cars

[tribal sphinx]

I think it's exclusive to GMC?

[south jackal]

Nah man, identical engines

[tribal sphinx]

None of our Chevy diesels have it and those are as new as late 2024 I've only seen it on my 2025 Denali Ultimate

[tribal sphinx]

There's like 12 variations of the L5P

17-20 has 2 versions (Denali High Output option, and Standard)
21-23 has 3
24-26 has the rest of them

All the denso common rail engines have a form of rail shut off/choke though

[south jackal]

The 2024 Duramax is good on mileage. But it ain't crazy. 22 I believe is the highest most see on the highway on a good day.

Anyways being a bit off topic. Would you really recommend a diesel when the guy is doing a lot of offroad activity. Like logging roads or ranch work? The diesel is a heavy beast and hard sprung.

[tribal sphinx]

Diesels have torque which is a double edge sword off road

[south jackal]

Once you're in 4 low, even a 4 cylinder with 100HP has plenty of torque.

You don't see guys with jeeps or Colorado's complaining about lack of torque in 4 low

And 4 low can get you up to 60KMh+

[tribal sphinx]

idk about that we've had to being out the diesel 3500s to unstuck gas 4500s in the mud before because the 4500s can't catch on anything while these 3500s get in the same mud and just dig themselves in further and then either get stuck worse or pull backwards

we usually just tie off the recovery winch to trees n shit to pull them out where possible though

(started ordering trucks with a recovery and pull winch after we got the F350/F450 crew cabs about 6 years ago because they'd get stuck a lot worse than the old RAM single cabs we had)

Usually on a job site there's 2 or 3 trucks so it's not a... Huge issue anymore

[south jackal]

This can simply be driver inexperience or stupidity. Too hard to tell. HD trucks are not usually what you want to go into deep mud and shit anyhow.

Let's just say, the power wagon is not a diesel to this day for a reason

[tribal sphinx]

We do a lot of renovation work and sometimes back when we did foundation work we got trucks stuck in 6-14 inch mud

[south jackal]

And the power wagon don't care

[tribal sphinx]

These are crew cab 88" chassis mainly so they get stuck quite a bit easier

the power wagon is a double cab 64" iirc?

Or is it a crew 58"

I forgot rams r dif than Ford and GM for chassis length uhh

6'4 bed crew is like a 62" chassis?

(power wagon is 6'4 crew)

[tribal sphinx]

crew cab 88" fits a 10' utility bed or 8' pickup bed fyi

I'm not a big fan of the ram or very big on how they're built so forgive me if I'm wrong about length

[south jackal]

I don't have a problem with diesels. You just need a fairly specific case to make use of them these days. Its almost niche with how capable the gassers are. I see a ton of people overspending on a diesel when they clearly don't need it.

[tribal sphinx]

This is the only RAM I've had for awhile

[tribal sphinx]

I'd like to just standardize both companies fleets on diesel to save on fuel

I don't have enough gas vehicles in either fleet for the bulk gas to get fully used before it needs treated

More logical to eliminate the gas stuff since we HAVE to have diesel for some stuff

[south jackal]

But are you really saving overall? Maintenance, initial cost, DEF fluid, diesel prices, etc.

It looks like all your trucks are new. That's a lot of extra cost up front you're paying for the diesel.

[tribal sphinx]

I buy bulk diesel for $2.10 a gallon, initial cost is pretty close on fleet trucks from GM, again fleet trucks so I don't have maintence costs that's on the dealer since we're replacing them the second they're out of the initial maintenance plans

[south jackal]

Fleet is a completely different discussion from regular consumer

[tribal sphinx]

• I just buy chassis cabs when we phase out every 3-5 years and pay a company to move the utility beds and flat beds onto new ones

[south jackal]

Bulk fuel, completely different discussion

[tribal sphinx]

Yeah I mainly worry about fleet stuff. I just drive a diesel 3500 for a pickup truck personally because it'll do anything I need it to do without worry

[south jackal]

I would love to do this personally and build my own vehicle up

[tribal sphinx]

We get 2-3 vehicles going through a utility bed before we have to replace them and 1-2 on the flat beds

The flat bed tool boxes usually get torn up at around the 7 year mark

Its REALLY cost effective to do this btw

$800-$1200 per vehicle to swap a bed over to a new one and $50-60K per vehicle every 4 years isn't bad in a commercial setting instead of $70-80K to buy them with the bed already

[south jackal]

Do they have air purifiers to clear out the smell of farts?

[tribal sphinx]

PFFF

[south jackal]

Old cars had these from factory

[tribal sphinx]

Good question I don't actually drive them very much personally

[south jackal]

You just open the cigarette window and no problem

[tribal sphinx]

sometimes I drive one of the 4500s but usually I just drive my personal truck or my Jetta to job sites as needed

I did drive the Camaro too for awhile till I learned even if I'm signing someone's paycheck they won't respect my shit😭

[south jackal]

No corvette?

[tribal sphinx]

(tractor with a carpet fork fitted on it put a hole in my door)

[tribal sphinx]

I want another Corvette just haven't found a C4 how I want yet

[south jackal]

Bring a ZR1 to the site and you'll be respected

[tribal sphinx]

Usually my daily drivers are newer vehicles and then I have a nice classic car for show n stuff

oh btw if you know about commercial stuff how do you feel about case's heavy equipment?

[south jackal]

My daily these days is a Yamaha NMax 160. Most fun I've ever had driving and cheap as hell to drive even if I'm hooning it

[tribal sphinx]

we just use 1-2 equipment trailers with aux tanks on the 4500 hauling them place to place to move heavy equipment

[south jackal]

Case is great. Had many of those in my younger years. But now we're going back 20 years. So I can't speak for their new stuff

[tribal sphinx]

(I've also got a expedited shipping company but that doesn't really go through vehicles or equipment fast)

[tribal sphinx]

ah we just bought a whole new fleet of case equipment in 2018

only had issues out of one of the diesel tractors everything's been running great

wayyy better than the JD and CAT stuff it replaced lol

[south jackal]

Actually here's a question. Why not just get some dues and a half trucks for half the price and drive something literally indestructible?

[tribal sphinx]

We have 4500s for what they're needed for (1 1/2 ton)

[south jackal]

That's small truck bro

[tribal sphinx]

5500s too for some stuff like hazardous waste

[south jackal]

And double the price

[tribal sphinx]

you mean like a semi?

[south jackal]

Dues and a half will outwork that shit easily

Plus they will never get stuck

[tribal sphinx]

requires more expensive insurance and extra training to go over a 5500 😭

[south jackal]

They ride on 46's

[tribal sphinx]

never seen them tbh

[south jackal]

But the price of the truck is half

[tribal sphinx]

we used to have some 22 ton military trucks but got rid of them due to shitloads of maintence

Most of the shit these trucks r doing is just moving people, tools, and supplies or junk around on large trailers so

ever pulled a 18' dump trailer out of the mud while it's stuck on a half sideways Silverado? That is a... Complex experience

[south jackal]

That's oversized

[tribal sphinx]

After seeing that I stopped questioning how things get destroyed because someone finds a way

[south jackal]

2.5 are where it's at

[tribal sphinx]

Yeah but they where a hold out from when this company opened in 1989 before my time

they where from the late 70s

[south jackal]

2.5 old military trucks, fully rebuilt ground up are like 50k

With a CAT engine and customized to hell

[tribal sphinx]

I've had pretty nice experiences with the 3500s ngl

they're not for hire so I don't have to badge them so my employees can just drive them to a hardware store and I don't gotta worry about shit getting stolen off them😭

[south jackal]

But hey, just throwing it out. I won't question ya

[tribal sphinx]

Theft has been the lowest with conventional trucks in my experience main reason to not change anything

[south jackal]

Your employees will love driving an old military truck and all the looks they get

[tribal sphinx]

You gotta think about maintenance

[south jackal]

Plus the sound the CAT engine makes is ridiculous

[tribal sphinx]

We've always got sub 150K miles newish trucks

they're getting sold off after 150K or 4 years

[south jackal]

To fully rebuild one from ground up is 50k. You can't tell me the savings of 50k wont pay the maintenance

[tribal sphinx]

NGL it probably won't 😭

Commercial dealers r insane with what they'll cover

the same Silverado that was half sideways with a trailer on it ended up with a bent receiver and the dealer replaced its receiver same day for $870😭

[south jackal]

50k maintenance in 3 years, you need new mechanics. These military trucks are dumb like ox

[tribal sphinx]

I literally have ONE company mechanic😭

These are always new vehicles I just take them to a dealer for work

Ill do basic shit myself like oil changes (I have a few other people that used to work for GM dealers on staff that do this too)

[south jackal]

There's your problem

[tribal sphinx]

• aren't military trucks 2 seaters?

[south jackal]

Hire mechanic. After 4 trucks, you'll have saved money.

[tribal sphinx]

that's when the vehicle passes it's dealer coverage plan yeah but again that never happens

[south jackal]

Depends. You can spec them literally however you want

[tribal sphinx]

Oh fr?

I didn't know that. The old 22 tons went away after we had someone get hit with a baseball bat by a crackhead😭 couldn't fit a reasonable amount of people on them safely to have someone ready to call 911 after stuff like that

[south jackal]

Military trucks are made to spec. Some carry 20 dudes. Some carry 6, some carry 2. But they also have so many add ons like PTO and being able to power entire work sites, the combination is endless. It's not the same as walking into a dealer and saying I need a truck.

[tribal sphinx]

I'd rather have 3-4 people on a vehicle so that there's always more than one person to call emergency services

[south jackal]

They're not like, okay what do you need it for?

Explain your situation, they build it

[tribal sphinx]

y'know how many times we've needed to power an entire job site with more than one a single 40A generator does?

One and it was already planned for cus I bought 2 military multi fuel generator trailers at an auction in 2016

[south jackal]

Its like building your own PC vs going to someone that sells you a PC. You go in, tell them what you need and want. They build it to spec

[tribal sphinx]

Ah

I'll have to look into seeing about that NGL.

[south jackal]

That's exactly what these trucks are kinda built for

[tribal sphinx]

I like the current fleet because there's never just 2 people at a single place there's always at least 3 (fits with the company emergency management plan requirements) and secretly transporting company property too

[south jackal]

And CAT engines love it

[tribal sphinx]

I had someone come in and design a new emergency management plan after 2 work place accidents happened back to back and general consensus with literally everything was never have less then 3 people alone

[south jackal]

It seems not many companies look into it, when it's kind exactly what they need

[tribal sphinx]

Commercial dealers treat people very well.

[south jackal]

I won't deny that either

[tribal sphinx]

haven't had to BUY def in like 4 years now since the dealer always supplies a maintenance plan involving it

[south jackal]

But that's business. Military truck builders will also treat you like you're the only customer in the world though.

[tribal sphinx]

• as long as we can get the truck onto a car hauler the dealer picks them up for maintence

I've only had to tow 2 vehicles ever

[south jackal]

If you're needing 100+ trucks a year though. Probably best to stick with fleet

[tribal sphinx]

its about 70 every 3-4

[south jackal]

You might get away with it

[tribal sphinx]

Really just depends how the year goes I've had times back when we used Ford mainly that we had to buy 20 trucks a year sometimes

[south jackal]

And your need for new might drastically drop once the guy binding for you starts to understand your needs the more he builds and sees what problems happen

[tribal sphinx]

• you have to idiot proof everything.

can't place a first aid kit in the same place in every vehicle? In the case it's needed the dumbass that needs to find it can't find it

assume the worst when setting things up and make EVERYTHING as similar as possible

[south jackal]

Yep exactly

[tribal sphinx]

people that are working off MD trucks only work off MD trucks and the same for HDs purely because a few things are in different places

when I wasn't assigning people to a specific type of vehicle we would do stuff like medical emergency prep and half the time there was at least a crew that couldn't find basic shit like a first aid kit, clean bottle of water.

All the 3500s are identical except for a few not having cruise control rn, all the 4500s and 5500s are identical operation wise

purely so if you can't find something it's genuinely your fault.

[tribal sphinx]

I remember back in 2021 we had someone that had worked for us for 5 years with a "CDL"

police officer escorted the vehicle back, the person who was supposed to be driving had a "CDL"

YEAH NOPE FAKE FUCKING CDL 😭

how he got caught with said fake CDL? Backed a fucking 12 ton tilt back trailer into a ambulance

(my area doesn't do impoundment on commercial vehicles if another person is able to take over)

they did impound the trailer though because it was evidence in a crime

(this is why at least 2 people on a crew have an appropriate CDL btw)

[tribal sphinx]

oh we don't "need" new trucks when we get them

its 150K miles or 3-4 years because that's when I've learned they're the easiest to sell off after replacing them

I'd have no problem going to 300K or 10 years but the thing is by time that truck is retired I'm only able to sell it off for like $6K tops instead of $20-$40K directly to the same commercial dealer I'm buying new at for around $50K-$60K

[woven dove]

I don’t believe so

[pure pond]

my car didnt pass MOT/apk, 1 rear seatbelt had a small tear if you can even call it a tear and license plate light was broken, they asked 710euro's for it at first and with a secondhand seatbelt they asked 427.... i repaired it for 68euro's 😂 and it passed right away

[open terrace]

I’m so happy we don’t need to do inspections on shit

I don’t even have to do emissions

[woven dove]

@tribal sphinx I stand corrected, yes if it has the 12 inch screen you can use them as a display on the rams

I tested it on my take home rig from the department and it worked. There’s a hdmi port in the upper glove box as well

[tribal sphinx]

oh they have an HDMI too?? That's cool as fuck

[woven dove]

Atleast the 2025 2500 that’s assigned to me has it. I’ll go check a few of our wildland engines later.

[tribal sphinx]

you can only use laptops on the GMs because it's USB C only (drivers side USB C port which is the 100W ones)

[woven dove]

Might only be on the ssv spec ones though

@tribal sphinx

[tribal sphinx]

Probably hasn't changed since uhh 2018

since that's when the uconnect radios last changed

[woven dove]

I’m wondering if it’s just because it’s an SSV rig

[tribal sphinx]

its likely something to do with trim level?

is it a limited?

[woven dove]

Could be. As far as I can tell it’s only on the 12inch radios

[woven dove]

Ssv is a special service vehicle. It’s a factory built upfitter ready rig for police and fire

[tribal sphinx]

I've got a 12" in my 2022 Limited longhorn which has neither USB C or HDMI

That make sense

[woven dove]

If you see a ram used by police or fire, it’s probably an SSV which is a package that gets rolled into any trim you order and has upfitter stuff already installed for radios, emergency lights, etc

[tribal sphinx]

Ah

[woven dove]

But yeah it’s got a full size hdmi port in my take home rig

[tribal sphinx]

Damn that's cool as fuck

[woven dove]

Might need to hook my Xbox up in there lol

[tribal sphinx]

on the GMs it's only a USB C and can only do video when the vehicle is in accessory

Granted GM has had automatic battery charging for about 10 years now

(engine turns on and charges the battery for a few minutes if the battery voltage gets too low)

I'm guessing they put the HDMI port on the SSVs for nav systems?

[hexed yarrow]

ProAce city with truck plate

[lone fern]

trying to sell a shitbox and good lord

it never ends

[charred depot]

Reminds me when I put a MOTd Saab 900 up for like £450

[lone fern]

this car is 900$ and needs a bit of front suspension work, needs tires, and burns a quart and a half of oil every week (toyota 1zz things lmao)

[charred depot]

suprisingly out of all the horrific cars ive had ive never had anything that noticably consumes oil

maybe a litre or so per 5000 miles but a lot of that is leaking

Well I did have a diesel car that tried to consume the entire sumps worth of oil

Saab I sold was actually a decent car suprisingly

Fairly new matching mid range tyres refurbished nice alloys ran well just needed a rear axle due to being rotten but I included one with the car but the rest of the car was rust free

boring safe handling and too reliable, had to go

[lone fern]

exactly how i feel w that vibe i’m selling lol

i was gonna demolition derby or dirt race it and junk it but it’s too nice (can still be dailied)

[woven dove]

Or for the laptops cops and fire command use

Not sure really

[hallow lotus]

hey. i got a new car. check engine light is on. here's the codes and some readings from the sensor. do you think its just a bad oxygen(lambda) sensor or is it more likely being a bad afr or some air leak in exhaust system? (so the readings are correct and there is more oxygen than supposed to be)
got a new sensor and will install it soon but i dont have the correct size spanner. i think i can borrow it from the shop during oil change, its a simple part to replace.

has 214k kms so expected lifespan of the sensor is over(if its not replaced before)

[harsh quarry]

they didn't pass the Vibe check

[little hornet]

Welp. I pissed my mom off lmao

Left the car lights and radio on without the engine on

So the battery was pretty much drained enough that the engine couldn’t start up

AAA came and jumpstarted the car up

AAA guy also said the battery might need replacing next year. It’s about 4 years old. Original.

[misty mantle]

Probably about time if it’s just a regular lead-acid battery

[little hornet]

Yeah it’s most likely regular lead acid. It’s original

[lone fern]

dude the people who showed up to my place drove over four hours from chicago, spoke no english, then bought it, asked me for the oil I had in the garage using translate (i said hell no that’s my oil) backed the vibe into the pile of shit car they drove all the way from chicago to northern michigan, and left

whatever though lmao it’s their car not mine

[proven tundra]

Buying this tomorrow
01 xterra
3.3, 4x4, auto unfortunately

[tribal sphinx]

jump on it

[open terrace]

You don’t have to replace lead acid batteries pretty much ever if you know what to do. Get an old battery charger that doesn’t have any safeties on it, open the caps where you put the acid in, turn the charger to the highest setting and boil the acid and it will clean the oxidation off of the lead. I know a guy who has had the same battery in his old Chevy for like 15 years and it works good as new

[forest lintel]

Painting time (again)

[dull cedar]

Caps? What ancient batteries do you have?

[open terrace]

Plenty of batteries don’t come sealed still

[leaden solar]

feature not a bug

[charred depot]

my dolomite has a servicable battery, looks fairly new.

[wind girder]

Looks fine to me

[lone fern]

let me guess mitsubishi eclips cross?

i got one as a rental while my car was in the body shop and it broke within a day

got an “upgrade” (if you can call it that) to a nissan rogue that was a billion times better

[misty mantle]

Outlander Sport

My grandparents were renting it while their Ford Edge was in the shop, just got it back today

[misty mantle]

The Milwaukee tool gods got me again

[cosmic tree]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/news/content/ar-AA1QiR1s?ocid=sapphireappshare Toyota opens US battery plant, confirms $10 billion investment plan

[wide hemlock]

I love polishing my tool

New shit

[lone fern]

i have too much milwaulkee shit

most of it is plumbing tools n whatnot but my goodness i’m in love with the m18 air compressor for tires n shit

great offroad

[harsh quarry]

engagement bait fr

[gentle thicket]

lada lol

[wind girder]

Only leaks oil in 1 place

[native ermine]

which place?

i've gotten rid of all the oil leaks on my E46

also beautiful car

[thorny sable]

Didn't explode

[lone fern]

fella didn’t have a tow hitch (can’t tell in my sort of terrible video) instead, he tied a strap to the bottom of the trailer tongue, wrapped the strap all the way to the frontof the car, back over the hood and roof, and tied the shit out of it to the top of the tongue, and proceeded to drive down the road like that

[cosmic tree]

ProTip:
you can't just put any type of bulb in any type of housing that isn't designed for said bulb.
Reflectors aren't designed for LEDs, but LEDs can go in projection style housings.
Also, remember to check your headlight alignment.
https://youtu.be/lVtnH0KscS4?si=gBa_UYflseqTzo-D

And then there are people who don't drive with their lights on.
https://youtu.be/lkcUdENTQ5I?si=cNw_6-Zh4U1vD03D

[south jackal]

My point made perfectly. If you can drive manual, this Viper at the end should walk that truck every time. The fact it takes him 3 tries to win just proves the point how reviewers often do not actually know how to drive a manual.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPrDqRx7Poc

So many reviewers today trying to drive manual and I can see instantly they cannot. And then they have the audacity to even put out videos trying to teach people how to drive manual. Revving the shit out of the car from every stop to Get going.

Even on a 80HP firefly I never needed throttle to Get going unless on a hill. Same goes for a 70's celica, a dodge neon, and a Mazda miata. Also you don't need to guide the damn shifter into 3rd! Ffs I see people doing this all the time. The shifter self centers itself. Shift as fast as you want from 2nd. Just push up without grabbing the damn thing. Use the ball of your hand by your thumb on the left side of the shifter and just push up. The shifter naturalky goes to the center and straight up to 3rd. Practice with the car off, you'll see what I mean. You'll hit 3rd gear every time. Don't cup the damn shifter!

You don't grab a shifter, you guide a shifter

I can shift faster with 2 fingers than people who grab it by the hand. Its ridiculous

[civic spoke]

Slow is smooth.
Smooth is fast.

Dude also shifted really early. When all of the power in the top end for the Viper

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/car-bounce-meme-funny-bouncing-yaris-gif-7752337837256264745

[south jackal]

Slow isn't smooth if your revs drop below where the next gear ends up and you let the clutch out too fast and you get a jerk

[forest lintel]

Nice bicycle tires, what's the width on those?

[civic spoke]

155/70R19

[forest lintel]

If the rims weren't so big they wouldn't even look narrow

[civic spoke]

Same width as a 15 inch rim, basically.

[coarse seal]

what?!

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Slim-ass tires.

At least winter tires.

[coarse seal]

WINTER TIRES?!

you must have balls of steel to drive that width in winter...

[civic spoke]

These tires suck ass. tbh
The winter tires on my E46 were much better.

[coarse seal]

gets vietnam flashbacks of the engine warning sound.

https://tenor.com/view/war-vietnam-ptsd-shell-shock-moment-gif-3022747568394546158

[civic spoke]

The E46 didn't even have a functional ABS/TC

[coarse seal]

vietnam flashbacks intensify.

[civic spoke]

E46 was honestly really easy to drive in the winter, never close to getting stuck. tbh

[forest lintel]

Narrow tires can be pretty good in snow

[civic spoke]

Rubber compond makes the biggest difference. tbh

[forest lintel]

Of course, but look at the tires they use on winter stages in WRC, always narrower

[civic spoke]

Aye. I know. Best tires are ice lake tires. Super studded.

[open terrace]

The best tow rig, 2012 Jetta wagon TDI 6MT tuned and deleted

[civic spoke]

Towing with not a truck is underrated.

[civic spoke]

Average Jetta

[open terrace]

100% I have 14k stiffness swiftsprings in the back specifically to tow stuff, the euro-spec tow package says with stiffer springs it can tow up to 3500 pounds

[civic spoke]

Looks too low to me still? idk

[gentle thicket]

Too thick for winter? I've always been told you do not want wide tires on snow because it means you need to displace more snow to get to the pavement.

[open terrace]

If I can find a spot to keep it I wanna get a cheap aluminum car trailer so I can tow my drift Miata to the track with the wagon

[open terrace]

Yea it’s lowered in general about 3-4 inches all around, the fitment is bunk rn because I have my stock wheels on

[civic spoke]

Just doesn't look like the suspension is doing any work with how stiff and low it is. idk
I like a smidge lower. But that's a bit too low for my own tastes, especially if you're towing.

[open terrace]

It’s only slightly higher than this normally, with rolled fenders

[civic spoke]

I think my E46 was lowered an inch. Juuuust enough to still be useful. And not scrape all over.

Still scraped on some speed bumps.

[open terrace]

The actual ground clearance is pretty decent, VW built these things like monster trucks because of the golf alltrack awd model being marketed as a crossover to contend with the Subaru Outback and such

Even being as low as it is I only ever scrape my hitch, no subframe/body scraping ever

[civic spoke]

I think it with my front subframe with some stupid speed bumps?

[open terrace]

Here’s me exploring logging trails in Oregon

[open terrace]

Some of the speed bumps in the city are insane and I take them at angles just in case but I’ve never even really had issues if I take them head on, but I do know some of those older BMWs had insanely low subframes for some reason

[woven dove]

That has to be one of the best maintained logging roads I’ve ever seen lol

All the ones I’ve driven are tank trapped/water barred to hell and back

[open terrace]

They do pretty well in Oregon, that was pretty early on into the path so I assume they keep them clean so the trucks can get in and out easy

[woven dove]

Or just mud and rutted out

[woven dove]

Even on active logging units I haven’t seen a good road

[civic spoke]

This is 1 inch lower from stock. And with 17 inch rims from a BMW X3.

225/45R17

[open terrace]

That pic was taken in roseburg Oregon roughly here https://maps.app.goo.gl/cvPxMsVgNt2YPbZZA?g_st=ipc

[woven dove]

@open terrace this is an active haul road on one of the units I manage

[open terrace]

If you’re ever in the area, super pretty

[woven dove]

Log trucks are on this road half the year

And it still normally looks like this

[open terrace]

I know they’re actively logging in some parts that are marked off limits with gates, idk if they’re turned the older parts into drivable trails or what

[woven dove]

I’ll come through once a month with a saw and clean up the sides and anything that’s fallen across the road way, but still

[woven dove]

That IS a gated logging road

[woven dove]

That photo of the road I sent was from this unit

Parcel 19

[open terrace]

More pics from various adventures

[open terrace]

Ohhhh that’s far into the active logging area, yea that’ll do it

[woven dove]

Yeah. These are all from other units I manage

[forest lintel]

I've heard they give grip equal to or even better than racing slicks on asphalt

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/poFP7x8hobM?t=242

Timestamped

[pure pond]

weird car

[forest lintel]

Lol, Aston didn't stand a chance

[lone fern]

free

can’t complain

damn pic wont send

picked up yet another shitbox

[viscid field]

Wow. Decently surprised. Thought this channel would be full of electric Tesla shit and those shitty Chinese cars

[lone fern]

there we go

[lone fern]

yeah fuck that lol

[viscid field]

Genuinely cannot stand them

People reviewing those Chinese pieces of shit just makes me piss myself😭😭

“Oh yeah mate what do you drive” “A BYD mate”😭😭😭😭

Such a joke

[viscid field]

Buick?

They don’t make those anymore do they

We never had them in the UK, but pretty sure they were under GM so they were called Vauxhall’s here

Opel in mainland Europe

[lone fern]

they make buicks still (just crossovers) i actually own a modern “buick” which is a rebadged opel insignia

it was their last sedan here in the us

[viscid field]

Mate the Insignia’s are so comfortable

They were recently cancelled in the UK

[lone fern]

oh yeah they ride so nice lol

[viscid field]

They were made under Vauxhall brand, had one a few years ago as a rental, drove 800 miles across UK in it and they’re so comfortable just a shame about the reliability

[lone fern]

here in the u.s they’re not too terrible reliability wise, worst thing is the 8speed/9speed auto

[viscid field]

They’re all manuals in the UK

[lone fern]

our 2.0t isn’t too bad

must be nice

no fun allowed here

[viscid field]

The one I had as a rental was the 2.0 Turbo D

6 speed manual

[stoic ledge]

I almost thought you crashed again

[lone fern]

😂😂 it wasn’t me this time

[stoic ledge]

That's exactly what you'd want me to think 😉

[viscid field]

@lone fern

Found it

[lone fern]

honestly the deer damage is gonna stay, it’s really just a battle scar for that car at that point

[stoic ledge]

No Turbo D badge

[lone fern]

hell yeah

[stoic ledge]

That's an insane badge xP

Turbo D

[viscid field]

They don’t badge them in the UK

They just say Insignia

They used to badge them up until “18” plates

I really don’t like US plates

They look cool but you can’t tell the age of a car

Unless I’m wrong

[lone fern]

oh yeah no age of the car here on ours

just the year the reg expires

[viscid field]

I’m a Mercedes man personally

As my own car

My baby

[lone fern]

if i had merc money i’d buy one i cannot afford a cheap german car right now 😢

keepin it to domestic shitboxes for the time being lol

[stoic ledge]

Your Buick is a German car

[viscid field]

Well I tell you something, mine is a 74 reg which is late 2024, and I’ve had a lot of issues with it, been in for warranty work about 6 times

Luckily I paid extra for 5 years warranty.

[lone fern]

🤫🤫 besides my buick

[viscid field]

I didn’t know Americans use the word “Merc” thought you guys called them “Benz’s” over there

[lone fern]

oh i call em both

[forest lintel]

That looks kind of nice for a shitbox

[lone fern]

sometimes people confuse mercs for mercuries and not mercedes

[viscid field]

I’ve never heard of those, we don’t have that brand over here

[lone fern]

yeah it’s really not too bad besides the deer damage and the breaks are incredibly soft, and the shocks are blown out

old people owned it before me and just parked it

[viscid field]

My buddy crashed his C300e last week😭😭

This is why you do NOT do 110mph in a 40 zone😭

[lone fern]

brilliant

terrible pic but the snow tires are now on

[forest lintel]

No wonder it's nice then

[lone fern]

steelies look so silly on modern cars but i don’t hate it

[forest lintel]

Looks kind of nice with black steelies

[stoic ledge]

Police Interceptor spec

[lone fern]

also learned the oem fuckin lugs are two piece chrome pieces of garbage that swell (wtf was wrong with single piece lugs and why does every new car have two piece ones)

[coarse seal]

https://tenor.com/view/boooooo-this-guy-stinks-serious-spongebob-squarepants-gif-11981386

Sorry, I hope he's alright.

[stoic ledge]

Wtf is a 2 piece wheel lug?

[coarse seal]

an abomination.

[lone fern]

basically aluminum/steel lug nut with a chrome cover over it

[pure pond]

what ford has that get destroyed

[lone fern]

water gets between the two layers, corrodes, and suddenly your lugnuts are no longer a standard size anymore

[coarse seal]

"Hold on to your lugnuts its time for an overhaul!"

[lone fern]

let me see if i have a pic of mine

[stoic ledge]

Please do, I don't think I've ever seen something like that here

At least not that I can imagine

[pure pond]

hmmm

[lone fern]

had to hammer on an undersized socket to get them to bite jnto the actual lugnuts

[pure pond]

i wish the person who invented this has a moist and warm pillow

[lone fern]

both sides

they flip the pillow and it’s even more damp

[stoic ledge]

Aha, looks like a bad idea indeed

[forest lintel]

At least you have lugnuts

I hate lug bolts with a passion after all my BMWs

[harsh quarry]

this is what we call a skill issue

[lone fern]

oh fuck lug bolts 😭

praying i never own anything with them

[stoic ledge]

I don't think I've ever had a car or changed a wheel without lug bolts

[charred depot]

I have them on my cars its only really a issue when the disc retaining screw is missing

[stoic ledge]

Never had an issue tbh

[forest lintel]

It's so slow and sucks when the center fitment is too loose after 30 years and the wheel keeps falling off or spinning when you try to put the bolts in

Ain't nobody got time for that

I put studs and nuts on my E46

[charred depot]

Should be a little concerning if a hub centric wheel is that loose

most of the older stuff I work on is tighter with alloys corroding and whatso there.

[forest lintel]

Well some wheels are heavier on the outside than others

Only time it hasn't been much of an issue has been on my E46, but the lugnuts are superior in every way, so on they went

[charred depot]

studs are better but its never seemed like a big deal maybe 5 seconds extra to line up

[native ermine]

[forest lintel]

The heavier the wheel the more annoying it gets imo

[fresh vortex]

I work in a shop, we get these daily. Drive the socket on with a hammer. To get it off, leave about a half turn on the threads and move the impact up and down

[past copper]

You people complain about lugs, how about faulty liquid withdrawal and filler valves, Sherwood can kiss my ass about reliability.

[lone fern]

Noted lol i’ll def do that next time I run into these awful things. I ended up having to put the socket into my vice and beat on it with a punch to get it unstuck from the socket

[past copper]

My grandma's Pontiac G6 had those awful lugs, 6 snapped off when I rotated the tires, and the new ones from the parts store are at least in one piece incapable of separating like those things from hell.

[coarse seal]

you know what these lugnuts remind me of? Rover used LITERALLY plastic screws for one of their engines...

[coarse seal]

shakes head: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWpjaAjJ07E

do you know whats the worst about this? the donor car is ACTUALLY the Mercedes 600 Grosser...

the body atleast...

[compact grotto]

@blazing rover gah damn, it takes them being next to eachother to realize

[blazing rover]

those cars are big! Luckily with '26 regulations they get smaller

[forest lintel]

Not just road cars and people that are getting fatter apparently

[wraith rivet]

Anybody done any sound systems with ground loop isolators? Wondering if one would solve this sort of thing. It follows the rpm and switch clicks and stuff

[misty mantle]

I love it when parts made of unobtainium break right when I start needing my truck every day for the foreseeable future

[coarse seal]

my dream car:

[coarse seal]

ayooo, its FORD :D

[vocal mural]

Ford factory and development center in Nippes, Germany

[coarse seal]

ooo wow, I am also from germany :D

[rocky edge]

the new Doge Charger Gas version just launched, and it’s awesome

Sage My Father had a Focus ST that and it’s little sister fiesta st were amazing

[rocky edge]

First mod should always be new solid lug nuts

It’s unfortunate that those capped lug nuts exist

[trail quarry]

McLaren of the day!

[peak quartz]

Hey guys just stopping in for a quick second I have a sleeper f150 build I’d like some opinions on it’s currently full bolt on on e85 I’m gonna send a vid of a run on a backroad

I appreciate any feedback yall have have a great day or night whatever time zone you guys are in 😃

[jagged wagon]

My opinion: video is way too dark to formulate a real opinion.

[peak quartz]

Thank you for trying at least

[lone fern]

what sort of opinions are you looking for

[peak quartz]

Any opinions will do

[snow otter]

🫣

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/481964927016370186/1440834546533924864/20251119_232424_06203_E_A.mp4?ex=691f993d&is=691e47bd&hm=cf5db09ebda41a77d5e23f7877c111b34d689a92efe20e79e7f047f409ef53c6&

[sinful creek]

Saw this beaut at tail of the dragon back in August

[dull cedar]

why does this look like AI

[pine schooner]

Idk. I don't think it's ai but I could be wrong

[dull cedar]

look harder at it

it definitely is

also no shitposting

[pine schooner]

I can't post memes in channels?

[dull cedar]

correct. go read the rules

[pine schooner]

I have to reread the rules then. I forgot the rules. Damn you short term memory loss

[quick geode]

Renol

i need new license plates

[wet seal]

current collection

one could say I'm a fan of Mercedes Benz

[forest lintel]

Get better soon

Cool collection though

[wet seal]

only when it comes to classics, if id want a sports to daily i really want the new M2 I like it more than the M4

[wet seal]

thanks

[dull cedar]

There's probably a rehab group for this somewhere

[dull cedar]

There's probably also a rehab group for this aswell

[pure pond]

im gonna remove my in a parking lot hell yeah, i got kicked out of my storage unit😂

[open terrace]

Lil baby test rip. I gotta get a new throttle body due to a vacuum leak

I also wanna change my turbo inlet pipe to be titanium so it makes fun noises

[woven dove]

God I miss operating that skidder. We had rubber track pads for it when we would have to take it on public roads to get between different logging units

It would do a whopping 30mph down the highway

[lone fern]

not technically a car but my trusty work buggy exploded on me today lmao

[serene iron]

Got a new toy today

[woven dove]

Crowd control Mobile? Nice.

Try not to run anyone over though.

[lone fern]

https://tenor.com/view/tylormiller-mustang-crowd-crash-crowd-eater-gif-13160580

[civic spoke]

Drove my sisters car yesterday. And boy is it a world of difference between a Mk7 Golf and the i3S.

[forest lintel]

They are very different cars after all. One a state of the art subcompact EV and the other a very traditional tried and true compact ICEV/PHEV

[civic spoke]

With a terrible high beam.

[brittle totem]

Halogen i guess bascially🕯️ lights

[forest lintel]

That's most cars, if it's not terrible for the driver it's terrible for everyone else on the road

[civic spoke]

A bit under €400 later. And the i3 is serviced.

[serene iron]

I make no promises lol gonna try and get the lock on taken out

[civic spoke]

Meanwhile I have LED lights, and an extra LED bar as well...

[desert bobcat]

Enjoy man

I love mine

[lone fern]

i don’t mind the snow tire steelies tbh

[serene iron]

I’m loving it so far

The first few things I’m doing is upgrading the head unit and exhaust

[desert bobcat]

I’d get steeda h pipe if you’ve got active exhaust

If not I think people run awe mufflers so that it’s not too obnoxious

I got a h pipe on mine with active exhaust. Perfect setup

[elder pasture]

if they do that I would prefer it not to be murdered out to death..

[flint sable]

i3

https://tenor.com/view/splort-tiger-tiger-silly-tigers-tiger-cute-gif-542816875009763037

[serene iron]

I’ve been looking at valvetronic

[compact grotto]

Genesis G90 Wingback Concept

have mercy

[dull cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/supra-toyota-spray-wipe-gif-15936938

[dull cedar]

Hyundai need to stop

[gentle thicket]

https://tenor.com/view/more-than-you-can-afford-pal-more-than-you-can-afford-ferrari-fast-and-furious-expensive-gif-25234833

TFW the Supra is now worth more than the Ferrari was.

[wispy cloak]

Genesis the looooong way

[pure pond]

And the xud9 is gone

[charred depot]

noooo dont doo it

I just paid £800 for a XUD9TE to add to my stock, getting up there in price.

[pure pond]

i love the power but i cant get it to pass inspections and its also 200euro's more per month for road tax than a petrol, i think i will save it when i get a oldtimer frame

[charred depot]

Shit one im glad I dont have that issue

[forest lintel]

R is for round

[shell mountain]

I need to fix my chevy

[misty mantle]

Watching MF Ghost, doesnt even come close to being as good as Initial D

[drifting escarp]

initial d was the first anime i ever watched and it's what helped me get into cars and i still kick my feet like a gossiping schoolgirl with excitement when i watch it nearly 10 years later

[charred depot]

Clean engine building environment

[rain pecan]

😍

[maiden dove]

I now own 12 sw20 mr2s 😬 partouts this time though

[forest lintel]

But why? There are other fun cars in the world too

[maiden dove]

These cars make me money

[forest lintel]

I see, didn't know cars were supposed to do that

[lone fern]

i need this tow rig so badly lmao

i’ve been shopping for wedge trucks with little success

[maiden dove]

My buddy built it. It’s an old box truck. Rear half of the frame dove tailed and a custom bed on it

But I still have yet to drive an affordable car I enjoy more than these

[lone fern]

honestly i’m to the point where i might do that, or strip an old motorhome and build ramps and a flatbed for it

my tow pig is dead in the water and I really don’t care for trailers because my driveway (and the road leading to my house) is just a glorified two track with nowhere to turn a trailer around

[wraith rivet]

It worked, down from $550

[lone fern]

lil early christmas gift :)))

much larger than the stock one and it just bolts right in

gonna have to find someone or somewhere to get it tuned at but that shouldn’t be a big deal

[lyric harbor]

Typical Hyundai/kia problem engine lost oil pressure

[gentle thicket]

common cause?

[lyric harbor]

It's something in the design of the engine and oil passages if I remember correctly

[gentle thicket]

Lack of oil changes or something?

[dull cedar]

Which blob of shit is this one?

Sorry I mean which engine is this one?

[maiden dove]

Nah. It’s pretty well known even when properly maintained those engines blow up. Hence the lawsuits and major extended warranty coverage. My friends sonata is on its 7th engine… under warranty

[gentle thicket]

wow. My moms '20 Palisade has like 70 something thousand on it now.

[dull cedar]

7th when is lemon law meant to kick in?

[maiden dove]

😂 well past that. It’s at 90k miles. But yea 2 didn’t even make it 1,000 miles due to manufacturing errors

First motor popped at 10k

He doesn’t care. He gets to drive a new car almost every quarter of the year while it gets fixed 😂

[dull cedar]

I'd have made the dealer take it back after the 2nd engine blowing, no matter how much it'd been driven

If your warranty fix doesn't fix shit you can fuck riiiiight off

[maiden dove]

Unfortunately Indianas lemon law he literally missed the deadline. It would of qualified but it’s too old now

He’s keeping it for another year then ditching it for a Camry

[dull cedar]

Meanwhile my 94 corolla is still not dead

Even after I ran it for a whole day of work with like 1mm of oil on the stick

[maiden dove]

My lil 95 Tacoma keeps ticking

2 clutches and that’s 4 timing belts. About due for its 5th. It’s a reliable steed

[open terrace]

Billet throttle body for the Miata

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/XLGMTZEwFQo

[muted knot]

My car interior before and after

[harsh quarry]

my friend's Sonata is only on its second engine lol

[lone fern]

my friend had a sonata on its third motor, couple days after it got its third motor it was totalled by a drunk highschooler in a jeep wrangler

[floral barn]

Needs more camber

[worldly oasis]

Real

[floral barn]

Also

u should hexaturbo swap it, 106L diesel generator

hear me out-

nuclear fusion powerplant swap

[open terrace]

We already have made steam powered cars

You can only boil water so efficiently

[charred depot]

who needs fancy coolant water does the job

[native ermine]

[lone fern]

it does great till it freezes lmao

[halcyon grotto]

need to get some oil in those brown parts to protect the block from corrosion

[dull cedar]

They could really make head unit adapters a bit shorter, considering almost every install needs 2 and the stock wiring is already plenty long enough to reach the unit

[jagged wagon]

They could... but have you seen behind some people's dashboards? 😄 I ponder how more fires haven't started in people's cars.

[dull cedar]

Those people didn't use adapters

[gentle thicket]

I mean you get two of them to put together so just shorten it yourself before matching up the wires?

oh I guess your style uses harness clips - in that case, yes they should save the money on shorter wires. haha

I come from the day of needing to supply and crimp your own butt connectors. I mean usually they'd even have the wire pre sliced so you just pull off the little bit of plastic - unless you made it shorter first. But the longer wire also made it easier to re-use both halves if you wanted to swap the radio in the car or move the radio to your next car and just buy the car side half for it.

[dull cedar]

Yeah brb lemme cut up the wiring I bought specifically to not be cutting up and crimping wires

[pure pond]

Most cars i had they had cut wires for the radio, and always just twisted with tape

[lone fern]

i’ve never understood why people do that versus getting the 9$ plug and play harness that doesn’t force you to do that lmao

[finite plinth]

Traffic sucks

[pliant sandal]

Spent my day repairing a dent on my new project car (2010 crown Vic police interceptor)

[charred depot]

They are actually implementing pay per mile road tax here didnt think they would actually do it

just for EVs and hybrids though

[halcyon grotto]

seems like one of those "we dont know how to do it yet" sorta deals though

if it stays at 3p per mile I suppose that's not too bad, doesnt help the supposed ev cost savings though

Seems the "ev cost savings" thing is now over given the prices they charge outside of home charging

[charred depot]

It would have been hilarious if they brought it out for all cars as I have had loads of stuff with broken odometers etc

[pure pond]

here the road tax for ev's is going to be more because the are heavy and "destroy" the road

[charred depot]

we dont take weight into account yet but maybe we can bring a 4th vehicle taxation system into place to spice things up

[halcyon grotto]

and a 5th footprint based taxation system

[woven dove]

I mean, the f150 lightning weighs about 34%more than the gas one

[halcyon grotto]

if we scrapped the emissions based one and replaced it with per mile I would be quite happy tbf

in theory you would get taxed the same even if you have multiple vehicles

[halcyon grotto]

they do to an extent, but the real issue is just greater volumes of traffic I believe

[woven dove]

I kinda like how they do it here. Your annual or biannual registration costs more if your rig is going to have a combined weight over 10,000 lbs

[charred depot]

the way we build and maintain roads is just shite now, a consequence of excessive privatisation

[halcyon grotto]

"""but competition"""

[charred depot]

I really loved them having the M9 to M8 west link closed off with zero warning due to overrunning their time

[woven dove]

Ah, uk

The roads out here in the northwestern U.S. aren’t that bad

[vocal mural]

Me being a bad boy
😈
(Old picture)

[woven dove]

Soooo, 75 mph is bad?

Interesting. That’s below highway speed in some parts of the state I live in

[nocturne arch]

lil bro is not on a highway and is using his phone while driving, bad bad bad boy

[dull cedar]

Ohhh nooo 120km/hr

[analog night]

McLarens are nice. They use ones like this for European tour some. Top gear show. All the episodes.

[analog night]

These are like the go to compact eu cars I’ve been in one years ago.

[lone fern]

was visiting my folks for thanksgiving so i figured i’d take some parking garage pics lol

[prisma frost]

Was the Fiat supposed to give way to me or how does this work?

[vocal mural]

On this road?

[vocal mural]

Actually no.
Because you make a special manoeuvre (§24 Art 54 RVV)

[prisma frost]

Thought all traffic entering a roundabout had to give way to traffic exiting

But the truck made it a bit awkward bc he was going so slow

[gentle thicket]

multi lane wide round abouts are so weird for this. Really should be right turn only from right lane. Either right lane must turn right or left lane must not, don't care either way.

[civic spoke]

Multi-lane roundabouts are counted as a a normal multi-lane street, if you want to change your lane, then you have to yield for them.

You can basically treat the roundabout as a main road, where everyone has to yield to enter.

Ideally, you change to the outer lane before you need to exit.

[civic spoke]

You had a small chance to scoot up next to the truck as you noticed as it was taking the same exit as you, at least if you were certain that he wouldn't need the lane you were planning on taking.

[dull cedar]

Idk how the laws are there but here outside lane is left and straight only, no rights (RHD though so opposite there)

And you indicate when exiting

[prisma frost]

I’ve had trucks take this exit a bit wider so I just kept behind. Ideally the fiat would’ve gone behind me in my lane.

But I just kept my eye on him as soon as he entered.

It’s a bit of an interesting roundabout

[civic spoke]

Yo dawg. I heard you liked roundabouts.

Over half of those are 2 lane roundabouts.

[prisma frost]

Double lane suck

Only turbo roundabouts are nice

Best to exist

[civic spoke]

Can't go in circles.

[prisma frost]

I did this before. U have to steer very violently

[civic spoke]

Which negates the point of the turbo roundabout

[prisma frost]

Why would you want to do a circle anyway

[gentle thicket]

neat I like

[vocal mural]

The worst part is that roundabout has 5 exits in very narrow angle. (One is like 25° ish) and 2 of the 5 entrances have 2 headed traffic signals that works only in rush hour.

[civic spoke]

You're in the left lane as you enter, but you want to take the first right.

[dull cedar]

That's just bad driving

Be in the right lane

[civic spoke]

A good driver rarely misses their turn.
A bad driver NEVER misses theirs.

[dull cedar]

Hand in your license and sell your car

[prisma frost]

Wdym first right

Its the third exit

You can see 3 others take the same route as me

[gentle thicket]

How'd you end up in the wrong lane then?

[civic spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/meerlaughs-imunbotherd-funny-gif-10476253793517125475

[dull cedar]

They mean the first exit from the wrong lane

[prisma frost]

Ah yeah

[dull cedar]

So going all the way around the roundabout to do it

There should be a sniper tower next to every multi lane roundabout shooting anyone that does this

[prisma frost]

I don’t think its necessarily illegal. When I was doing my first lessons my instructor told me to just use the right lane to go around the roundabout because its easier.

Same roundabout

[dull cedar]

How is doing a full loop around the roundabout easier?!?

[prisma frost]

I mean using the right lane to take the third exit on a double lane roundabout

Its bc u dont have switch lanes frim the left lane to the right to take the exit

[dull cedar]

That's how it's meant to be done...

You should never be switching lanes?!?

[prisma frost]

Wait

Cant find a good picture

[charred depot]

I do it alot to cheat traffic, fly up lane 2 loop around take 1st exit

Usually it's the 2nd exit that's blocked up so I'm not really affecting anyone

[pure pond]

1.9d swapped hand truck

[charred depot]

I'll buy it to add to the collection, there's more outside as well

[pure pond]

Shipping wil cost more than the engine i think😂

[charred depot]

Probably, Spain has a lot of good ones for sale often I need to head there with a trailer and pack it full

[pure pond]

I put it for sale for 900 with a second engine en people will not give more than 500

[charred depot]

If it's a Bosch pump set up that's £400 on its own regardless of the engine

[pure pond]

Sadly its a lucas

[charred depot]

Ah, 2p

[vocal mural]

And the 4th one will bring to a castle. Have been there many times when I was a kid

[prisma frost]

Haha yeah

[vocal mural]

Pluk van de Petteflet play attic iirc

[cosmic tree]

Alright, what are YOUR personal speed/lane rules on the freeway, compared to your local traffic codes/laws/rules¿

[lone fern]

none of this the left lane is ONLY for passing then ya get the fuck over

there shouldn’t be any “personal” opinions cuz it’s literally the law (unenforced, I usually see cops cruising in the left lane on empty highways because they don’t give a fuck)

[woven dove]

Left lane is hammer lane. Right lane is for slow fucks. And the shoulder is for every other lane is blocked and the wee woos are on

[languid spear]

hey do enyone have a good idea how to diagnose this?

its the 2.0tdi bpw engine

[dull cedar]

Seems pretty obvious to me, throttle position sensor is fucked

[lone fern]

^^ either tps or the wiring to the tps is fucked

unless there’s more codes

[dull cedar]

Also what kind of gremlin takes a screenshot of an image taken in snapchat

[past copper]

Well this TRANSMISSION (hope you like that mods) is somehow still shifting okay with the fluid looking like this, 1-2 is a little slow but no metal shavings on the magnet is a good thing. 4L60e for the win, also found that cheap dip stick in the pan, never buy off the shelf dipsticks, OEM only, so it can rust in half again.

[civic spoke]

I'm not allowed to use the word that trucks use to slow down.
Same with how you can advance the timing, and you can ... The timing.

[past copper]

Whoever at GM designed the 4L60e filter seal, I am not pleased, I'm going to the hardware store for some half inch piping and a tee. https://youtu.be/luBFAfMKd1A?si=w2-XSTT6SJXaeIi1

[gentle thicket]

Don't you know - transmissions aren't serviceable, they want you to replace the entire vehicle.

[past copper]

It may be time to replace her but I think I can get one more winter out of her

[gentle thicket]

good lawd

[past copper]

That's just the salt side the unsalted side looks a little better

[gentle thicket]

also it was a joke about how they intentionally build things to not be fixed now. Things like the sealed lifetime transmission

salted, unsalted, it looks like cheese not butter!

[past copper]

Oh trust me I know my brother got the test drive new Fords for his job for a while, once they get past 100,000 they crush them.

I mean it was a used car but maybe I'll get a southern one and get an undercoat on it

[lone fern]

shit i’d buy it when you’re done if you were in mi

need me another woods/offroad toy

[past copper]

I did not just spend two trips to the hardware store to accomplish this as much as I would love to sell it I'm keeping my beautiful s*** box.

It took waaaaasy too long to get that transmission filter seal out I should have bought a longer pipe in the first place...

Now the really fun part getting the new one back in

[languid spear]

I reseted the throthel pedal connector now the fault never appears agen

This whas to ez

[languid spear]

That whas the only code

[arctic pewter]

guys what do you think about fiat grande punto for a first car?

1.4 T-Jet

[native ermine]

nice wheels

[civic spoke]

My thoughts also.

Looks like a nice slow car to go fast in, tbh

[pure pond]

brake disc on the rear damn

[stoic ledge]

T-Jet isn't that slow tho, 1.4 Turbo

[civic spoke]

Probably in the 120 hp range?

120 hp, unless it's the Abarth models.

[arctic pewter]

120hp

Not bad tbh

If I pass the driving test tomorrow I will probably buy it on saturday

[timid dome]

what do yall think of my Miata so far?

[zinc bolt]

Grumpy being woken up

[white heart]

pretty nice

[compact grotto]

Seats are maybe a little out of place for my tastes

[edgy bough]

That moment when you can't pre heat the cabin because of some stupid maintenance.

[cosmic tree]

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

[harsh quarry]

who thought that giving cars an internet connection was a good idea smh

[harsh quarry]

Can't view this without an account

[tribal sphinx]

unplanned but I learned my engine mounts are nearly rusted through so I gotta take the engine out

https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/1364623853451739140/1445195572343603290/PXL_20251201_213333623.jpg?ex=692f76c2&is=692e2542&hm=51f6278c01efebc63c433ebf06f202c376fefb6e7a131f7445db9fbeb35f6b24&=&format=webp&width=971&height=1290

was just gonna do my head gaskets, rails, and truck cab bolts but i gotta do trans mounts and engine mounts

[harsh quarry]

people don't buy minivans because they aren't "trendy" or "cool", but they're so much more practical than an SUV

[sonic sigil]

im making a game does this look right

ford rs200

[harsh quarry]

it's missing the big roof scoop

[sonic sigil]

ok added more lights

[sonic sigil]

just the angle

[sonic sigil]

alright demo is out after about two weeks

https://bnenana.itch.io/rally-demo

[forest lintel]

Who would have thunk, a car designed with practicality in mind is more practical than one designed with, I don't know what, vanity?

[cosmic tree]

Then there are people who don't want to buy them, because they don't want to be like their parents

[queen wren]

cop or not

[brittle totem]

Why wouldn't it be? Being able to pre heat/cool and get new features in the car overtime is very nice thing imo.

[forest lintel]

If it isn't reliant on the internet connection it wouldn't be a problem.
None of those things you mention require the car to have an internet connection though.

[brittle totem]

Well if you want to able to do it without being close to car it requires internet connection honestly i only really se advantage with car having internet connection.

[forest lintel]

Back in the olden days there were clocks and timers for heating and cooling.
And there are disadvantages of an internet connection, such as privacy issues, poor design requiring an internet connection to do things that should be possible without one, the possibility that it might be bricked one day when the manufacturer decides your car is too old for updates, increased complexity for repairs and replacements, and of course the increased data traffic in the world requiring more data centers and more power and more more.
But sure, it is convenient.

[brittle totem]

Better to get some updates then never getting any updates. Also who says that you can't do it with traditional timer or with a remote the app part is just to make it more convenient. Also their is no car that i can think of that simply just won't work without internet connection they are made to work offline aswell.

Well some people will always think that the past was better and newer wants any progression but i'm not one of those. I se more advantage with having internet connection then not.

[gentle thicket]

I don't understand how so many cars over there seem to be diesel. Diesel used to be cheap here in the states but now with the amount of extra refining that needs to be done, it's not really any cheaper to run a diesel vehicle, perhaps even more costly.

[forest lintel]

Not at all what I'm saying.

[gentle thicket]

Internet connection is not required for a reasonable distance from the home.

[queen wren]

only the diesel of theese are manual for some reason

[brittle totem]

With a remote you basically need to point towards the car to turn it on so much easier with app which you car turn it on from anywhere.

[gentle thicket]

It's not infrared - it does not matter what direction you point it nor does it need line of sight.

[harsh quarry]

If your car requires connection to a server for one of the features to work, then it's pretty safe to say you won't always have access to it in the future

[vocal mural]

Fake and real Yuasa?

[civic spoke]

Looks like it could just be old vs newer design.

[pure pond]

made a new engine mount, almost ready to go in the car

[hearty delta]

Uh how about fuck off 😂😂

[limber carbon]

my car is basically dead. Need a new one 🙁

[civic spoke]

Have you tried turning it off, and back on again?

[limber carbon]

clutch dead drips oil locks dont work etc

[pure pond]

sounds like my daily

[lone fern]

shit sounds nicer than most of my cars

not worth locking, they all leak oil (sweating horsepower)

[wide hemlock]

Tools

Made in Canada

[open terrace]

YOOOO trump legalized the production of K-cars in the US

POG

Hopefully that means the chicken tax is gonna be out the door soon

[gentle thicket]

I've been saying for years that we need EVs to be city cars with like 150 mile max ranges and that they should use standardized parts. Standard batteries, drive units, chargers, inverters, ect. Then the 'car company' can manufacture their own or buy from a third party the parts to make the car go whirr and it brings down the costs and substantially increases the reparability.

Do things like type a, type b, type c ect for battery packs that would note their size, shape and mounting points. There could also be long and short range versions. Then similarly for drive units. There could be one or two hub drive unit types and 2 or 3 different mid drives. There could even be stuff like high performance versions including as aftermarket upgrades. It should all be compatible tho. If you buy a Ford, you should have no trouble getting parts from a wrecked Chevy if you need a new inverter, charger, battery, motor, ect.

Ideally, it should also introduce a standardized entertainment unit protocol and shape/size similar to how we used to have DIN and double DIN headunits. You should be able to fully replace the thing just like the old days.

[lone fern]

acquired my next demo derby car

neighbor’s teenage daugher slid on ice and rolled it

[gentle thicket]

looks like all it needs is a mirror, a couple kicks to the roof and a windshield.

[civic spoke]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/71_6cc4PgX8?feature=share

[lone fern]

Went and looked at it, looks like they hit a rock or stump in the process and the bumpers messed up, rad support is bent and the rad is leaking, oil fill tube snapped off, coolant resovoir is cracked and it bent a couple wheels so it’s going to be my derby car this year

[gentle thicket]

wow it really doesn't look that bad in the pictures. haha

[lone fern]

yup i thought it fared much better than it did till I popped the hood and saw it

otherwise I would have probably tried to flatten the roof and fix the windshield and send it down the road

[burnt cliff]

Yo guys do u know if there's any way at all to potentially get a lower insurance rate for boys other than scoring great on the exams? I'm turning 16 in not that long and I'm livid over higher insurance rates for boys rather than girls

[lone fern]

no lol also probably depends on what you’re driving and what country/city your in

my insurance is through the roof because of tickets and points and a license suspencion on my record lmao

just avoid those

[burnt cliff]

lol

Nah it's js that by statistics teenage boys drive way more, well, questionably, than teenage girls so insurance rates are by default higher for us

in Canada

[lone fern]

yeah i mean tbh other than the type of car you drive and maybe your grades that’s all you really can do

[harsh quarry]

how high rates are we talking? get quotes from different companies (usually free)

at its peak, my insurance was somewhere around 2000 CAD per year, currently at around 1300 CAD per year (I'm 22 with no accidents and been driving since I was 18)

and also yeah of course it depends which car you're trying to insure

[brittle totem]

In Sweden you are getting robbed by insurance until you are like 25 no matter how clean you driving history is 🥀

[stoic ledge]

Just identify as a girl when applying 🧠

[white heart]

transitionning ig ? idk bro

[vocal mural]

Reminding me of this:

https://youtu.be/MgDoXu__KyM

[vocal mural]

Even the serial number style is different.

[burnt cliff]

prob gonna be either an audi a4 or a toyota camry or an f150

[lone fern]

yup same here in the u.s

[lone fern]

camry would be cheapest

[civic spoke]

https://youtu.be/JIBhLba0RRI

[harsh quarry]

that's a very big difference lmao

I say go for the Camry

you want something reliable and good on gas for your first car

an F150 is gonna hurt your wallet when you to refuel it

[halcyon grotto]

had my first proper almost car accident today, idiot decided to change lanes at a roundabout with zero notice

would have been quite inconvenient to lose my car rn lol

[novel heart]

Audi sucks

[hearty delta]

Thanks

[novel heart]

great car though

[hearty delta]

What car brands do you like then?

[hearty delta]

Thanks 🙏

[novel heart]

what model

[novel heart]

Holden

[hearty delta]

It’s an A1

[novel heart]

Doesn't look like a Chery A1?

[hearty delta]

Ahh ur an ozzy

[hearty delta]

Audi A1

[novel heart]

ye

Much cooler

[hearty delta]

Huh

[novel heart]

Holden

is much cooler

[forest lintel]

They had some cool stuff even of most it was just badge engineered Opels and Chevrolets

[terse raptor]

Vehicle adjacent but I bought a motorcycle this week

[civic spoke]

Motorcycles are vehicles.

[lone fern]

that reminds me i gotta get my endorsement this summer

been riding dirty for a year now lmao

[terse raptor]

I guess I meant car adjacent since this is car lol

[burnt cliff]

We've alr got all 3 so my choice which to drive

and yeah the f150 does have a much worse l/100km than the camry but i love big cars and trucks

[harsh quarry]

also, the Camry is gonna handle much better than a truck and generally be easier to park and maneuver

[sonic sigil]

added a new one

guess the car

[burnt cliff]

Fair point but from some ahem private property driving ahem I like the feel of the truck better

maybe it's because of it's high cabin/seat?

[harsh quarry]

In the context of you being a learner driver, I'd go for the Camry. Better fuel economy, but also more safe in the sense of better stopping distance and visibility

[misty mantle]

As someone who has been dailying a F-150 while I fix my main gas guzzler, I agree with wizard, go with the Camry

[novel heart]

Barely any Chevrolets, and the cool stuff wasn't badge engineered

[regal sparrow]

My Brother is restoeing a Mitsubishi Lancer 1984

[forest lintel]

Nice

[burnt cliff]

Purchase price?

[regal sparrow]

500eur

[novel heart]

platform sharing isn't bade engineering

[misty mantle]

Bruh, I'm stupid

I'm deleting that shit and moving on with my life

[novel heart]

Holden only used the base platform of Opel for the Commodore for 30 years

using a heavily modified chassis and its own engines and tech

[dull cedar]

Their own engine, until swapping it for an LS1

[novel heart]

the V6 was a heavily modified Buick just before the LS1

then in 2004 the V6 was a Cadillac-Holden developed engine

with the new platform in 2006 being fully original

[wraith rivet]

🤔

[native ermine]

[gentle thicket]

one size fits all

[compact grotto]

@dusk ocean gotta take the green car to one of these events. Never seen anything like this. The road course is linked to the drag strip and everyones just keeps lapping, pairing up and roll racing eachother when they hit the strip. Looks like an insane amount of fun if you have a fast car. https://youtu.be/pgeSUS2xaU0

[novel heart]

Civics are known in drag racing now

Get a Chevy SS and badge it as a Cruze

[burnt cliff]

See I don't get how every1 from those car shows finds absolute legends for such low prices, even if they are broken down

[low yarrow]

for rear suspension, can you use double wishbone with the spring on top?

[civic spoke]

I would say no. For space constraints.
Unless you're doing an inboard type of suspension kit.

[low yarrow]

space isnt an issue in the rear

are their better option?

because i am making a mini austin mini

[forest lintel]

https://i.pinimg.com/736x/29/a5/b5/29a5b5a372513e6d850b8c53df9f58fe.jpg
do you mean something like this or with the spring and shock connected to the upper wishbone?

[low yarrow]

just normal double wishbone

i could even use front suspension because it wouldn't require power. yet

[forest lintel]

don't see why it would matter much where the spring is if it fits then

[low yarrow]

k

[regal sparrow]

Pure Luck

[sonic sigil]

my game is so shit

[novel heart]

maybe have a better looking rear of the car?

and angle it down like GTA

[wintry cliff]

Anyone know what I can do?
My air compressor doesn't drain properly cause I tried draining it once with the valve 25% open to be a little quieter

[charred depot]

My triumph dolomite has double wishbone suspension with the spring connected to the upper arm

no reason it couldnt be done at the rear of a car with saloon bodylines usually having a higher rear in the area the top of the suspenion would mount

[pure pond]

make sure it has pressure and open the valve, thats it. if no water comes out its good

[sonic sigil]

its a free look camera u can point it wherever u want

the car also follows the camera instead of wasd bc i think its a bit more accurate

[quick geode]

french ahh

[vagrant gust]

Any dashcam recommendations? Preferably under 100usd

[burnt cliff]

ik that thinkware is good

[vagrant gust]

Their f70 pro looks good, I'd have to cut the cord and hardwired it though. Only have one 12v socket in my car and I can't give it up for that.

[lone fern]

the one 12v socket life sucks

[vagrant gust]

I'll just run a new circuit for it. Won't be too hard, just annoying

[lone fern]

mine’s used by my radar detector which is infinitely more useful to me, and i’m too lazy to splice my dash cam into my power mirror power lol

[vagrant gust]

How does your radar detector use your dashcam?

[dull cedar]

Not worth it. Don't bother with anything that doesn't have the Sony starvis 2 sensor

[dull cedar]

Reading comprehension... The socket is used by the radar detector

[vagrant gust]

Sorry, mind was on two in one radar and dashcam from a conversation in a different discord about that very thing

Didn't mean to offend you in my tiredness

[vagrant gust]

Can't find those for less than a few hundred usd. Exactly what I wasn't looking for...

[dull cedar]

You can get one for $170 right now

Nothing cheaper is worth it

[vagrant gust]

That wasn't what I was asking.

I don't want your recommendation that's almost double the price point I asked to be under.

[dull cedar]

Ok then, waste money on garbage that won't give you useful information when you need it

[vagrant gust]

Again. I don't care

[dull cedar]

If you don't care, then why bother asking here, just go on Amazon and sort by price

[vagrant gust]

I don't want garbage I want something reasonable for under 100 dollars. I don't need the latest and greatest sensor

It's not that hard to wrap your head around dude

It's also a Christmas gift and I don't want to ask someone to spend over 100 dollars on me

I'm going to bed now. Please go read a self care book or something. There's no need to bring your attitude here.

[dull cedar]

So you come here asking for something that doesn't really exist, get mad when told it doesn't really exist, and then complain about attitude? You need a mirror buddy

[vagrant gust]

Let's see, I asked for recommendations on a very real price point, received a good brand suggestion, and verified that suggestion with other people in other discords, and only complained about your attitude specifically because you've ignored what I had asked for and pushed products significantly more expensive than what I asked for. A simple suggestion that I may want to consider saving more or waiting would have sufficed.

Goodnight.

And FYI, I did find a good dashcam with all the features I need for 80 dollars from a known brand. I don't care that it's 1080p 30, it's all that I need.

[lone fern]

oh i meant it used the 12v socket lol

[burnt cliff]

I hardwired my q800 pro anyways even though i had ample sockets and ports, just because it looks so much cleaner and better

[burnt cliff]

Hmm how does that work? My car has a lidar and 360 cam, so it'd be really interesting if i could somehow harness that for as dashcam.

[lone fern]

it’s an aftermarket radar detector, a uniden r7

just sticks on my windshield

[burnt cliff]

After a quick search it seems really interesting

[lone fern]

yeah i mean it will def save your ass if ya know how to use it

gotta run waze + radar detector for the best result

or don’t speed which is much easier

[burnt cliff]

See that's the sorta device where in Canada the cops would support it bc they want the ppl to notice the cops and slow down but in US the cops want to catch the ppl speeding so I'm not sure how happy they'd be about it

[lone fern]

i think they’re illegal in canada besides maybe one or two provinces

they’re illegal in virginia and washington DC here in the us as well

I’ve been pulled over with it (for non-speeding related things) and the cops didn’t care but I live in northern michigan and your experience may vary

[wispy cloak]

Highway radar + radar detector >

[sacred yoke]

new exhaust manifold is ready, now I just need some thermal tape to isolate the thing thermically (cuz I no longer have the original heatshield installed)

[forest lintel]

Looks nice, what car is that?

[sacred yoke]

zzw30 mr2

[forest lintel]

Nice

[pure pond]

Just enough space

Except for the distribitor, need to Hammer te firewall a bit

[charred depot]

What engine is it that you are replacing the XUD with assumed it would be a petrol engine that they came with as standard

[pure pond]

1.6L petrol from a vitara

same type of engine that was in the samurai

[charred depot]

ah think we had one with a 1.3? before

[pure pond]

yeah they almost all came with the 1.3

[snow otter]

https://youtu.be/daYgg2YSA2g?si=Ds2FCQRWND1qVzcG

[charred depot]

im gonna need something offroady with a snorkel at this rate with the floods here

my 305 was fine going through it but did ingest a little water near the end

ill just fit a snorkel to a 305

[harsh quarry]

here in QC you're not allowed radar detectors, but Waze is very active in my area so it's not bad

[compact grotto]

Been a while. About time!

Ok the V8 Supercars section was absolutely sick. That shot is unbelievable of Bathurst.

@dusk ocean worth a watch for that scene alone

[wispy cloak]

Hey I know about those

8v or 16v

[pure pond]

8v

[wispy cloak]

Literally indestructible

They don't need coolant

Or oil changes

[formal pivot]

So i wanna buy this

[forest lintel]

But why

[forest lintel]

Is it very cheap or something

[formal pivot]

no, it's 3000usd
but it makes turbo sounds and its a manual

[formal pivot]

because it's the best car ever made, and i need something to replace my broken down passat
it's a fkn volvo redblock

[forest lintel]

But they basically grow on trees

[formal pivot]

meh not really

not right now

[forest lintel]

Yeah but there's concerning rust

[formal pivot]

where?

[forest lintel]

Welding old Volvo's is no fun

[formal pivot]

Im not planning on welding anything lol

where would u have to weld?

[formal pivot]

bruh

[forest lintel]

This usually means the bottom will be full of holes

[formal pivot]

The rear is just surface rust
You dont weld front fenders, you replace them

[forest lintel]

Rear fenders are not bolted

[formal pivot]

you dont say?

[forest lintel]

How do you replace them if not welding?

[formal pivot]

I never said i was gonna replace the rear fenders?

[forest lintel]

But the bottom is what is concerning based on the fenders

Rusty fenders usually means hidden rust