cars

[dull heron]

thats crazy

mph?

[hexed kayak]

kph

[dull heron]

yeah 0-120 is no effort

my 120mph is the end of 4th gear

[hexed kayak]

i sat at 190-200kph for 2.5 hours on a road trip and the volvos motor never went above 2k rpm the whole time

[dull heron]

i could try i suppose

[hexed kayak]

what car?

[dull heron]

2014 jetta gli

its sitting around 270hp

[hexed kayak]

something fucky is going on then
cause my volvo weighs 3800 pounds and makes 209hp
but it does sub 2k rpm at 190
yet your car struggles to even make it there

[dull heron]

120 in 6th gear for me is 4k rpm or so

my overdrive gear is weak

[hexed kayak]

4th in my cobalt hits rev limiter at 157mph

[dull heron]

all i have is a software tune tho

im gonna get new brake pads before trying anything like that tho, my pads are feeling pretty thin atm

[hexed kayak]

my cobalt actually has the potential to go faster. it doesnt have the power to hit the rev limit in 5th gear so this is one of the few cases where more power= higher top speed

[hexed kayak]

get ebc pads

[dull heron]

ill look into them

[hexed kayak]

ive have them on my car and ive done an 8 hour endurance track day with no brake fade

they also bring the car from the very top speed to 0 much much faster than you think

ive pulled muscles in my neck before from stopping

[dull heron]

oh are they ceramic then?

[graceful flower]

Holy fuck lmao

[hexed kayak]

no they just make good brakes for cars that do more than get groceries

[dull heron]

nice, ill definitely give them a look

[hexed kayak]

@dull heron they sell everything from eco brakes to full race spec brakes that squeal like a banshee

[graceful flower]

I've done 210 once and haven't done above like 170 since haha

[hexed kayak]

@dull heron i have their trackday brakes

[hexed kayak]

doesnt enter 5th gear till 250kph

[dull heron]

nice

yeah ill definitely check them out, sounds like exactly what im looking for

[hexed kayak]

https://www.ebcbrakes.com/ebc-brake-pad-selector-tool/#lets-go
@dull heron

[dull heron]

which ones are the track days?

[hexed kayak]

yellow/bluestuff

[dull heron]

word, thanks

[charred depot]

Everyone on track here seems to dislike them

[stiff bloom]

They're pretty polarizing. People worker either think they're hot shit or just shit lmao. We use em and think they're good but also realize that they're also potentially nothing special

[misty mantle]

Mornin @hexed kayak @stiff bloom @charred depot

[civic spoke]

[white heart]

Morning

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/hello-ori-and-the-gif-24712450

[charred depot]

Another one

for a very rare car they seem remarkably common to me heh

[pure pond]

how many cars do you have now?

[charred depot]

I only have 5

Ill be getting rid of this one once ive fixed its issues, I really dont need two of literally the same car.

Already have 3 Peugeot 305's without this one.

[white heart]

So that's where they all are

[wispy cloak]

Owning weird cars is fun

[hexed kayak]

If only the people who owned regular traffic like mustangs and camaros didnt shit on them so much

[wispy cloak]

I like shitting on pre-10spd mustangs

The caliber is silly

[graceful flower]

Anyone got experience with old small block Chevys?

I spent all day today dicking with ignition timing and idle rpm speed but can't get the darn thing to idle on it's own. Sometimes it backfires through the carb when I blip the throttle so I'm starting to wonder if timing is too advanced?

[wraith rivet]

Do you guys hear that whistling up near the high end? It sounds like a turbo or a baby supercharger… lmfao

[civic spoke]

First time this season my window scraper was used.

[wraith rivet]

It’s cold where you are now?

[civic spoke]

Right around freezing this morning

[wraith rivet]

Damn

[worldly oasis]

chilly

[hexed kayak]

Wild how there is only 500 gnxs and i know of 7 in one fucking neighborhood

Quebec native people fucking love those things

[hexed kayak]

One of them is just rotting

The rest all run and drive

[charred depot]

Theres like 20 roadworthy 305's in the UK and I had 5 at a point.

[misty mantle]

Save it

[charred depot]

New sleeper project, not to be confused with my other maroon 305 saloon

[prime valve]

This is one hard spot the difference

[supple anchor]

Recipe for a fun time

[terse raptor]

6 pipes on a 4 cyl

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/francois-damiens-embrouille-francois-damiens-francois-embrouille-gif-25131444

[flint sable]

GNX is cool

[fair moon]

Any GNX hatred shall not be tolerated

[misty imp]

Happy birthday to Finland's two-time world Formula One champion Mika Hakkinen, who was born on this day in 1968.

[wide shale]

Look at this video I made: https://youtu.be/hh2l6agfF5s

[wheat hatch]

[amber moss]

my £650 car 🥰

[tidal jay]

seems common to me too 👀 :europeantime:

[charred depot]

Dead here and since we drive on the left imports are undesirable

Have rhd converted one from portugal

[lone dew]

enjoy your imports and online orders while you can i got a buddy whos a trucker and he says the ports are about to strike

[white heart]

That look like a good car for that price ngl

[amber moss]

it is, i like it

[white heart]

What brand is that ,

[amber moss]

vauxhall (or opel in mainland europe)

[white heart]

Ohh

I didn't recognize the logo

[amber moss]

its a vauxhall corsa from 2006

[white heart]

More used to the one here

[white heart]

Those are pretty neat cars

[amber moss]

98000 miles and 7 previous owners, still going strong

[dusk ocean]

Yay - just replaced the window regulator in my wifes car in like 20 mins

[stiff bloom]

congrats!

[dusk ocean]

i mean it as im not new to car work, i have just been putting it off because window regulators are a pita, but this one was actually easy

[carmine summit]

i know of a couple around here

i want a turbo t, the're the cheapest of the bunch and arguably the coolest

theres a grand national always parked behind a store here

[obsidian grove]

after waiting too long for parts and some time working the battery for this build is done

also known as the death cube as touching it in the wrong 2 places will kill you

[wary crypt]

proof?

[obsidian grove]

its 96vdc at 120amp hours

it can output 100Kws easily so yea itll kill you

you know the LTT video with that big ass fan they used to cool a pc thats basically a plane motor

this can power that and more

possibly 2 at max power

[wary crypt]

dam

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/why-huh-but-why-gif-13199396

[stiff bloom]

Why not?

[native ermine]

but... like whats it for

[graceful flower]

Worlds least discrete but most lethal Taser?

[native ermine]

[obsidian grove]

90 WHP hub motor for a motorcycle

[native ermine]

eww

electric bikes make no sense

just get like a real motorcycle

[worldly oasis]

I prefer dying in the flames of gasoline thank you very much

No electric fire shit

I don’t wanna be cremated I want to be slow roasted to perfection

[stiff bloom]

wdym they make plenty of sense. Bikes already have shit range, electric ones don't have much less, plus motors can be crazy narrow and dense. Esp hub motors like Kricky has are perfect for the application

[obsidian grove]

instantaneous torque basically no running cost and pissing off "purists" just because HURR DURR electric bad is a great pastime of mine

[obsidian grove]

best part is its actually MORE range than a standard tank ~300km assuming im not driving like a idiot

thats not factoring in regen but that gets a bit iffy with these controllers due to current limitations

[white heart]

i kinda like electric bike, they look cool

[obsidian grove]

thanks bro appreciate it

[white heart]

geniune question im not too much into cars and bikes is that the rim or the motor ?

im guessing rims ?

[obsidian grove]

the motor is the rim

that is the motor basically

instead of being chain driven the rear wheel itself spins eliminating unessary mechanical movement/heat giving more efficiency in the system

only downside is loss in top speed due to no gear reduction

field weakening can only take you so far

itll peak out around 200kph

all i need to do now is make a case for it and start testing

im expecting to get this done before next motorcycle season 🙏

[white heart]

wait thats actually really cool

also the wheel look cool asf

[white heart]

well ngl cant wait to see it done

if you dont mind keep us updated on the progress

[obsidian grove]

i will dw

[obsidian grove]

yea one of the perks of being electric

i only gotta worry about brakes and tire pressure to be honest

i think all including the pre charge resistor the system is above 90% efficienct

from power in battery to power to ground

[white heart]

that is cool as fuck

[obsidian grove]

thing is you dont need to do all of this to have fun on these

this is a extreme passion build because i wanna fuck up some super cars and have a nice toy

you can get a cheap E-bike for like a grand

and a controller for 500

and make like 20-30 WHP

you would need a nice battery though

so for like 2 grand usd u could do something simillar

aslong as you tune the controller right

those stock motors can take a beating

seen a dude push 72Vdc at 300A into one making 20Kw at the wheels

it was a mini bike too

thing was a deathtrap but fun as fuck

funniest part was watching some dude on a gas one at a meet challenge him to a race because he made like 10hp on his tricked out motor

[obsidian grove]

just dont push em past 70c and ur fine

[white heart]

i own one already

wait actually

by e bike

you mean bikes with pedals right ?

sadly im pretty sure modifying them in france is illegal

[civic spoke]

Oil or coolant?

[civic spoke]

In France you can't go above 25 kmh with them. I think.

At least not powered.

If it's the same laws that we have here in Sweden.

[white heart]

Ye the power need to shut off after you reach 25

otherwise its like a solex

[vocal mural]

Finally
A15 Will be extended, connecting towards A12/A18/E35/BAB3/. Solving a missing vital link between port of Rotterdam and Ruhrgebiet in Germany.

Photo credit: NOS

Rijksoverheid/ViA15

[graceful flower]

DOORTREKKEN

[obsidian grove]

motor temp with a heat gun

[stiff bloom]

Really? That's kinda wild. My FZ6 will barely do that, tho I am mostly doing in town riding

[prisma frost]

imagine making it a tollroad

like we're already paying roadtax why need to pay toll fee

i wonder how many years its going to take

[pure pond]

dont give them ideas

[prisma frost]

Its already confirmed that u gotta pay to cross the bridge

[pure pond]

thats insane

[vocal mural]

It will be

[vocal mural]

Let’s charge foreign vehicles using our excellent road network

[prisma frost]

Yes it should detected if ur license plate is from NL and let u pass for free

[pure pond]

im just gonna buy a shed in poland and be a citizen there so i dont have to pay road tax here

[prisma frost]

I mean I pay €38 roadtax and idc

Maybe start cycling

[stoic ledge]

Toll roads in NL should be forbidden

[pure pond]

when my other car is done i needed to pay like €380/ 3months but im just gonna put it on my company then its €120

[prisma frost]

€380??!

[pure pond]

yeah euro 0 diesel.....

[prisma frost]

Oh god

[pure pond]

im gonna have to change it to a petrol engine soon

[prisma frost]

I was looking at some campers but aint no way im getting a euro 0 camper now

[pure pond]

yeah thats not worth it

[vocal mural]

It will be like Norway,
Finance the cost of building it and will be free when the loan cost is paid.

[prisma frost]

Could also work I guess

I mean I probably will never use it lol but still

[charred depot]

Parents collected horribleu MG4 today, didnt realise it was RWD.

Pretty sure one of the wheel aero trims is about to fly out already.

[stoic ledge]

CCP 👀

[graceful flower]

Show pic

[charred depot]

Its a brand new MG4 I wouldnt waste any space of my phone for such a thing

It is swift though, too swift for a normie car.

I can see why old people hit the wrong pedal and go mach jesus into a building with them.

[pure pond]

is this it?

[prisma frost]

Kinda looms cute

[charred depot]

yeah, its in grey.

[prisma frost]

But also not

It looks like a hornet from the front and I absolutely hate hornets

[charred depot]

I was amused at the sales person saying if you go to press the brake to start it too quickly after getting in the car it may show a high voltage fault and all you have to do is get out and back in.

[pure pond]

no way

[stoic ledge]

I've driven one, it's not that refined imho

[charred depot]

Feels like the kinda information I get when buying a 20 year old car on its last legs.

[stoic ledge]

Classic CCP Software

When I drove it you also had to push with 382874kg of force on the brake pedal to start it otherwise it didn't work

They fixed that in an update I think

[charred depot]

Im used to pressing the brake that hard anyway heh

Also you have to turn off lane departure assist every god damn time you start it

[stoic ledge]

That's mandatory to start every drive

[charred depot]

bing bing bing you went over the line slightly on a winding road

[stoic ledge]

Speed warning is worse tho

And yes CCP cars bing bong on everything

It's horrendous

[charred depot]

It is "nice" but does seem 5 seconds away from "computer says no" at any point

rear window also might aswell not exist

[stoic ledge]

Have you seen the rear wiper

It's pathetic

[charred depot]

waste of money even putting it on

[prisma frost]

Imagine having to update ur car smh

[lone dew]

2 1948s and a 43

i really wanna get one of them camera adapters like collin had in that one vid of the 5000 tech up

[supple anchor]

New tune on point

Throttle response is much quicker

No longer stumbles when you punch on it

[civic spoke]

I need to crawl under the truck to check if the signal cable for the starter is corroding.

[prisma frost]

3 hours later and the exterior is cleaned. 🧼

[vocal mural]

Now the interior

[prisma frost]

I know 🥲

Waxing a car takes so long

[graceful flower]

Wait

WAIT

Are those the lug bolts???

I have PTSD from that head rounding out all the time

[charred depot]

Its just a cover

[graceful flower]

Oh I see

[prisma frost]

Then u use ur Locking Wheel Nut to take off the lug nuts

[graceful flower]

So complicated 😂😂

[prisma frost]

Yesnt

[graceful flower]

My cars security features are better

It's such a shitbox it's not even on any thiefs radar

secure

[prisma frost]

😂 I dont think my Polo is either (I hope)

[white heart]

youd be surprised, thiefs here usually go for those type of car since they are extremly easy to sell

[prisma frost]

I’ll take it as a compliment. I’m sure they stole it because it just looks so damn good 😉

[white heart]

i mean, its in good condition and car in this price range will always have a buyer no matter how sketchy it is

[graceful flower]

Is polo just a baby golf? I don't think we get those in na

[prisma frost]

polo is baby golf yes

[prisma frost]

I guess so ye

NL is filled with Polo’s

You’ll see at least 2 to 3 Polo’s at every supermarket

[lone dew]

Picking this beast up later thjs week

ye olde diagnostics

[graceful flower]

What is that? Engine dyno thingy?

[lone dew]

Diagnostic machine for carburated engines with distributors points and consensor

Basically anything up to like the 80s

[restive scaffold]

does it just test vacuum and all the misc stuff or something?

[lone dew]

Yup

Spark advance vacum rpm timing dwell

[restive scaffold]

thats pretty neat, is there some logic that can spit out what the issue may be based on readings?

[graceful flower]

Angus

[lone dew]

i belive so i have yet to have it in person

its an atlas ama 9

sorry im super busy atm

[lone dew]

aparently depending on what you hood it to you turn dials which turn papers which are the readings on the back of the gauges its all analog

[restive scaffold]

seems fairly cool for how old it is, but especially now seems pretty useless

at least use wise

[lone dew]

if you work on anything modern yeah useless

[restive scaffold]

even old

[lone dew]

depends on what your working on

for $150 i wasnt gonna let it hit the scrap yard for having all the books and wires

[restive scaffold]

yeah, thats fair, even as decoration its worth it id think

and maybe im missing something, but all i can find online is auction sites

[lone dew]

yeah they are impsossile to find

in working shape

with the books

[restive scaffold]

but it looks like a volt meter, timing, vacuum, and dwell

[lone dew]

yup

[restive scaffold]

most of which can be done using much cheaper tools

[lone dew]

can do some other things like osciliscope and kill each cyl individually

[restive scaffold]

but still very cool, especially with the books

[lone dew]

ive got all sorts of old tech

[restive scaffold]

the osciliscope is pretty cool, but I cant think of a use for that really

[lone dew]

Original 1950 book that came with my plow

somewhere ive got more 40s books

[restive scaffold]

old manuals are pretty cool, I have a 99 mustang that had a shop manual in the trunk, but the trunk leaked quite a bit so the book was water logged and pretty unusable

[prisma frost]

were gloveboxes not invented yet

[lone dew]

ive got an old 88 beretta manual somwhere

[restive scaffold]

unfortunately the owner used that to store the court letters he got

[lone dew]

yup gurentee that mustang was 3 child support payments behind most of its life

[restive scaffold]

probably, i found evidence of children when i cleaned it lol

[lone dew]

yup

[restive scaffold]

back seat to, which is criminal

[lone dew]

Ive got this old moisture tester for grain too

Needs a neew display or whole board

Im guessing its late 80s to mid 90s

[lone dew]

I own it @restive scaffold

[deep zealot]

https://www.yahoo.com/news/am-going-die-video-shows-115949136.html

Supreme honda reliability

[jagged wagon]

Although I do like the modern amenities that today's automobiles give us, there will always be part of me that wants certain functions to be physical linkages, like oh gee IDK... emergency brakes. Something about safety.

[deep zealot]

There's something fundamentally wrong with the design of the car when you cant even put it into neutral... sheesh

Its a great thing he survived with no injuries

[jagged wagon]

This reddit comment is obviously satire, but... it's not that far off from the poorly designed emergency exit system Tesla was using when that one person had to smash out the window because the emergency exit process wasn't designed in an obvious fashion.
https://www.reddit.com/r/RealTesla/comments/15mkgz8/tesla_changed_the_model_ys_emergency_door_release/jvi0s19/

[stiff bloom]

I unno:

the Tesla Model Y owner's manual warns that "not all Model Y vehicles are equipped with a manual release for the rear doors."

Complete batshit fucking insanity

[jagged wagon]

Oh, you didn't pay extra for the safety features? Guess you'll just die then!

[stiff bloom]

More like "didn't buy your car back when they were even more shit than they are now? Guess you'll just die then! Maybe you'll learn next time to pre order your pos $70k compact car before realizing it sucks you fucking reprobate"

[winged raft]

Alpina B6 3.5S model

Anniversary gift 🥰

[white heart]

What a beauty

[hexed kayak]

Humanity: if its not broken dont fix it
Cars: not broken
Engineers: fucks with it anyway

Conclusion: extermination of engineers

[stiff sentinel]

Start e-bike without inserting the key

[limber whale]

bargain

[stiff bloom]

Yet another piece of evidence that salad shooters are immortal

[graceful flower]

Offer that guy $200

[limber whale]

It runs tho

[graceful flower]

Oh

[limber whale]

and drives

[graceful flower]

What trans is in it

[limber whale]

Auto

I’d snatch instant if it was manual

[graceful flower]

$250 take it or leave it

[graceful flower]

Those 4+3 manuals are kinda aids though

For a grand though

[limber whale]

i don’t know corvettes

[graceful flower]

Some c4s came with a 4 speed manual that was basically connected to a two speed auto

[limber whale]

lol

[graceful flower]

So outside of 1 2 3 4 you also had 2OD 3OD 4OD which is that auto shifting into second

But the fun part is they're not reliable, rebuilds aren't cheap and you also lose reverse when they go

They did make a 6 speed tho thags the one to get

[limber whale]

I don’t think anyone in their right mind in modern day would buy a sports car with a stick if it wasn’t 6 speed

[graceful flower]

Technically you got 7 speeds with the 4+3 🥸

https://tenor.com/view/elsword-gif-27268482

[limber whale]

EVs suck, only have 1 speed transmission

[civic spoke]

Not all of them.

[cloud lance]

@compact grotto

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/aah-cumple-años-gif-23507602

[compact grotto]

shocked and appalled

[lone dew]

https://tenor.com/view/hulk-hogan-guitar-gif-4340836

[somber moth]

mixing up polarities = blown out main fuse correct?

[graceful flower]

Naur

[tepid wing]

It's a good thing though.

[tepid wing]

The NHTSA (or whatever agency is responsible) needs to just ban these trash heaps.

[wispy cloak]

So it's like having a splitter but bad

[wispy cloak]

Potentially

Can also destroy modules

It'll total a lot of cars

[civic spoke]

ETA on a new window?
Never?

[charred depot]

My bonnet is fucked too

[signal drum]

bought my first car

[vocal mural]

Did I see my name in the text?

[charred depot]

Got the new windscreen just got to be careful fitting it, will borrow the bonnet from this one.

[pure pond]

shit that sucks. forgot to latch it fully?

[charred depot]

Not sure, the secondary latch got ripped off

Ill be buying a safety cable with a carabiner for the future

[misty imp]

Managed to fix my rear wheel bearing

finally

after living with a borked one for a year

[cloud lance]

@compact grotto
Livewire Cybertruck

[civic spoke]

Thanks.
I hate it.

[cloud lance]

https://tenor.com/view/youre-welcome-gif-21319408

[white heart]

That look cool, if only the car wasn't a piece of shit

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/turn-it-up-turn-up-cool-gif-15734559

[native ermine]

[stiff bloom]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-smiling-youre-good-keep-going-gif-11863888

[compact grotto]

you gotta stop tagging me on CT sightings, its making me ill 😆

[cloud lance]

As long as they're still this ridiculous, it's gonna happen

[lime kiln]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSGvZceuD5s

[valid lava]

look what i made as my wallpaper

i made this

[hexed kayak]

@stiff bloom i had a fun morning

i didnt run the wires correctly for my map sensor in my volvo when i put it back together

so the harness got cut by the rad fan and i just had to fix it

[white heart]

Nice

[charred depot]

I can still see fine

[pure pond]

officer its just a rock chip

[charred depot]

Since I need a decent bonnet I have bought another two 305's.

brings it up to 6 305's here.

one is a van which is tragically rusty, another is a saloon which is also rusty but could be saved.

ill probably dismantle the van immediately and get rid of it for space.

[supple anchor]

I hate freeze plugs

[somber moth]

thank god it's a motorcycle then

[wispy cloak]

Second one was my old truck

[signal drum]

that's fire

[hollow pasture]

Holy fucking shit

[fathom socket]

Found a piece of someone's exhaust

[native ermine]

[valid lava]

thanks

[marble steeple]

Might be able to make this dream happen

[steep wing]

jeez

[marble steeple]

Yup gotta love what a suit could possibly net me

[leaden solar]

this shade of black ain't the best looking to be honest mate

[stiff bloom]

Eugh yuck. At least it was an obvious and easy fix?

[stiff bloom]

That's a couple synchros short of a gearbox there

[hollow pasture]

Syncros are actually ok

[stiff bloom]

Am I the only one who's underwhelmed a little here? The design seems oddly derivative, and while those specs are great, they're not exactly mindblowing anymore. And yeah, Mclaren usually underrates stuff, but still.

Plus, the nerdy thing I found funny was: 1.6mi of EV range. From a 1.4kWh battery, that's about 38MPG. In an EV.

For perspective, my CMax will do 5mi on 1kWh. So if the W1 was as efficient as my 800lb-heavier midrange 5-door hatch, it'd get about 7mi range, or about 438% more

[stiff bloom]

are they?

[hollow pasture]

Syncros were not the cause of this failure

It was lack of lubrication

The last goober to open up this trans used way top much rtv and it got in the oil pickup for the trans

[stiff bloom]

well yeah I was just noticing that. One only needs to look at ANY of the other gears to see stuff that's wrong, I just wanted to make a "trees short of a forest" joke

[hollow pasture]

This bearing got hot as fuck

[stiff bloom]

holy shit it oxidized. Miracle that that box didn't sieze.

[hollow pasture]

Well

The diff locked up and killed both axles

You can actually hear the diff seize and rip 5th gear to shreds in this vid

This video is what caused this

[wispy cloak]

My phone mic can't even record the 15 in my car

[worldly oasis]

Hmmmmm

[native ermine]

Ooo yummy candy holder

[stiff bloom]

toasty

[frank flicker]

Good news! That is the least expensive brand new car you can buy in central europe. But it's not cheap looking imo. Dacia Sandero.
Just bought this, but not the cheapest trim tho.
10 times better than my 20 years old opel corsa that didn't even had abs.
For the similar price you can buy 3-5 years old car from more premium brand that was leased and has 100k km driven and probably requires costly maintenance work.
One of the last brands that sells simple gasoline/lpg cars without that hybrid nonsense.
Used and new cars market is toasted in EU due to climate taxes and regulations.

[worldly oasis]

the contacts are so corroded it dosent work

the fuse itsself is still intact

[worldly oasis]

looks kinda like a subaru crosstrek

[frank flicker]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIUQq7t6brM

[stoic ledge]

My friend is expecting his very soon, it's at the dealer but he's waiting on zhe plates

[frank flicker]

That waiting is the worst 😄

[stoic ledge]

His initial date was september 15th iirc

So F him

Still waiting

[frank flicker]

There is high demand due to new taxes coming in january of 2025 so ye

[charred depot]

Y'alls vehicle registration systems suck

[stoic ledge]

But his dealer is doing a poor job of updating him, and when he calls they don't know

No new tax in Belgium (for him) I think

[frank flicker]

all EU will have it, its a co2 tax, 90 euro for 1 g of co2 or something like that

[stoic ledge]

The Belgium one seems to suck at least, apparently he has to fill in forms and send them? Idk

[charred depot]

Never a issue or any delays from that here, piece of cake for dealers.

Quite funny due to a typo my friend has a car that doesent exist, but is insured and on the database.

The plates were made with a incorrect letter but insurance accepted it and forced it onto their database.

[stoic ledge]

Can't seem to find anything about that, can you link a source?

[stoic ledge]

In NL it's also done for you gg ez wp

Unless you privately import a used car but even that's fast registration wise

[charred depot]

Imports are easy too, could register a car built from scratch easy enough too.

Something id like to do one day but insurance is too much of a fuckery at my age.

Should hopefully have this mostly fixed tomorrow. Thanks to being a hoarder this technically will cost me nothing.

If I dont break the 40 year old windscreen when installing it.

[frank flicker]

i had some polish sources, but i found this in eng, it mentions the fines in 2025
https://evmarketsreports.com/the-road-to-european-automakers-2025-co2-targets/

[stoic ledge]

Ok so that's not a tax of 95€ per gram CO2/car

It's a fine for when the average emission per car is higher than the set target, and it's then a fine for every g per car over the target

So if Dacia (en Renault) can offset cars polluting more with their EV's, they're fine 😛

[frank flicker]

yea, and the sandero, if nothing changes, will be significantly more expensive, like a lot of other cars

[frank flicker]

they have one small EV, probably will not change much idk

[stoic ledge]

It's not only Dacia, it's also the Megane and Scenic for example

[frank flicker]

EVs are stupid with lipos, so this push towards it is even more stupid

[stoic ledge]

And all their PHEV's are also below it

[stiff bloom]

it's probably for the better tbh

[stoic ledge]

So "Renault pool" is currently apparently 8 grams said target based on the current sales?

If that's the case, they can indeed increase the price of every car by ~€750 euros to cover the fine

[frank flicker]

the sales increased in 2024, so we will see

i already bought mine so I can wait for these policies to die off anyway lol

or move to US

[stoic ledge]

Fair

[frank flicker]

oh yea

i have to enter the green card lottery this month, i cant forget lmao

[stoic ledge]

Lol

[charred depot]

EV's get taxed as much as my old euro: no diesels from 2025, maybe more if they are expensive ones.

I love the UK car tax system

that being around £300/y, wheres even early 2000's diesels can pay as little as £30/y

[sour ermine]

Spotted this BMW in Cologne - Germany on a class trip!

[tepid wing]

I don't remember that existing.

[wraith rivet]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H4TCZx9neD8 😭

top tier video

idk why youtube thinks i want a chevy silverado ev

[signal drum]

ik it's fire then lol

[white heart]

god the front look so ugly

[rough star]

WHO FUCKIGN DARES

WHO PINGED

[white heart]

Holy shit biggie calm down

[halcyon grotto]

Either my PCV fix hasn't worked properly or something else has gone bonk

Mmmmmmmmm rainbow juice

[prisma frost]

That’s your blinker fluid leaking 😬

[halcyon grotto]

Jeezy peeps must be serious then

[charred depot]

They are on the way

[white heart]

is that a 305 or a 309

that look small for a 305

[charred depot]

305s are small

[native ermine]

i thought the gray one was a Beemer for a second there

bru what the fuck... why is the cheapest BRZ on the market $13 500 AND AN AUTOMATIC

AND its a first year as well

like wtf are people on

[graceful flower]

It's definitely beyond clapped

Certified pre-totalled

I've always found better deals on marketplace compared to autotrader

Ontario car market is just fucked in general

[native ermine]

clapped? it actually looks like it's in decent shape tho

[native ermine]

yeah and the cheapest there is no less

[graceful flower]

Subarus come clapped from the factory 🗿

[native ermine]

maybe $100 less then Autotrader is

[native ermine]

its part Toyota as well

[graceful flower]

It would've been a much better car if they just threw a Toyota 4 cyl in

NGL

[native ermine]

nuh uh

boxer 4 makes sense to keep the weight lower down in the car

car handles great from what I've been told

[graceful flower]

Subaru mfs spending 15 grand on a turbo kit to make bone stock junkyard LS power

Just for it to blow up after 3 pulls anyways

[native ermine]

ah yes lets compare a completely different engine to ALL of Subarus offering and what people do with them 🙄

[stiff bloom]

Sorry but he's right. boxers have always been about packaging first. That their center of gravity is low is only a side effect

[native ermine]

he?

[graceful flower]

my buddy at work had a Subaru, he pulled the engine like every month

[native ermine]

you mean she

[graceful flower]

He means me 🗿

[stiff bloom]

Mr degree sign over there I meant, apologies

[native ermine]

ah

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/trump-mewing-sigma-mew-mewing-chad-gif-17710863300302979354

[native ermine]

isn't packaging the reason to have a lower COM

[graceful flower]

This is how I feel hating on Subarus and their dogshit cars

[native ermine]

lol ok

imagine hating on fun cars xD

go touch grass

[graceful flower]

I'd still rather have a car that doesn't explode after 80k kms

There have been plenty of fun cars with inline engines

[native ermine]

you make it sound like NO other car has the same issues

[native ermine]

yeah most of them BMW

[stiff bloom]

Nah, you can have one without the other. Porsche first used it because they had done all of vws design for the boxers already. VW did it because that was basically the only way to have an air cooled rear engine car (hence why corvair also did it)

[graceful flower]

How many other cars have been assembled with rtv being force fed into the oil pickup

Mfs thought they were making foie gras

[native ermine]

how many other cars have cylinder head gasket issues

[stiff bloom]

AND there you get a peek behind the curtain, the "legendary" formula of the Porsche 911 all came out of packaging constraints

[native ermine]

right but still

it works

[stiff bloom]

Plenty, but few others are such a horrible pain to get at

[native ermine]

fun little sports car that's "SUPPOSED TO BE" cheap

[graceful flower]

Get an nb Miata you can still get em for like 6 grand and they aren't dogshit

[native ermine]

bru don't kid yourself am pretty sure there's some GM out there where half the engine underneath the wiper molding

[graceful flower]

Even an nc can be found for that price

[stiff bloom]

Yeah and part of that should be "cheap to own",as in "cheap to maintain", as in "a head gasket shouldn't be an engine out procedure requiring 32 shop hours and disassembling 3/4 of the engine bay because the engine is underneath everything" 🤣

Which gets even worse when gaskets go every 50kmi

[native ermine]

no you can't and what if i want something newer and not convertible

[native ermine]

right but that's all modern cars these days

[graceful flower]

What about the BRZ feels newer

It's got an aftermarket head unit from factory

[native ermine]

newer in age, design

production

i like the BRZ

[graceful flower]

So you're saying you'd have a less reliable car and pay more for it just to say it's a 2013 instead of a 2006

Makes sense

[native ermine]

bro stfu

[graceful flower]

I can tell lmao at this point I'm just trolling

Nothing like arguing just to piss people off

[native ermine]

no your just being an asshole

[graceful flower]

I still think that things worth 8k max

[stiff bloom]

Uh um no. A head gasket on a modem car is an involved procedure, yeah, but definitely not engine out and definitely definitely not with the amount of work to get to as a Subaru

[native ermine]

trolling is only "fun" when everyone is in on the joke

[native ermine]

[graceful flower]

Who?

?

[native ermine]

also like i could totally see myself dropping the engine in my garage

even without a hoist

[stiff bloom]

Sure, but it doesn't change the fact that you wouldn't need to do it on most cars but on a subaru you do. And even if you did, it would be much more complex of a job on a FX engine than almost anything else short of a Porsche

Look, I love the GT86, lovely car. Almost owned one. But the engine is a big yikes and not worth the immense risk that is it's reliability record. I would prefer almost any other engine other than like a northstar or something

[native ermine]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[graceful flower]

Without a hoist is crazy

[stiff bloom]

Could you even get a boxer engine out of the top of the car at all?? Surely that'd be almost impossible, you'd have to drop the whole thing right?

[native ermine]

from what I've been told they've figured this issue out tho. the best year for this was 2015

[stiff bloom]

I'm honestly curious, I've never done it but just thinking about it it makes my head spin what with how low they are and how incredibly wide they are

[native ermine]

who said anything about the top

[stiff bloom]

Well that's how you use a hoist yeah

[graceful flower]

Do they still need engine out sparkplug jobs too?

[native ermine]

😌

[stiff bloom]

guess you could use a jack to drop it tho

[native ermine]

not that kinda hoist you goober

[stiff bloom]

still have to disassemble the entire engine bay first tho g😬

[stiff bloom]

o yeah i forgfot that

[native ermine]

REEE

[graceful flower]

Subaru with no AWD is like buying a hot dog, throwing out the weiner and just eating the bun

[native ermine]

oh my fuck WHO CARES

[stiff bloom]

looks like the consensus from subaru enthusiasts, if you get really really good at it, you can get it done in the car in "half a day" with "only":

slim ratcheting wrench
torque wrench
regular extension
universal joint
assorted metric sockets
14mm deep socket
10mm angled wrench
#2 standard screwdriver
magnetic pick-up tool - indispensable

[stiff bloom]

Wait what hoist are you talking about? I only know of the one kind

[native ermine]

that's literally most tools that people have

[graceful flower]

LMAO I guess that's better than previous innovative solutions such as:

• pulling the entire engine
• drilling holes in the frame

[native ermine]

car hoist not an engine crane

[graceful flower]

A lift?

[stiff bloom]

sure yeah but doing spark plugs in either of my cars takes:

slim ratcheting wrench
torque wrench
regular extension
universal joint
assorted metric sockets
14mm deep socket
10mm angled wrench
#2 standard screwdriver
magnetic pick-up tool - indispensable

[native ermine]

am not British

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/car-fail-mechanic-ouch-alarm-gif-12178274

This shit?

[stiff bloom]

ohhhhhhhhhhhhh ive only ever heard those called lifts

[graceful flower]

^^^

[stiff bloom]

(i'm PNW)

[native ermine]

eewww British people moment

[stiff bloom]

These ones are called 4 post lifts

our shop has a frame lift

[stiff bloom]

lmao they aren't elevators

[native ermine]

[graceful flower]

Don't even really need the u joint

Atleast on my cars I didn't

[restive scaffold]

just move to the salt belt where by the time you need to replace a spark plug you dont feel bad about taking a drill bit to the body, because its half gone anyway

[stiff bloom]

True. Edited

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/cat-spitting-fax-facts-cat-spitting-fax-gif-22521516

But at the same time a rusted out BRZ is worth less than the spark plugs you'll put in em so 🤷‍♂️

[restive scaffold]

why do you think we just dont change spark plugs here

[stiff bloom]

POINT IS, if the 86 had a K series, or a VPS, or an LE5, or an EA, or AGE, or or or or or or [ad infinitum] I'd probably have bought one

And I seriously doubt it would have handled any worse

Probably better actually, since the FX engines are quite heavy for their power output

[graceful flower]

Cole deserves every single bit of head that comes his way

[stiff bloom]

thank you m'lord. And you as well

Subaru knows how do develop them a chassis and drivetrain, I will not argue that. But MAN keep them away from the engine bay (and the interior while we're at it, yeesh )

To their credit, they probably do one of the most reliable AWD systems in the industry, that shit's actually bonkers

[graceful flower]

The AWD is cool, I personally would never have a use for it but it is cool

[restive scaffold]

correct me if I'm wrong, but isn't Subaru's implementation one of the few true AWD systems?

[graceful flower]

I think so yea, I think in a car it's just them and the non haldex quattro's?

[restive scaffold]

oh, I guess AWD isn't necessarily always full AWD

I think even outside of car's its usually FWD until the front starts to slip SUVs

[stiff bloom]

I think yeah, and then more recent fords

[stiff bloom]

yeah ditto

[graceful flower]

I assume it's more for gas mileage when they do it this way?

[stiff bloom]

a vast overwhelming majority of the time even in snow you don't need awd

[stiff bloom]

and component wear i think

[restive scaffold]

FWD and snow tires is usually pretty good

[restive scaffold]

I think so

[restive scaffold]

As someone who owns a Ford Escape, I kinda wished mine was the 4wd model until I found out that it would still be FWD until it detects slipping, I was hoping it'd be selectable 4wd not just a bad AWD

[stiff bloom]

I mean those systems are usually pretty responsive

but yeah calling it 4wd is a bit of a misnomer

[restive scaffold]

Im sure they are, but its 2010 electronics, so I have my doubts

[graceful flower]

Still better than the systems that claim AWD but in reality it's fwd with a little 3hp motor that drives the rear wheels

[stiff bloom]

Oh yeah those make me roll my eyes so hard

[graceful flower]

Like it's probably better than haldex in terms of responsiveness but atleast give it a decent motor lol

[white heart]

wtf were they even expecting

[dusk ocean]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YY8jrwR-nG4

ffs

[stiff bloom]

such a lovely sound

[dusk ocean]

sorta

[stiff bloom]

...sorta...?

[dusk ocean]

the whine is kind of brutal

[stiff bloom]

it's orgasmic

[dusk ocean]

For like 10 minutes

Then you start to feel like you're in a bad dream in a dentists chair

[stiff bloom]

Well sure but it's a hypercar, you're only supposed to drive it for minutes at a time

[dusk ocean]

I don't think you're actually supposed to drive it lol

[stiff bloom]

Well you're supposed to drive it, but most people who can/will buy it would never imagine driving it

[dusk ocean]

I would custom order one with a transmission that doesn't sound like a hand drill

[stiff bloom]

Nah the drillmission is one of the best parts

[dusk ocean]

Nah, trust me

I've had straight gear transmissions, its exhausting

[stiff bloom]

Sure, but just don't be in it long enough to get exhausted

#stonks

[dusk ocean]

I do like 80 miles a year in my car that had one and that was too much

literally not enjoyable

[stiff bloom]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0j66473sP50

[dusk ocean]

yea

I had a samsonas box in my bmw

"This is cool!"

600 secs later "why did I drive 610 secs from home?"

[stiff bloom]

tee hee secs

But fr, I get it. But at the same time, i have no doubt the engine sound alone would be exhausting too. That's why mr schmee there is using ear protection

[dusk ocean]

well no thats so you can communicate lol

[stiff bloom]

because...?

[dusk ocean]

apparently the vehicle plays warnings thru headphones

[stiff bloom]

and it does so because...?

~~it's a super loud car ~~

It's not a Grand Tourer or even a supercar. Basically the only reason it's street legal is so they can say it is

[dusk ocean]

way too much

[stiff bloom]

aite

[charred depot]

Used windscreen fitted just the bonnet to replace now

needs bonnet pins or something now as cant trust the original catch

[stiff bloom]

Oh, while it's on my mind

[hexed kayak]

Valkyrie 2.0 exhaust tips inside the car and pointed at the drivers skull

[stiff bloom]

And I wouldn't have it any other way

[graceful flower]

You get to hear it in it's full glory, but only once

[dusk ocean]

The shame of the Valkyrie is that its not even exhaust loud - its all induction nose and transmission whine for the driver

[tepid wing]

You know, it's kinda weird how cars with:

• More power
• Lower center of gravity
• More torque
  are generally sought after and the cars that naturally have all of this are not particularly popular.

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/what-is-bro-yammering-about-what-is-bro-wafflin-about-what-is-bro-yapping-about-yapping-what-is-bro-yappin-about-gif-12728898718751592705

[tepid wing]

There's a lot of EV hate when they are really good at doing what people want cars to do (other than making stupid amounts of awful noise, which EVs fix)

[restive scaffold]

because your missing one thing, most people who like all those things, also like when car make loud noises

[graceful flower]

Sure EVs put the weight in the right place but they're still much heavier, they're also so much more expensive to have a good handling one + lack of involvement by the driver is lame

[tepid wing]

That's like the worst part of cars.

[graceful flower]

Like the cheapest good handling EV is what? A base model taycan that's still like 90k CAD used?

[restive scaffold]

maybe for you, but obviously not everyone, some people like when car go brrrrr

[tepid wing]

Mine handles fine for me. 🤷

[graceful flower]

What car?

[tepid wing]

2023 Chevy Bolt 2LT.

[graceful flower]

This guys rage baiting 💀💀💀

[tepid wing]

I just don't get it, there's perfection at a lower maintenance cost and people just don't like it.

[restive scaffold]

for example the v8's used in f1 during the mid 2000's, and the audi quattro

[prisma frost]

I’ve driven an EV a few times and its fun but I still prefer petrol engines but idk how I can explain why

[graceful flower]

Meh idk there's a lot of tech that can go wrong, they may be more reliable but when big things fail it's almost never worth replacing

Like didn't some brand new Hyundai battery fail or get punctured or something and it was like 50k to replace it so the guy just had to scrap it?

[restive scaffold]

honestly, I dont think straight EV is the way to go

[tepid wing]

Often the case with ICE too, if your engine blows up most people aren't going to have it replaced.

[graceful flower]

Meanwhile on my civic if my engine blows up I just pay a shop like 4k for parts and labor and they do it

[restive scaffold]

honestly, the people driving EVs are a different target market then the people who drive ICE

[tepid wing]

They are also much harder to flip in accidents which is a nice bonus.

[restive scaffold]

EVs are targeted at the people who buy a different vehicle every couple of years imo

[graceful flower]

I don't see a single ev making it to their 6th owner with 300k on it

[restive scaffold]

I think the main thing is EVs are still just too new, companies are still working things out

[graceful flower]

If they start coming out with manual EVs I'd be so down

[hollow pasture]

^

The biggest problem with evs is lack of physical response imo

[graceful flower]

But there's just no point other than targeting an already small market atleast in North America

[restive scaffold]

howd a manual EV even work with a clutch

[hollow pasture]

Very very easily

[graceful flower]

Motor connected to flywheel and the rest is normal ice car stuff

[hollow pasture]

Motor is pre axle

[tepid wing]

That's a thing and Toyota is working on a stick shift instead of paddle.

[dusk ocean]

I mean if you are talking about literally not having engine noise, having very limited range and worry when driving spiritedly, weighing like 2X as much as their petrol counterparts, and being relatively soulless... I mean yeah sure if you get passed all of those issues they're fantastic cars

[hollow pasture]

Another huge l for electric vehicles is I can't just put one of these on and make obnoxious noises

[dusk ocean]

To be fair comp turbo sucks

[hollow pasture]

Ok nerd

[tepid wing]

That's a feature not a bug.

[hollow pasture]

I prefer opening my engines and seductively touching them

[graceful flower]

https://youtu.be/OXhOyghwJnE

[restive scaffold]

https://insideevs.com/features/693877/toyota-ev-manual-transmission-tested/

[tepid wing]

I don't see why you'd want to artificially limit the output of an EV to add gear shifting though.

[hollow pasture]

450hp single cam goes insano style

[restive scaffold]

because its fun

[graceful flower]

^^ there's no practical reason but it's fun

[hollow pasture]

Cars exist to drive and enjoy

Not just take you from a to b

[dusk ocean]

because cvts suck for all cars

[tepid wing]

I enjoy EV more than manual and auto.

[hollow pasture]

Cvts are such a cope

[restive scaffold]

isnt this a thing aswell?

[dusk ocean]

https://tenor.com/view/in-there-out-get-out-get-in-door-gif-9674710657154743176

[stiff bloom]

cvts are great for economy cars and nothing else

[dusk ocean]

economy cars should not need to replace transmission belts

[stiff bloom]

also not when mans try to turn them into regular transmissions

[graceful flower]

Yes pair the transmission that sucks ass at off the line starts and high torque with a power plant that is all about high torque off the line

[tepid wing]

Because that's pointless, you use transmissions to keep engines in their power bands and EVs essentially don't have to worry about that.

[dusk ocean]

CVTs are a college doctorate students thesis project that should never have gone into production

[hollow pasture]

Thank you

They are not practical

[dusk ocean]

They are ridiculous

[hollow pasture]

The parasitic loss you get with a cvt over a auto is insane

[tepid wing]

I do want to drive a CVT at some point though.

[dusk ocean]

reliability, losses, wear/tear, cost

[restive scaffold]

what about small motor vehicles like a snowmobile

[graceful flower]

They're good for racing but crap at start stop

[hollow pasture]

Not to mention the fact that if you don't keep up with maintenance they will fucking die

Very quickly

[dusk ocean]

Nissan has entered the chat

[graceful flower]

Some cvts have a mechanical first gear to account for how much they suffer off the line

[hollow pasture]

The only claim I've ever had on me my entire time as a lube tech was a Nissan cvt

[tepid wing]

Even using a transmission over a gearbox is less efficient and electric motors are so good that only one car has a transmission (that I'm aware of).

[stiff bloom]

Actually the FW15C got banned for its electronic aids. Also its transmission was hilariouisly unreliable

[dusk ocean]

they should have a bypass switch and have 7-8 toothed gears for when the rubber bands break

[stiff bloom]

at low power levels they are decently reliable

[hollow pasture]

Drained the fluid, swap the internal filter, filled to capacity with the recommended fluid from Nissan, blew up 2 days later

[tepid wing]

I can't believe Coda tried to do a CVT EV.

[graceful flower]

Perfect

[hollow pasture]

When they had it towed to Nissan, they claimed "it failed because you didn't use Nissan genuine fluid in the cvt"

[stiff bloom]

I can't believe Coda tried to do anything 💀

[hollow pasture]

Even tho we used the exact specific fluid that Nissan recommended outside of their oem fluid

[tepid wing]

The original car would have been decent if they got off the ground.

That sounds like a skill issue for Nissan.

[hollow pasture]

We are talking less than 100hp

[stiff bloom]

nissan has plenty of skill issues after all

[graceful flower]

Cvt bad

[hollow pasture]

Cvts are not meant to last longer than the lease of a car

Cvts are the bmw of transmissions

[stiff bloom]

Fair enough

[tepid wing]

That's certainly a design flaw.

[hollow pasture]

You have it until the lease is up then you trade

[dusk ocean]

I have a BMW with 550 hp and 354k miles

[hollow pasture]

No

That's not

[dusk ocean]

Yes

[graceful flower]

It's crazy because cvts nowadays are tuned to simulate gear ratios

[hollow pasture]

How did you even come to that conclusion

[dusk ocean]

I have a 210k mile 1048 rwhp BMW

[hollow pasture]

That's cool bro

[stiff bloom]

That's the thing I hate more than anything

[tepid wing]

That's stupid.

[graceful flower]

Entirely defeats the purpose

[hollow pasture]

I'm not talking about aftermarket stuff @dusk ocean

[stiff bloom]

It's because "tHeY fEeL wEiRd" otherwise

[dusk ocean]

The "BMWs aren't reliable" are always typed by Honda owners whose engines are outside the car 😉

[hollow pasture]

I'm specifically talking about 1st owner off the lot

[dusk ocean]

Yeah I dailied a 280k mile 525

Stock as can be

I wanted it to die and it would not

[tepid wing]

Drive a regular automatic then you goober.

[graceful flower]

Honda owners just graduate into BMW owners

[stiff bloom]

That's what I'M saying

[hollow pasture]

So true bestie

[tepid wing]

Tesla is the new BMW.

[dusk ocean]

Honda owners are so confused by rwd

[hollow pasture]

That's why I went from a ej1 to 3 crxs

[hollow pasture]

Bros never heard of an s2k

[tepid wing]

Especially with the new models that make it harder to use turn signals.

[dusk ocean]

Sorry, Honda finally did something from 1905

[stiff bloom]

Tesla is the new apple

[dusk ocean]

Yes, yes, the S2000 the definition of Honda

[hollow pasture]

Older hondas were also rwd

Before they went to fwd

[graceful flower]

Wait were they really

[hollow pasture]

Yes

[dusk ocean]

in the 60s lol

[graceful flower]

Like s600?

[stiff bloom]

Honda beat?

[tepid wing]

It's wild what Tesla gets away with on refusing repairs and junk.

[graceful flower]

Okay but Honda gets a pass because they do fwd so damn well

[stiff bloom]

Because if you cultivate a rabid enough fanbase you can do literally whatever you want

And people will love you for it

It makes my fucking jaw drop

[graceful flower]

Tesla is a tech company not a car company

[stiff bloom]

They're a propaganda company

[graceful flower]

They have no pedigree and their cars are built and handle like crap

[tepid wing]

Ah yes, that also applies to current world events. You'd think as a society we would have evolved past that by now.

[stiff bloom]

laughs in track pack that has brake fade after <1mi

[hollow pasture]

@graceful flower current collection

[graceful flower]

Evolved past calling a company out for charging 100k for a car that's built like garbage?

[hollow pasture]

Black rex with no front end is a parts car for the other 2 crxs

[tepid wing]

Their truck is so hazardous they need to be banned.

[graceful flower]

I've seen a cyber truck in person and I am genuinely impressed how they managed to fuck up aligning body lines on a car that has 4 of them

Every panel is a fucking square and not a single edge lines up

How

[tepid wing]

I've seen like a dozen.

[stiff bloom]

nah past designing a shit product and then blaming your customers on it

[hollow pasture]

Idk why everyone is suddenly acting like tesla panel quality has gone down

It's always been this dogshit

[tepid wing]

I don't think anyone ever said it was good without drinking the Kool aid.

[graceful flower]

No its bad on a car with curves, it's even worse on a car where everything is flat

[hollow pasture]

Look at mclaren

[stiff bloom]

https://youtu.be/s95xMWkqk-c?t=557

[hollow pasture]

Several hundred thousand dollars cars and they come with severel panel gaps from factory

[tepid wing]

One of these days I definitely want to convert a car.

[hollow pasture]

The only mclaren I've ever seen in person that didn't have hideous gaps was totaled and rebuilt

[graceful flower]

LMAO yea those are funny too

Everyone raves about "hand built" when in reality it just means an inconsistent quality product

[tepid wing]

Oh yeah remember that weird charging tentacle that never happened?

[stiff bloom]

Yeah! Example 973 of "useless techbro product that makes actually no sense but grabs headlines anyway" peddled by this garbage company

[stiff bloom]

That's one talking point that never ceases to piss me off. "Hand-Built" is supposed to mean "attention to detail" but wayyyyyyy more often than not it's just a cop out

[tepid wing]

I'm still annoyed that they are not letting Chevy on their L3 charging network.

[stiff bloom]

Well first Chevy EVs have to stop bricking themselves immediately

[hollow pasture]

That's not even remotely true

[tepid wing]

Mine has been perfectly fine.

[hollow pasture]

It's mass produced hand made that's the problem

[graceful flower]

Don't forget catching on fire after two recalls fixing the issue of catching on fire

[stiff bloom]

Oh yeah that's a good one

[tepid wing]

RIP LG

[stiff bloom]

Oh well it's everything after the bolt that's been doing that. MY2022+

https://www.thedrive.com/news/the-chevy-blazer-ev-launch-has-gone-from-rough-to-worse-as-gm-issues-stop-sale

[graceful flower]

Don't ever call me out like this again unless you want a kiss on the lips bro

https://tenor.com/view/kirby-kiss-kirby-kiss-kirby-super-star-kirby-super-star-kiss-gif-25332268

[hollow pasture]

Imma kiss you on the cheeks

[tepid wing]

Man EVs are so good but companies are trying to chase the Tesla BS and paying for it.

[stiff bloom]

I hope you don't mean his face

[hollow pasture]

And I ain't talkin bout your mouth

[stiff bloom]

Nah they're trying to apply ICE logic to them. It's the same thing as CVTs in a way

Thinking they can subscriptionize/monetize them the same way as they've been trying to do with ICE cars isn't going to work

[hollow pasture]

It won't work on me because i won't own a modern vehicle

There is nothing a modern vehicle can give me that I can't just throw in the eg or the blue crx

[tepid wing]

The giant tablet infotainment systems are really getting out of hand.

[stiff bloom]

they've been out of hand for like 5 years

[tepid wing]

I'm so happy mine has physical controls for most things.

[hollow pasture]

Im fan of the 23 civic si infotainment

[stiff bloom]

but it's cheaper! we don't have to engineer buttons

[hollow pasture]

Shits pretty cash in terms of what it actually takes up

[tepid wing]

I would prefer knobs for the climate controls but that's my biggest complaint with it.

[stiff bloom]

Rented a '24 accord, its interior was lovely. A true breath of fresh air

[hollow pasture]

So real

[stiff bloom]

and it was a base model. Cloth everything. Buttons everywhere. Perfect

[hollow pasture]

It's almost like they care about the driving atmosphere still

[stiff bloom]

Yeah. The touch interface was abysmal, but who cares? You have Android Auto and buttons and you don't need anything else

[hollow pasture]

The biggest reason I love the crx so much is, everything is meant for the driver

[tepid wing]

Something that aggravates me is the lack of bidirectional heat pumps in EVs.

[stiff bloom]

Those are a thing tho

[hollow pasture]

Not that there are many controls to begin with

But the way they organize the clusters and leave everything else open

It's art

[tepid wing]

Anyway, I have to go do actual work stuff now that these computers I was updating are done updating.

[stiff bloom]

bai, have fun

[hollow pasture]

Something about 80s dashes realy peaks my fancy

this picture was taken in a rot box I used for front end parts

Shit truly is a box of rot

[restive scaffold]

itll buff out

[hollow pasture]

80s dashes fuck

[graceful flower]

On GOD

[restive scaffold]

all the gauges and all analog

[hollow pasture]

Dude

The single best part about the crx is vacuum based timing advance and the fucking fuel pump runs off the cam

Fuel pump and dizzy are all one assembly

Fully mechanical motor

Shits awesome

[graceful flower]

But the age old question

Is your vacuum advance hooked up to manifold or ported vacuum

[hollow pasture]

Hah

Full devac

It actually goes to my weber carb

I'll take some pics later

[restive scaffold]

ngl, I think late 90s and early 2000s might be the perfect mix of old tech and newish tech

still analog enough to be fun, but new enough to be quite reliable

[graceful flower]

True

[restive scaffold]

defintely dont say this just because im driving a 99 mustang and am coping because its a v6

[graceful flower]

Not like the v8s were fast anyways

my Vette has a V8 with a whopping 200 HP

[restive scaffold]

my hope is when the v6 dies, drop a 350 in it, and then blow the transmission

[hollow pasture]

You know why I like hondas

[restive scaffold]

https://tenor.com/view/vtec-vtec-kicked-in-yo-honda-civic-honda-civic-gif-8330059966453453991

[graceful flower]

Smoll

[hollow pasture]

I have no fear of fucking the motor up

[graceful flower]

This is true vtec is fun

I never experienced VTEC till my 8th Gen SI and now I love it

[hollow pasture]

Wait

Z6?

[graceful flower]

https://tenor.com/view/vtec-vtak-honda-civic-eg6-gif-10381955

[hollow pasture]

D series vtec isn't shit lol at least on stock cams

B series vtec

Wow

That's some fuckin spice

Super light pull in the b18 del sol

[charred depot]

Someone I know has a K20 turbo fitted into a decent chassis

(A Peugeot 306)

They had a built turbo diesel in it before, big downgrade

[hollow pasture]

K series are so over hyped

Yes they are good motors

But b series responds to boost way stronger

And is infinitely more widely attainable

K does sound wild in vtec tho

[graceful flower]

It does

My exhaust rusted out though so now I'm running some aftermarket garbage:(

[hollow pasture]

Honda honda

K swap k swap

[graceful flower]

I miss being able to hear the induction noise

[hollow pasture]

SHUT THE FUCK UPPPPPPP

[graceful flower]

Been looking for a clean OEM exhaust on marketplace for months

[hollow pasture]

Hehehehehe

[charred depot]

Its a custom job so probably makes more sense to design around a K series.

[graceful flower]

Wat

[charred depot]

A Peugeot 306 doesent come with a honda engine etc so everything was done custom.

[hollow pasture]

No honda should be straight piped

They all sound like wet farts

[graceful flower]

I agree

This is what I'm stuck with until something pops up on marketplace

[hollow pasture]

This is why the del sol only has a downpipe

[charred depot]

I was on track with a mid engine converted del sol and they were having a real hard time controlling it

[hollow pasture]

Oh yea it's fart time

[graceful flower]

It was literally perfect with OEM exhaust

[hollow pasture]

All del sols handle like this

[charred depot]

you would see them slightly go off the throttle instant 360 into the grass heh

[hollow pasture]

All del sols handle like that

It's the torsional flex the chassis get

[charred depot]

They were in the grass like 10 times a miracle they didnt hit anything

[hollow pasture]

The wheel base moves around because of how much the del sol flexes in corners

Leading to snap oversteer

[charred depot]

honda engine in a decent chassis