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stoic ledge
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Basically the manual transmission controlled by a ECU

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Yes

indigo coral
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like smg?

stoic ledge
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It sucks

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Yes

indigo coral
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ew

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why did they ever bother with that

stoic ledge
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My grandparents or Dacia?

fair bronze
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At least it's cheap so you can't really complain for the price

indigo coral
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dacia

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bmw

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vw

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anyone who uses smg-type transmission

stoic ledge
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Dacia: it's cheap
My grandparents: it's cheap and my grandpa likes Dacia

indigo coral
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cause they came AFTER torque converter autos

stoic ledge
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It's mostly cheaper, and dual clutches can be faster

indigo coral
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yes but smg and stuff was terrible

stoic ledge
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Yup

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But F1 used it too

indigo coral
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dual clutch is not smg, can be different

stoic ledge
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So it was cool

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But mainstream brands mostly used them since they were cheaper

indigo coral
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has to be cheaper

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120k M5

dry fern
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I think Dacia made the cheapest car in the world no ? The Dacia Logan I think

fair bronze
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The M5 really needed the manual

indigo coral
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we got the manual

fair bronze
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@dry fern That would be the Tata Nano

stoic ledge
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For example, we had a 2003 Corsa C.

  • Easytronic 5sp: +€500
  • Torque converter auto 4sp: +€2000
dry fern
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Holy shit

indigo coral
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yikes

stoic ledge
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But yeah for M-cars... Just because F1 used them probably

fair bronze
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In the end: manual > auto

stoic ledge
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That's why Ferrari used them too

dry fern
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Is that a car that u don’t need any liscense?

indigo coral
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you can still get the Dodge Journey with a 4 speed auto

stoic ledge
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Oof

indigo coral
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wrong @fair bronze zf 8hp is better than manual

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😄

fair bronze
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@dry fern Do you need a license for anything in India?

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@indigo coral lol

dry fern
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Lmaooo

stoic ledge
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ZF 8HP is the best auto, but I'd still prefer a manual

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But if I must get an auto: ZF please

fair bronze
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I much prefer a manual

dry fern
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M2 underrated

fair bronze
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Though to be honest I do like the CVT in my grandma's Jazz Hybrid

indigo coral
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I'd either get an electric car or one with a ZF 8hp

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to eventually replace my RX

fair bronze
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I don't know, that CVT just isn't crap for some reason

indigo coral
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honda cvts arent as bad as nissan cvts

fair bronze
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Thankfully not

dry fern
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Wdym

fair bronze
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Nissan CVTs break all the time

indigo coral
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^

stoic ledge
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I'll just get an Insignia B 1.6T manual probably after my current car Pogey

fair bronze
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Haha, that's nice too

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The Insignia is underrated

stoic ledge
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Corsa -> Insignia is a mice upgrade

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Yes it is

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Especially the 2nd gen

indigo coral
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I want something with some real power, at least 300

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(G70 and Stinger both check that box)

dry fern
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I don’t like Honda Civic idk why

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Ugly I think

indigo coral
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a buddy of mine got one, its okay but i'd not pay as much as he did for it

stoic ledge
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1.6T has 200hp, big enough upgrade from my 83hp

fair bronze
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Plentiful, especially here

stoic ledge
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Exactly

indigo coral
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365 is a nice amount

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enough to have some straight line fun

stoic ledge
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Not really necessary here

fair bronze
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365hp and a speed limit of like 55?

indigo coral
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yes

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xD

stoic ledge
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They are even reducing our speed limits to 60mph March next year 😠

indigo coral
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we have a lot of streets that are 45mph around town

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but with stop signs and stuff

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so you can lay into it

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and nyoom

fair bronze
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@stoic ledge At least we can still go fast at night Pogey

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But it's a disappointment

stoic ledge
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I live 3km away from Belgium, 20km from the unrestricted german Autobahn Pogey Pogey Pogey

fair bronze
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woohoo

indigo coral
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365 is adequate without being overpowered

dry fern
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Wait 60mph for highways ?

indigo coral
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(thats teh same amount as parents cars)

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thats what it is up here too

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60mph

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until you get away from the big city and it jumps to 70-75

dry fern
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For highways ?

indigo coral
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ye

fair bronze
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Yep

dry fern
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No way

fair bronze
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Yes way

indigo coral
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?

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wym no way

dry fern
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It’s slow af

indigo coral
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how fast is it where you drive

dry fern
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130j for highways

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130kmh

indigo coral
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80mph

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thats how it is in other US states

fair bronze
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It's 130 here as well for now

indigo coral
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Texas has an area thats 85

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my state is just boring

dry fern
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Lemme convert

indigo coral
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136

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kmh

stoic ledge
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It's 130km/h here now, and will be in the evening too, but they're going to reduce it during the day to 100km/h here by next March

fair bronze
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Thanks to nitrogen

dry fern
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Ffs they are killing us ...

stoic ledge
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Yes we're emitting "to much nitrogen" (literally 1/5th compared to neighbouring countries, but ok)

fair bronze
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It's ridiculous

dry fern
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Ok can we talk about China then

fair bronze
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No

stoic ledge
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No

indigo coral
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No

dry fern
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They make us look like guilty when China have thousand of shit factory the make wish products

indigo coral
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i mean in america its like... 16mpg SUVs driving 140 miles a day

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so

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lul

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i bet our emissions are literally 1k times higher than NL

fair bronze
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Yep

dry fern
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Yeah but because their is more paille tho

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People *

indigo coral
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well

stoic ledge
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Yes but our shitty tiny 1.0 70hp eco muesli cars doing 60mpg can only go 60mph

indigo coral
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and only hold 4 people

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instead of 9

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(Suburban)

fair bronze
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They can go faster if you're patient

indigo coral
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wait the newer suburban mihgt only hold 8

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Oh side note

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I sat in the new Lexus RX 350 L

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the back seat is stupid

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as hell

fair bronze
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Don't get a new Lexus

indigo coral
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with the second row moved all the way up touching the front seat

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i still couldn't fit behind it

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at all

fair bronze
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The old ones are better

indigo coral
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even uncomfortably

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I'd not get a new RX

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(i would however get an RC F or GS F )

fair bronze
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Thank goodness

dry fern
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Lexus made a new car already

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I don’t know a single car from Lexus what a shame...

fair bronze
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Indeed

indigo coral
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i wish there was a hot hatch CT

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xD

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I've said that lots of times tho

stoic ledge
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Just get the regular RX

fair bronze
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Then it would be like a Prius Sport

stoic ledge
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Not the L

indigo coral
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i wouldn't get the new RX

stoic ledge
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Prius Sport 👀

indigo coral
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next car will be something more sporty

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Depending how good the GV70 is I'd consider that

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The render I saw looks quite nice

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but it needs to handle well

dry fern
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Prius sport 😂

stoic ledge
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Hybrid Lexus SUV's are sporty, as long as you get the F-sport trim

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/s

fair bronze
indigo coral
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the only NEW Lexus I'd get would be the GS F or RC F

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(Or LC F if I had buckets of money)

stoic ledge
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I'm to tall for a Miata

indigo coral
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same

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its uncomfortable

fair bronze
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That's why I'm happy I have an average height

dry fern
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I always merge s2000 with rx8

fair bronze
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So an RX-8 with a VTEC engine

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Or the other way round

dry fern
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Oh

fair bronze
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Oh?

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I'm just guessing

dry fern
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I didn’t know either

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Dont*

indigo coral
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I jus realised that there are some interesting similarities between the GV70 renders and my RX

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😛

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nothing obvious, jus some window shape similarities and stuff

fair bronze
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It just looks like a Bentayga ripoff to me

dry fern
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Yes it’s vtec but 4 cylinder

indigo coral
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imo it looks distinct enough

fair bronze
stoic ledge
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RX-8 has even less cylinders 😉

indigo coral
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eh, we'll see how it ends up actually looking

stoic ledge
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GV70 looks quite nice

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In the renderings

fair bronze
indigo coral
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i wish the g70 had a bigger trunk

fair bronze
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It does look nice

indigo coral
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NOW THATS A NICE ANGLE

stoic ledge
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Genesis might be coming to Europe 👀

indigo coral
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tbh

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if they made the gv70 handle decently

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and give it the 365hp v6

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I'd get it

stoic ledge
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Yes

indigo coral
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cause it would solve my practicality annoyance with the G70

stoic ledge
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It would be €100k+ here tho GWmythiFeelsBadMan

indigo coral
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also would have to have the awesome interior

stoic ledge
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Yes

indigo coral
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(would also get a G70 Wagon, like you mentioned)

stoic ledge
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Oof yes

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Too bad Alfa didn't make a Giulia Wagon

indigo coral
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😮

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that's nice looking

stoic ledge
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Lol

indigo coral
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stinger wagon

stoic ledge
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Kinda looks like a Jag XF Wagon

indigo coral
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kinda

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but its still nice

fair bronze
fair bronze
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Yes it does

stoic ledge
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Yeah I quite dig the pro-ceed

indigo coral
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jd that reminds me of the toyota venza

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lol

stoic ledge
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It's smaller than a Venza

fair bronze
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How?

indigo coral
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i know

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in terms of shape

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idk

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remember im a stupid american lol

fair bronze
dry fern
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Stupid American who can drive badass cars tho

indigo coral
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am I the only one who finds the new g90 ugly as hell btw

fair bronze
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No

indigo coral
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Im sorry but what the fuck is that

stoic ledge
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Yeah not that fond of it

fair bronze
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Did Stevie Wonder design that

stoic ledge
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Previous gen was nice tho

indigo coral
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yes^

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all the previous genesis cars have been nice or at least tolerable

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but the new g90 is bad

dry fern
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Rims are ugly

stoic ledge
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And cheap used

indigo coral
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yes^

fair bronze
stoic ledge
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I'd get a used one

dry fern
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I would set a pair of JR17 on that instead

indigo coral
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rear end is a bit clunky but decent

fair bronze
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It's mostly the front end that looks dumb

dry fern
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And the rims

fair bronze
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Well you can change those

dry fern
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The rear light is too common

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But I like the color

fair bronze
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It looks like something Rockstar would release in GTA

indigo coral
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I'm one of the few people that like the Telluride

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its in cali

stoic ledge
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Buy it Falcon

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Buy it

indigo coral
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i wish

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it looks REAL nice

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but its not the good wheel option

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(also i have no money)

dry fern
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Lmao

fair bronze
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I've never seen that model before

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Looks cool

indigo coral
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those are the good wheels

dry fern
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Hell yeah

fair bronze
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It's like a C-Class from an alternate dimension

dry fern
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The color tho 😍

indigo coral
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much better than a C-Class lol

fair bronze
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The rear and the interior highly remind me of the C-Class

indigo coral
fair bronze
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Not the entire thing but many details

indigo coral
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idk, i sat in both and much preferred the interior of the g70

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its also better quality

fair bronze
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Yeah I don't know about that one

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It's nice, that's for sure

indigo coral
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oh sorry I meant versus stinger

fair bronze
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Oh lol

indigo coral
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My brain just kind of derped

fair bronze
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Yeah the Stinger looks more basic

indigo coral
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It's about as nice as a c class

fair bronze
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Definitely

indigo coral
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Maybe a bit better

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It's a good interior, very good.

fair bronze
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Okay, a simple comparison

dense shard
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G70 please

indigo coral
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fair enough, but the g70 looks nicer

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i dont like the deeply set in gauges

dense shard
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much nicer

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The gauge hoods are a questionable design choice.

dry fern
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We need a video on how to get a nice car cheap

dense shard
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buy it used

indigo coral
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^

dry fern
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Those got me drooling

indigo coral
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would be hilariously expensive over there i imagine

fair bronze
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They got heavily inspired by Mercedes though

indigo coral
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eh

fair bronze
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No doubt about that

indigo coral
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lots of cars ahve similar gauges though

dry fern
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Just look at the « C-Class »

dense shard
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Reminds me of a Chevy.

dry fern
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I thought u were talking about a Mercedes

fair bronze
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lol

dry fern
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This one is beautiful actually

indigo coral
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its also sub 50k

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and 365hp

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and rwd

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😄

stoic ledge
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Yes please

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Give me

fair bronze
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If only we could get it for that price

dry fern
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Yeah...

fair bronze
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€100k+

stoic ledge
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Here it's close to €100k

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Exactly

fair bronze
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Something like that lol

indigo coral
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Rip

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I'd not pay 100k for it

dry fern
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We can import ?

fair bronze
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Nope

stoic ledge
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We can import it

indigo coral
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I'll get it in like 3 years when its less than 20k 😄

stoic ledge
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Still have to pay the taxes

fair bronze
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But then you still pay that

stoic ledge
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With taxes, it's €100k

dry fern
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Omg...

fair bronze
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For what is basically a Hyundai

dry fern
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This is why uk left

fair bronze
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Eh no

stoic ledge
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Not really

fair bronze
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That is a completely different story

dense shard
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Hyundais are still nice.

stoic ledge
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Not €100k nice

dense shard
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I'll take it over what is basically a taxi, (mercedes)

stoic ledge
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xD

indigo coral
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the g70 is kind of a sleeper

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it doesn't scream that its fast

fair bronze
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I'd rather have a Toyota than a Hyundai

dense shard
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sure

dry fern
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Same

indigo coral
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depends on the toyota...

dense shard
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But that doesn't say anything nice about Mercedes.

fair bronze
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Not saying they're bad

stoic ledge
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Toyota doesn't have a nice RWD sedan tho

indigo coral
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I'd get a GS F over a G70 but the GS F is $$$

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they do

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😄

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GS F

dense shard
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I'd rather have a Toyota over a Mercedes.

indigo coral
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rwd only

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N/A v8 only

dense shard
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GS is damn nice.

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As is the LS.

stoic ledge
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Well a GS F is over €150k

dense shard
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And LC

indigo coral
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467hp

stoic ledge
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No thnx

dense shard
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I'll take any Lexus over anything Mercedes has to offer me.

stoic ledge
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That's like 200k USD

dry fern
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I don’t like Mercedes

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It’s expansive for nothing

stoic ledge
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Still more worth it than Audi

fair bronze
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Yep

stoic ledge
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Overpriced understeering VW

indigo coral
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well... the RS6 Avant is real nice

fair bronze
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That's what bank robbers think too

dense shard
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But still essentially a FWD car.

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Audi is moving in weird directions these days.

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Mercedes is just... bland.

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BMW lost a manual, regained something.

fair bronze
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Mercedes just doesn't know what to do so they just have a car in every segment

stoic ledge
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Mercedes is mostly luxury comfort imho

dry fern
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Yeah

fair bronze
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BMW isn't as interesting as they used to be imo

indigo coral
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bmw has gotten bland too

fair bronze
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Mostly because of emissions

dense shard
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The G80 is nice.

dry fern
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Cause of the new x5 ?

indigo coral
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same interior and design language in every single car gets a bit old

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G80 is very old-people ish

stoic ledge
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BMW over Audi/Mercedes tho

dense shard
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Apparently BMW is trying to move to durability.

indigo coral
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sat in it right after the G70 and it felt very different

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LOLOLOL

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a durable BMW?

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😂

dense shard
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yep

dry fern
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BMW always been ahead from others in Germany tho

indigo coral
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if you want durable, buy a toyota

dense shard
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They've apparently started making a concerted effort to build to last now.

stoic ledge
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Buy a Supra

dense shard
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Toyota accepted BMW's engine for the Supra.

stoic ledge
fair bronze
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lmao

dense shard
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Toyota approved, so BMW did something right.

indigo coral
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and i assure you its going to break down real quick

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compared to a toyota designed engine

dense shard
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We won't know till 5 years down the road.

fair bronze
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When it's at the side of the road you mean

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I'm being harsh

dense shard
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People used to believe Hondas were excellent quality.

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They were

fair bronze
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Depends

dense shard
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If you ignored rust, exploding transmissions, and oil dilution.

dry fern
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And ugly too

dense shard
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I don't count styling as an issue.

fair bronze
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That is all in the eye of the beholder

dense shard
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It can be ugly as fuck, but if it lasts 20 years, I'd say it's well built.

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But Honda has been taken to court over the transmission issues in years past.

fair bronze
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At least Toyota made the Corolla cool

dense shard
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That it did.

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Then again Honda did the same with the Civic.

dry fern
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Nonononono

dense shard
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Or have we all forgotten the last gen?

fair bronze
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Well the new one looks a bit questionable

dense shard
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A car so dull it was given a midlife refresh a year into a 5 year product cycle.

indigo coral
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corolla used to be the most basic crap and now I'd totally buy a corolla hatch if thats what I was looking for

dry fern
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The civic is ugly AF and it’s bad engine

fair bronze
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Bad engine?

dry fern
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Yeah

dense shard
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The 2.0 is a fine engine.

indigo coral
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i think the new corolla hatch is cute

dense shard
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And they say they fixed the 1.5T issues.

dry fern
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U already saw a civic make a night run ?

dense shard
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It's NOT cute.

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It's manly!

fair bronze
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lol

indigo coral
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lol

dense shard
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lol

indigo coral
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cute car isn't a bad thing 😛

dense shard
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Sorry had to defend my manliness.

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Joking aside. I don't know if I'd call it cute.

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I won't oppose people calling it cute.

fair bronze
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Doesn't look cute to me

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Which one do you mean?

dense shard
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Personally I think the new Corolla is cool. Stylish, modern.

fair bronze
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Definitely

dense shard
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And if someone calls it cute.... sure, I'm not gonna argue.

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It's not bland, and that's what counts imo.

indigo coral
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it looks much higher end than corollas used to

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yeah its not bland

dense shard
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As for the Civic.

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The 2.0L is a decent engine.

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It's an unsung hero.

dry fern
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Cutie

fair bronze
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You have the 2.0 manual right?

indigo coral
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friend of mine got the '17 civic touring, with the 1.5

dense shard
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Yeah, my 'rolla is a 2.0.

indigo coral
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174hp

fair bronze
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The one we don't get

dense shard
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That being said. It's not as powerful as Honda's turbos.

fair bronze
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No but it's fine

dense shard
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Perfectly adequate.

fair bronze
indigo coral
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i suspect my car would feel much nicer to drive/more adequate if it had a better transmission

dense shard
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I'm happy I got the white interior.

indigo coral
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I'd get the white interior in a Tesla, not sure I would in the g70

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would either get red or black in the Stinger

dense shard
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ah, a blue one

indigo coral
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meant interior colour

fair bronze
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Smurf blue

dense shard
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Full disclosure, the Corolla engine note is not a highlight.

fair bronze
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I like it but it's quite bright

dense shard
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I wouldn't have minded blue.

fair bronze
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No but it's a good engine nonetheless

dense shard
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It's packed with tech.

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Now for me to find out if Toyota's newest design will hold up.

fair bronze
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The only thing Toyota can't seem to get right is the infotainment

dense shard
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It's not wrong.

fair bronze
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It's not great either

dense shard
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That's all I can say about it.

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lol

fair bronze
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Do you have Android Auto/Apple Carplay?

dense shard
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carplay only

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Guess who uses android.

dry fern
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Lucky

dense shard
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<- this guy

fair bronze
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Nice

indigo coral
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I'm looking at getting the new OP7T 5G

fair bronze
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They only started doing that recently

dense shard
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I'm waiting on an android auto update.

fair bronze
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Toyota navigation is pretty bad

dense shard
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scout GPS

fair bronze
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I'd love it if they would get it right someday

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Maybe they should ask Mazda nicely?

dense shard
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I'm sure the built in nav is fine.

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Mazda's isn't great.

fair bronze
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It's still way better

dense shard
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Their move away from touchscreen killed it for me.

fair bronze
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The ones I used had touchscreen

dense shard
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Those weren't loved by reviewers.

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And the new system is smooth... ish?

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But frankly learning an all knob system sounds like distracted hell.

fair bronze
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Or they could ask BMW since they made a lovechild now

dry fern
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Just use Waze ...

dense shard
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I can't.

indigo coral
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Waze is terrible

fair bronze
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The only thing BMW does right is iDrive

indigo coral
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Google Maps is much easier to use

dense shard
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I just preplan my trips and memorize it.

indigo coral
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Same data, better app

dry fern
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Mhmmm

fair bronze
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Yeah but that's not a solution

dry fern
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Thanks for the tips

fair bronze
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It's a workaround

dense shard
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I don't use waze, my car can't project it.

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I have Scout GPS, which I don't use.

dry fern
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Ok ur phone bro

indigo coral
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One sec lemme pull up my car's navigation

fair bronze
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I use Flitsmeister Pogey

indigo coral
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...oh wait

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Well the 2002 had nav

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but it was bad

dry fern
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Just put a gps on ur phone

indigo coral
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like really bad lol

dense shard
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Otherwise... uhhhh... bluetooth connection, and have my phone scare the ever living shit out of me midsong.

indigo coral
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I have a gps on my phone lol.

dense shard
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I think we all use GPS on our phones.

indigo coral
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I bought a new phone mostly to be able to use gps

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xd

dry fern
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Yeah so no need shitty car stock gps

indigo coral
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my OP5 lost gps for some reason, so I got a OP6T for a good deal.

dense shard
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I'd take a built in GPS over my phone.

dry fern
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Lol

indigo coral
#

Am looking into an OP7T Pro because Tmobile is offering a great trade in deal atm

dense shard
#

But extra cost option that's not even available on manuals usually.

#

So glancing down at my passenger seat on occasion or having someone tell me which way to go is how I roll.

fair bronze
#

Carplay ftw

dense shard
#

I envy iphone owners in that case.

fair bronze
#

Apple did something right

indigo coral
#

I'd have considered an iphone x when I got my 6T but it doesn't have fingerprint

fair bronze
#

They have their moments

indigo coral
#

which is a 100% deal breaker

fair bronze
#

Yeah I don't like the idea of Face ID either

indigo coral
#

like its a cool supplement

dense shard
#

Just don't enable it.

indigo coral
#

but its insecure and obnoxious

fair bronze
#

Touch ID works brilliantly for me

dense shard
#

Can't hack it if you don't enable it. lol

indigo coral
#

yes then you have to type in your pin like a cave man @dense shard

#

xD

dense shard
#

ugh

#

I liked LG's tap unlock.

indigo coral
#

My OP6T has fingerprint reader under the display, best of both worlds

dense shard
#

My Sharp didn't have it.

#

So I was a caveman for 3 years.

fair bronze
#

I've tried using that weird slide pattern when I had my Android

#

Never really worked nicely

#

Back to PIN it was

dense shard
#

Never could get used to it.

#

Happily the fingerprint sensor on my Galaxy is good enough.

indigo coral
#

My Oneplus 5 had just a normal fingerprint sensor

#

and was very fast

fair bronze
#

Fingerprint sensors are the nicest

dense shard
#

Why no capacitive sensor tho...

indigo coral
#

the in-screen I have now is first gen and kind of slow sometimes but it is quite cool

dense shard
#

c'mon Samsung.

indigo coral
#

and tbh I'll take the accuracy/speed hit because i find it just so damn cool

fair bronze
#

Samsung waited until next gen

indigo coral
#

theirs is different

#

its using ultrasonics

dense shard
#

ultrasonic isn't perfect.

indigo coral
#

oneplus uses light

#

the 7 Pro / 7T has a bigger, more accurate one than the 6T

dense shard
#

Inscreen sensors are a gimmick.

indigo coral
#

nah, its really nice

dense shard
#

Nothing wrong with the last gen's Nexus sensors on the back.

#

I think phone makers put way too much weight behind inscreen sensors.

indigo coral
#

i prefer them on the front, so you don't have to pick it up to turn it on

fair bronze
#

I much prefer my Touch ID in the home button on the front

#

Same reason

indigo coral
#

^

dense shard
#

Give me in-screen camera sensors dammit.

indigo coral
#

I hardly ever use the selfie cam so I'm fine with the slidey ones

#

or my tiny notch right now

dense shard
#

Okay, that's going beyond placement issues. heh

fair bronze
#

I don't mind a bezel if it's not too obnoxious

dense shard
#

notches/islands are fine.

#

Linus bashed the S10 way too much.

indigo coral
#

the notch on my 6T is so small that it isn't obtrusive at all

dense shard
#

Maybe the S10 Plus is silly with 2 sensors, but one is totally fine.

indigo coral
#

and if the app doesnt like having a notch, it just cuts out the status bar liek an S9 or something and it works great

#

doesn't look fucky at all

dense shard
#

yeah

#

The workarounds are totally fine.

indigo coral
#

the pixel 3 notch was terrible though

#

like... really bad

dense shard
#

It is inhouse Google.

indigo coral
#

don't care, its hideous

dense shard
#

And to think people were excited about them building a car.

fair bronze
#

lolno

indigo coral
#

also, if they're going to have a giant ass notch like that

#

you can't have a huge chin bar

#

???

dense shard
#

Why not make a bigger chin bar... yeah.

indigo coral
#

like...

#

no they put ah uge one

#

and the giant notch

#

its nasty

fair bronze
#

What's wrong with this (S9)

dense shard
#

oh wow

fair bronze
indigo coral
#

nothing

dense shard
#

Nothing wrong there.

fair bronze
#

Exactly

dense shard
#

Nothing wrong with the S10 tbh.

indigo coral
#

im personally not a fan of the curved edges myself, but thats just my preference

dense shard
#

It's... alright?

indigo coral
#

its just unnecessary imo, but some people like it

fair bronze
#

Don't like a hole in my screen

dense shard
#

It feels nice, but the case renders it all pointless.

fair bronze
#

I might just be picky

indigo coral
#

Id take the waterdrop notch over the hole-punch

#

(cause I did lul)

dense shard
#

The hole punch is a non-issue.

fair bronze
#

I'd rather have a small bezel

indigo coral
#

or the small bezel, yeah

#

on my 6t you can flat out turn off the notch and make it look alot like the s9

fair bronze
#

But it has to be symmetrical top and bottom

civic girder
#

I didn't know Samsung made cars

indigo coral
#

its quite close to symmetrical, but not quite exactly.

fair bronze
#

Otherwise it just looks weird

dense shard
#

It's off to the side.

fair bronze
#

@civic girder They do now!

civic girder
#

interesting

dense shard
#

The center punch bothers me more though.

indigo coral
fair bronze
#

We're basically the car community within the LTT community

indigo coral
#

i prefer that to the hole punch lol

civic girder
#

But to be fair, at the prices Samsung are selling their phones these days they may as well make cars with the huge grofits

dense shard
#

They're more capable of doing it than Apple or Google.

fair bronze
#

At least they're still more affordable than Apple

#

Generally

dense shard
#

I got mine at half price.

#

Lots of providers running excellent deals.

indigo coral
#

I got mine at ~halfish price, got it from someone who had upgraded to a 7 Pro for 300.

dense shard
#

Honestly all of the flagships are close enough to being the same, so I'd say just get the cheaper options at the moment.

#

LG, Samsung, OnePlus, HTC... they're all gonna be good enough.

civic girder
#

I got a Zenfone 6. $500 is still hundreds cheaper than other offerings with the 855

indigo coral
#

Asus ZenUI makes me want to die

#

lol

civic girder
#

yes and no

#

because the old ZenUI on my Zenfone 4 was not great in some ways

#

the new ZenUI is actually pretty good

indigo coral
#

OxygenOS is incredibly good

stoic ledge
#

^

indigo coral
#

Imo by far the best android skin

#

( super wish my 6T had wireless charging though)

dense shard
#

Anything is better than Sharp's UI.

#

That was tragic.

fair bronze
indigo coral
#

wooow thats bad

#

reminds me of touchwiz

dense shard
#

go figure, they haven't changed it since Jellybean.

fair bronze
#

That was in 2014

indigo coral
#

had that on my Galaxy S5 a few years ago lol

dense shard
#

Mine was a 2016, looked close to that.

#

I still miss my G3's design.

#

No camera bump and decent UI.

#

And one of the first high res displays around.

#

Ended up using APEX for my sharp.

fair bronze
#

G3?

#

As in Moto G3?

dense shard
#

LG G3

fair bronze
#

Oh lol

#

Forgot about that one

dense shard
fair bronze
#

That's a low Camry

#

Nice

dense shard
#

If you are willing to accept the drawbacks, lowering your car is probably the best move style wise.

fair bronze
#

This is as low as I'd go with it tbh

dense shard
#

Bit low for even my comfort. lol

fair bronze
#

Let me just say I wouldn't go any lower

#

I like ride comfort too

#

Maybe a little less low?

dense shard
#

I need to get up my driveway.

fair bronze
#

I live in Speedbump Heaven

dense shard
#

bump
ksssssSSSSSSHHHhhhhshshhshhhhhhh

fair bronze
#

There is one speedbump nearby, can't even go over it without hitting the lip underneath the bumper on my mom's Ford Ka ffs

dense shard
#

oh so

#

krssshhhh
bump
scraping noises

fair bronze
#

Yeah sounds about right

dense shard
#

A Ka?

fair bronze
#

Yes

dense shard
#

Now that is cute.

fair bronze
#

It's not an SUV but it ain't low

#

Heck yes!

dense shard
#

But that scrapes on bumps?

fair bronze
#

In some cases

#

Our bumps are extreme though

dense shard
#

That's crazy. You sure you aren't jumping curbs? Pogey

fair bronze
#

Nope, I go more slowly over them than my dad does

dense shard
#

lol

#

That's absolutely crazy.

fair bronze
#

It's actually insane

stoic ledge
#

I can't back off our driveway straight or I scrape Pogey

fair bronze
#

oof

#

At least I don't have that issue

stoic ledge
#

It doesn't really matter that much because I always drive up on it at an angle

fair bronze
#

Your house is next to a pavement right?

stoic ledge
#

It's a regular 2-onder-1-kap with a sidewalk

dense shard
#

My driveway is just badly built.

fair bronze
#

Yes exactly

stoic ledge
#

I backed up on our driveway once, damn that was horrible

fair bronze
#

scsghrghsrhgschgr

stoic ledge
#

Yes GWmythiFeelsBadMan

fair bronze
#

Painful

#

And that in a stock Corsa

stoic ledge
#

But luckily it's the black rubber/plastic/whatever lip, not the actual bumper

#

Yes stock Corsa

#

Factory sport suspension tho, -1cm xD

rapid sigil
indigo coral
#

oh shit nice

stoic ledge
#

Your car is quite low-res

#

And you're Nicko McBrian apparently

normal temple
#

Issa pixel car

rapid sigil
#

I am Nicko McBrain

stoic ledge
#

X doubt

#

That's why you get a by Google compressed image of "your" car. Makes sense 🙃

normal temple
#

Lmfao

#

How high is your grill set rn

fair bronze
#

That's also why you spell your name wrong

#

Mister McBrain

#

🧠

charred ruin
#

i cant believe the drummer from iron maiden is on the ltt discord

fair bronze
#

Neither can I

indigo coral
#

Lol

flint sable
#

The bois and I selling a firebird

indigo coral
#

the headlights are kinda cool

#

the droopy grille less so

dense shard
#

poooowwweeerrrrr

#

They've taken a page from Toyota for the grill design.

#

Which is good.

#

I need to go buy a wheel brush to clean my wheels.

indigo coral
#

lots of spokes?

dense shard
#

Yeah, and I want to get into the inner wheel itself.

indigo coral
#

I'm kind of lazy (and have ones that are easy to clean lol)

#

so I just use one of the hand pad thingies

#

(thats only for wheels, not on the rest of the car of course)

dense shard
#

You can see pretty deep in, so I need to clean it all.

normal temple
#

@dense shard at least you don't have basketweaves like me

fair bronze
#

They are cool though

indigo coral
#

My fav BMW wheels are either the e46 m3 ones or the e60 m5

normal temple
#

My summer wheels are based off the E46 M3 CSL wheels

fair bronze
#

Of those two I prefer the bottom ones

normal temple
#

Spoooooky

fair bronze
#

Quite a difference lol

normal temple
#

Weight difference on em ain't much

#

Like 4 lbs extra per wheel

pastel ridge
#

hi

fair bronze
#

Hey

#

Was that it?

bold inlet
#

😂

pastel ridge
#

hi

#

is my car coll it is a max out bmw 440i chip

fair bronze
#

Sure thing buddy

pastel ridge
#

what

#

I can prove it

fair bronze
#

Good for you?

pastel ridge
#

is it good it is a 2019

#

what chip is the best of it

fair bronze
#

I don't know, you tell me

#

Since you own it, right

pastel ridge
fair bronze
#

How long do you plan on owning it?

pastel ridge
#

2 to 3y

#

it only has 5000km on it

fair bronze
#

Ah yes, the break-in period

pastel ridge
#

we go it on 5.4.2019

fair bronze
#

We?

pastel ridge
#

yes

fair bronze
#

There's no shame in saying it's your dad's car

bold inlet
pastel ridge
#

it not

fair bronze
#

Then who's 'we'

pastel ridge
#

he is dead

fair bronze
#

That went downhill quickly

pastel ridge
#

yes

fair bronze
#

So was there anything else you wanted to talk about?

pastel ridge
#

no

fair bronze
#

Okay then

dry fern
#

His father is dewd ? @fair bronze

fair bronze
#

Pardon?

dry fern
#

He said his father is dead or I’m dumb

fair bronze
#

Or both

dry fern
#

😂

fair bronze
#

🤷‍♂️

dry fern
#

U wanna see my car ? 😏

fair bronze
dry fern
#

Yeh leaves on it

fair bronze
#

lol

#

That's unfortunate

dry fern
#

They cut tree leaves for winter :x

fair bronze
#

Nice little Ibiza though

dry fern
#

Thanks ^^

#

What car do you have ?

fair bronze
#

I don't own a car lol

dry fern
#

Awh

#

U wanna drive mine ?

fair bronze
#

I'm saving up, I don't need a car because my dad has 2

#

I'll get one when I need it

viral matrix
fair bronze
#

True

#

Are you really doing that with a cold engine though

viral matrix
#

Nah, my rev counter is broken

fair bronze
#

lol

#

You can never be too sure here

viral matrix
fair bronze
#

Oh you got an Aston Martin rev counter

viral matrix
#

😁

fair bronze
#

Fancy

stoic ledge
#

LOL

lethal garnet
#

Lmao

#

Can’t wait, we’re getting 2 new cars soon, 1)2020 Supra and 2) 2020 Subaru Outback XT

indigo coral
#

Nice

fair bronze
#

Cool

night current
#

Noice

#

I hope they make a new rx7

#

😭

fair bronze
#

And not ruin it

night current
#

Exactly

fair bronze
night current
#

Very true.

#

Apparently the vision is supposedly the new rx7, and the concept looks meh so far

dry fern
#

Guys !!!!

#

Guess what I see rn

jagged coyote
#

hey some french plates, can't read the departement on those tho

#

66?

#

at first i thought the 'stang had foreign plates but it's just a weird ass french plate made to fit in the US format

dry fern
#

Yeah yeah it’s French plate but made like US ones

fair bronze
#

A V6 Mustang

#

Still a pretty rare sight here in Europe

indigo coral
#

huh

#

They're everywhere here 😂

stoic ledge
#

@jagged coyote 95 (Val-d'Oise)

jagged coyote
#

oh so paris

stoic ledge
#

According to Google, it's close to Paris yes

jagged coyote
#

well as soon as you see a department number start with a 9 you can asume it's near paris

#

except 974

stoic ledge
#

All 3 digit departments, no?

jagged coyote
#

oh yeah forgot all the dom toms were 3 digits

#

all with 9s

normal temple
#

Spoooooky

stoic ledge
#

Oof something I learned in French class

dry fern
#

Yeah I’m from 95

#

I spotted 2 Mustang in my region

#

And 5 others in 92

#

But old ones

#

Shelby

#

Immatriculed in California

indigo coral
#

I see dozens xD

dry fern
#

Shelby ?

indigo coral
#

some, mostly OT V8 though

#

GT*

fair bronze
#

Yeah because they're cheap

bitter compass
#

that mustang isnt perfectly in the parking spot 🤔

indigo coral
#

Is that an expectation over there?

#

Over here parking is FFA pretty much

stoic ledge
#

In Paris you they use their bumpers to push away cars to make more room

indigo coral
#

really?

stoic ledge
#

Yes, Paris is horrible

#

Would not like to take my car there

indigo coral
#

Oof

#

Do they drive tiny cars there too?

stoic ledge
#

Same cars as the rest of Europe really

indigo coral
#

except Germany

stoic ledge
#

Bwah depends

indigo coral
#

Germany makes cool cars (regardless of whether or not they fall apart the day the warranty ends)

stoic ledge
#

I know 😉 Drives of in his Opel

#

But check some vids on YouTube how they park cars in Paris

dry fern
#

We park normally ’-‘

warm sparrow
eager kite
fair bronze
#

That Mustang already barely fits in that spot so I don't blame them

night current
#

European countries should make bigger parking spots. 🧠

#

Or pull a japan and have dope car parks

desert glen
#

Keyless entry must be nice until your fob dies and you’re in the middle of no where

indigo coral
#

theres backup ways to get in / start the car

desert glen
#

Just seems like a pain

indigo coral
#

nah its not bad

#

they hardly ever die

#

and the car warns you for weeks in advance

desert glen
#

I’m still diehard with physical keys

indigo coral
#

mines got a stupid transponder key

#

not quite keyless

#

it like... wirelessly connects with the security system

#

and makes it shut up

#

which is nice i guess but theyre hellishly expensive to replace

desert glen
#

I know some cars will completely lock up if you use a key without a transponder

indigo coral
#

mhm thats what mine does

#

it wont do anything

#

steering locks

#

etc

desert glen
#

I knew my volvo would do it, so I never did it

#

Never bothered to test my focus key

#

Already have two sets so not a problem

indigo coral
#

i have 2 keys for mine

#

my key and my parents key

#

lol

desert glen
#

Only got one key with my volvo so parents had to spend $300 to get a second key

#

Its not even that the key is expensive, but apparently programming the transponder is a world class service

indigo coral
#

oh my god

#

new keys for my car are insane

#

apparently theyre tied to the ECU permanently, so to get new keys means to get a new ecu

#

wtf lexus

#

what the actual fuck

desert glen
#

Well, the volvo dealer is also a full luxury dealer (BMW, Mercedes, etc), and the only one, in the area

#

So, i was kinda stuck with that

indigo coral
#

our explorer has an interesting way of using the fob

#

you stick in this place in the center console and it uses NFC to start the car if the battery is dead

desert glen
#

My car has that

#

I also need a new lightning cable yet walmart has literally nothing

fossil imp
#

@indigo coral no

#

keys can be coded by a dealer

indigo coral
#

they cannot.

#

the dealer replaces the ecu

#

at a cost of 1400$

fossil imp
#

sure they can ive done it loads of times

indigo coral
#

not on an RX

fossil imp
#

then they are ripping u off

indigo coral
#

the RX has two "master keys", once those are gone youre fucked

fossil imp
#

get a 3rd party to do it

#

easy

indigo coral
#

not sure if thats legal, since you'd need to get into the proprietary software. regardless i still have both my keys so I'm good xD

fossil imp
#

fuck em

#

1400 bucks luls

#

thieves

indigo coral
#

i mean I emailed out of curiosity for a new trans (not that i need it yet, just testing the waters)

#

and got a quote for 7k

#

before labor

#

LOL.

#

NOPE.

fossil imp
#

but its not even that special

#

why

indigo coral
#

i'll push the car off a cliff before I pay them that

#

idk

#

asshole dealer i guess

fossil imp
#

lexus tax

indigo coral
#

can get a new unit for like 1200

#

from other parts sites

#

or rebuild the old one for probably less

#

its only a 4spd torque converter, its not even fancy

fossil imp
#

crazy

#

i'd literally punch the guy quoting that price to me

indigo coral
#

but just to highlight the incompetence of our local dealer

#

i had a thing for a free oil change, got it done there and watched them as they took off the front fucking bumper to change the oil

#

and moved a bunch of stuff out of the way

fossil imp
#

luls

indigo coral
#

the filter is in a dumb place, but all you need is a little wrench thing

desert glen
indigo coral
#

and you can get it off

fossil imp
#

so they could max the labour time and charge

indigo coral
#

didnt cost me anything xd

desert glen
#

I have been blinded

indigo coral
#

?

desert glen
#

Dude had his high beams on

indigo coral
#

o

#

its day though

desert glen
#

Yeah

#

They’re still pretty bright

normal temple
#

Do you wanna be blinded

desert glen
#

No

#

Kinda

normal temple
desert glen
#

Oh my

#

Also

#

Bestbuy is a load of shit

indigo coral
#

they are

desert glen
#

$12 for a 6inch lightning cable

indigo coral
#

dont look at hdmi

desert glen
#

I know a lot about their HDMI cablrs

#

Last time I got a good deal from bestbuy is when i bought my g29 last year

indigo coral
#

my grandmother bought a computer there about 2yrs ago and actually didn't get screwed

desert glen
#

Their high ticket items arent horribly priced

#

Its the small items

indigo coral
#

nah, a Ryzen 7 1700, 16gb DDR4, RX 570 for 770$ isn't bad at all imo

#

particularly 2 yrs ago

#

when it was fairly new

desert glen
#

Not at all

#

But 12 dollars for a 6 inch cable

indigo coral
#

mhm

desert glen
#

I just need a 1 foot cable, like now

#

But I’m gonna have to settle for a 3’ one