cars

[prisma frost]

It sounded like this for 1 day and its gone now

[full prism]

lol

sounds like the cable got dry somehow

[prisma frost]

I like to take the clutch out of the car and clean it no lies

Maybe it got dry because im so hot

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1232799790081904682.gif?size=160&name=GuraBlink3D

its supposed to get wet if that was the case

[hearty delta]

It’s a 16 yr old car

God damn

[agile wadi]

what car do you have

[hearty delta]

2008 Toyota Aygo

[agile wadi]

oh fair enough

[hearty delta]

I’m learning, I’m 17 yrs old

[agile wadi]

I drove a Toyota at driving school, it's also squeaking

[agile wadi]

I can see that you're learning

[hearty delta]

Yess

[hearty delta]

My driving instructor has a really nice car

[agile wadi]

what is it

[prisma frost]

Volkswagen das auto

[agile wadi]

its a toyota

give it another 20 years it'll last

[prisma frost]

MY CAR

[hearty delta]

I think he meant his car

Yeah ^

[agile wadi]

sorry brother I was uninformed

[prisma frost]

I should buy a sedan version of my Polo

[agile wadi]

no

hatchback way better

[prisma frost]

I dont accept ur apology

[agile wadi]

okay Ollie

[prisma frost]

Yes but this is more cursed

[agile wadi]

literally why I told u not to get it

but it's your choice

[prisma frost]

I would have to import from russia

[agile wadi]

I'll think I'll buy a 98' Toyota Cressida for my first car

[prisma frost]

Its so goddamn ugly

[agile wadi]

yes it is

[prisma frost]

My 2nd car soon totally

[prisma frost]

Or get a Tesla model 3

[agile wadi]

I'm in SEA Tesla isn't here yet

and I don't like eletric cars

[prisma frost]

Ur in de sea 🌊

Makes sense

Batterys and salt water dont mix

[agile wadi]

true

[hearty delta]

Doesn’t sound too bad, sounds much better irl than on video tho

[agile wadi]

it sounds aight

[prisma frost]

My Polo sounds worse somehow this actually sounds good

[agile wadi]

typical inline 4

[prisma frost]

Heres a cold start this is not edited

[hearty delta]

||A whole 67 bhp that is||

[agile wadi]

cold start may cooking

[hearty delta]

Wtaf

[prisma frost]

Yes Vw makes best cars

[agile wadi]

sounds like Straight piped

[hearty delta]

Nice edit lmao

[prisma frost]

||shh|| what?!!

[agile wadi]

I disagree

[prisma frost]

Ye ye its straight piped

[agile wadi]

did u change the exhaust fluid tho? it sounds rough

B)

[prisma frost]

Wdym u disagree

[prisma frost]

No only the blinker fluid

[hearty delta]

It sounds a lil better like this ||the door and boot defo isn’t open 💀💀💀||

[agile wadi]

should change that as well

[agile wadi]

is it just me or does that car does not have a tachometer

but it sounds like ordinary I4

[prisma frost]

Ive never tried to rev my car bc i thought it damaged it when stationary but idk why i think that

[hearty delta]

Like a rev counter? No it doesn’t

[agile wadi]

I rev my dad's old Ford and he's mad cuz "I'm breaking the car"

[hearty delta]

I rly wanna redline it, but, idk where the redline is so

[agile wadi]

just put the gas down

[hearty delta]

It doesn’t, it could damage if if u held the clutch in, held the gas down for a couple mins so just smashed against the limiter for like, a good few minutes

[agile wadi]

the redline is the maximum revolutions per minute the engine can spin

[prisma frost]

I believe its an option when the car was first introduced

[hearty delta]

Yes I’m aware but there was something that was needing a look at under the hood I can’t remember what it was so I don’t wanna push it toooooo hard

[agile wadi]

well just don't do anything stupid with that engine

[hearty delta]

Ah well clearly I don’t have that, and no fucking way that 67hp reaches 8k rpm

[agile wadi]

wait

[prisma frost]

First gear

[hearty delta]

Stupid as in redlining it

[agile wadi]

y'all car make 67hp?

[agile wadi]

yes

[prisma frost]

Mine makes 90

[hearty delta]

MINE DOES HAHAHAHAA 😂😂😂

[agile wadi]

my dad's Ford

03'

[prisma frost]

And it has a turbo smh

[agile wadi]

makes around 114hp

[worldly oasis]

☠️pretty sure my grandpas tractor makes more

[agile wadi]

bro tried so hard

[hearty delta]

Yup

Bet ur car doesn’t weigh only 890 kilos tho

[agile wadi]

Same same

[prisma frost]

The 1.2 engines make 60hp and the 1.2tsi (The one I have) makes 90-110hp)

[hearty delta]

No shit 😭

[agile wadi]

890 kilos and 67hp is crazy power:weight

[worldly oasis]

I have 208hp in the daily tho

[agile wadi]

very cool, what car u drive

[prisma frost]

90hp is perfect for me though

[hearty delta]

I’m aware, any more power and it would be too much to learn in

[hearty delta]

Ur not 17 tho

[prisma frost]

I have never felt like I had too little powah

[worldly oasis]

The beast of a bone stock 2007 s60

[worldly oasis]

I drove it when i was 17 lmao

[agile wadi]

beautiful

man I wish I was European

[worldly oasis]

I’m American i can drive a hellcat on a learners permit no issue

[hearty delta]

wtf

[agile wadi]

they won't let me drive cars until I'm 18

[hearty delta]

Me in the UK would get charged thousands to get insured on that

[prisma frost]

Man I wish I was American

[hearty delta]

If I actually was even allowed to get insurance on that

[worldly oasis]

I’m pretty sure my dad pays a reasonable amount on mine

[prisma frost]

How much u pay rn per month

[hearty delta]

Paid abt £370 for a year

[worldly oasis]

There aren’t many slower cars in the states

[charred depot]

You say that but I went from being satisfied with 50hp in a car to engine swapping it for 200hp

[prisma frost]

Oh god

[hearty delta]

||Which is more than the value of the car||

[worldly oasis]

🗣️🗣️🗣️

[charred depot]

£370 is alright for insurance in the UK especially if you are under 25

[prisma frost]

I pay €145 per month (£120 per month)

[agile wadi]

are y'all into motorsports?

[charred depot]

£350 a year with mods declared

[worldly oasis]

Unless the sport is trying to wiggle under my car to do an oil change no

[agile wadi]

good thing it doesn't leak

[worldly oasis]

It only did that when the Pcv hose didn’t exist

[agile wadi]

what is bro cooking

[hearty delta]

It’s learners insurance

It would probs be over £1k when I have a full license

[charred depot]

Yeah thats to be expected

[worldly oasis]

I got the 1 year that they had a plastic vent hose instead of rubber

Pretty peak ngl

[charred depot]

My car would never leak

[worldly oasis]

My jeep leaks all day every day

For fun

[agile wadi]

true true

[charred depot]

It used to hence marks but since rebuild I have the one rare non leaking XUD, for now.

[agile wadi]

good thing I doesn't drive a BMW

[charred depot]

my driveway is pretty wrecked, also because I had a tank rust through and cover my driveway in diesel

[halcyon grotto]

not even bad that

[worldly oasis]

Can confirm bmws leak my buddy’s 340i cracked some housing and was pouring coolant

[agile wadi]

btw it's 1:30AM y'all have a good day Imma go to bed

[worldly oasis]

Not oul

[charred depot]

I have insurance on a car I dont even own anymore but I am just farming it for no claims bonus

[agile wadi]

yes they leak

they always do

[worldly oasis]

He upgraded it and now his diff is making noise

[agile wadi]

what did he upgrade

[worldly oasis]

The housing

That was leaking idk

[agile wadi]

fair

[worldly oasis]

All i know is that it’s fast

[agile wadi]

and leaking

anyway I think the BMW leaking have something to do with their power

create air flow or something

[worldly oasis]

So true

[agile wadi]

that is so BMW

[worldly oasis]

470hp has to go somewhere

And that’s on the ground in the form of oil

[agile wadi]

Naturally Aspirated

[worldly oasis]

What

No

[agile wadi]

it's a joke

[worldly oasis]

Oops

[agile wadi]

I work with cars all the time

I know

[worldly oasis]

Fair enough

[agile wadi]

I do not know everything but I know what I'm talking about

😎

[worldly oasis]

I’m waiting for him to get an m car or upgrade the turbo on his current one for another ride

[agile wadi]

aight Imma go to bed see y'all tmr

[worldly oasis]

Cya

[agile wadi]

aight

[hearty delta]

For learners insurance it’s pretty damn high

[halcyon grotto]

oh learners

yeah

what are you insured on

[prisma frost]

Is that different from normal insurance?

Bc that would explain why I pay so much compared to u

[hearty delta]

Yeah it insures someone learning to drive for their own car, but u are unable to drive legally without someone over 21 who has had their license for a minimum of 3 years with u all the time bc u haven’t passed ur driving test yet, ur still learning

U can’t drive the car on ur own

[prisma frost]

Ah okay

[hearty delta]

The “having a responsible adult” in the car aspect of it makes the insurance farrrrr cheaper

Bc they can help and intervene

A 17 yr old on their own in a car is a lot more risky

[prisma frost]

Nvm

[white heart]

Crazy

[prisma frost]

I got my license at 17 but could only drive with a parent. But if I already have my license then why would I need to wait before 18 smh

Now of ur 17 and still learning/having lessons then it makes sense ye

[worldly oasis]

i got my license at 16 and drove a large suv to work every day

[prisma frost]

Ah yes the big American suvs

I saw one in Austria yesterday

[white heart]

If I ace it I'll be able to drive with a parent at 16 and In August I'll be able to drive alone when I'm 17

[wraith rivet]

60k

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1264193651572080650.png?size=160&name=wowoooo

congrats

[white heart]

Milestone

[full prism]

i dont see a stone

[wanton arrow]

Here's my current Subie. Has an IAG Stage 2 Closed Deck. Pretty much stock other then a catless downpipe and ETS extreme cat back. Currently waiting to install Equal Length header with a external wastegate up-pipe, flex kit, parallel fuel lines, fuel rails and ID 1050x injectors.

[full prism]

subuwu gaang

[wanton arrow]

This is actually my 2nd, I had a built 2019 WRX but crashed it

[full prism]

dang

how much did they say the rebuild will be

[white heart]

Oof

[wanton arrow]

Oh they totaled it, I got a little over $19k which paid it off and I had a couple thousand left. First brand-new car I ever bought. Sucks that I was out the $20k worth of mods.

[hearty delta]

I get the feeling this has more horsepower than my car

[full prism]

dang

[wanton arrow]

Currently I'm on a very conservative tune so it's only 280 with 10psi of boost.

I bought it used, person who had it before me had a jank catless DP and intake on it. Which on EJs you can have one or the other on stock injectors. But they had both and engine blew on my way to work on day. Got the IAG block and tuned it down low so shit doesn't blow up again. But I have everything other then a bigger turbo to turn the power up. Block is rated for 500hp, so I just need to figure out if I want to go rotated or just bigger stock location.

[hearty delta]

“Only”

[charred depot]

Not that much these days unfortunately

Drove a lada with slightly more but that was completely lethal for a number of reasons

[hearty delta]

He has more than 4x more bhp than me

[charred depot]

The car I have 200hp in used to have 52hp was deadly slow although I was still held up by people and achieved some overtakes on single lane roads

[full prism]

tf u driving

[hearty delta]

2008 Toyota Aygo with a whole ||67 bhp|| but thats bc it ||only weighs 890kg and is so small||

[full prism]

ayyy, based car

i think d4a has that car

or used to have, idk

[white heart]

4.5 more than what my sis will have

[hearty delta]

what is ur sister gonna have bro what

[hearty delta]

hell yeahhhhh

[white heart]

Gen 1 twingo, most likely the 60hp one lol

[hearty delta]

@full prism

[hearty delta]

oh wow

[white heart]

0 to 60 eventually

On downhill

[hearty delta]

😭

[white heart]

It's still pretty fun to drive

[full prism]

so cute

[hearty delta]

its so fun to drive btw, the rly low weight makes it rather fast for so little horsepower

[white heart]

The twingo is 872kg

[full prism]

i can understand, must be hella fun

[hearty delta]

it is, especially with the abnormally long gear stick, if u stay in 1st for a while u get a lotta power and acceleration, its quite fun

[white heart]

Noice

[full prism]

lol

abusing that first gear' teeths 😋

[white heart]

The twingo is apparently pretty fun to drive but idk never tried one

[full prism]

twink-o

best thing to drive

[hearty delta]

apparently there was a tachometer for this car as an optional extra which my car doesn't actually have, the tachometer available for this car seems to go up to 8k rpm, i dont believe that

[white heart]

That was literally what I want to do if I get one lmao

[full prism]

wtf

[white heart]

The twinko sound funny

[full prism]

yes, and yummy

imagine a car crossdressing

[white heart]

That's crazy

[white heart]

Fascinating

[hearty delta]

this msg, this is my EXACT spedometer so it must be for the same car

[hearty delta]

^

[full prism]

lmao goofy alien antenna tachometer

[white heart]

I'm also into car but not in that way dude

[full prism]

6.5k redline still

[full prism]

you'll get there eventually

[white heart]

Once I get a twingo sure

[full prism]

yea lmfao

riding dat thang 24/7

[white heart]

Crazyyyyyy

There was a dude who did a k20 swap

[full prism]

right

[white heart]

On a twingo

[white heart]

He's my idol ever since

[full prism]

eh, i like em smol

[white heart]

I like em big~

[full prism]

k20 is toob ig

[full prism]

fair, enjoy

[hearty delta]

fr tbh LMAO

[white heart]

Peep this btw https://youtu.be/XhtulOjuT1Y?si=sQQlXp1b9NT9gpjK

[white heart]

That shit had me wheezing for a while

[full prism]

poor thing looks horrified

[hearty delta]

it looks like it should almost go all the way round to 10k rpm, imagine a 67 hp 2008 toyota aygo hiting 10k rpm

[white heart]

He definitely is

Twingo's are extremely understeery

[full prism]

average motorcycle engine

[white heart]

Now put a 500hp engine in it

And you got a death machine

[full prism]

add 2-3 twinks to the trunk, easily balanced

[hearty delta]

yeah my uncles sports bike could probs hit that

[full prism]

likely

[white heart]

That'll just make it oversteer

[full prism]

better than understeer

[white heart]

Problem with the twingo is its design lol

It's smoll

So to prevent the back from going away

[full prism]

well i consider that as a positive

[white heart]

They made it extremely understeery

[full prism]

by putting a twink(the engine) to front

[white heart]

And making it fwd

[full prism]

not like that 67hp will do shit on rwd

[white heart]

60 actually 💯

The strongest engine they had has 75

[full prism]

lol

whats the displacement of that 75 one

[white heart]

Displacement ?

English bad srry

[full prism]

the engine size

yk, 4.5 liter v8 twin turbo style but the 4.5 liter part

[white heart]

1.2

[full prism]

cute

[white heart]

It's so smoll

[full prism]

exactly

[white heart]

Tbh the 75hp is actually pretty decent for the size of the car

[white heart]

The car is silly

[full prism]

yea its like 1hp/11kg

[white heart]

Car is 872kg

[full prism]

o

still its around 10kg per hp or whatever

[worldly oasis]

1/1 ratio or I’m not buying smh

[full prism]

lol

get your 2.4m dolers ready

[worldly oasis]

Done

[white heart]

I got the perfect car for you brother

[full prism]

now paypal it to me

[white heart]

Behold

[worldly oasis]

3700hp s60?????

[white heart]

No

[worldly oasis]

Darn

[white heart]

The 208 pikes peak

800kg

[worldly oasis]

Beautiful

[white heart]

800hp

[worldly oasis]

I love it

[full prism]

happy face

[white heart]

Pretty neat

[white heart]

Everyone does

Who could hate this car

[full prism]

crazy

[worldly oasis]

Idiots

[white heart]

Actually I'm wrong

[full prism]

i only do it because it reminds me of a car from mw2005 that i dont remember

[white heart]

875kg for 875hp

[full prism]

golf something maybe idfk

[white heart]

True

[white heart]

Fucking insane

[full prism]

take off the driver and ur over 1hp/1kg ezpz

[white heart]

And the craziest thing

It was driven by Sébastien Loeb

[full prism]

first time i heard him, is he a twink or what

[white heart]

He's arguably the best rally driver

[white heart]

Look him up

He's a fucking baller

Born to drive

[full prism]

not a twink, not interested

[white heart]

He still look fire

[full prism]

hmmm, doesnt look unfamiliar, wait a sec

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/extreme-racing-pikes-peak-sebastien-loeb-rhys-millen-gif-3382897

[white heart]

You prolly saw him before

[hearty delta]

2022 suzuki hayabusa

[white heart]

He's the fucking goat

[full prism]

nah hes just the guy on right

[white heart]

Mf came back from retirement to partake in Monaco with a math teacher for copilot

[white heart]

And won

Loeb is my idol ngl

[full prism]

lol

[full prism]

yum

[white heart]

Imma go sleep now

Bye bye twinks

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1042867984814837780.png?size=160&name=menhera_night

[shell mountain]

@full prism wanna hear my shitbox backfire?

[full prism]

heck yeah

[shell mountain]

Sounds decent for a stock truck

[full prism]

sheeesh

@shell mountain

[shell mountain]

:3

[full prism]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/1236827175852970076.webp?size=48&name=FurryExplosion

[shell mountain]

What do you think for a stock 5.3 iron block ls?

[full prism]

what what exactly

[shell mountain]

Of the sound

[full prism]

ah, sick ofc

just needs new cams to push 10k rpm

[shell mountain]

Nah

[full prism]

yah

[shell mountain]

Needs a new smaller engine to do that

[full prism]

nah thats boring

[shell mountain]

Or different crankshaft

[full prism]

nah keep the 20 ton crank

[shell mountain]

I’d need a flat plane for high rpm

I have a crossplane

[full prism]

nah, just cams

put 5 cams in it and ez

[shell mountain]

Its a pushrod

Not dohc

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1270093055835504720.png?size=160&name=shhhh+quiet

shut up and put 5 cams in it

[shell mountain]

Ill eat your cams

[full prism]

deal

[shell mountain]

Plus

@full prism im half way to 5 anyways

[full prism]

pro max plus

[full prism]

wth ur 4y.o?!

[shell mountain]

No, 5 camshafts

[full prism]

ah

2.5 works too sure

[shell mountain]

All i need are the 2 from le celica

And then 2 more

3 cams rn

[full prism]

mmm

[shell mountain]

Le celica :3

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1228619844367155302.png?size=160&name=wow

why the sun visor on, u gay or what

let the sun burn yer eyes and make u blind

[shell mountain]

I am gay

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1264193651572080650.png?size=160&name=wowoooo

[civic olive]

wheels on my truck i just put on

[hot fjord]

My driving instructor took a liking to me

[civic olive]

last pic is the original

[hot fjord]

I am passing that test

[shell mountain]

Is that a sierra?

[civic olive]

no Silverado 03

cat eye

[shell mountain]

Same thing

Gmc = chevy

[civic olive]

little differences here and there but yha

[shell mountain]

Essentially the same other than logo

[civic olive]

upgraded the radio with a touchscreen with Bluetooth and navi

[shell mountain]

My truck >

/j

[civic olive]

didn't know originally but the ford bronco uses the same lug pattern as chevy

[shell mountain]

No

Its just a standard

Trucks typically use 6 or 8 lug

[civic olive]

well they canged to it with the new ones the wheels on my truck are from a 2023 bronco

[shell mountain]

Lugs typically look very similar

[full prism]

sick

[civic olive]

it uses the 6×5.5 in or 6-139.7 mm

[fathom shore]

hey guys I have a 2000 lexus es 300 but I need new suspension. Any ideas on the best budget friendly options? I don't want the ride to be too stiff but can't afford OEM.

[prime blade]

do live in the usa?

[prime blade]

https://www.rockauto.com

i get most of my parts from here

[fathom shore]

yeah I do

[fathom shore]

okay thank you this website is goated

[marsh quail]

yo anyone out here who knows someone that got the Seat Control Module for an R129 without memory. Part number is A129 820 08 26.

i nearly forgot, this is the beaut.

[shell mountain]

Its an sl class, but idk what model

I love them

[marsh quail]

R129

[shell mountain]

Thats not a model

[marsh quail]

it is

[shell mountain]

Thats just the chassis

[marsh quail]

wdym model

[shell mountain]

Like sl550 for example

[marsh quail]

ohhhhh

yeah its just a 280

Sl280

[shell mountain]

Hm

[marsh quail]

but shes low and Wide and 18"

[shell mountain]

I wish i had an r129 sl600

[marsh quail]

looks better than a normal 500 imo

[marsh quail]

dont get one from before 1996

my 280 is from 93 and the engine harness is detereorating

misfiring like a bih

and a mouse ran through the interior

[shell mountain]

Pretty average for its age

[marsh quail]

i got the interior out in the garage and im rebuilding the interior wiring harness

[shell mountain]

@marsh quail do you know what makes the sl600’s special?

[marsh quail]

nah its just that mercedes wanted to use biodegradeable Soybean wiring on their engine from 92-95

idk why they would do such stupidity

[marsh quail]

its a 6l v12

[shell mountain]

Yup

[marsh quail]

mhm

[shell mountain]

A bit more powerful than my truck

[marsh quail]

probably

[shell mountain]

And ~100hp more than my trailblazer

And depending on the fuel, the f150 has the same

[marsh quail]

you rocking 400hp?

[shell mountain]

On e85 the f150 is more powerful

[shell mountain]

No

The r129 sl600 is 389hp

[marsh quail]

nah its 517

[shell mountain]

No

[marsh quail]

ah no wait

that was the r230

its 394

[shell mountain]

You’re thinking of the sl70/72/73

[marsh quail]

no

i was thinking of the sl600 r230

[shell mountain]

Ah

[marsh quail]

the successor

[shell mountain]

I wish i had the money for an sl65 black series

[marsh quail]

which model?

[shell mountain]

The sl65 black series was only 1 gen

[marsh quail]

ah yeah i had the 45th anniversary in mind

[winged raft]

How y'all feel about Q50s

I'm starting to want a Red Sport 400

[marsh quail]

wavy interior

[winged raft]

Very

The dual screens look dumb though

And people who own them say that it's a dumb system

[wraith rivet]

That rear end pic looks uncannily like my mazda

maybe from a distance nvm 😭

random one

[winged raft]

Nah wtf!?

That is LITERALLY the same car

[fair moon]

Still a nissan, so still shit

[winged raft]

You know honestly I like you

Coming in with the wildest takes

I mean the 3.0t is pretty unreliable but the NA 3.7 is amazing

The RS400 of course comes with that 3.0

But I mean does long term reliability even matter to me at this point

[agile wadi]

they just got the same ass

[wraith rivet]

very similar roofline too i think

[winged raft]

Same bodylines in general

But that's enough to look really similar from behind

[agile wadi]

indeed it is

[fresh island]

The entire city is covered by black ice and I am like a cow on ice with my car

What doesn't help is that I drive like a dipshit and floor almost every intersectuon

[civic spoke]

I'm in a mood

[prisma frost]

This was on the autobahn ofc

[full prism]

looks like it has a v6 inside, rear doesnt keep up to front as much tho

front has much more pronounced look

[civic spoke]

Here I thought it was Mexico.

[charred depot]

Too slow for the unrestricted autobahn

[fresh island]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/619589117331898369/1316811207319093339/Messenger_creation_892399476344352.jpg?ex=675c6780&is=675b1600&hm=2f613c66b4f79b7290231afdb1b576b0634198fbf32299ef21641104b0ae1487&

[prisma frost]

Yes

[civic spoke]

Just know that I'm judging you.

[prisma frost]

Why smh

No one shall judge me

[civic spoke]

Too high of a speed difference to the traffic.
And passing on the right (at that rate of speed) is something I frown upon.

[prisma frost]

I agree yes

I never said I wasnt in the wrong mohahahha

Whats even worse is that I drove 11 hours with only 30-40minute break

From Austria back to NL

[stoic ledge]

You're already back in NL?

[prisma frost]

Yeah I checked in Sunday and checked out today

Then drove home bc i didnt want to stay the night at a hotel

[stoic ledge]

It's not crazy fast, already looks to be a reduced speed

Seems perfectly fine to me to drive at this speed on an exit lane

[stoic ledge]

Oefertjes short

[prisma frost]

What

[prisma frost]

I did accelerate when getting onto the exit lane bc I just wanted to go home lol

Not a lot but still a bit fast

I would’ve stayed longer in Austria but gotta start working again to earn €€

And staying longer was out of my budget. Renting a small cabin in the mountains aint cheap

[stoic ledge]

Short time for such a long trip

[stoic ledge]

Understandable

[cloud lance]

@compact grotto
@paper cradle
I regret nothing

and just to make @dusk ocean look, too

[halcyon grotto]

Lovely little oil leak I've got somewhere

Thought my pcv fix a while back went well but maybe not? Seems like quite a lot for just that though

[white heart]

Dumbass truck

[paper cradle]

You're too late, a friend showed me this last night

[cloud lance]

damn, but I tried

[white heart]

Tbh what was he supposed to do ? Seemed to go at a speed that is fine for exit (maybe a bit high) not his fault traffic is that slow, though please take this with a huge grain of salt as I don't even have a license yet

To me sound like the actual fucking idiot is the truck

Was way past the insertion line, should have just kept driving

[civic spoke]

You're passing people on their 'blind' side. So they are less likely to see you passing everyone.

[white heart]

Sure, but slowing down would just annoy everyone on the exit lane, I woulda done the same

Also that car didn't show any sign of inserting itself so idk it was just going slow for no reason

[civic spoke]

Within reason.
I just wouldn't be doing 90 kmh.

[white heart]

After looking at the video again, yeah I agree, bit too fast for the situation

Though the truck def lack braincells

[compact grotto]

You sent me this already!

You can't re-send cybertruck memes, they cancel eachother out

[cloud lance]

I didn't think I saw that one yet

[cloud lance]

nope, that was a DIFFERENT shanty

[compact grotto]

oh no

[cloud lance]

(which is hilarious that there's now more than one Cybershit Shanty in the wild)

[charred depot]

Exits should be like 5 meters of broken line and then solid IMO, take it immediately or dont

I usually speed up a little as I come off and there is always the person that had to overtake just one more car and ends up coming off slower infront as the squeeze between cars

[cloud lance]

5M at 100+ kph?

lolwut

[charred depot]

yup

slight exaggeration but pretty much

[cloud lance]

100 kph = 1.66 kpm

that's 0.028 kps

That's 28 M/s.... 5M? No.

[fair moon]

a thing did indeed occur

wouldn't be an R56 if it wasn't on

[charred depot]

Its an exaggeration you can put the calculator away.

[cloud lance]

So, you'd need no less than 50M to be reasonable at 100kph

[charred depot]

ill give you 25

[cloud lance]

if you want people to die? Sounds good

[charred depot]

Only deaths would come of stupidity

[cloud lance]

Having 1 second to go from highway speeds to off-ramp speeds?

Nope, that's going to cause deaths.

[charred depot]

No speed change just 1 second to glide over

Plus there is plenty of offslips on 70mph / 122kmh roads that are literally like 25-50 meters that you have to slow down on before going into an immediate sharp 90. Or worse than that 0m.

[fair moon]

That's not enough at those speeds

that will have a very high likelihood of unsettling most larger cars very easily

if they can do it at all

that's downright dangerous

[charred depot]

Sounds like these big cars are dangerous

[fair moon]

Sounds like you're delusional

I wouldn't be comfortable doing that in my car

Not at 60mph

[charred depot]

Everything I have said has been pretty much exaggerated but a lane change for me at 70 in 40 year old cars is 1 - 2 seconds

[fair moon]

no.

[charred depot]

All I was meaning is dont make the dashed area for the offslip a mile long

2 seconds at 95mph, 3 if you include the steering going on before the line is crossed

[charred depot]

Anything mores a waste of money

[winged raft]

All are V6s but that's not much of an issue

400 hp is 400 hp

It's just that I'm starting to like my winter beater G37 a little too much 😭

Though I honestly prefer the G37s interior a lot more

[timber musk]

I like v6s

Even tho I got a wide dohc American v8

I really like the twin turbo v6s they are crazy

[full prism]

oh thats nice

[full prism]

yup

[winged raft]

I'm quite the V6 connoisseur 🧐

Seriously, every car I've ever owned or seriously looked into owning is a V6 and that's a pure coincidence

[winged raft]

Only in the Red Sport 400s though which seem to be few in far between

And the interior is turning me off

[timber musk]

The 3.5 eco boost is my fav

[winged raft]

Same no lie, looked at SHOs and MKSs for winter cars

They're crazy

[timber musk]

Fr

[winged raft]

If I was into fords I'd be more interested in an Explorer ST

Trackhawk killers if you let them

[timber musk]

Yeah literally ford gt engine in a silly suv

[full prism]

what about rest

[winged raft]

NA 3.7 is the same VQ that's in my G, so 328, other option is a turbo 3.0 with 300

[full prism]

still nice

[winged raft]

NA 3.7 is bulletproof (at least I'd assume they didn't change it for the worse), turbo 3.0 apparently has problems but likely has better potential

[full prism]

i mean what na engine isnt bulletproof anyway lol

[winged raft]

Fr fr

[full prism]

it cant be that hard to compress and ignite 1 bar 😂

[winged raft]

Exactly lol

GM has found a way though

[full prism]

[winged raft]

My first car died at about 90k

[full prism]

is it a timebomb moment for guarantee expiring

[winged raft]

99 Lumina with a 3.1 V6

[full prism]

damn, first car as v6

[winged raft]

My mothers car is on it's way out, 2018 Acadia with a 3.6 V6

Like same mileage

Close to 100k but hasn't breached it quite yet

[winged raft]

It made 160 hp 😭

And it was a boat

[full prism]

lol fair

did it sound cool atleast

[winged raft]

After my friends hacked the muffler off yeah

[full prism]

wth yall all have v6 engines as family lmao

[winged raft]

No idea dude this is what I'm saying

That Acadia was my daily for a little while because we shared it

So I could count it as yet another V6 I've "owned"

[winged raft]

I've also been searching for anything close to that level of comfort

Istg GM put a couch in that thing

Audi, Infiniti, new GM, never could compete

[full prism]

real

u shouldn go to v8 or anything now, next is v12

[winged raft]

The second most comfy car I've ever sat in was a newer GLE, still didn't top it

[full prism]

either double up or nothing

[winged raft]

Nah W12

Because that's just 2 V6s

[full prism]

damn, u can try to take one to a shop or smth and make it comy like that maybe

[full prism]

v12 is like that too, just not next to eachother but instead infront of eachother

[winged raft]

Maybe I'm not sure

Like I mean W12s are LITERALLY 2 V6s engineered into each other

At least that's how VW does it

[full prism]

theres many v12 engines that are just 2x6

[timber musk]

lol have you guys seen the 12 rotor?

[full prism]

i have, watching each video of the series

[timber musk]

Shi crazy

Are they gonna put it in a car or something?

[full prism]

boat

[timber musk]

Also have you guys been watching the ford triton v10 build?

[full prism]

in hope for 5000hp

[full prism]

nein

[timber musk]

It’s pretty cool

They put it into a continental

It sounds amazing

https://youtu.be/mJHoo-IpmlQ?si=1LIfNmLdrBMb_yP6

[glad mantle]

Just picked this up yesterday and did a photoshoot after topping off the oil today

Dyno tuned to 630 horsepower (507 stock). Really well optioned, low mileage, over-maintained, and ready to absolutely demolish its tires

[winged raft]

Never hear a thing about those M6s

Can't tell if they're just slept on or too rare to be well known

[glad mantle]

A bit of both

Lamborghini Gallardos are more common

The M6 gets a reputation for being unreliable but it really isn't. It just requires more maintenance than a lot of other cars do, and it is expensive to do that maintenance

But if you're willing to keep up with it, they are predictable, sound fantastic, handle great, and do so while seating four people

Imo they are definitely slept on. But they will only become rarer, which is a shame

[winged raft]

Definitely a shame and we'll never be seeing anything like it again 😢

Getting a chance to own that is awesome though

[winged raft]

That's really any BMW tbh, everyone wines about the reliability but doesn't maintain them properly and treats them like Altimas

With a V10 I'm guessing the amount of maintenance is doubled and then some

[glad mantle]

This is correct haha, the main issue with BMWs is a lot of people lease them as first owners and thrash them. And then they depreciate and don't get handled properly by the new owners

[glad mantle]

10 individual throttle bodies, 10 of all the usual stuff (spark plugs etc.), a large displacement, a VERY complex electronics system for its time

I have owned 7 BMWs and the S85 is around 50% more expensive than other M engines in my experience

it's not that bad but it NEEDS to be cared for or it will become exponentially more expensive, and break your heart

[glad mantle]

yeah I feel very lucky frankly. I have two of these, and neither of them has any mechanical issues

the white one is replacing my other one. I would keep both but I don't have as much driveway space at my new house :(

[full prism]

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1266059561509326928.gif?size=160&name=ibuki+eating+the+screen

[glad mantle]

I don't understand what this means lmao

[winged raft]

Right, but they were made for that type of owner after all

[glad mantle]

Yeah, it's why their prices on the secondhand market vary wildly

You can get an E6x M car for as little as $9,000 - $11,000 USD in running condition

but believe me

a $10,000 E60 M5 or E63 M6 is not a car you want to own unless you'll wrench on it yourself

because it will cost you at least $5,000 - $7,000 in parts

to get it into decent shape

before any labour

My other M6 is black, and I paid $10,000 USD for it

I have gotten lucky in that it is mechanically sorted

but it needs a lot of cosmetic work

paint touch up

interior repair

I paid $21,000 USD for the white one

which frankly is cheap for what it is. But there's less demand for them in Canada

I don't expect them to stay this cheap for much longer. They already hit their depreciation floor like 6 years ago and haven't been as cheap since

which is why I wanted a nice one before the market for them becomes awful

[winged raft]

For sure yes, I looked at a lot of 1Ms, 335s, 535s etc and the main concern with those N54s is early maintenance because if you get a cared for one they easily last into the 200s and if you don't, they're toast before 100k

[glad mantle]

Same story for the S85

There are multiple people with 200k+ S85s

even some on the original rod bearings

proper ownership practice defines how often a car shows its flaws

a significant (not majority, but significant) portion of owners of the M5/M6 did not properly respect them

which is why there ended up being a lot of forum posts about problems

Then you have examples like my white M6. 45,000 miles, and it's already had its rod bearings, actuators, vanos line, and clutch replaced

which is very early

but it was done to ensure the longevity of the engine by the second owner

[winged raft]

Yeah I'm guessing preventative maintenance is a big concern with those engines

[glad mantle]

It is, especially if they're being tuned

which this one was

I mentioned it earlier but this one's highest map is 630 horsepower

[winged raft]

That's crazy cheap woah, I expected something around 30-40k lol

[glad mantle]

it is lol

[winged raft]

Right yeah that's a lot of strain

[glad mantle]

I got very lucky w/ it

[glad mantle]

especially on an engine like this

the S85 is derived from the P85 F1 race engine

it has extremely tight tolerances

Like most BMWs, it is undertuned from the factory, but a lot of people struggle to get much out of the engine without quite a few modifications

the biggest caveat is actually the factory exhaust

[winged raft]

Tbh I've always stayed away from cars like that, I'm huge into LWBs and I've looked into older 7 series or S class models and they're surprisingly cheap, but if you get unlucky they turn into huge money pits

[glad mantle]

these engines have an extremely high compression ratio for NA engines and the exhaust is also infamous for having breathability issues if kept stock

12.0:1

for context

the N55, which is turbocharged, has a compression ratio of 10.2:1

But tuning has come a long way in the past 20 years, a lot of tuners have gotten these engines up into the high 600s/low 700s naturally aspirated

(With supporting mods)

But frankly, the M6 is light enough where I think that its factory horsepower is genuinely enough

I don't like driving this car in its highest map

it is scarier than driving my Model S or my old big turbo 335i

spinning tires at 110mph in 4th gear is wild let's say that

[winged raft]

That's insane lol

I couldn't handle something like that

[glad mantle]

And that's reasonable. frankly I think the horsepower war has gotten really out of hand. people only care about big numbers on social media these days

not realizing that a lot of these cars are almost entirely undriveable in those high power modes

Like

I have an ND Miata

it is my favorite sports car to drive

I picked it over a Porsche 718

it is tiny. it is not fast. but it is super fun, engaging, and all around puts a huge smile on my face every time I drive it

and that's with 155 horsepower

[winged raft]

100% true

I've always been influenced a bit too much by hp figures but it's not even half of the cars experience

I almost prefer the G over the A6 cause of how fun it is to drive honestly

RWD-AWD hybrid instead of Quattro, somewhat brutal suspension, doesn't stick to the pavement quite as well

[glad mantle]

A car that has to be tamed is often more fun than a car that does all of the work for you

If your end goal is just going as fast as possible, the better engineered car will obviously win in the hands of a skilled driver

but if your end goal is having fun, there's something to be said about a car that requires learning to really get a good handle on it

[winged raft]

I would love a really slow but fun car

[full prism]

✨ miot ✨

https://media.discordapp.net/stickers/1026278845298516069.png?size=160&name=sloimobile

[winged raft]

I wanted a Mazdaspeed3 for a while and those fit that

Though they're definitely on the higher end of slow

[winged raft]

If I got a Miata I'd turbo it

[full prism]

based

[winged raft]

I have reasons to go over 155 though so it wouldn't even be the weekend car

[glad mantle]

with a tune you can have an ND1 match ND2

ND2/tuned ND1 do 181 horsepower

which for a car as small as the miata is more than enough

gets your 0-60 in the 5 second range

which feels wildly fast in a 2300 pound car

[timber musk]

I got a 400hp truck and it’s super fun

But my civic is more funner

[glad mantle]

Power to weight is a lot more important than raw power

frankly general driving dynamics are

[timber musk]

It’s a regular cab

[glad mantle]

a car that is fast in a straight line but ass in corners is not particularly fun outside of those straight line runs

one trick ponies

[winged raft]

But the stability at 100+?

[glad mantle]

I haven't had any issues with my Miata going over 100

but it will never feel not scary

[timber musk]

True but there’s no feeling like a very fast acceleration

[glad mantle]

because of how small it is

[glad mantle]

yeah there is, everything on track or autocross

[timber musk]

I’ve done both

Agree to disagree

[glad mantle]

I have a Model S Plaid and it is certifiably the most boring car I own

but it is a fantastic daily driver

[timber musk]

😐

Obviously it’s boring

I want this

[glad mantle]

I love that

that looks like it would be ridiculously fun for all of the right reasons

I've been thinking about lifting the miata LOL

because I think it would be fun to take to the dunes near me

[timber musk]

This one has awd and everything

I kinda like the lifted Miata’s too

[glad mantle]

I'm a big fan of 90s car design

[timber musk]

And slammed 240s

[glad mantle]

I miss my E39

for that reason

it was gorgeous

[timber musk]

I like big boxes

[glad mantle]

hold on

[timber musk]

With 4 doors

[glad mantle]

let me find a photo

[glad mantle]

This was my E39

god I wish I hadn't sold it

it is the only car I ever regretted selling

[timber musk]

Wow that looks really nice

My el Camino ( a while ago)

[glad mantle]

tyty

what was that photo taken with

[timber musk]

No idea

My dad or grandpa or somebody took it

[glad mantle]

Oh wow yeah that's some serious sun fading. but it looks like it's in decent shape all things considered

[timber musk]

It’s not

Sadly

[glad mantle]

having a mostly intact body is decent these days honestly

[timber musk]

Yeah I guess

My dad was supposed to help me with it

[fair moon]

Wow I didn't think you could make an E39 look so awful

Hopefully it found an owner who could fix it 🙏

[glad mantle]

It’s a tribute to a fast and furious car lol

I didn’t do any of that work to it anyway, it was the previous owner that did

[fair moon]

That doesn't make it any better gang

There is some parts of 2000s tuner culture that should've stayed in the 2000s

[glad mantle]

It’s back on marketplace though and it’s actually worse

[fair moon]

and part of it was bright obnoxious colors on boring ass cars

[glad mantle]

New owner put really ridiculous long exhaust tips on it

[fair moon]

although

There is a 5er my family used to have that I wish I could get back

It was a manual 545i

The guy who bought it from us hasn't fixed it yet, it's been almost four years

[glad mantle]

E60?

[fair moon]

Yessir

Stick with the sport package

active swaybars and style 163s

[glad mantle]

I’m quite fond of the E60/E61

[fair moon]

I like the platform

I don't like the N62

but

BUT

300+hp wi/ a six speed in one of those is NOT bad

[glad mantle]

I almost bought an E60 M5 but opted not to

[fair moon]

also funny infinitely variable length intake

[fair moon]

The SMGs are shit

Sadly

If I had the chance to own an E60 M5

[glad mantle]

I prefer the SMG to the manual with an S85 personally

[fair moon]

It would have to be a blue or silver one, and it would HAVE to be an 08/09/2010 and a stick

[glad mantle]

But the DCT really should have been an option as well

[fair moon]

black guts too

[glad mantle]

NA V10 with a DCT is a great pairing

[fair moon]

I like E92 with both transmissions tbh

But E60?

The SMG is so shit that the manual is by default better

[glad mantle]

It really does depend on what you’re buying it for

I would never daily drive an SMG car

The SMG is awful in traffic and for street driving

[fair moon]

Well you're not buying an E60 M5 for a track car, are ya

They're fucken heavy

[glad mantle]

Yeah that’s why I didn’t buy an E60

[fair moon]

and expensive when they break

[glad mantle]

I have two E63s though

[fair moon]

my condolences

[glad mantle]

They are everything good about the M5 in a lighter package with better handling

[fair moon]

are they at least lci motors

[glad mantle]

One of them is, the other isn’t

[fair moon]

shamw

also a shame the thing is so damn ugly

are they both SMGs?

[glad mantle]

Yeah, I already said it earlier but I really don’t like the S85 with a manual transmission

[fair moon]

a shame too

[glad mantle]

The factory manual gearbox is frustrating

[fair moon]

in what way? the way that it's not prone to failure?

[glad mantle]

I do not like how the clutch actuates and it has genuinely bad gearing for pretty much everything. But you can fix that with a differential

[fair moon]

Clutch delay is real

[glad mantle]

The SMG also handles power better than the manual gearbox does is the thing

[fair moon]

Until the SMG pump just eats shit

[glad mantle]

Neither of my cars are using factory SMG pumps

[fair moon]

(meanwhile my ass is over here with a tempermental gokart, so i can't talk)

[glad mantle]

Lmao

[fair moon]

But hey! At least it's a stick!

[glad mantle]

Mini? Or fiat
I forget which has the funny interior

[fair moon]

Mini

[glad mantle]

I have an ND Miata as my manual of choice

[glad mantle]

I was cross shopping between the Miata, a mini, and a boxster

[fair moon]

The stick in the R56 is insanely easy to drive

but

the motor was made by fr*nch people

[glad mantle]

I was very disappointed by the fact that the boxster felt worse than the mini and the Miata lol

[fair moon]

yeah the mini is like

a literal gokart

they're so much fun to drive for how slow they are

[glad mantle]

I love how they handle

[fair moon]

the only issue (with the R bodies) is reliability

[glad mantle]

Same things can be said about the ND. I mainly just picked it out of style preference

And reliability

[fair moon]

Yeah, understandable

[glad mantle]

I have two S85s

I do not need more unreliable cars

[fair moon]

😂

Granted the F56 is

A b46/b36

So they are way more reliable

but also more expensive and more americanized

And less quirky

[glad mantle]

The secret is to live outside of America™️

Ez

[fair moon]

By americanized I mean the F56 has a screen pretty much standard and the window buttons are actually on the door and the car itself is a bit bigger

among other things

[glad mantle]

Window buttons actually on the door? That’s some crazy luxury right there

[fair moon]

insane luxury

on my R56 they're in front of the shifter lmfao

[glad mantle]

That’s ass LOL

[glad mantle]

Oh my god

[fair moon]

The R56 had a violently circular interior

it's so much fun

I wouldn't have it any other way

[glad mantle]

It’s like if a Lamborghini huracan had a weird circle obsessed little brother

[fair moon]

Also notice two foglight buttons - I have a rear foglight! In AMERICA!

[glad mantle]

I mean that in a good way

To be clear

[fair moon]

Circles everywhere

Even the door handles

[glad mantle]

God

That is quirky cool

Genuinely it reminds me of the huracan I drove last month

[fair moon]

The quirky is kinda part of the reason I love the car

[glad mantle]

That comparison wasn’t a meme I was serious about it

[fair moon]

People get in and are genuinely confused

It's so funny

[glad mantle]

But it’s probably a fun confusion

[fair moon]

Yes

"Where's the window button??"

[glad mantle]

My Model 3 confuses people because its doors are awful and they suck to use LOL

[fair moon]

the mini has weird door handles

[glad mantle]

I hate having to explain to people how the model 3’s doors work (interior and exterior)

[fair moon]

they look like they're just like whatever other door handle you've ever used but really it's a button on the inside of the handle that spans the length of the handle itself

the car also has the classic bmw double pull to exit handles

[glad mantle]

Reminds me. One thing I hate about the M6 interior

[fair moon]

so people pull the door handle once and are confused 😂

You get used to it tho

[glad mantle]

Most of it is very high quality. But there is this god fucking awful plastic on the door window switch panel

You can groove it with your fingernails EASILY

[fair moon]

soft touch plastic

[glad mantle]

yup

[fair moon]

and it's 15 years old

[glad mantle]

I hate that it is in an otherwise genuinely really high quality interior

[fair moon]

sreten replaced all of his plastic in his E60 with non-soft touch plastic (or maybe he just coated it with sth?)

[fair moon]

Oh god

Sorry, I'm just not a fan of red guts

Tbf that one isn't too bad but still

[glad mantle]

To each their own

[fair moon]

Oh yeah the mini also has ambient lighting, but the switch is by the dome light

[glad mantle]

I like that this car actually commits to the red and doesn’t just do the seats

Even the B pillars are wrapped in leather

[fair moon]

The dome lights are also all the same switches as down below, but up too and infront of the mirror

[glad mantle]

That’s so silly

I live for cars that are quirky and unique

And not just the same generic interior

[glad mantle]

It makes them feel more noteworthy

[fair moon]

Those two circles twoards the top have little LEDs that shine down onto the shifter area, too

it's so clever

It also has a party mode where you can have the lights go through all the colors

that one's for a sunroof car, which kinda threw me off bc my car doesn't have one so lacks the center switch 😂

slicktop gang

(so now all i have to worry about leaking is the garbage ass door seals!)

[winged raft]

And yet another insane take 😭

[winged raft]

S or non-S?

[rose helm]

On my R57 the usb and aux are hidden up on the top right of that cubby. And the volume knob is below the CD player

Didn’t know it was different on the hardtop

[fresh island]

Ngl its strange to see a full tank of gas

[full prism]

get out and drink some so its not full

[fair moon]

Is your car a pre-facelift?

If so, that's why

Not because vert/hatch

[gleaming hound]

That one looks quite familiar.

[full prism]

[full prism]

https://youtu.be/BPxDBwHM7qk

[prisma frost]

Wow

[prisma frost]

Looks like a car that’s cheap to own and maintain

[full prism]

suuuure

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean the touring fucks

[dusk ocean]

Yeah it does - there's a dude who built an F80 M3 touring at Thompson BMW

[compact grotto]

Wow, i'm surprised I haven't seen it

[compact grotto]

So good. I assume he just started with a wagon and did a lot of part swapping