cars

[queen wren]

the peugoet 206 1.4l no turbo is super realible

[native ermine]

yeah but i can't find a single French car that i like

[queen wren]

try a rcz, you will like it if you like bmw

[native ermine]

i like loads of cars

[queen wren]

clio v6

[native ermine]

see no

i kinda hate it

theres just something off with it

[queen wren]

looks diffrent in rl if that makes sence

[queen wren]

thats the facelift tho

i dont like that as much as the old one

[queen wren]

looks better than a golf

[native ermine]

i'll give you this one... tho this reminds me of that one off mid engine golf

[queen wren]

yeah

[native ermine]

still would choose the golf over that

[queen wren]

a golf from 1990s over that?

[native ermine]

naw this

if we want to compare

[queen wren]

thats way more expensive and made like 2 off

[native ermine]

like theres just something so sexy about it

[queen wren]

no

looks like every other golf

[native ermine]

yes

ok and?

[queen wren]

whats up with german cars and have the same front on every single car

[native ermine]

i like the MK5

[queen wren]

this?

[native ermine]

whats with French cars having to look so fucked up all the time

[queen wren]

looks good

[native ermine]

means you can make one yourself with a body kit

[queen wren]

idk i kind alike it

kinda"

[native ermine]

this just looks so fucking odd

[pure pond]

the only french car i like is the peugeot partner just because it drives nice, but has some DEF problems like most new cars

[native ermine]

literal sex

[queen wren]

if we look at the price aspect

the rcz costs 4k usd

find me a better looking car for 4k

[native ermine]

well i paid 6k CAD for my XKR... that works out to about 4k USD

[queen wren]

cad?

ah

nvm

XKR?

you mean this?

[native ermine]

this

[native ermine]

not my actual one

[queen wren]

im not sure if i would daily this today

looks okay tho

[native ermine]

thats an XK150 i've got an XK100

[native ermine]

oh its not at all a daily

especially with fuel prices now

5L supercharged V8

[queen wren]

yeah hahaha

but for a like weekend driving car im sure its fun

im using my rcz as a daily

[native ermine]

thats why i've got an E46 and a MK5 golf

[native ermine]

for sure it is

[queen wren]

love it

oh picteurs got deleted

[native ermine]

and it was built when Ford was the owner of Jag so its not like stupid when it comes to reliability

[queen wren]

ford

[native ermine]

what in the fuck

[native ermine]

i'll take ford electrical over Jags an day

[queen wren]

ofc

jag electronics is the only thing worse then psa

or land rover also pretty shit

my dad had to pay extra for ac, even tho it was there

just missed the buttonbs

[native ermine]

yeah British layland did them dirty

[queen wren]

yeah hahaha

oooh, this is real v8

alfa romeo montereal

[native ermine]

noic

[queen wren]

funny that they called it the montereal, but never sold it in canada

[native ermine]

weird

[queen wren]

anyways

french cars rule

and yes im bias

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-beocord-no-lol-gif-24435520

[queen wren]

my friends a4

looks like a buldog

[native ermine]

[queen wren]

https://tenor.com/view/english-bulldog-gif-10373439626793524700

[native ermine]

naw

[native ermine]

Audi has got some of if not thee best lighting in the auto industry

[queen wren]

okay i can agree on this

bought theese for my rcz

[native ermine]

noic

[queen wren]

kinda like the new peugoets also

[forest lintel]

You make an excellent point

[queen wren]

[forest lintel]

Though it's not just German cars, it's all cars from like 2016+, see a BMW far away and wonder "is that a Toyota? Alfa? Skoda?"

[forest lintel]

Agreed, and they have found the paint store, which is nice

[native ermine]

[forest lintel]

I'm not talking German cars up to like 2010 though when they still had design language

[native ermine]

yeah thats just the auto industry in general tho

[forest lintel]

Though VAG all looked the same

[native ermine]

tho the F80 BMW looks nice

the last good looking BMW before they went to whatever the fuck there doing now

[forest lintel]

They are the last(?) nice BMWs

[native ermine]

i mean

yeah

then they did this to it

https://tenor.com/view/my-boy-massacred-godfather-marlan-brando-look-gif-13993325

[forest lintel]

It's like if you asked an genAI to design a new BMW

[native ermine]

RIGHT

the fuck was wrong with the F80 (first pic) like its literally THEE modern BMW

just make that... they should've just continued to make that

such a timeless design and they fucking ruined it

all of these peak in there own right

G80? FUCK NO

[forest lintel]

Yup yup, though compared to the new i3...

[native ermine]

this?

i don't hate it...

but i don't love it either

weird ass body proportions

looks like a Chinese knock off

[forest lintel]

Or a Corolla

[native ermine]

or that yeah

[forest lintel]

It's not ugly, but it's not pretty

[native ermine]

but like anything is better then that buck teethed looking pos that came before

hopefully they like actually start to design better looking cars after this upcoming generation

[queen wren]

yepp

[worldly oasis]

Gxx is all ugly and I hate them

Coming from a d1 bmw hater f80 is hot

[harsh quarry]

I prefer this design to the previous generation

[forest lintel]

It's too fat

[harsh quarry]

I'm not a huge fan of the headlight and grill design, but the smaller grills definitely look better to me

[dull cedar]

How dare you insult the corolla like that

[forest lintel]

Sorry, it's of course not that ugly

[queen wren]

hhhahhaha

[lone fern]

[white heart]

they're french

[white heart]

i fw that

i disagree

i want to have something original at least

[white heart]

the fuck is this

[white heart]

this is pure sex in the form of a car

without french cars a few things wouldnt exist

the first mass produced FWD car

whatever the DS had

those uhh

idk man hydraulics suspension ? lkowk forgor

i heavily fw a lot of older french cars

sometime the crack the designer were snoring and still are snoring hits right

citroen is my favorite french brand

because i love their older models

my grandpa also drove this beautiful car when he was a lot younger lmao

the bagherra

3 seats in front and nothing else lmao

my dad loved that car

[queen wren]

yeah

[charred depot]

wish the mindless french car hate extended to 205gti's so I could buy one cheap

I like my mk2 Jetta but other than the VR6 engine it has fitted its shit

[civic spoke]

Dropped off the new tires at the tire shop. And bringing the wheels tomorrow. And then they can change them at their own time.

[native ermine]

ah yes wrong wheel drive

[native ermine]

who care?

i mean like its not like it wouldn't have been a thing

[native ermine]

see like... why'd they have to go and ruin an otherwise sporty looking car

[white heart]

It's actually not sporty at all lmao

also for families duh

[civic spoke]

Also checked the date codes on all the tires.
Front were early 2021. Rear were late 2022, but more worn.

[white heart]

my gramps bought it cause he could fit my dad in it lmao

[native ermine]

see and this my point

if that was Italian it would've been

[white heart]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/841879315104399410/1330711616735543387/ezgif.com-speed_2.gif

[white heart]

true on that

but it would also be unaffordable to almost everyone

where as my vet gramps could buy the bagherra

it's just a little more sporty kinda ?

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/miyabi-zzz-nuh-uh-finger-wag-no-gif-1293450406077285470

[white heart]

yuh uh

[native ermine]

https://tenor.com/view/nuh-uh-beocord-no-lol-gif-24435520

[white heart]

YUH UHHH

[native ermine]

nuh uh

[white heart]

yuh uh

[native ermine]

no

[white heart]

yes

[native ermine]

NO BORK BORK BORK BORK

[white heart]

YES

MEOW MEOW MEOW MEOW

[native ermine]

BORK BORK BORK BORK

[white heart]

holy shit death stranding is boring 💔

[native ermine]

true

[lone fern]

longbed truck is out of commission and good gravy do i already miss it i hate short beds so much

genuinely don’t know how people use the even smaller modern beds because mine’s 6.5 foot and it is so annoyingly small, especially with my toolbox in it

peek the minty bumper 😭

[white heart]

i love hideo kojima but like

2 hours of cutscenes as an introduction to the game is a masterful gambit

[worldly oasis]

Modern trucks are so ASS

[pure pond]

i hate new car parts why are they so shit

[worldly oasis]

Get an old Volvo

It just won't work

[lone fern]

for reallll

old bullshit will forever remain the best

[lone fern]

nothing better than a “new” part that looks worse than something 30+ years old

[pure pond]

old part fully metal new part metal and plastic and its already broken after 2months

[lone fern]

i remember paying good money for a thermostat housing, because my 25ish year old one on my car looked rough. new one showed up with more holes and bubbles in the aluminum casting that i feared it wouldn’t even seal 🫩

[lone fern]

https://tenor.com/view/explosion-cat-gif-5858640239144030160

someone needs to blow up whoever decided coolant should go through plastic parts

worst idea of all time i think

[misty mantle]

I’ll handle the engineers at Chrysler

[misty mantle]

Found more stuff indicating my Escape was a county vehicle, there’s a Welhen headlight/taillight flasher under the hood and it looks to still be wired up

[winged raft]

Cars are different now oldhead

That little grille isnt enough for 600 hp

Although yeah bmw did acknowledge the g80 bumper has no more usable airflow than the f80

😭

[lone fern]

interesting! i wonder what govt branch was rockin ford escapes, can’t say i’ve ever seen a govt escape

i wonder if it was a private security vehicle otherwise?0

[lone fern]

please do, i’m sick of 3.6 pentastar oil coolers exploding on everyone’s cars

[native ermine]

literally not true at all

[misty mantle]

Clearly you haven’t seen a Challenger Hellcat

[misty mantle]

My dad thinks it was Probation, I think city PD

[vagrant dune]

My counter argument, last gen M4 had no problem pushing 1000

And the grille was tiny compared to the current ones

[native ermine]

yeah cars have been able to push 1000+ without having a god awfully massive air damn

for decades now

[civic spoke]

Looking at a new jack to do tire changes.
Man if steel jacks aren't stupid heavy.

Looked at a Bahco 3t jack, it's almost 50 kg. 💀

[dusk ocean]

gap them back down and run them another 30k miles

[dusk ocean]

But all the aluminum jacks are chinese crap

[dusk ocean]

This little grill tolerates 1100+ hp

[civic spoke]

Welcome to the world that we live in, where everything is built in China to different specs.

[dusk ocean]

Not new to me lol

[civic spoke]

The normal 3t Bahco jack I've been looking at is produced in China, I'm almost certain of.

€220 for this sounds like a reasonable deal. If I can live with the weight. https://www.bauhaus.se/domkraft-bahco-bh13000-3t

[forest lintel]

Most of Bahco is, it's been a long time since they made quality tools

[civic spoke]

Not even sure what other 'quality' options I would have in Sweden.

[arctic pewter]

I will replace them

[charred depot]

Removed all the LED bulbs and fitted normal ones, much nicer.

[pure pond]

finally someone that has taste

hate leds on older cars

[forest lintel]

Neither am I, I've just found a lot of Bahco tools disappointing for the past years. Though Biltema has surprised in some areas

[torn swan]

here it’s illegal to put led or xenon on a car that doesn’t have them

[civic spoke]

Never been a fan of Biltema.

[torn swan]

if your car have halogen then it stay with halogen for its whole life

[civic spoke]

It depends. You're likely able to swap to Xenon if a higher-end trim of the model came with it.
And there are some LED's that are legal for street use, some even being plug-and-play.

[forest lintel]

I used to not be, but much of their stuff has improved lately

[civic spoke]

Right now I'm thinking about either the Bahco BH1A1500, or their BH13000.

Former being aluminium with 1.5t capacity, latter steel, 3t capacity.

3t one is €220, and the aluminium one €275.

[forest lintel]

People do seem to be happy with those. I have a Biltema 15-784 that has served me well for the past 8 years, think I paid 125€, 159€ now

2.5t capacity

[civic spoke]

I can probably do worse than either of those.

[burnt cliff]

Fr

[edgy bough]

wtf bro

[civic spoke]

[lone fern]

new shitter

1200$, runs and drives great but it randomly sometimes sprays oil out the front of the motor lmao. 165k miles

fairly certain it’s a crank seal but i have not diagnosed it yet lol

[civic spoke]

Clean it up a bit. And check

[lone fern]

Looks dry which is odd. I’m not a mopar guy so trying to figure out if the truck has an oil cooler or oil lines somewhere up front they could be leaking from lol

they hatin on it already (no license plates because the sec of state aint open till tuesday)

[civic spoke]

Then why are you driving it?

[lone fern]

see they’re chill bout the plates as i showed them the title but they weren’t as happy about the brake light being burnt out 💔

[civic spoke]

Only break one law at a time.

[lone fern]

the irony was that i was coming back home from the parts store with oil, a new tail light bulb, and a headlight as one of those was burnt out too

anyways glad the guy was chill and let me go with a warning

[civic spoke]

Good stuff. Here it would have been stopped instantly without a plate.

And then you would probably be given a spare plate to use in the meantime.

[lone fern]

that’s what caught his attention, then when I pulled into a parking lot is when he saw the tail light not working. Wish they’d give temp plates here because I’ve been stopped a few times now without plates in new cars and it gets old fast

If the secretary of state wasn’t only open on tuesdays and thursdays that would be dope too but whatever lol

[charred depot]

lucky If you have any paperwork outstanding etc here you just wouldn't be allowed to use the car at all.

tempting to drive with a "fallen off number plate" these days however.

[old gyro]

Completly random question here, I have a 2017 Vauxhall / Opel Corsa, And OnStar discontinued in 2021 but I was wondering if theres anyway to get the phone app working because I only got the car a few months ago so I never had it

[stoic ledge]

Nope

Anything OnStar related doesn't work in Europe

Including the app

And even worse: the SOS service

[civic spoke]

I'm guessing it used 3G? If that's the case, then it's gonzo.

[misty mantle]

Oh god he bought a dodge

[stoic ledge]

Should be 4G

I have a massive 4G antenna on the roof

But it's deactivated as GM left Europe

[civic spoke]

Ripperonies.

I was thinking 3G. Since at least with the BMW i3, then they swapped over to 4G with the 2017 and later models.

Meaning if you want one of those cars, then you should really get latter half of 2017, or newer.

Idk how it is with other manufacturers and cars.

[stoic ledge]

Maybe Corsa E had 3G, could be

Astra K had 4G

Already from late 2015 😀

[lone fern]

it hurt me so bad

however it was cheaper than an equivalent ranger and i need it for offroad stuff only lmao

[stoic ledge]

Pricing list of 2015 they already listed 4G for the Corsa

[limber whale]

Where she should be, a upullit

[old gyro]

i dont have another antenna, just the one for radio. unless its combined? but i should have onstar

[old gyro]

mines a april 2017 btw, it should be 4G

but all i want is the phone app back lol

[stoic ledge]

It's the roof one, but with 4G it's quite larger than the non-OnStar version

[old gyro]

ah so its just combined then ight

[stoic ledge]

Yeah just was to show @civic spoke that they already had 4G in 2015, while BMW had it only in 2017 according to him 😛

[stoic ledge]

Sad but no sigar

[old gyro]

Didnt the D facelift get it?

[old gyro]

tbf i dont even know what the app can actually do

i just saw how good the citreon one is and i hope the vauxhall one is as good

[stoic ledge]

I also have no idea tbh 😛

[old gyro]

fairs

[stoic ledge]

OnStar is GM still

[old gyro]

and it died in 2021 right?

dec 31st 2020*

[stoic ledge]

Yeah

GM pulled the plug in Europe as Opel got sold to PSA (now part of Stellantis)

[lone fern]

ew stellantis

[civic spoke]

I meant specifically for the i3.

So figured it was around the same time for many other manufacturers.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah this my last Opel 😛

[stoic ledge]

Innovative Opel ahead of it's time 😎

[civic spoke]

Can't remember when the facelift was, but that's probably around the same time as they swapped to 4G.

[lone fern]

According to my buick app onstar changed to 4g in 2015. I know my 2016 regal/opel insignia had 4g onstar and so does my 18

not sure if it’s the same across the pond though

[stoic ledge]

Got first introduced for the 2016 MY in Europe

So combined with 4G

It didn't exist before it

So the service was live ~5 years

[old gyro]

this is technically my 2nd, but i dont count my first

had it for a whole 3 hours

[stoic ledge]

Impressive 😛

I'm on my 2nd, 1st one I had was over 7 years

[old gyro]

I got it from a reputable dealer and it overheated so I returned it

[fathom scarab]

After ages of searching and saving, I have found an 84 mercedes 300d with 26k miles. My fellow car nerds, please join me in prayer that this one is not pulled out from under me like the last 2

[civic spoke]

That was before they started with harnesses that ended their own existence, right?

[next compass]

lmao yeah, almost a decade before

started in 92 with the introduction of the 4 valve engines and ended in i think like 96/97

tbh not that big of an issue to fix if you dont mind the time to rip the old one out and put a new one in

[edgy bough]

Norway finally got a tax cut on fuel....
1st is before, 2nd is after.

[snow otter]

Gotta love a freshly washed and waxed car

[civic spoke]

Miata RF is a good looking car.

[odd oyster]

Poland also. VAT goes from 23% to 8%

[edgy bough]

We cut the road tax per liter,

[odd oyster]

So as Poland

[edgy bough]

VAT is the same at 25%

[odd oyster]

Pb95 from over 7PLN to under 6PLN

[edgy bough]

I forgot Poland uses zloty

[odd oyster]

Diesel was around 8,80PLN

Now around 7,50

[edgy bough]

The highest our Diese has been

I have a dedicated chat with gemeni with nok/L to eur/L and usd/gal

[odd oyster]

Holly crap

[steep kernel]

if thats taken recently and not right after the war started, just go fill up somewhere else bruh. diesel is down to sub 2,20 in a lot of places (still fucking high but not insane like that)

[edgy bough]

Before midnight.

And later on the day

[edgy bough]

What am I even looking at?

[odd oyster]

No is not at, it's de

😉

Almost 3€ per liter on Autobahn in Germany

[paper sandal]

Love switching between natural 1 and neutral 2

[lament widget]

blob

[cloud vine]

Damn it i thanked bubu two times in the melting snow, I’m really impatient that we take dat or out of storage cause it’s way more off-road oriented then bubu (mud tires instead of just rough terrain tires and a way bigger ground clearance)

Bubu:

Gator:

(Picks for last spring/summer)

(Gator’s cvt is also way grippier and since it’s a gaz engine it revs much higher and it’s a bit more powerful too) (bubu has 1.1L diesel engine 🤣)

[lone fern]

i fear i had a stroke trying to figure out what you’re talking about

[cloud vine]

Don’t worry, my mind is weird

[fathom scarab]

Yeah theres like 0 electronics in the thing

[civic spoke]

https://tenor.com/view/green-mile-im-tired-boss-michael-clarke-duncan-gif-2375696290766999196

The bushing be like.

[civic spoke]

Better than the early electronics for fuel injection.

[fathom scarab]

Mechanical fuel injection >:)

Me likey

[somber lintel]

just picked up a 2003 s600

[arctic pewter]

it was an original from 2005

[dull cedar]

A very molested S600

[somber lintel]

it's a bit rough

[dull cedar]

A bit 💀

[somber lintel]

but I mean I traded a car i got for free for it

I don't even know if it's gonna run

it doesn't have a starter

[forest lintel]

At least it doesn't look very rusty, especially for a Mercedes of that era

[next compass]

Love the green in the sun

Needs a wash tho

[white heart]

@dull cedargood news for you mate

im buying a toyota once i get my license

[dull cedar]

Which one

[white heart]

most likely a prius if i can find an unmolested one

[dull cedar]

Nice

[white heart]

that or a corolla if i find one of the berline models

most corolla here are hatchbacks

small

[dull cedar]

I fit a 2 meter IKEA table top in my corolla today

[white heart]

i mean i meant mostly driving room wise

like

idk how to explain but most hatchbacks are a pain when youre tall

so im looking for a berline yk

[dull cedar]

and how tall are you?

[civic spoke]

Good news is always supposed to be a Dacia Sandero.

[civic spoke]

It really depends on the car. I've heard that Mini, out of all brands are somehow decent for taller people.

[lone fern]

I know a fella who’s 6’7 (~200cm) and folds himself into a vw golf every day 😭😭

it’s genuinely impressive

[pure pond]

i know a lot of people above 200cm that drive a golf

its not that small of a car

[halcyon grotto]

Turns out one of my engine mounts isn't actually connected to anything other than the chassis

[civic spoke]

You sit sorta-kinda high in those.

Purchased a big jack now. 3t Bahco for like €200.

[civic spoke]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/wJ87pSGCZUA?feature=share

[white heart]

1.86

with really long legs

[white heart]

fuck no

those are some of the ugliest cars ive ever seen

[white heart]

well im just looking for a car with a LOT of leg room

im tired of bumping my damn knees into the dash board

[charred depot]

Someone I know who is very tell who was looking for a small car ended up choosing a mazda 2 for its leg room

[dull cedar]

Shouldn't be a problem in anything 2000s onwards then

Seat is very adjustable

[white heart]

On Toyotas ?

Cause every fucking french car here is too small

[dull cedar]

Yes

Every modern one I've ever been in has good height adjustment

[white heart]

Awesome

I'll try to find a Corolla

[white heart]

That's the sedan right

[dull cedar]

No

Mazda 2 is the demio, the smallest Mazda hatchback

[charred depot]

was a ~2017 hatchback they do make 2 sedans for other markets but not here

[white heart]

Bleh I forgor

Honedly I just want room

The sedans seems nice

[charred depot]

cursed, they wont have any leg room difference just the body style to suit what the market apparently wants.

[dull cedar]

^ the front of the car doesn't change unless there's weirdness going on

A corolla wagon, sedan, and hatchback all have the same front

[stoic ledge]

Sedan of the latest Corolla has a different front from the hatch and wagon 😛

[dull cedar]

Not talking about appearance

[stoic ledge]

Front still changed

[stoic ledge]

That first one, hideous

[dull cedar]

again, NOT talking about APPEARANCE

the inside is still exactly the same

[stoic ledge]

Yes but that was not what you said in your first message

[dull cedar]

Context bitch

We were talking about leg room

Gtfo

[stoic ledge]

Wow having a bad day huh

[dull cedar]

Just sick of pedants that ignore context

[stoic ledge]

^ the front of the car doesn't change unless there's weirdness going on
This specifically did not make clear it was regarding front leg room

But sure just be toxic

Very sure I've been in cars with different seats rails for the same model

Probably not for these models

But for 3d vs 5d it can happen

[dull cedar]

Again, ignoring context

Gtfo

[stoic ledge]

Bruh just learn to type properly

[lapis pendant]

oh yeaaa bumping now lol

[wispy cloak]

Oops

[civic spoke]

This is about as generic as you can get.
I hope it works great!

[arctic pewter]

I hope it will be better than the original Siemens

[civic spoke]

Just checked. Have used around 2,900 kWh to go 13,000 km's.

[arctic pewter]

I replaced the cabin filter

[lone fern]

current mood

replaced brakes and pads and brake booster, bled all the air out of the system and brakes are still spongey and the brake light comes on when I press the pedal

guess it needs lines or something?? genuinely have no clue, otherwise it’s getting an ABS delete as that will be the last thing left in the system that’s factory

[forest lintel]

Have you touched the master cylinder?

[pure pond]

i replaced a brake line a week ago and tried to bleed it with vacuum and pressure pump also spongy i hate working on brakes

[forest lintel]

I spent months last summer trying to fix the brakes on my E30, had to replace a few lines, rusty fittings broke and I had to repair those, bled with vacuum time and time, had a nipple break and had to drill it out, search through all of my dad's hoarding collection to find a replacement.
Eventually I had to accept that the master cylinder was leaking, thought I'd save some money and got replacement seals, the seals would not go back in and ended up breaking, luckily I got spares. They broke too. Ordered a new master cylinder, bled the brakes again and it finally felt like proper brakes. Only now I found the adjustment for the rear brake shoes on one side didn't stay so I had to order new adjustment parts.

When I finally had the brakes working the car decided to overheat after driving 40 minutes. I sold it two days after that...

So long story short; when the brake pedal bottoms out it often pushes dirt in the master cylinder through the seals ruining them causing the brakes to remain spongy regardless of how much and well you bleed

[brittle totem]

The most importent thing is that supports Android auto/carplay otherwise i don't se the point of doing it.

[burnt cliff]

Guys my bicycle's brakes faded 💀 i was not expecting that to happen bro

[lone fern]

brand new

got a damn mess goin on

[forest lintel]

that's just lovely, could be lines then, or some air trapped by the ABS if it still had that

[misty mantle]

When did you get a nitro RC?

[lone fern]

I’m starting to question whether or not i bench bled the master cylinder well enough, but i more suspect air in the abs module which is a PITA to bleed

[wispy cloak]

I've had this car for a long time but I just pulled it out of my parents' shed because I was bored

Been probably like six years since I touched it

It ran real good until it locked up

I think the crank seal failed

[misty mantle]

What car is it?

[sly bison]

vroom

[civic spoke]

Zoom Zoom™.

[wispy cloak]

Nitro stampede

[misty mantle]

Don’t see those too often

[wispy cloak]

We're so back

[misty mantle]

2.5r?

Also, one of my buddies that has a bunch of traxxas nitros is asking for pics of the truck

[wispy cloak]

It's just a pro .15

I need a carb now because the high speed was broken off on the new engine so I went to remove the one from the old engine and guess what happened

[misty mantle]

He said to get a newer transmitter if you haven’t already, and I’d run VP fuel
Traxxas fuel is shit

I’m not sure if traxxas still sells parts for the .15, but you should be able to just get a new fuel fitting/HSN

https://traxxas.com/4050-high-speed-needle-assembly?srsltid=AfmBOorEdV_JRL6Afvo-0SOgkSj8aXMn16W4q4CGQgeb8FRYKr2qJZD9
They surprisingly still sell .15 parts, though I doubt a carb is going to cost much more than this

I’d replace those fuel lines, too. They don’t look too good

[opaque marsh]

any VW guys here on the H&R lowering springs with DCC?

[wispy cloak]

They're actually not as bad as they look

I also just acquired a carb

[wispy cloak]

Also what's wrong with the current transmitter

[misty mantle]

The old FM remotes have a bit of input lag and are really outdated. 2.4GHz has been the standard for RC transmitters/receivers for a little over 20 years now

[wispy cloak]

I think this is a newer one then

[frozen zenith]

yall i need help

my truck may be cooked

[wispy cloak]

Isn't it like the most common traxxas engine

[misty mantle]

That title goes to the 3.3, imo

[fathom scarab]

any of yall worked on a W123 mercedes? Im going to pick one up in just a few more days, and i need to know about stereo fitment. Ive read itll only accept a "grand prix" din head unit and also that itll fit a single din head unit. Idk what harness adapter ill need either.

[misty mantle]

Usually on a car that old, there’s no actual “adapter” for aftermarket radios, you gotta cut the factory connector and splice the new one in

[jagged wagon]

Even if you don't plan to purchase from them, use something like Crutchfield or Sonic Electronix to determine the dash and/or wiring adapters you need for the vehicle.

• https://www.crutchfield.ca/car/carselector.aspx
• https://www.sonicelectronix.com/

[torn swan]

got tired of bluetooth not working in this car

[wispy cloak]

@misty mantle

I gave it like 2hrs more fuel on the high speed right after this

It's mint

Tearing up my gravel

[misty mantle]

Lean it out a bit, it’s running rich

[wispy cloak]

I think I leaned out the low speed a little and richened the high speed

It was running really good after that video

I just don't want to run it too lean

[misty mantle]

https://youtube.com/shorts/4GtjnZPd_pw?si=vOKhn8z3BMVLDrIW
Should sound more like this, this is one of my buddies

[wispy cloak]

That's exactly how mine sounded after I made those adjustments

[misty mantle]

He’s saying it doesn’t sound too good

[wispy cloak]

I'm just scared of ruining another engine

I'd rather be fat and happy than lean and cooked

[thorny sable]

Such a silly goofy car

Please ignore my terrible 1 arm shifting

It's so fun merging with my foot on the floor making a hell of a lot of noise and not speeding

(Jackson racing long tubes and full exhaust behind that, Jackson racing intake, port and polished head, still only like 150whp lmao)

[forest lintel]

Springtime

[wraith rivet]

one handbrake turn of many in its life upset my car for some reason

turned it off and on and slammed on the brakes and they all went off lol

Silly little car

[modest pike]

Cybershittruck almost killed me

[prisma frost]

All those safety systems and it still leaves its lane

I hope u didnt shit ur pants

[white heart]

@queen wren @dull cedar just did my test

andddd

I THINK I GOT IT

[queen wren]

Ooooooooo

[white heart]

the teacher that was with me during the test said i had zero reason for it to be a bust

results tonight

[dull cedar]

Think? Do you not get the results immediately?

[dull cedar]

Ah

Dumb

[white heart]

because of france's stupid ass system no

[queen wren]

Hahahah

[white heart]

the teacher will send me a message at midnight

if i got it

[queen wren]

Nice

[white heart]

i think i aced it aside from my mid parking

but yeah

i think i got it

if i do

time to buy a car

[queen wren]

Nice!!

[white heart]

at midnight ill update you

[white heart]

also truth nuke

[queen wren]

Do it

[white heart]

it's so fucking stupid bro

[queen wren]

Also do this in ur car

[dull cedar]

Yeah don't

[civic spoke]

Kinda tempted to do this.

[white heart]

im broke and idgaf about bass

[white heart]

im broke iu wont lmao

[dull cedar]

Acceptable

[white heart]

dont those installations cost a shit ton ? geniune question

[dull cedar]

Yes

[civic spoke]

People have also done this.

[dull cedar]

Slightly acceptable, needs to be done better

Alex's setup is good

Kinda tempted to do the same

I have a full-size spare but don't really need it

[queen wren]

yes

[white heart]

man i wish i wasnt broke

[queen wren]

600usd for 12iinch 1250w rms including cables and amp is not that bad

[white heart]

that's 600 dollars bro

also you cant really speak upon affordability when you're financially well off 💔

[dull cedar]

and make questionable car decisions

[white heart]

true x2

didnt your corolla die too

[queen wren]

600usd for hearing loss is a steal

[dull cedar]

He had a Celica and it made a noise and got rid of it on bad advise

My corolla? It's fine

I've got everything for the clutch now I just need to do it

[white heart]

oh yeah it was a celica

[queen wren]

yee

miss it a little

[queen wren]

too little

wont hear it tbh

[civic spoke]

Small car.

[queen wren]

yeah, still

or, not small

i mean like rms

and size of the element

if you want more bass you should minimum have 300w rms

and 10" element

@civic spoke what car do you have?

[civic spoke]

Bmw i3S

[queen wren]

where r u from?

[civic spoke]

Swedenland

[queen wren]

sverige?

[civic spoke]

B'yeah

[queen wren]

nice

da er det jo lett

kjøp noe som:

https://masori.de/en/products/audison-prima-apbx-10-as2-10-inch-active-enclosure-subwoofer?srsltid=AfmBOoq9dEVExMT3ekC8Crr5T-HSIGqcNV-aM7BcFkFzrKUkQjGliN0D#judgeme_product_reviews

[queen wren]

https://masori.de/en/products/audison-prima-apbx-10-as2-10-inch-active-enclosure-subwoofer?srsltid=AfmBOoq9dEVExMT3ekC8Crr5T-HSIGqcNV-aM7BcFkFzrKUkQjGliN0D#judgeme_product_reviews

denne er veldig god og har dyp bass

og den har nokk bass til at du ikke trenger å ha den på maks hele tiden

[dull cedar]

Are your ears fucked?

[queen wren]

Nope, just did a hearing test and i am still above average

[dull cedar]

💀

They're about to be then

[queen wren]

Nah

I don’t always play with max volume

[queen wren]

@dull cedar bigger the sub = more hp

[dull cedar]

Yeah no

[queen wren]

yeah yes

[dull cedar]

More weight = bad

[queen wren]

30kg not that much when you got 270hp

[pure pond]

and your alternator is gonna love big subs.... i have a few friend who have to replace them every 2moths or so

and they wont upgrade

[dull cedar]

What kind of idiot kills an alternator and doesn't get an upgraded one

Such a waste of money

[pure pond]

yeah

[dull cedar]

Especially if you're American, so easy to get

[queen wren]

fax

[dull cedar]

As far as I've found my only option is from DC power in California, I'm not American so it's stupid expensive

Sooo I'll stick to low power stuff, because realistically that's all this thing needs

The 8 inch Sony underseat I had in the old car was plenty

The body couldn't even handle full volume

[queen wren]

ez

[pure pond]

ah yes chatgpt is never wrong

[queen wren]

i changed the most engine parts in my celica with chatgpt

[pure pond]

its more about the peak amps and voltage drops

[queen wren]

voltage never drops

[modest pike]

Damn near

[white heart]

@dull cedari have bad news

[dull cedar]

Hm?

[white heart]

zero corolla for sale with my current budget around me

and the Yaris/Aygo are too small for what i wanna do

so now i gotta somehow find a sedan or a relatively big hatchback that isnt a sedan

[dull cedar]

Look harder, and be patient

Don't need to buy something instantly

Rushing creates bad results

[white heart]

dawg dont just go "look harder" i checked the 200km radius

[dull cedar]

Checked where?

[white heart]

and i wanna get a car to finally have the freedom to hang out with friends

[white heart]

mostly leboncoin for now

but that's the main site for france so like

[dull cedar]

That's what I mean by look harder, check all marketplaces

Check locally

Ask around

Hell even ask the local Toyota dealer if they know any good sources

[white heart]

there isn't any

the last one closed like

[dull cedar]

[white heart]

1 year ago 💔

[white heart]

the only toyota dealer around me (range of 50km) is closed

[dull cedar]

the fuck

[white heart]

i live in France

[dull cedar]

Shit country

[white heart]

people here dont drive toyotas

[white heart]

oh i agree with you on that

[dull cedar]

Toyota literally have a fucking factory there

We don't have a factory, yet there are dealers everywhere

My local is 10 minutes away in the next town

Their other branch is 10 minutes away in another town

The city has like two main ones aswell

[white heart]

man france just fucking sucks

the only toyotas here are either Aygos, Yaris or corolla verso that's out of my 5K budget

might have to get a french car

[dull cedar]

I got a 1zz intake gasket overnighted from Japan to the Toyota dealer in the city I was in on holiday last june

Turned out the issue wasn't even that

Just the oil filter bypass

[white heart]

thinking of getting a 206 honestly

[dull cedar]

https://tenor.com/view/stop-it-get-some-help-just-stop-please-stop-stop-it-meme-gif-26307878

[white heart]

im watching you drown while im dying of thirst

[white heart]

dawg there just isnt any toyota here

[dull cedar]

There is

[white heart]

im not buying a Yaris or an Aygo fuck that shit

too small for me and my friends

[dull cedar]

You'd be surprised

[white heart]

not any in a 5K euro budget

[dull cedar]

A Yaris can fit 5 people surprisingly comfortably

[white heart]

ehhhhhh maybe if the driver doesnt pulls his seat all the way back (which i usually need to do)

[white heart]

i doubt we have the same notion of comfort

[dull cedar]

How far is this from you? https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-corolla-2-0-tdi-d-4d-station-wagon-diesel-brown-51b96e44-ed7a-42f9-8017-696546c72d95?sort=standard&desc=0&position=1&source_otp=nfm&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=0&boost_level=t50&applied_boost_level=t50&relevance_adjustment=sponsored&boosting_product=mia

[lone fern]

agree with ya there a buddy of mine has a shitbox yaris and yes it will fit 5 grown men however it was incredibly uncomfortable because we are all quite tall

[white heart]

around uhhh

from Elsass to corsa that's like

gimme a sec

[dull cedar]

This? https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-corolla-1-6-kombi-klima-gasoline-silver-fd145bfe-1007-404d-af39-f2cbb35789d5?sort=standard&desc=0&position=9&source_otp=t20&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t20&applied_boost_level=t20&relevance_adjustment=boost&boosting_product=mia

[forest lintel]

You have the entirety of central Europe's used car market at your doorstep...

[white heart]

i would if i had a way to get any further than 50km

[dull cedar]

You do tho

[forest lintel]

Public transport?

[dull cedar]

Are these listings even in France

These sites suck

[forest lintel]

No

[dull cedar]

Ffs

[white heart]

really fucking far too

i live in Alsace

and that one is in germany

[white heart]

not really 💔

[white heart]

ehhh

could be doable if i wasnt a student

also that gets expensive really fast

[dull cedar]

You're in fucking Europe you can get very far without a car

Any of these diesel hatch corollas near you?

[white heart]

takes both time and money which im both short on

[dull cedar]

You won't be short on it if the car only costs 2.5k

[white heart]

that's near paris

[dull cedar]

Get car, get job, get another car

[white heart]

im in the 68th department

[white heart]

cant get job. studies

[dull cedar]

Idk wtf either of those statements mean

[dull cedar]

Part time jobs exist

Work at McDonalds a couple nights a week or some shit

[white heart]

im doing a double license right as i leave my highschool cant really

that's around 35 hours of lessons every week

without counting the time to study

[dull cedar]

Wtf

[white heart]

welcome to france.

[dull cedar]

Do you want burnout

[white heart]

No not really i just want a job

the degreeinflation here is really bad everyone and their mother has a fucking BAC + 5 it seems

[white heart]

geniunely cant

maybe a Golf could be a good choice

isnt the 2.0 hdi somewhat reliable

[white heart]

also which statements

[dull cedar]

The location ones

How far is this? https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-rav-4-115-d-4d-gx-5p-diesel-grey-0192fa9c-2f8b-40e5-a972-d790239bbd09?sort=standard&desc=0&position=7&source_otp=t30&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t30&applied_boost_level=t30&relevance_adjustment=boost&boosting_product=mia

[white heart]

dude french people need to go fucking extinct

like actually

Trump needs to lock tf in and nuke France not iran 💔

[white heart]

im like 100km under the heart. pretty far sadly

a shop did have a Rav4 for sale though

near me

[dull cedar]

This? https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-avensis-2-0-turbo-d4d-linea-sol-diesel-430a597f-a206-47e7-9e1f-ae9dbcd4c387?sort=standard&desc=0&position=36&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t10&applied_boost_level=t10&relevance_adjustment=organic&boosting_product=none

[dull cedar]

This still means nothing to me because this shit isn't on a map it's just names lol

[white heart]

neither i live in Alsace (it's all the way to the right of france bordering Germany)

[white heart]

lmao fair nuff

around Mulhouse

that's the local city

[dull cedar]

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-rav-4-rav4-2-0i-vx-gasoline-blue-e229c923-4502-4003-b60f-0c52ce8be1bc?sort=standard&desc=0&position=4&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t10&applied_boost_level=t10&relevance_adjustment=organic&boosting_product=none

You can be like alex

Don't let someone steal it

[white heart]

so uhhh that is in fact near me but like

[dull cedar]

3S-FE and a manual

do iiiit

[white heart]

4k for a car with over 280k km already ???

granted it is roomy

[dull cedar]

As I've already told you before this isn't an issue

[white heart]

ion know man

maybe in a country where people take care of their car sure

[dull cedar]

Fuck it get an iQ then https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-iq-iq3-100-vvt-i-stop-start-gasoline-b5ca9488-5d0d-4599-8b5c-a7884684cc25?sort=standard&desc=0&position=11&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t10&applied_boost_level=t10&relevance_adjustment=organic&boosting_product=none

[dull cedar]

I am not in a country where people take care of their cars

280k on a Toyota is nothing

[white heart]

why does it lowk have more horsepower than 80% of the french market

[dull cedar]

Because the french suck

[white heart]

if it was near me i would have got it tbh

wait hold on

maybe if i used my savings to raise my budget to 8k

i could find a prius

idk

[dull cedar]

I'm now searching within 200k of mulhouse

[white heart]

my parents aint going that far but sure

ok yteah

[dull cedar]

Slap their dumbasses and make them drive that far

[white heart]

i gotta find a way to double my budget

[dull cedar]

I fucking drive further to visit my mother

[white heart]

ahhh yes a peugeot prius 308

kill all french people 💔

[white heart]

that seems counter productive

[dull cedar]

Here we go, perfect local shitbox

https://www.autoscout24.com/offers/toyota-avensis-toyota-avensis-liftback-1-8-vvt-i-2002-gasoline-silver-3d75e7fb-3b70-46e0-9c92-717bc867372e?sort=price&desc=1&position=2&source_otp=t10&source=listpage_search-results&order_bucket=unknown&boost_level=t10&applied_boost_level=t10&relevance_adjustment=organic&boosting_product=none

1zz Avensis

[white heart]

man sure why the fuck not lmao

[dull cedar]

Do it

Cheap enough that if the 1zz is burning too much oil you can get a junkyard engine and swap it in and still be well under budget

🤣

[white heart]

France...

[dull cedar]

It's europe

You can get cheap 1zzs

Trust me

Anyway the car looks good I'd say the engine is fine

[white heart]

not allowed to swap yo engines without going through the CBT that is the administration

[dull cedar]

The fuck are they going to know

A swap is only obvious if it's a different engine

[white heart]

by making you need a controle technique

bleh

[dull cedar]

I don't think you understand

[white heart]

oooh i didnt see same engine

true

[dull cedar]

If you swap a 1zz for a 1zz they ain't gonna know

[white heart]

but

that takes time and mechanical skills

although https://www.leboncoin.fr/ad/voitures/3109674206

that one could be a good match for what i want

[dull cedar]

Again, engine is probably fine I'm just memeing

[white heart]

decently roomy

in budget

[dull cedar]

That's only the 1.4 though

[white heart]

less km so parents wont shit their pants

[dull cedar]

And is over 5k

[white heart]

97hp. that's plenty according to insurances

[dull cedar]

You could buy 3 of the avensis

🤣

[white heart]

cause insurances will geniunely take your newborns if you try to get a car with more hp

[white heart]

Parents prolyl wont let me

[dull cedar]

Ahhh fine get the renamed corolla

[white heart]

hey at least it's a toyota

though man fuck that price is awful 💔

[dull cedar]

Better get a t-sport the moment insurance will stop fucking you

[white heart]

im gonna be broke for quite a few more years dawg...

studies and uhhh personal reasons that will end up costing me a lot

[dull cedar]

And insurance will keep fucking you for a few more years anyway

Probably until you're 25

[white heart]

Mhm yeah

although i might get the bonus really soon lmao

im moving to a big city this year

[dull cedar]

The good insurance companies for modified/classis stuff won't even take under 25s

Suuucks

[white heart]

and will prolly leave the car at my parent's home

[dull cedar]

I want better insurance for my car but I just can't

[white heart]

free bonus + low km

[dull cedar]

Bonus?

[white heart]

if you drive a full year without causing accidents price go down

[dull cedar]

Ah

That's pretty easy anyway

Maybe not with how the french drive

[lone fern]

[white heart]

yeahhh once youve seen how the french drives you'll never stop wanting to nuke tthis place

[dull cedar]

I've now done over 70k in like 2 years without issue

[white heart]

i mean shit bro i almost failed my license test this morning right as i started because of some dumb fucking truck driver

pulled up to the round about at full speed i had to slam on the damn brakes because that dumbass blocked the way

[white heart]

@dull cedarthat guy was so bad the instructor had to tell me that i did good and that no i didnt fail because of him

NOT EVEN 2 MINUTES IN

[lone fern]

can i send all of the terrible drivers in america (most of them) to france please

[white heart]

absolutely not

here in France drivers are bad sure

but aren't your tests like

just driving for 2 meter

[lone fern]

depends on the state. i had to drive for like 20 minutes here in michigan, but in florida i think, you don’t even have to leave a parking lot

i’m pretty certain most drivers here were born yesterday and given keys to a car, and they proceed to drive them like bumper cars

[white heart]

that's even shorter than us

here it's 30 mins

though you get sent to super ultra mega hell on earth

i swear to god some districts were mad solely for the purpose of making kids fail their test

[lone fern]

to be fair i live in rural bumfucking nowhere michigan (the drivers still suck just there’s less of them) so the test is still pretty easy

[lone fern]

the dumbest of drivers spawn when they see someone taking a test 😭

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/spongebob-crazy-driver-tongue-mrs-puff-picmix-gif-16142380471678342625

type shit they will do bro

[lone fern]

for reall omg 😭😭

[white heart]

https://tenor.com/view/drive-car-mrs-puff-spongebob-squarepants-spongebob-gif-15876404882945421183

mfs will do this

then wonder why they're losing points 💔

[lone fern]

mfers be sending the car airborn over curbs and ask why they failed

[white heart]

Froggers will send the car into the ditch, run over 5 new born childrens after crashing into a maternity hospital then look at the examinator to ask if that was a critical mistake (makes you fail the test instantly)

[lone fern]

My drivers training instructor told us about someone taking their test that ran head on into a bollard at a gas station in front of the pump during their test and totalled the car 😭

[harsh quarry]

how does someone get to the point where they're ready to take their exam, and still do something like this

[lone fern]

i genuinely have no idea

[white heart]

BRO how

[pure pond]

when i had to take my car test i drove behind 3 other people who all failed for some dumb shit. one ran a red light the other 2 didnt gave people right of way. my driving examiner just laughed the whole ride

and when i was 16 going for moped license a other person drove on the highway 1minute in the exam

police had to escort her of the highway

[worldly oasis]

🔥

I passed first try because I don't suck

Now I have never done the speed limit in over a year

Cops don't care

Volvo on top

[lone fern]

sameee

also helps that i’d been driving (illegally) since i was 12 lmao

[lone fern]

lucky bastard

they sure do care around me

[worldly oasis]

I have passed a cop mid pull, didn't do shit

Top 10 cars invisible to cops

[lone fern]

honestly makes sense, everybody sleepin on volvos which is tragic

most of my vehicles look like i’m strung out on many different drugs so that’s probably why i can’t avoid cops

[worldly oasis]

Keep it that way I already pay enough for stuff for them

I'm sure once it's slammed on 5 spokes the cops won't like me near as much

Also going catless soon

[lone fern]

🤤

[pure pond]

gonna look at a nissan patrol y61 tomorrow cost 7k so there must be something wrong but there is no rust and a bunch of new parts and dealer maintained

[lone fern]

i love suspiciously cheap vehicles they’re my favorite

[pine schooner]

Chat what do you think of my trucks engine exhaust sound as of right now? I'm planning to upgrade it later

[wraith rivet]

That’s clean

[lone fern]

precisely how i ended up with my rust free 1st gen CRV with lower mileage for 2300$ (it quickly exploded)

[pure pond]

i really hope its good easy flip or gonna daily it

i miss my CRV but man it used a lot of fuel

[lone fern]

for real mine drank an ungodly amount of gas because the first gens weren’t geared for a 70mph highway whatsoever

i think it got like 24

[lone fern]

what truck/motor

[pine schooner]

91 c1500 with a 350 v8

[lone fern]

i was boutta say it sounds like an obs chevy cuz i own three of em

sounds like a typical 350 minus a muffler tbh

[worldly oasis]

I get 18 no matter what I do in my s60

[forest lintel]

Some not so nice resonance at idle, decent at some revs

[pine schooner]

I don't know why but my dad took my grandpa's old burnt down trucks exhaust and stuck it to that truck. It's not a perfect fit because can't put the spare tire on underneath and one of the exhaust hooks aren't connected to the exhaust. This is my future plan. Oh yeah I forgor to mention it has a cat delete with a high flow muffler

[pine schooner]

Hopefully it sounds better after the exhaust upgrade

[lone fern]

it definitely will

[pine schooner]

Plus be more annoying for other people because that truck is so fucking loud

[lone fern]

oh i remember the high school days of driving around my 98 chevy with nothing but headers just to be noisy as fuck

now I have duals with glasspacks that quiet it down a lot

[pine schooner]

How many miles does your obs have? Mine has around 206k on it

[lone fern]

My main beater one has 260k on it, my 2500 with a 6.5 detroit has 280k, and my other 98 is blown up missing a motor

unsure on mileage on the blown up one as the odometer hasn’t worked in probably 10 years according to the prev owner

[pine schooner]

She has some problems but she runs great. She was parked in 2020 then in maybe 2022 or 23 I started to work on her. I had to gut the interior and change all fuilds which I'm still working on. Eventually replace the 20+ year old tires that are cracking and replace valve guides. Hopefully the old winter tires last or the summer tires on the organial rims last unit I can afford new tires for the organial rims. Um I think that's it?

Oh yeah she also has a slight dent in the front. I can't remove the grill without pounding the shit out of the front bumper to remove the grill

[lone fern]

nice!

[lone fern]

honestly it looks really good for sitting lol

here’s my 3, the only clean one is the one in the middle which is the blown up one, the other two are beat to shit rustbuckets but i love em

[pine schooner]

My brother was the last one to drive it before it got parked and my dad's tracker throwing a rock and breaking the passenger door window

[lone fern]

damn i bet it got super moldy in there then w the rain

how long did it sit for?

[pine schooner]

Yes. I started guting it in 2025 so it been sitting with mody interior for 5 years but got it to start in 2023. I sat in the cab for hours with the truck running and the heat cranked all the way up to try and kill the mold. In 2023 when i was getting the truck to start the steering wheel had white puffy mold on it that I wiped off with my glove. I'm surprised that I didn't get sick from it. Here is one out of 3 pictures of the interior from 2025

[lone fern]

jeeeez yeah thats a bit of mold 😭

[pine schooner]

From it being broken on the passenger side it destroyed the sound damping heat padding the help quit the exhaust and heat from it. Plus if I some day i put the carpet back in it I need to replace the instalation or just completely remove it since I'm going to rhino line the floor

[worldly oasis]

Bought a set of wiha Allen keys

Bow down I'm ballin like that

[white heart]

if i find a good wagon volvo ikm lowk getting it

[wispy cloak]

I have blue-point hex, torx, and e-torx

[worldly oasis]

They peak trust

[worldly oasis]

@lone fern

[near lantern]

how do i fix seized brakes? i'm buying a bus and the seller says the brakes are seized

[lone fern]

there’s a billion different ways brakes could be siezed. are they drum breaks? disk breaks? air brakes?

you will probably need to do some research and spend some time actually messing with them because there’s no real “fix”

sometimes you can unstick a caliper by just driving the vehicle, sometimes ya gotta replace it. same with drums. as for air brakes, i’m not too familiar

[south jackal]

Piston probably stuck. It can be a bitch to push back in so you can even get it off to replace.

But you'll need to inspect to be sure. And is it ALL the brakes or not? Could simply be one, or two. If all, its not as typical. But likely master cylinder issue or something.

[white heart]

@dull cedar @queen wren I GOT MY LICENSEEEEEE

YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH

[queen wren]

Lets goooooooo

First try

[south jackal]

Now go win your first race.

Feel the adrenaline rush

[white heart]

i dont even have a car 💔

[white heart]

hell yeah

[white heart]

i aced it

[south jackal]

Borrow the parents

[white heart]

29/31

[queen wren]

Lets go

[white heart]

my mom just refuses and my dad has onyl a berlingot

[white heart]

just gotta get a car now

[queen wren]

Nice

[south jackal]

Scooter better and more fun

[white heart]

FUCK NO

[south jackal]

Unless you wanna drive 150kmh+ and die

[south jackal]

Why not?

[white heart]

scooter is slow, uncomfortable, cant carry my friend, cant carry shit, geniunely buns

need a different license for it too

[south jackal]

You're kidding right?

[white heart]

No i just dont like scooters.

[south jackal]

I've probably carried more on my scooter than most Americans put in their F150's. Plus the wife and 3 cats

Can't carry a friend? I see people riding 5 to a scooter daily around here.

[white heart]

where the FUCK do you live

Vietnam ?

also i want a car not a scooter still

[south jackal]

Bali Indonesia, and Kuala Lumpur Malaysia

[white heart]

yeah i want a car man

i live in France

[south jackal]

I was originally from Canada. Even if I moved back, fuck cars and trucks. No way in going back to that money pitt

[white heart]

i dont want to drive a scooter in winter

and i got 3-4 friends i wanna hang oout with

im not getting a fucking scooter