cars

[vital bramble]

Why did he park like that

[patent basalt]

This is how it was when I got it

[cold wraith]

Bludowski got an inline 8 cylinder

[prisma frost]

Its all final, transmission oil and timing belt will be changed next month as well as new tires so rip money

[eager grove]

New Golf has physical buttons on the steering wheel, which seems like a major improvement

[languid spear]

My 2.0tdi aint that bad

[white heart]

where is that

[white heart]

people are ashholes

[wraith rivet]

does anybody here know what chevy’s stabilitrak actually does? it just sounds like standard stability control to me but everybody acts like it’s this amazing technology lol

[pure pond]

Yes officer my EGR works 👍

[charred depot]

Lol I just done the same to one my XUD manifolds, most of mine are non EGR to begin with.

my currently standby spare engines.

big durbo one on the right should be swapped into a car soon to immediately blow up

The Xantia or "FMIC" style manifold you have is quite desirable, I have 4 of them but dont generally use them as they interfere with master cylinder on 305's specifically. Instead use tmic manifolds with adapter for a hose.

[pure pond]

i have enough space to fit it thankfully

and yeah i know there are some things wrong in this picture but this was the sellers picture 😂

[charred depot]

needs an intercooler : )

[graceful flower]

@plucky arch oil up bud I need a kiss

[charred depot]

Although I dont know how much the light turbo heads can take, along with I think they have N/A head bolts so would lift the head instantly.

[rose rapids]

France

[charred depot]

I have one sitting on a shelf I will fit it someday and see if I can prove or disprove that they will get turned into a banana under heavy boost, the theory that people share is they are made of a inferior alloy to the proper turbo heads.

[pure pond]

i could also try it but it needs to run for 2years or so after that i dont care anymore, because this engine is a little to heavy for what i want in this car im looking for a alu 2.0l turbo engine but its gonna be expensive

[charred depot]

Not a PSA engine then? I am curious on these is your bellhousing made to fit the XU style engine or does it have an adapter plate.

I know on the Rovers which had XUD's fitted they have an adapter plate to fit a honda style? gearbox

[pure pond]

im still searching what engine its gonna be. they have a adapter yeah, some later models of the suzuki samurai also came with these engines from factory

[white heart]

wait, is it the mulhouse schlumpf museum ?

i recognise that car

its on the small track right next to it

[rose rapids]

not at all

[white heart]

shit, where ?

i thought this was mulhouse

[stoic ledge]

Looks nothing like the Mulhouse museum no

[rose rapids]

in my city

"Thaon-Les-Vosges"

that's a little city near to nancy

[white heart]

hey i live close to that

[rose rapids]

[white heart]

actually it kinda does ngl

esp since they got that exact model over there

you can rent it for a small test drive

[rose rapids]

they organize that every week

[white heart]

perhaps they use the car of the mulhouse museum ?

idk

[rose rapids]

no

[white heart]

that mustang is the exact same as the mulhouse one it just feel weird

[stoic ledge]

I don't see it xP

[rose rapids]

These are enthusiast cars who come as exhibitors

[white heart]

neat

i should come check it out

[white heart]

i mean, tree, road, and they got the exact same car in mulhouse

[rose rapids]

so i come with my apn and i shoot cars i like 🙂

[white heart]

thats neayt

i should come over there one day

its about 2 hour from me

[rose rapids]

oof

[white heart]

nah its closer enough, our grandparents leave about 30 minute from there, well come check it out when we go to them

[rose rapids]

Oh nice

[white heart]

ye

[rose rapids]

warning they dont do that in cold season

[white heart]

oh shit

[rose rapids]

i think the prochain week is the last of the year

[white heart]

well i got a car show in my village soon enough

its old and weird car

they had quite a lot of good one

!if you can afford it i recommend you go check it out (ill send the adress in dms if you want)

its free

just gotta go there

[rose rapids]

the entry is free

you have coffee and snacks sure but you can enter freely 🙂

[white heart]

niceee

[open terrace]

Euro vette, like it

[civic spoke]

Was fun getting in here.

[hearty delta]

I put a black front badge on my 2008 Toyota Aygo (cheap first car so it doesn’t matter if it gets damaged) ||p.s. it’s already damaged from the previous owner||

||(I 3d printed the badge)||

[frosty thunder]

2006 honda civic

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/shrek-shrek-rizz-rizz-gif-11157824601050747846

[misty mantle]

It always weird me out to see American vehicles with plates that aren’t U.S ones

Jesus fucking Christ, zip ties or spark plug wire organizers exist for a reason

[patent basalt]

It’s apart for upgrades currently, if you can’t tell by all the missing stuff

[patent basalt]

My camera was greasy asf when I took it but normally they have the old zip tie trick

[ember bobcat]

is this W rizz

[misty imp]

buying a car in this economy is so fucked up

just got quoted for 15% apr for a 36 month term with almost perfect credit score

[graceful flower]

Is that used or new?

[hollow pasture]

Tri ceramic bearing turbos are large

[misty imp]

Used

[charred depot]

Buy what you can afford I guess, a used low mileage dacia is still like only 4 grand at a dealer.

[tepid wing]

I have a nearly perfect one and got an awful APR double what I was originally quoted but I really needed the car. I really don't like this country but it's not as bad as it gets... 😔

I should look into refinancing soon, especially if the fed drops rates right?

[misty mantle]

That’s why we buy our stuff off marketplace

[misty imp]

simply no cars over here from a dealer below 4k

There is some but high mileage or quite old

There's an aygo but that car is tiny, I want to upgrade from my k12

[charred depot]

Ferry's exist.

I know people in Shetland, they dont buy their cars in Shetland.

Its what like £300-400 to bring a car into the Isle of Man?

[misty imp]

depends, if you're working w a company it can only 400 GBP?

but traditionally it can cost up to 1k to bring a car from across

you have to get it registered here, do the vehicle inspection which is like MOT but much more involved and expensive

you also have to pay taxes on the import + car tax

189 flat for the test

depending on the port and whatever, one way ticket from the UK can cost like 300 with a car

you also have to pay for the person bring the car over

which wildly ranges from 100 to 200+

it's also very very time consuming

however the benefits are, no MOT and decent insurance

[stiff bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6ozLKH2k2g&t=19

Rally Greece '24 Spoilers:
||When ol' m8 Ogier rolls on the powerstage||

[grand geyser]

Just joined the Discord today and wasn’t sure if yall liked lifted trucks or SUVs, but I thought I'd introduce myself and get involved regardless. This is my 03 Tahoe

[stiff bloom]

Looks nice! And welcome! We talk about alllllll kind of stuff here, you'll fit right in haha

[grand geyser]

Thanks dude. I’m looking forward to it

[flint sable]

I like this

there's taste

this is pretty good

[grand geyser]

Thank you. I’m thinking about upgrading to something entry level on the sporty side like a BRZ, audi TT, or V6 comaro. But theres still things I wanna do to the Tahoe tbh and since I’ve been in college for the past month I’ve only even seen my car like 3 times so I think I’m just gonna hold off.

My girlfriend has been going insane asking me to put stuff on her car though. She just got a 2021 trailblazer like a month ago and she’s already gotten me to put blacked out emblems, crossbars and a roof rack, spacers and a body lift, a compact 8 inch subwoofer and LED’s in all over her exterior lights. Now she wants to upgrade her speakers 😭

[pure pond]

just noticed the small roofrack 😂 but looks nice

[patent basalt]

Gmt800 best truck

[graceful flower]

Ruh roh

[graceful flower]

FACTS

[stiff bloom]

Woof, I know how that goes. Poor one out for the homie here. My strategy is to look at it as an investment 😉

[grand geyser]

They’re def easy to make look really good. There’s so many aftermarket parts.

[charred depot]

Holy shit these are slow, 7 seats though.

If it didnt have an auto it probably wouldnt be so bad, goes CVT status above like 40mph.

[spare dew]

That's beautiful

[heavy solar]

@grand geyser definitely into lifted vehicles. Slowly getting the TJ buttoned up

[vocal mural]

Well, 💩.
Driving city car in Sweden on dirt road, and come across road work with huge pile of dirt in the middle

[misty imp]

https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1144401_hoonigan-seeks-bankruptcy-protection-with-debts-of-1-75b 👀

rip hoonigan?

how the fuck did they even rack up 1.75 B

[native ermine]

ikr i was going to say the same thing

[stiff bloom]

Man 2024 is the year of the Private Equity Firm dumpening eh?

nobody rids 1.2b of debt while getting 570m in new capital. It's a scapegoat, the brand is just being used as a dumping ground for bad investment debt

[muted haven]

nooo 😭

hope they recover ugh

[stiff bloom]

I don't mean to come across as pessimistic but it's pretty unlikely: this is par for the course with brands. It's really about misappropriation.

Every fucking PEF or investor MUST see money in absolutely everything. Hoonigan never made money because that wasn't the point. Same with Donut, same with Jalopnik, Kotaku, Reddit, Twitter. They buy it and when they realize there's no money they fill it with garbage and dump it.

These firms are convinced they can pad their portfolios with this shit and nothing else. It's goddamn depressing.

[civic spoke]

Whops. Sorry.

[charred depot]

I dont feel so good

[wispy cloak]

@hexed kayak I think my car is cutting out because it's hitting the torque limiter

[hexed kayak]

If it had boost by gear that could ne the case

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle i just found some interesting footage

I think this was potentially the first time anyone ever saw a cobalt ss in person

Sema 2004 but the cobalt wasnt even launched until a couple months later

Also kind of ironic how that cobalt is probably one of the few cars there that wasnt riced to shit

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/helluva-boss-helluva-boss-luna-loona-gif-23473525

[charred depot]

sporty

[stiff bloom]

Reminds me of this that I saw the other day

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/692946910654496789/1283158637036179506/IMG_7398.png?ex=66e34b9b&is=66e1fa1b&hm=185229c74111b65e9916fbdecaa61cf5259de71369eec2eb7245008f8924c86d&=&format=webp&quality=lossless&width=532&height=703

[wispy cloak]

Well I had a datalog I was going to show you but apparently hitting the space bar deletes everything

Very intuitive

I'm making a lot more boost than I thought

[hexed kayak]

you clearly havent seen that cars final form

[stiff bloom]

The local pick n' pull?

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/zoolander-will-ferrell-beautiful-its-beautiful-wonderful-gif-3547414

[charred depot]

This is even better to be honest.

2101 GTR

[wraith rivet]

lmfaoo me thinking I was looking at an acutal cobalt at first

[dusty spindle]

Catalytic converter go brrrr

[hexed kayak]

remove it

[dusty spindle]

Yes

It's getting replaced

[vital coral]

nah bro what u wanna do is take ur headers off and pour a little used engine oil down there

fucks the whole cat

that’s if you legally need a cat in there

if u don’t just weld a straight pipe

[hexed kayak]

This is noob shit

The cat is already exposed

[vital coral]

this cat is on a sex offender list

😼

[hexed kayak]

Just use a rod and hammer to smash it out and put it back together so it still has the oem “cat casing”

[vital coral]

or just get a 50 cel

[stiff bloom]

yessssssssss get those toxins right in my lungs

[vital coral]

or just get a false cat

dude i almost killed myself when i first put in my 50 cel

i used to start it in the garage and it’d be fine for a minute or 2 with the 400

[hexed kayak]

Thats what removing the internal material does it looks stock and even has a a cat number on it but its a straight pipe

[vital coral]

then i did with the 50 cel and istg i was on some kinda shit

[vital coral]

u can buy ones that are already gutted

not much more expensive then just regular pipe

if your not using the stock exhaust

[hexed kayak]

Why on earth would you pay money to get something to can make for free

Actual smooth brain

[vital coral]

because if your not using the stock exhaust u gotta buy a cat anyway and it’s cheaper

like larger diameter piping i mean

like going from stock 1.75” to 2” u can’t use the regular cat unless u want a restriction

then u gotta buy a 2” one and it’s more expensive then just buying a false already gutted one

am i dumb as fuck is there something i’m not getting lmao

[hexed kayak]

80% of people who have a large diameter exhaust dont even need it. My car doesnt need a 3in until 500hp and going to 3in before that looses power because there isnt proper exhaust scavenging

Factory is 2.5in

[fair moon]

Imagine legally needing a cat

[hexed kayak]

Its not too bad depending on the car you own. If i needed to legally have a cat for inspections its really only a 45min job to swap out downpipes once a year

We dont have any inspections though

[fair moon]

Yup

michigan things

[vital coral]

i have a 2” pipe cus mines turboed lol

but i get what u mean

[fair moon]

i wonder if you could get away with a hood exit exhaust without getting pulled over

[vital coral]

if your not a dumbass u can calculate back pressure and stuff

some of you guys are wild over in the states

like the wild west of cars

[fair moon]

for some cars i'd actually say you shouldn't be cutting up exhaust

[fair moon]

Depends on the state

Some are quite strict and others don't even have inspections or emissions

[vital coral]

i’m a mechanic lol so i see all the idiots doing the dumb shit too their car

[fair moon]

example: any 4 cylinder ever

with resonator deletes

[vital coral]

eh depends

[fair moon]

90% just drone really bad

[stiff bloom]

This is certainly a conversation of all time

[fair moon]

and sound like shit

[hexed kayak]

The exhausts on new cars are actually really good about not restricting the flow. All they really need is a cat back for sound

[fair moon]

yeah

[vital coral]

mines got mufflers and a resonator but i reckon i could take it out and it wouldn’t be too bad

it’s only a 4efe 1.3l 4 banger tho

[fair moon]

small 4 cylinders sound funny

[vital coral]

but i’ve put a garret gtx2687r in it

[fair moon]

but almost anything 1.6L+ sounds like shit without resonators

[vital coral]

it’s with a haltech 750

[hexed kayak]

Shush my cobalt doesnt have a resonator and it doesnt drone or sound like a dumpster rolling down stairs

[vital coral]

then my other car has a k20 in it that sounds shit

[fair moon]

:clueless:

[vital coral]

i gotta chuck a muffler on it

[fair moon]

every single resonator delete 4 cylinder i've heard have made your brains feel like they're going to explode between like 2000 and 3000 RPM

[vital coral]

i dunno

sometimes replacement mufflers sound worse then stock lmao

[fair moon]

just from the vibrations from the exhaust getting into the cabin

[vital coral]

i think cat delete is a go to tho

[vital coral]

yea every car i’ve had first ‘modification’ ig u could call it was sound deadening on the floor

plus closed cell foam

[fair moon]

i6s/V8s are usually way better

[hexed kayak]

No cat no res just a muffler

[vital coral]

blue lights illegal

[hexed kayak]

sounds a bit like a rally car

[vital coral]

what the fuck is that

i can’t tell what that car is

[hexed kayak]

maybe chump land where you live

[fair moon]

Cobalt SS

[vital coral]

yeh

oh lol

[fair moon]

no it's illegal here too LMAO

[hexed kayak]

shhhh

[vital coral]

wait cobalt is the brand?

[hexed kayak]

chevy

[vital coral]

ohhhh

explains why it reminds me of a holden commodore

[hexed kayak]

its got an opel engine and saab trans

thats factory

[vital coral]

all 3 of those brands aren’t in australia

[hexed kayak]

they are they just got called holden

[fair moon]

this would drive me insane

[vital coral]

holdens not a thing anymore

[fair moon]

it's still definitely got a drone

[vital coral]

first car i owned i put a drill bit straight through the pipe

holy shit it sucked

[fair moon]

my car i would probably want to shoot myself if I did a resonator delete

[vital coral]

lmao

[fair moon]

a natrually aspirated 1.6L I4

[vital coral]

teenager tingz

i’m still only 18 tho LMAO

[fair moon]

it's far too slow to have any right to be loud

[hexed kayak]

it doesnt. i drove it 1000km to detroit with my anti car gf in the passenger seat and not a single complaint about drone
you just have to know where to put sound deadening

[fair moon]

mm

[vital coral]

around the exhaust tunnel you gotta do 2-3 layers

[fair moon]

i guess that's fair

[vital coral]

make sure u get the firewall too

[stiff bloom]

Every EG Hatch driver would like to have a word with you

[hexed kayak]

que honda driver and their passenger memes

[vital coral]

ek is the best

[stiff bloom]

Classic

[stiff bloom]

They are all the worst

[vital coral]

k20 block 24 head

vtec turbo

peak 4 banger

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/daring-today-are-we-spongebob-squidward-gif-22508233

[hexed kayak]

cobalts really are the chevy k series

[vital coral]

oh lol

[hexed kayak]

in the SS their engines are 2.0l and 2.4l as well

[stiff bloom]

Mini drivers ive seen are usually comparatively reserved with their exhausts

[fair moon]

Even with full bolt ons it would only make like 140 wheel

[vital coral]

nah at that point u wouldn’t go bolt ons

[hexed kayak]

@vital coral and up until recently the fastest 4cyl drag car on the entire planet was using the engine from a cobalt ss. not a honda

[fair moon]

at that point I would legitimately consider a different motor

[vital coral]

dang i didn’t know that

[stiff bloom]

It's cuz hes lying

[vital coral]

it’s not for speed it’s for fun

[fair moon]

exactly

[hexed kayak]

im not. the car is based like 45 mins from me a napierville dragway

[fair moon]

this thing drives like a gokart

and i love it

[hexed kayak]

its on searchable leaderboards

[vital coral]

your not modifying a 4 cyl to go fast in any way shape or form it’s because they’re fun to drive

[stiff bloom]

im joking lmao

[fair moon]

i mean you can and this thing would probably feel great with like 180 wheel

[vital coral]

exactly it’s probably slow as fuck but hell its probably funner then a v8

[hexed kayak]

they dont know that

[stiff bloom]

ye they do

i just told them

[hexed kayak]

[vital coral]

[fair moon]

png

[stiff bloom]

if i could change anything about the hhr it would be lowering the power, 350 is too much. I keep meaning to edit the tune but it keeps breaking

[hexed kayak]

white girl transport

[vital coral]

have u seen that ve commodore at the drag strip and it wins the race with no traction

the whole time the wheels are spinning

[stiff bloom]

dont listen to him it's perfect ❤️

[fair moon]

but can said white girl drive stick?

[stiff bloom]

only fun bmw they make anymore

[vital coral]

i’ll sit on a stick

[stiff bloom]

hawt

[fair moon]

1/2series

[vital coral]

i drive stick 😔

[stiff bloom]

wear it like a badge of honor sir

[hexed kayak]

bruh every single r53 supercharged mini i tried to buy had a depressed owner that was lying to me about how dire the state of the car was

[fair moon]

he's giving me shit for driving a hairdresser's car

[vital coral]

i know

[fair moon]

that's because you're in metro detroit and all european cars are clapped to shit

[hexed kayak]

my mom is the one who taught me how

[stiff bloom]

and every one ive seen at autocross are beaming about em
(

[hexed kayak]

bitch im in canada

[fair moon]

what

which one of you fuckers was in detroit

[vital coral]

the debt goes hard

[hexed kayak]

some guy named gang

[stiff bloom]

so fucking jealous

[fair moon]

frequent flyer to the snap-on truck

[vital coral]

it’s not actually snapon it’s just rebadged but it’s still an expensive toolbox lol

[fair moon]

so real

snapon is way too expensive

tbh

[vital coral]

they’re sp tools

[hexed kayak]

im not. you see tools i see forever enslaved by snapon

[stiff bloom]

no you dont

[hexed kayak]

mfs kids are gonna be paying that tool bill

[vital coral]

i have a few snapon tools like prybars screwdrivers some pliers

[fair moon]

you don't realize that most mechanics that spend their money at the snapon truck have monthly payments of the size of a car payment

[hexed kayak]

you would shit yourself at some of the inherited snapon stuff i have

[fair moon]

i have a milwaukee weedwacker (it sucks)

[stiff bloom]

can none of you guys read lmfao

[fair moon]

we can

just hating on snapon

[hexed kayak]

in storage ive got the bel-air toolbox and like a bunch of belair tools
i dont have room for it in a 3.5 apartment @stiff bloom

this

[fair moon]

Holy shit

That is some serious money

[hexed kayak]

it was my uncles until he died of cancer

[fair moon]

my dad has three toolboxes in the garage but we don't talk about that

[hexed kayak]

just like my 1966 nova shelll

[hexed kayak]

i also have the belair screwdriver set and a few other things

[fair moon]

that's crazy

[hexed kayak]

i have too many tools in sotrage

[hexed kayak]

im the only one left in my faimly who uses them so 2 generations of hand me down tools from 3 seperate people (uncle and grandpa and dad) so ive got the biggest uhaul sotrage unit you can rent filled to the roof with tools

and since i sold my house i cant exactly take them all out. and i cant buy another house till Mortgage interest rates go down

@fair moon @stiff bloom the next place i buy is gonna be 2 hours west of but fuck nowhere right next to the town of stay away from my house

[hexed kayak]

ive got an entire lifetimes worth of auto tools from my grandpa
a 20 year carpentry career worth of tools from my dad
and a 35 year fabrication career worth of tools from my uncle
so ive got everything from wood chisels to lathes and welders
ive even got a tire mounting machine in the unit somewhere

[fair moon]

Holy shit

That's a lot of tools

[hexed kayak]

you should see the snap on torque wrench ive got

its got a dial on it

no click

@fair moon not this model or same look but its the same style

its not even called a torque wrench

its ✨the torqometer✨

thats how you know its old as shit

[vital coral]

holy shit

that is ancient

[stiff bloom]

I want to buy my first house but first i gotta find friends who wont fuck me over every chance they get 🙃

the list narrows by the day

[hexed kayak]

learn to weld then then disappear into the arctic mines for 2 years
thats how i got money for the first house. then its value went triple want i paid for it during covid

[stiff bloom]

i can weld, but i can think of few things that sound less appealing than arctic mines

chief among which: desert mines

[hexed kayak]

bought for 180k in 2018 sold for 590k in 2022

[stiff bloom]

wish i knew what that was like

nothing in my area with a garage is going under 400

and that's real money usd

[dusky bobcat]

Any recommendations for double din stereos?

Looking to replace the 27yr old one in my car. Aux to cassette adapted doesn’t work super well. Very funny though

[stiff bloom]

I run the Sony XAV-AX6000, its vnice!

[dusky bobcat]

Want something reliable, decently cheap, and hopefully without a screen but I don’t think that exists 😅

[stiff bloom]

Oh no screen?

And double din?

Why not get a single din with a blanking plate and/or a storage pocket?

[hexed kayak]

facbook marketplace and just get a used pioneer kenwood or sony

and if you dont want a screen you might as well just get a single din

[dusky bobcat]

Looks nice! I’m was checking out the$150ish dollar ones on Amazon tho 😅

[stiff bloom]

Fun fact: I tried this a few years ago and the unit literally exploded on a 6 hour drive, so buyer beware there

[dusky bobcat]

Honestly… I could…

Not a bad idea

Could make the bottom din into the cupholder I never had too

[stiff bloom]

Well there's plenty of single dins that are cheap and reliable with extremely basic screens (not no screen, but i think that's the closest you're gonna get)

[stiff bloom]

That's what I did in my fiero!

[hexed kayak]

installer error i bet. all my head units are used soem of them close to 20 years old and work fine

[stiff bloom]

Well since then I installed one using literally the same wiring harness and it's been great ever since so my money's on "no"

but then again it was a nEeEw one

[hexed kayak]

the kenwood unit in my volvo uses bluetooth verison 1.3 were on 5.0

[dusky bobcat]

Haven’t checked marketplace yet! Don’t most stock stereos self destruct when removed tho?

[hexed kayak]

bluetooth sucks on everything car related even brand new shit though

[stiff bloom]

nah

[dusky bobcat]

I was gonna use another word but it was flagged

[stiff bloom]

yeah i saw that, poor luck m8

[dusky bobcat]

😆

[hexed kayak]

i dont even know if that weird radio lockout is a thing anymore. stereo theft hasnt been an issue since like 2005
and even then they only need a lock out code put in when they are put into a different car not the same one

[stiff bloom]

If you go that route no judgement, just make sure that it comes with a wiring harness and ofc be sure to test it in the car first

[hexed kayak]

you dont need a car to test them

[dusky bobcat]

wtf is this

[stiff bloom]

If you want to before you buy it then yes lmao

unless the seller has it hooked up to a psu

which, im gonna be honest, I HIGHLY doubt

Only people as autistic as us would do that

[dusky bobcat]

Ahh ok, didn’t know they got rid of that, mine still has the sticker on the window 😆

[hexed kayak]

no lmao. you can test them using a speaker robbed from literally anything spliced with an audio cable plus a battry jump box

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah, feels a little sketchy, would rather go new

[stiff bloom]

Fun fact: I do lmao

[dusky bobcat]

Wait honestly

Why can’t I use this

[hexed kayak]

it doesnt run off 12v

[stiff bloom]

fair enough, I didn't consider bringing along half a car with me to meet a seller lmao

[dusky bobcat]

Better quality that any of these and fits my needs perfectly

And cheaper

[dusky bobcat]

Ah probably not

I meant more that it’s not the right size

[stiff bloom]

the differences are pretty stark. Even aside from the voltage reqs, car speakers are substantially different than desk ones

you'll have to wire in some resistors to get the power tuned correctly for the car speakers

[hexed kayak]

wym half a car. that contraption could fit in a Walmart bag and still have enough room to fit 4 stereos in the bag

[stiff bloom]

it's a hyperbole lmao

[dusky bobcat]

Not a two wire analog?

[stiff bloom]

No it is, car speakers are just usually lower impedance and are expecting a signal that differs subtlely but crucially from a desk amp

[hexed kayak]

home speakers are usually 8ohm or 10ohm but car speakers and amps are 2-4ohm

[stiff bloom]

if you look in that bundle of nonsense in my pic you can see some resistors soldered in lmao

[dusky bobcat]

Ah ok

32v too so it would have to burn like 60% of the volts too

[hexed kayak]

@dusky bobcat so if you have a 1000w 2ohm amp all you could power with it is one single 250w 8ohm home speaker

[stiff bloom]

Oh that's whacky, yeah you'd need several transformers, and probably some voltage rectification too for all that switching

Also the preamp for a sub would be pretty different. You could make some modifications to your amp and sub but that would take some mathenin' haha

It could be done, but man that sounds like a lot of work for a very expensive and not very good system

[hexed kayak]

@dusky bobcat and alternatively if you had a 250w 8ohm home amp it would instantly fry any 250w 2ohm speakers

[dusky bobcat]

Ah yeah that sucks then lol

[stiff bloom]

250w speakers in your car man that'd be somethin

[dusky bobcat]

Wouldn’t a 1000w amp be like, a little overkill…

[stiff bloom]

yeah, most cars use well under 400W

[dusky bobcat]

What makes you think I have a sub

[stiff bloom]

for the whole system, under 150 for any sub

[dusky bobcat]

My car was built before subwoofers

(It wasn’t)

[stiff bloom]

If you have a box like this I assume you have a sub

[hexed kayak]

thats not hard to do. my cobalt and volvo use 200w kicker speakers in all the doors and the rear deck

[dusky bobcat]

Ohhh you meant at my desk, thought you mean in my car

[stiff bloom]

fucking why lmao

[dusky bobcat]

I actually don’t but I want to get one. Got the speakers for free so whole setup cost like $150

[stiff bloom]

I got 75W RMS sonys in my fiero and HHR and they go WAY louder than I could ever need

[hexed kayak]

wym why. 200w is fucking entry level for aftermarket audio that isnt a subwoofer

a 1000w system is a basic aftermarket system.
they go up to like 15k watts sometimes

the cars with them are running like 3 alternators

[dusky bobcat]

Fancy kid out here with a car that makes 200w

[hexed kayak]

its 200w per door speaker

[dusky bobcat]

My shitbox don’t feel like it’s got a full hp 😭

[stiff bloom]

He's talking about the engine lmao

[stiff bloom]

Ah whoops I was referring to the amp in my deck

[dusky bobcat]

That’s… a little high…

[stiff bloom]

No he's right its not that much

[dusky bobcat]

800w for a whole car??

[stiff bloom]

i mean you'll never push that if you're a sane person, but the speakers are usually rated that high or higher

Oh yeah

[dusky bobcat]

Wtf

[stiff bloom]

Again, most amps don't push that

[dusky bobcat]

That’s actually insane, never knew they pulled that much

[stiff bloom]

Again its theoretical, they could

but a vast majority of the time they don't

[dusky bobcat]

Makes sense

[hexed kayak]

Its really not. Its common fact that audio systems sound like ass running at peak power. Thats why you run kore power than you need

[hexed kayak]

.

[dusky bobcat]

Don’t think Id ever run anywhere near that

[stiff bloom]

yeah

[dusky bobcat]

Ahhh I see ok. So no need for an amp nearly that big then

[stiff bloom]

Nor really an amp at all

[dusky bobcat]

Also I hate you :)

[stiff bloom]

If you care sure you can get another amp, but I recommend using the one built into whatever stereo you go with

And if you find that isn't enough you can use it as a preamp to a more powerful solution

[hexed kayak]

thats not the point a 500w amp running at 500w with 70w speakers sounds like shit compared to a 1000w amp running 500w on 200w speakers

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah I was talking about the one built in. Don’t need volume, just enough to keep me sane on drives

[stiff bloom]

I think you're skipping a couple of steps m8, he doesn't need to care about the wattage yet

[dusky bobcat]

Ohhhhh you mean overbuilt amp and speakers?

[stiff bloom]

Like I said the built in amp to my stereo pushes 75W per channel and that's more than I could ever want. The sub is 250W and that can be too much, even with the gain at -6dB

[dusky bobcat]

Why do the single dins all look stupid asf or have a remote controller

I’m not buying a controller for my car stereo

[stiff bloom]

can't answer that one for ya

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah that seems like plenty. Also I have no sub so need even less

[hexed kayak]

@dusky bobcat this car also doesnt have a subwoofer yet is still able to deliver good bass because of the extra power available to them by not running at the limit

[stiff bloom]

Well subs do need their own amps regardless unless you get a really expensive stereo

That makes no sense. Not running at max power doesn't mean you have more bass

[hexed kayak]

cobalts "dont" as long as you stay within stock specs

[stiff bloom]

What you said earlier about sounding better (meaning "clearer" or "less distorted") at less % power used? Absolutely, 100% accurate

[hexed kayak]

the stock amp in the pioneer system can pack a punch on some aftermarket subs \

[stiff bloom]

Yep, that's what mine's doing!

[hexed kayak]

it does. distortion is not bass and speakers running at max power only distort bass freqs
it gives the same result as running 2 subwoofers out of phase

[stiff bloom]

"Distortion is not bass and speakers running at max power only distort bass" what in the name of all that is paradoxes

Yes it is true that you will notice bass distortion first, but that is a product of the speaker and its design/construction, not the power budget. Power budget will affect many frequencies simultaneously, not just bass

[hexed kayak]

Same speakers same headunit but the stock 300w volvo amp instead of the 1000w pioneer

that is not bass

thats noise

[stiff bloom]

yeah and the rest of the sound has noticeably dipped in quality as well, or increased in noise. You notice bass distortion here because the EQ has been clearly tuned to heavily favor bass, but if it was flatter the distortion in the other frequencies would be more evident

[dusky bobcat]

I think no matter the stereo I’m gonna be limited by my speakers

They’re ok but 27 years old they’re not gonna be great

Biggest issue is both of my cassette converters sound like shit and make weird noises when I go through areas without 5g and I’m not sure why

[stiff bloom]

Uhhhhh not sure about that one. May have something to do with bluetooth? They're bluetooth cassettes I assume?

[dusky bobcat]

The same light I hit every single day and it makes crackling noises

[dusky bobcat]

Cassette to aux, with an aux to lightning for my phone

All wired, no idea why

[stiff bloom]

Ohhhhhhh you've got a donglepede going on

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah…

It shouldn’t break because the cell service or location 😭

[stiff bloom]

maybe has to do with the encoding. I can't be sure but I'm also not particularly well informed on this particular topic. is it usually streamed music?

or downloaded stuff?

[dusky bobcat]

All downloaded

Same few lights, every single time

[stiff bloom]

Ah

[dusky bobcat]

And i can fix it by holding the connector at a certain angle 😂

[stiff bloom]

It's clearly aliens then 😛

[stiff bloom]

w8 whut that sounds like part of your donglepede (or phone connector) is going bad

But you say its only when you lose 5G?

[dusky bobcat]

My only theory is they’re all by schools, so I think they have something to slow cell data and its messing with the connection between two shitty connectors

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom @dusky bobcat Heres a perfect example of more max power equaling less stress on parts and better sound
This is 6 speakers 4 tweeters 2 subs
About 2500w in speakers and 4000w worth of subs

Its only ever actually pulling 2500w combined and aside from the car itself rattling it sounds amazing

[stiff bloom]

that sounds whacky

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah exactly

It’s really weird

And it’s in small dead zones

[stiff bloom]

BUT, also I've seen weirder things happen before so who knows

[dusky bobcat]

Like the same 100meters every day

[stiff bloom]

fucking EW. But you do you haha, it's not my car

and it makes sense

[dusky bobcat]

How many cars do you have 😭

[stiff bloom]

He's only shown two so far haha

[hexed kayak]

ive legit lost count

[dusky bobcat]

Oh wait he has hasn’t he

[dusky bobcat]

Bro rich asf

[hexed kayak]

they are all old and cheap though. i dont have a collection of ferraris or anything

[stiff bloom]

I can't tell about bass because of the car but the rest does sound very much clearer

[dusky bobcat]

Aren’t you paying for them all tho?

Emissions and registration and allat

Insurance

Taxes

Ig those are more recommendations

[hexed kayak]

ive got a 2006 chevy cobalt ss
2008 chevy cobalt ss
2007 chevy cobalt lt
2005 volvo s60 2.5 turbo
2006 chevy silverado
2003 chevy monte carlo ss pace car
1966 nova shell (needs to be restored)
1987 cadillac fleetwood
2005 subaru legacy gt

[hexed kayak]

there is no emissions or inspections here

and if the car isnt actively being driven on the road registration is 15$ a year

insurance on everything that i care to have insurance on is 108$ a month

combined

the only car that really drains my bank account is the monte carlo

[hexed kayak]

it was my grandpas and i inherited it from him and just since 2019 ive spent 13k on service to keep that car looking and running like the day it rolled off the factory line in 2003
even though its only driven like 300km a year

ive had the car since 2013

@dusky bobcat @stiff bloom

[dusky bobcat]

Bro what

Don’t you have to upkeep them all tho?

Like oil changes…

[dusky bobcat]

Damnnn

That’s awesome tho actually

[stiff bloom]

fuq i know that feel

[hexed kayak]

its not that hard. cars that are driven regularly get oil changes like a normal car
cars that are rarley driven get them every 1.5-2 years regadless of km to prevent sludge

[stiff bloom]

yeah i do mine every year

[hexed kayak]

@dusky bobcat cars like the monte carlo dont even matter because it never leaves the chevy dealership except when im in the town its in to drive it

[hexed kayak]

i spent 1400$ buying the last 5th gen monte windshield in canada

3800 rebuilding a transmission that had no issues just to bullet proof it

[stiff bloom]

jeez. Tho I think I got ya beat, I had to pay $400 USD for a single plastic taillight in the fiero when I got rear ended. And it wasn't hardly any better, still cracked to hell, housing basically falling apart

[dusky bobcat]

Thought it was usually 1 year? Either way 9 cars is no small amount of oil changes

Even with your own labor that’s a lot of oil

[hexed kayak]

its really not that bad in terms of time. 3 of the cars are cobalts and ive got video proof of me changin the oil on one in under 4 mins from start to end
the volvo has the oil filter and drain plug 6 in from eachother on the oil pan so thats another 4 mins
thats 4 cars oil changed in under 30 mins

[dusky bobcat]

I got yall beat. Ran on a broken power steering rack for 8 months because I was too cheap to replace it and Toyota parts never actually fail

[stiff bloom]

Well you didn't pay anything in that story haha, so currently were looking at $1400 for a windshield vs $400 for a cracked hideous left side taillight vs $0 for nothing

[dusky bobcat]

Damn Alr, fair enough honestly

4 minute oil change is some jiffy lube kinda speed tho

[dusky bobcat]

Lmao Ik that’s my joke

[stiff bloom]

ah lmao

im dense af)

[dusky bobcat]

Had to replace it eventually when i started painting the street red

[hexed kayak]

thats an L on your part ngl. people have been 3d printing those shitty 80s housings for a few years now

[stiff bloom]

I dont think ive changed oil in under an hour lmao, I always let it drain for way too long

[hexed kayak]

i wish i could send the video. too big for discor d

[stiff bloom]

Nah, those all suck. Literally melt in any weather above about 70deg

[hexed kayak]

ill break it up and send it

[dusky bobcat]

Me neither. Don’t own my car since I’m in hs tho so it’s a multiple hour long process to do anything with my dad

[dusky bobcat]

Nah they don’t

I print all the parts I can for mine

[dusky bobcat]

Adapter for air filter is made of petg which is pretty low temp stuff and survives the engine bay

Abs is even better

[stiff bloom]

a guy made some Vacuum molds to make reproduction lenses at $400 a piece out of glorious PC, but A, that only solves half of my problem, and B, I'd really rather not be out $800 only to have a mostly shitty light

[hexed kayak]

Part 2

[stiff bloom]

Lmao I printed my own sun visors when the cardboard fiero ones literally disintegrated. Tried every material i could get my hands on, not a single one lasted a day in the car above 80

LDPE, PLA, ABS, dont think i tried PETG tho

what's the nozzle temp of that stuff?

[stiff bloom]

lmao why not upload to youtube or drive or something?

That way you at least have a single video and have easy control over it?

[hexed kayak]

Im fuckinh lazy

[stiff bloom]

but this takes potentially substantially more effort?

[hexed kayak]

even though this is more work lmoa

[stiff bloom]

fair nuff

[hexed kayak]

im in pain. im caving and doing doogle drive

[stiff bloom]

Ooh 260 that's some good stuff, i might need to try that

how did i never see that before

[dusky bobcat]

80c or 80f? Abs has glass transitioning point above 100C so it shouldn’t be failing

[stiff bloom]

80f

[dusky bobcat]

Then you didn’t use abs lmao

[stiff bloom]

Glass transition point is not dependent on ambient

[dusky bobcat]

Hm?

[hexed kayak]

watch this video then the google drive video. even the original got broken in 2
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1aU2Q_MTcmY76GlI-hlfBNzCfcsHLKJrN/view?usp=sharing
@stiff bloom @dusky bobcat

[stiff bloom]

i unno man, i got the roll right here, Argos 1.75mm ABS

[dusky bobcat]

Requested access :)

[stiff bloom]

even aside from the fact that a closed car will reach well over ambient temperature (in this case 80F), the plastic will be subject to much higher temps via radiation of other objects around it and direct sunlight exposure

[hexed kayak]

try again

i set to anyone

[dusky bobcat]

Huh, shouldn’t be failing under car temps then. I’ve got a full printer built out of abs. Chamber temp reaches 50C easy. Toolhead made of abs doesn’t have a touch of warping

[stiff bloom]

It's the same reason a phone left in the sun on a moderate <80F day can overheat or be damaged even if it is not doing a demanding task

[dusky bobcat]

Oh fs, but it shouldn’t reach 100c, that would be unsafe to be inside at that point

[stiff bloom]

well there's a reason you aren't allowed to leave pets or kids locked in cars on even moderately hot days

Granted they won't reach that kind of temp, but other surfaces can get very hot. Remember the London Death Ray skyscraper?

literally melted parts off of a jaguar

ambient temp never even got above 35C iirc

[hexed kayak]

did you watch the videos

[dusky bobcat]

God damn that fast with one hand too?

[hexed kayak]

mostly

[dusky bobcat]

And barely even jacked up

My car sits higher than yours was raised to 😆

Granted I don’t use a jack for oil bc I don’t really need it

[dusky bobcat]

True. But plastics are stronger than children

Actually I think car parts are already made with abs lmao

[hexed kayak]

survival of the fittest

[dusky bobcat]

Plastic>child

[hexed kayak]

did you also notice the lack of an oil soaked hand from pulling the drain plug

[dusky bobcat]

Imma be honest I saw about 4 pixels bc my phone hates google

[hexed kayak]

@dusky bobcat its discord not google

[hexed kayak]

https://tenor.com/view/bill-nye-bill-nye-the-science-guy-scienceguy-consider-gif-7391226

[dusky bobcat]

Ohhh that

That was clean

[hexed kayak]

just glue the stock upholstery over a steel plate

[dusky bobcat]

A little harder when it’s on the bottom instead of the side tho lmao

[hexed kayak]

still easy when you learn the trick

you unscrew the drain plug while pushing it into the hole as hard as you can. and after all the threads are out you keep pushing so it stays sealed until you are in a position to pull it out without getting hit

[dusky bobcat]

Doesn’t stay sealed on a rusty shitbox :)

[hexed kayak]

when you arent holding a phone to take video you can use 2 hands to adjust how your holding the bolt to make it easier to pul, without getting soaked

[hexed kayak]

if your oilpan is that rusty youve got bigger problems than oily fingers

also most modern cars = aluminum oilpan

[dusky bobcat]

Drain plugs are notorious for failing tho

And I don’t believe those are aluminum

Mines fs not, don’t think anything on my car is 😆

Actually have no idea on the oil pan, plug fs isn’t tho

[hexed kayak]

blame the monkeys they call lube techs.
i havent had to buy a new drain plug in over a decade cause i never use hulk sized ugga duggas to tighten it

[hexed kayak]

it is on alot of cars including my cobalts

[hexed kayak]

when i got my first cobalt i found out the hardway by jacking it up on the oilpan which ive done before without issue even though its not good practice
and the oilpan fucking shattered into 5 chunks

[dusky bobcat]

We do them all ourselves. Not sure about previous owners. They still ware tho, just happens after so many years

[dusky bobcat]

Honestly not sure abt mine. Everything is so caked in oil and dust on the bottom and I don’t think I could find out

It’s my rust prevention :)

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom

[dusky bobcat]

That just seems like a bad choice either way

[hexed kayak]

ive done some sketchy shit to cars

[dusky bobcat]

Fair tbh

I benefit from way too much money in tools so I can usually do things legit when I do them

[hexed kayak]

like i used to hate having to buy the 1 extra small bottle of oil for an oil change so i took a hammer and put a fat dent in my trucks oil pan so it only took 5qts instead of 6

[dusky bobcat]

And the fact that any car I work on either has great access to diff for jacking or it’s so low the jack doesn’t even fit under the sides

[dusky bobcat]

😭

[hexed kayak]

it makes more sense and seems less stupid when you go past the suface level of "hamming oil pan"

[dusky bobcat]

I do see the theory

But also you have 9 cars, no way one of the other cars doesn’t have some spare oil that fits that car as well

[hexed kayak]

the v8 that truck has is based off the same v8 that corvettes and camaros use. and they have a smaller oil pan that takes less oil than a truck
i wanted to have less oil but it didnt want to pay for a sports car oil pan. thus hammer

[hexed kayak]

not when none of your cars leak oil so you only buy enough for the oil change

[dusky bobcat]

They usually make the size bigger or smaller for specific reasons…

[dusky bobcat]

But if you have two cars that take 6 then you can buy one container to finish both

[hexed kayak]

its usually so the engine can go longer between changes since a truck is in a higher stress situation technically
but its also random as fuck sometimes. ive seen bmw sedans that take like 11 quarts of oil

[dusky bobcat]

Well I mean that’s a bimmer, that’s not meant for continence of maintenance

[civic spoke]

Check the tires.

[wraith rivet]

not absolutely atrocious but still

[graceful flower]

That spark plug is brand new wdym

[hexed kayak]

Its either brand new or fucking ruined

[hexed kayak]

Flat top plugs look like that when they are like 80k past worn out

[misty imp]

is there even a racing series like the og group B and the 90s f1

new regulations annoying as shit

[vocal mural]

Your picture is “copper” spark plug, his picture is iridium spark plug.
Iridium have needle like “pins”

[dusky bobcat]

@stiff bloom how stupid would I be to make my own amp

I was thinking abt it, I’ve got a pi pico, I can find 7segment displays and a dial for volume. if I can get it to work with usb, Bluetooth and a 12v amp then I think I could do it

[hexed kayak]

so do extremely worn out copper plugs. ill find an old set if i need to show you

[hexed kayak]

@vocal mural when someone brought a car with copper plugs in for an all cyl misfire thats related to the plugs they always looked like this instead of flat

[deep zealot]

https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/bmw-overtakes-tesla-european-ev-sales-first-time-report-says-2024-08-22/

Lollllll

[misty imp]

@charred depot opinions on sandero?

Saw a good one for sale for like 6k

30k miles, 2017 relatively decent, interior and exterior is spotless

[stiff bloom]

For car? I think that's a pretty crazy idea, but I also have no clue how it'd work. I'm not an audio engineer

It'd almost certainly be a poor value and you could blow up some speakers and a few fuses if you got it wrong, but as a project it could be fun!

[stiff bloom]

Well the upholstery disintegrated too. Plus that wasn't the point, I've got new ones now, I just figured 3D printed ABS would be stout enough to live up to daily duty

[stiff bloom]

Yeah that's impressive!

[white heart]

Dacia's are surprisingly solid

They use old Renault's parts that were good

[misty imp]

french
talking about french cars and parts

get out

[white heart]

Hey I ain't lying

Dacia is reliable as fuck while being cheap

Esp the Sandero

[white heart]

For 6k it sound great tbh

[white heart]

If I get the German nationality will you start listening to me

[misty imp]

croatian maybe

[white heart]

Ight bet

[charred depot]

car

[wraith rivet]

idk they've not been changed in 10 years 56k miles and my mpg is much worse than it should be so i tried it

ill see what happens

[civic spoke]

Everyone who wanted a Tesla have gotten it pretty much.
But there's also the patriotic side of buying more local. Not to mention Tesla quality, lul.

[stiff bloom]

I just see it as Tesla's taken a massive dump in quality, image, and customer base

(not that their quality was ever anything to begin with )

[civic spoke]

Their quality has gone up from what I heard.
But is going from bad, to slightly less bad, that special? Probably doesn't help with their whole strike deal and all of that.

[stiff bloom]

Fair, I'm maybe leaning on the Cybertruck as evidence a little too much

I've said this before, Tesla doesn't make cars. They make an ecosystem. It's like apple, and as a result they've cultivated a ravenous obsessed base of fanboys, and their cars are cheap enough (normally) that normies who just want a tool can be convinced by the raving fans before they do enough research to realize they're making a mistake

[civic spoke]

Cybertruck is a fun one, because it won't ever be relevant for the EU market.

[stiff bloom]

Then by the time something goes wrong it's too late, and it's 8 months out till the nearest repair appointment because you can't take them to 3rd party repair places without voiding stuff

[stiff bloom]

It isn't relevant to any market actually except image-obsessed Beverly Hills mallcrawlers

But PR teams gotta PR

[civic spoke]

Very much true.

From my eyes, then it's aimed at the influencers.

[stiff bloom]

Oh absolutely. It's all that, and the image

so... influencers

[civic spoke]

Those who want the fancy bling bling stuff, be seen. And all of that.

[stiff bloom]

Minirant incoming:

Cybertruck in particular is a hilarious blend of absolutely too enormous for commute duty yet completely inadequately undersized for work duty. Too heavy/inefficient for a consumer truck but too light/incapable for a professional one. Too expensive for a regular car, yet too flimsy for an industrial machine. Too powerful for any application except drag races, in which case what the hell are you even doing?

What a pitiful vehicle.

[civic spoke]

However, some of the stuff that the Cybertruck has, is part of the future.

48V system, and all of that jazz.

[stiff bloom]

Yeah like being unrepairable

[stiff bloom]

Oh sure but most other EVs have equivalent systems

[civic spoke]

Wouldn't be surprised if more steer-by-wire will come, too.

[stiff bloom]

Yeah, I'm not sure how i feel about sbw. It's not super innovative and it seems like steering and braking are the two systems that really should remain mechanical imo?

But you're right it'll absolutely take over

Never driven a cybertruck but the variable steering ratio sounds like a nightmare to get used to?

[civic spoke]

We already have brake-by-wire.

[civic spoke]

Probably isn't.

[stiff bloom]

Right, and I don't really like that either

[civic spoke]

I go from a normal car, to a truck with a super slow rack, without any issues.

Just don't like the no feedback thing that comes with steer by wire.

[stiff bloom]

Sure, but you know when you're doing that. It's very obvious when you're in a car with a rack of one speed vs another, so you know to expect that.

In a cybertruck, the car itself decides how fast the rack is on a speed basis and you don't get to know until you turn the wheel. I'm sure it's livable but it seems just so much less intuitive. Even if there was a button or setting you could toggle between different ratios that would be better

Like, I have a sim racing setup with a variable steering ratio. It's great, driving rally cars at 700deg is way better than 1200, but street cars are more managable at 1200deg. But if the computer decided for itself what the ratio was going to be on a speed basis it would drive me mad because I'd have to guess and constantly correct for the computer when that really isn't necessary

[stiff bloom]

it's like if your car steering rack morphed between a quick sports car vs a huge truck on its own and the only way to find out what the ratio was was to turn the wheel

[civic spoke]

I actually think that it's a fixed rack speed. Lock-to-lock is what? 170 degrees either way? So 340 degrees overall.

So if you're going at high speed, and jerk it 90 degrees. Then it should just go "lol, K. Lets fucking go!"

[stiff bloom]

I don't think so. I've seen videos where they turn 90 degrees on the wheel in a parking lot and that's basically max lock, and then they go 90deg on the highway and it steers a few degrees

[stiff bloom]

Well i mean that's not how current systems work, not even formula cars have that quick of a ratio

maybe go karts

[civic spoke]

I want to see that.

[stiff bloom]

https://youtu.be/fdU5A_Z9-6A

poor video but illustrates the point at least

[civic spoke]

Actually doesn't in my eyes.

[stiff bloom]

What don't you understand? How the system works?

[civic spoke]

I mean, I understand how variable rack speeds and all of that works.

[stiff bloom]

oh

[civic spoke]

But I still can't find any information of that actually being the case.

[stiff bloom]

You're saying you don't have evidence that Cybertruck has variable ratio steering?

[civic spoke]

Yeah, essentially.

Gonna listen to the Out of Spec podcast on it.

[stiff bloom]

Well in this video Marquez Brownlee, one of the biggest tech youtubers there is, says directly that it has it...

Dunno what more evidence I can provide.

Just got me a new car

Well it's a model but still. Sexy

[civic spoke]

I also know that some manufacturers also give their cars crab steering (for 4-wheel-steering) when you drive above a certain speed

[stiff bloom]

Yeah, a bunch do. Usually luxury models, but even some Chevy and GMC truck had that in the mid-00s

A bunch of japanese cars had that in the 90s and 80s

And they went way more extreme with it than cybertruck did, a full 15 degrees vs cybertruck's 3 degrees

It's much more subtle in the japanese cars (usually no more than 1.5 or 3 degrees)

@civic spoke

[civic spoke]

Saw 'em.

[stiff bloom]

ah, sorry. just realized i never replied

[civic spoke]

No worries, I never mind being pinged. Prefer it over not being pinged.

[stiff bloom]

Same!

Underrated feature but it makes sense because not many people are keen to tune it as much as I do to get good results

[civic spoke]

That's some people.

[stiff bloom]

see this one all the time lmao

[white heart]

I for one like being pinged cause it mean somebody thought about me

[graceful flower]

Real shit

[stiff bloom]

Well say no more fam

https://media.tenor.com/tzefE36W5UwAAAAi/blob-cat-ping.gif

@white heart

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-happy-yippee-creature-yippee-meme-yippee-gif-gif-1489386840712152603

[misty mantle]

One of my neighbors has I think a ‘05 with quadrasteer

[stiff bloom]

Whoa I'm actually blown away, that's cool

Classic gm coming out with an awesome feature and then not supporting it in any meaningful way and being confused why everyone hates them for it

[hexed kayak]

the silverado i have has quadrasteer but the rear steer hasnt worked as long as ive owned the truck

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom

[hexed kayak]

@misty mantle if anyone can fix that i can though (eventually)
i grew up fixing the 4 wheel steer on johndeere tractors

[vital coral]

anyone got any reccamendations for trim tools

don’t really give a fuck how much they cost just need a good set to last ages and snapon don’t make them that great

[jagged wagon]

I'm still on my first set of Craftsman trim removal tools after doing 6+ car radio / dash cam installations. They're not amazing or anything, but for the $20 CAD I paid for them, they still work fine.
https://www.craftsman.com/products/cmmt98334

[vital coral]

yea alright cheers i’ll have a look :)

mine are rooted from using them everyday lol

[fathom socket]

Got to admit this looks worse than the cybertruck

[vital coral]

what the fuck i want to rip my eyes out of my skull

[stiff bloom]

At least that'll hold stuff

[jagged wagon]

I also have one of these. If used with a thin sock as a cover, it usually won't damage anything, and is great for removing all kinds of stubborn hard to reach plastic clips.
https://www.amazon.ca/Craftsman-Plastic-Clip-Removal-CMMT98373/dp/B0C9PJY7RZ

[stiff bloom]

and not fall apart at the slightest breeze

[vital coral]

just get a bloody ute lmao

[stiff bloom]

I mean I'm not cross shopping one lmao

[vital coral]

like a hilux or bt50 or something

[stiff bloom]

But given the choice between I'd take... Well I'd take the CT and sell it to get the uspsmobile and have 80 grand left over.

[vital coral]

posties here use renault master vans

[stiff bloom]

WANT

[misty mantle]

I'd take a BA Falcon Ute if I had the money to import one to the states

[stiff bloom]

not really ofc, a Transit is undoubtedly superior

but still, great van

[hexed kayak]

wait till you learn what gets used as postal cars here in rural canada

[stiff bloom]

that's pretty badass

[stiff bloom]

Chevy Orlando

[hexed kayak]

true JDM 90s crvs

[stiff bloom]

that's hilarious

but awesome

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom crvs hold alot of shit
they never die
and being jdm the right hand drive means the postal worker never has to exit the car to put mail in the box

[stiff bloom]

Also it's way better than the Karsan prototype

Definitely think the AM General one had the best look tho

Well other than Ford but that was never gonna win lmao, it was way too huge

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom you can see the rhd
some of them run a canada post wrap but most just run their factory paint with no logos and a little orange beacon light on top

[stiff bloom]

cute!

[hexed kayak]

so this is what most rural canada post vehicles look like

they always have the fender mirror too

ill see if i can dig up some pics of the last time i saw one in person

@stiff bloom android making me mad

my memory for when i took a picture is amazing.
the picture im looking for was taken that last time i was running an android instead of an iphone which ive done like 3 times in the last 16 years
so the picture isnt on icloud and the phone its on is in storage @stiff bloom

[heavy solar]

I still see rhd Jeep XJ's used out in the country here

This is in Texas though

[civic spoke]

That's just a more boxy transit.

I dig those postal trucks.

I like how they have a solid 1 feet bumper.

[hexed kayak]

you know jeep sells brand new rhd wranglers to usps employees

[heavy solar]

Yeah, and to the general public as well -- at least as of years ago, you could order a RHD TJ or JK right from their builder on the site

@hexed kayak did you take those photos? Is that Northern Ontario?

[hexed kayak]

i didnt but it probably is cause thats pretty much the only place those cars end up

[stiff bloom]

Ye that's its best feature

[stiff bloom]

lmao i have faith in you

[civic spoke]

Third time this week.

[heavy solar]

@civic spoke theres that?

where*

[civic spoke]

Stockholm, Sweden.

[heavy solar]

Ah ok

[vital coral]

or a commodore

god i’m jelous

i can’t drive right now 😭

i’m taking the bike to work

[vocal mural]

My rims 😱

[flat nacelle]

man i want to be truck driver too 😭

[quaint spire]

It's a lifestyle change

[misty mantle]

I’m tempted to get my hands on a Barra 6 and swap it into my Bronco II

[hexed kayak]

i6 vortec

the amera barra

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom guess whos never gonna buy a gm car made past 2025 EVER

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/the-witcher-netflix-geralt-fuck-damn-gif-16288584

Tho tbh I'm going to do whatever I can to never buy a car from a major Corp newer than 2020 ever. All the offerings are just the most bleak dystopian spying unrepairable encrypted slop

[hexed kayak]

Russia is atleast doing something right keeping all their old soviet cars in production as they were

1977 lada niva @stiff bloom

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/give-me-give-it-to-me-now-gif-6486247

[hexed kayak]

2024 lada niva

1980 lada riva

2012 lada riva

they dont make that one anymore :( thats the symbol of russian dashcam videos @stiff bloom

the ones where you see them fold like a beer can and somehow everyone climbs out unharmed

[charred depot]

stance

ladas?

[graceful flower]

This goes incomprehensibly hard, good pic god

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean well I know what i'm doing tonight

[dusk ocean]

oh thats sick

I will not be doing that tonight but maybe sometime lol

[compact grotto]

lol

[charred depot]

They get a bad rap but I really like how the older green 2101 drives notchy gearchange too. The red estate had over 300hp and was ridiculous it had a steering rack fitted but must have been in the wrong place or something causing bump steer making it pretty scary as it did not turn well at all.

Also didnt stop at all as the vacuum assist had been deleted for clearance along with a shitty aftermarket pedal that gave you zero leverage.

[graceful flower]

Haha casually standing on the brake pedal with both feet and the car doesnt slow down one bit

Some guy brought his hand crank start lada (I think?) to a car meet once and let me start it, it was fun

His plate also said "aladafun" or something like that

[civic spoke]

Wildest non-personal plate that I have seen must have been DDD 44D.

4th letter of the alphabet. So basically all 4's.

[pastel socket]

How small of a Minority am I in if I say That I actually Find the looks of all 4 of these Postal Trucks to be intriguiging and Would Love to see something along the lines of a Doug Demuro video on these? Probably the Karsan would be the funnest to sit and watch? I do REALLY like the Chin of a Bumper on the one that PCDoctor posted... I already know I am definitely in a fairly Small MINORITY! But JUST HOW SMALL??? That is the true Question|????

[stiff bloom]

I think it'd be cool to see a breakdown. I've stopped watching Doug after his interview on the cybertruck where he says he's all in it for the money and has no loyalty to the fans, bu TFL or Throttle House would make a great video that I'd be really intrigued to see the comparisons of!

[stiff bloom]

https://traxion.gg/corsair-purchases-fanatec-assets-endor-ag-liquidated/

Welp, there we go. It's gone

[indigo axle]

Apparently some english speaking people can't pronounce BMW

they say Bii Em Double You

when it's pronounced

Beh Em Veh

[white heart]

That's just the french way

Bii em double you is for when I speak in English

[stiff bloom]

isn't that the german way too?

[white heart]

Pretty sure it actually is lol

It's funny since in french

Veh mean V (the letter)

So we just call it BMV technically

Or we just shorten it to beh em

[stiff bloom]

It's like how I can't stand how you Canadians say "Mezduh" instead of "Mahzdah" as tho the Japanese pronunciation isn't "Mahtsudah"

[white heart]

I'm not Canadian

I live in France

[stiff bloom]

no i meant the canadians that constantly show up in this chat

my b

[white heart]

Fair enough

[white heart]

Also who the actual fuck say Mazda as mezduh

[stiff bloom]

The phonetics arent right there, they say a short A vowel instead of a long A, as in "Mad" vs "Swan"

But Canadians

[white heart]

Lel

Here we sometime call Mercedes a merco

[stiff bloom]

Well that's at least a nickname, like we call BMW's "beemers" or "bimmers" here

Where hearing a canadian say Mezduh Miahtah will never fail to get a cringe out of me

[graceful flower]

Canadian here, never met anyone that pronounces it mezduh

It's always been mahz dah

[stiff bloom]

https://youtu.be/XgurJ0ef57U?t=483

he says it once here

I cring

[graceful flower]

Time stamp? I wanna hear this too

[stiff bloom]

it should be stamped

345sec

[stiff bloom]

Edited the clip: 483sec. He specifically comments on the pronunciation.

(8:03)

GAH i cring

[graceful flower]

Yea

Maaz daah

You guys pronounce it maws dah?

[stiff bloom]

Yeah, because that's how it's pronounced

The japanese word is "Matsuda" with a long A like Mawtsudah

its like when people don't produce the E in "Porsche"

cring

[graceful flower]

You are making me question the way I talk

[stiff bloom]

Good, questioning is good

[graceful flower]

No man I swear I've watched American youtubers say it the same way we do

[stiff bloom]

at least alex makes a fun joke oota it

[graceful flower]

Oh my god no I'm thinking of throttle house and theyre Canadian

[stiff bloom]

HAHA yeah I was just wondering if maybe you were

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/overthinking-overthinker-vapour-confusion-confused-gif-24689422

[stiff bloom]

I honestly lolled, did not expect that gif

[knotty kite]

A 4.3l ready to blow up

[stiff bloom]

Love that HP sticker

[vital coral]

lmaoo

i worked on one yesterday

get an lpg one for the higher comp

[livid sail]

Bought my first Copart car and it showed up today. Was scared it would be a bad decision but this car came in a way better condition than I expected

[patent basalt]

[tepid wing]

So it looks like I should be able to get a NACS adapter for L3 but it doesn't appear to be showing up in the Chevy application like they claim it will. I don't see the part listed in the parts website that the application links to and Tesla doesn't show up in the public charging account section of the application either.

What am I missing?

[silk sluice]

Wait a second

[patent basalt]

Yes

[silk sluice]

The little side marker reflector in front of the fender is still there

[patent basalt]

Side marker?

[silk sluice]

The small rectangle just behind where the twilight would be

[patent basalt]

Oh that’s a bumper mount

These cars don’t have a marker there

[silk sluice]

Well my friends did

But idk

I used to have one of the "new edge" ones but that was only for like 7 months

[patent basalt]

Strange, us market cars didn’t have those

[fair moon]

they should

hm that's odd

they don't

[patent basalt]

No 94-04 mustangs had em, eu market card had one side marker added right by the fender badge though

[wraith rivet]

Tf we can embed links now?

[tepid wing]

It's been a thing for ages.

[civic spoke]

I prefer not to. Since you need to hover over the text to see if it's legit or not. But then again, something you might want to do regardless.

Phony links being a thing.

Looks like it's legit, but it takes you somewhere else completely.

[dusky bobcat]

Am I bouta get scammed? Lmao

[stiff bloom]

prolly not scammed, it just looks like aliexpress dropships

It prolly wont work for that long tho

[dusky bobcat]

Yeah probably

Haven’t seen custom logos on drop shipped stuff tho

They’re all the same company tho so idk how to get a good one

Had one from like Panasonic I think and it broke

[stiff bloom]

they probably wont show up with those logos

[dusky bobcat]

Like wtf is this

I love anti breakage wires

[dusky bobcat]

True

Actually wouldn’t be too hard tho to add

Looks like it’s on there at least

[hexed kayak]

Surprise miot at the end

[civic spoke]

Wouldn't surprise me if it didn't have any screening or anything on the actual product.

[prisma frost]

Was driving when headlights turned off and music stopped playing. (i accidentally turned on the wipers when switching on the turn signal) But turning the washers was the stress

[tepid wing]

What's with the cord? Shouldn't it be able to use the tape deck for power? :V

[civic spoke]

Cord is AUX. 3.5mm

[tepid wing]

Oh, I thought that was a BT version.

Woops.

[graceful flower]

Why not get the radio adapters

[dusky bobcat]

Almost fs don’t have any

[dusky bobcat]

Seen others use them and they don’t seem great

And my radio kinda sucks. Cassette player slaps tho

Wonder if I could convert my radio to aux or something…

Or better yet Bluetooth

[civic spoke]

Cassette audio can actually be REALLY clean. Good stuff.

[graceful flower]

Are the cassette ones actually better quality?

Hmmm interesting I may have to try that for my Vette, I just assumed they were kinda the same just a little more annoying to use

[high prairie]

You know I have a tape recorder. It’s a Talkboy, yes the one from Home Alone 2.

[dusky bobcat]

They can sound really good, just most adapters are shut