cars

[indigo axle]

One of the free busses in my town 🚍

[dull cedar]

Burn it with fire

[worldly oasis]

Fuel can’t ignite when the spark plugs take orbit

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean guy won't let up 😆

real class act

[dusk ocean]

WOW

Funny - he didn't talk like that while the cameras were rolling

[compact grotto]

I don't know what he expected

[dusk ocean]

I kind of miss that shit from forums days

lol this is the first post he made after all this shit

[pure pond]

Mint

[charred depot]

Not an XUD rod is it, they would never have wear

Must be from a stinky petrol

[formal pivot]

throw it back in and pretend like you didnt see it

drown the knocking with heavy duty diesel oilk

[pure pond]

correct

[wispy cloak]

they don't usually do that in the late model tritons

[charred depot]

Had to replace a bit of my charge pipe and holy shit thats alot of oil in there, replaced pipe anyway and pretended I didnt see anything

[leaden solar]

I have seen worse

[thorny sable]

Lol loser shit

[civic spoke]

I plugged in my charger in the garage, and turn it on. Instantly hear a lot of other EV's being load balanced.

[cosmic tree]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTMSLhoaC/

What the horse doin'¿

[round jacinth]

Do a barrel roll!

[queen wren]

hahahha

[white heart]

new car ?

[queen wren]

Yes

[white heart]

Nice

[queen wren]

tbh it drives way better than my old celica

i dont understand the french car hate

[white heart]

because a lot of em are quite unreliable esp the modern ones 💔

also cause theyre french

[queen wren]

Ye

Idk what’s unreliable with them tho

All the electronics are German, it’s made in Austria and has a bmw engine

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/luck-777-gif-5823073841658263814

[white heart]

mostly the electronics or the engines depending on the models

[queen wren]

True

Rcz seems fine tho

Also looks good

[white heart]

the electronics and engine kinda sucks depending on your luck

[white heart]

truke

[dull cedar]

Because they don't handle any abuse

The cheapest abused Toyota will outlive the best condition one

[queen wren]

Okay maby

[dull cedar]

They're expensive cars that are now cheap for a reason

Meanwhile a good condition Celica in a good spec has been going up in price in some markets

[queen wren]

my celicas engine began to rattle

[dull cedar]

Change the oil

[queen wren]

i did

wait

[dull cedar]

Replace the timing chain tensioner

[queen wren]

let me get the report

[queen wren]

i took it to my uncles shop

2s

ill get the report

[dull cedar]

As we've previously established I don't trust your uncle lmao

[queen wren]

yeye

[dull cedar]

Take it to a shop you have no connection to

[queen wren]

the car is sold

so i cant anymore

[dull cedar]

Boi

Smh

[queen wren]

got the same i paid for it tho

whopping 3.4k usd

[dull cedar]

Well yeah that's what Toyotas do

🤣

[queen wren]

hahahaha

truee

[dull cedar]

Don't kill it and it's worth what you paid

[queen wren]

yee

[dull cedar]

Despite the features of this engine it's very simple

Rattle is almost always the timing chain tensioner

[queen wren]

yeah

[dull cedar]

The chain itself is fine unless you ignore the tensioner for too long

[queen wren]

okok

[dull cedar]

Also unless something is weird where you are, the Toyota dealer is your friend. Parts are available and they're reasonably priced

[queen wren]

idk why, but parts thats not german are hella expesnive in norway

@white heart you got your licence yet?

[halcyon grotto]

I am all for more good looking cars on the road

[white heart]

no 💔

im actively working toward it at least

[queen wren]

Nice

[queen wren]

Same

[halcyon grotto]

Starting to really enjoy the rubber creaking noise I get almost constantly in le Volvo now

[white heart]

im driving more often in cities

only 1880km to go

[halcyon grotto]

My theory is engine mounts but there's plenty of rubber that it could be

[queen wren]

nice

how are cities in france?

[white heart]

Annoying

[novel heart]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Special_Vehicles_Maloo

The HSV Maloo was on Wikipedia's main page a few days ago

[queen wren]

damm

cities in norway are ez

[white heart]

lucky

here its pure chaos 💔

[charred depot]

Didnt think bonnet intrusion was still an issue

[carmine summit]

its usually not

did that hit the back or side of a truck

[charred depot]

It hit a truck but no idea exactly how they hit it

I would hope the back

Edinburgh A90 M90 drivers are a different breed

[vocal mural]

[civic spoke]

Looks like a freak accident. Considering how even the roof is damaged.

[dull cedar]

Definitely ran under the end of the truck

Dunno how else that'd happen

[civic spoke]

Speaking of.

[pure pond]

free hoodscoop

[hollow pasture]

Aye, is there any information on la poste resuming shipments to the us, I'm waiting on an entire front end from n.skicomposite :((((((((((

[white heart]

Not happening any time soon unless trump stop being a dumbass

[hollow pasture]

Raghhhhh

Sad fucking day

[hollow pasture]

You think they will reach an agreement before the holiday shipping season or am I just straight fucked for a while?

[white heart]

Do I look like Donald Trump to be able to tell you that

[white heart]

Massive rip

[hollow pasture]

Aye man, I just want my car parts, I don't partake in political shit

Lotta bullshit happening everywhere :)

[white heart]

Imma be fr a deal ain't happening we can't even keep our government up for more than a day lmao

[hollow pasture]

Why did things have to fall apart when I was finally able to afford to finish my panels :(

[hollow pasture]

That's so fucked, America is also shut down right now

My buddy in the military hasn't been paid for a week and a half

[white heart]

It's not a shutdown we just straight up got no government again

[hollow pasture]

O h

[white heart]

Lasted a total of 12 hour

[hollow pasture]

That's quite different from what's happening here

[white heart]

Yeah ik

[hollow pasture]

That sucks man

[white heart]

Yeah, goodluck with your car

[hollow pasture]

I'm just glad my car parts are the only thing being affected in my personal life atm

Could been a lot worse

But that's still a thousand dollars just randomly floating around somewhere

[torn swan]

finally have an interior looking like a car interior

i couldn’t stand the tesla interior anymore

[forest lintel]

Still a bit of a gamer cave with that screen, but a lot nicer than a Tesla for sure. Especially the seats and doors look great

[torn swan]

there is a big ass screen yeah

but at least it have carplay

i don’t need to pay for an extra subscription just to use the music app

[woeful tree]

Has no electronics, no bluetooth, MFPI, drive by cable, is 23 years old and engine has sometimes problems, sometimes not. Building soon a new exhaust in and better air inlet to hear the beautiful sound of 4 cylinders MPFI, 1.6. like the 4g-ae

[fresh island]

Annyone want cinnamon chips ?

[forest lintel]

Yummy

[torn swan]

sad it doesn’t have og angel eyes

[civic spoke]

Would really like to give the i4 a try.

[torn swan]

fr it’s fun to drive

you can totally disconnect ESP which i enjoy a lot

[civic spoke]

The i3S isn't too bad either. But would like to have a more sporty seating position.

[bitter harbor]

Favorite car

[civic spoke]

Look at that aero. Sick!

[worldly oasis]

How much upforce that bih have

[pure pond]

No idea how this plate got between the EGR and the intake police officer

Not like it worked before this tho

[forest lintel]

You could open a coal mine there

[turbid socket]

well I finally got the engine in my truck I am working on making engine mounts

its a 13b renesis going into a 2005 gmc canyon

[forest lintel]

Intresting combination, I guess it wont be doing much trucky stuff in the future?

[turbid socket]

no thats the point is a track toy I am going to switch to perif port rotor housings in the future and out a big turbo in it with all the room I have but first I just wanna get it running

oh truck stuff nah its going to mostly be track toy but still will also probaby be doing runs to salvage yard for parts for other projects once this is done

I am hoping I can get a late 80's 911 as a roller and work on that put a fun engine in that too maybe a 20B or 26B if I can get the money by then

[forest lintel]

That's some cool projects for sure, always nice to see a wankel in something unexpected

[turbid socket]

Mmhmm sadly I don't have any good prices of metal left to make engine mounts out of i have cardboard mocks of what I will make now at least so I know how much metal I need to buy and stuff

[lone fern]

hell yeah my buddy has one of those and he’s building a 5.3 ls as we speak

[turbid socket]

I thought about a 4.5 but i wanted something more unique

[turbid socket]

Is he doing body kit if so what one? I am not sure what one I am going to go for yet but I have found a couple wide body kits for offroading that look pretty good that I might try

Lol single cab nice mine is extended cab removing the back seats for a big sound system

[lone fern]

nope i think he’s staying stock for now, it’s gonna get one at some point as it’s getting turned into a prerunner of sorts once he saves the money for shocks n shit haha

[lone fern]

hell yeah

[outer meteor]

guys i need advice

i have a $60k budget

first car

somthing sporty

electric if possible

[jagged wagon]

A used non-working Fisker Ocean! You can maybe buy 3 for that price, then repair 1-2 of them with the spare parts of the others.

[outer meteor]

ok ok

nice

no

i want a sporty

car

not an SUV?

[turbid socket]

I mean how much are you wanting electric and like what kind of sporty quick light and nimble or like push you back in the seat power?

also how new are you wanting?

if you aren't sold 100% on electric the new nissan z is a good mix of power and good handling from what I can tell being built on the same platform as the 350 and 370zs with 400HP auto and manual options for those who want that and starting at under $50K its a solid ICE option

plus it looks so good in blue

you can also find them for under $40K sometimes which is nuts to me

[outer meteor]

yessi saw it on the highway

i can buy new

but also used after 2022

that sounds about good

because if i have th emoney to buy a nice used car

i might as well

[turbid socket]

noted the last generations of ice chargers are great but I would not recomend the new electric ones I have not heard anything good about them

I got a 2016 V6 and it is a lot of fun

but the new one's look really ugly to me and the fake engine sounds are kinda cringe ngl the fun of loud cars is that the sound is coming from the engine not speakers added afterwords

[lone fern]

if you live in a shitty place don’t get a charger cuz it’s gonna get stolen

a used 2022 taycan electric can be had for like 57k

i have zero idea if it’s any good cuz idrk bout evs but it’s sporty

[outer meteor]

i see

[turbid socket]

I just don't like the way evs drive they all sorta feel the same fast acceleration but lots of understeer

[outer meteor]

mmm

Yea I see what you mean

[dull cedar]

Based on what Linus has said. Do not own this car on a tight budget

[dull cedar]

I'm not even going to question how you have 60k for a first car

insurance is going to have their way with you

[outer meteor]

uhh

i work in the tech industrey

my company sponsors my ride to work

i either uber or take their customized bus

now i need a car tho

[misty mantle]

GF asked me to clear the codes out of her family’s truck so they might be able to get it past smog, turns around and throws 4 loss of communication codes that I’m pretty sure are all directly related to a failing transmission control module

It’s a ‘01 Silverado 2500 LB7

Over 300k and has the scars to show both that and the fact that it’s a farm truck

First pic is the codes that I originally cleared, 2nd is the ones that showed up after

The P0101 and 102 were fixed by cleaning the MAF, I don’t know why it was throwing both of those at the same time but it was

Not entirely sure what the P0236 is about, it hasn’t showed back up

[stoic ledge]

I mean that's basically with all luxury cars, and especially Porsches

People think it stops after initial purchase, but that's exactly when the costs begin 😛

[outer meteor]

mmhmmm

i see

i got some really goood insurance deals

tho

Im finding my insurance giving me $900

per year

for the taycan

so like '$900 premium

a year

honestly i might jus get the nissan z

[pure pond]

me who spend 2x the price on my car on parts alone 🤣

[novel heart]

There's a Wikipedia discord with some car editors if y'all want to join and edit Wikipedia

[thorny sable]

What do y'all think of these spark plugs?

Weird situation. Cars 20 years old with only 94k km.

Wondering if I bother replacing them with my pre winter maintenance

I would check gap but I don't have a feeler gauge

[lone fern]

replace and get a feeler gauge

might as well, plugs are cheap

[thorny sable]

Yeah not wrong, I'll grab a gauge next time I'm in the city

[proven tundra]

Looks fine, surface rusty
No obvious burning or buildup

[wispy cloak]

Just get a plug gap tool

They're cheap and designed for the job

[wispy cloak]

I need my bmw back so bad

[misty mantle]

The last one: "Your vehicle has ceased to exist or really lean"

[lone fern]

a friend of mine was driving his shit with a cracked spark plug, and it was running somewhat decently lmao

the diode thing that sticks down broke and could slide up and down, he’s insanely lucky it didn’t fall into the motor lol

[open terrace]

I’m buying a 94 Miata this weekend to use as a drift car and I’m very excited

[limber whale]

I paid money for this

[wispy cloak]

It's so tragic my audi doesn't have the window sticker because I have literally every manual it came with when new

And the leather pouch they came in

[outer meteor]

https://tenor.com/view/sorry-for-your-loss-sympathy-prayers-flower-gif-5939590690673340279

[lone fern]

istg why do people throw away the window stickers/build sheets when they buy a new car 😭 i’ve owned one car that had it’s original sticker, and it was a shitty 2003 malibu

[wispy cloak]

I've literally never had one

And I've owned 12 cars

[dull cedar]

better question is why don't they throw it out. Never heard of keeping such a thing here.... Not sure if they even exist here anymore

There was definitely no such thing with the parent's 2023 Yaris

[dire tiger]

These were mine after ~30k miles probably

[terse moss]

So, just watching Linus' rant on the current crop of corporate bs that plagues the auto industry atm and I just have one correction. Android auto/Apple Carplay is still supported in Canada on GM vehicles including the 2026 model year vehicles. Turns out that most of our automotive news coming from the US is not a good thing.

[native ermine]

its still an issue tho because that trend will most likely spread to over here as well

[cosmic tree]

You know Oklahoma roadways are bad, when your dashcam's G-sensor thinks you got into a wreck multiple times within a few yd/km, when it's really just the shitty patchwork on the road.

[stark kestrel]

LOL

[torn swan]

better than tesla for sure

at least i can use the map app i want, music app i want etc

[white heart]

Some of y'all gotta stop using your phones on the road 💔

[torn swan]

bad habit

i know

[white heart]

If you know then at least try to improve 💔

[torn swan]

its rare now

because the phone is in my backpack now

but when i had the tesla it was awful i kept using my phone

[white heart]

I have to warn my mom everyday to not text while driving

[torn swan]

thanks god i don’t live in Landes lmao

i would have lost my license 7 times already

[hearty grail]

I know it ain't really a car but it's got an engine so I think someone might be able to help, so basically, me and my friend are tryna get his bike started up, it's got a small little 50cc motor but all the cables that go to the spark plug and kill switch got unplugged and we don't know how to reconnect them

[pure pond]

those engines are really simple just look up a wiring diagram

[hearty grail]

I did but the kill switch has red/yellow and green stiead of red and black

Do I just do the red/yellow as red and green as black?

[pure pond]

kill switch is just a switch so it doesnt matter what collour those wires are

[hearty grail]

How do I know if my spark plug is sparking or not?

[misty mantle]

Does it fire when you spray fuel into the carb?

[pure pond]

take it out put it against the block and turn it over

[hearty grail]

I've got a rip cord so that should be easy enough

[hearty grail]

Do I need to connect the kill switch or can I leave it for now?

[pure pond]

if i remember it should run without it connected but just connect it

easy to turn off then

[misty mantle]

That’s correct. All the kill wire does on these is pull the ignition coil to ground

This is as simple of a spark ignition system as it gets

[hearty grail]

So just put these in?

[pure pond]

i had some mopeds that where the opposite, wasted a lot of time 😂

[hearty grail]

How visible will the spark be?

[misty mantle]

Very

Should be a nice white or blue spark

[hearty grail]

Tried and neither me or my friend saw sparks

I got a new spark plug which is what we are using right now

Here's the current wiring

Close up

[hearty grail]

Yeah we got nothin

[pure pond]

just put the black and blue from the engine to the coil

thats how it should work

[hearty grail]

Coil? I know absolutely nothing about engines

[pure pond]

the black box that goes to the spark plug

[hearty grail]

Like this?

[pure pond]

yes

[hearty grail]

Still not sparking

[pure pond]

then something is broken

[hearty grail]

He had it running before a couple months ago

Could it be that this is dirty and rusted?

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean https://www.reddit.com/r/CleetusMcFarland/comments/1o5zppw/grannas_carnage_from_the_grudge_race/

thats not supposed to be there

[forest lintel]

Yes, try spraying some rust remover, or put oil in it and leave overnight

Could also be that the metal piece that connects to the spark plug is loose from the cable

[dusk ocean]

I couldn't tell if thats a billet block or just an epoxy filled stocker

[compact grotto]

if its the same general setup as it was back in 2021, it looks to be billet https://dsportmag.com/the-cars/features/grannas-racings-2100-whp-toyota-supra/

"billet wet block"

unless that means something else

[dusk ocean]

well wet block might be not dry sumped

[pure pond]

lost 15k and a engine

[compact grotto]

only had to keep his mouth shut

[pure pond]

he was still trash talking after the second race...

[dusk ocean]

he can't - he's intolerable

to be honest if that engine held together he was going to smoke cleeter

[pure pond]

for sure

[dusk ocean]

they way he pulled in 2nd/3rd was wild

[hearty grail]

My friend was holding the spark plug cable while we were tryna get it to spark and he said it shocked him

Lowkey might just be a lost cause

The spark plug is getting voltage but not alot

[dusk ocean]

Holding HT leads will shock you, yes

damnit - fancontrol can't see the EF_FAN (DIMM) on Apex

[lone fern]

😀

[south jewel]

https://youtu.be/HkIczs569YA?si=RYAPeMqzysG1JVS0

This is f-ing great...am I a Bogan if I decide I love this?

[outer meteor]

k so i eneded up getting an lyriq

i cant wait for it to arrive

honestly i hope ev doesnt have as many problems as gas

bc theeres no engine

[civic spoke]

Neato.
Got a home charger?

[open terrace]

1. I hope you got it at a steal of a price because their sales volumes have been non-existent. 2. I hope you got one after they sorted out the early build quality issues

Also I really really really hope you didn’t buy a brand new one, I hope you got like a low mileage used 2024 one

[gentle thicket]

Instead you get increased tire wear and changing the brakes because they're falling apart from lack of use instead of normal wear.

[autumn umbra]

Only a little bit of miles

[outer meteor]

uhh

i got a new one

i got it for like $60k with some upgrades

and yes i have a home charger

[open terrace]

Rip, you could’ve bought a 1 year older model with 15k miles for half the price

They depreciate worse than Porsches and that’s saying something

[thorny sable]

Holy shit that's insane

[open terrace]

Yea, at 35k I don’t think they’re a bad deal either. Competes well with a model 3

[thorny sable]

I'd drive one over a model 3

Granted there's a lot I'd drive over a model 3

[open terrace]

I wouldn’t mind a model 3 as a commuter car if I had a place to charge it, then have a gas car or one of my motorcycles if I needed to go longer distances

Pick one up for like 20k or so

Or a hail damage one for like 12

Just a beater

But tbh I have a VW TDI wagon and it’s hard for me to want anything else. Since it’s a wagon that can tow and also get 40-50mpg

And since I removed all the emissions garbage it’s reliable as can be. Already got her up to 220k miles

Fun fact with my cruise control set to 100mph I average 36mpg

[thorny sable]

Had one

Hated it

Well I had a Y but the issue wasn't with the specific model it was with Tesla's design ethos

I can't stand the screens

Or screen, I should say

[prisma hornet]

i think these brakes can go another 1000 miles don't ya think?

[outer meteor]

yea but the new model y looks nice

[thorny sable]

Drove one, still hated it

[cosmic tree]

https://www.tiktok.com/t/ZTM5efCB9/

[civic spoke]

Just don't stop. Ever.

[quick geode]

new cars be like

is done guys, this daily piece of shit is finally how i want it to be

bat mirror covers are off too so im not no ricer nomore

just a clean daily

[lone fern]

egg car

i love it

[paper sandal]

This Mercedes looks cheap

Wouldn't you be better off buying a higher trim skoda?

[prisma hornet]

no

you'd be better off buying a old mercedes

they were built like indestructible tanks

[forest lintel]

You have to go quite old for that, which brings some inconveniences

[prisma hornet]

it might but it's worth it

plus old mercedes have surprisingly modern features and conveniences so it's not that much of a trade off

the W220 made in 1999 had radar cruise control

[charred depot]

not having a horn is fun, should probably fix that

[charred depot]

just rust issues and I see these advanced features for the time as disadvantages when they end up broken

id maybe have a W124

[prisma hornet]

i want a 190E as a project

[charred depot]

Im looking for a new daily at the moment but I have exceptionally weird taste, if a decent W124 came up id probably go for it

Ive had an excessive amount of french cars trying to branch out again

Just convenient to stick with french stuff as I know everything about them for getting parts, swapping different engines in etc

[pure pond]

Nice crack

[charred depot]

Belzona will sort that out

[lone fern]

https://tenor.com/view/the-office-steve-carell-gif-21998253

[stark kestrel]

God, hate drivers who don't comprehend the width of their vehicle

[charred depot]

they did change lanes in behind me after so it was just a catastrophic lane change

quite common for people to start doing stupid shit to get into the lane they need here despite having half a mile to do so

[autumn umbra]

Sorry to interrupt the convo but what would yall think of these wheels on this car. Plan on painting the car black eventually

[stark kestrel]

Testbed vs deployed media stub

[dull cedar]

No, just no.

factory wheels of one brand on another always looks bad

What even is that car, I see a Toyota badge but I don't recognise it

[velvet blaze]

No political bs intended, just funny boomer car memes imo

[novel heart]

CARS

[forest lintel]

Rims would probably look good, black less so, but whatever looks good to you

[sinful goblet]

https://youtu.be/g2BkrOeqJ6k?si=ZjUcHDMusaD06eHb

[snow otter]

The ammount of grip these semislicks have is fucking mental

[halcyon grotto]

Most capable defender driver

[civic spoke]

Nankang AR-1 👀

[snow otter]

Yeah

Fucking insane tire

Ill share some vids when i get home

[autumn umbra]

I plan on replacing the center caps 😭 and my Lexus has Infiniti rims and it looks pretty good

[autumn umbra]

Well I want to paint the car black just because not a big fan of tan/gold. so it’ll be black paint silver wheels

[forest lintel]

Yeah I get that, champagne beige/tan/gold without gold or whatever they call it is a pretty boring color, but if you're repainting it anyway, why not make it a color instead of black?

[autumn umbra]

Fair point I’m not sure I’d have to look at some of these cars in different colors and see which I’d like. Red would probably be one of the good colors on this car

[snow otter]

fastest lap of the day, was a 1:07:947
https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/289521963100012544/1429174894905524284/GX010195.mp4?ex=68f52e57&is=68f3dcd7&hm=49ed179d18dec17aa25b2e3684822d5e8e4765a31284e0904f92020acbe84c83&

[novel heart]

Some countries have a better used car market

[past copper]

How my trailblazer has been acting emotionally lately.... Got the stuck spark plug out and put in a new coil pack, engine ran beautifully after getting rid of the stock 240,000+ mile og plugs only for another coil pack to go out two days later, so now I'm replacing all the coil packs................... it's an easy job but those suckers are an entire paycheck. 😠

[autumn umbra]

Re painting my new wheels this is after filling the scratches and 2 light coats of primer

[autumn umbra]

So that’s the before and after they’re going to be silver again but that’s just the primer

[wispy cloak]

Yeah going from conti ecs+ to a dot slick was crazy on my car

[paper sandal]

Ngl, old totoyas are fairly low maintenance

Just replacing fluids brakes and the 2 accessory belts on time.

And filter

Wth is this?

[civic spoke]

Meant to skirt around the rules.
Counts as a 'trike' in Germany, and allows 16 years old to drive them.
Gets a tune to decrease HP and limit top speed as well.

Not sure how it is with the rules around Europe.

[stoic ledge]

Ellenator

https://www.ellenator-gmbh.de/

[pure pond]

you just have to have a A1 motorcycle license what you can get at 16 in germany

[civic spoke]

Dejavu.

[pure pond]

2006 wintertires thats not to old

[forest lintel]

The EU is supposed to have the same rules for vehicles, but there's still a lot of differences. Not so sure one of those would be allowed in Finland, because if there's anything Finnish bureaucrats love it's to find the strictest interpretation of the rules and follow that. And then you go to Sweden and anything goes.

Well past 10 years they are probably about as hard as they are going to get already, so what difference does another 9 years make

[indigo axle]

Manual Teslas are the best

imagine driving an automatic Tesla

Big L

[forest lintel]

Oh dear, I need to learn to use the reply feature

[harsh quarry]

those tires are nearly old enough to vote 💀

[charred depot]

is this the right way to advertise your car when getting rid of it

[forest lintel]

Only way it would be better is if you went over some jumps

[charred depot]

it would be fine

[halcyon grotto]

retroshite moment

[harsh quarry]

Ah yes his totally screams "never abused" /S

[charred depot]

it is is abused and has been throughout my entire ownership but its not your typical old car which will throw all its toys out the pram because it got ragged a little

find it funny how worked up people get over a little wheelspin

this is what it was like a couple years back when I got it swapped the engine etc

[prisma hornet]

so i'm building a air dam style front splitter and i ran out of plexi glass so im going to attach these extensions made from a plastic lid. (it's all getting sanded and painted so looks don't really matter.) but i need to curve the ends. any suggestions on how to do that symmetrically?

[open terrace]

The Miata I bought today

It’s a little rowdy

[novel heart]

what vehicle is it on

[civic spoke]

Turbo in it. 👀

[open terrace]

Yessir

[novel heart]

Barra Turbo swap

https://youtu.be/0jRkhLXDFVg

[open terrace]

If I did go to a different engine entirely I’d just throw an aluminum 5.3 LS in it and call it a day

[novel heart]

It's the easiest new six-cylinder to get to 1000hp

[lone fern]

i have one out of an envoy 👀

[halcyon grotto]

oh was it one of yours?

[charred depot]

Yeah got too many 305's so picked one to get rid of

Trying to keep all of my fleet active and not have bloody 5 of the same car

[halcyon grotto]

hehe I can certainly understand that aim

Did they pay phat stacks of dosh fer it?

I always assume they pick them up for pennies and make quite a bit on each sale

[charred depot]

Not really he is generally paying a fair bit

I share a unit space so I see all the cars going through

[halcyon grotto]

oh nice

I did think I recognised that road from some of your peugot-ing

[charred depot]

You'll see me driving the cars in some videos

hes making money but still primarily daily drives my "free" impreza estate shed I used to own

Could have the best vehicle in the world instead, a Peugeot 305.

[distant pumice]

ok, so i daily drive a completely unreasonable money sink

but it's also a camper van in disguise

[autumn umbra]

Paint on my new Infiniti g35 stocks is looking amazing

Also got my CAI installed on the car they’re going on

[harsh quarry]

Without any heat shielding, that's barely a "cold air" intake. It does sound pretty sick tho

I've been thinking about getting an intake for my Golf 7, but everyone online says it's basically only for the turbo noises

[lone fern]

ah yes the hot air intake

[autumn umbra]

Yeah lol don’t have the resources rn to route it into the fender like I’d like to

[autumn umbra]

Yeah lol I don’t think they make any heatsheilds so I’d have to custom do one which I plan on doing that or just routing it into the fender

[harsh quarry]

even if you leave it the way it is, I'm sure there's little to no difference in power

but more smiles per mile, or something like that

[distant pumice]

I just bought a momo steering wheel and I have no idea how to assemble it.

i don't mean the "putting it on the car" part, that's easy

[harsh quarry]

what is there to assemble for a steering wheel?

[distant pumice]

i thought the same

[autumn umbra]

Exactly the point lol I know enough about cars to know that just an intake doesn’t really do anything but I saw a video of my same engine with one and decided I needed mine to sound like that 😭

[distant pumice]

there's a padded piece that goes around the horn button that's held on to the retaining ring

what's throwing me off is this metal bit that seems to only fit the wrong way around

ah never mind i just needed to really jam it in there.

[harsh quarry]

the plan for my Golf (eventually™) is to do an ecu tune, intake, and maybe downpipe and/or GTI exhaust retrofit

and, since I do winter drive it, maybe a skidplate

QC roads kinda suck on a good day

[autumn umbra]

Nice yeah I might end up doing a skid plate as well just because Colorado roads suck and I plan on lowering the car a few inches. Then I’d like to mainly do a new exhaust since the superchargers for these are impossible to find. Maybe later on I’ll fab something custom as far as boost goes

[harsh quarry]

my car isn't even lowered and my bumper can scrape on steep driveways if I'm not careful 😭

[autumn umbra]

That sucks 😭

Both my cars are cruiser type cars so they’re pretty dang high up stock

I’ve scrapped my Lexus a couple times just because the suspension is so spongy

[lone fern]

yeah i completely ate a little rut in my buick at work cuz i park offroad at stock ride height, can’t wait to see what happens when my lowering springs show up

time to acquire a stop sign for a kickass skid plate

[harsh quarry]

the only good thing is that I'm on stock tires with fat sidewalls so I don't have to worry about potholes too much

[lone fern]

for now i’m in the same boat, i have 17’s, but my plan is 20’s 😭

gonna have to avoid some michigan potholes

[harsh quarry]

I have 15'' rn, would move up to 17''

we're still regular traffic for now lol

[lone fern]

oh to have 15’s again

miss my old shitboxes w 15’s and cheappp tires

mine is “regular traffic” but there were nearly zero sold here in the u.s so it’s not really regular lol

[harsh quarry]

huh I don't think I've seen one of those here in canada either

[lone fern]

ordered a tune and cold air intake for turbski noises, at some point next year it’s going to get a zzp big wheel turbo

[lone fern]

yeah it’s a rebadged opel, idk if they sold them at all in canada, they sold like 20k in 3 years here in the u.s

wish i had the wagon version but this was a much better deal lol

[harsh quarry]

tbh I rarely see any new Buicks here

they don't sell very well I guess

[lone fern]

they’re all over rhe place here since most of the cars here in michigan are domestics, but they’re just shitty crossovers

[distant pumice]

just got these

[lone fern]

noice

[distant pumice]

had just regular steels before but they're not very straight anymore

[harsh quarry]

I got new michelins at costco shortly after buying the car used, and it was pretty cheap

195s be like

[lone fern]

ooo nice, i’m looking to buy some michellin crossclimates when i get my new wheels

can’t decide on what wheels i want so i’m riding on my china spec tires right now lmao

[lone fern]

gah makes me miss my crv lol

[harsh quarry]

I do actually have 2 sets of tires though because you need winter tires here

so I have dedicated summers and winters

[lone fern]

yeah i should buy winter tires, really gotta have em here too

maybe i’ll keep the oem wheels n use those in the winter, or sell em and buy steelies

also gotta get it undercoated lmao

[distant pumice]

would probably look nicer if i washed my car once in a while

[harsh quarry]

defenders are cool but I don't know much about them

[autumn umbra]

My solara has 16s stock the new wheels I got are 17s

Wanna do a meaty tire setup

Absolute mess and takes a lot of time but all of this to have sub 200$ wheels that look amazing is worth it

[distant pumice]

they're a parts bin special

[harsh quarry]

huge improvement

[distant pumice]

my 2010 defender is literally a ford transit engine bolted to a mustang gearbox

and it came from the factory like this

[harsh quarry]

interesting

my neighbors used to have a land rover discovery and it was always in the shop lol

[distant pumice]

oh yeah land rovers do that

[harsh quarry]

like it was early-mid 2000s

[distant pumice]

great thing about the defender is that if you feel like something is wrong with it

it will happily drive for another 500km before it dies

sheared a few cams off the shaft + bent valves on a cylinder, but i was about 300km from what you could call civilization

made it no problem, no cylinder damage

[harsh quarry]

damn

[distant pumice]

exploded the transfer case earlier this year, but still managed to drive it for a week while i was waiting for a new one

[tribal sphinx]

does anyone know if theres a way to connect EOBD cars to a Snap-On Triton scnaner?

this scanner won't read my 2007 imported RAM 3500 (originally sold in Germany if that matters)
I already have the 3rd gen RAM diesel scan toolkit installed. is there a seperate scan toolkit for euro vehicles?

it has the 3rd brake light if that matters too (dif electrically from a US model)

[gentle thicket]

Yeah, this style is called short ram. Cold air would put the filter in the bumper and hopefully have a bypass valve around where the short ram intake is to ensure the engine doesn't gulp water from a puddle.

[gentle thicket]

Are there no tires common to other vehicles of a similar circumferance and track width on a different rim size? If the tires are that hard to come by, it's sometimes cheaper to buy rims and tires where the rim is larger or smaller (when the brakes and other bits clear) than just the tires that only come from a couple vendors and are always special order.

[gentle thicket]

I wonder if anyone's swapped in the LGX from the GS. Probably can't pull off the AWD too though. At least not without 'ruining' the inside.

[lone fern]

ohhh no i was just commenting on how cheap 15’s are usually, but i’m going to be buying either 18 or 20in wheels for it at skme point

[lone fern]

maybe, that’d be pretty sweet, although there’s more power potential in the 2.0 ltg then the lgx

[gentle thicket]

I think you mean cheaper power potential.

[lone fern]

also the common failure points w the awd in these cars are the diffs so i’m very glad i didn’t get an awd one lol

[gentle thicket]

Because one could get custom beams and slugs made for the V6 and twin turbo it.

[lone fern]

yes, and also just in terms of aftermarket support

that’s true

trans would definitely complain though lmao

one day i will buy the tourx

[gentle thicket]

I wonder if one could slip the Commodore VXR in under the substantially similar clause.

Granted, it'd have like a 30% tarriff taked on now though.

They come with the V6 AWD.

[lone fern]

shoot i bet ya could

i can’t imagine the price but that would be cool

just importing vxr parts is expensive lol

was looking at vxr wheels until i saw the import fees and shipping charges lol

[gentle thicket]

Oh yeah it'd probably cost as much as the reagal when new. lmao

[lone fern]

yeppp

[gentle thicket]

Oh wait it's the RS-V not the VXR. VXR was liftback only.

[lone fern]

oh right the vxr is the gs equivalent

[gentle thicket]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holden_Commodore_(ZB)#Commodore_RS–V

[lone fern]

gah i despise the base wheels which are what i have lmao

somethinf about them just looks off

they’re not terrible but gah they could look so much better

[gentle thicket]

hold on the tour-x is already AWD and the wiki can't be bothered to mention that!?!

You know, these are neat but they probably don't have the adaptive cruise I've grown to love so much on the Palisade.

[lone fern]

they do!

mine doesn’t

but they do

[outer meteor]

just got my lyriq delivered!

it drives pretty good tbh

smooth

but at high speeds a bit less smooth

especially on the highway

[gentle thicket]

You bought it without driving one?!?

[pure pond]

crazy

[prisma frost]

You guys like the LED taillight design?

[harsh quarry]

fellow Golf mk7 owner 🔥

mine is the 7 facelift so I have LED tail lights from the factory, but mine are the dumb north american ones with the red turn signals

[prisma frost]

Yess

[prisma frost]

Rip

Too sad I have halogen front lights

[harsh quarry]

mine are the halogen headlights with LED daytime running lights

probably gonna buy some better halogen bulbs though because it's pretty dim sometimes

[prisma frost]

Ah yeah those are fine

I want to change them to LED or xenon

Bi-xenon is ok but still halogen I believe

[lone fern]

i’d hate to see the subframe lmao

we can not be serious wtf

[prisma frost]

$300

[lone fern]

yeah 😭 that’s about all i’d pay for it, dash is lit up like a christmas tree with 202,000 miles and half the shit don’t work

[civic spoke]

Classic corrosion from those Passat's.

[harsh quarry]

Imo buying a new LED fixture isn't really worth it since they're really expensive

and swapping LED bulbs into a halogen fixture is a bad idea

also, Golf 7 and 7.5 headlight fixtures are not interchangeable

[prisma frost]

This yeah

I mean I highly doubt I will ever change them since its kinda makes no sense financially

[forest lintel]

Thought my sister's Vito was bad but this is next level

[harsh quarry]

yeah like it would cost as much as a tune to get headlights lol

[lone fern]

here’s a mazda i found a while back

god i love michigan and no inspections shit like that will blow your doors off on the highway lmao

[forest lintel]

These people must never wash their cars

[lone fern]

it’s unfortuanatly inevitable where i live but yeah some neglect for sure

the best way to stop rust is to park the nice car and drive a shitter for 5-6 months out of the year

[forest lintel]

Road salt?

[lone fern]

yep

salt brine and just regular salt

the brine shit they spray is the worst it just pools everywheree

[forest lintel]

They like to put a lot of salt on the roads here too, but never seen anything that bad

Though that's probably due to the yearly inspections

[lone fern]

for some stupid reason we can’t have studded tires here because they’ll “ruin our already shitty roads” (but semi trucks can weigh 146,000 pounds legally)

so they just dump oodles of salt

which also ruins the concrete/asphalt

[forest lintel]

Yep

[harsh quarry]

that's the worst I've ever seen and I live in a pretty bad place for rust

[lone fern]

i’ve seen even worse on the roads 😭 i live in the poorest county here in michigan so most everything on the road shouldn’t be on the road lmao

[harsh quarry]

we don't have inspections here in Quebec, but if we did soo many cars would fail

[forest lintel]

Luckily they still haven't banned studded tires here, would suck to drive when the weather goes from freezing to thawing and back again. And semis can weigh up to 74000kg, 163 142.074 lbs google tells me

So our roads are quite shit

[lone fern]

yuup same i’d have one car out of my 10 that would pass 😭

i have a fleet of shit and one nice daily

[harsh quarry]

we're legally required to have winter tires but nobody uses studs here, idek if they're legal or not

beater cars keep their winter tires all year round

[lone fern]

my friend bought a shitbox with good winter tires and ruined them by driving all year with them 😭

[harsh quarry]

yeahh they're a much softer compound so when it's over 7 degrees C they'll start to wear more quickly

[lone fern]

yeah he’s just dumb lmao

[harsh quarry]

there are some all-season/all-weather tires now that are allowed in winter here, but an all season is never as good as a dedicated winter tire obviously

[lone fern]

400$ car with a kickass set of michelin x-ice tires (brand new, too) and he was too cheap to but a summer set and they’re bald as fuck now in under a year

[lone fern]

got my radar detector today 😎

[civic spoke]

Make sure that it's actually legal to use one where you're using it.

[distant pumice]

guys does it get bigger when warm?

never mind, i just had to give it a good wiggle

went for the uncircumcized version. they had a US model as well

[forest lintel]

Usually does the trick

[forest lintel]

You want that skin to touch when the weather is cold. Otherwise there could be shrinkage

[distant pumice]

biblically accurate foreleather

[lone fern]

it is legal here in michigan so we all good to go

[lone fern]

why thank you 😭

couldn’t count them myself 🙄

[native ermine]

_(\

[civic spoke]

Try asking what car they were used on before.

The layman doesn't know that stuff like 5x120 and similar is something.

[forest lintel]

Nice steelies though, apart from the rust

[lone fern]

yeah i did lmao hopefully i get a response

[lone fern]

yupp i really just wanted a cheap set of winter tires i’ll probably just rattlecan them and call it good enough

[harsh quarry]

LMAO

[misty mantle]

Twok

[lone fern]

hell yeah

a goober

[hallow lotus]

my obd port was missing, today i found it stuffed in a random place but one of the wires was cut. i think its the 12v, hope they didn't try powering a power hungry thing with it and burned the cable... will splice it an try when my obd scanner arrives

why would anyone do this 💀

i just hope it was a 3-wire setup and not missing any wires...

[woven dove]

Drives like crap(semi sloppy steering) and has a consistent and extremely difficult to find air leak, but it has auto chains making it the main engine we use in the winter since it’s also our only 4x4 structure engine.

[distant pumice]

the cylinders came out the bottom.

(they should not come out the bottom)

[paper sandal]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bqo8Zoz0os

wtf?

[harsh quarry]

had to look up auto tire chains because I had never heard of them, that's pretty cool

[woven dove]

Uses the air system for the brakes. Push a button on the console, diverts air to a cylinder that pushes down a roller with chain flails off of it against the rear tires so the chains get spun under the tires and the wheels roll forward or backward

[vocal mural]

Even tire socks exist

https://www.autovoordeelwinkel.nl//Files/3/1000/1548/ProductPhotos/Large/2116227039.png

Photo credit: Autosock

[woven dove]

That’s a little different. You have to manually put those on the tires

Also those don’t seem to work too well in more than an inch or two of snow from what I’ve seen

Good AT tires will get you through close to sixteen inches of snow without a problem, but that’s pushing it. I normally put chains on my pickup around 14 inches of snow or more

[misty mantle]

I've got a set of socks for my truck, I'm kinda skeptical of them.
I do have a good set of ATs (Falken Wildpeaks) so the socks likely wont ever leave the package anyway

[woven dove]

I’m on my fourth set of bfgoodrich ko2’s. They get alot of hate from people who use them mainly on pavement, but if you really are 50/50 pavement to dirt and gravel, they’re great. Plus do well in deep snow and on ice

This is a typical week where I live in the winter.

[open terrace]

Jealous, we don’t get snow anymore and it makes me sad

I miss getting like 3-4 feet overnight

[misty mantle]

We dont typically see more than a couple inches to a foot at my elevation.
Except for 2022, that was hell

[woven dove]

We average 320+ inches of snow a winter up here.

[open terrace]

Now we’re lucky if we get 3-4 inches a year

[woven dove]

Makes it exciting when you get two feet in town overnight and all the tourists lose their minds and cant drive

[misty mantle]

This was a total of around 5 feet in a week

[woven dove]

These are both photos the city posted

This is during an average storm cycle in the winter

They have to run the big boy snowblower on the highway

[open terrace]

It just gets cold here now, but no snow, very dry

[woven dove]

Ah. Like big bear got

[open terrace]

Couple years ago we had -60° windchills while there wasn’t a single inch of snow. Absolutely miserable

[harsh quarry]

yeah those I've heard of

[woven dove]

When they got screwed over by that storm

[woven dove]

We had a day last winter where it was cold enough we couldn’t get any diesel to start and stay running, including our structure fire engines. Had to respond to a barn fire with two gas powered wildland engines

And those are stored inside in a heated apparatus bay

[open terrace]

Gotta start a small fire under them. Also treat the fuck out of the diesel

[misty mantle]

Assuming block heaters werent plugged in?

[woven dove]

The apparatus bays where all our engines are stored are kept at 65-70 degrees all winter. And the diesel is treated

[woven dove]

Plus they had their battery tenders on as always

rigs started in the bays, but within twenty minutes of being outside they died

[misty mantle]

Jeez

[woven dove]

Was a problem with all three fire departments in the county that day

[open terrace]

2 jump packs daisy chained and a can of ether can do a lot

[woven dove]

Didn’t work well on this rig and this one’s the best in cold weather

Left it on the roadside and had to pick it up the next day

[misty mantle]

It wouldnt even stay running under throttle?

[woven dove]

It would start to bog down.

Which was the same issue other departments reported. Just a weird problem that didn’t make sense

But the two gas version of this were running albeit cold

Active grill shutters were a lifesaver

[misty mantle]

What was the temp that day?

[open terrace]

Even if diesel fuel is treated it can get thick in the cold and the pumps can start cavitating, causing them to now flow as much as the computer thinks they are and confusing it

[woven dove]

-45-55 with the windchill

We’d gotten 28 inches overnight and the wind was brutal. 30 mph sustained gusts of up to 70

[proven tundra]

Diesel gels at about +10

-40 youre pumping a solid

[misty mantle]

All of a sudden I’m kinda glad I don’t live in your area

[woven dove]

Hey, we get a shit ton of snow though. Almost every day is a powder day if you ski or snowboard

[woven dove]

All it took was 20 minutes out of the heated bays for things to start dying

[misty mantle]

I haven’t done either in years lol.
Makes me wish my sled hadn’t blown up though

[proven tundra]

Oof

[open terrace]

A little hack for treating diesel that’s better than off the shelf additives is adding a gallon of gasoline to a full tank of truck diesel, then a quart of ATF to keep the injection pumps happy

[proven tundra]

Might need to consider tamk heaters at that point

[woven dove]

Unfortunately that would violate the nfpa rules for appartus as it currently stands

[proven tundra]

Oof

[misty mantle]

Something about having a heat source directly on the fuel supply or something?

[woven dove]

Yeah.

[misty mantle]

Understandable reason, but as we were talking about can cripple trucks in very cold weather

[woven dove]

Yeah

[lone fern]

yooo you want another brush truck?

i think i’m gonna buy it lol it’s 2500$

[woven dove]

No.

[woven dove]

Think we’ll pass. All three of ours are 2025 ram 5500 cab and chassis builds

Don’t think I’ll ever get approval to buy another rig until we kill one of ours

[lone fern]

damn yalll got moneyy

is it a volunteer department or not?

[woven dove]

Semi volunteer with a few folks who are on staff like leadership

We only could afford the three new brush trucks at once because of grants

We also have access to a snowcat though through one of the businesses in our district

So that’s fun.

Big toy

[lone fern]

ooooh nice!!

our local department just got a “new” brush truck, it’s a 2016 chevy lmao

[woven dove]

We’d planned on buying one or two used rigs since all of our structure rigs we bought used when the department was founded two years ago, but we got the grants and after confirming the terms allowed it, bought the three brand new wildland rigs

[civic spoke]

https://www.instagram.com/towards_endless/

[shell mountain]

@deep zealot fucking mopar wont start, had to use this fucking thing. Even while using the jumpers from my trailblazer.

[civic spoke]

Just keep in mind that's just a battery charger. Not meant to be used as a booster to start a vehicle.

Since it only gives you 2/6 Amps.

[shell mountain]

I know

The 25A charger doesnt want to charge this fucking shitpar

[woven dove]

How olds the battery?

[shell mountain]

Old

[civic spoke]

I got myself one of those booster batteries that I can keep with me. Have already gotten used a couple of times.

[civic spoke]

Battery could just be DEAD.

[shell mountain]

Not even they were able to get this shitpar started

[woven dove]

Yeah what I’m thinking

[civic spoke]

Did they have a safety bypass thing?

Where they send power even if it doesn't detect a battery

[shell mountain]

Yes

[civic spoke]

F

[shell mountain]

Never buying another fucking mopar

[woven dove]

So you have a known good battery you can swap with it?

[shell mountain]

No

My dad is just buying a new batt

[woven dove]

I’ve owned a few mopar vehicles. Never had issues with them and I abuse the hell out of em.

[civic spoke]

I believe this is the one I got.

[shell mountain]

Those lack capacity

[civic spoke]

Have worked good enough for me. tbh

[shell mountain]

Do your family/you own 4 vehicles?

[civic spoke]

Would be nice to have something that did 12/24 Volts, though.

[woven dove]

I’ve used one to start an extremely dead commercial chassis vehicle

[civic spoke]

Nah. But they can usually start 4+ vehicles. And you can easily charge between uses.

[woven dove]

One that had four battery’s rigged up together on the battery tray

And one of those still was able to get it started

[civic spoke]

We had one of those for the trucks.

[woven dove]

We relied on it for a few weeks with one of our engines

[shell mountain]

@woven dove this fucking 15 year old mopar with only 100k km's on it already gets engine knock on a cold start. its not even the hemi either so that shouldn't be happening

[civic spoke]

More or less what we had.

[woven dove]

I’m on my third hemi ram. All but this one I’ve gotten to 300k miles or more. I’m only at 110k miles on this one

[civic spoke]

Two chonkers 12V batteries that could be used with 12 and 24 volt.

[shell mountain]

im going back to ford and GM

[woven dove]

My 2010 lasted til 400k miles before it got totaled

And I abuse my pickups heavily

The dings tell stories.

[shell mountain]

my 2002 gmc sierra (that i've since sold) had no issues other than rust, and a bad abs sensor

body had 320k km's on it

[woven dove]

Sounds like you just had a lemon of whatever mopar car you’ve got

[shell mountain]

its a 2010 cryingslur 300

[woven dove]

I mean my old f250 is still running, but the things had more issues than my last three vehicles combined

[shell mountain]

im sticking with gm and ford

[lone fern]

i worked landscaping and i personally had two ram 5500 trucks transmissions go out so i can’t say i’d ever buy mopar

also my moms van and dad’s new grand cherokee has been a royal pain in the ass

[shell mountain]

the ford has smt like 250k km on it, and has never had a trans issue or engine issue. only major issue was because we didnt have a trans cooler

[woven dove]

I might just be lucky then. Our wildland engines are ram 5500’s, and at my last job we had one on the original transmission and engine that hit 350k miles. And the three rams I’ve owned all haven’t had transmission or engine issues.

[lone fern]

i’ve had my share of issues with gm and ford too just mopar seems to take the cake

[shell mountain]

the trans cooler was needed because we use the truck for towing a 8500lb trailer through the bc mountains

bc mountains are a pain

[lone fern]

honestly probably depends on what motor is in it, and what you’re towing. ours had the 6.4 and we were hauling a dump bed and dump trailer full of rocks both times the trans shat the bed

[woven dove]

Our current engines are 6.4’s and always have a full tank of water and foam plus all the other crap we have to have on them. Used heavily on shitty logging roads

The one at my previous employer had the 6.4 as well and was used in the same conditions

We drove it across the country a few times in one summer for incidents

[shell mountain]

@woven dove the funny thing about the mountains where i live, is that there's some areas that have 27% grades

[woven dove]

We’ve got those here too

[shell mountain]

how many meters/feet of elevation though?

[lone fern]

i live in northern michigan so everythings flat as hell besides random rolling hills here and there

[woven dove]

Highest peak on our district that has a road to the summit is 8,600 feet

Start of the road is at 3,800 feet

[shell mountain]

is that a major highway though?

[woven dove]

Logging road

[shell mountain]

i mean highways

not logging roads

should've clarified, my bad.

[woven dove]

If you’re in the states, that’s unlikely since the highest “allowed” grade on a U.S. highway is 7% in mountains

[shell mountain]

im canadian

[woven dove]

Ah that’d do it.

We do have a two mile stretch of state highway that’s about 26% grade

But few people drive it

[shell mountain]

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/driving-and-transportation/driving/elevations/hwy_5_coquihalla_pass_grade-profile.pdf

[woven dove]

Most people take the bypass which just switchbacks up the hill

[shell mountain]

this is what its like

[woven dove]

I know the coq lol.

Driven it before

[shell mountain]

its a good stress test for cars /hj

[woven dove]

We took our engine on it a few years back headed to Alberta for wildland fire assistance

Was. Exciting?

[shell mountain]

the one time my dad and i put e85 in the f150 when we were towing the trailer, we didn't have a single issue

[shell mountain]

when i was 12, my mom took me to the okanagan in my dad's 2000 celica gt-s. she averaged 160km/h on the coq

fun, but also scary as fuck

[woven dove]

Steepest grade on the coq is only 14% though?

Still confused on where the 27% is

[shell mountain]

i might be thinking of somewhere else, or misremembering entirely

yeah

i was misremembering

@woven dove my apologies

[woven dove]

All good. I was just confused trying to picture that in my head lol

[shell mountain]

i was thinking of new west

fucking teriffying trying to park when its raining on some of those streets

not fun in a heavy rwd sedan

and its not a 27%

but still not fun

[woven dove]

Yeah looks like 17% is the steepest there.

Grades in general aren’t fun

[shell mountain]

real

[shell mountain]

:3

[somber galleon]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/382801814547988481/1430652184034279476/20251022_132010.jpg

Is this "cars"?

Itd be funny if it came with a 40 foot pole

[dull cedar]

No, not even close

[hallow lotus]

yay! the check engine light was just the oxygen sensor. no issues...

and it was cleaned by the previous owner like 1.5 years ago when it failed emissions tests, then it passed. so problem should be fixed already. they just didn't clear the codes. obd port was missing...

[paper sandal]

Do ya think a 2007 Ford Mondeo 2.0 TDCI is decent for a highway only car?

[somber galleon]

So radios and car accessories arent "cars"?

[vocal mural]

Real life gridlock atm

Due to a sinkhole on motorway 12 near Duiven

[woven dove]

An accessory, by definition, is an accessory TO whatever it’s an accessory for. Not the item

So looking forward to driving for 18-20 hours straight tomorrow

[vocal mural]

Still stuck…

[somber galleon]

Call highway patrol

[alpine plover]

Anyone got a suggestion for a good Android Auto double din radio with physical buttons? Preferably with a radio antenna plugin as well

[forest lintel]

Dynavin D9, there's car specific versions of it too which look great at least in a BMW E46

[little dagger]

My Pajero is dying lmao

[dull cedar]

Aren't all of them in some state of dying?

Don't think I've ever seen one that isn't

[dull cedar]

A freshly rebuilt one doesn't count

[pure pond]

a few friends of mine have them cant say anything bad about them tbh, and they abuse the hell out of them

[paper sandal]

It feels wrong overtaking a mustang with a 2001 1.3 vtt Totoya yaris

[civic spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/speed-i-am-speed-lightning-mcqueen-cars-meme-gif-14031708

[little dagger]

mine isn't dying

just fixing up its aircon to my local mechanic

[vocal mural]

Well, it will still be hell until monday.
Yesterday it took 93 minutes to drive 12miles/18km home. Normally it takes 24min

[vocal mural]

@somber galleon

https://i.regiogroei.cloud/a2be8982-2262-3317-8ae8-d894ee84f6af.jpg?width=1104&height=828&aspect_ratio=1104:828&cb=206d52b88c8c4c42d1fc3f216531a25f

Photo credit: GLD.nl

[prisma hornet]

[somber galleon]

Hire a helicopter?

[vocal mural]

Or buy a motorcycle.
10 more days until my motorcycle road exam.

[somber galleon]

Get in the chopper?

[vocal mural]

Hornet 750 as learning mc, although wanna buy Interceptor 650 or XSR 700 next year

[harsh quarry]

my driving school had a Yaris and it was honestly pretty decent to drive

[jagged wagon]

Well, at least it passed Quebec City. ✅

[rugged lynx]

imagine how good the chinese products would be if they paid workersand just tried to make quality stuff in general

[prisma hornet]

china has mastered industrial production

they totally can make products of amazing quality

they just prioritize cheap mass produced products

if you order stuff from china thats as expensive as domestic products its quality can actually be really impressive

like my billet block turbo muffler delete

[wispy cloak]

there's a bunch of stuff we genuinely cannot even mass produce too

it's pretty crazy to think about

[dull cedar]

The manufacturing and the people working are not the problem. It's people designing cheap garbage and having it made as cheaply as possible

china is very capable of making something good if you want them to

most of the stuff on lttstore.com is either fully or partially made in china.... It's all good.
Except the backpack bottom layer issue from someone at the manufacturer deleting it because they thought it was an error and didn't think to ask

[novel heart]

Get a Mazda or Toyota if you want reliability

[white heart]

<@&750150305383186585>

[prisma hornet]

careful with new toyota their not as reliable anymore

[dull cedar]

Buncha BS

They're perfectly fine

Source:

[forest lintel]

Well a new car can't really have a proven reliability, since it's new

[prisma hornet]

new as in anything from the past 10-ish years

i disagree with that statement, there are several class action lawsuits as a result of new cars with immediate reliability concerns such as the nissan altima CVTs

however cars such as the new toyota hilux champ are known to be reliable from launch due to the chassis history and design simplicity

[prisma hornet]

toyota issued two major recalls this year on the tacoma,sequoia, and tundra models of over 400k cars and wheel detachment problems on their electric suvs

[forest lintel]

Yeah you're probably right, I just get the inherent need to disagree when someone makes a blanket statement about x-brand being reliable or not, as it tends to vary a lot from model to model

[pure pond]

Ah yes warm tips, love parts from china

[prisma hornet]

yeah that's true but in my opinion there is a trend with certain brands where old models that were reliable become unreliable and vice versa

[charred depot]

new car pmo

fuel filter clogged driving it back from seller leaving me with about 6hp, had to basically gravity drive the last 20 miles

I had to take a longer way around as well so I could avoid the roads with a steep incline as it literally wouldnt have made it up heh

[novel heart]

?

[rugged lynx]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FS-c1ydOs0o

[lone fern]

wtf is this clickbait video

it’s entirely ai generated lmao

[civic spoke]

This looks more like a Chinese Domestic Market issue than anything else.

[civic spoke]

This also.

[lone fern]

half of the clips aren’t even related to the car lol

i’ve not heard great things about chinese low cost ev’s but ffs that video doesn’t really prove that lol

[rugged lynx]

we must teach the ai all about china

before china develops an ai to do the same

[civic spoke]

If you feed it shit.
Then it will only produce shit.
Ain't nothing wrong with Chinese products as long as they pay for a certain quality standard.

[rugged lynx]

their build environment is toxic

[civic spoke]

Which is honestly the big issue.
Customers want it fast and cheap. But not good.

[rugged lynx]

i have a honda delsol that has pretty much no rust underneath

arent those notorious for rust?

[lone fern]

yeah i mean any 30 year old car in a salty environment will rot lol but delsols do get pretty bad

[civic spoke]

It's a lot where you are located and how it's treated. Here an old Honda can rust to hell and back in 5 years.

My first thought is Passat. Those had a generation where it was super common for them to rust out here.

[lone fern]

this one

[lone fern]

mintyy

[civic spoke]

If you squint, it's mint!

[lone fern]

shoot i’d drive it 😂😂

[hearty dagger]

it has highlights on it

lol

[charred depot]

50hp is ehhhhhh time to find a MX5 to kill for it

[gentle thicket]

Nice. The rust is problematic around the seals and the rear quarters. Mine has fist size holes. 🙁

[dusk ocean]

Rust is just a concept

[gentle thicket]

sadly so is compression in 3 of the cylinders - and the seals on the clutch/brake cylinders. I really should just give up and let someone tow it out of the back yard while I still might not have to pay them.

I've owned it for like 22 years tho. Hard to let go.

[lone fern]

🫩

370k was apparently all she had to give i guess

[harsh quarry]

just acquired these for my Golf (will be using them as my winter set) for a steal of $20 CAD/rim

[novel heart]

I can't tell if it's even an EV

or Chinese

[novel heart]

50hp is a lot for a light car

[dull cedar]

Every brand has duds with new models, how it happened and how it's handled is what matters, a recall means they're fixing it.
A lot of times these issues only affect a small number but they're not sure so they check every car

like the engines specifically from the Alabama plant not being cleaned properly

Once they figured out that was the issue, it was fixed and engines were replaced

And that's pretty much the extent of their issues in recent years lol

Meanwhile everyone I personally know that's either made the mistake of buying a new ford or had one as a work vehicle has had it go back to the dealer multiple times, often for the same issue not being fixed properly

[south jackal]

You forget about the transmission issues as well?

Also problems with the ADD in the front diff on the new Tacoma's is well documented.

[dull cedar]

Idk about taco specific issues other than the engine as I'm not American

[south jackal]

I find a lot of these issues are people using 4 High instead of 4 Low while off road though. Just because the engine has the low end torque is doing it in 4 High does not mean you should be using it.

That is a ton of additional stress on the drivetrain that simply does not need to be there. If you are off road, and not going over 60kmh, put it in 4 Low for God sakes!

[south jackal]

There is a transmission bulletin for the Sequoia and tundra for sure. I think 280k affected if memory serves correct.

The Front Diff affected early models of these Taco

[dull cedar]

Yeahhhhh Minor issues are often worsened by idiots that don't know how to drive properly

Like people calling the 1KD bad because they abuse it and then have it tuned and expect it to not blow up

The pistons don't crack in the stock engines without some serious abuse

[south jackal]

Yeah a lot of times I see people with issues on their vehicles and then I see them drive. Its clear the issue is the driver.

Watching many reviewers drive a manual transmission frustrates me beyond belief these days. Revving the piss out of it and slipping the clutch like crazy at every stop. Like PLEEEAAASE stop driving a manual, or get some education on how! Then they wonder why their clutches are failing on almost every manual transmission they buy.

[dull cedar]

Funny thing with the front diff in the 7th gen Hilux, if you don't put it in 4wd for a while the actuator takes a while to figure out life again. There's always weird quirks in 4wd systems

[south jackal]

Toyota has often had a difficult system to actually engage 4WD. Needs to be perfectly level if you're stopped. Otherwise need to roll a bit and turn the wheels.

Fords engagement is rather impressive in the latest models.

Both for lockers and 4WD and sway bar disconnect.

[dull cedar]

because they keep it relatively simple, including having to make sure it's aligned properly

[south jackal]

Sometimes that's a pain in the ass though if you're in a sticky situation

Sometimes its fun to do the 2WD challenge and see how far you can get without engaging 4WD.

[dull cedar]

Unless you've got ages without engaging it, it's only ever needed a slight movement to engage it

Much better than the manual hubs of the first gen surf dad once had

[south jackal]

Living on the equator you may go a long time at times lol

[dull cedar]

Skill issue