The lights I've changed in 4 years of ownership:
- 2x H7
- 2x W21/5W (DRL/parking light combo)
- 2x rear indicator (inspection failure)
- 1x rear (brake combo) light
#cars
stoic ledge
charred depot
i changed the headlights before they blew because they were completely useless
mismatched aswell
stoic ledge
Mine were fine, got them replaced when they broke
Both with some Bosch Premiumlight idk what, whatever the garage had because I was too lazy
pearl tiger
all my bulbs are kinda discounterstore "premium" bulbs
stoic ledge
When I replace them myself, I exclusively use Philips
And the garage had some OEM H7 Bosch which are also good
fathom socket
1.5-2.5 seconds to change gears
@wooden ledge that's seems a lot
even for a novice driver like me
wooden ledge
well to be fair it wasn't designed for track use
it's a small 600cc 3 cylinder
with quite possibly the slowest automatic transmission ever
also if you take it on the highway and a truck passes it throws it off course
copper gyro
Does anyone understand about sim cars? I wanna know if the T150 is a good steering wheel.
wooden ledge
no idea im on G29
copper gyro
i know that the G29 is THE ONE, but its 400€...
wooden ledge
damn
local site has it at 265
anyways as for the Thrustmaster
as long as it has feedback ull be alright
humans memorize pressure better than position
copper gyro
ah sorry, G29 is 300€ new and 240€ used
wooden ledge
what sim u racing
copper gyro
i play forza
wooden ledge
horizon or motorsport
copper gyro
horizon but i want to start playing motorsport when he comes to gamepass
wooden ledge
imho ull like motorsport 7 more than horizon 4
horizon 4 is basically 99% truck off road map, and some weird asphalt thing everywhere
as for BBW, i think its pushing it
steer by wire im already iffy since it does make things way more compact with less effort
throttle by wire i love
dense shard
Steer by wire is only in Nissan products right now.
wooden ledge
but brake by wire i feel like someone is making a joke
dense shard
EPS is common, but all steering systems have a direct connection from driver to wheels.
A couple of Nissan products aside.
wooden ledge
nah dont mean power steering i mean full steer by wire
dense shard
That's literally only Nissan right now.
wooden ledge
i've done a few conversions and i feel weird about em
dense shard
And only on the Q60 I believe... as an option.
wooden ledge
most chassis even with engine swaps have enough room for conventional
BBW i feel even less necessary since it's not like it's using tons of space or we're having issues with application
dense shard
People want refinement and isolation.
And in this case removing the steering hardware entirely would be a good deal more compact and allow for more interesting packaging solutions. Such as steering wheel swaps.
LHD or RHD. No issues.
And that's ignoring the fairly generic positives of allow for autonomous steering.
wooden ledge
we've done them mostly out of packaging solutions
u clear a huge portion of the engine bay
plus if u want u can make a system where it corrects ur steering input
sort of like EMS based traction control
though honestly no one really bothers with doing that since it invalidates the whole reason to go do some lapping
as for autonomous cars and trucks im split on whether it should be banned or not
dense shard
This isn't a tech meant for lapping or enthusiast stuff.
It's convenience tech that will eventually get refined to the point the average enthusiast will prefer it.
Or not even realize it.
Next generation of enthusiasts is going to be interesting.
They're gonna be around to grow up in an exclusive EV world.
wooden ledge
i dont think u can have an enthusiast whos not interesting
wooden ledge
people who know their shit are interesting
dense shard
As long as they aren't using it to beat people down, sure.
wooden ledge
that's not an enthusiast
dense shard
You can have enthusiasts who are... di-errrr rude.
wooden ledge
people who beat down on others are a separate group, they're elitists
dense shard
It be like that sometimes.
wooden ledge
no one chooses a profession to beat down on others, they beat down on others cause theyre not in that profession
dense shard
I wouldn't call a hobby or interest a profession tbh.
dense shard
fair enough
fervent horizon
@dense shard yeah I dont like electronic brakes, they are so touchy and have little to no feedback, even electronic accelerator and clutches too, cant feel shit with them
dense shard
uhhhh
Clutches are universally analog even now.
Hydraulic, sure. But not electronic.
Brake by wire is reserved for modern modern cars. Like Corvette and Mercedes stuff.
fervent horizon
friend has an after market system on his mx5 which has an electronic clutch, its not standard, sure but it exists
dense shard
What, the clutch?
fervent horizon
clutch pedal*
dense shard
... uhhhhh, weird.
wooden ledge
in the ND or?
dense shard
ND is still a hydraulic clutch.
wooden ledge
ye thats why im asking
didnt feel weird to me
only wish the launch of the 2.0 didn't have that shit transmission
dense shard
ah yeah. ND does have tranny issues, don't it.
fervent horizon
yep, the rest of the system is still mechanical, but the clutch feeds into the ecu which does all the controlling of the release of the clutch, he said it helps with shifting as the can just slam the clutch pedal and shift gears, personally i said at that point, why not use an auto with manual override.
fervent horizon
and nah my mates mx5 is a nb mx5 with a nc drive line an some odd tranny i cant remember the name of
dense shard
So heavily modified whatever it is.
wooden ledge
im just curious why, after Honda i always felt like Mazda has the best transmissions
fervent horizon
yep, also yeah true, my mums series 5 rx7 went through 5 engines but no trannies
wooden ledge
can't comment on Honda as I'm yet to drive anything this decade
dense shard
The new Civic Si is... bleh.
fervent horizon
mazda can build some reliable trans
wooden ledge
the original Integra Type R for me had a really good transmission as well as the S2000
dense shard
... ahem... Ford, GM... get your transmissions right brahs
wooden ledge
it felt really good through gears
fervent horizon
dailying a straight cut car would be annoying as shit, a classic minis gearbox already sounds like its straight cut and that thing got really annoying on a 15 hour car drive
wooden ledge
also put on a loud exhaust on it
ill always be amazed by people who have a straight piped loud af exhaust on their only car*
what will happen when u gotta drive it at the same RPM for hours
indigo coral
Or leave early in the morning
fervent horizon
ok a loud exhaust im fine with, newer manual cars that have a quite exhaust are a pain, because i learnt to shift based on everything but the tac, like how loud is the note, how does the engine feel, what feed back are you getting, i never look down at the cluster to see where i need to shift
wooden ledge
i dont mean loud exhaust i mean loud af exhaust
when its idle u gotta shout to the passenger
fervent horizon
like the dip shit, with their 2jz with a straight pipe cannon exhaust
when its idle u gotta shout to the passenger
@wooden ledge ive got to do that with my mini and it has a stock exhaust
indigo coral
I put a crazy loud exhaust on my RX 300 /s
wooden ledge
honestly i dont appreciate u triggering me by mentioning the 2JZ
wooden ledge
nah i like it i just hate how its overrated
fervent horizon
im not that big of a fan its overrated
wooden ledge
and worse of all, for all the wrong reasons
fervent horizon
oh same
wooden ledge
i dont mind people overrating an engine, but at least do it for good reasons
fervent horizon
do you know what the valiant charger is?
wooden ledge
the car or
fervent horizon
yeah the car, the Chrysler valiant charger
wooden ledge
also as for ur mums rx7, never get a rotary as a daily
indigo coral
LFA engine sounds amazing and from what I understand, not even obnoxious to drive since the valves open up over 4k rpm
wooden ledge
ive seen so many rx8 owners fry the apex seals due to driving it at 2500-4000 rpm all day
indigo coral
rotaries need to be revved out on occasion don't they?
fervent horizon
it was the fastest accelerating straight 6 in the world from 1972 - 1979 and the fastest accelerating car in Australia until 2001, My dad had one and I remember him smoking a twin turbo 2jz with a 40 year old NA straight 6, I remember the little shits in the supra claiming the 2jz is the best I6 in the world, im glad i proved them wrong
also the rx7 was her first car,
no 2nd
wooden ledge
cause then it gets lubricated well
fervent horizon
her first was a 1963 VW beetle that had 3 engine swaps
and 2 of the engines were her fault
wooden ledge
though honestly while they're pretty much racing engines, they're a suspicious choice, i've heard claims of them causing more hearing loss than piston engines
wooden ledge
only reason ive ever seen people bring up the 2JZ was for the crazy power it makes
on the cheap i mean
it's nothing borderline crazy as I've seen S54's and those GT-R V6's with more
an engine so worth it's power, the Supra never races with it
dense shard
I've never had an issue with manuals being too quiet.
fervent horizon
never driven an i30
wooden ledge
for Le Mans they used a turbo inline 4, and for JGTC they used a V8
wooden ledge
CSL intake on an S54 kreygasm
and best of all u gain HP unlike with aluminium cold air intake kits
which car has the biggest factory wheel?
modern widget
rx7
wooden ledge
LC500 is at 21", Civic Type R at 20"
i imagine 22" has been done, what about 23"?
i see harambe play drums, instant like
fervent horizon
@modern widget ima bout to be rick rolled
indigo coral
LC500 
fervent horizon
thats the lexus saloon right?
wooden ledge
no the LC500 is the gran tourer
fervent horizon
yeah, im not that well versed in Japanese cars
wooden ledge
it's very nice, though honestly I don't feel like GT is a popular car segment despite it beign very cheap
first duckduckgo search reveals a 2019 sales figure of 1.219 in the US and 361 for Europe
indigo coral
LC500 is the coupe/convertible
ye
LS is the big sedan
GS/ES are midsize sedan
IS is small sedan
unkempt sedge
@indigo coral forgetting the RC uwu
unkempt sedge
Yeah you mentioned all the cars except it is why I was saying lol
indigo coral
oh sorry
unkempt sedge
Nah I was joking dw
fervent horizon
isnt the Urine that stupid looking lambo suv
unkempt sedge
It looks good
dense shard
Doesn't the Gensis crossover thing have stupid massive rims?
Like... 23 inch rims from factory?
wooden ledge
im only really curious why the civic type r comes with 20"
dense shard
Nice styling
wooden ledge
still doesnt make me as mad as michelin not making ps4s in 18"
and cup 2 connect in more sizes
dense shard
I'm just happy I was able to get winter tires for my car.
wooden ledge
luckily in my county u dont need winter tyres
dense shard
Temps are gonna go well below zero in my area. So winter tires are kinda a good investment.
wooden ledge
though still if ure going otuside the county u cant get blizzak lm005 in wider arrangements
dense shard
I ended up going for yokohama IceGuards.
wooden ledge
yeah freezing temps would kill summer tires in a minute
dense shard
Even all seasons suffer below freezing.
dense shard
Anyway. Gonna get my tires swapped over. Might deal with rims sometime next year.
dense shard
Gonna get swapped over in a couple of weeks.
wooden ledge
over here its keeping at about 20-22 C when its sunny
dense shard
And going into november it will be cold enough to justify it.
It's under 20C here. Goes into the low double digits at night.
Chances are it'll only get colder from here.
wooden ledge
yeah at night its about 12 to 15 as well
dense shard
Depending which weather service I use... into single digits.
wooden ledge
and it seems to be raining for like 70% of the days for the past 2 weeks
dense shard
It's been dry, and mostly lovely.
Some of the days have this lovely blue sky. Excellent driving weather.
wooden ledge
one amazing thing about being coastal is the wind
dense shard
No lack of wind in the plains.
dense shard
dunno, been here only since August, but... like... it hit mid to high 90s a few times.
I wasn't very happy. I moved from Alabama to get away from the heat.
wooden ledge
summer tyres i mean
dense shard
oh, I run all seasons. Also Yokohamas... Avid GTs I think?
Whatever the OEM tires are for a hatchback Corolla.
They're fine.
wooden ledge
wait ure the one with the petrol corolla ye
wooden ledge
nothing atm
dense shard
ohno?
wooden ledge
gonna see if ill move out of the country in 2021 or 2022
wooden ledge
if it's 2022 ill get a car and take it with me if 2021 ill buy one when i move
cheaper there than here
dense shard
Yeah that's fair.
I had to leave most of my stuff behind when I moved.
Turns out the Corolla can't fit much.
dense shard
I do plan on getting it to me... somehow.
I honestly don't know how tbh.
At this point I might just wait to get a house, then... dunno rent a van/truck.
wooden ledge
on the bright side u can always flex on the corolla sedan owners
they cant fit nearly as much
dense shard
Best part is passing by someone else who drives a Corolla HB or Auris.
Drove past a guy in a new hatchback and it was literally 
That's always funny to see... I'm sure I have the same expression.
wooden ledge
wait do u have the Aygo in the US?
wooden ledge
wait whats the difference between Yaris and Auris
dense shard
Yaris is the small car. Auris is a size up.
Auris was the Scion iM or Corolla iM. New HB was supposed to be the new Auris, but Toyota killed it.
wooden ledge
we have the Yaris here, but from there its straight to Corolla
dense shard
In the US it's Yaris > Corolla > Camry
dense shard
yeah. We never got the Auris tbh.
wooden ledge
aygo > yaris > corollas > camry
dense shard
Auris was the Scion/Corolla iM... then it just went to the HB.
wooden ledge
man i remember when we used to dab on the US for not getting most cool cars
now we aint getting them instead
dense shard
I mean... not much has changed? lol
wooden ledge
nah a lot of newer sprots cars arent gonna be coming here
dense shard
Europe does get the Corolla HB... just not with the 2.0L and manual.
wooden ledge
due to complicated emissions
wooden ledge
now u have to meet a fleet average as well
so Suzuki axed the Jimny after just brigning it back
wooden ledge
i remember when there were talks of what will the EU do
Toyota said we can do X by 2030
EU said ok great do X times two by 2025
xd
dense shard
I would buy the price excuse.
wooden ledge
but when u say do times two in shorter span itll raise prices
dense shard
But Americans are buying expensive things on purpose.
So I feel that the price for tech argument falls flat in the face of rising SUV and truck sales. Nevermind crossovers.
wooden ledge
i also love how the niche sports market gets affected the most
despite being only less than 0.5% of mileage here
dense shard
Well I'd say that's 100% consumer buying habits. In the US at any rate.
Automakers will make em if we buy em.
Problem is no one buys manuals anymore.
Or sports cars.
wooden ledge
they were always a niche market anyway tbh
dense shard
yeah... more niche now. It sucks man.
wooden ledge
i remember in the 90s manuals werent selling better than automatics either
dense shard
... I might try to buy a new 400z when it comes times.
Manuals in the 90s were budget options in a time people wanted budget options.
Also because automatics weren't that great. lol
wooden ledge
only thing that should be banned is reliable lotus imho
dense shard
Lotus... reliable?
wooden ledge
they need to ban that before its too late
sooner or later lotus will start making cars that dont have weird faults and its gg
wooden ledge
the solution to a house is easy brother
get a super long truck trailer
designed to carry a few F1 cars
dense shard
Yeah nah. I want a house house. With a garage.
wooden ledge
yeah but it has it built in
ur main problem is that u want it stationary and out of concrete
which is an opposite of a truck trailer
wooden ledge
now if we can make a compromise say... wooden frame with plastic covers
and only 2 axles
plus a chimney
wooden ledge
u live in an area with a lot of sun?
phoenix arizona is amazing i hear
not too cold during the summer
unkempt sedge
Karma
dense shard
I kinda wish I was in Arizona sometimes. Deserts are beautiful.
wooden ledge
what even is going on with fisker
wooden ledge
its like a 5-book long drama
dense shard
They were talking big with solid state 3 years ago.
But now they're just talking about a crossover soon™️.
wooden ledge
its like Atari
dense shard
I'd bet on Lucid or Nikola doing it first.
wooden ledge
i go to bed they went bankrupt
i wake up they sold the rights to someone
i go eat lunch they announce a console before cancelling the console by dinner
wooden ledge
tbf atari hasnt changed hands in 2 decades now?
though theyve sold test drive to someone im pretty sure
oh nvm they changed brands in 2009 rip
and apparently they got into the hotel business as well this year?
unkempt sedge
What
Also Atari keeps saying they’re doing a new console but uh
Not really looking likely
wooden ledge
atari has been doing a new console from before they made their last console
unkempt sedge
Which would be 1993
wooden ledge
and the name keeps jumping from one millionaire to another
and each millionaire says theyll make a console
before they realize u need to be a billionaire
wooden ledge
and theres a reason no millionaires make consoles
they apparently doing it alongside some other group
i imagine atari just licensing and supporting
if atari will actually do the thing alone id visit day one
that would be like living in paris as germans walk in
ure witnessing history
before the hotel combusts into flames
wooden ledge
personally if it were me id make an atari shelter instead
or an atari work camp
whos gonna pay for a 5 star gaming hotel room
fervent horizon
....
I will
I have a 3600, 3 x 2600, 5 atari jr, 1x 6 key artari, 1040, and atari 800 and i cant remember the rest, they are spread across the entire country of Australia atm
and im in a bidding war for a Lynx
and im prob going to forget the 3080 and get the atari VCS 800
fervent horizon
the only jag is the e-type the rest are meh
wooden ledge
every saturday morning first thing's first, take it out, bolt it onto a stand
and slowly take everything apart
unkempt sedge
I’m talking about the Atari Jaguar @fervent horizon lmao
wooden ledge
it was so u can dial 911 once u realize nothing was on it
fervent horizon
hahahah
my dad had one and just gave it back to the store asked for his money back
wooden ledge
"technically the Jaguar was the first 64 bit console, in that 64 people looked at it and said it looks a bit like a console" - Yahtzee
still not the worst tho
fervent horizon
but this, this is mint, it has a ryzen apu(Raven Ridge 2), running a linux, it can run windows 10 8gb of memory, its basically a desktop, but it only has 32gb of storage
you have to pay for cloud storage
wooden ledge
the mangavox odyssey had what appears to be a cheese grader
but the best has to be Fairchild Channel F with the two snickers bars as controllers
im personallly more into Mars than Snickers but i do understand why they went with that
unkempt sedge
“technically the Jaguar was the first 64 bit console, in that 64 people looked at it and said it looks a bit like a console” - Yahtzee
@wooden ledge >:(
It’s like one of the very rarest consoles
Probably less than 150k working
wooden ledge
idk havent ever had experience with it so cant comment
what i will say is that the 64-bit was was funny
wooden ledge
a 1999 Civic Si recently sold for $50k
still had plastic on the seats
probably will get 100k in 5 years
celest minnow
go on
wooden ledge
ure not very interested in the new type r compared to the integra type r
despite the integra not even having an LSD
i remember growing up the E39 M5 was the thing
it was literally THE CAR for a while
so if i had to egt an M5 it would be the E39 over what ever they call the current one
unkempt sedge
yeah, doesnt mean it was a good console
@fervent horizon has the best non pc version of doom lol
fervent horizon
wait it came with doom? huh,
wooden ledge
also another thing profitable is crashed sports cars
theres tons of Carrera GTs rotting away until someone pops up whos gonna pay like $400k for a rusted out chassis
fervent horizon
@celest minnow whats nfsu?
celest minnow
need for spd underground
fervent horizon
ohhh, i never played it i always thought the cars look stupid, and the art work on the cars was to overdone
wooden ledge
it was mostly just a copy of The Fast and The Furious
which used the artwork to seperate the main cast cars from the others
celest minnow
i play it on DE
wooden ledge
one thing i do love is how some of the opponents at the end are ridiculous
we're talking 2008 F1 grip times 10
charred depot
fathom socket
Ok so battery died and my starter motor was filled with oil and mud
pure bane
my father's new car has just arrived and I hate it
I wanted a "sporty" sedan, since he was buying it for the family, but he bought an suv
fathom socket
taycan shooting brake looks pretty cool imo
fathom socket
Do sedans even exist in Europe a market?
civic girder
@charred depot gib Mazdaslow badge
fathom socket
do u mean saloons?
wooden ledge
how old is the battery
fathom socket
Idk
I got the battery with the car
Didn't seem super old
But the weird thing is the starter
wooden ledge
i generally replace them year two or three
wooden ledge
oh wait nvm i see
fathom socket
And most of my lights went out
wooden ledge
imho if theres no smoke or smell, u should be fine
fathom socket
I have to buy new headlight bulbs
Brushes are kind of thin
but I just wonder why the starter didn't work inside the car
but when it was unmpunted it started working
just like the laptop fan from my hp pavilion
fathom socket
Wow my headlight bulb exploded
Someone here who knows which horn the american police uses in cities?
The non-siren horn, which sounds more synthetic/electric than a true horn.. Would like to know how its called bc I want that sound^^
This kinda clear electric tone
fathom socket
At 8:00 i only hear siren, no horn
wooden ledge
what about 2:25?
fathom socket
That one seems about right... the one from 2:20 to 2:30
wooden ledge
so wait u want to know the exact name of how they call that sound
dont know does this help at all https://youtu.be/oL_LsXoZSKE
fathom socket
thats a different tune, but its the same tone. So I'd say yes. that "horn"
fathom socket
took me an hour to change the headlights bulbs
wooden ledge
what car lmao
fathom socket
focus mk1
because battery died all bulbs filaments just exploded
for some reason
most likely when I was on the highway
wooden ledge
wait do u have to remove the whole unit to replace the bulb on the focus?
fathom socket
I have to remove the whole headlight to change the bulbs
wooden ledge
damn thats annoying
fathom socket
I think from the passager side you don't have to but it's too difficult
since you have very little room
wooden ledge
all the cars ive replaced on the headlight unit stayed on
wooden ledge
god bless renault
fathom socket
MDOS OSE
wooden ledge
duckduckgod modus interior
dont do it
the tachometer is in the center of the dashboard
wooden ledge
2007 scenic interior is also a bit centrish
wooden ledge
i guess it helps with visibility
but the scenic is like a truck
especially the 1.5 turbo diesel i drove
fathom socket
it doesn't really matter to me
wooden ledge
after only 300 meters i got out
fathom socket
I only drove few cars
I drove gen 2-4 clios
toyota yaris 1st gen, my focus mk 1m WV passat b6 2.0 TDI and opel astra 1.7 cdti
the opel was the worst
and VW the 2nd worst
for some reason both of them had very heavy clutch pedals
wooden ledge
make that the two of us
fathom socket
that's too long
and also changing the bulbs for some philips extreme white halogens or something made such a huge difference with visibility
karmic verge
This should be destroyed.
fathom socket
how would you like to be the proud owner of a rolls royce Meteor engine
a mere 27 litres
vast harness
I’m pretty sure this is a all original escort and the cool thing is he drives it on hill climbs and shit
fathom socket
does it have a rolls royce meteor engine displacing a mere 27 litres and generating 600bhp?
static canopy
idk does it?
wooden ledge
and if it does is the owner proud of it?
dense shard
Pretty sure the Viper makes more power on waaaaay less displacement.
wooden ledge
oh wait u mean the rally car above
dense shard
nope, Viper.
wooden ledge
i thought we still on vipers xd
dense shard
We are.
wooden ledge
the m3 didnt come with safety nets?
dense shard
The BMW?
wooden ledge
ye
dense shard
It had ABS.
wooden ledge
oh u mean driver aids
dense shard
I mean... sure?
dense shard
oh, yeah not the literal ones, but the metaphorical kinds.
wooden ledge
i was like wtf
dense shard
Either way. You had yourself to blame if the Viper crashed.
I would love a 4th or 5th gen Viper.
wooden ledge
i was looking at gen 2 coupes for a while and dont remember them being too costly
dense shard
As long as it is the coupe.
wooden ledge
i think they weren't above 100,000 euros
wooden ledge
wait u want a gen 3 or 4
wooden ledge
cheapest on autoscout24 is a 2004 convertible
111,000 km
40k euros
though u could possibly knock it down to 30ish
but then theres another at 20,000 km for 42k
so the first guy is high
or the second one is
either way there's not much interest in them luckily
that was a really nice time to be a billionaire
NSX-Viper-F1-XJ220-GT-Carrera GT
oh and the 959
wooden ledge
the W140 S600 had a god tier v12
dense shard
If I was a billionaire, I'd just buy a new used car every month.
One month a Jeep Liberty, the next month maybe a Mustang.
Another month have a rusted out beater for fun.
unkempt sedge
That’d be cool
fathom socket
fervent horizon
@fathom socket sums up all Mk 4 fans
unkempt sedge
Lel
sharp pivot
nimble meadow
One month a Jeep Liberty, the next month maybe a Mustang.
@dense shard kinda sad that a billionaire will buy a mustang
remote wind
Lets pay our respects for this driver as he sacrificed his life just for a chicken on the road.
fervent haven
lol
fathom socket
I mean I would
unkempt sedge
@dense shard kinda sad that a billionaire will buy a mustang
@nimble meadow GT500 is fucking awesome
civic girder
you mean really old Mustang
fathom socket
I mean basically thats how russians car were for like forever
civic girder
the mustang was solid axle until the current gen
nimble meadow
@nimble meadow GT500 is fucking awesome
@unkempt sedge ik mustang is a sick car but it is not a billionaires car
unkempt sedge
yeah fair
karmic verge
You ever just get gapped by a fucking F150?
dense shard
Why is it sad I'd buy a Mustang if I was rich?
wooden ledge
i think his point was that its cheap in the US
civic girder
I'd buy a shit load of garbage 80s cars if I was rich lol
wooden ledge
and that doesnt include the seats
civic girder
every car is for the rich if you want it to be
if I suddenly came into the possession of billions
you bet I'm gonna go buy one of every rotary car
and then piss away all the remaining cash on buying parts for them 
wooden ledge
if u consider the 370Z just a refresh 350Z, the very first car is now legally allowed to drive
civic girder
I would consider the 370z to be a refresh 350z lol
wooden ledge
me too but i like to give nissan to have a car younger than 18
ok that sounded wrong
civic girder
I just don't like Nissan lmao
ever since they rebranded from Datsun they've been going downhill
the 300ZX was the last good car from them imho
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The R32-34 were aight, but not my style. Also very overhyped
the R35 is overpriced even for trying to be a supercar, and is pretty ugly to boot. Not even mentioning its age
wooden ledge
not to say the M3 was bad, but once the BNR33 rolled out the M3 was feeling like an 80s car
not to mention how OP the Nissan V8 is
civic girder
what nissan v8
wooden ledge
VK56 over S65 any day of the year
wooden ledge
the Vk56 hasn't even turned 20 yet
Nissan's biggest problem was like all japanese manufacturer's it didn't understand how business works
spent the 90s losing money on every single car
civic girder
I would argue that Subaru, Honda, and Toyota knew what they were doing
you look at 90s cars, and any decent 90s car is gonna be one of those 3
wooden ledge
Subaru wasn't even really competing
they had the SVX and the Impreza WRX
Mitsubishi on the other hand had the 3000GT, Lancer Evolution, Eclipse
Honda and Toyota I can agree handled it the best
civic girder
i said those were the only 2 sports cars they had
I don't see that, but ok
wooden ledge
it's implied
sports cars are the real challenge for a manufacturer
they don't earn a lot of money and are hard to sell
civic girder
yep
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still lava
being an LTT viewer i'm more into electronics than into cars, but why not do both?
before
after
suzuki grand vitara 2011
installed an ATOTO A6 android head unit and let me tell you, for 180€ this thing is a beast! also installed a rear view camera, which wasn't easy cause i had to wire it up to the reverse light
still lava
true, that radio was trash
and it had a very bad amp
now the speakers sound way better
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I was thinking of installing raspberry pi in my car
And make a custom rear and front cameras
Also someone made automatic lights in my car
It's annoying because I can't turn on the lights manually when the engine is not running
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coral geyser
cool garage you got there
wooden ledge
is the 944 urs or
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@wooden ledge technically yes, but it was given to me but I won’t really claim it as mine because I didn’t work for it
wooden ledge
ah ok
i like ur style
lots of people i know claim their dads car as their own lol
flint sable
Yeahh
wooden ledge
so u got any plans for it
flint sable
Probably gonna garage queen it to be honest
Low miles, really nice condition
I bought a 325XI, which is gonna be my daily/project car
wooden ledge
which platform
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The 2002 one
wooden ledge
ah e46
flint sable
Yeah
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I do want to turn it into an M3 touring
wooden ledge
u'll be doing an S54 swap?
wooden ledge
aaah aesthetic
flint sable
Well like
Lob off the front end
And then put on the M3 front end
So it’ll have the S54
Actually BMW made a prototype of a production kne
wooden ledge
oh shit u mean ull cut the current front and weld in a whole m3 front?
wooden ledge
interesting
dense hedge
audi abt rsq8-r
wooden ledge
any plans for the S54 it self?
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GRILLE
@wooden ledge I want to tune it a bit but I still want it too look like a sleeper
dense hedge
Nissan Skyline r34 GTR, with body kit is slickkkk
wooden ledge
u in the US or EU?
wooden ledge
u switching to euro headers or keeping that stock?
wooden ledge
yeah a few years ago mazda mentioned they'll do it
the MX-30 imho has been i don't wanna call it a failure but weird
the rear seats are kinda weird with no real room
i'd get the Honda e just for the looks
dense shard
Classic Mazda.
Then again it is a car made for me.
95% short range drives. 5% long range. I'm single so useless backseats are fine.
But. I doubt it will ever come to the US.
wooden ledge
if the rotary manages to get into the EU its getting into the US
dense shard
It took 5 years for Mazda to bring the diesel over.
And that's ignoring the US' hostility towards EVs.
If Mazda does it. That could be my next daily driver.
wooden ledge
how do u reverse
dense shard
cassette
wooden ledge
cassette?!
dense shard
fuck yeah bud
wooden ledge
oh u read the manual for it
analog musk
dense shard
Fuel filter
sand condor
Moter
civic girder
looks like a 12A
@fathom socket you would be correct
hollow kestrel
yeah
civic girder
Holden is Australian
hollow kestrel
what country did u see it in
fathom socket
I'm in Virginia lmao
fathom socket
Me either until today
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I was cursing in my Genesis getting coffee this morning at 7am to go to work and I heard some crackels and pops from that car behind me and came up next to be at the red light and took off on the green light from it's screaming V8 and a little burnt rubber as it accelerates
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Sounds amazing too :3
I looked online and they are underrated oof and stopped making those I was like aw man
Just now
One day I'll try driving one of those if anyone has it
I have a computer chip in this mustang that makes a little more fuel efficient but lowers the performance. So if I wanted full power I'll need to do is put the other one back in. My friend installed it few years ago I have no idea how that works.
Changing the engines behavior or something
civic girder
an ECU?
fathom socket
Possible yeah
Welp gotta go sleep it's 12:30am and I have work at 6am meh.. thanks for telling me what car it was the Holden SSV :)
Very interesting car to discover today
civic girder
I too should go to bed lol
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civic girder
yea it should be possible
I know a lot of Assetto Corsa mods are based on Forza rips
no idea
You'd probably have to do some research into the modding scene
pale escarp
why does everyone think the Scuderia Ferrari is good
just look at it
looks like a spatula
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Working on breaking the 1000hp barrier this year with the mascot car, last time we ran it on the dyno it made 946 and that was just NA with a built engine so we were planning to supercharge it
pale escarp
does the red make it go fast
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No the red is just the school color
pale escarp
does the school go fast
strong ledge
The building doesn’t move but the mascot car is pretty damn quick
pale escarp
bruh
just slap some wheels on that mf
you dont have to go fast to be the fastest building
pale escarp
@fathom socket what aio is that
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Also that’s 946 at 6475ft so at sea level it would probably make over 1k
pale escarp
haha yeah
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linus aio tips
strong ledge
Not putting an ls in a stang sorry
civic girder
imagine wanting to LS swap something
strong ledge
One of my classmates has a 2J swapped 280zx
civic girder
you know what's cheaper than LS? the motor you already have
civic girder
because it is
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Chevy just called it ls
pale escarp
civic girder
the A in my engine code doesn't mean anything. The numbers do, but the A does not stand for anything of importance
pale escarp
why have it then
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Or if you wanna make serious power get an lsx or 2J
pale escarp
@fathom socket not with that attitude you dont
just go to walmart and pick one
there are tons there
they're free
the government doesnt want you to know that
civic girder
imagine wanting to make power and go fast
this post made by slow gang
pale escarp
i am """carguy"""
strong ledge
...that pfp disturbs me I’m out
pale escarp
mine or his
holy shit bill whats up i didn't know you were a cardegenerate too
can i strap 6 ls's together
pale escarp
@fathom socket stack them
one on top of the other
arent all engines rotaries because they make the wheels rotate
just like all aios are air coolers
bro i'm tellin you
civic girder
just because a rotary is unique doesnt mean the rotary is good
excuse me
pale escarp
i'm """carguy"""
civic girder
pale escarp
@devout atlas how do you have a velociraptor
those are extinct
and also dont have ls'
rotart
the triangle wheel
🔺
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pale escarp
@civic girder why is this car the size of those mini rc cars
that cost like 10 bucks
and break within ten minutes
civic girder
why is this car the size of those mini rc cars
@pale escarp still bigger than a Miata
pale escarp
@civic girder
these
can i ls swap a miata
can i ls swap one of these micro rc's
nice
civic girder
a miata is better than an FB tbh
Thomas had never seen such bullshit before
civic girder
I've driven Miatas, you can't convince me its a better car
pale escarp
the fuck is that
civic girder
what is an fb
@pale escarp FB is the VIN code for USDM first generation Mazda RX-7s
civic girder
Welcome to the car community
strong ledge
Tho nothin is better than a 2J swapped ae86
This post was made by import gang
pale escarp
so say first gen rx-7
civic girder
so say first gen rx-7
@pale escarp do you know how long it takes to type that vs just "FB"
pale escarp
@civic girder dont be lazy
¯_(ツ)_/¯
@devout atlas what's your favorite cruisin song
civic girder
ironically, RCR's FB video came out like a week after I got my car
no, he's actually right
FBs weren't the first RX-7s
The SA VIN code was first. FB VINs weren't produced until the introduction of the first facelift in 1982.
also false
the RX-3 is based on a separate platform to the Cosmo
SA is very similar. Its the original facelift, but has some distinct differences
Most notably, the front and rear bumpers, side trim, and tail lights. The interior and gauge cluster was also different
oof
I think elitists of any kind are straight assholes
I'm down to meme, but don't look at me with a serious face and tell me you actually believe the LS, 2JZ, etc are the best motors ever made
It's not that cheap when you actually look at all the cost factors
There's a reason 99% of all the LS swappers in the RX-7 discord still don't have running cars
the only swapper close to having a functional car is the guy doing an Ecotec 2.4 swap
did he get banned?
pale escarp
(((BASS BOOSTED)))
civic girder
Mine's probably Sunset Neon
that or maybe Star Fighter or Turbo Killer
interesting choice
I dig it
Excellent soundtrack for a highway cruise in a Crown Vic
...but probably not for the Crown Vics I'm used to.........
woah
wtf just happened
charred depot
anyone else confused by the MX 30
its like a crossover except you still have to squeeze into the back seats mlol
charred depot
?
weary dew
ruby egret
stoic ledge
pls car let me indicate
@charred depot nice
If I learned anything from watching UK dashcam videos, you should have accelerated flat out on 0:12 and started honking at 0:13
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And make sure you mutter idiot at the end there too
charred depot
then smack the dashcam
stoic ledge
And then yell I HaVe A dAsHcAm! gOt yOu oN cAmErA!
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charred depot
polish trucks on 5 lane uk roundabouts
moves from lane 1 to 5 brrr
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but officer the light is red!
@charred depot aha I love being in the UK, everywhere u go u hear a siren
Everywhere I drive everyone drives on the wrong side of the road
charred depot
at that point you have to consider your position
stoic ledge
Always "funny" to see how nobody can properly react to sirens etc
Well "funny", quite sad actual
civic spoke
Having emergency vehicles behind me is the only time I would run a red light.
Or that one time when I was stressed AF and spaced out.
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oh god
that reminds me when a firetruck was behind me so I pulled in to bus station only to find out the firetruck in under my house
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Wings
civic girder
Mild race versions of everyday boring sedans and hatchbacks
All the wings
For fwd racing
civic girder
Those things are actually pretty mad grippy
They drive really well and are quite quick
Class restrictions max the engine capacity at 2L na or 1.6L turbo/sc
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I've made a car that is RWD and is very grippy
civic girder
So have i
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It's hard to get oversteer
civic girder
I just really like making fwd cars cause it's so rewarding when you make them handle as good or better than rwd mid engine
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front engine car that is RWD and uses solid axle suspention
civic girder
There are advantages and disadvantages to both. All drivetrains can be viable in any given situation if you know how to set it up and drive it
fathom socket
I consider RWD for drifting and going fast
civic girder
I consider any drivetrain for any purpose in road and race cars
You can drift fwd with the right skills
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idk how
normal temple
wooden ledge
just put large planks under the rear wheels and raise the handbrake
sliding like on ice
civic spoke
tight cypress
@stoic ledge https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/690528625165860880/764102441691643954/IMG_20201009_151902_8.jpg
spid
stoic ledge
🧀
arctic stratus
i am spid
tight cypress
is slow
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fathom socket
saw this van under my old insurance company place
sullen flower
Behold, the 2nd worst looking BMW M3 known to man
And now, the best looking BMW M3 known to man
stoic ledge
Why is the E9x bad looking?
sullen flower
Because the E46 exists
And I firmly believe that most, if not all mid-2000’s Bimmers look horrible
fathom socket
my uncle had that top one in a grey and i thought it looked pretty good
flint sable
I’m gonna turn my 325xi into an M3 touring
vagrant vortex
Anyone here into Toyota SUVs?
dense shard
Toyota is nuce
flint sable
Sounds like a whole lot of fun
dense shard
FJ holds value too well
But Land Cruiser going away next year
But new Sequoia soon
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Cygnet V8 for me
stoic ledge
Cygnet 
fair bronze
iQ*
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sage ledge
Might get a E30
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Ooh
brittle forum
My traction control just tried to Kill me because it kicked in when I was going around a corner having fun like you do and my car started to lift off over steer