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I wanted to fuck James May's ass so hard
Just a comment

>The Grand Tour wasn't so good I thought it would be
>new Top Gear is shit

wew lad...

>>16908899
I might start watching the LeBlanc one again, give it a fresh shot.
TGT is shit. I have been watching TG since the 90's, I couldn't even make it a full season of TGT.

Testing out the ol' engine braking technique I see. :^))

TFW second is good all the way to 62mph

why the FUCK would you let an absolute beginner go to speeds that would require going into 5th gear in the first place?

seems like you as an "instructor" have to learn quite a lot also

Hit it please, hopefully total that shit. That way I can get a RWD car instead.

>>16908379
This desu, I love my shitbox, but it's time for something fun.

>>16908379
Literally this

I'm interested. Bumping

>>16908318
i doubt many here are stupid enough to work (get ripped off by) for uber

Another thing that happened to me.

>get call
>no one waiting outside (as usual)
>wait for 5 minutes. Still no one
>text rider to say I'm here
>wait 5 more minutes
>no reply
>cancel call
>got another one 2 seconds later
>same dumb cunt
>managed to find her
>awkward ride
>gives me 1 star

TL;DR: I got a 1-star rating because a dumb cunt was too dumb to use the rider app.

>>16908145
It happens. I do the same shit. I even drive an ugly shit box but I think it's cool because it sounds good, is relatively fast and is a 5 speed.

>>16908145
>in parking lot, see 2017 mustang gt
>get hard

what a faggot

>automatic
>talk shit to the driver in my head

what a cringy faggot

>>16908145
Congrats. You're now in the boy racer phase. You'll grow out of it in about 5 years and wonder why you cared how people drove their cars.

why a 430?
if you want a bmw, get a 240i, it really is the last good bmw left

>>16908133
Why would you need a warranty package if you are leasing it?

How fucking dumb are you? Or are you just LARPing a CHEM-E major who just got their first promotion?

>>16908502
It just seems small. I'm only 6'1 but i still think i shouldn't get anything smaller than a 3 series.

The 4 series "looks" good to me.

also the 240i seems a lot more expensive starting at 50k. I will be checking it out though/

Plastic pile of shit worst in segment

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>>16907959
Tell me why faggot.. will it leave me stranded on the road? It has 58000 mileage from a major dealer...
>inb4 get a charger

>>16908018
Because it's made out of plastic and by one of the most notoriously unreliable brands?

It won't leave you stranded at 58k (it's not a Volkswagen), but it'll be worse than every other car you could buy.

>>16907840
You're confusing skill with habit.

>>16907882
Why do you think there is such inconsistency in quarter mile times with manuals depending on the driver? Some people can just shift faster and smoother than others. Automatics are much more consistent.

>>16907909
>driving a car in a straight line
>skill

>>16907777
Is this post real? Because it's stupid as fuck.

>>16907783
>when an anon of /o/ has a degree in savagery

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>>16907777
>buying German electronic shit

>>16907783
THIS
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>>16907695
how do you expect to get good milage out of a 50 yo car?
what the hell kind of jeep were you driving

>>16907695
>From what I've read those old slant sixes were pretty reliable too.
My aunt had a dart back in the 70s. It was indeed, a good motor. Rusted away tho.

>>16907695
I have a 74 duster which is almost the same thing (different body ofc)

>>16907749
>how do you expect to get good milage out of a 50 yo car?
If it's a single barrel he can get pretty good mileage out of one assuming he doesn't push it too hard.

>>16907609
because it would barely be able to move without one

>>16907609
because VW is based AS FUCK and likes to make all their cars fun and quick to drive no matter what they cost.

>>16909825
>fucking boring and heavy fwd yuro barges
>"VW is based AS FUCK and likes to make all their cars fun and quick to drive"

>>16907544
Why not?

No roof -> better ventilation -> better battery cooling -> explodes several seconds later -> reaches higher max velocity.

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>employ brightest minds in tech and engineering
>produce same shit in slightly different packages for a decade

No, you are basically suggesting that the car shift, but in the end the car will decide if it wants to or not depending on the situation.

>>16907549
This, they nanny the fuck out of you.

>>16907549
When I drove my first paddle shifter, I thought that I would be able to throw it in sport mode and then control my shifts with a click. Turns out the shifts happen like half a second after I click upshift when at redline. Also, I can't do quick downshifts.

What a shitty system.

>>16907526
Get a shitbox if you really want to, and learn how to drive a manual. Don't get something new if you're going to be fucking up the transmission with inexperience.

In this one and only case, I'd suggest you truly, TRULY get a 3k shitbox civic.

If you have no way to take it out of the lot, very stupid

If you cannot practice driving manual at all then see if you could arrange a tow truck to get it to your house when you buy it and practice it in your neighborhood

Or go on craigslist and find the cheapest manual trans beater that runs for ~$500-1000 and drive it into the ground to get the hang of it before buying your DD

>>16907526
just ask the guy you are buying it from to teach you, if its a lot they definitely will, otherwise throw the guy an extra 50$ or something to teach you

>>16907520
it'd be cool but the gas mileage would be shit and you don't have obd2 to diagnose any problems.

>>16907520
Boy did these things RUST in the rust belt.