cars

[wispy cloak]

C plates are also not able to be personalized

[eager grove]

But who needs a three quarter ton over a half ton?

[fathom socket]

If people didn't buy them, they wouldn't make them

[eager grove]

There are half ton trucks that can tow like 14000 lbs

Yeah I know

[fathom socket]

Plus, it's the usa
truck culture takes priority

[eager grove]

But who are these people

Like why does Kelly Clarkson have a Ford F-250

[fathom socket]

country girl

[wispy cloak]

Regular towing

Gassers are not good if you're towing fairly heavy with them very often

[timber oar]

oh its 100% a bmw, im just gonna hope i make enough money to pay to have it fixed if it needs it

[wispy cloak]

Do I need the f350 to tow stuff around like this?
Not really

Is it a lot more comfortable and efficient?
Yes

Also the payload capacity is very nice for mulch jobs and stuff

[fathom socket]

I'd take overbuilt over straining, myself
though most truck owners are only towing their asses to the local walmart

[wispy cloak]

I tow multiple times a week

Fairly light towing but it's definitely still towing

[timber oar]

true that

[wispy cloak]

The a4 is my daily

[fathom socket]

what is that, 6000 pounds you're towing?

[timber oar]

#motorcyclelife

[wispy cloak]

Probably less than that

Probably like 4500-5000lbs

[fathom socket]

still more than anything I see around here in texas
people are never towing anything with their big man trucks for big men

[wispy cloak]

Mulch is what pushes my truck

My payload capacity is 3400lbs and a full load of mulch is definitely close to that

Maybe more

[timber oar]

any kind of earth or anything similar is stupid heavy

stupid stupid heavy

its annoying

[misty mantle]

A ram would blow its trans as soon as you got on the road with that

[eager grove]

No see that’s my point

An F350 makes perfect sense

I watch a builder channel. They have half tonne trucks they mostly use and a Ram 3500 to tow their big trailer when they need it

It’s the in between that makes no sense

[pearl tiger]

any good method to get stains out of seats?

[civic spoke]

Too much weight up front for my taste.

[wispy cloak]

It worked out fine

Not much of a load for my truck anyways

[civic spoke]

Just a fair amount of weight on the tongue.

[plucky flame]

Oh fuck boyos

[wraith rivet]

coming home from work last night

I love times like this where it’s nice and quiet and peaceful up in the hills

[plucky flame]

The cabriolet is for sale

[feral reef]

lol @stoic ledge

turn up the volume

[stoic ledge]

DIKKE MAZDA, EFFE REVVEN vroeeeem

Nice 😛

[wraith rivet]

what’d he say?

rev it or somn?

[stoic ledge]

Nice Mazda, rev it

[wraith rivet]

😎

good kid

[stoic ledge]

Disappointed RPJ didn't immediately go in to full Tokyo drift mode

😛

[feral reef]

I sort of did

[stoic ledge]

[feral reef]

I slid on my way out of the roundabout, but the recording doesn't really show that

Just looks like I'm doing a Ged

[wraith rivet]

@charred depot you’re an example now

[charred depot]

need to go quicker

[misty mantle]

Petal to the floor

[feral reef]

I always put rose petals in my car when I drive

[charred depot]

bit of dejavu frequent occurence

boost is getting turned up a bit on the 305 tomorrow probably, never enough.

might fork out for someone to make up an exhaust as im too lazy

what I have works but its too small a diameter and scrapes off the ground

silent aswell, just whistles by

[exotic turtle]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sXOffbLH_I0

[wraith rivet]

https://amp.cheezburger.com/20329477/it-ran-out-of-fuel-as-i-drove-in-man-takes-instructions-literally-and-returns-a-rental-car-with-no

Lmao I love this

[wide hemlock]

kinda lame kinda like it

[tardy harbor]

VOLVO

idk about that cover tho man

[wide hemlock]

better than chinese no name amazon junk

[tardy harbor]

whats wrong with the wheel itself

[wide hemlock]

prob gonna get a momo wheel eventually but need to do some fuckery

need to find an mx5 wheel boss

[tardy harbor]

uhm 😄

[wide hemlock]

mitsubishi FTO swaybar

[tardy harbor]

which volvo is this and what did you do to it

[wide hemlock]

because uhaul wouldnt sell me one when I asked

recently lowered s40

[tardy harbor]

nice

[wide hemlock]

Bilstien shocks H&R lowering springs

mitsubishi eclipse front brake calipers

evo 3 rear alignment bars

[tardy harbor]

thats pretty dope my guy

any reason specifically you started with the s40 or?

[wide hemlock]

I had one when I was 16 and bought this one when I graduated HS

it's kind of a rare car

and it's a special edition

[tardy harbor]

in the US I can imagine yeah

[tardy harbor]

cool

[wide hemlock]

I've probably seen like 5 other ones in the 4 years I've had them

I like cars that require research to modify

[tardy harbor]

funny

[wide hemlock]

not much aftermarket for these

[tardy harbor]

they are very common here but thats fine

[tardy harbor]

nice fuel door haha

[wide hemlock]

very old pic of my first one

[tardy harbor]

I have a C30 T5 myself, volvos have been a family thing for me and my dad

always liked them

[wide hemlock]

prob gonna start taking it to events now that's it's built

I have a 1988 240 but they're kinda old junk

30yr old cars like to break

[tardy harbor]

yeah 😄

this is mine

it has a red interior which ive always found pretty intoxicating

[wide hemlock]

mine has beige

[wide hemlock]

I'm still working on the rear of this car

this car is pretty clean for an undesirable car but still has some wacky shit like these broken springs I found when I took them off

I'm excited to see how it handles with the FTO swaybar

23mm vs 16mm stock

[stoic ledge]

🇳🇱 intensifies

[tardy harbor]

yeah obviously my main for of transport has 2 wheels

[stoic ledge]

Lol yeah no 😛

[wide hemlock]

s40s were made in netherlands

only nedcar to come to USA

[stoic ledge]

Born in Born

[wide hemlock]

besides mini countryman

[charred depot]

my saab would snap loads of springs, bloody moderns : )

[tardy harbor]

[tardy harbor]

dope

[stoic ledge]

Are NL Countryman's exported to the US?

[stoic ledge]

Kek, well bought a new one November last year only put 200km on it

[tardy harbor]

I wish all countrymans sank on the way over

[tardy harbor]

an e-bike or a normal one

[stoic ledge]

Normal

Not retired yet lol

[tardy harbor]

😄 fair enough but if you do a lot of distance its nice

[stoic ledge]

Belt driven tho 😎

[tardy harbor]

I used to have one to go to school from rotterdam to delft

[tardy harbor]

yeah those are cool, my dad has one of those as well

and it has automatic gears, although those are a bit weird to me

[stoic ledge]

If I want to be lazy I take the car 😛

Manual gears ofc because manual life

[tardy harbor]

the reason he got it is because it means you dont have any cables running to the steering wheel and at like stations n shit where those get caught and sometimes damaged its quite nice I guess

[stoic ledge]

I only use my bike for "fun" trips e.g just going for a ride, and visiting friends etc

[tardy harbor]

thats pretty broad 😄

[stoic ledge]

Haven't used public transport in... 8 years? Wouldn't park my bike at a station anyway lol

Well so basically not commuting

[tardy harbor]

I mean getting something from the store or going to the dentist arent really fun either but I get what you mean

do you live in a big city?

[stoic ledge]

Hell no

[tardy harbor]

yeah I figured

[stoic ledge]

Small town far South

[tardy harbor]

nice

[stoic ledge]

Yeah dentist I did take it actually, but yeah there you can properly park it

[compact grotto]

I know how you feel about spinning doritos but this was fascinating purely from the engineering side of things @dusk ocean https://youtu.be/sXOffbLH_I0

[dusky torrent]

Is the SF-23 more of a tractor or a rocket ship in your opinions?

[tardy harbor]

neither

[halcyon grotto]

slower than Farmer Clarksons Lamborghini

but I think it looks decent compared to last year

[dusky torrent]

Why was Perez 30 kmh faster than Leclerc when he passed him into turn 1 at Baku

[tardy harbor]

its 1 lap pace is pretty good but race pace it lacks compared to the RB especially with it comes to deg

[tardy harbor]

cuz of drs

and a slipstream

[dusky torrent]

Interesting

[halcyon grotto]

basically sum up ferrari since like 2018 or something

[tardy harbor]

and efficient aero design

[dusky torrent]

Does anyone know the RB19 and the SF-23 top speed with DRS and full ERS deployment?

[tardy harbor]

eh, last year they were much more competitive in race trim and so were they in 2018 against Mercedes

[halcyon grotto]

my dad's third uncle works for red bull and he says it can do 400 but they've limited the engines

[tardy harbor]

you cant put a number to that because that highly depends on setup and conditions

[dusky torrent]

Okay

I'm afraid Ferrari will get defeated in Miami this week

[tardy harbor]

in 2005 or something an F1 team ran a car without a rear wing on the salt flats for fun

[tardy harbor]

most likely yeah

RB is about a second a lap quicker in race trim

[halcyon grotto]

RB gonna walk most races unless something massive happens

[tardy harbor]

yeah

[halcyon grotto]

if they have a weakness I dont think we've found it yet

[tardy harbor]

one lap pace isnt great

[halcyon grotto]

relatively ye

[tardy harbor]

but I think thats mostly down to setup, the car might be a little bit more difficult to get right

especially on sprint weekends

and max has been talking a lot about engine breaking being sub optimal this year but that seems to either be between his ears or has a very minimal effect

[halcyon grotto]

I imagine they go all in on race pace as they know they're fast enough to get front row or 2nd row anyways

[tardy harbor]

eh quali also gives points nowadays

and drivers always want to win everything

[dusky torrent]

Last years car had great pace but Ferrari blew it with the strategy and some driver errors, like Leclerc at Paul Ricard

[tardy harbor]

so I don't think they will be disregarding it

and on places like monaco a pole position will most likely win you the race

unless youre ferarri

[tardy harbor]

ferarri has been an absolute laugh for years 😄

its great to laugh at if youre not a ferarri fan

its always a surprise what they manage to fuck up

[dusky torrent]

What happened to Ferrari after Kimi Raikkonen

[tardy harbor]

well

shit drivers

😄

nah thats not true but

the first couple of years were rough

the hybrid cars were shit to the point where they had to cheat, then when they got caught they were shit again

[halcyon grotto]

I imagine alot of the Michael schumi era people either left around that time

[tardy harbor]

id put it down to bad general management, for instance they sack a team principle relatively quickly before long term plans can have effect

[dusky torrent]

I've seen a clip of Alonso driving the 2014 ferrari car. Idk if it was just a bad setup that day but it looked like he was driving a dodge hellcat with bald tires

[tardy harbor]

the 2014 car was a joke

[halcyon grotto]

Then they hire one with a year before retirement lol

[tardy harbor]

tbh alonso outdrove the car all years he was at ferarri

[tardy harbor]

you mean vasseur?

I think hes pretty solid but you have to give him a couple of years

[halcyon grotto]

I was confused it was some other top Ferrari guy that was retiring

[tardy harbor]

ah

[halcyon grotto]

At least I think

[tardy harbor]

the team principals dont retire during a contract so that wont be it

the ceo of ferarri passed away

unexpectedly at some point I believe

couple years ago

[wraith rivet]

evening backroad driving ❤️

[wanton geyser]

welp, dropped the lexus for this beast, and ive been loving it

[toxic karma]

@dusk ocean when was the last time you had a true shitbox

[wet summit]

drove my cavalier all day without issue, went to start it and the fuel pump died within 2 hours lol

i guess in hind sight i should have known, the hellcat mpg video i sent was me sitting with it idling and the sending unit was confused

this vid

unlike my girlfriends nissan, i have to drop the tank 😩 she's got a access on top of the back seats... remove the cushions and there it is

[tepid wing]

I remember the gas gauge on my family's Montana was busted.

They wanted like, 2K or something insane like that to fix it.

[wet summit]

my truck likes to dance around

it'll be 50% then 30% then 40% then 45%

i also just filled this puppy with gas, the tank is gonna be heaaaaavy

[civic spoke]

Can you empty some of it?

[brittle totem]

Probaly DRS,ERS and a slipstream from leclerc but the Red bull has very high top speed to compared to other cars on the grid.

[brittle totem]

They have a very limited run in the wind tunnel so they cant bring that much upgrades during the year which probaly will close the gap a little bit.

[dusk ocean]

Damn it's been a while

[halcyon grotto]

Neweys brain is its own wind tunnel

[tired sundial]

I just found out yesterday does owns a restaurant

[misty mantle]

Wonder if they're still upset that Ford whooped them at Lemans way back when

[tardy harbor]

thats a bit toooo far in the past 😄 even for ferarri

for le mans they are better off being angry at Porsche

[fathom socket]

Not our fault ferrari has been mid as hell at…everything lately

[misty mantle]

📠

[tardy harbor]

personally I quite enjoy Ferraris failing, mainly in F1, because they always act so pretentious and condescending in the sport

I mean all teams do but Ferrari even more

[fathom socket]

Honestly even as a car person I couldn’t tell you what they’re selling at the moment
Like honestly I have zero idea

[tardy harbor]

I do feel bad for the drivers though

[misty mantle]

Perhaps Ferrari just needs to cope and stick to sueing people for modifying the Ferraris that they CLEARLY OWN

[tardy harbor]

an suv

parasangue?

idk something like that

[misty mantle]

Really? Huh

[fathom socket]

They have an suv???? Shit ok

[tardy harbor]

yeah they are only 5 years late to the party

[fathom socket]

I gotta check out their lineup
Supercars just don’t excite me anymore

[tardy harbor]

but credit where its due its allegedly the best super SUV on the market

but its still an SUV so what the fuck

[misty mantle]

Ah, that makes sense

[fathom socket]

Deadmau5?

[finite moon]

yeah that's deadmau5 lol

[fathom socket]

Yeah ferrari is so self important

[tardy harbor]

arrogant pricks

[finite moon]

ferrari send out C+D for breathing on their logo wrong

[tardy harbor]

I love this

sorry please do continue

[misty mantle]

This needs to be pinned in this channel

[fathom socket]

And I just don’t care about ferrari’s powertrains either

[finite moon]

true but there's protecting it and being a dick about it like ferrari do

[fathom socket]

Looking at their lineup, I only like the F8 visually

[tardy harbor]

dawg last season I posted this imagine every time they fucked up in a friends f1 server

basically 85% of the time 😄

[finite moon]

I'm not gonna get a C+D from vauxhall for rebadging my astra into disastra, the purrari had no monetary gain for deadmau5

[misty mantle]

Although their founder may want to smite you if you put a Ford powertrain in one of their cars

[tardy harbor]

you can C, Deez nuts

I apologise

[finite moon]

[tardy harbor]

🪦

fxx

I think

😄 really?

lmao

[plucky flame]

What in the fuck

[tired sundial]

Old bmw was epic

[tardy harbor]

I mean yeah they are fine with it because it fits within their "brand"

but the moment you do something funny with it as a high profile customer and its blacklist

wait apologies I did not take a lot of care in reading the previous messages, so what made the Purarri different?

I'd argue that Ferrari in that case understood what value being on the good side of Jay Lenno can bring opposed to him not being able to buy cars

ah yeah okay that makes sense

lmao

my bad

but deadmau5 couldve just taken off the logos and be fine?

was there a problem with Purarri as well or

just the emblems

yeah he remade all of them

I guess the name itself is fine

just the emblem copying

not so fine

fair enough, thanks for explaining

still regardless I think sending a C+D for the purrari is in quite poor taste

what risk would ferarri have for letting it be

in what way exactly?

right so precedent

[fathom socket]

Who’s car is this bruh

[tardy harbor]

a gentlemens for sure

[misty mantle]

Just a standard nissan sentra driver

[tardy harbor]

maybe its the ceo of xvideos

[tired sundial]

What is with the tires

[misty mantle]

Hold up, that thing has Audi wheels

[tardy harbor]

more like audi centre caps 😄

[tired sundial]

Yea

[tardy harbor]

I mean I guess it could be an audi wheel but I hope not considering how ugly it s

[tired sundial]

Looks like Audi wheels not just center caps

Doesn’t look to be Nissan

[wraith rivet]

Lmaoo

[tardy harbor]

I wonder how much the owner of that website makes

I guess enough for 1 nissan sentra and 4 fugly wheels

[tired sundial]

I think he did it to mess with everyone

[tardy harbor]

well yes I hope for his sake its ironic

[tired sundial]

I can’t find the wheels

For Nissan

[tardy harbor]

they look like a shitty cast alloy by a 3rd party

I dont think those are OEM audi rims

[fathom socket]

Run flat tires 🤢

[timber oar]

I was cringing more at the tires than the wheels honestly yeah

[tired sundial]

Center caps would be a good amount of money for all 4 wheels

[fathom socket]

Run flats are just cringe as hell
“I hate comfort and money” tires

[tardy harbor]

if they are genuine 😄

[tired sundial]

Yea

The tire is unfindable for me

I think they are aftermarket

Neither Audi or Nissan have it

[tardy harbor]

yeah looks too cheap

it looks like it was made by someone who got a description of an Audi rim over the phone

[tired sundial]

I doubt he has anything to do with xvideos I think it was a funny joke to him

[tardy harbor]

nah CEO for sure

[tired sundial]

CEO is probably driving so@thing nicer with the amount of add on that website

[charred depot]

My new engine launched the exhaust tip at someone heh

[tardy harbor]

yeah I was wondering how much the owner of that website would make

its a pretty shit site lets be honest

but the traffic must be mad

[fathom socket]

Rust?

[tired sundial]

No one uses x video unless they were watching the full sonic movie

[tired sundial]

How to dent the drivers car behind you without paying for it

[charred depot]

Didnt hit but he certainly wasnt driving as close as he was before heh

[charred depot]

Naaa sheer power

[fathom socket]

Sorry I’m too miat to understand

[tired sundial]

Totally

[charred depot]

I got a quote for a stainless exhaust yesterday

£350

[tardy harbor]

why 😄

[tired sundial]

Probably went more farther back thinking the car was slowly falling apart

[charred depot]

Because it also scrapes off the ground

[tired sundial]

Home Depot quoted $10 for that

[charred depot]

Its a bodged exhaust for my engine swap

[fathom socket]

Audi wheels with suspicious website reference

[tired sundial]

Did you try Home Depot?

[charred depot]

Doesent exist

[tired sundial]

What

Bro that sucks

[charred depot]

Rip pedestrian blaster

[tardy harbor]

woah

[tired sundial]

Go to a hardware store

[tardy harbor]

now thats a baller of a car

back when peugot made good cars

[charred depot]

Ex taxi too

Strongk

[tardy harbor]

ehhhh

ill take your word for it 😄

[charred depot]

It was a taxi

[tardy harbor]

but you did just say it had an engine swap

[charred depot]

Yeah now

[tardy harbor]

its a diesel right?

[charred depot]

It was a taxi 25 years ago

Yeah

[tardy harbor]

how much beautiful french kilometres are on it?

[charred depot]

Not many

[tired sundial]

25

[tardy harbor]

engine swap after 25km is a record for the french

[charred depot]

Speedo has been unplugged alot but its at like 160k miles

Engine is on 236k miles

[tardy harbor]

nice

[charred depot]

They didnt come as turbodiesels but mine is : )

[stoic ledge]

Turbo D

[tardy harbor]

[charred depot]

Very fun, not that quick but ropey enough to make it feel as such.

[tardy harbor]

fair enough 😄

living on the edge, I like it

every corner can be your last

[charred depot]

Its safe enough but very rolly

[tired sundial]

Don’t you engine swap every 25 km

[charred depot]

Why wouldnt you

[tardy harbor]

safe enough... sure

[fathom socket]

Skill issues

[tardy harbor]

I sure do

[charred depot]

Nah staying as is for a while in daily use for work

Only car i have insured for business use heh

[tardy harbor]

ah hell yes insurance fraud

allegedly

[charred depot]

Its all declared

I thoght my boss was asking me for a lift to a client and i about had a panic attack

[tardy harbor]

what so you dont drive it personally?

like outside commuting?

or do you pay a rate for those km's or something

[charred depot]

Personal use is covered ofcourse

[tardy harbor]

oooh, I read it wrong, I see

my bad

[charred depot]

Business use added on is expensive so I only want to pay for it once

The ideal machine

[stoic ledge]

I don't think I pay seperate on mine for that

Rear window defroster? You really like to spoil yourself

[tardy harbor]

right

[charred depot]

You have sdp sdpc and business here

3 main levels

Business miles are very dangerous apparently

[tardy harbor]

in that car, yes

[stoic ledge]

It's not the car you should be worried about, more the incompetence of others

[charred depot]

Cheap to insure as its a classic

Classic drivers are responsible ofcourse

: )

[stoic ledge]

Ged skidding around = responsible

[tardy harbor]

right but id rather have a crumple zone and not be the crumple zone 😄

[stoic ledge]

We die like real men

[tardy harbor]

for that I am envious

im getting shafted every month

[charred depot]

Just dont engage in crumplage

Simple as

[tardy harbor]

true

just dont crash

[charred depot]

Almost did a couple days ago on a oil spill heh

[tardy harbor]

your own or

[wispy cloak]

If I crash I have vehicles that may have steering wheel claymores

[charred depot]

Probably

[charred depot]

Atleast i dont have to worry about that

[tardy harbor]

ive crashed into a opel corsa

just cuz I hate that car

[stoic ledge]

Not mine I Hope

[tardy harbor]

oh

[stoic ledge]

[tardy harbor]

uhhhhhhh

[stoic ledge]

[tardy harbor]

is it blue?

[stoic ledge]

No

[tardy harbor]

then we good

also technically they crashed into me

but you know same old

[stoic ledge]

I had a Merc crash in to mine

[wispy cloak]

Both my audi and bmw are in the list of model years affected but when the vins are looked up they say they aren't affected

[charred depot]

Ejection seats

[stoic ledge]

Got me a new rear bumper

[wispy cloak]

So my solution is to just not crash

[stoic ledge]

Actually fitted better than the Original

So thanks

[tardy harbor]

dawg my car got absolutely bodied by that shitty corsa 😄

[stoic ledge]

😎

[tardy harbor]

I mean its just unlucky where you make contact but they had like 3 scratches and I needed fender, bonnet and bumper repair

[stoic ledge]

Literally only bumper damage on mine, nothing beneath it was even touched

They just hit it at a very weird angle

[tardy harbor]

i mean

thats quite considerable tho

[charred depot]

My saab got reversed into by a big van with a stonking towbar

[tardy harbor]

oof

[charred depot]

Nothing to claim for

[wispy cloak]

My dakota got hit head on by a civic

[tardy harbor]

why not

[wispy cloak]

While parked

[charred depot]

Its fine

Id never claim for anything really

[stoic ledge]

Only folded in the bumper, bar underneath was fine and the actually body wasn't touch

So needed 1 new bumper and 1 mounting bracket, that's it

[tardy harbor]

did it use a Pick Up line

hahahahah

sorry

for the record I was laughing at my own pick up joke

[wispy cloak]

It only took four months to get a payout from their insurance

[tardy harbor]

I wouldnt dare make fun of your corsa damage

[stoic ledge]

I know 😛

[tardy harbor]

good

wait let me find the accident pictures

[stoic ledge]

I just had to let go of a tear about your joke

It was... Bad

[tardy harbor]

thanks

im proud of it

[stoic ledge]

My car got hit on Friday, picked it up again on Tuesday:

SPEED

[tardy harbor]

I love speed

[stoic ledge]

Average Dutchy be like

[charred depot]

My bx was hit and run by a van during a friends ownership

[stoic ledge]

Damn already 5 years ago, time flies

[tardy harbor]

oh I lied no bonnet damage

[stoic ledge]

OOF headlight tho

That's expensive

[tardy harbor]

yeah

I think it was 300 ish

[stoic ledge]

Was it attacked by paint filler?

[tardy harbor]

happens to the best of them

[charred depot]

Nah just paint cracking off

No filler, probably shit respray in past

[stoic ledge]

Perfect rust repair on the mighty Corsa

Done by a professional a.k.a me

Actually happy with the result lol

[tardy harbor]

rust on a corsa? I thought that was against the laws of physics

[stoic ledge]

Also "rust repair", 2 tiny dots

[tardy harbor]

looks good mate

well done

[stoic ledge]

Apparently some junk got stuck under the rubber seal

Usually these don't really rust

[tardy harbor]

ah

[stoic ledge]

But that'll do it

[tardy harbor]

this was after I got it back

job well done id say by the body shop

[stoic ledge]

Yeah, black metallic is hard to match

Can't see it

[tardy harbor]

yeah.. I wonder if they replaced it or fixed it

must have fixed it because replacing is dumb expensive

mad respect for that kind of craftmanship

[stoic ledge]

I think fixed yeah

And then blended

[tardy harbor]

they cheated by polishing everything around it

[wispy cloak]

Originally they said my truck wasn't totaled, then they said it was, then they said it might not be, then it was

I also have a special edition that they made less than 16000 of

[tardy harbor]

I guess that makes it less noticeable if it doesnt enterily match?

[wispy cloak]

So value was different

I ended up keeping it and taking a very small payout

Insurance is a scam

At least I still have a clean title

[stoic ledge]

Blending it makes it that they don't have to repaint the entire car yes

[stoic ledge]

Yeah they want to pay out as little as possible

[wispy cloak]

I still got more than I paid for the truck

I paid $1800

They gave me $2200 if I remember right

If I would've surrendered it then it would've been $6700

They also covered all of the mechanical repairs

I just need a fender and bumper

[stoic ledge]

Parts should be widely available for a truck no?

[stoic ledge]

What engine is in it?

Always Liked the design but so expensive for what they are nowadays

[wispy cloak]

Well the body shop said it'd be like $7000 and they couldn't do it until February

[tardy harbor]

T5

[wispy cloak]

The estimate was done in October

[tardy harbor]

I tried to find the invoice what was repaired but I can only find the insurance bill

[stoic ledge]

Actually got the 5 cyl

[tardy harbor]

€ 2.630,42

[stoic ledge]

My man

[tardy harbor]

🙂

of course

gotta go fast

[stoic ledge]

Haha say that to my 1.2

[tardy harbor]

eh you know

at least you dont get shafted

[stoic ledge]

My bumper was like 1300€, crazy

[tardy harbor]

yeah its mad

[stoic ledge]

Runs on LPG tho which is the main reason I bought it

And I am unable to get rid of it... Looked at other cars to replace it but someway I can't get rid of it

[tardy harbor]

idk about you but a car at all is a luxury item and this particular car is a luxury item I will never financially recover from

[stoic ledge]

Yes .. but then I also need it for work (80km 1 way), sit in traffic jams...

[tardy harbor]

yeah fair enough

[stoic ledge]

Atleast for now I keep it

Trade in I get next to nothing for it

[tardy harbor]

what year is it

[stoic ledge]

And then I have to pay a ridiculous high price to get a 7 year old C-segment car, especially when I don't want a 3 cyl

12-2011, MY2012

[tardy harbor]

can you give an example?

for a car you mean

[stoic ledge]

https://www.viabovag.nl/auto/opel-astra-14-turbo-150pk-innovation-full-options-rijklaarprijs-incl-12-mnd-garantie-jg98j6s

I visited this one

Really nice car

[tardy harbor]

fuck me

16k

[stoic ledge]

But still, 16k for a 7 year old Astra

[tardy harbor]

[stoic ledge]

Well it's loaded in options, including ventilated seats, massage seat, heated rear seats, matrix LED headlights... But yeah it's a lot

[tardy harbor]

yeah but still 😄

idk id feel ripped off even with the options

but you know we are dutch we feel ripped off for everything

[stoic ledge]

"Problem" is, as a Dutchy I'm fairly tall (not extreme, 1m94)... But I do not sit well in a lot of cars

[tardy harbor]

ah yeah

big schlong problems

[stoic ledge]

Funnily enough I have massive amounts of space in the Corsa

Maybe even more than the Astra

By brother has a BMW 1er, I'm physically unable to drive it lol

[tardy harbor]

yeah the compacts are smarter with space funnily enough 😄

the 1 series is notoriously cramped though

[stoic ledge]

True

[tardy harbor]

cuz of the rwd setup

[stoic ledge]

Had a V40 before that, lovely car

But diesel

So had to go

😭

Still miss that car

[tardy harbor]

volvo gang

[stoic ledge]

🅱️olvo

[tardy harbor]

my dad has an imported xc90 from the US

with a 3.2l straight six

its so stupid

[stoic ledge]

Wasn't that the base engine for the XC90? Well if you didn't go diesel or turbocharged

[tardy harbor]

nope base was T5

[stoic ledge]

Should've gone with the Yamaha V8

[tardy harbor]

I dont think they sold the 3.2 here

[stoic ledge]

Rather have T5 then 3.2 tbh

[tardy harbor]

you had T5 petrol and diesel and then the v8

at least ive never seen another xc90 3.2 and there are a lot of xc90s everywhere

[tardy harbor]

yeah

but it makes a nice sound

[stoic ledge]

2006-2010, 3.2 was available in NL

[tardy harbor]

its a 2011 I think

but

[stoic ledge]

2011-2012 also

[tardy harbor]

oh cool

I stand corrected

[stoic ledge]

[tardy harbor]

strange that I never see one

is the badging different?

I swear ive never seen one that says 3.2 on the back

[stoic ledge]

2011-2012, only petrol you could get was actually the 3.2

[tardy harbor]

tf 😄

[stoic ledge]

Probably didn't have a badge

[tardy harbor]

that must be it

[stoic ledge]

If no badge, 3.2

Else -> badge

[tardy harbor]

cuz this one does but I can imagine thats a US thing because they obviously need to show pp size

[stoic ledge]

True

V40 also had no badge

Nobody needed to know it's a D2

Took it to Volvotune tho, made it fairly quick

[tardy harbor]

😄

nice

[stoic ledge]

Should have 170hp/380Nm after remap but we dynod it at 185hp/450Nm

[tardy harbor]

damn

[stoic ledge]

Torque made it spin wheels in 3rd gear when on winter tires

[tardy harbor]

those are some questionable tires then too but cool nonetheless 😄

[stoic ledge]

Nice increase from the stock 120hp/280Nm

[tardy harbor]

yeah thats massive

turbos man

[stoic ledge]

We never put questionable tires on our cars lol, last thing I'll skimp on

[tardy harbor]

good lad

[stoic ledge]

Yeah D2 had 1 massive turbo, D3 VNT, D4 twin turbo

You noticed that driving the D2 other then you expected it picked up power when revving

Which is very odd for a diesel

[tardy harbor]

waiting for boost I presume

[stoic ledge]

Additionally, remap removed the limiter. Got it up to 245 on the speedometer

Limiter was at 190

[tardy harbor]

yeah they all are

[stoic ledge]

Now they're limited at 180

[tardy harbor]

well the t5 isnt

[stoic ledge]

But those were limited to 190 only in NL

[tardy harbor]

but the "normal" ones are

[stoic ledge]

As NL got specific versions of the D2 and D4

[tardy harbor]

werent those peugot engines

[stoic ledge]

First yes, later VEA

By brother had the VEA

Well D4 was always Volvo

D2 was first PSA later Volvo

That's why you could also get that much power out of it

[tardy harbor]

dindt hear great things about that d2

from PSA

[stoic ledge]

Base block is the same for D2/D3/D4/D5 with VEA

PSA 1.6 D2 is good if you removed all the emissions crap

[tired sundial]

Nothing suspicious

[tardy harbor]

hmm I think there was quite some issues even beyond the emission shit

but I never owned one so ill take your word for it

this is my first car

[stoic ledge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/375461451403624471/977217293035651144/IMG-20220514-WA0000.jpg

[tardy harbor]

looks good

very nice

[stoic ledge]

Corsa is my first... Didn't expect to drive it for 7 years tho, and continue for years to come probably

[tardy harbor]

damn

at least youre getting your use out of it

haha

[stoic ledge]

Exported now, idk where it is now

[stoic ledge]

My current objective is to see how far it car go

But that can change again in the future, idk

[tardy harbor]

how much km?

[stoic ledge]

For now it's cheap motoring

Just 163k km now

Barely run in

[tardy harbor]

right 😄

I just recently ticked over 200

[stoic ledge]

Only 200

[tardy harbor]

but dindt see it happen cuz my dad borrowed it

[stoic ledge]

Nobody borrows my Corsa

It's holy

I do borrow other people's cars

But not the other way around

[tardy harbor]

yeah the T5 supposedly will at least do double

[stoic ledge]

Yup

[tardy harbor]

I plan to drive this until the doors fall off or until I no longer can afford food

whatever comes first

[stoic ledge]

Friend of mine has an S40 T5, also just over 200k km

[stoic ledge]

Or when they ban it in The Hague

Probably more likely

[tardy harbor]

those old v70 T5s and 850 Rs n shit often hit 600/700k easy

[stoic ledge]

[tardy harbor]

eh its petrol so I think ill be fine for a bit

or not

in which case the hague will actually do me a financial favour for once

[stoic ledge]

You never know with them

[tardy harbor]

I live in rotterdam so I dont really need the thing but for recreation its nice

[stoic ledge]

When they come up with crazy shite like that I'll just get a company car then

Done with the BS

[tardy harbor]

wish I could

dumb ass company

[stoic ledge]

[tardy harbor]

ill fucking drive an aygo

like when I say im getting shafted each month

im not joking

take wild guess

im 23

live alone in rotterdam

[stoic ledge]

Wild guess at what

[tardy harbor]

what that car costs me before fuel, maintance and write off

[stoic ledge]

Oh

[tardy harbor]

each month

[stoic ledge]

So tax and Insurance?

[tardy harbor]

and parking

[stoic ledge]

€150

Oh

No

Parking

[tardy harbor]

xd

[stoic ledge]

€250 then

[tardy harbor]

oh no

now I dont wanna say

[stoic ledge]

Parking is free for me

Say it

[tardy harbor]

my insurance alone is 190 😄

[stoic ledge]

Kekw

[tardy harbor]

tax is 65

parking is 15

I think

[wispy cloak]

I pay about $200 per vehicle every six months for insurance

[stoic ledge]

Your tax is lower than my Corsa

That's 61/month

[tardy harbor]

I typod

its 65

[stoic ledge]

Oh

Same rate then basically

[wispy cloak]

Also you pay monthly taxes on your cars?

[stoic ledge]

Cheap 😛

[stoic ledge]

Yeah

[tardy harbor]

and I have 2 years no claim

[tired sundial]

😦 I pay 780 every month for my 1 vehicle

[tardy harbor]

when I got it insurance was 225 a month

[wispy cloak]

I just pay my registration once every year

My most expensive vehicle to renew is the f350

[stoic ledge]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/375461451403624471/1097179964253687919/IMG_20210409_120700.jpg

[wispy cloak]

I think that's around $191 every year?

[stoic ledge]

This is €61/month

So €730/year

[tardy harbor]

insurance or tax

[stoic ledge]

This was like €120/month

Tax

[wispy cloak]

How in the world is that even possible

[tardy harbor]

tbh I dont mind that its this expensive to own a car here but the 200 a month in insurance does bother me

I understand why its so expensive but still

[wispy cloak]

My most expensive cost is just fuel

[tardy harbor]

right..

[stoic ledge]

Yeah so I'm at ~€135/month for tax and Insurance

[tired sundial]

Poeple in Florida drive like it’s bumper carts and it cost way more because I’m 17

[stoic ledge]

Fuel is my lowest cost basically

Due to the LPG system

[wispy cloak]

My truck drinks fuel

I usually get somewhere between 12-14mpg I think

[tardy harbor]

there is no point comparing between different countries

[wispy cloak]

I like doing it

Just to see the differences

[tardy harbor]

fair enough

[stoic ledge]

US fuel is basically free

😛

[wispy cloak]

My truck also has no emissions equipment

And I am not required to do any emissions on any vehicle in my area

[halcyon grotto]

I'm at like £95/month (equiv to 108 euro)

[tardy harbor]

I considered chipping mine but if I do get a specification adjustment there is a solid chance I won't be able to insure the thing so I wont risk it

[wispy cloak]

Everything except for the f350 has a stock exhaust though

[tired sundial]

It’s like 4 a gallon I think

[halcyon grotto]

the dream

[stoic ledge]

Cheap AF

[wispy cloak]

I think diesel was like $3.57/gal last time I filled up

[stoic ledge]

Also cheap AF

[wispy cloak]

Premium was like $4.08/gal for the audi

[tardy harbor]

premium still being shit 😄

[tired sundial]

It’s not cheap when you have to drive every day

[halcyon grotto]

on a stonking great volvo v70 and I'm only 20 so definitely cant complain I think

[tired sundial]

It’s like $30 every 2 days

[wispy cloak]

Outside of 91 at the pump I also have access to avgas, race gas, and e85 in my area

E85 being cheaper than regular

[wispy cloak]

If I daily the truck then it's like $125ish every two weeks

The audi is like $60-$70 every two or so weeks

[tired sundial]

🙂 I drive a lot of miles

[tardy harbor]

same, on my bike

[wispy cloak]

I use my truck for work

I just have a 38 gallon tank

And diesel economy

[stoic ledge]

If I'd commute to work every day (I don't because WfH let's goo), it'd cost me ~€200/month due to the cheap LPG, regular petrol would be ~€600/month, and that's while we still have a tax deduction on fuel untill this summer (then goes up 30c/l again), that'd raise it another €100

Another reason I don't want to get rid of the LPG car

[wispy cloak]

I wish I didn't have to pay for fuel to get to school and back

But at least I make money while driving the truck

[charred depot]

Do 200 miles some days 50 other days in the 305 for work

[halcyon grotto]

LPG do seem pretty bangin if the car you buy comes with it

[charred depot]

The no power steering feels heavier :^|

[stoic ledge]

Yeah mine came with it from the factory

[halcyon grotto]

if you modded a car it'd take a while to recoup the costs so its not quite as good

[stoic ledge]

It's great

[wispy cloak]

I wish I could afford a new prius

That would be such a nice commuter

[halcyon grotto]

I think the V70 had a similar thing but v rare

[charred depot]

I quoted a lpg conversion it puts your insurance up

[halcyon grotto]

rip

[wispy cloak]

I don't have to modify insurance when I modify my stuff

[halcyon grotto]

because people with LPG are more likely to ram the first Lambo they see

[stoic ledge]

There are Bi-Fuel versions but uncertain of they're factory or converted by the importer

[wispy cloak]

I'd probably die if they knew how much power the truck was making when I wasn't in the work season

[stoic ledge]

LPG bumps up the insurance yes

Also tax here

Which is odd but ok

[halcyon grotto]

they did have factory bi-fuel

[stoic ledge]

Still, if I drive over 5k/year it's worth it

[stoic ledge]

Noice

[wispy cloak]

Having bad grades ups my insurance rates

[stoic ledge]

[halcyon grotto]

huh

[wispy cloak]

I think that's pretty dumb

Are people with good grades incapable of driving poorly?

[charred depot]

My postcode gives me cheap insurance:^)

No tomfoolery zone

[wispy cloak]

My parents being a part of the farmers bureau lowers our rates too

[stoic ledge]

Oh damn factory V70 Bi-Fuels have massive fuel tanks

100L LPG

I'm jealous lol

Only downside to my car lol

Only 42L

[halcyon grotto]

I imagine they replaced the spare wheel because there's a shitload of room down lhere

[wispy cloak]

What's that? Like 22gal?

[tardy harbor]

yoooooo can a brother move in

[wispy cloak]

I think my a4 has a 16 gallon tank or so

I don't remember

[stoic ledge]

Unlike previous models the tanks were installed on the underside of the car, keeping all of the trunk space available.

Idk what 100L is in crazy units

LPG only lets you fill it up to 80% tho

[wispy cloak]

How many bald eagles worth of water is displaced

[tardy harbor]

depends if its UK or US gallon but 3.8 something?

[halcyon grotto]

0.0000000000000015 Mt Rushmores

[stoic ledge]

Mine is in the spare wheel well

[charred depot]

spare wheel wells are generally crumple zones :^ |

[wispy cloak]

It can crumple still

Just not in a way that leaves you alive

[halcyon grotto]

surprisingly there's 3 tanks

but uhhh gl in a crash

[stoic ledge]

That's CNG tho

[charred depot]

good luck indeed

[halcyon grotto]

oh is that a diff thing

I think LPG just has the main one

[stoic ledge]

CNG is natural gas

[wispy cloak]

I prefer to just pour my fuel in the trunk

No container required

[stoic ledge]

Understandable

[wispy cloak]

If my airbags are claymores I might as well make my death extra spectacular

[halcyon grotto]

I think the diesel V70 costs like 300 a year more than the petrol so ig the LPG one would be worse

[stoic ledge]

Such a shame LPG isn't really around anymore

Only Dacia still sells car with "factory" LPG

Which isn't 100% factory

[charred depot]

I think they could have made the bridge more obvious

[stoic ledge]

Bruh

[halcyon grotto]

supposedly in the UK petrol stations are getting rid of it in 2030 or smth

[stoic ledge]

Also a shame

[charred depot]

already pretty sparse

[stoic ledge]

Luckily still widely available here

Not at every station

[charred depot]

I can think of one place in 50 miles

[stoic ledge]

But plenty to choose from

~1000 in NL

[charred depot]

alot of the shite ive seen for sale with a conversion has been like BMW 7 series heh

rich but too broke for the petrol

[stoic ledge]

Often fitted in a shed by the 6th owner

[charred depot]

When I was 18 or 19 I wanted to buy one for a laugh to see if I could keep it trundling along

insurance company didnt see the humour in it

[halcyon grotto]

hate those guys

[stoic ledge]

When I first got the car I could fill it for 0.239/L

Full tank for €8, could do 400+km - 250 miles

I miss those times

[halcyon grotto]

V70 for a 20 year old is quite ambitious I think

[charred depot]

Im 21

[stoic ledge]

cries in 24

Can I retire yet

[halcyon grotto]

soon™️

[charred depot]

alot of my friends are a bit older so I get to ruin their lifes by telling them my birth year starts with a 2

[stoic ledge]

Yikes

[halcyon grotto]

living in their head rent free lol

[stoic ledge]

2000+ is kindergarten basically

[halcyon grotto]

ok boomer

[charred depot]

its funny to think my car is nearly double my age

[stoic ledge]

I knew that response was coming

[charred depot]

car insurance getting cheap for me ruined my life :^)

make the accumulation of shit cars stop

[tired sundial]

My car is less than half my age

[charred depot]

tragic

[halcyon grotto]

at this rate I will own 5 V70 before I am 25

[charred depot]

If I had to get something "new" id probably get like a 2005 v50 2.0 diesel (hdi)

[stoic ledge]

Same

It's closing in the

In 2 years it's break even at half

[halcyon grotto]

they seem pretty decent, although volvo people dont like em because they're ford focuses (as if the big improvement in repair costs isnt a factor)

[charred depot]

ford wheel bearings a bit annoying though

done one of my friends v50

[tired sundial]

I was 5 when it came out

[tardy harbor]

I was 5 when I came out

[stoic ledge]

[halcyon grotto]

rip

[stoic ledge]

Quite young to come out tho

[charred depot]

how to do a v50 wheel bearing, steal a knuckle from someone elses v50.

[tired sundial]

Shh don’t think

[stoic ledge]

Too late 😛

[halcyon grotto]

nice lol

[charred depot]

they have no circlip holding them in, its purely held in by friction

need a 25 tonne press

can do "normal" fwd front wheel bearings with a hammer in a pinch, definetely not them.

[halcyon grotto]

nice design from ford

who needs repairability

[charred depot]

on some used for racing they had to design a aftermarket securing system as the bearing would walk out under extreme loads

[stoic ledge]

I have been looking at like the latest V60 you could get with a 5 cyl... Only Swedish imports tho, and still 20k for a 2014

🥲

Also not fun in cost to do my miles in currently

So never mind

[charred depot]

when I see volvo's all I see is a SRS light

most piss baby airbag modules in the world

[stoic ledge]

Volvo is the airbag

[halcyon grotto]

thankfully mine only has uhhh 4 lights none of em SRS

[tired sundial]

Ignore the mess

[stoic ledge]

Civic 👀

[halcyon grotto]

turns out a bad clutch sensor will cause an engine light

[tired sundial]

Yea I bought it last summer at 80k miles

[charred depot]

im spoiled by my old diesels, 0 brain power required.

[halcyon grotto]

might have fixed it today for nothing by soldering a resistor in parralel

[charred depot]

monkey could fix it

[halcyon grotto]

yet to test

next up is the ABS ring which may or may not be a pain in the ass

[stoic ledge]

Hope it's not the Hybrid

They all go bad

[tired sundial]

No it’s just a 2010 Civic almost at 200k miles easy maintenance tho

[charred depot]

my driveshafts have abs rings as one is for a Peugeot 508 and the other for a ZX :^)

retrofit abs

[stoic ledge]

Last summer 80k miles, now 200k miles?

[halcyon grotto]

nice lol

[tired sundial]

Yes it’s called driving

I daily it

[halcyon grotto]

just dont declare having abs to your insurance people or they'll increase it

[stoic ledge]

120k miles in <1 year is massive lol

[charred depot]

so its been less than a year doing over 320 miles everyday.

[tired sundial]

🙂 it’s been driven everywhere lol

[charred depot]

wouldnt even have time to chat shit here

[stoic ledge]

12k miles/month, 400 miles every day

Then I'd literally be constantly driving and won't have time to remotely do anything

[tired sundial]

During trips it’s driven way more

I bought it in Missouri and took it to California then I had to take it to Florida a couple months ago

And my job is a 3 hour drive

[charred depot]

3 hours at 90mph is still only 270 miles

[tired sundial]

I drive a average of 55 probably

Because most of its highways then some are normal roads

[brittle totem]

🥹👶

[fathom socket]

Notice the May St and Hammond St

This is in Worcester, about 45 minutes from where I live

[bitter compass]

120k miles in a year is so much its unbelievable - ain't buying it

[brittle totem]

Got a nice picture of my brother Abarth 595 competizione send to us after the Italien car meet yesterday. What do you guys think of this spec. I like it becuase it simple and clean which isen't that common on Abarth's.

I think the bixenons lights are standard on all of the Abarth's. At least in this generation.

Never seen an Abarth with halogen lights in Sweden from that generation.

[feral reef]

Bit too pedestrian without the stripe on the side

Also is it missing foglights or something?

[brittle totem]

Don't think so it has big as button on interior that just says "FOGS"

[feral reef]

mhh okay, but the front bumpers looks so different from pretty much any other 595 I'm looking at atm

So there is this style bumper, looks quite close to you brother's

[brittle totem]

It's competizione (track) version I think it has another front bumper with a bigger air intake.

[feral reef]

So that style bumper seems to be the pre facelift version

But still yet to find any without the lights in the grill/bumper, haha