cars

[deep zealot]

keep guessing

[dusky torrent]

328

[stoic ledge]

Not like there's any visual difference between a 316i or 340i

[plucky flame]

It looks like a car to me jim

[deep zealot]

right

[supple anchor]

Finally rebuilt my transmission

[stoic ledge]

https://electrek.co/2023/06/30/tesla-gives-new-owners-uk-grabbing-stick-after-forcing-left-hand-drive/

They can't be serious

[fathom socket]

Yes!!!

[dusky torrent]

hmm yeah

[feral reef]

Why are you still sending it even though you can see the indicator?

[charred depot]

theres no reason to move

I know im driving like a dick but nevertheless why

[civic spoke]

Just don't drive like a dick. EZ PZ.

Looks like you were speeding, too. 👀

[charred depot]

Car's stuck on the motorway and theres too many other clueless people so I am trying to get them off.

Yeah its reduced to a 50 for construction which will start next julember

I normally wouldn't be that impatient

Im definetely not fautless but I dont understand why people do that in a variety of situations, sometimes at the start or halfway down for no reason.

[stoic ledge]

I see 2 bad drivers in that video

I totally agree the Fiesta has no way of moving over

[charred depot]

I had some japscrap to recover from NPC traffic

[civic spoke]

Let idiots be idiots. And move along with your day.

[charred depot]

Mhm was just in a rush as apparently people cant see the worlds brightest LED hazard flashing lights

Nearly got hit many times removing a dead from the axle

[stoic ledge]

I've just realized I haven't put in petrol for the last 6000 km

Put in 10L 3 months ago, still not empty

[charred depot]

The renault 4 my friend got has LPG.

hilarious, I daren't use it.

[stoic ledge]

LPG go brrr

[charred depot]

fill it with nitrous or something

[wispy cloak]

Troog

[stoic ledge]

Nitrous

[stoic ledge]

Troog?

[wispy cloak]

That trailer was heavy for its size

[charred depot]

Missed my turbodiesel when yanking that miata

although it wouldn't have been able to as too rotten at the back

[stoic ledge]

Miata? Rotten? No way!

[charred depot]

no, my car heh

[stoic ledge]

Oh

[charred depot]

The tow hooks on the miata were broken off though heh, had to yank it by the lower control arm

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

Im stil amazed a fox can destroy a halfshaft and diff

[stoic ledge]

How

[charred depot]

It properly wrapped itself around it and locked up one side

had to be essentially be skinned to be removed, was horrible.

[stoic ledge]

Kek

Sounds like fun

[charred depot]

meanwhile random people passing close and honking because makes sense

Police turned up eventually, thankfully my car wasn't so holy as it was. Going full nardo grey eventually.

[stoic ledge]

Full nardo grey, love it

[charred depot]

I was considering changing the colour but nah

[stoic ledge]

#ff69b4

[charred depot]

nearly the colour of the mx5

[dusky torrent]

someone indicating doesnt give them the right of way

and ged merged right when the driver turned on their signals so i guess it's a case of being at the wrong place at the wrong time

[charred depot]

by the time they put the indicator on im already catching quicker than I want to stop from full on the horn expecting them to be looking in their mirror but no.

Im driving like a dick but I dont know why people do the must move over now thing just follow the lane along

Im often driving things with like 50hp and its infuriating being forced to join a busy motorway slower than a speed limited truck. used to having to take advantage of that downhill as much as possible.

Should be welding this tomorrow, usually id say just buy a new one you cheapskate but that would also mean buying a cat.

Bloody modern's

[wraith rivet]

Just learned that this is where the a/c gets air when it’s in outside air mode

[plucky flame]

Well what did you think it was for

[timid dirge]

damn will be crazy

[brave hedge]

Best driver in NY:

[brave hedge]

I mean, you could at least slow down and give it room?

No audio so I don't know if you honked or not

[charred depot]

Could have but theres no reason for them to move to begin with

[charred depot]

Even if I had braked a second after they indicated id have been close behind, im on heavily aged winter tyres you can see my max braking when they actually begin to move and thats going uphill.

[timid dirge]

can't wait to put these on

[charred depot]

Got my new cylinder head on Friday after I cracked mine on the race tractor 305. Not as fancy as that but felt as expensive.

£400 on a bare cylinder head for a shitbox : (

[timid dirge]

damn yeah they're expensive

even these are cheap

for performance heads

but still $800 each

[charred depot]

Yeah, id love to get head work done but very expensive.

indirect injection turbo diesel moment

[timid dirge]

ouch

[wraith rivet]

thought it was a drain

or a vent for engine heat

[topaz vessel]

That's quite the intake manifold.

[timid dirge]

hue hue yeah

I like it

kinda scary tho

[visual pier]

Sweet

[tight cypress]

who owns that 1200/2101 tho 🙄

[charred depot]

Friend its totally fucked but bought loads of panels

[tight cypress]

cant be as bad as mine was

[charred depot]

its just the sills really

held together by paint

[tight cypress]

the front and rear of those are annoying to make

round shaped

[charred depot]

thankfully can buy them still

[tight cypress]

impossible almost

well yeah

you can buy the whole car basically

[charred depot]

My 305's etc you are fucked for : (

[tight cypress]

expect seats and body

[charred depot]

just have to channel your inner panel beating and make something that looks horrendous

[tight cypress]

filler it is

are the rear jack mounts good tho

they are awful to replace

[charred depot]

I mean the inner sill above them doesent look great but

[tight cypress]

mine were rotten and had to replace em

very hard to cut out and weld

[charred depot]

still not as bad as a vauxhall chevette somehow heh

[tight cypress]

never seen one here

is that 1200 yours tho?

[charred depot]

Not its my friends, id like it but small welding annoys me enough

[tight cypress]

well i dont think welding is the annoying part in that

grinding the welds is ass

[charred depot]

just dont : )

[tight cypress]

thats one option

i have one of these

bit rarer than other models

[charred depot]

Ive driven it a bit and it drives better than a mk1 golf I drove recently

[cunning surge]

Taking my Porsche to the track today

[tight cypress]

sunday cup?

[charred depot]

everyone tells me lada's drive properly awful but barring the turning radius its not that bad.

full lock and its like pls turn

[tight cypress]

yeah they aint that bad

the wheels dont really turn at all

aint the best winter beater because of that

i have never driven my 1300sl bruh 💀

so much stuff to do before lifting the engine in

[charred depot]

What I do want in a FSO Polonez diesel

[tight cypress]

power

[charred depot]

Can fit a XUD9TE to it the same as I have swapped into my 305

[tight cypress]

no idea what engine that is

[charred depot]

Best diesel engine in the world :^)

[tight cypress]

eh i like petrol more

[charred depot]

I dont mind petrol's but for old cars cant beat the diesel fuel economy and so easy to mess about with to make more power

[stoic ledge]

I prefer LPG

[charred depot]

car bomb

[tight cypress]

i usually see diesels as slow and harder to mess with

makin a new header and replacing a stock carb doesnt sound hard compared to diesel stuff

turning around a screw in the pump aint really makin much difference in diesels

[charred depot]

ehhh

if its turbocharged definetely

[stoic ledge]

Diesels just turn up boost

Ez

[tight cypress]

if there is a turbo then yes

[charred depot]

no point going for power on a diesel without boost heh

[tight cypress]

my experience on diesels is like tractors and 200d merc which is awfully slow

[charred depot]

Yeah it had a N/A engine when I got it

probably at a 7 second 0-60 now will hopefully get lower when I can get the charge cooled properly.

top mount charge warmer

[plucky flame]

Well theres your problem you got that big ass engine weighing you down

Thats what 500-600 lbs

Get it outta there

[charred depot]

Ive seen people lift them by hand, probably more like 400 pounds or less

or in real units 180kg

[feral reef]

My dad's E220 CDI, I wouldn't call that awfully slow, it pulls hard and is fast enough.

[charred depot]

really old non turbo ones, bulletproof but yeah slow

[feral reef]

Weirdly in a way it feels faster than my car, but it's not

But the way diesel pulls is just something else

[charred depot]

speed machine

0-60 5-10 business days

[vocal mural]

If ever possible

[tight cypress]

e220cdi and 200d are two very different cars

200d doesnt even go forward on third gear

[plucky flame]

So this is what delivers my packages

[charred depot]

hermes courier driver that delivers to me uses a old merc heh

[civic spoke]

Old Mercedes Benz are great with how overbuilt they were.

[stoic ledge]

Too bad they all rust away

Average Sprinter van be like

[dusky torrent]

i've seen a few sprinters and theyre all very nice

they can be luxurious too

[charred depot]

Still doing 110mph down the M1

Gotta get those deliveries in

[random siren]

haha, one of my employers competitors actually has brand new ones wrapped like this - it deters the crackheads from breaking in

[topaz vessel]

I have never seen one that bad on the road...

[charred depot]

Standard 10 year old commercial vehicle here heh

[carmine summit]

I see them like that all the time

they rust badly

[carmine summit]

if turning a screw doesnt make a difference, you're not turning the right screw

[stiff burrow]

I bought a new toy, getting it Friday

‘04 mazdaspeed miata

[feral reef]

Very nice

[timid dirge]

looks fun but all the vents ???

[feral reef]

Based on the size of the radiator I think they might be functional

[stiff burrow]

Haha no comment on that, it was added by the previous owner

At least they’re functional

[feral reef]

Those are also some PHAT looking tires

What width are they?

[stiff burrow]

225

[feral reef]

Yup, that’s a lot wider than stock

[stiff burrow]

Yes

[feral reef]

Paint looks good

Was that re-sprayed?

[timid dirge]

damn make sure you seal the cut edges before they rust

[stiff burrow]

Not sure

[stiff burrow]

I’m not worried about rust the car has history in Arizona and Florida

It won’t rust if I only drive it in the summer, I live in Michigan

[timid dirge]

oh nice

it rains where I live half the year

so even when it isn't raining the metal rusts lol

[feral reef]

My brake discs are perpetually rusty 😂

[vocal mural]

RIP Delano van ‘t Hoff and Joey Den Besten

[stiff burrow]

The hood on that car is aluminum. I misunderstood your reply earlier. I thought you meant seal the bottom of the car against rust lol.

[timid dirge]

oh haha nice

that's cool

[stiff burrow]

Definitely

I assumed it would be steel too but after doing some research it seems that Mazda decided to put an aluminum hood on all Miata’s for weight savings

Even the ‘89 models

[supple anchor]

Found one out in the wild

[charred depot]

my towing operation isnt going too well

[halcyon grotto]

reminds me of top gear india

[charred depot]

pretty good visibility, has to be tow started doesent even have any electrics anymore heh.

plunger cut off stop solenoid

[plucky flame]

"My genius is sometimes frightening"

[sudden pecan]

https://pp.rage.dev/allodial-graduated-schizothyme-demophilism.mp4

nice lil surprise to keep me awake

[supple anchor]

https://tenor.com/view/appu-appurajosh-gif-21480180

[wraith rivet]

Jeremy Clarkson my beloved

[plucky flame]

It happens to all guys at least once in their lives

[dusky torrent]

i dont kayak

[supple anchor]

Same

[hexed kayak]

Whenever i see videos like this it makes me wonder what happened to the car that did this to mine

Cause 3 months ago when i parked it it was straight and when i came back it was almost in another parking spot and that was there

[feral reef]

That video shows the crumple zone on the Volvos ….not crumpling?

[halcyon grotto]

crimply crumply

[charred depot]

mfw the 80's bmw with a metal front end gets visually more fucked than the brand new volvo

E39's are pretty solid so that first clip is just brutal, I can see a volvo wrapping similarly.

[halcyon grotto]

ye its hardly a fair comparison

but also muh swede brick steel indestructible

[charred depot]

volvo's are decent but everything else isnt a complete deathtrap by comparison.

[feral reef]

Yeah I wouldn’t expect any car to survive that first one

[halcyon grotto]

tbf a side impact with a tree is fairly unlikely

[charred depot]

the car is angled aswell so its a extreme point load

[feral reef]

A side impact with full sideways momentum is very rare

What even is that test now that I think about it

[halcyon grotto]

its side on into the door as well

[halcyon grotto]

which is obvs gonna be wayy less protective

[crimson spire]

Spotted in Belgrade

Which Ferrari is that?

[halcyon grotto]

cant be a ferrari its not red/yellow/black

[crimson spire]

At first i thought it was Tate's Ferrari

[feral reef]

Convertible 812?

[halcyon grotto]

seems like it

[feral reef]

I didn’t know they made a convertible 812

[halcyon grotto]

there's like 300 in the uk

[charred depot]

common :^)

[crimson spire]

Not in my country

[halcyon grotto]

there's what like 3 manual volvo v70 ocean race editions in the uk

not enough

[crimson spire]

Saw this one a few weeks back

[halcyon grotto]

I saw a maserati mc20 a couple weeks ago

in monaco

[crimson spire]

Shit wide lambo

[charred depot]

Ive got around about 10% of roadworthy Poojie 305's in the UK : )

[halcyon grotto]

more importantly there was an asstonne martyn cygnet

[crimson spire]

One guys in my city owns a Ghibli and the other one a Levante

[crimson spire]

EW

[halcyon grotto]

preserving history right there

[crimson spire]

One taxi company actually uses a frickin prius in my city

[charred depot]

makes sense

Petrol 305's are quite rare, I have one but wish it was a diesel.

patiently waiting for the engine to blow up

[halcyon grotto]

pop some redex in the tank it'll run forever innit

[charred depot]

I run it on the posh fuel

[halcyon grotto]

oh I didnt realise you were landed gentry

[charred depot]

Heh I hate it, my cylinder head for the turbo diesel race tractor 305 is at the engineering place so should get it back to fit in a week.

Runs out of MOT on the 20th though

[stoic ledge]

Doesn't filling it up double the value?

[charred depot]

I dont fill it up all the way, last car I did that on snapped the fuel tank straps heh

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

£25 every couple days

[halcyon grotto]

excellent value

tbf if I did any actual daily driving muh bolbo would be a pretty hefty money pit

[charred depot]

My saab was awful. Do 90mph in the 80's race tractor and its decent still.

Do 90 in the petrol one and watch the gauge drop

[stoic ledge]

I haven't put in petrol in 6000km

[halcyon grotto]

bolbo doesnt mind like 80 that's fine

stop start city traffic kills it

[stoic ledge]

And last time I put in petrol it was.. 10 liters

[halcyon grotto]

infinite petril glitch

wonder if volvo ever offered stop start with the 2.5 I5

[stoic ledge]

Don't think so

[halcyon grotto]

i think it was exclusively for the 1.6D

[charred depot]

Need a hefty starter for that

[stoic ledge]

DrivE

[charred depot]

Killed the starter on the 205 as it is so shit for starting dont know why.

Its manual though so simple starting operation https://youtu.be/LCZ2g36RacM?t=89

[halcyon grotto]

there's a proper delay from turning the key to the motor doing anything its gotta build up the courage to do it ig

[stoic ledge]

Did you have a P2 or P3?

Don't think P2 ever had a 1.6d

Wasn't it I5 only?

[halcyon grotto]

I think so

[charred depot]

1.6d's are trash. 2.0d's god tier : )

[stoic ledge]

P3, I think the Ford engines also had Start/Stop

Yeah V70/S80 with 1.6d is horrendous imho

[charred depot]

The 2.0d is directly derived from the XUD in my 305

[halcyon grotto]

I'll admit I was tempted to get a 1.6d but then I saw the light

[charred depot]

they are just a unreliable diesel

[halcyon grotto]

I think the 2.5d would've been ideal but the insurance was like double

not looking forward to fixing muh exhaust though

[stoic ledge]

Of the prefaclift P3, apparently all diesel had start/stop except AWD

And petrol, the 1.6 Ford EcoBoost had start/stop

Edit: no the in-between model

[charred depot]

its a turbo diesel, straight pipe no bother.

[halcyon grotto]

would kinda love a straight pipe but silly MOT rules

[charred depot]

Ill weld it for you, did this quality job without a mask.

safety squints

[halcyon grotto]

better than most pros

still yet to actually locate this leak I reckon it'll be a fun job

[charred depot]

I find diesel exhaust leaks to not really be that annoying

[halcyon grotto]

just find the black soot

[charred depot]

petrols just sound proper garbage though

[halcyon grotto]

true

mine just sounds really breath-y if that makes sense

[stoic ledge]

No, pls explain

[charred depot]

Meaning petrols with broken exhausts

[halcyon grotto]

I've never heard what my exhaust is supposed to sound like but I imagine there's supposed to be a fair bit less less uhhhhhh intake noise

then again my engine could just be completely borked and I wouldnt knwo

[charred depot]

turbo whistle is what its all about

[halcyon grotto]

soon™️

[halcyon grotto]

actually it sounds similar to what this guy has

https://youtu.be/wXLjUfuy6dc

[hexed kayak]

From what ive seen volvos only crumple when they really need too

[hexed kayak]

I figured the “unfair comparison” would come out thats why i said “videos like this” you can find them for any brand vs any brand

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

[hexed kayak]

One with a dump truck isnt

[halcyon grotto]

looks barely run in

[hexed kayak]

Swedish bric saves lives

I have a picture from when i smoked a deer in one of those

@halcyon grotto

[halcyon grotto]

better than I would've thought

[tired sundial]

Why that in a scrap yard that would buff out

[supple anchor]

Finally on 2 wheels

Progress

[dusky torrent]

to me it looks like car thieves jacked ur car up and stole your wheels

[supple anchor]

They must have done it the hard way and took the whole axle off instead of the wheels

[plucky flame]

The strange part about car thieves is

Hey take your wheels

Then leave the jackstands?

Those things are expensive

[supple anchor]

Yeah

[plucky flame]

Like brother if im stealing wheels youre getting put on the rotors

[supple anchor]

Unless you’re this guy

[dusky torrent]

the person writin channel's description mustve been really cold

[plucky flame]

Unfunny

[timber oar]

Damn somebody can balance

[timber oar]

That doesn't look like very good weld penetration

[hexed kayak]

Stole his suspension and rear diff and axle as well

[hexed kayak]

Poo

[tardy harbor]

good one 🙂

[bitter compass]

That deer was determined to do as much damage as possible

[hexed kayak]

Didnt do much damage. Cost me 280$ to fix

Went into the front of the car up onto the windshield and over the roof and all it needed was a light fender bumper and hood

[charred depot]

if its attached its polo mint, almost beats the factory welding fiat do.

[stoic ledge]

Pog got home just in time then

Why does this guy on now look like the Dutch king

Blue suit, orange tie

[topaz vessel]

That was a music video I have never seen before.
I am highly amused. Especially the credits section.

Still don't want a Fiat 500 though.

[charred depot]

minor inconvenience

[stoic ledge]

Will be fine with some bondo

[timber oar]

Oof

[charred depot]

side was cut off to save another 205 which barrel rolled

sounds of understeer much better

[fathom socket]

I've seen a car that looked like it came from a pile from junkyard

And it was driving on the road next to your wifi and kids

[fathom socket]

Ngl, The interior looks clean

[charred depot]

reeks of old persons car though

when we removed the windscreen the entire area started to stink of old persons car.

[timber oar]

Lord forbid some kind of old persons car air freshener

That takes forever to come out

[fathom socket]

My Yaris interior is brown and reeks of cigarettes.

[fathom socket]

For sure someone is gonna make it some day

[wraith rivet]

is that the roundabout where the oil was?

i remember you saying something about that and that's why there's 0 grip

[charred depot]

no the tyres are just shit on this one

[wraith rivet]

ahh i see

don't crash 😳

[charred depot]

do it deliberately at this point

[wraith rivet]

[fathom socket]

Someone is having a bad day now

[dusky torrent]

i thought most tech enthusiasts like electric cars. i thought wrong

[civic spoke]

Meanwhile, I'm asking for more NA cars. Especially with inline 6's.

N/A in general. Old high performance 4 pots were nice.

[dusky torrent]

some of porsches supercars are still NA which i love

[civic spoke]

GT3's.

GT3 Touring is peak Porsche.

[dusky torrent]

real

[stoic ledge]

Damn you'll love my Corsa

[dusky torrent]

porsche is making something called the mission x

[stoic ledge]

Serves them right

[dusky torrent]

mercedes got some competition

[stoic ledge]

Porsche is also making an electric Macan

💩

[civic spoke]

Tbh, I rather go fast in a slow car.

Oh, right. Rolls Royce have their EV now.

[stoic ledge]

Spectre right?

[civic spoke]

Yeah

[stoic ledge]

Ngl I've thrown it around corners faster then I held possible

[civic spoke]

I wonder if it's based on the i7.

[civic spoke]

One person I have with my bimmer, is that if I take it on a road that people think is a fun road.

Then I'll have to go fast enough to put my driver's license on the line to have fun.

[stoic ledge]

I think it's actually the Phantom platform but with BMW i7 drivetrain

But I could be mistaken

[stoic ledge]

I can barely go fast enough to lose my license

[civic spoke]

Huh, that's true.
Same as the Phantom and Cullinan.

I don't really like to speed, honestly.

Not sure if them using that platform for their EV was a mistake or not.

[stoic ledge]

Architecture of Luxury

[dusky torrent]

rolls royce is apparently distancing themselves from bmw. the ghost series iii is no longer based on the 7 series

[civic spoke]

Doesn't surprise me, tbh

[dusky torrent]

so maybe the spectre is one of a kind

[stoic ledge]

Spectre is Phantom base, and the Phantoms was already on a RR exclusive platform

Ghost was 7er based

[dusky torrent]

it's interesting to see how much bigger the wraith/spectre is than the bentley continental

[civic spoke]

All Rolls Royce's are massive.

Even the older models.

[fathom socket]

I don't want to touch a RR ever again

[civic spoke]

I get that, honestly.

[stoic ledge]

I've been driving an E-Tron for quite a while now, that's already quite large

[fathom socket]

Imagine ordering RR and it comes on a shitty 2008 iveco euro cargo that is falling apart

[stoic ledge]

Ngl, interior space it's not that great

I've got the seat as far back, and as low as possible

Headroom is just ~2 fingers

[civic spoke]

[stoic ledge]

Imho that's too small for a car of that size

[stoic ledge]

That's what BMW gets for not having trucks

[civic spoke]

Even Ford has their F-Max

[stoic ledge]

For some reason I always chuckle when I see BMW's being transported on a Mercedes truck

[stoic ledge]

Yeah I see them a few times a week

Look like good trucks

[fathom socket]

What about Maserati?

[stoic ledge]

And I think it's also praised for being nice?

[civic spoke]

Heard that it's decent enough.

I belive the F-max comes with 500 hp?

[stoic ledge]

Does Maserati still make cars

[fathom socket]

Had to take 3 shells with my falling apart iveco stralis with a falling apart I think krone trailer

[fathom socket]

More like fiat

[stoic ledge]

I've actually seen a new GranTurismo today

I mean, looked quite nice

First reg 08-03-2023, so 4 months old... V6 AWD Trofeo apparently. In blue.

[civic spoke]

Maserai is real meh in my book.

[fathom socket]

Alltrough later two were 2 door models

[stoic ledge]

Why transporting just bodies?

That seems very inefficient to me

Especially if you just fit 1 in a single trailer lol

[stoic ledge]

€299007

I love the 007, thinking it's an Aston

Although I'd rather have an Aston

[fathom socket]

I can take 2 max. But it was something I took on the way to where I had to take another load

And it was a mistake

Well. A shittier euro argo

But I hate that place

It's a freaking mess and it takes forever

[fathom socket]

I fact I took it from a paint shop

And somehow didn't damage it on my first time transporting this type of cargo

Last time I drove here

https://maps.app.goo.gl/V4Tmb1eDyHPec4gm8

[fathom socket]

This one I took from gr painting None

As much as i want to own shit o instead of a new car, I would prefer to drive a brand new truck

Since old trucks aren't very well taken care here

Fiat quality

[elfin terrace]

Back out of the garage.. first time in 3 years. Still hitting 30psi 🥳

122k miles.. was my daily driver for the better part of a decade.

[fathom socket]

https://tenor.com/view/its-beautiful-gif-holy-moly-wow-beautiful-dear-god-its-beautiful-beautiful-gif-26044895

[mild dock]

Guys pick one for my first car
Es350 2020 33k km
Golf gti mk8 2022 9k km (10k over budget)
2019 es350 f sport 71k km
Audi a3 44k km 2022

[sturdy solar]

New wheels on my e46 touring, last pic are the original ones. Rear tires are rubbing tho since they came of an e39 (235 40 18) gotta get some 225 35's probably.

[sturdy solar]

For a first car I'd pick the Golf or the Audi, Lexus is kinda expensive in maintenence isn't it?

[stoic ledge]

Yeah a reliable Lexus is more in maintenance than a VAG money pit

[sturdy solar]

well yea lexus is more reliable but parts and service is probably more expensive

[stoic ledge]

If something breaks yes, regular service nah

[sturdy solar]

Hmm yea i guess, how can a (i'm assuming young since its their first car) ever pay for insurance on a new lexus tho?

Idk if they can even get it insured

[stoic ledge]

Parents paying probably

[sturdy solar]

Yeah most likely

Arent all those cars like 10k+ anyway lol

The lexus' are definetly

[stoic ledge]

Also highly doubt anyone would even consider a car which is 10k over budget lol

[sturdy solar]

True

[stoic ledge]

All of those are probably 30-40k

[sturdy solar]

Everyone has dreams tho

[sturdy solar]

Yea wtf how is that a "firsr car"

No way their parents are paying that much right

Just drive ur parents car at that point

[stoic ledge]

No fan of it either

But there are parents who do it

[sturdy solar]

Lol

The kids will never learn to earn their own money that way

Not my problem tho i guess

[stoic ledge]

New money at it's finest

[charred depot]

Why have a expensive car when you can have 5 £1k cars : )

[sturdy solar]

Exactly

Gotta love a good shitbox

[stoic ledge]

People were already complaining I bought a too expensive car when I bought a 4.5 year old Corsa as a first car

As I was definitely going to crash it

~ random people

[sturdy solar]

Thats not bad at all for a first car

[charred depot]

Friends say I am a menace as have so sympathy and will just plow my cars into speedbumps and ditches on single track roads while moving heh.

[stoic ledge]

Meanwhile 7 years later I still haven't crashed it

[sturdy solar]

My first car is the e46 touring in the pics above, 23 yr old car

[stoic ledge]

You're a Maniac, that's for sure

[charred depot]

french suspension superiority

[sturdy solar]

Is it me or can you just beat on old french diesels without too much breaking

[charred depot]

modern "high clearance" crossovers crawling over at 12mph, me coming in at 35

[sturdy solar]

35 kmh or mph?

[stoic ledge]

Oeh talking about suspension... I was going for a walk today... Golf Mk4 approached, goes over speed bump... Car bounces atleast 7 times

I think it had zero shock absorber, only springs

[sturdy solar]

Oh mph nvm

[stoic ledge]

thicc

[sturdy solar]

Gotta get sum bilsteins under that thing

[charred depot]

Driving my saab without a rear shock was hilarious.

[sturdy solar]

OOH damn can't go wrong with that

[stoic ledge]

Nah just go in de crusher 😛

[charred depot]

where shock

[stoic ledge]

Atleast the suspension has some travel... It's something

[sturdy solar]

I found out that my bmw has bilstein shocks all around today, previous owner prob upgraded cus i dont think they're standard

They ride like a dream, if only i had smaller tires

[stoic ledge]

If I continue driving the mighty Corsa I'll put some Bilstein on it, but only like B4

[charred depot]

I had B4's on my saab.

[stoic ledge]

Everything else is overkill with a 1.2

[sturdy solar]

True hahah

Arent those 1.2 still kinda fast tho

[charred depot]

My 305 saloon has uprated monroe tow assist NOS shocks as its all I could get.

[stoic ledge]

Yikes Monroe

[sturdy solar]

Ew

Monroe

Like riding a horse

[stoic ledge]

Uhm, 1.2 goes with traffic but definitely not fast

[sturdy solar]

Nah its not that bad

[charred depot]

Either that or buying OEM shocks from L'aventure peugeot heritage parts.

[sturdy solar]

Is it a turbo? My mate drives a corsa turbo something, 140 hp i think

[stoic ledge]

But I'm perfectly able to stuck in the same traffic jam as everyone with "fast" cars

No turbo

[sturdy solar]

Ah

[stoic ledge]

Does have LPG tho

[sturdy solar]

Where do u live?

[stoic ledge]

47c/l go brrr

[stoic ledge]

Zuid-Limburg ergens

[sturdy solar]

Bruh wegenbelasting be zoomin

Are u even saving money?

[stoic ledge]

Monroe

Last 3 months I did 6000km @ 265€ of fuel

You do the maths

[charred depot]

fastest 305 in Scotland :^)

[stoic ledge]

(the short answer is yes)

[sturdy solar]

Well yea but my dad has an lpg explorer (v8) and only with that amount of usage hes able to make a profit

[stoic ledge]

If I do more than ~3000km/year I've earned back the higher tax

[sturdy solar]

How mucu tax do u pay per 3 months?

[charred depot]

its 70p for LPG here vs like £1.50 for petrol but theres very few stations.

[sturdy solar]

Oh wow thats not bad at all

[stoic ledge]

I think it's €181 per 3 months?

[sturdy solar]

1.50p

[stoic ledge]

€182*

[sturdy solar]

Dang i pay €217 for my petrol 328i

[charred depot]

£300/y for my old smoker, low emission zone restriction exempt.

[sturdy solar]

9l/100km too, not a very cheap car to drive

[charred depot]

Why would I buy a newer car when its not going to be allowed in cities.

[sturdy solar]

Just buy a petrol

[charred depot]

catastrophic

[sturdy solar]

Or are those also banned?

[charred depot]

petrols are generally allowed post 2001 or whatever

diesels has to be like 2014 where the issue is.

[stoic ledge]

I bought it back when I was a student so cheap running costs were nice, never planned on driving it this long but as cars are so expensive I just keep driving it

Not like I don't have the Money, I just don't want to pay it

[sturdy solar]

Kut Rutte...

Duur land dit

[stoic ledge]

And I've always taken good care of it, probably one of the nicest Corsa's around, but trade in sucks

[sturdy solar]

Yea petrol it is then

[charred depot]

or just stick with very old diesels : )

[stoic ledge]

Meh not really Rutte's fault that tbh

[sturdy solar]

Why trade? Cant u just sell?

[sturdy solar]

Nah true, gotta blame someone tho. New government wont be able to fix it either

[stoic ledge]

I can but even then I have to pay more than I'd like so nah, I'll probably run it in to the ground

And then I get a company lease probably, done with the BS

Whatever Regulation then happen, It's not My problem anymore

[sturdy solar]

Wont u get like one of those electric vacumes

[stoic ledge]

We shall see

[sturdy solar]

#savethemanuals

[stoic ledge]

This Corsa will keep running for a few more years

[sturdy solar]

Yea

Are electric car owners paying tax? They werent when they were "new"

Even tho they weigh twice as much

[stoic ledge]

Kek almost dropped by a Transit van ^^

No no tax yet on EV

[sturdy solar]

Lol gotta love racing vans

[sturdy solar]

Bs.

[stoic ledge]

No BPM either, only VAT

[sturdy solar]

Whaaaat no bpm

I'm missing out

[charred depot]

My 305 used to have a N/A diesel , vans were much faster : (

[stoic ledge]

Gouvernement grants on BEV's is also stupid, subsidizing luxury products 🥹

[stoic ledge]

Well based on CO2, 0g/km * € = 0

[sturdy solar]

Damn

[stoic ledge]

Fun fact, my Corsa also had 0 BPM in 2011

😎

[sturdy solar]

How?

[stoic ledge]

<110g/km was exempt
This was 109g/km

[sturdy solar]

Pog

What did u pay for the corsa back then?

[stoic ledge]

Well I bought it used in 2016

But 7k

[sturdy solar]

Dang

[stoic ledge]

Imagine now buying a 4 year old car

For 7k

[sturdy solar]

No wah

More like 70k

I paid only 1400 for the beamer tho so i guess when you look at it that way you can spend the extra on tax and fuel

[stoic ledge]

And maintenance

[sturdy solar]

6 new sparkys did the job

[charred depot]

If your tax is based on weight, simple solution : )

[sturdy solar]

New clutch on the way tho, but i'll do it myself so it'll cost like 220 euros

[stoic ledge]

Kek, well you need to reweigh it for that to work Ged... Also think it'll fail inspection

[sturdy solar]

Nahh itll be fine

[stoic ledge]

Yeah if you can do it yourself it's cheap

[sturdy solar]

Normally a clutch job is like 1k

[stoic ledge]

Idk for the last 7 years I drop it off at the garage once a year... And never look back

[sturdy solar]

Or so i was told

[sturdy solar]

Must be nice

[charred depot]

only on my 3.5th engine.

[stoic ledge]

Seems a bit high but yeah could be

[stoic ledge]

3.5?

[charred depot]

Brand new top end going on next week heh

Head cracked : (

[sturdy solar]

Well they charge like €150 per hour work so..

Adds up

[charred depot]

Id pay people sometimes but I trust my clownery more.

[sturdy solar]

Gotta stop racing vans man..

[charred depot]

25psi no bother.

[stoic ledge]

It's fun racing cars in my work car

Good they gave me a 55 instead of the pleb 50

[sturdy solar]

Oh my

Germany too? Autobahn cruises to work?

[stoic ledge]

313hp is too little, 408hp is just fine

[charred depot]

I get people trying to race me in the grey estate like pls leave me alone.

[stoic ledge]

Not to work but sometimes for work yes

[sturdy solar]

Etrons look so damn sexy

[sturdy solar]

How fast have u driven it?

[stoic ledge]

Interior is too cramped imho for the size, got the seat all the way back and down

I think it's limited at 180km/h

[sturdy solar]

Tall boy eh

[sturdy solar]

Oh wow, lame

[stoic ledge]

Also range plummets dramatically at speed

And it's already quite inefficiënt

[sturdy solar]

Yea

[stoic ledge]

Not too bad, 1m94

[sturdy solar]

U dont pay for the charge tho right?

[sturdy solar]

Should be fine you'd say, in a big suv

[stoic ledge]

Oh no it's limited to 200km/h apparently

[charred depot]

My maroon saloon would be a sleeper, if it was 2001 or something

[stoic ledge]

Will try next time I take it to Ingolstadt

[charred depot]

now its just a little bit faster than alot of NPC traffic

[stoic ledge]

Luckily not lol

[stoic ledge]

Fast charging this baby fully is ~55€

[sturdy solar]

Without limit it would do like 260 or something rifht?

[stoic ledge]

Can't beat that with the Audi

[sturdy solar]

Full tank of petrol is like €8499 euros now tho so

[stoic ledge]

Idk, tires are limited to 240

[sturdy solar]

Still not bad

[stoic ledge]

Fact

[sturdy solar]

Plenty fast

[charred depot]

blocked by the confuser

[sturdy solar]

This would be a sick drift sleeper

2jz swap

[charred depot]

sadly it is fwd, I would love to convert one to rwd.

[sturdy solar]

Does it even have the power to spin the wheels?

[charred depot]

Yes. alot

[stoic ledge]

Well the problem is, if I take it to Ingolstadt... I can drive fast and charge twice, or drive normal and charge once

It's a trade off

[sturdy solar]

Boeie, charge twice

[stoic ledge]

[sturdy solar]

Like ur boss cares

[stoic ledge]

Can't say I haven't done that

[charred depot]

Id like to test the 305's top speed but someone I know of got caught at 122mph in a chavalier so best not to join that.

[sturdy solar]

Come to germany, friend.

We have beers and no speedlimit

And currywurst

[charred depot]

Im up in scotland so have to pass through england, which is horrible enough.

[stoic ledge]

And baustelle

[sturdy solar]

Isnt that a band

[stoic ledge]

Could be idk

I'm referring to the roadworks

[sturdy solar]

Nurburgring lap would be sick in that 305

[sturdy solar]

Yea haha i know

[stoic ledge]

Half of German autobahns are under construction as long as I've been alive

[sturdy solar]

I crossed the border from nl to de today, and literally the roads in germany are like a freaking mountainpath

[stoic ledge]

Haven't spun the Audi wheels yet

[sturdy solar]

Lool thats awesome

[stoic ledge]

Ngl, tires are also crazy wide xP

[sturdy solar]

And quattro

I assume

Yea has to be

[charred depot]

very old tyres are fun

[stoic ledge]

Yeah and Quattro

And heavy

[sturdy solar]

And trc

Which u prob cant even turn off right?

I cant even turn it off in my guilietta 🥲

[stoic ledge]

Not that I know off, no

Can't turn it off in the Corsa

Well you can

Pull the fuse

[sturdy solar]

Lol

Does that actually work?

Like is there a seperate fuse for it

[stoic ledge]

For the Corsa, yes

[sturdy solar]

Cuz imma try that on the alfa then lol

[stoic ledge]

Although I think it also disables ABS

[sturdy solar]

Meh who needs that anyway

Ive never had one of my cars enable abs

Well when i tried it once, but not in a real situation

[stoic ledge]

Once or twice at an intersection where it's hard to see traffic from right... Or they race at 80 through a 30 and expect you to see them

In the Audi, nah never

[charred depot]

who needs abs, have my closest L

[sturdy solar]

This reminds me, gotta change front brakes on the bempie soon...

[sturdy solar]

Bro u are livin on the edge in that diesel

[stoic ledge]

Yeah mine were due in ~9k km after the last inspection... That was 11k km ago

[charred depot]

there was a oil spill that day heh, people crashed later.

[stoic ledge]

Anyway gotta drive the Audi again tomorrow so better get some sleep, goodnight y'all

[sturdy solar]

Yea same, work starts early

Gnight

[timid dirge]

coming together.. kinda

[fathom socket]

I don't like this genie lamp. Hadn't oil topped 2 weeks ago

[sturdy solar]

Is that a stock display on a car?

Looks cool, doesn't look stock tho

[vocal mural]

On a lorry

[civic spoke]

Iveco Stralis

[fathom socket]

Pretty low i guess

And oil temp seems to be getting on the red zone when going up hill

[civic spoke]

At least you have a dip stick

[fathom socket]

I think the daf I took to ul didn't have a dipstick

I don't remember.

[fathom socket]

I think it has a blown engine or something. Looses coolant too

[fathom socket]

Yay

[fathom socket]

You can set to fractions of a km?

[charred depot]

gotta be able to do those 0.5kmh diff overtakes :^)

[fathom socket]

O no

[civic spoke]

I'm the guy you see driving at 89.5 kmh

And have the other trucks pass me at 90 kmh

[plucky flame]

When you gotta rely on rounding errors in the speed limiter to pass people

[fathom socket]

I often go 90 kmh and people still pass me lien they can going 100

Hekk. Imagine drivi g a truck limited to 80 kmpg in the UK

Definetlrey i didn't accidentally go 97 kmh down hill

[charred depot]

When you win the truck lottery and get a truck with a 90kmh limiter 0.438kmh faster than everyone else.

[fathom socket]

Say that to the speed traps

[charred depot]

Like every truck speeds here

Scotland has a lower limit for trucks on 60mph roads of 40mph

they all still do 58mph (90kmh)

[civic spoke]

I've done 110 kmh

[fathom socket]

I think I could not do it even if I wanted with that truck

[charred depot]

I do love seeing trucks going harder than cars on backroads.

[fathom socket]

If it wasn't limited to 80 kmh

[charred depot]

I once made the mistake of getting stuck behind a horsebox for like 15 miles doing 20-30mph in a 60. I was ready to kill myself as the 10 cars ahead of me werent overtaking and that is quite the send.

[civic spoke]

If you have a slow-going sign. Then you're limited to 30 kmh. I think?

[charred depot]

Not heard of that here

They weren't legally restricted but horses n all that I guess.

[acoustic prism]

Don’t text and drive

[civic spoke]

I was parked along the road as I uploaded that.
When I take those pictures, then I just open the camera app with the power button and snap a bunch of pictures and see if any turned out good.

[acoustic prism]

Lol I was just joking

[fathom socket]

Say that to like 80% truckers i see in Italy

[hollow pasture]

this is a 5.3 out of a gmc Sierra

customer ran a engine flush after draining the old oil

they never drained the flush agent

and added oil to it, effectively double filling it

I drained 13.5q of oil out

[sturdy solar]

Ahh i see

[sturdy solar]

Boutta get a new engine instead of just an oil change

[hollow pasture]

she a Lil chunky lol

forbidden glitter

[sturdy solar]

Forbidden soup

[hollow pasture]

ah the things you see at express

[stiff burrow]

One of my friends works at a Chevy dealer and they just got a manual diesel Cruze hatchback (opel astra) in for service. A weirdly rare car in the us 😂 I’ve never seen one of these before.

[stiff bloom]

whoa that's sweet! I want it

[stoic ledge]

That's actually not an Opel Astra

Does share stuff underneath tho, yes

Cool spec for America

[stiff burrow]

Same platform 🤷‍♂️

[stoic ledge]

Sure, all D2XX

But so does a GMC Terrain 😛

[charred depot]

best vauxhall cavalier

[stoic ledge]

Fact

Best Fiat Punto

[stoic ledge]

Do you even drive it nowadays? Or are you French diesels only?

[charred depot]

I sold it a while back, french exclusive now :^)

[stoic ledge]

Good guy

[charred depot]

for a brief period I had like 4 cars with the same engine heh

XUD addict

A petrols intruded now.

[stoic ledge]

Good

[charred depot]

Patiently waiting for the saab to run out of MOT to see what the new owner does.

[stoic ledge]

LS swap

[stiff burrow]

You can’t tell me that the astra k and the Cruze don’t look very similar

[charred depot]

Saab was like one of the cars I had which didnt look entirely like a shitbox, very fitting good condition alloys.

[stoic ledge]

Yes but also no 😛

[charred depot]

modern hatchback.jpg

[stoic ledge]

Especially on the inside it's very apparent

Sad that generation Cruze was never sold in Europe, quite like the (exterior) styling

And the platform it's on is quite good

So are the engines

So if they priced it below the Opel... Would've sold fine probably

Too bad they pulled out in 2014 I think?

[stiff burrow]

I don’t think they felt the need to because they are very similar cars

2017

[stoic ledge]

Well now GM doesn't have anything in Europe anymore 🥲

[charred depot]

Why Chevrolet put their name to the Kalos. L Move.

Absolutely dire car

[stoic ledge]

Well maybe some rogue German dealership selling the XT4, and the Corvette should be officially available

I'm most sad about the Volt not being sold in Europe

[stiff burrow]

Opel was losing gm lots of money, I don’t think the understood the European market as well as their rivals

[stoic ledge]

Except Stellantis was able to turn it in to profit within 1.5 years

[stiff burrow]

GM’s best selling product is trucks and full size SUVs after all 😂

[stoic ledge]

Looks like GM doesn't know how to do it

Also, they made Opel do a lot of R&D for stuff on other market

Probably the keep the books of US brands in the green

Like the D2XX platform, the older Delta 2, Delta 1, all developed by Opel, and then used by all other brands to make their cars on

[stiff burrow]

They turn a profit because they know the market

GM didn’t

[stoic ledge]

I quite like how the new Astra looks

[stiff burrow]

It’s nice

[stoic ledge]

The only problem I foresee, is that Stellantis is really increasing prices, which makes them quite expensive

There's an EV Astra coming, but basically same price as a Model 3 SR

Not a fan of Tesla, but that's getting pretty expensive

And then you have a FWD EV with 156hp

[stiff burrow]

The volt would have been a great car for Europe

[stoic ledge]

Totally agree

[charred depot]

custom bit done for the race tractor

[frosty geyser]

Are Tesla cars recommended?

Because I was looking at the Tesla Model X and it looks like a great car and I would like to get it

[crystal hare]

perhaps removing the silencer aint such a good idea

[frosty geyser]

Um guys

Is Tesla good or not?

[stiff burrow]

No.

[frosty geyser]

And why is that?

[stiff burrow]

They don’t make quality products and they are a bad company. There are plenty of better electric suvs out there

BMW iX, Cadillac Lyriq, Kia EV6, Genesis GV60, Rivian R1S to name a few

[frosty geyser]

Come to think of it Tesla is not a good company and Elon Musk is one of the worst person ever that has a company

[stiff burrow]

You will not find a lot of car people who like teslas.

[frosty geyser]

I remembered when I went on Twitter a lot of people had a lot of issues Teslas and most of them sold their Tesla cars for a Chevy Volt

[stiff burrow]

If you are willing to pay 100k+ for a new electric suv get a BMW ix

[frosty geyser]

I heard BMW is great

[stiff burrow]

They are

[frosty geyser]

A car that I'm thinking on planning on getting is a car from either Toyota or Honda

They have the Toyota Corolla and Camry and Honda has the Civic and Accord which are good cars

[civic spoke]

If you're charging at home. Then charging solutions (what Tesla's shine at) becomes less of an issue.

Meaning that you can go with with whichever EV that you prefer.

Most of the pricey EV's have plenty of range to deal with your everyday drives.

[frosty geyser]

Oh I see

[civic spoke]

As mentioned, the big selling point for Tesla is the seamless supercharging network.

But if you're not using that, then your options will open up greatly.

Not to mention that more and more manufacturers will start using the same charging plug as the Tesla vehicles.

NACA? Or whatever they call it.

North American Charging Standard?

NACS.

[frosty geyser]

So other cars might get charging capabilities

[civic spoke]

They already have quick charging (DC charging) capabilities. It's just that the supercharging network have shown itself to be the most reliable one thus far.

[stiff burrow]

There are lots public charging stations available across the country. However, they are not as reliable or as fast as teslas chargers. They might not work or they might be slow. Tesla super chargers are one of the few perks of Tesla ownership

[civic spoke]

Ford, among other manufacturers will start using the same charging plug as Tesla.

[feral reef]

I like Teslas

[civic spoke]

I can't imagine VAG using NACS because of their stake into Electrify America.

GM and Ford joining the up to use NACS basically kills the CCS connector

[frosty geyser]

The car I rather go with is the Honda Civic or the Toyota Corolla

Since they're both reliable and work well for driving to places

[wraith rivet]

I like Teslas

[stiff burrow]

That was not an invitation for everyone to say they like teslas. I’m just saying that there are not many “car guy” people that like teslas in my experience. I also live in an area where ford gm and Chrysler are big employers so that might affect it.

[stiff burrow]

If you’re shopping new the newest honda civic is great with lots of good features for a good price

[frosty geyser]

I will definitely check out the Honda Civic

[brittle totem]

I find nothing wrong with Tesla they make good cars which the numbers shows isn't the model y the world best selling car now ? Even Christan Von Koenigsegg has a model s and 3 that he drivers daily.

[brittle totem]

Well the Tesla supercharges has been open for all ev's with CCS in Europe for a year now and they they are planning to open it for the public in north America too so charging is not a problem anymore as it used to be with none Tesla's.

[stiff burrow]

Teslas are average cars but they have lots of quality issues and Elon musk is not a good person

[dusky torrent]

if we can live in a world where gas/diesel vehicles and evs exist in harmony, i'd be so happy

instead states like CA and NY are banning the sale of new ICE vehicles by 2035

idk what the point of banning new ICE sales is

[dense shard]

Reduce overall fleet emissions

Ideally combined with other emission producers we can make an actual impact

Because people aren't responding to incentives to buying smaller more efficient cars

And no one can seem to agree on international maritime emissions

[brittle totem]

Maybe for the North America build ones but the Europe build Tesla's are very solid quality wise. Maybe not onpar with the Germans but it's getting close.

[stiff burrow]

That’s definitely true. I’ve heard that European teslas are of a much higher quality. But I think that says a lot about the company that they are unable to make high quality products in all their markets. I do really like EVs, just not Tesla.

[wraith rivet]

it is a shame

imagine a Tesla powertrain and battery pack and charging network combined with Porsche quality interiors and build quality

[dense shard]

I want Lotus lightness with Toyota price and reliability

Give me a 150 mile range in something under 3000 pounds

[tardy harbor]

what makes it leftie

ill bite

[dense shard]

Because liking clean air is woke? No clue

I'm mostly annoyed that EVs are being marketed as the future of mobility. gg we've replaced all the ICE with EVs. Traffic is bad, parking is horrible, our society is still car centric.

I'd love to treat my car as a luxury vs a requirement to participate in society.

[tardy harbor]

your* society

xoxo

[dense shard]

If you live in the US, it's ours

[tardy harbor]

I dont

[dense shard]

If you live in Canada, that still counts.

[tardy harbor]

I also dont

lmao

[dense shard]

Then why even use the term lefty.

That's very much an American term.

[tardy harbor]

cuz I responded to someone

and hes aussie

[dense shard]

Not you Sean

[tardy harbor]

sure, if you believe that, but EVs arent environmentally friendly

[dense shard]

But holy shit that's a shit take

[tardy harbor]

not the point

what you are saying is not related to EVs

[dense shard]

Okay, ignoring shit takes

Yeah EVs aren't that enviromentally friendly.

We'd be far better off dramatically expanding public transit

[tardy harbor]

but you gave up so quickly

what are you at the doctors for

[tardy harbor]

damn thats ugly

[final star]

https://climate.mit.edu/ask-mit/are-electric-vehicles-definitely-better-climate-gas-powered-cars

Y'all, please stop spreading false info. It's just objectively not true.

[tardy harbor]

fair enough

[fathom socket]

Such traffic jelly

[dusky torrent]

why are they all box trucks

i do not see a single normal car in your lane

[tardy harbor]

borders where there is only trucks allowed in certain lanes

given this is on the right of the road id say from the UK to france?

[dusky torrent]

usa has something like that but no one listens

when im on the new jersey turnpike, i always see a car or two in the semitruck only lane

[tardy harbor]

toll road check points?

[fathom socket]

This is on a26

[tardy harbor]

also it could just be that trucks are not allowed in the fast lane

A26 dutcholands?

[tardy harbor]

nvm

A26 doesnt even exist here

[dusky torrent]

i was on the freeway today

made me question why speed limits exist

[tardy harbor]

they dont in some parts of the world

[dusky torrent]

if the majority of traffic sets the speed limit, why is there one already set

[tardy harbor]

but mainly because cars are massively inefficient, especially above a certain air resistance

[dusky torrent]

i was pushing 95 mph bc a chevy driver was pushing 95

right behind me

i had to give up my position

[fathom socket]

It's very dangerous when there's a huge speed difference between two cars

[tardy harbor]

yeah that sucks

[fathom socket]

Like when I was going 180 kmpg there was a guy who blinked me from distance and I think he was going 250 kmh

[tardy harbor]

youre going 180 when 1 lane is standing still??

[fathom socket]

3 lane autobahn

I was overtaking

[tardy harbor]

so 1/3 lanes are standing still

[fathom socket]

Nah

[tardy harbor]

thought you were refereeing to this

[fathom socket]

That was some time ago

[tardy harbor]

it was literally 1 miunute before you wrote the next one lmao

[fathom socket]

I can't go past 90 km

[civic spoke]

Can go past 90. Not allowed, tho.

[fathom socket]

Stupid auto cucumber

Need reset it since starts to correct things wrong

[brittle totem]

We had this as loaner last friday almost uglier then the XM😅

[tardy harbor]

yeah thats pretty close, hot damn

[plucky flame]

As someone who likes the look of the m4 i dunno about that grille

[plucky flame]

This one i could get into with a few changes

[brittle totem]

The M4 and M3 looks good compared to latest gen of BMW. They only good looking new BMW is the 340i right now imo.

[plucky flame]

I think the problem with that one is that its not a real grille

And its molded to the hood of the car which makes it look like a sticker

Vs the one above where it molds the hood to the kidneys

Which i like a lot better especially when its angular like that

[brittle totem]

Well it is real grill its closed because of the hybrid system when the you drive it with ice engine on it opens up for cooling but its still unnecessarily big for such a car.

[plucky flame]

They could have just not done that and it would look better

[brittle totem]

I guess its helps a lot with EV range because good aerodynamics is very important then and it had a range of 92km on just ev power alone so I guess it works.

[plucky flame]

Aerodynamics be damned it looks like the headlights on nascars

[frail slate]

https://youtu.be/GhyX7PhRS_4