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I would get one of those and throw an i4 in it sideways.
lol that could be fun
But those tires are right off of a bicycle.
LOL
Necessity and desire are two very different things.
I wanna throw some 295s on there.
Probably weighs more than the car.
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I just want one of these.
Bruh
AWD MasterRace π€£
lol that's awesome
hah hah
if that pulled up next to you at a stoplight you definitely wouldn't take it serioulsy
until it's too late
insane
every used car sold in poland
excuse me
but WHAT THE FRICK
Nie pytajcie o numer bo go nie braΕem... PadΕem jak to zobaczyΕem...
they welded the door to the body
change my mind but gt350βs are hotter than girls
what are girls?
π₯Ίππ

GT350 is apparently ceasing production this year
@unkempt sedge silver one at Carlisle, this one is coming to Atlantic City this year as well
I would not buy any german cars
I know that in europe they are better
then in us
but I still don't like them
Huh
Its actually one of.the only ones i wouldn't buy, im disappointed they dropped the V8 for a V6
If it still had the V8 then i would get it
they dropped v8 for a v6
meanwhile in europe we are driving 1 liter 3 bangers
emmision regulations are killing the car industry
Yep rather keep killing the planet instead lol
they should make the electric cars more convinient and cheaper instead of making everything expensive and inconvinient
I would just leave petrol cars alone
and make electric cars worth buying for avg people
I would actually buy an electric car if it was cheaper
like renault twizy
but I have no way to charge it
See i like V8, in my house we havea GTO with a 400CI V8, a ford Galaxie with a 390 CI V8 a mustang with a 289 CI, a cars meant to be enjoyed, if you have to cut it balls off to please some dope smoking hipsters, then fuck the environment
I also have A 4.0L I6 and 4.1L I6, and my 1977 mini which has a overbored 1275cc engine which is now 1400cc. There is no replacement for displacement.
I only have a 2004 ford focus with 1.8l 16v zetec engine
it broke and won't start at it's own for some reason
Unless you use forced induction
I think it's mostly so the people who regulate these things can get more money
like I'm not being enough robbed by taxes
Forced induction has some big flaws one of which is flow, forcing more air in doesn't mean more usable power.
Also if everyone else goes ev and hybrids it just means more fuel for me
"forcing more air in doesn't mean more usable power" erm what?
You still need a displacement dor it to reside in, a high displacement with a higher flow webber will be better than a lower displacement engine with forced induction.
Modern turbos have epic power bands.
Diesel like is a common description.
This isn't the 80s anymore.
Yeah and ive seen and felt them, i still tradded in my XR5 turbo for an XR6 NA
I dislike the lag and the lower torque. Whole reason i will take a straight 6 over a v6 too. Joy is a major part of driving, if i had to take a hybrid or EV i would just take the bus, its going to be boring anyway.
As I said. Modern turbos don't have that issue.
I wouldn't call the Falcon's engine modern by any stretch.
The lag is minimal, and it's full of torque. And honestly I quite like the noise V6s make.
Fact is that you can always get better bmep from turbo engines than n/a engines
I hate turbos two, especially the whine
but like my 488 has the whine, but there is zero turbo lag
doesn't have the same energy as my 458, but I think turbos aren't as bad as they used to be
I'm just here to have fun. And I imagine I can do that in any car.
From shitty diesel pickup trucks to built turbo'd cars that use grenades for boost
I still feel the lag of the newer turbos, i drove a 2019 Velocter turbo and i didnt like I still felt the lag comming out of corners, I then took my own mini from 1977 without a turbo and just NA with a bigger engine and ported head and was accelerating out of the corners much faster and at a lower rpm than the veloster, the turbo required me to sit at a much higher rpm to keep the turbo spooled resulting in me not being able to use the lower end power and torque. Turbos have flaws superchargers have flaws NA is only limited to the engine, you find the perfect the NA engine, forced induction will have nothing on it.
Im done for now its 2 am and i need to finish my report
Really?
Itβs definitely less than say... an early 911 turbo
Turbo hits in the turns XD
911, im not a fan of the shape personally, its just a beetle... that was born perfect, but in my eyes its still a beetle.
Noice
Ouch
:/
Love me some LaForza
as a fellow European I can confirm, we banned tobacco advertising because they damage the lungs, but promote diesels over petrol and love putting narrow streets everywhere
I have no doubt by 2025 we'll put streets through schools
I remember an american land yacht got stuck on a turn in switzerland
that's nothing, Dalmatian streets get an Mk2 Clio stuck
yeah we got loads of them
I was thinking of swapping in two MT-10 engines in one
and you can read the license plate
tugo was like a luxury car back then here in poland
compared to the other crap we had
it was the most reiable car
and most modern
one thing i lvoe about that street is that those are all residental houses
and about 90% of cars that pass there are pre 2004 diesels
I mostly love the yugos for that hood scoop
here most of the cars are diesels or LPG
I'm not a fan of diesels in normal cars
and small diesels make me Motion sick
i personally dont like them, but am not opposed to them existing
only thing i hate is how the EU handles emissions so poorly
the only opposition that I have is not to use them in small cars with small engines
yeah
EU is shitty and doesn't really think about poor people being poorer
they just milk more tax money out of them
i remember driving this 1.5 diesel saxo
i sort of understand why it exists, im just wondering why people bought it
I only drove the worst diesels
the 1.7 cdti
and 2.0 tdi
the one that really loves to break
only diesel i like is the 1.9 JTD from the Alfa Romeo 147
my brother has a hyundai i 20 with a diesel
when your DPF gets stolen on modern diesels, fuuu
both the 8 and 16 valve versions are reliable
my friend had theirs stolen and he got rid of the car
as a fellow European I can confirm, we banned tobacco advertising because they damage the lungs, but promote diesels over petrol and love putting narrow streets everywhere
@wooden ledge which country is that
i also love how they sound liek tractors
thats like every european country is it not
@stoic ledge im from croatia, but most of coast Europe is like that with the streets
France, Spain, Italy, Albania
in poland they want to raise import taxes for cars from abroad
That yes
diesel here is popular mostly cause EU taxes the fuck out of petrol so its a bit cheaper per liter
a lot of people buy diesels
that definitely is a car
plus older cars used to have better mileage on diesel engines
Fuel tax is not EU but per country
I use lpg
*cries in π³π±
so my fuel is like 2/5 th price of the petrol
*cries in πΊπΈ *
never seen a lpg car
but heres the thing, the EU was the one who decided in the 90s that diesel was the future because of lower co2 emissions
I use lpg
Same, I get it in π§πͺ because literally half the pries
*cries in πΊπΈ *
@sand condor don't, your cars are cheap af, and so is the fuel
never seen a lpg car
@charred depot it's a polish italian and belgium thing
thats the sole reason you saw all European manufacturers jump on it in the early 2000s
mostly
the UK were pure advocating for diesel cars like yeah come on guys go get them discount discount scrappage scheme!!!
then they were ah no no no bad diesel
Kek muted
as i said, the advocating came mostly due to lower co2 emissions
dont forget that in the 90s everyone was big on the global warming train
but it wears he engine faster
Just get a proper engine
plus LPG owners are also weird
friends dad has a 1.6 octavia with lpg
i dont think that thing has had a sniff of petrol in the past 5 years
my valves are worn and IDK how long I can drive like that

engine is done at only 100,000 km

oh god
yeah i took it apart before the summer
VAG = Volkswagen Auto Group
ah
well
the zetec engine is no good for LPG
but it has 300k km
andf also i think it came in LPG version
GM Family 0 is
on LPG
honestly i dont think ive seen a bad engine made in the past 20-30 years
at least not a french one
VW made a bunch of not good engines
idk i havent seen them
my cousin has a VW 2.0 tdi engine that is very expensive to fix
and broke on the middle of the highway
like most of the damage ive seen on cars ive worked were driver behavior
friend owns a 406
was pretty nice when he got it, i havent seen anything to worry
we get it, he pretty much destroyed it on the way home
they have some custom variant of VW b6
VWs in the US are/were notorious for drinking oil
Sounds like he's the problem, 406 engines are generally very reliable
also
and 15000km in, the engine is done
are zetec engines reiable?
Yes
in your opinion
Zetec and older Duratecs are probably the best engines Ford made
also most new cars dont even have a break-in period
cause precision and technology has gotten better
Errrr
somebody joked that the engine outlasts the chassy
the new MX-5 only tells you to not race the engine
Toyota has a break in period
which model
Corolla
ik the GT86 did
corolla hybrid or petrol
ill check the manual tomorrow
C8 corvette has an electroniclly limited break in period where you dont have full RPM until 500miles.
My manual says break-in
my MT-10 SP didnt have a limiter but did have a recommended RPM limits for 2 intervals
My manual says
R 1 3 5
2 4```
not that its a car but still
Ayyyy
anyone here got a crack at the new supra?
I wish
literally been dying to find someone at car meets to give it for a spin but seems like no enthusiast bought it
I'm avoiding car meets
I've only seen two in person drive by, looks super nice.
only think i dont like about the looks honestly is the weird headlight stripe, i think it couldve gone without it
idk are they trying to do something like the LC500 or not but still
fucc
with manual
But they aren't going to sell the 400Z in Europe so Nissan is dead to me 
tbf once they appear on the used market i think a lot will get a manual swap
fucc
I see you've met LMG Warship
i know one guy from the US that swapped in a T56 on day one
voided the warranty for a good cause

me like mustang. go vroom vroom
i do like the looks of the current one
was Ford the one who started the whole retro styling?
its like $50k here 
yeah the Mustang GT is about $110K USD in Croatia
never mind $26k
i like it but not that much
for the 2020 model
yeah i checked a few years ago the US site and it was somewhere between 20-30k
honestly even for 60K i'd get it
usually new vehicles in the us start out at around 30k
Yeah the ecoboost and v6 models are cheap
but $110K is just pushing it
v8s are the way to go
i do love how they all have some Eco variation and cant come up with something original
you can get a camaro for cheaper but ford has always been good to my family
no that was the UK
What's the UK?
they left the Eu
brexit and all that
If eco ain't your thing. Get a Toyota Dynamic Force
Joke -> Woosh -> me
Honestly if i was the head of Ford id call it BigDicc Version
whats gonna turn more heads, "Ford has Ecotec lookalike" or "Ford launches BigDicc version"
Your dreamcar is heavily pixilated
sorry i copied the image
render engine cant handle the horsepower
lazy and on a school mac
Mac 
the aluminator xs is a beast engine
yeah. our editing rigs are mac
its still cross plane but just screams
My laptop has 4K but smaller screen so better DPI 
i work with what i got ok
https://youtu.be/y2RxRn2lZaw?t=73 launch control is incredible
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anyone remember old luxury TVs
My Corsa 1.2 will beat that
those big ass CRT's with buttons behind doors on each side
i have a laptop at home that kinda chugs on 720p60 youtube so i win
u had to call like 5 people to carry it
there's only one correct choice boys
Toyota GT-One
road version i mean
u get the reliability of a toyota and thats enough
challengers are cool too but ford gets me every time with the blade tail lights
yeah the rear lights are sick much better than previous gen mustang
Was judging ford nationals @ Carlisle
lucky bastard
That was a ford factory car so I couldnβt award it
one thing ill always give props to ford is for not challenging mercedes on front vent and emblem size
I chose a really clean Saleen focus
mercedes make funny box car
some say by 2025 Mercedes front badge will be bigger than the wheels
Saleen Focus is something I havent heard in years haha
if i went luxury id go for cadillac
Meet the Alfa Romeo 145
Oof
cursed
that line that goes from the rear window to the front wheels
actually seperates wider from narrower part of car
dont wanna spam but heres the front
Alfa will forever be my favorite brand, cause they always have to fuck it up somehow
Modern Giulia is a very good car
looks good

im kind of a sucker for those fiestas and stuff that they turn into beasts
who said cadillac is the best luxury car?
shill has arrived!

cadillac is better than mercedes
Giulia does have those weird front doors
the B pillar is right next to ur head so u have to move out of the way to see out the window at all
but none the less its really nice both looks and performance
the quadrifoglio is a beast
i do love M but Quadrifoglio to me is a much better story
the B pillar is right next to ur head so u have to move out of the way to see out the window at all
That's in basically every 4/5 door car for me
What do yβall think about the new maseratis
What new maserati 
They look pretty good tbh. Reliability is still at question, lol.
The MC20
The MC20 looks good, hope it can keep the performance up with the looks
I loved the MC12 and this is a nice modern refresh
ye I've heard reliability is poor on them and that they feel cheap inside, personally can't say anything as I havent worked or driven any but worthy of note
imho it looked better than the Enzo
but like most things from pinninfarina they look good at least
I heard this MC20 should be going away from that route as they did more on their own instead of just taking leftovers from Ferrari
do they even sell well?
ye Iβve heard reliability is poor on them and that they feel cheap inside, personally canβt say anything as I havent worked or driven any but worthy of note
@wooden ledge it hasnβt even come out yet tho
i mean older models not the MC20
Or were you saying the 12
Ghibli, Quattroporte
Ah
Alpine A110 yay or nay
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???
the alpine not the mercedes
ford mustang 5.0 or 2.7 ecoboost with convertible roof
I like the mc20 except the front looks kinda
Unfinished
LOL
Alpine A110 yay or nay
@wooden ledge yay
hard top or nothing
@sand condor curious - why?
it just doesnt look as good to me and on top of that i constantly fear rain
hardtops for me as well, I like the additional chassis rigidity plus better looks
what about targa tops
the MX-5 RF is probably the closest I can get to a convertible
tf is a targa top?
removable hard top
^
like on an Aventador Roadster
Mark 4 Supra, MX-5 RF
though technically I believe targa top is trademarked by Porsche no?
if Lamborghini is using it then no
I don't know if they use the name
but the 308 / 328 were known as having targa tops
ive also seen a couple cars that have a mechanized roof but its hard top
but might have just been colloquial
those are cool
i believe the NSX had a Targa version as well
Fluffy
actual hard top but folds in
Is that yours π€
hence the number plate, yes
oh and another reason more important to me than chassis rigidity would be aerodynamic efficiency
Mans flexing his Ferrari lol
I have a collection lol
i like the concept of no top but for racing its shit
@sand condor agree with taht
*that
im 17 i cant compete wit dis
i mean u can go open cockpit, the issue is the windshield
Muh car
if u were to remove the windshield it wouldnt be so bad for racing
im 17 i cant compete wit dis
@sand condor I'm 37, you have time
i got nothin atm
in case i leave the country i dont wanna btoehr with exporting the car
im probably gonna drive my moms old explorer and then save enough for a mustang and if i just make ridiculous money ill buy a nissan gtr premium
@indigo coral there's somebody here with a Lexus 
pretty much only thing i got left to do is go do my military basic training and then leave
gtrs sound so fuggin nice
idk much about lexus
which is technically a different car
Did somebody forget the LFA?
LC500 > LFA
Ah there it is
^^
yeah
Fuck
i just want a mustang. all dis foreign stuff makes my brain hurt
closest thing I'm ever going to get to driving an F1 car on the road
Greatest V10 ever
Thereβs closer than that too if you wanna be pedantic
Greatest V10 ever
@unkempt sedge it's so high pitched, it's crazy
high pitch cars sound bad imo
hah - I said closest I'm going to get to driving an F1 on the road, not closest there is π
what the fuck is that
makes me wanna cry
Fiat F1?
BROTHER THAT LOOKS SO BAD
it's a kit car right?
it lloks like a dang spaceship
π
shit i see Formula One in the preview
if its anything like Yamaha was in F1 at least they tried
@patent bloom what other cars do you have o.o
they were close to getting a win with Arrows
In the collection :p
if they didn't cheapen out on a single washer
^^much better than that crap^^
btw Yamaha shut down their car division i believe this summer
The fiat lmao
fiat isn;t mine lol
I am drooling over the zonda ngl
rich boi
one reason i respect Pagani is they didn't cover up the Mercedes logos on the engine
I saw this at cars and coffee
no ABS, no traction control, because the original owner didn't opt for it
monster on the track
lots of other companies always cover up that theyre using someone elses engine
Which of the ferraris do you prefer
Which of the ferraris do you prefer
@unkempt sedge I love my 458, but lack of Bluetooth (I know, it's dumb) really kills it as a daily
drove my 355 manual as a daily for a while, coz at least you can put an aftermarket stereo into it
best car in my collection #blessed π
Lol the Bluetooth missing
I have the 30gb hard drive on my 458
and you literally load MP3s from a USB plug hidden in the glovebox
Nice
but navigating them is painful
should have bought a >2014 458
@turbid onyx Iβm aware, itβs just the similarities between them detract from it being an overall Maserati imo
why are SUVs so oversized now?
My dream car is an XJ220 but thatβs never gonna happen lmao
Fucking $300k or more
Yeah but not expensive
and I suspect it's like a "don't meet your heroes" thing
The one that actually won Le Mans is up for sale rn
@patent bloom why didnt u spec oem Harmann Kardon with it ?
Ehhh clarkson liked it, interior is not great tho
@fossil imp didn't buy it new
only raris I bought new were the 488 and my wife's Portofino because we wanted them to match
Itβs just an enormous car
and then she wrapped it so it didn't matter anyway lol
Literally wider than anything for sale
pics of wife
lamborgini adventador svj best car period
wait which year did the XJ220 get a class win
pics of wife
@fossil imp LFA pic
@fossil imp pics of the wife or the car π
1993
pics of wife with wrapped 488

1993?
@patent bloom any issues yet with decaying soft touch coatings?
@turbid onyx YES, it's horrible
I hav a really good detailer that takes care of it
Here is the exact car that won
but it's like a weird sticky surface
You can buy the literal car lmao
thats strange
Woah
@fossil imp ^^
@wooden ledge ?
no she wrapped the Portofino
Wut
i smell something...
only raris I bought new were the 488 and my wife's Portofino because we wanted them to match
@patent bloom
Oof
portofino is the wife's
Wrong ping lol
omg how does one use discord
@fossil imp it says his wifeβs portofino wut
nvm figured it out now rip
Doge
@unkempt sedge ?
@wooden ledge I thought you had said something to me but you hadnβt
i said thats strange
sorry your 488
Steeringwheel at zhe wrong side 
When the infotainment on your 200$ 227,000 mile BMW is starting to go bad π
Steeringwheel at zhe wrong side :1_BlobAngery:
@stoic ledge sir!
sorry your 488
@fossil imp didn't wrap the 488, I chose the colour lol
only dream car i have is the MP4-20
i still get flashbacks of Kimi's tyre blowing up at Nurburgring that year
yeah it's definitely not an in-use problem
my 360 has minimal km's on it and it's parked inside
so what yall think is gonna be the status of ICE cars in 30 years
hah ahaha that antitheft thing is so dumb
i cant decide whether the bans on sale of new cars will get overturned with time or they'll just move on to the kit car market
@patent bloom jesus how many fezzas u got?
All
i doubt that
That was a joke x)
i know
Seems like 4?
u a brit then, rhd?
F40 or we riot
Yooooo
Inb4 it's a LHD country but he just buys RHD because they're cheaper 
@fossil imp South African
aaaah
You gonna get the Purosangue?
@unkempt sedge we're probably moving, so not buying anything till after the move
2 laferraris is a bit much lol
as in moving out the country
likely to a country that drives on the wrong side of the road
so RIP car collection
honestly if i wasn't anti-ferrari i'd love to get an F40
though they're like 1-2 million now arent they
@wanton raft indeed, although surprisingly unfriendly lol
your dad has a nice collection there
lol
And rude
@turbid onyx I meant the people in the Pagani owner's club lol
u still have the pagani ?
@fossil imp nope, sold it to Pagani a few months back
why would u have a pagani and "downgrade" to multiple ferraris thou
I gather they either want it for their museum or to make something else
@fossil imp a 2001 Pagani with no ABS and no traction control is not a daily
u can still get a brand new LFA though
@unkempt sedge yeah, plan is to get a 458 Speciale Aperta and an LFA and then see how I go
wait another LFA?
@wooden ledge this one drives on the wrong side of the road if we end up in Europe or in the US
so not so much another one as a replacement one
#imalexusshill
ure in luck since theres still a ton of brand new LFAs that are unsold
But are they better than a 1999 RX300?
Exactly
rx 300 > pagani huayra
nothing like rebuilding the whole engine :kreygasm:
yugo coral 45
didn't even need a key for it
i've opened and started em with my nails

https://www.njuskalo.hr/oldtimer-auti/iso-rivolta-gt-coupe-340-ekstremno-rijedak-rdav-oglas-30338808
over $40k for a chassis not worth restoring
@unkempt sedge yeah, plan is to get a 458 Speciale Aperta and an LFA and then see how I go
@patent bloom gonna track the 458 I assume
legit cheaper to remake it 1:1
wait does jake have an m3?
@unkempt sedge yeah I don't track as often as I'd like, but no point in owning these cars unless you use them
#imalexusshill
@indigo coral do you like my Lexus :p
Very much so
Ah cool, and Iβm sure thereβs a lot more tracks wherever youβre moving
I'm hoping to buy a GS F in a couple years
New 86 and BRZ should be hawt
I enjoy street use more than track use tbh
@turbid onyx as long as it's not a garage queen then it's all good
how did you like the LFA @patent bloom
@indigo coral one of my top 5 cars of all time, I love it
it's not very comfortable, and it's VERY twitchy at low speeds so it makes traffic painful
and the seatbelt has an airbag built in so it's totally stupid to put on
but beyond that it's just amazing
so is this chat for a game or for irl cars
Cars irl
so is this chat for a game or for irl cars
@night cypress both afaik
by looking at which pair of exhaust tips is sooty
@turbid onyx LOL
that's hilarious
im personally not big on street use, i love open road and track but when ever i get near other cars i realize this could be it
Lmao old Tahoe and then new C8
the car in front is usually on winter tyres that have gone bald from all the summer use over years
Aqua car
as useless as the car its printed on 

Wow itβs dom
supra beter
From fast and furious
best car
ftw
how does anyone drive something that has that much power but a total inability to corner
lol
driving a modern challenger requires a boating license
I was a judge on last year's Robb Report COTY, drove this thing and it was horrible
OOF that color
Missed it this morning

I quite like the look of that 500
Wouldn't drive it myself, but I like how it looks
Trading in the MiTo 
Get it in the same red as the 8c
Rip the 500 in the US
Alfa based on the 500e when 
Lol
Tonale is interesting
a lot of muscle cars had leaf spring suspension but they do look amazing
are you talking about the tonale concept or the production one?
@turbid onyx production
I don't like SUVs/cross-overs
when ever I see a cross-over I just wonder why didn't he take a test for C-category and get a bus

Oh nein you didn't
It's either a dead joke.
Or willfully ignoring the biggest segment in the automotive sector right now.
Station wagons are dead in the US unless you want to spend stupid amounts of cash on an Audi or Mercedes.
And if I had to choose my next car I'd probably end up in a RAV4 tbh. The taller ride height IS nice.
Volvo also has wagons 
ah yes. Volvo. Just as unreliable, expensive, and questionable value.
More reliable and less expensive tho 
Sportwagen is dead. And the Corolla wagon never made it here.
It's still a 50k station wagon.
That you have to special order in the US.
imagine not having estates
Everything is special order here so that doesn't surprise me
I'm honestly getting tired of the crossover bashing
I'm not bashing, I just don't like them 
i have bad experience with people who drive them so i dont like them
It's not an issue of gratification.
You don't have an issue with the car, but the driver.
and for that reason i wont buy one
Crossovers are common... Meaning you'll have shitty drivers.
Then again sorority girls only drive Fiats.
I have an issue with the car
Same
not really here they are recently taking off
And only rich jerks buy Alfas in the US.
The market disagrees with you.
And I enjoy a higher ride height, and cushy ride.
Higher center of gravity, worse fuel economy, more expensive, less specious than a wagon...
oh haha i buy crossover but that grass i can put my wheel anywhere near it
-crossover driver on single track road
Higher center of gravity is not relevant. No one goes to the track.
Fuel economy is close enough tbh.
I do go around corners fairly often tho 
any difference stacks
> Golf
even if its a 1mpg difference and everyone buys it that stacks up
It's one of the last sold in the US.
1 mpg difference is rounding error.
You can get more by changing your driving habits.
its really not in the grand scheme of thing
for how they are used there no reason for them to be that high
Imagine not cruising at 90mph
If you're going 90, you aren't getting economy in anything.
Converted I still get 42MPG so 
i get crossovers and suvs and what not if you actually go offroad but in a city why in the f
Go offroad with a 130hp FWD car 
It's a feeling of security on the off chance you'll need it
i wouldnt go off roading in a cross over tbh
security in what way?
Higher heavier car is often safer in a head on crash to a smoller car
Cushy ride is an added bonus.
from cross over owners ive spoken to the higher seating position and bigger car makes them feel safer even though it's the exact opposite
Except when everybody has a high heavy car
Also 3rd row seats are a nice bonus for a lot of crossovers.
It's not really the exact opposite tbh.
MPV > cross over
when this is the parking in your city
Smaller cars fair more poorly in collisions.
and people start adopting crossovers it can get annoying
Corsa has 5 stars 
yeah im talking from my point of view
Okay?
honestly even at nicer parkings ive seen people fuck it up
We are all talking from our points of view.
a saxo using 2 spots
golf owners especially for some reason like 2 or 3 spots
Saxo
But by virtue of size and profit, the US is a major market
and god bless it, every time i drove the wheels off it i knew it was 60% chance it was my last day
Cross-overs aren't really wider than a regular hatchback
Drive a Corolla
Although they often think its wide AF and drive wide AF
It's smaller than a RAV4
i drive a mazda 2 so i can squeeze by just about anything
mines is previous gen (2010)
another thing i love is going around parking lots finding french cars that dont have screwdrivers in all 4 windows
manual windows dont count
yeah thats my gen
2010 = 2008
at the cost of it being pretty uncomfortable yeah
Yes understeer happens in fwd cars
you have k understeer and holy shit understeer

suspension geometry and tyre setup makes more difference than drive
it would only go straight, no matter what you did with the steering
@turbid onyx luckily it's only on a Fiat platform![]()
BMW for instance designs all their cars for understeer since the early 80s
understeer is generally from a heavier frontend
Never had any understeer, and I've y33ted it in corners quite hard 
The Punto on the same platform steered even less direct
understeer is for people who dont know how to use handbrakes
Driven wheels do have quite a lot to do with understeer
the mazda 2 was impressively agile, the corsa was definitely the worst
Never driven the (Grande) Punto (Evo) apparently
u gotta yeet the corner or the corner yeets you
Sure suspension and what have you but can't dismiss drive wheels
I'm not talking about power
When you are asking the wheels to do braking, steering, and speed, you are putting yourself at a disadvantage.
I'm aware suspension tuning has a lot to do with it, but FWD isn't doing any suspension tune any favors.
drive does have effect but im sorry to ruin ur day, if u could change 1 thing to fix handling, drive wouldnt be the thing in any scenario
That is why "car guys" get so hot about RWD.
You are still delivering power.
A slalom is going to scrub speed.
If you are maintaining speed through turns, you're still applying power to the wheels.
You aren't making it clear
Low mu being?
if you arent holding the acceleration pretty hard on a 55mph bend in the mazda 2 youll be doing 38 when you exit
skyactiv-x engine kreygasm
So a low friction surface
... that's different
Sounds like tire compound would make the most difference
blizzak lm005 on everything
the mazda was probably only better because its light heh
also the mazda 2 has pretty wide tyres for its weight
up to 215 depending on trim level i think
Damn
Same for zhe Corsa 
yeah but corsa hevy
My car has 225s
yeah but does your car have 80hp and weight 930kg
170 horses
the mazda3 im getting my mother is also 215s but its like double the mazda2
And it weighs... Whatever 3000 pounds is
yeah but corsa hevy
It's not that heavy, but yeas heavier than a Mazda 2
1360 kg ish
Oof heavy for a C-segment car
On par for the era
I think almost every Golf/Focus/Astra is atleast 100kg lighter, Peugeot 308 even 200kg
clio mk2 four doors is 900kg pre face lift

mazda 3 is pretty big though considering
Not really
bigger than a golf
It's small inside
dont know current just know the smiley one
the hatcback is pretty good up front, rear is a big tight
im only triggered by the moron who put the screen right for it to get some sunlight all day
Basically every car now is as big as the segment above it 20 years ago
Polo is as big as a Golf 3
Massive blind spots
they should of done a previous gen mazda speed 2 when they had that ford money
GM Opel electronics were the best
new mazda 3 sedan looks to be bigger than a old mazda 6 heh
i also love how u needed so many factory tools
and the top left cluster light always dies
the lovely people at mazda glued in my radio connector, other than that k
where my Astra C homies at
astra c more like blown head gasket :^)
Astra C 
G*
i dunno i see so many astra c's for sale with "blown head gaskets"
even new astras its wack
these
tf is a astra C
i meant G chill yall
i did like how the G looked tbh
you can give the rear of the mazda 2 camber using a couple washers, should i go full scum
we had a astra F i think
opel roadster or how ever the hell they called it was pretty good
its gonna be speedster isnt it
fuckin knew it
anyone here heard about Osram Night Breaker Laser? i wanna replace my H1 with it
i use phillips racing vision
i posted the difference between cheap bulbs and them a while back
well i got cheap cheap ones π
Philips > Osram in quality imho
honestly just get like a 400W LED reflector for people who dont wanna turn off highbeams
mount it on a dash and put a simple 2-way switch
goes "20kmh though a well lit area" HIGH BEAMS
if it aint dark enough, ill drive with sidelight
smart fortwo gen 1 is also amazing
No
1.5-2.5 seconds to change gears
ahh nuu phillips racing vision is a no go for me.. i cant find my socket
and one of the unsafest cars out there
why 4?
lowbeam and highbeam seperate
same bulb size ?
yeah 4x H1's
ah mazda 2 uses a H7 for low beam and HB3 for high beam
Thonk that's a weird setup
Ah
ah take it it was originally a 1 bulb system
yeah my old stock ones were H4 single bulb system
my rear foglight is dark cuz tinted lights π

