does your airbag also have a small line on it? 😛

Hmm okay

My brother doesn't like the line on the airbag

[glad mantle]

Guy in my YouTube comments is convinced the turbo in my car is stock. I’m fairly confident that BMW wouldn’t ship out a car with a turbo that overpowers the engine’s noise

The truth is I actually have no idea but I enjoy the sound it makes when I put my foot on the throttle

My buddy with the same car’s OEM turbo is almost silent though so that is a decent piece of information

[glad mantle]

Merci mods

[fathom socket]

woah

invisible ink huh?

[glad mantle]

🤨

[fathom socket]

messages disappearing

[glad mantle]

Oh lmao yeah

[fathom socket]

oh you cant swear

NEVERMIND

HAH

[glad mantle]

can’t say the fuck word?

LOL

[fathom socket]

no you cant say the uh

fluffy

rry

HEHAHAH

[glad mantle]

HAHAHA

[fathom socket]

idk what stance to take

its dumb but also hilarious

like dont get me wrong they ruined my childhood but that

that is funny

i have a server but its mostly just image dumping

eh dont tell me about it

that community ruined my childhood

i want nothin to do with em

cars cars

lemme watch that video

[fathom socket]

to be fair

[fathom socket]

the nissan juke has a turbo you can hear

one of the models anyway

not nismo

[glad mantle]

Yeah but most BMWs don’t

[fathom socket]

idk much about beamers

[fathom socket]

very clean

[glad mantle]

I thought it was the intake at first but it’s frankly very obviously not intake sound

It’s a very loud turbo

I bought the car with this work already done to it

From a dealer

The car was a repo so no info on the mods

[fathom socket]

that had to be a lot of green

[brittle totem]

Sounds a bit like my brothers Abarth 595 competizione. Never heard a BMW with that high of an turbo sound.

[glad mantle]

The car has over $8,000 in aftermarket work done to it from what I’ve found so far

I paid $13,000 for it so kind of a steal imo

[glad mantle]

Sounds pretty dope

[fathom socket]

ive never been a fan of the 500 but that is a nice sound

[glad mantle]

Hold on I have more videos

This was what it sounded like with bone stock ECU tune at the dealer

Before I purchased it

If anyone thinks this is what a stock 335i’s turbo setup sounds like they’re absolutely mental

[fathom socket]

youll be lucky to even see a car post 2005 in my area

post 1995

pre 2005

youd think thatd bring some nice cars around but

no.

[glad mantle]

Opposite thing here

You’re hard pressed to find cars older than 2007

[fathom socket]

must be a richer area or something?

[glad mantle]

My 1999 E39 was a head turner for that exact reason

[glad mantle]

Vancouver

[fathom socket]

not familiar

[glad mantle]

It’s where LMG is lol

[fathom socket]

light machine gun

[glad mantle]

Linus Media Group

[fathom socket]

oh

[glad mantle]

Small indie media company

They run a channel called “Linus Tech Tips”

[fathom socket]

okay okay look

shush shush

[glad mantle]

😂

[fathom socket]

yeah i dont have a car.

[glad mantle]

But yeah it’s an area with a high cost of living

[fathom socket]

figured

[glad mantle]

So a lot of cars are newer just as a statistical side effect

[fathom socket]

not exactly great yarmouth then.

literally everything is made out of 70 year old brick here

its wild.

[fathom socket]

doesnt look good either.

[glad mantle]

This was the E39 I sold

I miss it

[fathom socket]

in that snow it looks like a lost fender in the making

[glad mantle]

Never drove it in the snow

[fathom socket]

smart

[glad mantle]

It was just outside when it snowed

It doesn’t snow here at all normally

Had a V8

[fathom socket]

oh dude whyd you get rid of it?!

[glad mantle]

90s BMW

And needed cash

[fathom socket]

damn x(

[glad mantle]

The V8 sounded great but man

The BMW I replaced it with is down 2 cylinders but up 200 horsepower

And still sounds fantastic

And cheaper to maintain

[fathom socket]

i might bite the bullet and go on vr chat im not confident i want that though

[glad mantle]

https://youtu.be/d8FstDd2GYo

[fathom socket]

ah

i didnt know you was ivycomb

[glad mantle]

Do I have a reputation or something? 😭

[fathom socket]

maybe not but i just recognise the name from joining a discord server a while back now

god knows what i got up to in it.

i used to be a f*rry n all.

got banned from basically every alive f*rry discord server that was alive

i didnt really mix well.

i mean i was never destined to mix well, after 7 years i left the f*rry community over some tough stuff.

adopted some new opinions.

i wasnt like the rest of the pack

i just wanted to make friends n hang out yk- what people want you to believe the community is all about

that is of course not why the majority are there xD

[glad mantle]

That is at its core what it’s about actually, but like in any community there are bad eggs that spoil the bunch

Doesn’t help that many servers in those circles are not well moderated

[fathom socket]

oh no they arent not well moderated- they are moderated incredibly, to the mods liking .
the rules the members read arent the rules the staff moderate by.

[fathom socket]

thats a really nice photo

[glad mantle]

Cherry blossom season here

[fathom socket]

when i was in there in felt like the whole box was out of date

i do want to give it more chances but every time i go back

just get proven right every time.

i dont want to be proven right with it but

[glad mantle]

The secret is to not seek out servers that make their whole thing about it frankly. The really loud Discords tend to attract a lot of bad actors. I find it that way with a lot of hobbies

Mechanical keyboards and cars are the same way

Part of why I come in here to talk about cars is that many car-centric discord servers are incredibly toxic and elitist

[fathom socket]

TCC and Carslegacy are just god awful

[glad mantle]

No personal experience and not trying to talk down other servers

Just trying to highlight that the unfortunately reality with a lot of hobby servers on Discord, it takes deep digging to find the good community nuggets sometimes

[fathom socket]

yeah thats true. i cant bring myself to represent that though. idk.

after being surrounded in it for 7 years straight it took its toll

the way they respond to the hate is by giving in to the stereotype its ridiculous

[glad mantle]

lool that’s why I don’t play Rocket League

[fathom socket]

i met my soulmate on rocket league and after a while things came up that made me panic and i threw everything away

i dont have the confidence to seek them back out

[glad mantle]

Also my Tesla got back from the shop a couple weeks ago after a rear end collision and now it looks super goofy because of the wrap

[fathom socket]

i like EV cars.

idk why people absolutely rip them to shreds

audi Etron is awesome

[glad mantle]

The main problem I have is just cost

The BMW is replacing the model 3, which I’m selling to a friend

It’s a faster car, it’s more fun, it’s just as practical, subjectively looks nicer

And it was less than 1/3rd the price

It also is far more comfortable. Things like a heated steering wheel and such

The Tesla is high tech but it’s not worth a 300% premium is the problem I had

[fathom socket]

heated steering wheel..

[glad mantle]

Makes a difference in cold winter months!

First world problem though I know

[fathom socket]

sometimes it surprises me that england is first world

we cant afford to be as modern as we are and it shows- badly

whelp im off to vr chat.

hopefully nothing too terrible happens

[brittle totem]

Not a big fan of them ehiter but you get a lot for you money drving fun wise. And it's cheap to own to insurence and running cost are quite low to and it has fuel consumption to.

[brittle totem]

Well the problem with the heated steering wheel on BMW is that it gets so dam hot.

[stoic ledge]

Apparently I've got my car 2501 days now, 2500 days yesterday. Missed that anniversary 🥲

[civic spoke]

I have no idea how many days it has been for my car.

Lets use google to find out.

[stoic ledge]

I just did a license to check on my own car

As I do very often

And I saw it at the ownership report

[civic spoke]

I checked my registry papers, and googled the date.

[woven leaf]

Is it just me or do you get cut off way much more when you drive a grey / GunMetal car.
I rarely get cut off in my white S3 maybe once every 3 months. When I had my car in for service they gave me a gun metal Q2 and I got cut off twice that day.
I guess it makes sense, the gun metal is basically the same colour as the road so other drivers just see a-blur-of-road in their blind spot lol.

[civic spoke]

Confirmation bias?

[woven leaf]

not sure what you mean

I mean I had a black car and it wasnt too bad

[civic spoke]

You only take in the information that supports your conclusion.

[woven leaf]

Im sorry Im confused

[civic spoke]

Meaning that you might not think about it happening when you're in the other car.

And that you're only thinking about it in the grey car.

So it seems that it happens a lot more in the grey car.

Because you're not thinking about it when it happens in other colored cars.

[woven leaf]

hmm ok I know what you mean, but getting cut off is a substantial event

I guess the loud exhaust and music helps 😹

[fathom socket]

Ironically, I get cut off and raced FAR less in my miata than I did with my impreza

Just a normal white base model impreza

[woven leaf]

I mean the cutting off is not on purpose

Its a matter of vision in your blind spot, a dark car is more difficult to see.

[fathom socket]

Everyone here drives big ass trucks so makes sense

[woven leaf]

hmmm yeah

so many here too... in Sydney Aus

Everyone has the huge Truck / SUV craze, even with todays fuel prices

I'm happy with my little 2.0 4cyl lol

[fathom socket]

This is texas
Lifted f-250 territory

[woven leaf]

isnt it already liefted from the factory?

🤔

[fathom socket]

It’s lifted even more

[woven leaf]

hmm

why do people lift it more?

Do they want a monster truck?

Is it a height competition?

[fathom socket]

This is unironically seen at least 50 times a day

[stoic ledge]

laughs in 1.2

[woven leaf]

same here .. they are so high that I need to cover my rear view mirror because the headlights are blinding me in my little 2L sedan

headlights are too high...

[fathom socket]

Huge issue for me too
My rear window has like a 10% tint to help with it

[civic spoke]

I'm mostly just driving inline 6 engines. Now that I think about it

[fathom socket]

Hondas are by far the worst offender nuclear fusion headlights

[woven leaf]

hmm thats a good point, maybe I should get darker tins at the rear

[civic spoke]

inline 6 petrol, and inline 6 diesel.

[stoic ledge]

Imho Tesla's have the worst headlights

And Mini's

[woven leaf]

lol which honda's?

what model

[stoic ledge]

I just get blinded by every single Tesla and modern Mini with LED headlights

[woven leaf]

CRV I guess

[woven leaf]

yeah they do! the model 3 blinds me, I have to raise my hand to block it

[stoic ledge]

Many Tesla's appear to have a fault in them which just puts in high beam in situations where they shouldn't? Very annoying

bUt ThE cAr ImPrOvEs iTsElF iN oTa uPdAtEs

Yet it's been going on for a long time

[civic spoke]

My sister managed to break the headlight leveling on her car when trying to replace her low beam bulb.

[woven leaf]

hmm I think Tesla do it to give the self driving cams more light = safer

[civic spoke]

Thankfully the car still passed inspection with just a mention of the light picture being a bit low.

[woven leaf]

I dont think it is high beam, seems like normal beam

[stoic ledge]

I just know it's annoying, that's all 😛

[fathom socket]

The honda pilot’s LEDs are pretty bad

[woven leaf]

I can see the Tesla dip, one second very bright, other times ok. depends on the road level. .. at the same normal beam

[brittle totem]

Yeah Tesla really needs to fix their automatic high beams they have the hardware required for matrix leds since 2021 but they still haven't fixed the software not sure why it takes dam so long .

[woven leaf]

are you sure the high beams are coming on?

Seems like it is the normal headlights dipping up and down

[fathom socket]

Tesla needs to fix a lot of things

[woven leaf]

dont think we have the pilot in Aus 🤔

[fathom socket]

It’s the biggest model here in the states
SUV

[woven leaf]

yeah and Tesla have done a lot of things very well too

[woven leaf]

Glad we dont have them here I guess 😋

how much would it cost to vinyl wrap 4x door handles and the trunk lip?

[brittle totem]

Yeah for some reason Tesla can make "self driving cars" but they cant fix their automatic headlights or automatic windscreen wipers they both such according to Tesla owners I know.

[fathom socket]

I’d trust GM’s super cruise LONG before I trusted tesla’s autopilot

[woven leaf]

interesting

automatic headlights though? My Audi does it pretty well... I cant see how Tesla could be worse with their AI computer 🤔

again with the light, maybe they want as much light as possible on the road so their camera's work better

[stoic ledge]

aI cOmPuTeR 😛

[woven leaf]

so they should use more radar!

[stoic ledge]

Light sensors should just work based on the amount of light 😛

[fathom socket]

Audi were the first to implement the tech right?
They’ve been at it for a while now

[woven leaf]

egg-zacly

[stoic ledge]

They ditched rader btw

Full camera now

[woven leaf]

umm they put the radar back in recently, right?

[stoic ledge]

Did they?

Could be, idk

[woven leaf]

pretty sure

[brittle totem]

Yeah the Matrix leds on my dads Passat works really good probably the best feature on the whole car.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah all other things are broken

😛

[woven leaf]

imo it would be ridiculous just usig a camera, what if the sun is in direct view? What if there is snow on the camera lens? Safelty = radar

[stoic ledge]

That's why phantom breaking was a thing yes

[woven leaf]

wish I had the Matrix leds. My car lights up the corners when going around a corner, but its not the same lol

[stoic ledge]

https://www.tesla.com/support/transitioning-tesla-vision

I can only find articles about it removing all sensors and going to Tesla Vision (a.k.a camera based)

[fathom socket]

Didn’t muskrat have a meltdown a few years ago about how Lidar was “doomed for failure”

[woven leaf]

yeah I watch Tesla Time News at the now you know channel and they did a big test with the latest beta, and they found quite a few really dangerous situations

unfortunately FSD has a long way to go

[fathom socket]

It’d be better if it had multiple sensor inputs

[woven leaf]

yeah for some reason musk thinks the eyes are the best, but our eyes are absolutely blinder by the sun! It literally makes us drive at 15km/h in a 70 zone! Having radar is the ultimate backup!

yep camera + radar = safe.

[stoic ledge]

F Bjoorn

[woven leaf]

what was that?

wall of text lol

[stoic ledge]

LMG Warship sensoring 🥢

[woven leaf]

😌

[fathom socket]

Any time musk rages about something I just assume it means he couldn’t figure it out

[stoic ledge]

> Musk

[woven leaf]

yeah mr musk has his moments

but its all good

onyl human...

I just wanna go to mars lol

[fathom socket]

They have some amazing engineers overshadowed by a spoiled emerald mine brat

[woven leaf]

lolol

yeah but he has changed the world, maybe saved the world

literally

with EV's

so I think we should cut him some slack 😋

typo's...

[stoic ledge]

All emissions saved with "his" EV's are useless when he's sending off a million rockets in to space

[woven leaf]

good point lol

yeah but one rocket vs 1000000 cars

[stoic ledge]

You can drive a massive fleet of cars on fossil fuels for years with the same emission as one rocket launch lol

[brittle totem]

Nah just some things. Oil leak detected when replacing nox sensor.

diagnosis: note confirmed. There are many traces of engine oil between the engine and gearbox, there is also oil on the valve cap. The crankshaft has to be disassembled for further troubleshooting, but I suspect it comes from the crankshaft flange, but could also be the flywheel bolt. had to disassemble the gearbox to know exactly if it is both, after rep we had to test drive to be able to exclude leakage from the valve cover (two different damages in that case). but as step 1, disassembly engine/gearbox to be able to proceed

note confirmed, gearbox disassembled it has leaked oil from crankshaft flange, and turbo thickness hose. The crankshaft flange and turbo thickness hose must be replaced, I also recommend replacement of the double clutch cover to gearbox and seals between angle gear and gearbox to avoid disassembling gearbox again. There is tpi 2065654/4 on the crankshaft flange. tpi 2065654/4 ?

action: ur-in assembly of engine and gearbox, replacement of engine rear p-box according to tpi 2065654/4, engine oil, gearbox oil and angle gear oil checked. coolant filled and vented system.

[woven leaf]

This Space X launch was chosen because useful webcam footage of the exhaust gases was available. One of the "biggest surprises" they found is that in the first stage of the rocket launch around 116 tons of CO2 was emitted in 165 seconds.

hmm

[fathom socket]

Rocket fuel isn’t remotely as bad as gasoline

[woven leaf]

if they use hydrogen, wouldnt it just emit water?

[woven leaf]

ye true

[brittle totem]

Yeah my brother old E92 hade something similar to that and it hade automatic high beams to quite nice for car from 2007.

[stoic ledge]

That's a lot of work lol

[fathom socket]

Source?

[woven leaf]

yeah I'm impressed with my 2019 S3's auto headlights, does it well 90% of the time.
I assume BMW also use the same system... probably the same Bosch part number lol

[stoic ledge]

Too lazy too look it up atm, I did it yesterday as someone was convincing me Elon was the greatest human ever in existance, and all these Elon discussions are making me braindead

[fathom socket]

Elon is a major pos

[stoic ledge]

Hydrogen itself sure, creating the hydrogen can be done in many different ways tho and basically all except one (Electrolysis on green electricity) aren't carbon neutral 😛

[brittle totem]

Yeah definitely on a 2 year old car I guess that VW didn't make a profit on that car. everything was covered under the factory warranty 😀

[woven leaf]

hmm if Elon didnt release Tesla in 2012, all cars will still be petrol/fuel.
Elon created the EV revolution 🙂
Guaranteed Audi would not have the e-Tron today....

[stoic ledge]

2018 number? So 96% is still created from fossil fuels

Idk if there are more recent numbers

You can look in to it

[fathom socket]

Prius

Nissan leaf

[woven leaf]

good point

[fathom socket]

Battery powered cars have been around for 150 years

[woven leaf]

inserts some hmmm, inserts some pffttt's
I mean they are a step up I guess

[stoic ledge]

Would they? Nissan had the Leaf, Renault the Zoe, Mitsubishi the i-Miev?

They didn't have the range etc of a Model S but developments were being made for sure

[woven leaf]

very true, but dino oil took over

[stoic ledge]

Also, you can argue hybrids are also helping a lot, and if you take resources to create 1 massive battery or 100 smaller batteries to lower emissions of 100 persons, what's more effective?

Although I don't have numbers to back that up

[brittle totem]

That car wasn't good enough to change the industry the Model s showed that it was really possible to make an EV without that many comprises.

[woven leaf]

I think they were after Tesla was released? or they were just hybrids

[fathom socket]

Leaf was 2010

Prius was late 90s

[woven leaf]

oh was it, ok

[stoic ledge]

iMiev was 2010

[woven leaf]

ok fair enough 😌

[stoic ledge]

Zoe also 2012 I think

[woven leaf]

Prius is a hybrid though

[fathom socket]

Also the insight hybrid in 99

Chevy volt

[woven leaf]

I'm talkin' full electric

Chevy volt had an ICE generator

[stoic ledge]

GM EV1 was before the Tesla

Who killed the Electric Car

[woven leaf]

ok lets not get into GM's EV1 lol

too controversial

[fathom socket]

In any case the current battery technology is not sustainable
We’ll see how Toyota/Panasonic’s solid state battery does in 2025 and go from there

[woven leaf]

there is a new tech that is very promising ... let me look it up

[fathom socket]

Idk if toyota decides to go with something, there’s a good chance it’s very, very competitive

[woven leaf]

can we post youtube links here?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah but then again you can argue, what's better replacing 10 cars with a PHEV and lower the emissions of 10 cars by 80%, or replace 10 cars with 1 BEV and 9 other new ICE cars (so the amount of resources stay the same) and only lower the emissions of the 10 cars by 10% in total

[stoic ledge]

Yes

[woven leaf]

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

Munro dude is very impressed

[fathom socket]

Look ngl
My main issue is price.
Cars are SO expensive now, a base honda civic is what $24k now?? Insane.

[woven leaf]

yeah I see what you mean

[stoic ledge]

Wait so cheap?

[woven leaf]

hmm not sure about price

[fathom socket]

You in singapore?

[stoic ledge]

🇳🇱

[fathom socket]

Ah almost as bad

For car pricing I mean

[woven leaf]

de netherlands

[stoic ledge]

Singapore is a tad worse for car pricing, but yes it's up there

[fathom socket]

Do y’all have decent public transport at least?

[woven leaf]

pfft Australia has the worst car pricing

everything is like 5x the US price lol

silly....

[fathom socket]

The cheapest cars in singapore are $100,000+ so I doubt it

[stoic ledge]

Only in and between cities imho

[fathom socket]

at least there’s something I guess

[woven leaf]

Fricken $86,000 AU dollars for an Audi S3

😳

[brittle totem]

The base Honda civic is 32k in 🇸🇪.

[fathom socket]

Bruh
It’s $100,000 just for the right to own a car in singapore
That doesn’t even buy the car

Just permission to buy the car

[woven leaf]

he what the....

ok Sinapore more pricye than Aus

[fathom socket]

But their public transport is fuckin sick

[brittle totem]

I think that only for 10 years to..

[fathom socket]

Yeah just 10 years
Then you gotta pay again

[woven leaf]

free public transport?

in Sing?

[fathom socket]

No but extremely extensive and affordable

[woven leaf]

ok nice

just dont place bubble gum on the seats lol

I think bubble gum is illegal?

or is it spitting? confused...

[fathom socket]

Both

[woven leaf]

spit = $100000000 fine

[stoic ledge]

So 52k EUR

S3 in NL starts at €75k

So basically +50%

Gg ez

[woven leaf]

shipping is $$$ to AU

very $$$

[fathom socket]

Gum is illegal because some dipshits in the 80s put it in subway door gears and it ground the public transport system to a halt for days

[woven leaf]

plus the tax $$$

[fathom socket]

Ruined it for everyone

[woven leaf]

😳

hmm interesting

I thought they didnt like touching gum under their seats

[stoic ledge]

Heh an Audi S3 is more expensive than a base Audi e-Tron

Also, did you know e-Tron = 💩 in French

[woven leaf]

omg the e-Tron here is probably about $200,000 😳

[fathom socket]

Unfortunate
For the french

[woven leaf]

I dont want to look it up lol

[brittle totem]

So you can still order a S3 in the Netherlands no possible here anymore but you can get the RS3 for €56k.

[woven leaf]

yeah I have watched that Top Gear episode lol

[stoic ledge]

It's still on there

[dawn glade]

Yeah it's a very shitty car here the e-tron

[stoic ledge]

RS3 is just a mere €100k

[brittle totem]

Yeah the are right just look at this consumption.

[woven leaf]

those prices are actually close to the AUS pricing

75 for the limo, $84K

[brittle totem]

€100k for RS3 💀

[woven leaf]

yeah the RS3 is above 100K here

not worth it

[stoic ledge]

Yeah except 1 EUR is like 1.65 AUD 😛

[woven leaf]

4.2 vs 4.7

[woven leaf]

hmmmmmmmmmmm

ummm

what the

why so expensive

[stoic ledge]

6 minute drive tho 💀

[stoic ledge]

So if the prices are the same

NL is 65% more expansive 😛 Due to the currency value difference

[brittle totem]

Maybe this is more accurate numbers but it still awful.

[stoic ledge]

Tax

[woven leaf]

hmmm

ok makes sense

[stoic ledge]

That's an E-Tron?

[brittle totem]

Yup the E-tron 55

[stoic ledge]

oef

[woven leaf]

there was an A3 E-tron but not listed .. hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

needs more M's

ICE cars = more profit

[feral reef]

Dutch car taxes are pain

[woven leaf]

👀

[stoic ledge]

TFSI e now

[woven leaf]

yerp

AUS taxes are pain too

[feral reef]

It’s why most people drive underpowered shitty cars here

[stoic ledge]

Are you calling my 1.2 underpowered?

👀

[woven leaf]

its all about power to weight lol

[dawn glade]

I drive underpowered shitty car cause I have no money to get something better

[feral reef]

Yes

[woven leaf]

1.2L = great for an 800kg car

[feral reef]

1.2L isn’t a power figure

[brittle totem]

I guess that Abarth 595 is quite common in the Netherlands then.

[feral reef]

Yes

[stoic ledge]

Wdym, are you telling me a GR86 for isn't cheap?

[stoic ledge]

Ok, 83hp 😛

And for @woven leaf , 1060kg 😛

[stoic ledge]

Most common is the 0.9 TwinAir tho

[woven leaf]

ok good point 😋

One day I will consider converting my S3 to electric

a model 3 'drivetrain' in an S3 hmm

[stoic ledge]

Audi version of the ID.3/Born when

[woven leaf]

I will replicate the exhaust notes via external speakers lol

[brittle totem]

Seems cheap meanwhile in Sweden you can get M440i xDrive for €63k

[stoic ledge]

Q4 E-Tron is shite tho 60k and then you still don't have a split folding rear seat as standard

[woven leaf]

I really like my S3's exhaust notes...

will 100% replicate it lol

[stoic ledge]

Almost €92k

[woven leaf]

My wallet gets lighter when I hear the word "BMW"

[brittle totem]

The id4 loaner we hade was 55k and that was for the base model didn't even have a rear view camera. Meanwhile you can get a model y for £5k less which has nearly everything as standard.

[woven leaf]

I will buy a merc or Audi, but never a BMW

plastic engines...

[brittle totem]

How is M440I cheaper then a RS3 ?

[stoic ledge]

Yes 😛

[woven leaf]

plastic lol

fantastic....

[brittle totem]

Well merc have Renault engines in their base models right ?

[civic spoke]

I have eyes both the last generation 1 and 2 series.

Don't know how I feel of the new generation of 'em.

[stoic ledge]

I bought and sold the latest gen 1er within 2 hours

😛

[brittle totem]

I prefer the interiors of latest gen but the exterior of the previous gen is way better.

[stoic ledge]

Si, and they have been doing that for over a decade

[woven leaf]

ummm 🤔 do they?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah 1.3 TCe for petrol and 1.5 dCi for diesel

Both Renault engines

So you can drive a Mercedes with the same engine as a Dacia

[woven leaf]

huh ok

[stoic ledge]

😎

[civic spoke]

I think that I would almost prefer both for the last generation?
I don't really enjoy the screens for everything.

[woven leaf]

well I'll stick to Audi for now lol

but everyone is going electric

so it doesnt matter in the future

[civic spoke]

Just give me the larger nav screen, and I'm good. Since the smaller one looks out of place.

[stoic ledge]

I'll stick to this beast

[civic spoke]

Shit boxes. Best boxes.

[woven leaf]

astra?

GM?

[stoic ledge]

Corsa

[woven leaf]

ahh

[stoic ledge]

But yeah GM Opel yes

[woven leaf]

reliable ol'e chap

maybe

have no idea TBH

[stoic ledge]

It's the smaller sibling of the Astra

[woven leaf]

I see

[stoic ledge]

These are very reliable yes

It's slow

But reliable

[woven leaf]

well slow = less vibration = more reliable

[civic spoke]

I prefer this interior over the newer ones.

[stoic ledge]

It has some old engine tech in it, basically originating from the 1990's. Just updated from time to time. This is a 2012 MY

Cast iron engine block etc

[woven leaf]

not bad interior, I like it

[civic spoke]

Ideally it should have cloth sports seats.

[woven leaf]

white seats get dirty from chocolate

[stoic ledge]

Imagine not having red leather

[brittle totem]

That's the one that was imported from the Netherlands with a sketchy history I think.

[stoic ledge]

Heh wasn't me

I swear

[woven leaf]

leather is such a shit material for cars.... I wish my S3 was cotton lol

[stoic ledge]

😛

[stoic ledge]

My Corsa has cloth

😎

[civic spoke]

This is the combination I would want.

[stoic ledge]

Corsa > S3 confirmed

[woven leaf]

My next car may be a Corsa

[stoic ledge]

You can buy mine, it has an LPG system in it

Literally runs on 115 octane fuel

😛

[civic spoke]

Wild how someone specced a cabrio with sports seats and everything.

[woven leaf]

😏

[stoic ledge]

Damn that steering wheel is greasy lol

[woven leaf]

hmm not sure about LPG lol

[stoic ledge]

Main reason I bought the car lol, the LPG system

[civic spoke]

That's easy enough to fix.

[stoic ledge]

Fuel costing 1/3 the petrol

[stoic ledge]

I know

[woven leaf]

just spray some brake cleaner

[brittle totem]

I think those are the same seats that my Brother hade in E91 325I and the where really comfortable and way better then the leather seats that he hade in his E92 330I .

[stoic ledge]

Cleaned it looks like this 😛 (+ red leather ++)

[civic spoke]

Essentially what I have in my E46.

[woven leaf]

do you need red cows to make red leather?

[stoic ledge]

No, you just need to feed them with strawberries

[civic spoke]

You just dye the leather.

[woven leaf]

😂

[stoic ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/joke-missed-over-your-head-gif-8604199

[woven leaf]

you funny guyz

[civic spoke]

I mean. Flamingoes turn pink from shrimps. 👀

Let me find an interior shot of my car again.

[stoic ledge]

Woah impressive interior shot

[stoic ledge]

With the most modern phone cradle

[woven leaf]

nice

clean

[civic spoke]

Of course.

That picture is from back when I bough it. I should clean it a bit.

[woven leaf]

S3 🙂 nice place to drive

[civic spoke]

Still can't stand the many screens.

[brittle totem]

This one seems quite nice. https://www.blocket.se/annons/goteborg/bmw_125_i_m_sport__navi__drag__pdc__nyservad_v_hjul_224hk/108199515

[civic spoke]

Yeah, it does.

[stoic ledge]

Does it also give you the notification when you press a button you didn't purchase this option

Great pReMiUm experience 😛

[civic spoke]

Tow hitch, too.

[brittle totem]

Facelift to and it seems like it has been serviced by BMW since new to.

[civic spoke]

It's only a 2017. So you kind of figure that it's part of a lease deal or similar.

[stoic ledge]

My brother paid literally that for a pre-LCI 116i

[civic spoke]

Last service being over two years ago. So it's due another service, tbh

[woven leaf]

They just blank the button, you can pressit but nothing happens lol

I have about four blank buttons in my S3, the secret buttons

clicky clicky, no tricky

[brittle totem]

I guess that my Brother will go with something like a 125I after this Summer. When he has sold his Abarth.

[civic spoke]

But man, a 125i would be really nice for the increase in power it has.

Another 50 hp over my car. With heaps more torque, and tuning ability.

Can probably push it towards 300 with little issue.

[stoic ledge]

I know Audi can give you a notification like this Literal translation: "Function not purchased"

[brittle totem]

Its fast enough and I guess it will handle quite wheel to since its compact BMW and its RWD which makes it more fun during winter.

Not that bad in tax to only 866sek a year.

[woven leaf]

ok well I have not seen that in my Aussie S3 😋

[stoic ledge]

Kek I pay that per month

[civic spoke]

Yeah, I generally prefer pure-RWD for BMW.
And I don't know what terms that 2,339 SEK/month is. But it's kind of tempting.

[woven leaf]

click a blank button = nothing happens

= Audi options

at least in Aus

maybe different in other counties

countries...

If I could spell

counties works in the US lol

so I can actually spell

sometimes....

[brittle totem]

Yup that's what happened when you press the voice control button in my dads car it take you to the shop where you can get activated for like €750 or you can just press and hold it down and use google voice assistants for free which is 100 times better.

[brittle totem]

I think that's what you pay if you take a loan from the.

[stoic ledge]

That was specifically the Q4 E-Tron, not having dual zone climate but it does have the dual zone climate buttons

[woven leaf]

omg the voice in my 2019 Audi is absolutely shite! Google CarPlay is waaaaaaaaaaaay better.

[civic spoke]

That's what I figure too. I'm guessing 84 months with some kind of down-payment.

[woven leaf]

why dont Audi just use google for voice recognition.... omgggg... It is so bad..

[woven leaf]

I see 😋

[brittle totem]

It does if you have android phone with android auto plugged in.

[woven leaf]

true, yeah I need to set that up in my S3. Worked ok in my A5

[civic spoke]

What's down-payment usually like? I haven't looked anything at it, so I have no idea.

Is it usually in the 20% range?

[woven leaf]

I just wish Audi used bluetooth or Wifi for google carplay. Currently I need to plug in USB for everything to work

[brittle totem]

Like 25% of the cars value I think.

[civic spoke]

If I'm doing quick mafh. Then that would basically become 50,000 sek down, and then 2,339 sek over 84 months. I guess?

For a total of around 250,000 sek.

Someone said a naughty word?

[woven leaf]

I think I bothered the bot typing quick m__h?

[civic spoke]

Like the methanol injection?

[woven leaf]

😌

perhaps

[civic spoke]

Or did you mean math?

[woven leaf]

🤤

[brittle totem]

If that car haven't sold before the summer has ended my Brother might get its the exact spec that he wants on BMW the only thing that might thru him of is that in automatic and he prefers manuals. And the worst thing is that car doesn't seem to have paddle shifters i thought that was included with the m sport package.

[woven leaf]

perhaps lol

quick math

[civic spoke]

I'm the same. I also prefer manual.
But the auto's in newer cars aren't half bad.

Should really take a drive in a car that has the ZF8 speed, though.

[woven leaf]

6 speed manual is great! Until you have to endure stop-start traffic for 2 hours.

Then an Auto or DSG transmission just makes sense lol

[civic spoke]

I don't care. I'm still not bothered by traffic.

Unless I'm physically hurting in my left knee.

The only thing I don't like about the 125i is that it's a 4 cylinder.

[woven leaf]

the problem is, everyone has a torque converter that can do 3km/h, but youare in a manual that can do min 8km/h
So you are constantly riding the clutch
Same story in my Audi DSG...

[brittle totem]

But no paddle shifters that a bit meh on such a "perfect" spec car. Shifting manual with automatic gearbox without paddles is just 🤮. Can you retrofit paddles shifters on modern BMW without to much hassle ?

[civic spoke]

Nah. My idle speed is lower than that 8 kmh in first.

[civic spoke]

No idea. Maybe you can if you change the steering wheel?

[woven leaf]

hmm

S3 low speed is like 10km/h, my apartment block says 5km/h max

my car literally cannot do 5k/h !!!

lol

[civic spoke]

Would have also been nice if it had another color instead of black.

[woven leaf]

I need 10km/h

I blame Audi for the limitation

if ever there was a court case lol

there is no torque converter in a DSG gearbox

I cannot torque down to 5KM/h lol

[civic spoke]

I want to do some of this kind of spreading. https://youtube.com/shorts/eF6kPqKT6zk?feature=share

[brittle totem]

Yeah but at least the rest of the car matches the black color. I really like blue on the 1er but that's not that common their is one 125D for sale with that color but who wants a diesel.

[civic spoke]

I would be able to fill it up for free.

[brittle totem]

Their is no 225I coupe right ?

[civic spoke]

There is.

I think so, at least.

Or I guess maybe not?

[brittle totem]

Not for sale at least.

[woven leaf]

with BMW it seems the 4cyl models are ok, but when you get to 6cyl and higher, you need to deal with plastic fantastic engines with major failures costing repairs $5000 and beyond

I watch the Car Wizard in youtube .. he passes all BMW's to the German car ninja

[civic spoke]

Okay, yeah. No 225i

225d was apparently a thing.

[brittle totem]

I guess that 225I was just limited to AT version of the 2 series.

[civic spoke]

From the looks of it, sadly.

[woven leaf]

My dad bought two 3 series Alpinas from Germany, both cars needed a full engine replacement after a few years 😳

that was in 1988 I think?

hmmm...

Honestly I have no trust in BMW from what I have seen

[brittle totem]

Which is weird 225i would have the perfect amount of power for 2 series coupe. like 240hp would be enough for such a car but I guess that the 220I can easily be tuned to that level without stressing the engine to much.

[woven leaf]

omggg.... BMW.....

[stoic ledge]

Heh my brother has a BMW with a Peugeot engine

[woven leaf]

save your wallet...

[stoic ledge]

Best of both world

[woven leaf]

geez Peugeot lol

omg double trouble

just buy a honda ... omg 😂

or toyota....

😂

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so he went from a reliable Volvo diesel to a BMW with a Peugeot engine

[woven leaf]

honestly.....

[brittle totem]

I guess that my moms BMW has a mini engine then.

[civic spoke]

I'm reminded of a music video where a Lada was BMW swapped.

[stoic ledge]

But he actually got rid of the Volvo due to Dutch regulations about diesels getting very shite, otherwise he'd still be driving the Volvo

[woven leaf]

BMW and Peugeot should not be in the same sentence 🐒

[stoic ledge]

That's just a BMW/Mini engine yes

[woven leaf]

I would prefer the brits make the Mini engine TBH

[stoic ledge]

Mini also used the Peugeot engine tho

[woven leaf]

I have lost confidence in BMW lol

[stoic ledge]

And earlier Mini's used Chrysler engines

[woven leaf]

hmmmmm

[brittle totem]

Mean while the counted my dads old v70 d2 as an enviormently firendly car when it was new.

[woven leaf]

I would drop in a VW engine lol

[stoic ledge]

Kek no

[woven leaf]

hmmm depends on the model

ok let me choose the K24A3 from honda 🙂

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so the same here, the V40 he had even had tax credits etc when new. Same also for certain V60 and V70 models

[woven leaf]

fricken bullet proof engine... K24A3

[stoic ledge]

Volvo even made a specific D2 and D4 version just for the Netherlands

Including a different gearbox, limited to 190km/h due to eco tires etc

[civic spoke]

From what I've heard, then the B58 engines from BMW are really solid.

[stoic ledge]

We remapped it + removed the limiter ofc

[woven leaf]

that is the thing, every manuf have their good engines, and crap engines

even honda? hmm

even toyota? hm

if you want reliable, you need to choose toyota or honda

[stoic ledge]

Honda also has some bad engines, recent 1.0 Turbo has a wet belt, 1.5 Turbo has oil dilution...

So just go for a Type R

Problem solved

[woven leaf]

hmm didnt know that

[stoic ledge]

Toyota especially made bad diesel mid 2000

[woven leaf]

it doesnt matter, the EV's are taking over

[civic spoke]

Sucks that there aren't too many inline 6's around.

[stoic ledge]

Like the 2.2 D4D I think

Idk, no expert in Toyota's

If you go for the hybrids you're generally good to go

[woven leaf]

One day ICE will be a thing of the past

[stoic ledge]

Toyota now has vans based on Stellantis vans

So they know quality

😎

[woven leaf]

Oh... you used to run an engine on dino sauce? Disgusting!!!!!!!!!

smelly shite ... ewwww

[stoic ledge]

As long as they are refining oil for petrol and diesel, my LPG car is very environmentally friendly

As LPG is just a by product of creating those

[fathom socket]

LPGTQ+

[stoic ledge]

And if we didn't use is for cars and other stuff, they'd just burn it at production

[woven leaf]

oops repeating characters

kekeke

[stoic ledge]

Then it's just producing heat and emissions without any benefit

Atleast in cars it's providing propulsion

[woven leaf]

ok the LTT bot needs some polish, but it seems to be ok

[stoic ledge]

I know it's limits

[woven leaf]

nice 😋

[stoic ledge]

Spamming characters or caps lock, It'll censor you

[woven leaf]

at least it doesnt time you out for 5 minutes lol

[stoic ledge]

Same with specific words

It has timed me out once

For using too many pogchamps

[woven leaf]

😌

it all good

I fear for the upcoming AI Bot Discord Bot

it will have a mind of its own

and we will all run for cover shooting EMP's

[stoic ledge]

[woven leaf]

EMP's will conquer the AI bots

[stoic ledge]

Does an S3 actually have a real Quattro system?

Or the fake Haldex

[woven leaf]

Humans are imune to EMP's

I will go to Bunnings and stock up on EMP's

or buy them on alli-expresss

[woven leaf]

nope it is Haldex and it works great, no complaints

[stoic ledge]

Yeah figured it's Haldex as it's MQB

[woven leaf]

if it is raining I can blitz through a wet corner no problem

[stoic ledge]

Or MQB Evo

[woven leaf]

I had Quattro in my A5 and the S3's Haldex system works great

Cannot tell the diff

but the S3 is a lighter car

[stoic ledge]

Base spec Audi A1 is amazing tho

[woven leaf]

I think proper Quattro is better for heavier models