cars

[thorny bough]

i dont even care if its pink i want one

[stiff burrow]

Pink is a good color tho

[charred depot]

People are panic buying petrol here due to truck driver shortage

Granted I spent £80 but thats a normal fillup

[stiff burrow]

Purple is also a good color for a car

[thorny bough]

🥵

[stiff burrow]

Love it

[thorny bough]

only problem with me getting a miata here is finding one

iv only ever seen one here

and he imported his from japan

[charred depot]

can get them pretty cheap here if you enjoy welding

[fathom socket]

I love it

[fathom socket]

Cyan as well

[fathom socket]

At this point it's pink instead of purple

The tail light seems to be like a supra

[deep zealot]

good guess, but you can see xDrive written up there

[fathom socket]

I didn't know that it was a car 😭

[errant shore]

mmm so beautiful

[fathom socket]

You can't hear this shit i10 below 4k rpm

I mean 3k

You guys have cars that already sound great at like 1k rpm

The speedometer ain't accurate

[stiff burrow]

@fathom socket

[fathom socket]

That sounds even better

A lot actually

[stiff burrow]

It sounds great for a 4 cylinder

[stoic ledge]

I don't even have a video of it revving

But it's a 1.2 N/A, so it doesn't sound great

[fathom socket]

But it sounds

[stiff burrow]

I have a video of me revving it from the tailpipe

[fathom socket]

@fathom socket speed wot I'm parked lol

Btw the battery died now I can't use it lmao

Rip

I mean the kmph to mph conversion

[bitter compass]

I think it is,

100kmh = 62.something mph

The line of 100 looks to be right at 62

[vocal mural]

Km/h to mph = multiply by 1.6

[civic spoke]

So what you're saying is...
100 kmh x 1.6 = 160 mph?

[charred depot]

maf

[vocal mural]

Actually other way

100 mph = 160km/h

[stoic ledge]

Then it's km/h to mph = divide by 1.6

🧠

[stoic ledge]

Yes, I've done 240mph today

[fathom socket]

Oooh lol

Oh yeah my battery was okay

Guess what it wasn't okay 🤣

My 2003 S10 alternator dies for the first time and got a new one now the fuel pump is more active and getting more gas mileage

It's 28 highway and 25 city so I'm probably getting 31 miles per gallon in highway without carrying anything

[charred depot]

trying to find a paint remotely close to this

its like my guy asked for all the sparkles

little chip hard to notice missing obviously the paint job doesent have the best adhesion

[fathom socket]

looks good to me :3

[warped hatch]

#idaho best state

[lucid jay]

Can anybody recommend a good phone mount on the vent

[fathom socket]

i10 can do 7k rpm, that's an achievement of itself

Literally a 4.5 lakh car lmfao, what else do you even expect from it?

Also India has a lot of restrictions on engine and fuel consumption so getting a better engine is pretty stupid. Plus you don't need more than 100 bhp on India roads as they literally are well they're not what you think they are. I still won't ever drive at more than 40-60 km/h on Indian roads.

[vocal mural]

https://simtogether.com/uploads/monthly_2021_09/large.DSC09311.JPG.288f81e9483f6c89b12d0b3fb1f3749b.JPG

Not a car, but it was a steam parade today on Brabant line

[lone fern]

im sorry

[errant shore]

b-but the tolerances

[pearl tiger]

Le exhaust installed

[stiff burrow]

Bruh

[pearl tiger]

yes?

[charred depot]

A modified PT cruiser and a Fiat Stilo with a moderately excessive exhaust

what a household

[dense shard]

Not just a PT Cruiser

A convertible from the looks of it

[charred depot]

chad move to go around with the top down in your aesthetically challanged PT cruiser

[pearl tiger]

also that exhaust on the stilo looks bigger on pic than in real life

and sorry about the pt cruiser 😄 its my dads

[dense shard]

I don't mind em

Convertibles are rare enough

[pearl tiger]

i hate the pt cruiser

and that colors and paintjob are just oof

[charred depot]

Fuel station closed after I left, diesel was all gone already

[bitter compass]

Fiat 👀

Fiat Panda 4x4 or go home

[civic spoke]

https://twitter.com/timsoret/status/1441585612054745090

Tim Soret (@timsoret)

Stellar camera animation & programming, on top of the superb naturalistic rendering. Ride 4, PS5, full video:
https://t.co/Uv1TrK4UDF https://t.co/7ZKZukBtEZ

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[pearl tiger]

that panda looks like micowaved duster lul

[vocal mural]

EU, Eutin SH?

[pearl tiger]

what?

German Plate, EU is Euskirchen in North Rhine-Westphalia

[carmine summit]

that's powder coat too lmao

that engine is never going back together

[lone fern]

yea whoever did that done fucked up

[sand bridge]

https://tenor.com/view/good-bye-peace-out-love-bye-outta-here-gif-17595282

[bitter compass]

Ye i also prefer the old ones but i still like the new ones

[fathom socket]

Man

I can't believe I'm taking my shitbox to a 3500 km journey

[thorny bough]

theres a dude traveling across Australia in a tractor im sure you will be fine

[solemn inlet]

Might have a cummins in it tho

[thorny bough]

its a 1957 Chamberlain 9G tractor

[haughty ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DxF9vFJezRA

Maybe the best review of a car top gear has ever made.

[fathom socket]

:kekw:

[fathom socket]

hulk bike

hulk bike

[solemn inlet]

I recently installed new bosch injectors to fix a diesel knock while cold and some dead spots. As soon as I installed them and dialed them into the ECU. I could tow 2 tons up hills in 5 gear at 110kmh. Now shes just barely doing it foot flat with nothing loaded on. I've lost like half my power at high rpms. Torque is still decent down low.

You think its time for a carbon clean in the intake? Maybe its not getting enough air with the carbon build up? Ratios maybe off? I'm pretty confused and need it fixed.

[fathom socket]

thoughts on BMW E46 330d estate

[carmine summit]

yeah definitely a chance your intake could be plugged from EGR

wouldn't hurt to clean either way, even if that doesn't fix the problem

[flint sable]

Just got to sit in a 959 and gemballa mirage

Still taking it all in

[flint sable]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/681339149760200740/891846781644705802/video0.mov

[fathom socket]

nice Beetle?

[flint sable]

Yeah

[stiff burrow]

Sweet

There’s a guy in my town who rolls around in a Porsche 924

Lol

[flint sable]

That’s awesome

[charred depot]

I had been wondering why my brakes were so shit then remembered this was the fluid and I only flushed out the rear

[fathom socket]

Holy jezus

[fathom socket]

Thats a braking news right there

[molten blaze]

Is that a MFing 3-door Fiat Stilo?

In Brazil we only got the 5-door model

[stoic ledge]

Europe also got it as a wagon

[vocal mural]

Should I hijack the train?

[dense shard]

No

[vocal mural]

It seems the driver asks me to hijack it 😆😆

[pearl tiger]

weird to see that people know the stilo 😄

[molten blaze]

Man idk why but this looks ugly

It's like a Fiat trainee just put a 3D model of the 5-door Stilo on blender then stretched it, and the design team called it a day

[molten blaze]

I know it because it's almost a curbside modern classic here

[icy vessel]

Yes

[pearl tiger]

i like my stilo 😄 got nice exhaust.. next is open airbox and tinted windows.. after that coilover and wheelspacers 😄

[molten blaze]

Very very underrated car,didn't sell well because mechanics in brazil only know how to work in EA827s(aka AP here in Brazil),Beetle engines and Chevy Family 1 and 2 engines

[pearl tiger]

too bad i have small engine 😄

[molten blaze]

Maximum stretch: CHT Escort engine,which was based on the 60s Renault Sierra engine

[molten blaze]

What size?

[pearl tiger]

1,6l 16v 103hp

[molten blaze]

Here in brazil we only got like 1.8 and 2 liters with the Abarth being sold as an import with the 3 door model

[pearl tiger]

the abarth with 2,4 is dope

[molten blaze]

The palio here got this engine tho

Idk if you know about Punto's poor sibling,aka the Palio

[pearl tiger]

dang that ugly

and i dont like the punto either

[molten blaze]

Fiat have made some tasteless cars in their history

Multipla(post-2004 facelift because before that I gave kudos to fiat for the creativity),Seiscento 00s revival,Punto(all gens before the Grande Punto in 2008),Croma(both gens),Sedici(or Suzuki SX4),Oggi(aka 127 sedan made in brazil)

[civic spoke]

You know. If I was trucking over in USA. Want to know what truck I would want to use then?

It would probably be a Scania Longline...

[molten blaze]

Ya mean truck TRUCK or a pickup

[civic spoke]

Ya ever seen a Scania pickup?

[molten blaze]

Because generally speaking 99% of muricans refer pickups simply as trucks

[molten blaze]

Yes

They're very common on the highways

[civic spoke]

They are? Because I have never seen one.

[molten blaze]

But for like city deliveries it's common to see like VW Deliverys or Mercedes Accelos and Actros

[molten blaze]

Here in Brazil they're like Top 3 in heavy truck sales only behind volvo and mercedes,tied only with Man/VW

[charred depot]

Pls bro come drive trucks in the UK

[civic spoke]

But no one would ever call a tractor unit a "Pickup truck". Would they?

Btw. That's the a Scania Longline. So extended cab.

[molten blaze]

Haven't seen a scania like this EVER

The most common ones are generally the R440 and R480

[civic spoke]

Have seen a couple of them. But they are mainly used for special transports. Where length isn't as big of a requirement.

[molten blaze]

Here they mostly use to basically transport the soy and corn production from the midwest all the way to Santos Harbor in the Southeast

This is why these 2 models I said are more commonly found here

[civic spoke]

I mean specifically for the Longline ones.

And R440 and R480 is really just the same model. Just different engines, or tuned differently. I forgot if they are both V8's or not.

[molten blaze]

60-70% of all Scania trucks here are the Highline

[civic spoke]

So a normal tractor unit meant for hauling trailers, then.

I would love driving something similar to this.

G500 with the XT trim.

[molten blaze]

The have both the same engine difference is R480 is 6x2 (with options up to 6x6)and R440 is 6x2 and 6x4 only

[molten blaze]

Looks like Scania made into electric trucks lol

[civic spoke]

Nah. It's a normal diesel one. Just the 'Next Gen' design.

Here's what a newer R500 looks like.

Oh, and both of those trucks are fitted with hooklifts.

[molten blaze]

Grilles are getting flatter and flatter man

[civic spoke]

Less flat in the future. With models made past 2021. Since EU changed how tractor units can be designed.

[molten blaze]

Yeaaa boiiiiii

142H is my favorite truck of them

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcS-8DzcAO73rhmeK6mLyGslht-Pg82AmS07lA&usqp=CAU

[civic spoke]

T series being the more modern design.

[molten blaze]

I mean I like those boxy trucks

Idk how Scania and those manufacturers like Volvo can balance the gravity center out with that height

[civic spoke]

The new Volvo's are looking mighty fine in my eyes.

[civic spoke]

Engines weigh a lot.

[molten blaze]

Ye they look very good

Press F to pay respects to Ford

You served us well with your trucks

❤️1957-2020✝️

[civic spoke]

This would be dang nice to drive.

Or just the normal FM, instead of the FMX.

But FMX is honestly better for the work I do.

[sturdy coral]

Random thing

I wonder if someone would buy a real electric turbo

[molten blaze]

Idk how

[sturdy coral]

brushless motor

3d printed impeller

and casing

[molten blaze]

If renault is going to kill off the twingo and relaunch the revived renault 5(probably Le Car in the US again) they need to bring back the turbo

[sturdy coral]

though I will stress test a

3d printed impeller soon

for another project, now if it lives at high rpm and doesnt break then Ill consider a electric turbo project

which is aimed to be cheaper than existing electric turbos

[charred depot]

Road quality instantly starts going downhill when you enter Fife my lovely home region

the instant contrast is the best bit

[stiff burrow]

Not as bad as some of the roads where I live

This is literally a main road that thousands of people travel on every day and it’s been like this forever https://youtu.be/qgqIlJagMIw

[fallen falcon]

for a road that's supposed to be in the form of a highway, that indeed looks horrid

at least a lot of people are driving SUVs or pickups in countryside in the U.S, but that puts even more pressure on the roads

some of the bridges in the U.S are also old as heck and in need of replacements

[fathom socket]

Oh God

I took my shitbox from Poland to Amsterdam and then I went from Amsterdam to Ticino

I had 0 power up the mountain

[fallen falcon]

mountain roads can be terribly unsafe for most rides, cause when it rains, it could rain VERY HARD due to the altitude of the hills

[fathom socket]

My car barely made it

And the tunnel was closed

Didn't make it in time due to customs check on border

[stiff burrow]

This isn’t even the countryside, this road runs through one of the country’s biggest metropolitan areas

People drive those huge cars everywhere in this country

[fathom socket]

Car

[civic spoke]

They are sort of a thing already. Torque fill.

[molten blaze]

Thankfully in Brazil crossovers/SUVs are compact(for american standards,subcompact because compact for ya is smth like a Rav4 or a 5-seat Cherokee which would be considered mid-size here)

It isn't uncommon however seeing richer ppl with XC60s,Tiguan Allspace,F-Paces,older land rovers such as the Freelander 2,Discovery Sport and the 2009 Discovery,and sometimes even Grand Cherokees enter the equation

[charred depot]

oh no the road is great I just love the instant contrast

it gets worse the further you go

atleast theres no earth shattering potholes on that video

we dont really get cracks along the entire road like that

[bitter compass]

Im convinced everyone in Brazil drives a VW Polo (same for South Africa) idk why but any other car doesn't work for my brain

[carmine warren]

Rate the build @here

[civic girder]

You pinged @ here for this?

Come on dude

[stiff burrow]

@here doesn’t even work

The mods disabled it

[stoic ledge]

Luckily it doesn't loo

[stiff burrow]

Yea

[civic girder]

Yea I sure hope they would disable it

But still, he tried

[charred depot]

an attempt was made

[brittle niche]

At least it's a Levin and not the hatch.

[fallen falcon]

fujiwara poser gas gas

[brittle niche]

if the driver steps on the gas with that much intake air and downforce, they should win every race no problem.

[fallen falcon]

don't forget about the oversized tires either

[brittle niche]

The more surface area and grip the better.

[thorny bough]

yup every tom , dick and harry has a VW Polo in south africa

[fallen falcon]

1 out of 4 konas sold in EU is an electric now, it seems. they've sold well over 100k of them

which is cool cause i really dig the kona EV, gets 0-50 in like 2 secs without launch control and good tires 🙂

range is fine as well

i guess with the lack of ioniq 5, people are moving towards it

[stiff burrow]

there's one person here who has a polo

lol

[thorny bough]

i have a polo

[stiff burrow]

👀

[fallen falcon]

i have some polo shirts i no longer wear too, Kappa

lancia kappa, better than polo 😛

we did legit have a polo in past tho

classic 97

it was pretty crap

[thorny bough]

i have a 2012 model

[fallen falcon]

i kinda a bit dig the blueGT

and the older plain GT

but there are some engines that are problematic

so the sellers end up typing the block code when selling

typical volkswagen group blues

[stoic ledge]

BlueGT isn't the best engine no

[thorny bough]

my cars about to hit 110k km on the clock

[stoic ledge]

Neither is the 1.4 TSI in the Polo 6R GTI, 1.8 TSI is a bit better (6C)

[fallen falcon]

ours is around 125k

[stoic ledge]

And the 1.2 TSI also isn't without problems

[fallen falcon]

yeah ik

most volks engines are

[thorny bough]

i got it second hand at 90k

[charred depot]

My sister has a 1.4 TSI 2018 I think

[fallen falcon]

oil smell in gas or the other way around

some weird tidbits

even with almost new cars

[stoic ledge]

We got my sister in law a 6R 1.2 TSI last year, mostly because that was the best we could find in the pandemic 🥲

[charred depot]

my sisters chebrolet kalos became terminal this year

[stoic ledge]

It's a 1.2 TSI with the chain, but from a later year so it should have less problems than the earlier 2009-2011 models

[fallen falcon]

yeah the earlier DSGs sucked more for example

[charred depot]

oh my bad its a 1L heh

[thorny bough]

id love to get a Lada

one of the older ones

[fallen falcon]

now you have the wet - dry clutch options that suck less

some.

[stoic ledge]

Yeah DSG was a definite no go lol

DQ200 is horrendous

[fallen falcon]

as for russian rides

there are actually better ones than lada

like GAZ volga

[thorny bough]

true

[charred depot]

My sisters is an auto, dont know what type.

[fallen falcon]

https://img.fonwall.ru/o/83/gaz-volga-24-baklajanovaya-diski.jpg

kinda looks like a holden monaro

[charred depot]

She became a manager at a car rental place and got converted to automatics :^(

[fallen falcon]

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/7f/GAZ-31_"Volga"_in_Minsk.jpg/1200px-GAZ-31_"Volga"_in_Minsk.jpg

prolly some of the finest works of the russians in those days

[charred depot]

The amount of money she saves on fuel pays for the car heh

rear drums were jammed on in the kalos

[fallen falcon]

i suppose moskswich, gas, etc are pretty reliable rides like most things russians make

and you almost always get real leather seats

but.. you know.

[thorny bough]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Miata/comments/bnxaaw/that_minty_fresh_miata/

[fallen falcon]

le downforce

a la boomer force

[charred depot]

I want to buy a high mileage facebook marketplace car to rebuild the engine in. I was going to do a old fiesta.

I always steer away from vag shit dont know why

[fallen falcon]

falls short of john force https://mediad.publicbroadcasting.net/p/shared/npr/styles/x_large/nprshared/201805/325498646.jpg

i like these classic dragsters

[charred depot]

me sticking my snoot out at junctions so I can see past the hedge: this guy.

[fallen falcon]

there's a collection that was going to go up mecum, all classic dragsters

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZUfR0a4jdZk

[charred depot]

Maybe I buy a BMW mini

[fallen falcon]

stay away from some

[charred depot]

I want something to mess around with the engine in but it cant be big as my garage is smol

[thorny bough]

bmw drivers are hella annoying

[charred depot]

nah

[stiff burrow]

and the guy with the dodge viper

[thorny bough]

cause most of them dont know how to use a turn signal

[charred depot]

100% of my honks since I got the saab have been towards ford focus'

oh wait thats bs the skoda suv

[stiff burrow]

ive only honked at one guy since i got my car about a month ago

it was a jeep grand cherokee

[fallen falcon]

i drove the enyaq and i 0-60 tested it LOL

[charred depot]

some focus flew out infront of me at roundabout going left with some insane bodyroll then trundled along

[stiff burrow]

that thing is ugly

[fallen falcon]

kinda

slow kinda too..

[thorny bough]

miatas are slow also

[stiff burrow]

i think it would be better if it didn't have a fake grille

[fallen falcon]

miatas are actually fast as heck on a track with a good driver and mods

and by mods i don't mean big turbos and stuff, mostly weight reduction, hoosiers, etc

though that stuff is obviously crucial down the track

[thorny bough]

yeah with mods but not bone stock

[charred depot]

Id love a Miata but I cant do really modifications

only way id buy one.

[thorny bough]

rocket bunny makes kits

[fallen falcon]

yeah bone stock is going to be turtle against those vettes and stuff down the tracks

[charred depot]

Insurance

[fallen falcon]

advantage being cornering, hence the rocking of sonoma times over 500 HP cars

it's not my cup of tea though, the miata.

[charred depot]

no pre 2000 cars for sale around me :^(

[fallen falcon]

saab AWD 🙂

[charred depot]

I need to stop being lazy and just take a train down south for cars. More more options and much cheaper better condition old stuff.

id be malding if I took a train and it wasnt as described though.

[fallen falcon]

that's to be expected with really aged cars

[charred depot]

blatant fibbing however

[fallen falcon]

even if you want a full check-up, you never know

it might be ok one day and then errors the other day

keeping an OBD reader might be worth

[charred depot]

no but the owner blatantly lying about condition

[fallen falcon]

yeah i'm not even getting there

just considering the car is indeed worth buying

but then issues later

[charred depot]

I have one but most of the stuff im look at is prestandardisation

[fallen falcon]

with old cars people don't really bother to do full check up of the down under, etc

even with newer rides that get up to 150-200k, often times you end up with lots of cracks and stuff there

[charred depot]

I dont care what they dont tell but if I ask them and they lie

[fallen falcon]

unless it's been maintained really well

in that case you generally see inane prices

[thorny bough]

i wouldnt mind a silvia s14

[charred depot]

I have a 100% view buy rate at the moment heh

[fallen falcon]

i'm not truly in for boomer cars tbh

would prefer something more modern

[charred depot]

cheap moderately interesting cars are what I like

[fallen falcon]

that sounds kinda subjective

[charred depot]

here it isnt really, if it is pre 2000 and cheap ill probably take it

[fallen falcon]

i mean in a general sense

[charred depot]

there isnt much that exists pre 2000

[fallen falcon]

one man's crap is another man's treasure

or the other way around

so more details would be needed in that sense

[charred depot]

Pretty much anything pre 2000

I was going to get this but got snatched

[errant shore]

ayy my bmw is from 2000

[charred depot]

Id love an old E39 but they fall out of my cheap category due to insurance

[fallen falcon]

do you own that saab currently?

[charred depot]

yeah

[fallen falcon]

feels like a downgrade, the cit

[charred depot]

I wouldnt be getting rid of the saab

[errant shore]

nah mine is the 320i business model

[charred depot]

insurance would still be scuffed for me heh

[errant shore]

we dont have saab here

[charred depot]

Dont think anywhere has saab anymore

[errant shore]

you pay for insurance?

[charred depot]

no they hand it to me for free

[fallen falcon]

saab died years back

MG is still up with the ZS EV tho

[errant shore]

i dont insure my cars

[fallen falcon]

uh..

[errant shore]

except my dad audi

[charred depot]

good for you I guess I pass ANPR cameras everyday

[errant shore]

here you dont have to

[charred depot]

where is here

[fallen falcon]

at here 😄

[errant shore]

south africa

[thorny bough]

dam another south african

[charred depot]

cars which are cheap for insurance start at £500/y for me

saab is £390/y but I have my noclaims on that car.

would be about 500 without it

pre 2001 cars are either £280 or like £170 for tax depending on if they are under or over 1.5 litres I think

I have fully comp insurance on the saab but my vehicle is valued at £450 and my excess is £500 heh.

I would have third part only but its more expensive because makes senseTM. Now that im a slight bit older third party only is becoming the cheaper option.

[carmine summit]

insurance here is ridiculous

I pay $2500 a year right now

that's with the cheapest company around

most companies wanted $4k per year when I started driving

I do have one accident on record now, not sure if that will affect my rates yet but I don't think so

[charred depot]

what car?

my insurance was £1000/y when I started driving the mazda 2 but other adequately uninsteresting cars would go as high as 1.5-2k with a black box.

[carmine summit]

I got quotes on a lot of different cars and all of them were the same pretty much

I'm driving a 1997 Jetta TDI right now though

[fallen falcon]

fast & the volkswagen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeFoB8ghMnU

NFS blues.

[pearl tiger]

Golf is better

[ionic sequoia]

can somebody help me with a sim racing related problem?

[vocal mural]

I dit receive my license today, it is time to drive 😃😃

[stiff burrow]

Congrats

[thorny bough]

niceee

[charred depot]

Our race track has EV chargers on it now

[fallen falcon]

old cars are also weaksauce on crash tests

like if you get side ended from a late model 80's, early 90's car, you're likely to end up with broken legs or spine and stuff like that

because no side airbags, and lots of cuts from the glass shed

though even most newer rides` achilles heal is the small overlap aka headlamp side crash

that end is generally weak and falls short, eventually the front console ends up being one with you and breaking your leg apart in two..

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8elevprV5A

[charred depot]

https://youtu.be/X39irHLwFnw

[fallen falcon]

those tests don't actually look great tbh

the guy's head ends up on the left window, and it doesn't show the aftermath

[charred depot]

I know

it was terrible

[fallen falcon]

but really most cars from that age are like that

it wasn't up until 2010's small overlap and stuff manufacturers started taking actually seriously

[stoic ledge]

My condolences, the Citroen C1/Toyota Aygo/Peugeot 107/108 have horrendous gearboxes

Also: rental/share car 👀

[fallen falcon]

yeah car rental tends to be a rip off, even with cheap cars during the longest runs

it's also your first drive

alone i guess

[vocal mural]

I did have problems with the gearbox indeeed

The engine stalled various times

[stoic ledge]

Ah yeah the clutch has no feedback at all, but I never really have a problem with the clutch

The gearbox is a guessing game tho

[vocal mural]

€13405 market price for that box of shit

[stoic ledge]

Are you jn 3rd? 5th? Neutral? Nobody knows

€2.95/h? 👀

[vocal mural]

i paid €18 for 35 km, 2h

[stoic ledge]

Also, Utrecht? I just opened the website and the map opened there, first car I selected was a C1 with SX-021-G, so almost the same 😂

[vocal mural]

I did Dieren -> Doesburg -> Keppel -> Drempt -> Doesburg -> Dieren today

[stoic ledge]

Oof €18 for 35km

[vocal mural]

Fuel included,

So i drove quite aggresive 😉

[stoic ledge]

😂

Last time I drove an Aygo I did 4L/100km / 1:25 with it 😂 And I floored it 24/7

(loaner car)

Didn't even have central locking

[fallen falcon]

even if you drive it aggressively, that car is unlikely to go actually any fast anyhow

it'll just be somewhat loud.

[vocal mural]

I did drive 90 on 60 narrow road a couple of times

This type of road

Actually that one is widened by circa 1,5m a year ago

[fathom socket]

I did 23€ for 250 km on German autobahn and i drove like 140 km with my shitbox

[vocal mural]

I did drive share car

We do have a couple of companies here: GreenWheels, MyWheels, Car2Go, NS Deelauto

[fathom socket]

Is have my own shitbox that is worthless now and I paid like 1200€ in 2019

Rental was too expensive

And driving couple thousands during a month would cost quite a bit

[stoic ledge]

That's a wide road for here 😂

[fathom socket]

But man. I had avg fuel consumption of 26l/100km for like an hour

At 40 kmh and all the way floored

[vocal mural]

@fathom socket If you come to the Netherlands again, try driving on the Posbank. It is a couple of fun curvy roads there

[stoic ledge]

I did 400km for €17 today, and LPG is high now, I've never paid so much for it in my life

[fathom socket]

What engine do you have?

[stoic ledge]

1.2

[fathom socket]

Mine uses 8-10 l for 100km

[vocal mural]

My rental car of today? 1L 3cil

[fathom socket]

I have 1.8 zetec

[stoic ledge]

zetec

[fathom socket]

Had almost no pawer at 2.1 km of altitude

[stoic ledge]

I have an EcoTec

[vocal mural]

I had an HorrorTec

[stoic ledge]

👀

[fathom socket]

Also the engine cooled it self to almost ambient temp when i was going downhill

[stoic ledge]

Nice

[fathom socket]

And man

It became so loud

Something is not right. It's always loud when cold

[vocal mural]

Warm up ur engine before taking off

[fathom socket]

I mean there is as much as I can do on idle

[vocal mural]

@stoic ledge Have you ever driven on the Posbank? I think i will drive there tomorrow

[stoic ledge]

Nope

[fathom socket]

https://maps.app.goo.gl/nkCMiw2V1txZjGKi8

This is where I drove yesterday

During night

More or less

[stoic ledge]

[vocal mural]

You should try this: https://www.google.com/maps/dir/52.0202752,6.0626482/52.0150246,5.9863339/@52.0158087,6.016415,13.75z/data=!4m9!4m8!1m5!3m4!1m2!1d6.0469093!2d52.0315472!3s0x47c7a2cc25af8ee9:0x9139915b0542cb46!1m0!3e0

Actually it is really fun if you drive a motorcycle

[fallen falcon]

that's a LPG thing

it requires higher combustion temps therefore engines sometimes not even fire up at once i guess

[fathom socket]

Not that far away from Oldenzaal

[charred depot]

mph?

this is my jailbait road

The saab genuinely scares me

[neon kelp]

About to test drive this beast

[molten blaze]

Nah polos for middle-upper class now

The old polo(that looks a lot like your Polo Vivo) which ran from 2002 to 2013 here was for ppl who were like "hey,I want a Gol but it feels cheap and everyone has it,the Fox has unreliable engines and air conditioning is optional,I want something with more confort,more space,more everything but I don't wanna pay a premium on a Golf or an Astra".

That one was great at the start but VW made it worse over the years to make it more competitive(most of this was aimed at the sedan which was meant to replace the outran Santana in 2006)

[stoic ledge]

Nice, not jealous at all 🤤

Now let's hope they'll succeed, that way my stonks will succeed 😎 😛

[stoic ledge]

Usually 60km/h speed limit

[charred depot]

60mph here so was confused

[stoic ledge]

Nah we restrict everything like crazy here

[charred depot]

here is NSL then 50 once too many people crash

[fathom socket]

higher compression and other stuffs, just better engine designs for the most part really

also turbo does do a fair bit

[charred depot]

I tried to get my moneys worth out of the rear tyres but the handbrake brings the car to a controlled stop :^(

[fathom socket]

[charred depot]

handbrake shoes are so fun to install! I dont get why they need to make those springs have so much tension in them.

[edgy crescent]

because everyone just LOVES rattley brakes

[charred depot]

all the springs have to do is return the handbrake shoes to their seats and push the cable back forcing the lever down

maybe theres a proper tool but using hooks it took 2 of us to barely get the springs on

probably if you removed the wheel bearing for more access aswell but we didnt

[molten blaze]

Is this a Lucid Air? Holy shit looks amazing

@charred depot hey could you explain why ppl in murica dislike cars "as is" and put a lot of mods on non sporty cars?

[charred depot]

no im Scottish

And I dont mod my cars because insurance would be too expensive

[charred depot]

the area I work in has the modified car police and I would literally be banned from driving and have my insurance cancelled making it very expensive to get insurance in the future

[thorny bough]

oof that sucks ass

[charred depot]

also totally fucked if you get in an accident

[thorny bough]

yeah its a bit of shit show down here in south africa

[molten blaze]

Manufacturers made their own mods

[charred depot]

Ofcourse I can declare the mods and have my insurance rate go to the moon but its just not worth it for me

[molten blaze]

I admire you got the Sierra XR8 or the fricking perana capri with a mustang 5 Liter @thorny bough

[charred depot]

Id love to lower my car a little bit an put uprated shocks as the body roll is a bit much for me

[thorny bough]

thats Australia

[thorny bough]

oh no thats a custom kit

[charred depot]

?

[thorny bough]

the one in the meme i sent

[molten blaze]

Wait what?

[charred depot]

oh no nothing like that

What I want would barely be noticable

[thorny bough]

im also confused

i have a vw polo

[molten blaze]

You mean new or the Polo Vivo?

[thorny bough]

2012 polo vivo gt

[molten blaze]

By this time ppl here moved on to the restyled Fox and Gol range or to competitors such as the newly launched 7th gen Fiesta and the Chevy Aveo/Sonic

[thorny bough]

i easily see 30 polos when i go out

[molten blaze]

Hell and one year later both Hyundai and Chevy took our country by storm with the HB20 and the Onix respectively

They were priced between the Gol and the Fox with more features and better handling due to newer project and chassis

[sturdy coral]

the price though

note that I am currently trying to print one

this is for testing purposes if it will break at 25-40000 rpm

but if it doesnt its worth trying on a car

[fathom socket]

Man I saw the rivian videos

It seems better then cybertruck

[haughty ridge]

I hate the look of the cybertruck

[haughty ridge]

But yeah, if you're a truck person the rivian looks amazing

[molten blaze]

They look good but I would love a bland electric car

Like I would like to have a car that looks like a petrol one but it's electric

[fathom socket]

petrol cars look old

just like windows 10

so I'm gonna switch to lienux

[molten blaze]

They look bad except Mazda 3 sedan

That's smexy as hell

[fathom socket]

I like aston martins

[haughty ridge]

If I would buy a new car it would probably be the Mercedes EQS. But they're are more cars coming that look sporty and are electric

[molten blaze]

Good luck living without Adobe suite or Office 👍

[fathom socket]

I didn't like the merc electric design language

[molten blaze]

I prefer Rimacs

[fathom socket]

I don't use adobe suite , I mostly use google docs and stuff

[haughty ridge]

I dislike tesla, they just look so boring and bland

[fathom socket]

I'm talking about petrol

[fathom socket]

well the old ones , but the new cybertruck and roadster 2.0 don't

EQC and EQS just look weird to me

[haughty ridge]

The cybertruck looks like it hasn't rendered properly and is missing textures

[fathom socket]

bruhhh

no

[haughty ridge]

Plus I hate trucks, so I would never buy one

[molten blaze]

https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSYDKj151mSobm3S6QeKlgYFBFspv_0jfTsEw&usqp=CAU

[fathom socket]

my favorite ev design is probably the LOW RES CAR

[haughty ridge]

Keep Hammond away from it

[molten blaze]

Is this a joke?

[fathom socket]

kek

[molten blaze]

Why?

[fathom socket]

no it's a one of a kind show car

[haughty ridge]

He crashed one of the first ones on The Grand tour and it caught fire.

[molten blaze]

Man it looks like your black R34 in GT1 didn't rendered properly and the textures became corrupted

[fathom socket]

lmao

[fathom socket]

I watched it

[molten blaze]

Holy shit

[molten blaze]

So you cool then

[haughty ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gj3KqgPNeiY

[fathom socket]

no , they actually reduced the polygons from the Lamborghini Countach

[molten blaze]

Countach but with sharper corners

[haughty ridge]

https://youtu.be/A0MYr3IqZAY?t=478

[molten blaze]

No way this happened but it's expectable from the ex-top gear crew

[haughty ridge]

He was hospitalized for a while, and Jeremy and James kinda made fun of him for crashing it( in a way friends do)

[fathom socket]

yea lol

[eager grove]

@molten blaze what do you mean no way it happened?

[molten blaze]

I mean I haven't seen them crashing but I only watched Top Gear on netflix so I didn't see the whole show

[eager grove]

??

Are you, or are you not, claiming that Richard Hammond didn't crash the Rimac?

[fathom socket]

https://youtu.be/o-4inYli_EE?t=349

watch this

@haughty ridge@molten blaze

[molten blaze]

Holy shit clarkson and may look like old rich ppl

[fathom socket]

they are old rich people

[haughty ridge]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KaK1reqbmLQ How about this one

[bitter compass]

"History has told us you cant drive in a straight line, and now we had seen you cant drive around a corner either"

"You crashed after the finishing line so our cameras weren't there - we had to pull that clip from YouTube"

👀

Idk why this sticks into my head but i like it

[stiff burrow]

electric cars

[molten blaze]

They suck make a car that is fueled by hitting trickshots on MW2

[gray lake]

Richard Hammond crashing

Yes

[dense shard]

EVs are nice.

I just want a good reasonably priced hatchback that I can commute with

Maybe VW

[neon kelp]

I went too see a Rimac not too long ago. I didn’t get to drive it (of course they're not gonna just let me drive a $2 mil car) but I did get to sit in it!

fun fact about Rimac. The Media person for Rimac said it's actually pronounced Rimats

[frozen kernel]

Lucky!

[elder pasture]

I see a Formula 4 car in the background with the Monaco McLaren Gulf livery.

[bitter compass]

Zoe, imo one of the best EVs until now

[glacial imp]

I think the Zoe is kinda ugly

[vocal mural]

I will try it, by booking a shared car

This one

[bitter compass]

Ye its not the prettiest and not the most fun to drive but it is kinda what EVs should be like - range is fine, not a massive SUV (screw you audi), 30k€ for a small car is a bit harsh but well EVs are more expensive in general and for one the price is alright and vw charges 20k€ for an electric up

[stoic ledge]

Zoe isn't bad, especially not the newer once

At my brothers work place they traded up from 1st gen Zoe's (~2014?) to ID.3's last month... Not because they really wanted ID.3's but because VW had so many of them in stock, they could get them for a very cheap price 😂

[bitter compass]

If someone forced me to get an EV, i would get the Zoe

Id3 is somewhat the same as the golf 8 its.. weird for a VW especially for a golf/golf replacement

[stoic ledge]

If someone forced me to get an EV... Idk, nothing really appealing in the segment I'd be looking at

[bitter compass]

They still sell the twizzy 👀

[stoic ledge]

Yeah that won't work for me

Probably can't even get me from home to school

There's also a Cargo version of the Twizy

"Cargo"

[bitter compass]

Probably the only car that doesn't cause fear to drive into the garage at work

[stoic ledge]

You can probably park 3 of those sideways in a regular spot

[eager grove]

The Zoe range is awful

[stoic ledge]

Oof ok so the ID.3's my brother got at his work, they were all registered in December 2020 (when they were the best selling car of that month, with a 14.2% market share, only due to taxation rules)...

It then sat at the importers lot for months until July, when it traded to a dealership and a month later to a different dealership before my brother acquired it

[eager grove]

holy cow

[stoic ledge]

So 9 months before they were able to sell it

[eager grove]

id3 and id4 have gotten better reviews on their infotainment now

I think the Q4 e-tron and Skoda Enyaq are the best EVs at their price points at the moment

[stoic ledge]

Skoda Enyaq is the better ID.4, change my mind

[eager grove]

why would I? I have a boot space fetish and the Enyaq has a bigger boot

it also looks nicer in and out

[stoic ledge]

The Cupra El-Born is also coming, which is literally a rebadged ID.3...

Idk why it should even exist

[thorny bough]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOlcDdGB0PE

[stoic ledge]

Exactly, and then it's less expensive

[eager grove]

I don't think the ID3 is a good proposition

the main thing that's wrong with it is that the rear seats are so low that you're kind of sat on the floor

[stoic ledge]

That's with a lot of EV's, the floor is too high

[eager grove]

unfortunately for crossover haters, that body shape just makes sense for EVs

[stoic ledge]

So your legs are in an uncomfortable position

Even with cross-overs

[eager grove]

you just replace ground clearance with batteries

Maybe - that certainly isn't the case with all of them

the VW group ones have good rear seat comfort , as does the Model Y

[stoic ledge]

ID.3 still puts you in an akward position, ID.4 and Enyaq may be better, haven't been in the rear before

Model Y could be yes, as the front seats are just raised up very high from the floor I can see the floor would also be quite low in the rear

Well it's more practical as the "two"-seater version with 0 cargo space

Great for some city pizza deliveries

[eager grove]

I've seen videos of people six foot and up in the back of model Ys sitting comfortably - with their thighs supported, unlike in the model 3

I just read Project Hail Mary by Andy Weir

and though it is only discussed in passing because of the crisis that causes it, one of the effects of the book is tiny, cheap, easy to access energy

like a AA battery sized container of fuel would power a car for millions of miles

I wonder what cars would look like if that was the case. Like if you didn't have to worry about power draw or effeciency at all

[glacial imp]

they'd probably fly I guess

[eager grove]

Like imagine telling Ford on the new F-150 lightning, you can reduce your weight by like a tonne or whatever

so you can increase the payload rating and towing capacity

and it'll run forever

without recharging

and be able to power jobsites and houses

[eager grove]

THAT is a good point that I hadn't thought of

air travel suddenly becomes cheap and green. Freight becomes a doddle

[glacial imp]

Not read the book but it sounds interesting, some bad dudes could wreak havoc with that energy density

[eager grove]

Yeah for sure

[glacial imp]

Heat the ocean up for the lolz

[eager grove]

the book doesn't cover it

(ocean heating does)

you have to read the book to understand why, but the answer is basically that the power comes from aliens who are destroying the sun

(alien microbes)

[glacial imp]

Oh shit this is The Martian guy right

[eager grove]

aye

[glacial imp]

I'll have to pick it up

[eager grove]

book is great

but the hypotheticals are insane

[fathom socket]

Half way home from the moon guys

[stoic ledge]

[fathom socket]

That's the car I'm using

Can't believe it still runs

[molten blaze]

Probably the dullest Prius you can find or a Nissan Leaf which is very unremarkable

Or if you crazy enough buy a 1st Gen Honda Insight

[molten blaze]

Tucson? And you're glad it still runs?

Come to brazil my boy

These things are ETERNAL here

[stiff burrow]

if you want en electric hatchback, i would tell you to get a bolt ev. unfortunately, they catch on fire

[charred depot]

Geo Metro EV conversion

[stiff burrow]

pls no

[stoic ledge]

They're replacing all the batteries + giving you brand new warranty on it (like 8 years or something), so if you own one that's actually great

[charred depot]

shareholders fuuuuuu

[stiff burrow]

i heard they were replacing batteries but i didnt know they were giving extra warranty too, that's really nice

[fathom socket]

Bruh tf do aliens have to do with cars

[stiff burrow]

wat

[fathom socket]

Nah i read a text from notifications thinking it was the latest message

[fathom socket]

This

[molten blaze]

Geo Metro aka Suzuki Cultus or Swift

[thorny bough]

heres one just as impressive https://www.auto123.com/en/news/toyota-tacoma-2008-2.45-million-km/68292/

[stoic ledge]

Not sure how it's in the States, but in Europe it was sold as the Opel Ampera-e, and it's getting the new generation battery pack which is 8% bigger, and starting from the day of replacement a 8 year / 100.000 mile (160.000km) warranty

[fathom socket]

pretty niice

[quick geode]

pog car

i got an absolutely fucking mint 1.4 polo

[thorny bough]

https://tenor.com/view/nice-very-nice-well-done-gif-4295060

[quick geode]

surprisingly good handling too

shit feels like its on rails

[thorny bough]

i love my polo vivo GT

[quick geode]

hot hatch good

[stiff burrow]

Indeed

[charred depot]

My saab I dont think even knows where its wheels are

so floaty

loose from factory steering rack bushings, worn inner tie rod bushings make the steering feel on point

[stiff burrow]

I love my car

Very good driving dynamics

The steering is incredibly tight

[charred depot]

the steering was very tight on the mazda 2, but id take the saab anywhere that doesent have 100% perfect roads

[drowsy surge]

spooky time

[thorny bough]

UwU

[thorny bough]

reminds me of this picture

[carmine summit]

So I think my clutch needs to be bled lol

Sometimes it does this, sometimes it's fine

But at least it looks cool lol

[vocal mural]

What is the fuel price there?

[charred depot]

the auto adjuster on my clutch cable is broken so it sags down about half way

[carmine summit]

$1.33/L CAD for diesel fuel yesterday

[carmine summit]

I have a hydraulic clutch, my other MK3 has a cable clutch though

I prefer the manual adjust cable

[charred depot]

yeah im changing to that

im also upgrading to a vauxhall astra mk3 clutch pedal heh, hard to say that

[carmine summit]

both of my cars have the same clutch pedal lol

even though they have different clutch setups completely

[charred depot]

heres the saab vs astra mk3

looks like they just cut a bit out, saab cable just hooks over the end whereas the astra cable actually clips in

[civic spoke]

Cheap AF

Our diesel is pretty much twice that price. Sadge.

[stoic ledge]

Twice? Lol, don't think it's 2.30 Eur/liter

[pearl tiger]

Ded seat

[stoic ledge]

Wait what, I just Googled the same and got a different number

[stoic ledge]

Rip what happened

[pearl tiger]

well. cant pass inspection

[stoic ledge]

LOL I typed CAD but Google was like "here, have USD"

[stoic ledge]

Ah due to the rear lights?

[pearl tiger]

part of problem

but the smallest

[stoic ledge]

[charred depot]

Knowing an independent inspectors helps a little bit

[pearl tiger]

not when your inspection list of defects is two pages

[charred depot]

Is yours just very detailed heh

It takes some royally fucked up cars here to get 2 pages

[pearl tiger]

its germany.. anything will be fucked up

xD

[charred depot]

Heh a German company here we manufacture stuff for requires each item to have an audit trail of who worked on it

been a few jokes about it

find a more lenient inspector here and you can have your majors turned into advisories with "but not excessiveTM" added to the end.

[pearl tiger]

the car has basically no breaks 😄

[charred depot]

something I would have had fixed regardless heh

[pearl tiger]

i wont

shit car..

bought other one already

[charred depot]

breaking it for parts or?

[pearl tiger]

selling as car as i dont have space

and time

has coilovers, alloyrims, remus racing exhaust..

but no time and space

[charred depot]

that not mess with insurance alot?

I guess with all your stuff needing TUV approval they might not care as much

[pearl tiger]

all parts have papers 😄

gotta sleep now its 00.21

[charred depot]

cya

[fathom socket]

Woah one of my neighbors got a new suburban but will it last as long as there old 510k mile 2002 suburban lol ?

[stoic ledge]

Isn't that gen of Tahoe/Suburban like know to be quite reliable? I thought they were

[fathom socket]

thought so too

why do they need a new one lol

what's wrong with the old one

[stoic ledge]

Maybe they just wanted something different?

[fathom socket]

I think so yeah

they have a 1995 2500 ram with 390k on it

just an old big diesel

[stoic ledge]

OOF

Well idk how long they've had those but after that many miles it makes sense they feel ready for an upgrade

[stiff burrow]

Yeah

I was just about to say that lol

And I used to have a hybrid Tahoe from that gen, sometimes it would engage auto stop and then just not start. So there’s that

[stoic ledge]

The newer Suburban probably offers more comfort and features, more power.... They now have a car for years to come

Wasn't the Hybrid Tahoe the only trim to avoid? Idk

[stiff burrow]

Yeah idk why I chose it in hindsight

[stoic ledge]

The Hybrid name in the Tahoe and Escalade refers to the windscreen wiper motor iirc

[stiff burrow]

lol

It was a nice car for the time

From todays perspective a Mitsubishi Mirage is probably nicer on the inside 😂

[stoic ledge]

X doubt

Mirage is horrendous

[stiff burrow]

I know

Just saying the interior quality and design of those old tahoes has not held up wel

[stoic ledge]

My neighbors had a 2007 Avalanche back in 2007, I really loved going along for a ride

(Really special here as we only drive 1.0 breadboxes)

[fathom socket]

they had this truck for 25 years to use it for work by pulling many many miles for 20 years now the truck is retired from years of work and now travels to go to the beach every 2 weeks lol

still a good running truck

they still gonna keep adding 1500 miles every time they go to that place

[stoic ledge]

Makes sense to use a truck like that for such usecase

[stoic ledge]

I actually don't mind the design of those interiors

[lone fern]

so uh

my truck i believe has spark knock

it’s a 2005 ford f150 xl v8

should I just have it sent in to verify that or pull the plugs and check

[stiff burrow]

Do you live in Europe?

Weird question but those kinda trucks are everywhere in the states

So the comment about it being special only makes sense if you live in Europe

[fathom socket]

Let a mechanic pull the plugs, they're such a stupid design that caused them to break all the time.

[fathom socket]

If they delete the AFM it will be. Pulled the heads off of countless LS engines that have AFM and cause the lifters to collapse. Not a deal breaker for me, just annoying. Plus I would use it as an opportunity to upgrade the camshaft.

[fathom socket]

[stoic ledge]

Yes

[lone fern]

aight thanks

[fathom socket]

Nice ride

The Pixel 5 camera nailed it with picture quality

[stoic ledge]

Pls gib

[fathom socket]

Here's my shitbox in Switzerland

Still takes you places

I don't own that car btw wish I did

Here's the rest

What's with the green clover ?

[stiff burrow]

It’s a quadrifoligio

Like Alfa Romeo’s version of AMG or M

[fathom socket]

Ooo

[stoic ledge]

2.9 V6 Bi-Turbo, derived from a Ferrari Engine

[charred depot]

£800

[fathom socket]

https://youtu.be/auqHQAD7tLg I nearly cried lol

[stiff burrow]

LT4

[stoic ledge]

It's an F154 engine, which is indeed a variant of the engine of the California T but with 2 cyl less (481.88 cc / cyl)

V6 = 2891cc (Giulia)
V8 = 3855cc (California/GTC4Lusso T, Portofino (M), Roma)

[fathom socket]

Nice car btw :) @charred depot

[charred depot]

If it had a 2.5 id go for it heh

Im undecided between a MX5 and a E46 for cheap drifting

[stiff burrow]

Which gen mx5

[charred depot]

probably NB

[fathom socket]

used in alot of cars

[civic spoke]

One step to sucking less.

[charred depot]

Lowered

[placid imp]

damn one of my dream car

[sudden pecan]

https://cdn.rage.dev/LfcD5WGU2S.mp4

[fathom socket]

That the new CT5 Blackwing?

[stiff burrow]

Yes

[fathom socket]

Nice, does it have the manual?

[stiff burrow]

No

It’s my friends car

[fathom socket]

Too bad

[stiff burrow]

Meh it’s his car so his choice

If I was buying one I would be fine with either

[fathom socket]

If I could afford one that's what I would get.

Those 7-speed transmissions are so nice

[stiff burrow]

It has a 6 speed

Not the 7 from the c7

[fathom socket]

Really? I thought it had the 7 speed

[stiff burrow]

Yeah I guess they thought the tr6060 was a better choice

Anyway I have the 10 speed auto in my car and it’s a very good automatic

It’s almost like a dual clutch

[fathom socket]

The TR6060 is a good transmission. I had a Camaro Z28 with a T56 and I loved it.

Super crisp shifts.

[stiff burrow]

Nice

Although I with they put the 8 speed DCT from the c8 into the blackwing

[fathom socket]

It should

[stiff burrow]

That would be enough to make me choose the auto, but if I was going to buy one I would probably choose the manual

The 10speed is nice but a manual is better

[fathom socket]

Heh, the C6 ZR1 exceeded the TR6060's maximum power rating by 4 ft-lbs

[stiff burrow]

Lol

I didn’t know that, that’s an interesting little fact

[fathom socket]

The CT5-V Blackwing exceeds it by 59 ft-lbs

[stiff burrow]

Oh I thought that was what the blackwing had

Guess not

[fathom socket]

No, it does. It just exceeds the power rating on it.

[stiff burrow]

Oh

Lol

[fathom socket]

Car momento

[buoyant inlet]

Jesus could not even get off the fucking pedal lol

[glacial tide]

Installed some aftermarket gauge faces today

[solemn inlet]

TD42 5 cyl conversion

[dense shard]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h5ihLUkjo74

[pearl tiger]

is the Sony XAV-AX1005DB good radio?

[dense shard]

Depends what it's replacing.

[pearl tiger]

stock fiat radio? which only has cd and fm?

[dense shard]

oh lol, yeah solid upgrade

These things should also have a feature that lets you program a rear view camera and steering wheel controls.

[pearl tiger]

yeah my wheel has controls and an adapter for it costs like 70 bucks

cuz CANbus system

[dense shard]

Worth it at that point.

[charred depot]

cant wait to get bombarded by calls from insurance companies to ask me everything I have already told them then offer some obscene amount

[fathom socket]

Omfg my brakes have failed

[fathom socket]

This isn't parking brake

[civic spoke]

Assuming a wheel speed sensor on the rear.

[fathom socket]

The right rear disc is rubbing pretty hard

Both of the lights are on

[civic spoke]

But that's my guess anyway. Dirty/broken wheel speed sensor.

On the rear specifically.

[fathom socket]

I think sensor might have failed and started braking at random

[civic spoke]

That's not how brakes work on cars.

If the disc is rubbing. Then it's because it won't release from the disc. Nothing to do with the sensors.

Mechanical issue vs electric.

[fathom socket]

Ok

Then I guess my brake is stuck

But I'm screwed anyways. I'm like 1400 km away from home

[civic spoke]

The stuck brake could have also caused the sensor to give due to heat or whatever.

You can still drive without the wheel speed sensor. You just don't have ABS and maybe not traction control.

[fathom socket]

I did pull abs fuse

But there is weird rubbing noise from beind

And also the wheel was hot

[civic spoke]

Yeah. Sticky brakes.

[remote ridge]

Depending on how your traction control system works you should probably disable that as well

Some cars will start applying brake pressure on a wheel to try and force the differential to spin the other tire

[obsidian magnet]

my e46 needs a whole new body harness, I think my abs module went bad and caused it to melt and short out, fuel pump fuse kept blowing and I kept replacing it until it started to smoke real real bad from the glove compartment

[civic spoke]

So in other words. You need a whole new car.
Guessing that the hours required to replace the whole harness will cost more than the value of the car.

[obsidian magnet]

pretty much yeah

the only thing I could do is get a new harness and just solder the new one onto the old one, where its melted anyway

but I dont know if any other parts are melted

was fun while it lasted

[fathom socket]

Also might be a failed bearing

But the brake is also a bit scored

[charred depot]

I had a interesting issue in the mazda 2 where if id hit a bump it would rattle the sensor and create this awful brake feel.

like the pedal is stuckish but then suddenly unsticks

[civic spoke]

Bearing could fail because of the brakes always heating up the hub.

[fathom socket]

Mine was like grinding and pulling all over the place

Wouldn't stop

[fathom socket]

I got a Durango hellcat, took me a while to find one since there were only 3k made

Very fun to speed down the street

And do doughnuts and whatnot

[spark peak]

I had a whole ass dream of owning a pagani zonda r and I feel more inclined to get that car and feel emotionally attached to it.

[frank steeple]

I just heard a civic money shift really hard next to the highway where I’m staying lmao

[peak pebble]

Saw some cars at a car show yesterday. I felt like I was in heaven

[fathom socket]

It is the bearing that failed

[thorny bough]

i love this mad man 🤣 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJAQ9Pt_XIE

[vocal mural]

VW UP!

[civic spoke]

Sub7Up is where it's at.

[vocal mural]

Zutphen, A sharing car from GreenWheels

[fathom socket]

I ask the house owner is your parking space big enough and they say yes.

Smh

The city is hard to drive around with the f250 XLT now days

[vocal mural]

Bye bye 🥲

[umbral arrow]

i went to my local aldi and found a hot wheels section and got an ae86 tuereno or however u spell it

so cool!

[vocal mural]

Which Aldi? Nord or Süd?

[umbral arrow]

eh

lemme check

[vocal mural]

This

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yes

[vocal mural]

Or this

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this

[vocal mural]

They will join together actually

[umbral arrow]

oh really?

[charred depot]

I cant believe how cheap I got insurance on the saab for I have enough disposable income for another vehicular

[vocal mural]

https://www.businessinsider.de/wirtschaft/verbraucher/aldi-nord-und-sued-mega-fusion-a/

[charred depot]

E46 320d touring incoming methinks but I will probably need to have black box insurance :^ (

[vocal mural]

I you can read German

[stoic ledge]

I you