cars

[spice compass]

Yeah brother thats a bit away for a show.

[hexed kayak]

I drive 1100km to go there

[spice compass]

Meh, other than the local shows here I don't travel for shows. Well VW shows thats different lol.

[dusk ocean]

@hexed kayak

[hexed kayak]

i dont think you realize how far people bring their cars. ive seen UAE and japam plates in detriot

[spice compass]

No I understand.

[hexed kayak]

just for the dream cruise

[spice compass]

People go across country.

I do not and don't care for that personally.

Unless it was a major VW show. That would be the only time I would consider it.

[dusk ocean]

Brumbo

[spice compass]

Oh and the tail of the dragon cruises. Those are fun.

[dull heron]

break caliper can crusher

[dusk ocean]

Smash

[hexed kayak]

good lord

[dull heron]

calipers look clean tho

and fucking massive

[dusk ocean]

15" setup

[dull heron]

dear lrd

thats larger than some of my friends wheels

[hexed kayak]

its only missing one w/m to be a german car part that says ww3

[dull heron]

is there anything wrong with rattle canning calipers

the red paint on mine is fading

[hexed kayak]

Bad driving L

[dull heron]

nah wasnt me

some dumbass in a highschool parking lot

[hexed kayak]

They all say that

[dull heron]

i fixed it already i got the touchup paint

just dont have any other photos of my breaks

[dull heron]

i have curbed a few more than id like to admit but never scraped anything that high

[dusk ocean]

Stock floating calipers is just leave them to die

[dull heron]

what do you mean? im not very familiar with brakes yet

[dusk ocean]

Cast iron stockies, let the red wear off

[dull heron]

oh i see

[hexed kayak]

poopy brakes

[dull heron]

i didnt realize they were cast iron, i dont have stuff to take my tires off at home

[hexed kayak]

@dusk ocean ive been debating putting R brakes on my 2.5t but i dont want to go up to 17 in wheels cause ride comfort

[dusk ocean]

I have to run 19s on my 335 now

[dull heron]

ive got 18s and ride comfort is well

[hexed kayak]

the thing is it needs some form of brake upgrade. the stock brakes arent enough for this car

[dusk ocean]

Just get better pads and ducting

I run 1100 hp thru 348mm which fit under 17s

[dull heron]

damn

[hexed kayak]

my barge of a volvo has 280mm brakes

[dusk ocean]

I ran stock 302mm for a long time ebc yellows and ducts made a world of difference

[hexed kayak]

i also have the option of switching to xc90 brakes by grabbing a bracket and calipers at the junkyard (305mm)
which then i could do pads and ducts

i just dont remember if i need a 17in wheel for that

[dull heron]

when referring to the size, are you referring to the rotors?

[hexed kayak]

the stock volvo s60 R brakes are 330mm

[hexed kayak]

yes\

[dull heron]

gotcha, is it bad to replace just calipers without the rotors

[hexed kayak]

no

[hexed kayak]

i mean if your changing size yeah but maintenance no

[hexed kayak]

Fog light holes would make a perfect duct location @dusk ocean

[dull heron]

it turns out my rotors are 312mm

[random hearth]

the workshop atm

[dusk ocean]

Mk2 golf

[random hearth]

my baby 🙂

[dusk ocean]

Looks like a 337

I had a mk2 gti

[random hearth]

my mk2 driver facing my mk5 anniversary

[dusk ocean]

Resprayed black magic pearl

3.0L vr6 turb

Have an e30 I'm working on with my son

[random hearth]

the mk2 has been off the road for 7 years now i've been spending what free time i have on her. i miss my old e30 and would love another but that means selling one of the projects. the golf is for my son he does bits here and there. father son projects are unbeatable. the happiness and joy!!

[dusk ocean]

Nice!

My e30 is s50 swapped, adding supercharger, BBS rs, bc coils, etc.

Though to be honest I kind of want to B48 swap it

[random hearth]

wow it sounds like it will be a fun car, the golf has a tt quattro floorpan and running gear DSG box paired with a fully forged BAM 225 thats been played with around 4550-480bhp

[dusk ocean]

Nice!

So basically an r32

[random hearth]

pretty close tbh i was tempted to use my daily as a donor car its a B6 Passat r36, the only reason i didnt do it is becaue they are quite rare now unlike the tt 255's

[dusk ocean]

That's a... 2.0T?

[random hearth]

hoping the mk2 will be done soon, dont know if you are the same but work tends to take over

[random hearth]

1.8t

[dusk ocean]

Ha yep too many projects

20v 😬

[random hearth]

oh i know the feeling i have the golf a 1986 Fiesta xr2, 1992 Toyota MR2 G-Limited import and a 1997 Jag XJ6 Exec waiting to be done. I've had a few 20v (leon cupra, mk5 golf and a few tt's) its alwayys turned out to be a stronger block than the 2.0

[dull heron]

VWs are fun to work on imo

would love to check out their older stuff eventually

[shell mountain]

I love my truck /s

[raw cosmos]

Corvette 1000+ turbocharged horsepower in 2024? Try Dodge V10 naturally aspirated 725 HP in 2009 https://www.ilmor.com/News/1356/ilmor-high-performance-marine-introduces-indyreg-stern-drive

[tepid wing]

Does anyone know why so many people pick hard mode in parking lots?

[stoic ledge]

Must. Park. Close. Near. The. Entrance.

[fallen ridge]

parking is easy!

[prisma frost]

Yeah I just can't walk more than a few meters

[dull cedar]

walking around the store for an hour is fine, but an extra few meters from the car to the door, impossible.

[tepid wing]

I meant the pulling in backwards thing.

[stoic ledge]

That's easy mode

[prisma frost]

Reverse parking? I find it easier than parking forward

[stoic ledge]

I always reverse park if possible

Also much easier/safer when pulling out

[civic spoke]

Butt in is safer in every way, too.

[tepid wing]

Going straight is much easier, you don't have to turn more than 90° in slanted spaces (which are the majority).

I don't remember so many people parking backwards up north...

[carmine summit]

most places don't have angled parking

besides, backing in is much safer than backing out

better visibility

[misty imp]

Christ

[errant quail]

If anyone guesses the car you get 20 dollars one try

Jk I'm broke but still guess

[terse raptor]

I sold my mustang and bought a truck

Bye mustang

Hello truck

[tepid wing]

My work does, stores I go to do, restaurants I occasionally go to do, most places do unless it's a parking structure.

[charred depot]

probably fed up with people forward parking into 90 degree bays smashing into cars

[tepid wing]

That's just not an issue? Just pull in like a normal person and you don't hit cars.

[charred depot]

people suck, they will fuck it up going in or back out straight into a car as they cant see whats coming

[tepid wing]

You can't see just as much backing in when parking as you can't see when backing out. The biggest issue with backing out are the stupid giant trucks that block your entire view, which will block it either direction.

[charred depot]

your view when leaving is infinetely better when leaving if you are reverse parked, you also only need to look in one direction

especially if other cars are doing it and have their snoot at the front

[tepid wing]

You need to look both ways unfortunately.

[charred depot]

im meaning front to back

[tepid wing]

People pretty regularly go backwards in parking lots. 😔

[charred depot]

if you are reversing out you will have to turn to look behind you whilst also checking where the front of your car is

[tepid wing]

Which isn't particularly hard, you'd need to do that backing in anyway.

[charred depot]

but its not equitable as you already have a view of the road as you arrived so you know what is around you

whereas when leaving it is a new situation and other people wont be necessarily aware of you.

theres about a million videos that cover all these points

[stoic ledge]

Ok reverse parking in angled spaces is silly

[charred depot]

yeah not arguing that we dont really have them here

[tepid wing]

That's most of the parking I do and like 75% of cars park backwards.

135° parking job instead of 45° let's go!

[charred depot]

Depends how you approach them, I doubt people are doing a 135 degree manouvre if you are forced to approach them the "normal" way

A college I went to had parking basically like how these cars are where we drive on the left so it was designed for you to reverse into.

[native ermine]

eww why

[terse raptor]

I need trok for work

[tepid wing]

You're in luck the electric Mustang is basically a truck. /s

[native ermine]

naw Mustang is all the work truck you need

[tepid wing]

It can do more work than a Cybertruck.

[terse raptor]

I can't drive out to work sites on soft muddy roads with a mustang lol

I was borrowing a truck anyway to go do my work

I'm looking at a c5 that's for sale near me rn to replace a "fun car" maybe

[prisma frost]

I find those the easiest

I have my little tricks 🙂

[stiff bloom]

El Camustang when

(Actually since utes are just wagons with beds instead of seats, a Mustang Ute almost certainly would mean Mustang Wagon. WHERE DO I FUCKING SIGN )

[native ermine]

nooo

[stiff bloom]

whuh

[shell mountain]

I took apart a differential for the first time :3

[earnest jewel]

🥵🥵🥵

One of the best looking cars ever made

[stiff bloom]

Falcon?!

[earnest jewel]

AU FALCON 🗣️💯🗣️💯🗣️💯

[stiff bloom]

Can't spell australia without AU, BROTHER

The FG generation was peak imo tho

I even dig the eyeliner they had in the XR models

[novel relic]

New 20v 4age head for the celiii

[shell mountain]

Which celica?

[novel relic]

5th gen sti

[shell mountain]

Oh

Nothing special

[novel relic]

why do u think im putting a 20v head in lmao

[shell mountain]

Im a shill of of the 2nd gen supra

(Celica supra)

And the 7th gen celica

My dad is the original owner of a 2000 celica gts

[novel relic]

im more 3e gen for supra myself but big nah on 7th gen lol

[shell mountain]

The 7th gen celica has its perks

Better as a sports car

Handles great

And performs as well as a 3 cylinder can

(1 cylinder has a miss fire iirc)

[novel relic]

3?

oh

[shell mountain]

My truck is more powerful tho

Like 285hp

[novel relic]

if i want speed i got a motorcycle, way better power to weight, and classics just nicely moddified, little more power for the modern day, maybe getting a gt86 in a year or 2 as a daily

[shell mountain]

My gmc makes 315-335ftlbs

Idk the exact

Btw, parts haul for the day :3

[terse raptor]

My gmc makes 1000

Lol

[shell mountain]

Yours aint stock

Mine is

[dull cedar]

Oh an AT180, I feel sorry for you

The As are good engines, but they never should've been put into celicas

[novel relic]

well thats why im gonna build a 20v 4AGE

and even so, it was still a great grand touring car going down to monaco, barcelona and back to belgium, got the gti seats in mine

just a bit more power, stock they get about 160ish

its still a 34yo car, its never gonna blow anything away

[dull cedar]

Is the 20V block the same as the 16V? I thought there would've been an extra oil passage to the head for the intake cam phaser

Like the 3s redtop

[novel relic]

its gonna take about 3y to do so its not anytime soon lol, i just got a good deal from a scrapper, had 2 20v heads

[dull cedar]

Good to know I'll have my engine swap done before someone else

[novel relic]

Its not a race my friend

Im not swapping yet, just getting everything together for said swap

[dull cedar]

Never said it was

[hexed kayak]

celica bad
cobalt best car

https://tenor.com/view/judging-stare-bored-dont-you-dare-annoyed-gif-22904796

[shell mountain]

celica 7th gen may not be the best, but its still better than ebay lmao

[hexed kayak]

i have a pic that will hurt you

[shell mountain]

Of eshit?

[hexed kayak]

I cant find it but its of a celica that was wrapped around a pole so hard that the driver and passenger rockers were kissing

Was in the parking lot of the pick in pull yard last year

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle still not a fan of this trucks lift or rams in general but this is just fucking cool (the power and what its doing not the truck itself)

Its lifted like a pavement princess but its definitely NOT driven like one

[wispy cloak]

What is wrong with his tune

[hexed kayak]

technically nothing

arguably alot

[wispy cloak]

Egts have to be through the roof

Also speaking of tunes

I found a problem with the tune in the caliber

It'll cut out in third around 5000-5500 and throw a lean code

So I need to get it retuned

[civic spoke]

Hand brake.

[vocal mural]

One of the many ferries operated by Swedish railway and road agency

[civic spoke]

This is the only paid ferry around here.

[vocal mural]

The vättern one?

[civic spoke]

Stockholm

[charred depot]

Need to get a pic of the melted pistons one of my turbo diesel engines have, I should probably get a EGT gauge.

[dull cedar]

Mmm cheap questionably manufactured batteries

[vocal mural]

Describe Belgium in one screenshot…

[tepid wing]

Freeways do tend to be long stretches of boring road.

[novel relic]

Hahahaha ma echt

Theyre everywhere

[smoky halo]

geo locater guy find him

[charred depot]

Dont get why they dont just put an average zone in at that point

Have a motorway here that is similar and everyone just brakes for the camera then speeds up

[novel relic]

They put speed cams before, in and after avg zones

[wraith rivet]

I’m looking to finally get an s4 and I got an insurance quote of $900 a month 😭😭

Maybe that included the down payment but idek

[stoic ledge]

Sounds reasonable

[tepid wing]

Oh those are traffic cameras?

Simple solution: don't speed.

[charred depot]

Most likely shared to show the billion speed cameras

[charred depot]

We have these like smart motorway equivalents here which will randomly change the speed limit from 70 to 40 in a effort to reduce congestion, some of the gantry's have cameras I tend to continue along at 70.

If theres a camera slow down and speed back up after, the gripe I have with the system is that when it changes to 40 everyone in lane 1 that was doing 50-55 in a 70 will continue doing that leaving you akwardly stuck or just yknow ignore it and speed.

[stiff bloom]

Yeah, the places where turtles are always driving down the road

[boreal quail]

lol

I have a beat up Toyota rav 4 from 2009 that I was handed down. It has an android infotainment system, kinda cheap one. Any suggestions on upgrades? Anything I could do to my existing setup to make it better? I don’t have phone projection

[misty mantle]

Is it still in stock speakers?

on*

[wraith rivet]

Whattt 😭

that’s over 10k a year for one driver one car

USD

[stoic ledge]

Very fair

😛

[wraith rivet]

I think that figure must have the initial deposit on it

[wraith rivet]

How much do you pay?

[stoic ledge]

65/month

[wraith rivet]

So cheap so beautiful

What currrjcy?

Currency*

[stoic ledge]

Euro

[wraith rivet]

Ohh okay still not bad at all

There’s no shot it could be that much lmaoo the car is only worth 15k

I’d pay for it in 1.5 years just in insurance 💀

[stoic ledge]

But the insurance you pay is not for your car, it's for the damages you make to others 😛

Probably your age + type of car makes it so expensive

[fathom socket]

Who's the idiot that said American vehicles don't have km/h

This one's got both

1.6 million miles K20 whine about it

[charred depot]

mhhhhm the 7th digit is for each 10th of a mile

[civic spoke]

That's 160,000 miles.

[brittle totem]

Sounds about right at least if you are from Sweden and is under 25 💸😅

[civic spoke]

Heard of a guy that bought himself an older current-gen GTR. Don't even want to know what his insurance is like and what the payments are.

[brittle totem]

Or nvm an 2017 S4 would be 430€ per month as a 20 year old I thought it would be worse but still very expensive.

[brittle totem]

If he is older then 25 it's probably fine.

[civic spoke]

That's my entire car's worth in a single year.

[brittle totem]

It's the BMW that are mad expensive an 2017 BMW 340i would be like 650€ per month

[civic spoke]

To imagine that I were looking at M140i or similar.

[charred depot]

My Dad's been offered a Polestar from his work at around £250/m with insurance included, bullshit government scheme.

If it saves me fixing a 2009 hyundai all the time im all for it heh

[stoic ledge]

2017 S4 is ~130/month here for me (25 y/o)

Actually ok

[charred depot]

No doubt for me here it would probably quote cheaper than a 305.

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

I know a 2017 Focus ST quotes suprisingly cheap.

[brittle totem]

And if you are 26 year old the same car is like 100€/month.

[charred depot]

Peugeot 305 insurance should be basically free whens the last time one was crashed, I know one hasnt been crashed in years as I have them all : )

[brittle totem]

Yeah would be similar here. ID.7 GTX would be around 230€ in Sweden.

[charred depot]

mad, I calculated it out and they would have to be selling the car at the end of leasing for strong money

being electrics I can see them losing alot of their value

[brittle totem]

Here company leases are usually calculated with the car being worth 50% of the list price at the end of lease.

[brittle totem]

But I guess those 250/m I just the benefit tax he pays for driving the car privately.

[charred depot]

Eh not sure the appeal of it is the money comes out before income tax so can drop you into a lower tax band

[brittle totem]

Yeah same here so you are saying that its 250/m before tax? if so yeah that much cheaper then in Sweden.

[charred depot]

Yeah its removed from your income before tax

[brittle totem]

Yeah here Polestar 2 LR RWD with premium package would be 210€/m after tax.

[charred depot]

I was asking why he couldnt get anything cheaper like some MG shite as they arent the kind of people to care about appearances but apparently Polestars are the most available here.

[wispy cloak]

Wtf

I've never even had insurance cost $100 a month

[brittle totem]

Yeah and also 250/m before tax is nothing for such a car why not go for something nice then. I guess he pays like 120/m after tax so basically nothing for car and if he can charge at home he probably wont go over 200/m in total.

[brittle totem]

On a "performance" car?

[wispy cloak]

My srt is $63 a month

[charred depot]

Getting free charging at his work which makes it kind of a no brainer

Spends about £160-200/m on fuel

[brittle totem]

Yeah that's nothing pretty much every car with 300hp+ is at least 100€/m here even if you are older then 25 and have no prior insurance claims.

[brittle totem]

Yeah and the combine that with charging during night at home and you have very nice and dirt cheap car.

[charred depot]

£45/m used to be like £28/m but everything is inflated now because of new car values.

Funnily enough a SRD is cheaper to insure than a GLD. The difference being the carpet and a glovebox light.

There is like 20 of these cars left I would love to see their statistics data

[wispy cloak]

You have to inform them of modifications??

[charred depot]

Oh yes

[wispy cloak]

Even tiny stuff like a gearing change??

[charred depot]

Technically down to a sticker but they arent that petty

[brittle totem]

that would 670€/m in Sweden if you are above 26 so yeah 💸

[wispy cloak]

I'm 18

[charred depot]

If you have a badge or sticker claiming increased performance and your car gets stolen your insurance could be voided.

[wispy cloak]

What

My insurance on an s4 is basically the same as an a4

[charred depot]

I dont really care about that its more getting stopped or being involved in a accident and being banned from driving.

[wispy cloak]

They just treat it as a trim

[brittle totem]

I'm 20 and it would like €1000/m for me 💸

[charred depot]

Every minute detail here is accounted for

[brittle totem]

I guess Dodge driver just sucks at driving here and crashes all the time 😅

[charred depot]

In the UK you dont really have to tell or deal with the government about modifications, but you must be insured accordingly its a worse offence than doing 100mph down a road.

Most common one people get stuffed for is pod filters as its easily identifiable as soon as the police open the bonnet.

[brittle totem]

Yeah and insurance company will always try their best to not pay out any money.

[wispy cloak]

Yeah that sums it up

[wispy cloak]

This is also universal for the big name companies

[charred depot]

Its not just pay outs its that you will be done for driving without insurance, and your insurance provider will void your policy which will go on record

[brittle totem]

time to check the prices for Mustang GT then 😅

[charred depot]

Loss of license / extreme insurance prices as a result.

even if you dont crash

Unlike speeding tickets and whatso there is no 3 or 5 year expiry on that record.

You are fucked with that for life.

[wispy cloak]

I fought progressive and state farm for two and a half months when their client hit my parked truck head on, admitted fault in writing, had well over a dozen witnesses, and video

[charred depot]

I dont have insurance for actual cover I have it for not losing my license

[brittle totem]

Superisingly it's cheaper just 650€/m

[wraith rivet]

Idk

I guess I’ll just have to wait until I’m a little older or somehow let them know I’ve taken driving school things liner those evasive and maneuver ones

apparently that can get you rates lower

[wispy cloak]

My srt is full coverage with roadside assistance

$500 deductible

[stiff bloom]

Well I think it's an M3, so neither?

[silk sluice]

yeah I'm also pretty sure that color is only available on the m3

Depends where you live

Where i live its around $76k

In that color

I mean it's not a bad car. nor is it a cheap one

I mean it really depends

Okay don't ever say that

No

My dad has had mercedes glk 350 that has taken a brutal 140k miles of dirt, gravel, and mud roads

Maybe what region are you in

Well I don't know if they sold the glk over there but to my knowledge they made the same car for all regions

Uh huh

Well

Don't be so sure

2019 infiniti qx80

2nd worst car owned by my family

[pure pond]

whats better than?

[silk sluice]

Same over here with the toyota corolla hatchback

Ummmmm

Yeah it is but

It's just as popular as the vw golf

So far

I mean I'll see 5 or more every day

[pure pond]

i hear a lot of Americans cry about them for breaking nonstop, here in europe i dont hear it so much. u have proof it is really better?

[misty mantle]

Because all most of us Americans want is trucks

[silk sluice]

Fair point

[pure pond]

al the people i know dont complain and have some crazy km on the clock

[misty mantle]

No kidding

[silk sluice]

Oh yeah

My mom's 2019 has a cd player what are you talkin about

[pure pond]

wasnt that a option back then

[silk sluice]

Yeah it was a high end and expensive one too

Ok please stop mercedes ui is better than windows 10 I dare say

What audi

Which trim a4

Like what specifically

[dull cedar]

Did you just use the GR Corolla as an example of the Corolla being a 50k car?

[tepid wing]

The Corolla starts at 22.

[fathom socket]

this is a K20

thats 1.6 million

the K25s and Silverado/Chyene 2500s thats 160K

on the K20/C20 thats 1.6 million

[civic spoke]

But you're aware that the odometer only shows 6 digits? And the last, colored wheel is 1/10th of a mile.

Or has it rolled over 10 times?

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/homer-simpson-tati-doofus-gif-21895858

[void vector]

https://www.caranddriver.com/photos/g61877782/acura-integra-type-s-hrc-prototype-gallery/?slide=9

[fathom socket]

The K20 isn't that

none of the Kx0 trucks did that EVER

The Kx5 trucks all did, the Kx500 trucks all did

[civic spoke]

Okay. But the fact still remains is that the first 6 digits are miles.
And the last, colored, 7th digit is 10th of a mile.

Never seen anything else that wasn't this.

[fathom socket]

1. That odometer is rebuilt

2. Kx0 trucks don't originally have a colored digit

the rebuild kit I got for that dash HAS one for visual purposes but the Kx0 trucks never initially came with a colored digit

notice the RPMs only go to 5000

the post C/K diesels all went to 6000

[civic spoke]

Okay? But is the 7th 10th of a mile or not?

[fathom socket]

n o

I just said that

that's why I'm saying the odometer is not original color scheme nothing in that truck is

That truck had a red gauge cluster from the factory

[civic spoke]

I'm still pressing x to doubt. 1,600,000 miles is a STUPID high amount.

[fathom socket]

it's pretty typical for a well taken care of diesel

Average for a diesel is 500k-800k

[civic spoke]

It's what? 32,000 miles every year, for 50 years?

[fathom socket]

Ive already put 60K on my 2024 😭

[civic spoke]

Don't get it wrong. It's doable. Just unreasonable high.

Very much doable if the guy did hot shotting.

[fathom socket]

oh defo

or if you just exclusively drive that vehicle

[civic spoke]

Still a lot more likely for the last digit to be 10th's. And I'll sadly believe that until proven wrong.

I've driven my work truck like 22,000 km's in the last 4 months.

Which is above average for a dump truck here

[wet summit]

@hexed kayak u in Detroit

We're leaving right now, had to save the 100$ on one night 😉

[lyric nebula]

my girlfriend got a plug-in hybrid Crosstrek. Things are going very well…

[tender portal]

am I insane for kind of preferring a 10 year old garmin GPS over carplay with waze & google maps? it still gets live traffic & speed cameras over bluetooth from my phone, and UI is easier to use while driving

also the lane guidance is honestly not comparable, the garmin is so much clearer 😭

[vocal mural]

TomTom Go

[stoic ledge]

TomTom Go 💯

[stoic ledge]

Is that the average incl plugging it in? 42 MPG US then isn't that amazing? Or is that just the consumption after the battery has drained?

[stoic ledge]

New Kids

Still cheaper fuel than NL

Fuel in Austria is definitely cheaper than fuel in NL lol

Fuel in Austria is cheaper than fuel in Germany, which is already cheaper then fuel in NL

Where the F do you pay 2.40/L in Austria? First place I checked has E10 for 1.608/L in Austria and 1.758/L for E5

Sure, well don't stop along the highway lol

[fleet valve]

In sweden atm: diesel cost 17,44 SEK / L (1,51€) and petrol (95) cost 17.84 SEK / L (1,54€)

If you fuel up at a manned petrolstation, like one with a shop, they add .20 SEK / L to the price

I know it's really really weird

So I usually go to unmanned stations whenever I can

Big tank!

[stoic ledge]

If I see this... I'll take the small detour

Also I've never had the urge to refuel along the highway, also not in Austria

Oh god

If they don't tax it on fuel, they tax it on your income or whatever

[fleet valve]

My last one.. Not sure how much I bought.. but usually around 25 or 30 L

50.88 USD

Probably somewhere between 6,6 and 7,9 gallons

I seldom go below halftank 😛

[stoic ledge]

Tax rates
Up to 11,693 Euros 0%
Above 11,693 Euros up to 19,134 Euros 20%
Above 19,134 Euros up to 32,075 Euros 30%
Above 32,075 Euros up to 62,080 Euros 41%
Above 62,080 Euros up to 93,120 Euros 48%
Above 93,120 Euros up to 1,000,000 Euros 50%
Over 1,000,000 55%```
So you're also earning over €93.120/year to be in the 50% bracket

And that 50% only accounts for everything over €93.120

If you're paying a full 50% over your entire salary, idk I need to do the maths but you're making €150+k/year

[fleet valve]

I WISH our tax table in sweden was this simple

Here it's all depending on your income and where you live

[stoic ledge]

Surprised Pikachu that stuff like hospitals, police, roads, pensions, social security etc etc costs money

Private hospitals cheaper

No way

Privatizing stuff is way worse usually

But I think we're getting off topic here

[vocal mural]

I am using Flitsmeister Proplus on my iPhone 13 with cheap magsafe charger imitation from Action.
It warns for upcoming ambulances, debris on the road and much more relevant stuff

@keen oxide

[stoic ledge]

Using °F

MPG in a km/h car

[misty mantle]

Must be nice getting nearly 40 mpg

[stoic ledge]

49 MPG US

🥵

[civic spoke]

I think that I got around 23-24 L/100 km today.

Astra? Or what was it.

[stoic ledge]

Lol no, the 2.4 of the Outlander PHEV only has 135hp

And then a 163hp electromotor

Combined 240hp max

Astra

[misty mantle]

My truck probably has more horsepower than that 2.4, and I don’t think it’s even making factory power anymore

[stoic ledge]

The engine in the Outlander PHEV is mostly to act as Generator, it can only drive the wheels through a fixed gear as far as I remember

Bruh you're really a clown aren't you?

[misty mantle]

It’s a 2.9 V6 from ‘87

Ford

[stoic ledge]

Probably must drive a 8.4L V8 with 140hp

[stoic ledge]

It's not even tiny

It's the average car size

[misty mantle]

Technically a SUV, but it’s on a shortened truck frame

[stoic ledge]

must drive 3.5 ton SUV to go the supermarket to get my milk 300 meters down the road ~ the American mindset

[misty mantle]

This one hasn’t even been rolled

It’s very straight

[stoic ledge]

As I said, "fixed" gear (technically a reduction gear)

It can drive the wheels but only between certain speeds at it has one gear, below that it can only act as a generator for the PHEV drivetrain and the engine isn't coupled to the wheels

That's no more fun than driving a normal car to the supermarket lol 😛

Wow so it's 0.5s faster hand my "tiny" car

Wow

Manual, way more fun 😎

[misty mantle]

Hell yeah!

[stoic ledge]

Outlander PHEV does 0-100km/h in 10.5

Literally 20% slower

Than my tiny car

Top speed 170km/h Unbearable

[misty mantle]

That’s a 0-60 in freedom units, right?

I’ve nearly hit 100 mph going down the interstate in a F-150 by accident

That is my backup truck, that F-150

The Bronco II is my main truck

That’s also all electric

[stoic ledge]

https://youtu.be/qO4JPdU5jH0

Magical Outlander you have, this one doesn't go over 175 on the speedo

[misty mantle]

May have been on a downhill

[stoic ledge]

PS is the German word for HP

163hp is what the EV motors produce

But that's too hard for an American brain to understand

[misty mantle]

I have a Mitsubishi transmission in my truck no joking, it’s factory. Rebuilt Mighty Max pickup 5-speed manual

Dunno what ford was thinking when they did that

[stoic ledge]

Isn't that uncommon that parts get shared, Mitsubishi is apart from a car Manufacturer also a Manufacturer of many other things

[misty mantle]

You don’t see a lot of Mitsubishis here in the states

Yeah, but they’re few and far between most places

When I do see one, it’s one of these

Not everyone can afford $5 per gallon

Pains me to fill up my truck every time

I live in Cali 😭

I genuinely feel bad for him

It’s a beautiful state, just our gov here sucks. Not trying to get political, just saying

My area is more old Chevy, Ford, and Dodge trucks than anything

GMC is just a Fancier Chevy, it’s still GM

Everything is the same underneath

GM is basically just a heavily-inbred company

That has killed a lot of it’s own family members over the years

[hexed kayak]

no. my cobalt ss got impounded a month ago and i can only get it out tomorrow

[misty mantle]

How the hell did you manage that

But it’s all the VW shit underneath

[hexed kayak]

not paying a parking ticket and getting my license suspended

[misty mantle]

Bruh

[civic spoke]

What a troll. Created his account last month, and joined the server this week.
And this is how he behaves. Swell.

[stoic ledge]

Yup

[pure pond]

yeah i hate it that my vw transporter is at 480k and doesnt have any problems 💀

[civic spoke]

It's not your opinions.
It's your behavior.

[hexed kayak]

the fucking irony though that i can get my car our on the 17th
https://www.woodwarddreamcruise.com/
look at the fucking date on the top right of this website

[civic spoke]

Sure, bud.

[wet summit]

So no Detroit?

[hexed kayak]

says the scrawny mf quoting Regan

[civic spoke]

That's stupid.

So wait. Not parking the parking ticket could have your license suspended?

[bitter compass]

[civic spoke]

Beep. Boop.

[bitter compass]

Im gonna go back to my girly korean hatchback which actually can drive around a corner

[civic spoke]

I'll be working more on replacing my window regulators this weekend. 👌

[hexed kayak]

if i waited much longer i would have had an arrest warrant put out lol

[civic spoke]

I'll just be ignoring that Ben dude. He doesn't deserve an ounce of respect from me.

[hexed kayak]

canada

[civic spoke]

F

[civic spoke]

I like paying off stuff as soon as possible. You can always dispute it after the fact.

[hexed kayak]

i just let them pile up and pay them off at the end of the year. i just forgot this one

[white heart]

<@&750150305383186585>

[civic spoke]

Appreciate it.

[stoic ledge]

Grazi.

[white heart]

Good riddance

[civic spoke]

And nothing of value was lost.

[hexed kayak]

me watching shooting breakdown videos

[pure pond]

dont understand why people are so toxic about those things

[civic spoke]

Neither.

[bitter compass]

Because some humans are dicks

[civic spoke]

Who knows. Maybe they woke up on the wrong side of their bed.

[hexed kayak]

and some have to bully people online cause their gf said her ex was bigger

[civic spoke]

"ey, lmao. This dude thinks he's Bob Ross"

[bitter compass]

Solution: become the girlfriend

[civic spoke]

Either way.

Window regulators.

[hexed kayak]

plot twist: im the ex

[civic spoke]

Hopefully replacing them won't be too much of a hassle.

[misty mantle]

Now that you said that, it’s going to take all day just to do one

[civic spoke]

I'm having to unhook the battery to remove the airbag in the door.

[bitter compass]

I replaced them on my sisters meriva twice and they always break within a month again..

[civic spoke]

Else I'll end up with an error message in the dash.

[bitter compass]

Screw you GM, please make actual good parts

[civic spoke]

Don't buy the cheapest stuff possible.

[bitter compass]

First time i bought from ebay, second time i bought replacement parts from opel..

Both failed

[pure pond]

its more fun when u dont disconnect it

[stoic ledge]

They never failed in our Meriva

[bitter compass]

I'm probably tasked with replacing them soon since their ac failed

[civic spoke]

F

[hexed kayak]

not unless im gonna do burnouts in a 20 year old automatic volvo with 325k

[civic spoke]

Technically they both still work in the front. But they are just slow as hell. And they can't always pull themselves up.

Truck's going to pass 250,000 km's on Monday.

Can't remember how much it was at when I started driving it.

Let me see if I can find anything on that.

[bitter compass]

I'm happy that i don't put that many kilometres on my car since i moved, driving less makes it more enjoyable

[civic spoke]

Just under 210,000 km's. So I've driven 50,000 km's in 9 months.

[hexed kayak]

im mad that ive only done 45k in 2 years with my volvo. i want it to hit 500k asap

wait

[vocal mural]

Ben banned? 🧐

[hexed kayak]

its actually 67k ive done

[hexed kayak]

think so

[civic spoke]

Just checked my milage tracker. I've done about 22,000 km's in four months, when I started tracking my fuel stops.

[civic spoke]

Who?

[hexed kayak]

truck driver things

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Doesn't help that I'm busy as a bee with my stuff now.

38 hours of pure driving this week.

[hexed kayak]

you better not be a wheel holder

where manual

[hexed kayak]

@civic spoke

[civic spoke]

I've driven a 3 over 3 manual. Fun stuff.

But all trucks these days are automatic here.

Or if I should say automated manuals.

[hexed kayak]

thats a real fucking manual shift pattern in a real transmission btw

[stoic ledge]

https://tenor.com/view/oh-no-oh-no-anyway-gif-18887547

[stoic ledge]

Should've put Ben's V8 motor on it, then it would pull itself up real fast

[civic spoke]

Dude really said "can you dump it as far up as possible. Just try not get any on the Asphalt"

[hexed kayak]

https://youtu.be/0oXNk5j8V88?t=3

[stoic ledge]

Exactly

[hexed kayak]

i love the way he says v8 motor

[civic spoke]

Only 400 hp in my truck.

[hexed kayak]

cobalt power bb

[civic spoke]

Like 10,700 cc engine.

[hexed kayak]

ben logic: my cobalt makes the same hp out of 2l
that means its better

🤡

[civic spoke]

The real nutty engine is the new 17 liter one with 780 hp.

Each cylinder being almost 3 liters.

[stoic ledge]

My hatchback is tiny and slow however it's faster in acceleration and top speed than his superior Outlander

[civic spoke]

My Bimmer isn't even something special. But it's what I like.

[stoic ledge]

Although his one magically accelerates 30% faster than the listed acceleration and the top speed is also magically 20% higher

[civic spoke]

Laughing at how stupid this is when you think about it.

[stoic ledge]

That's not even an American milk jug, that's tiny

[hexed kayak]

who tf is capable of owning a mitsu outlander and having that much of an ego at the same damn time

[civic spoke]

True. Each cylinder would need to be another liter each in size.

[stoic ledge]

Also randomly using a Model 3 Performance as an argument out of the blue when he's "losing" the argument elsewhere

And then he calls Opel feminine

[civic spoke]

I'd rock a Mini, probably.

[hexed kayak]

[civic spoke]

I kind of like their 3 door cars.

Or if you just want to call them two door.

[hexed kayak]

get an r53 mini. its a miniature cobalt ss. supercharger and all

thats if there are any still running near you

[civic spoke]

F

Sucks that the car market is whack still.

Makes me wonder what my car is worth.

[hexed kayak]

minis never live very long. its a bmw that needs bmw type maintenance
bought by white women who only know that they have a red car @civic spoke

[civic spoke]

Somehow wouldn't surprise me if I could still sell it for €5,000

[civic spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/oil-motor-gif-24121550

[hexed kayak]

this video always hurts me. cause i can never tell if its real or a skit

[civic spoke]

Why not both?

[bitter compass]

Ayo the new mini is ugly as heck

[civic spoke]

A big as Mini's are these days. They are still smaller than your average new cars.

Load that I delivered the other day.

Asked me to 'drag it out' as much as possible.

I think I did good.

[hexed kayak]

its fine but i know a few tuckers who would bully the shit out of you

[civic spoke]

I don't have a spreader door.

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/understandable-have-nice-day-have-a-great-day-have-a-good-day-nice-gif-20850110

[civic spoke]

This is with the bed of the truck being wide open.

I have the same bed. But like, not all out of whack.

They belive suspension blew out on it as it was dumping a full load, tipping the whole truck in a tunnel.

But yeah, would actually like have a foldable spreader door on the truck.

[hexed kayak]

if only there was a car that existed where you could take the gas from the generator and use it directly in the car instead of wasting energy on transformation losses

[civic spoke]

There's a dude who put a generator in the rear of his Model S and drove without ever plugging it in.

He let the generator run throughout the night as he was at the hotel and everything.

[stiff bloom]

lmfaoooooo he'd have to have that running literally 100% of the time at how slow those charge on 110V

[charred depot]

230v generator

I have a 3 phase socket we dont have to pay for the power from, be ideal if I had a electric car heh

[stiff bloom]

Oh that'd be better. Wonder if he can get full 6kW outta it

[charred depot]

3 odd kw probably, wont be more than 16A

[vocal mural]

3600W max

[stiff bloom]

oh well that's better, still'l take absolutely FOREVER tho

[wispy cloak]

@hexed kayak can you tell hp tuners to cost less

[stiff bloom]

I wish dude, they're brutal

[wispy cloak]

What's really dumb is the fact that I need two credits to use it with my car

So $500 in hardware and credits before tax

[native ermine]

literally just a hybrid at this point

[stiff bloom]

With a detachable ICE. Innovative!(?)

[native ermine]

yeah so is a normal hybrid

just gotta do more work to get it out lol

[stiff bloom]

Well with a shitton o work lmao

[native ermine]

still detachable

[hexed kayak]

wait till you hit the dyno and your car breaks

you leave with alot less money and a broken car

[native ermine]

also i wonder what the drag coefficient is on that

[wispy cloak]

At least I get to see something cool happen

Paying $400 for a dongle is just sad

[stiff bloom]

Prolly not abysmal; the wake drag of teslas is actually pretty bad normally so I'd imagine it'd only penalize something like 7%

[wispy cloak]

Also my car SHOULDN'T break

But we'll find out

[stiff bloom]

most of the generator is in the separated turbulent flow, there's only a small portion above the trunk, so maybe 8 or 9%

[wispy cloak]

The only thing I'd be real concerned about is the clutch

[stiff bloom]

the credits are what kills me. My ZZP guy is so much nicer, and free!

[hexed kayak]

im sorry. i get not wanting to pay 500$ just to have your 3k in parts work but thats dumb to say

[wispy cloak]

It's the part that you don't get any credits with the hardware

It feels like you should at least have one vehicle included

Also the fact that some vehicles take more credits

Like why does my car take the same amount of credits as a demon

[hexed kayak]

because a demon ecu is probably harder to crack than your car

probably took way more R&D

[wispy cloak]

Then why is it the same amount of credits

[stiff bloom]

Well right, so shouldnt a demon take more credits?

[hexed kayak]

what car

[wispy cloak]

CSRT4

[hexed kayak]

because its like 0.3% of their market and continuing to support it is a pain in the ass

[wispy cloak]

Why do they have to update anything

Dodge isn't changing it

Also by that logic why is a dakota less

I've never seen a dakota with any hp tuners stuff

[hexed kayak]

their dongle and software always is though. and they always have to go find an srt4 toi make sure it still works with every update

[wispy cloak]

It's 10 years older as well

[stiff bloom]

I mean i dont know why it should take retuning to make sure updates to their software they designed work. The values getting changed, dont change

[wispy cloak]

My last handheld just locked itself to a vin

But you could change vehicles for free

[hexed kayak]

its a computer regardless. tons of software win7 doesnt work on 11. same shit

[stiff bloom]

Well except in the case of a computer, everything always changes. Standards change all the time and new technology keeps getting incorporated. My PC was built before I had a GPU that supported DisplayPort, but now it has it.

In the case of a regular car, the OBD2 standard has stayed the same since like 2001

[hexed kayak]

but the computers and software used to access the odb2 standard are not the same

[stiff bloom]

True but that shouldn't affect the communication between the dongle and ECU

when HPT do updates at least

[hexed kayak]

ive got a really early megasquirt kit and it cant interact with modern bosch ecus

thus cant be used with my cobalt

it has nothing to do with obd

its CANBUS

[stiff bloom]

Sure, makes sense. But the conversation between the megasquirt and whatever computers it can interact with shouldn't change because the computers it interact with aren't changing because they don't get updated

Like why would getting an update to my tuner change the way it interacts with my 1988 fiero? The fiero ECU can't change the way it talks to the tuner, because what the ECU is expecting will always be the same.

I'd kinda understand charging for HPT updates

[hexed kayak]

because it has to have new code to accept new vehicles without losing functionality for any others
we know better that alot of people that code is fucking dumb. adding in functionality for a new ecu type in say a 2025 bmw may break the code that makes your fierro work with hpt

[stiff bloom]

Sure but that wouldn't require any additional access to a theoretically rare car right?

[hexed kayak]

it would for bug testing.

[stiff bloom]

Hmm okay that's fair

I didn't think about that

[hexed kayak]

they either need to buy a fierro of find someone who has one and is dumb enough/willing to let hpt use beta software on it

[stiff bloom]

Yeah that makes sense, I didn't think about having to do all the testing n stuff again

[hexed kayak]

a bad update for hpt is closer to a crowdstrike situation than a buggy game update.
best case scenario people have issues downloading and uploading tunes.
worst case sceneario 5 figure engines start going boom

[stiff bloom]

yeah, and if you think about it it's even worse than crowdstrike, at least on an individual consumer basis. Computers affected by crowdstrike can be recovered easily once you know what to do. Engines that boom cannot be so easily de-boomed.

[hexed kayak]

it also hurts company's bad when they have to pay out like 500$ each to a fuck ton of people.
imagine 5-100k each 💀

[stiff bloom]

holy shit ai summaries actually did a good job for once

[hexed kayak]

im fucking impressed

[stiff bloom]

normally its much MUCH less impressive

its basically a clickbait generator.

absolutely did get a click outta me tho, so i guess it worked lmfao

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/XMkzDMAP-80

[stiff bloom]

I unno about greatest ever. Dakar is a smidge more impressive imo

[hexed kayak]

now the summary is just gonna switch to "why u bully me"

[stiff bloom]

Still pretty awesome tho 👍🏽

[civic spoke]

I love delivering a good load.

[stiff bloom]

I'll allow it

[stiff bloom]

Give 'er the good ol' "Blow-n-tip"

[hearty delta]

“How much aero do u want?”

“Yes”

[stiff bloom]

dtm is was mental

[hexed kayak]

first time seeing short course time attack?

[hearty delta]

Yes 😭

What’s it for

[civic spoke]

People who saw hill climbs once.

[stiff bloom]

I've never seen one. Kinda want to but also feel like it'll be underwhelming compared to hillclimb

[civic spoke]

Pikes Peak, that's the thing I was thinking of.

[stiff bloom]

the legend tobi

[hexed kayak]

the real legends are the dudes who turned a lancer into an airplane and then walked away from the car like they parked to get lunch

[stiff bloom]

well played.

[civic spoke]

You can clearly see that it's based from this.

[stiff bloom]

lmao no that's the car being a legend

[stiff bloom]

well actually that's a vitara

[hexed kayak]

the suzuki is made of suzuki

[stiff bloom]

escudo is even dinkier

[hexed kayak]

geo tracker

[stiff bloom]

sure is

like, literally

[civic spoke]

I believe Escudo is the name for JDM

[stiff bloom]

not sure but i also believe escudo is the 2 door?

my grandma had a vitara, lovely little car. It was in line to be my first until she rolled it on a perfectly straight road

[civic spoke]

idk, just trusting Wiki.

[stiff bloom]

Had actual proper locking diffs and a 5 speed. Fun little car

[stiff bloom]

o shid u rite

I'll believe it

[stiff bloom]

Thinking about it now she prolly money shifted and caused the spin/roll. She was aok but that poor vita never lived again (ironically)

[civic spoke]

When I practice drove with my father way back when, then I almost money-shifted the Octavia RS

Went from 5th to 2nd on the freeway, on the offramp.

Though, wasn't actually going fast enough for it to be a proper money shift.

[stiff bloom]

Bet that put some hair on your chest lmao

[civic spoke]

Shot up the revs real nice and close to the red line. 🙂

[stiff bloom]

O shid i forgot to mention, I did a few endurance races a few weeks ago and never bragged about it here.

Here take a clip

Track is Portland International Raceway. Not the fastest lap by a long shot but it was a good one with a lil action in there at the beginning.

[lyric nebula]

@stoic ledge i’m not sure what your question actually is.

[stoic ledge]

Whether that fuel economy figure is including or excluding the miles driven on EV

[lyric nebula]

It’s the overall average

There is no separate average for each mode

And this is a really good fuel economy number for a Crosstrek

Almost double the standard base model

And my original estimates from her old vehicle were basically correct giving her 100 miles more per tank even though the plug in Crosstrek has a 3 gallon smaller fuel tank

So you get 100 gallons more per tank with a smaller fuel tank despite the battery pack and hybrid system weighing about 500 pounds

So yeah, I am pretty impressed with it

[white heart]

@hexed kayak that's the car you drive right ? A cobalt or was it the SS model ? It look kinda nice

[stiff bloom]

That's HOT

[vapid citrus]

My CL55 AMG in Wynwood miami

[hexed kayak]

2008 ss.

[hexed kayak]

this is what mine looked like in stock form

color and all

@white heart

[white heart]

Pretty nice

[charred depot]

Ill start a Peugeot 305 racing series at some point, handling machines in stock form.

[prisma frost]

Cleaned the Spare tire compartment and the spare wheel for absolute no reason.

I could definitely make a nice small jacuzzi here

[stoic ledge]

Also check the pressure of the spare

[prisma frost]

Its as hard as a rock

[stoic ledge]

Did it on both cars we bought last year... they would've been no good if we used them

[prisma frost]

I’m not 100% sure if I have one of those things to check the pressure

If I do idk where I would have kept it

[stoic ledge]

Still check them, space saver probably has to be like 4.2 bar or something, if they're at 2 bar they still feel hard

Although 185/50R15 is not really a space saver

[prisma frost]

Hmm

Wdym with space saver

[stoic ledge]

It's a full size so it's probably alright

But still check it next time you have a change 😛

A space saver is a narrower wheel, I think mine is like 125 wide

[prisma frost]

Also my main tires are 215/40R17 and the spare one 185/50R16 but this shouldn’t matter right if I ever have to drive on the spare?

[prisma frost]

Oh those horrible looking ones

[pure pond]

Have u guys seen this

[stoic ledge]

It's not something you want to keep driving on forever as there's a difference in diameter, 7% actually

But it's ok for a short while

[prisma frost]

Yeah the instructions say so as well

[stoic ledge]

Especially if you need to put it on the front wheels, you put strain on the differential

[prisma frost]

Ah well its not something I’d do most likely

Still gotta get 2 pairs of winter tires or all seasons but I haven’t decided just yet

Although I’d probably want to travel to places with snowfall this winter so in theory winter tires seem like the obvious answer but then again the weather in NL is like mostly rain during winter

[stoic ledge]

Full on winter tires in NL don't make much sense tbh

If you want to go for 2 sets, it's probably best to go with summer and all season tires

I've just gone all season all year round

Proper brand all seasons have gotten pretty well

[prisma frost]

Yeah had the same mindset abt winter tires but I’d still get 4 all seasons if I do choose all seasobs

I was thinking about the Michelin CrossClimate 2

[stoic ledge]

(Michelin CCS2, Goodyear 4Season Gen3, AllSeasonContact 2, Pirelli SF3)

[prisma frost]

Haha yeah

[stoic ledge]

I've gone with the Goodyears as they're a bit more rain focussed

CCS2 is a but more snwo focussed

[prisma frost]

Ah

[stoic ledge]

And I got a better deal on the Goodyears

[prisma frost]

I’ll be sure to check the goodyears out as well

[stoic ledge]

The new AllSeasonContact 2 also seem to perform well and have a longer (expected) lifespan

Pirelli SF3 also performing very well but they seem to wear faster

Ofcourse how long they really last, idk

[prisma frost]

Hmm

[stoic ledge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kyPJcnSCC0

Or in written form: https://www.tyrereviews.com/Article/Best-All-Season-Tyres-2024.htm

Doesn't have the Goodyear in them tho

I think they were in this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rFce9IE_aA

Written: https://www.tyrereviews.com/Tyre-Tests/Results-Grid/2023-24-Tyre-Reviews-All-Season-Tyre-Test.htm

[prisma frost]

I’ve watched like all those videos 😅

Newest edition

Its like this little space was made for it

[stoic ledge]

Iirc that space is meant for a liter bottle of oil

But that'll also work 😛

[pure pond]

just a little bit of bondo

[prisma frost]

😅

[charred depot]

get an indestructible spare wheel

My maroon 305 saloon has a original style tyre on its spare.

[white heart]

The car we got to visit Canada. Pretty nice ngl

[misty mantle]

Nokia did tires, wtf

[stoic ledge]

Iirc that's basically Nokian but before Nokia sold them or whatever 20-30 years agao

I bet that tire is... Very safe indeed

[civic spoke]

Some dude on Facebook is trying to sell 9 year old tires. I chuckled.

Even posted a picture with the production date of XX15.

[stoic ledge]

Classic Facebook, friend of mine saw one selling a 3802 tire as new

[civic spoke]

"Is has thread. What is problem?"

Those tires are only good for burnouts.

[prisma frost]

@stoic ledge I might just go for Winter tires and in this case the Bridgestone Blizzak LM005 XL just to be safe when it comes to winter weather in and outside of NL

But I have to lookup the cost of keeping my summer tires somewhere else first

[stoic ledge]

Using 2 sets of rims or swapping on the rim?

[prisma frost]

I’m putting on my rims from my summer tires

I dont have a second set, so yeah I am swapping the rims

[stoic ledge]

I think storage itself is ok, like €10/tire/season or whatever?

Swapping on the rims each time isn't cheap

Local garages it's usually ok

But like Profile or Euromaster it's easily €35/tire

Which you then pay twice a year

• storage

So that's €320 for 2 swaps and 2 storage seasons

[prisma frost]

At banden concurrent it is €133 for mounting and balancing and €513 for the tires itself but it’s unclear if swapping the rims is included in the price.

Not sure if they also offer tire storage

If I am able to load the 4 tires into my Polo and bring then to the vakgarage then I believe its €36 per season to store my summers and €140 to mount and balancing

€140 on storage for a year, €266 for mounting per year. So you’d be spending around €406 per year on mounting and storage. For the CC2 it’s €746 in total for mounting and balancing (+the tires ofc). So basically it’s cheaper in the long run to go for all seasons but all seasons definitely aren’t as good as winter tires I believe.

Gosh everything has it pros and cons 😅

[civic spoke]

We just have two sets of rims and tires.

17 inch summers, and 15 inch winters for my Bimmer.

[prisma frost]

Ah

[civic spoke]

Need to get new winter tires later, too.

At least two new ones for the rear.

[prisma frost]

Rims are expensive and rn I gotta keep money saved up for unexpected repairs

I believe my 17” rims cost €1200

[civic spoke]

Paid like $200 for a set of OEM rims, that I then put fresh rubber on for like $500. So $700 total.

Rims came from an X3, and rubber is Pilot Sport 5. 👌

[prisma frost]

Ah nice

[prisma frost]

Oh that’s a great tire isnt it?

A set of these cost €500 with the tires included

They are probably summer tires though

[civic spoke]

I like it.

[misty mantle]

Does that date code say the 38th week of 2002?

Or am I reading that wrong

[misty mantle]

4.0 I6?

[worldly oasis]

Yessir

Only good thing about that

[misty mantle]

I've heard mixed things about the 4.0s

[worldly oasis]

I have 3

They are like fine

All of them leak oil somewhere

[misty mantle]

Though that's to be expected from something at least 15-20 years old

[wispy cloak]

It's usually caused by a bad owner at some point

[worldly oasis]

Our 93 gmc 3500 6.5td manual doesn’t leak

[misty mantle]

That's amazing being a old GM diesel

I would make sure it actually still has oil in it

Or it's probably just got so much oil and dirt caked up and stopped the leaks

[stoic ledge]

That is indeed correct, a.k.a old AF 😛

[misty mantle]

Why the fuck is someone trying to sell those on marketplace instead of recycling them

[stoic ledge]

Don't think it's 140 a year, a season is ½ year (summer/winter), not with spring or fall included 😛

But yeah swapping twice a year on the rim is expensive

It's definitely cheaper in the long run to get a 2nd set of wheels and mount winter tires on there, and they swap the wheels entirely (also very easy to do yourself)

Also, you don't need to get the exact same wheels, some cheaper 16s or whatever are also fine. They just look less nice 😛

[stoic ledge]

Greedy MFs trying to scam someone

They just see a new Continental with loads of thread, must be a great deal

[misty mantle]

With no regard for anyones safety

[stoic ledge]

But they have €50

📈

[hexed kayak]

and here i am worried about selling 5 year old tires

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle

im just taking L after L on cars right now

volvo broke. purple cobalt impouded.

and now after 3 years the building finally got fed up with my black cobalt and put a tow notice on it

so ive got till monday to strip what i want off it

the snow tires on it are 5 years old but have like 8k on them

@stoic ledge

[misty mantle]

Weren't you supposed to get the purple cobalt back already?

[hexed kayak]

today but people be fucking lying to me at the licence place

[misty mantle]

What happened with the Volvo?

[hexed kayak]

"all fines are paid up" my fucking ass my license is still suspended cause i paid the fine but still owe a shit ton of late fees

[hexed kayak]

throttle body issue of some sort

the reason its still broken is pure procrastination

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle

Instead of just fixing what the issue was i decided to replaced the pcv system cause i had a new one on hand. I got to a difficult spot then took a break. That was about a month and a half ago

[misty mantle]

MAF code?

[hexed kayak]

Started with throttle actuator stuck and started giving out maf codes and misfires

Happened 2 hours from home so i drive the whole way spamming clear codes

[misty mantle]

At least it was still mostly drivable

[hexed kayak]

The throttle body was pretty dirty so its al cleaned now

All thats needed is for me to get off my ass and finish replacing the pcv so i can find out if it needs a new throttle body or just a cleaning

[dull cedar]

Perfect for "oops I need a cheap tyre right now" but then we all know someone will buy them and run them for multiple years because the education system has failed

[hexed kayak]

I would personally run them on my actual car cause ive owned those tires since new and know how they have been treated. But I wouldn’t run them down to the wear markers over the next 5 years. 1 winter max

[dull cedar]

They've only got like a year of safe use left anyway, regardless of treat depth

[civic spoke]

I would only recommend taxi drivers remounting tires between seasons.
Since they more or less should get new sets of tires real often either way.

https://www.ddinstagram.com/reel/C-syfphOXxA/?igsh=ZTk4ZW41dGl3ZDRk

[civic spoke]

Kinda tempted to rent an EV for a week, to see how it actually is like to own one.

[stoic ledge]

EV renting is relatively cheap as often people don't want the hassle of charging when renting (often on vacations etc)

[civic spoke]

Love the fact that we have charging in our garage now. So an EV, or PHEV is actually viable.

[limber whale]

For a no name exhaust from upullit, that’s not bad at all

2013 GTI

[prisma frost]

@stoic ledge For some reason every tire I’m looking at with the size 215/40 R17 is an XL tire meant for higher loads when my Polo only weighs and im pretty sure I put the wrong tire size in yesterday so everything was a lot cheaper

€223 for the Blizzak

And yeah it’s like €40 for storage every 6 months

Nevermind on Bandenconcurrent it only costs €128

[elfin terrace]

Fresh wash

[tepid wing]

Yo Michigan.

[stoic ledge]

XL is more "reinforced" than heavy load really, load index also still just 87 = 545kg 😛

And yeah all tire place are expensive AF, order online and fit at the local garage

Also, quite wide winter tires for a Polo... Usually you want narrower tires for winter tires

Probably best to get a 2nd set

My sister in law has 14" steelies with 2012 winter tires for a Polo 6R, maybe you can buy those

[tepid wing]

I need to bother GM one of these days.

[prisma frost]

Oh does it affect the performance?

[prisma frost]

I will do anything to stay away from steelies

Ugliest shit to exist

Our Touran had steelies but with plastic rim covers which made it look less shit

[tepid wing]

Living in the south means I don't need to worry about the rust or the ice anymore, but man I miss winters.

Or tires for that matter.

[civic spoke]

Replaced front window regulators today. Did it as a preventative thing. Since both motors were getting weak. Decided that replacing the whole thing was the way to go.

[silk sluice]

Looking good for whatever reason I can't find a good used lancer for sale where I live

Let alone an evo

[past copper]

Think I found out why my window doesn't work...

[prisma frost]

Oh gosh

[civic spoke]

Shitteres fucked.

Replacing the window regulator wasn't fun. But it also wasn't terrible.

[past copper]

Yeah, about the same, I horribly patched the 4 inch rust hole so maybe the new one will stay in somewhat okay condition, its a rust box and I need to stop giving it new life, I need to check how big the hole in the frame has gotten since last time's oil change.

[fathom socket]

@hexed kayak just pulled into the local store (where I expect the worst trucks to be)

There's just a line of identical.5th gen dually trucks from ram aside from engine and color

Not a company either

everyone here drives a crew long without a lift or if it's lifted it's a small rear lift

[hexed kayak]

I cant hear you over the sound of a shitbox being gutted

[fathom socket]

Lemme guess

2010s GM?

[violet meteor]

Can my coolant overflow from bad waterpump speed (its new) due to old serpentine belt?

Tldr coolant been overflowing whole summer did different tests (pressure, compression, hg) had a hose pop off now its good but when i drive longer distances it overflows not on shorter though

could it be accessory belt

[leaden solar]

overflowing?

[violet meteor]

yes

[silk sluice]

That shouldnt happen if you have a properly working overflow tank

[violet meteor]

problem is i have all this coolant issues

after changing water pump and distribution

[charred depot]

If you have been having all these coolant issues your head gasket is probably munted at this point it will keep over pressurising

Ive had a few diesels with early stage head gasket which misted coolant out the overflow when on boost.

[unkempt harness]

Chat what Honda or Toyota should I get? Looking for more of a compact/sedan similar size to a 2013 Chevy Cruze

[cold cypress]

how much do you guys think a bumper repaint will be on a small hatchback

[cold cypress]

camry or civic?

[hexed kayak]

how old is it

[cold cypress]

about 8 years old

[hexed kayak]

just get a used one from the junkyard or ebay in your color. or not your color for the shitbox vibe

[cold cypress]

hah, would do however can’t find any

it’s just scratched though

not dented or anything

it’s a plastic bumper

[hexed kayak]

dont be a weenie then

[cold cypress]

what do you mean by that

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/schezo-schezo-wegey-schezo-puyo-puyo-puyo-puyo-puyo-gif-7000024585298137156

[cold cypress]

it’s ugly scratched

hit & runs 😣

[hexed kayak]

bruh 80% of that will buff out

unless the car that hit you was white lol

[cold cypress]

what about these though

if insurance covers, it’s going straight to the dealer to get paint, i’m not up for a bi-tone

toyota has overdone it with those