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They don't require as much harmonic damping / balancing (which slightly increase the weight of rotating engine parts; slightly reducing power output), but you won't notice a difference.

t. mechanical engineer grad (working as a 'software engineer' though).

In a modern car it's pretty marginal because modern technology does a pretty good job at mitigating such defects.

It used to matter more. I'd say these days it's more important to worry about reliability or set up and handling.

>>17074293
This. I drive a v6 and compared to an i6 there's relatively little shaking. (V6 was transverse so shaking would be front to back however.)

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Because it's stupid and fun. Not all Yuropoors are stuck up snobs.

Even better, Nips like drifting Dodge Vans.

>>17074171

Because Dodge is the epitome of "Not because I should, but because I can".

>>17074171
If Yuro countries removed all the taxes and fees required to own big pickup trucks and didn't tax the fuck out of fuel, pickup truck ownership would be similar the the US. For now though, the average brainwashed peasant will just tow the line of "oi blimey, why wold anyone NEED suck a thing".

It's a worse Mustang for people who want a Mustang without the Mustang name.

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>>17073999
It's trash

Why do you think it's dead?

The FCA has had a bad rep since the the 90s. Honestly, it started with the archaic automatic transmissiona they gave the magnum powered rams and Dakota's back then. Basically it was a transmission from the 60s with a torque converter on it. They really couldn't handle the power output well and thus became a mess.

As for recent years, I've seen them get better and better when it comes to their autos. I've not heard much of the electric side of things but I do known that the FCA cannot make an interior that looks /good/. They just can't.

I've heard good things about the 200, but all their other cars are just meh. Boring/bad interior, no real performance outside of Dodge and their muscle cars, Fiat I hardly ever see other than base 500s which are god awful, and the other brands are luxury/supercar brands that most don't have a way of really experiencing without shelling out a lot of money for something that is done by a competitor, but better in the first place.

Just my two cents.

>>17073923
Well, they're trying to make money by offering the same features as more expensive cars at similar production costs while at the same time having lower prices. That money's gotta come from somewhere and that's engineering and parts costs. Less engineering and cheaper parts=reduced reliability.

>>17074178
So basically like I said, retard fanboys are still convinced it's good?

I got a new turbocharger during the last recall even though the old one was perfectly okay.

If they gave me a free LS600, I'd promise to be loyal for a century.

3rd world countries dont have an auto industry... chap has to buy his cars from someone, ya know...

>>17073662
Either by trial and error, or reading literature.

I just want to talk to my bros about engines and shieeeet, not be a car mechanic.

The internet is full of it these days.

Prior to the inernet, get a car, some tools, and a Haynes manual and have at it. Hell, I started with just tools, car, and curiosity but it turns out I'm not utterly mechanically retarded.

Like legos for adults.

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>>17073631

Is Cadillac going to start making aesthetic cars again?

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>>17073640

>>17073520

>An 'X-train' is when groups of people get together to cruise slowly through neighborhoods and disturb the peace,

Seems like something Cops made up to arrest niggers, becuase them driving around slowly and playing loud music is nothing new.

Just like detroit is just being detroit
>hey lets draw tons of attention to ourselves, pissing off enough people to get the police involved
>lets do this while carrying around a whole bunch of cocaine and heroin
>lets impersonate a cop while we're at it, #yolo
>lets do this while cruising around really slowly, giving police lots of time to come to us

Play dumb games, win dumb prizes

What exactly do they do to disturb the peace?

The new Mustang is excellent. A new GT is more powerful and handles better than a Cobra.

Could you even drive one on Japan roads though? They're pretty wide

>>17073408
Greetings from earth, moonlads.

>>17073437
私は税金を減らすことができる大臣を知っています。私は純粋なアメリカの筋肉がほしいから新しいGTに興味を持っています。
>>17073438
コニチワ

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Because it's AMERICAN STEEL built to DESTROY liberals and HOMOSEXUALS and the god damn FOREIGNERS that keep invadin our beautiful COUNTRY.
I tell you H'WHAT there's NOTHING that can compare to FERD.

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>I walked away from this with only a bruise from the seatbelt.

Technically an Expedition, but Expeditions are F150s with a SUV body. They use the same Haynes books. It's why I replaced it with the same year F150 supercab. I'm moving parts over to fix minor things on pickup.

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>>17073251
that comment made me so happy i voted for the president that will make my country great again and restore jobs, he really knows what its like to be a poor freedom loving patriot like myself.

I hope he gets assange and puts him into jail for leaking out false information that harmed the US military and industrial complex that is so to dear to me.

And yes, the F150 is greatest truck ever to be driven on this flat earth.

God bless us all, except for minorities and woman.

>Have no money
>Want to look rich
>Pour money into car to show off
>Have no money

Repeat ad infinitum. Replace car with Jewellery, Clothing, Technology, Holidays, Clubbing etc as appropriate.

>>17072524
Looks rear engined and therefore improved.

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>>17072546
no the good ones said this

Don't.

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>BMW
Confirmed for deeply seated self-esteem issues

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Don't.

>>17072141
It's pretty much to the 626 what the Prelude is to the Accord.

Get the V6 though, that thing sounds godly.

>>17072141
Well it's FWD, so drifting is right out.

It also has 2 sister cars. The Mazda 626, and the Ford Probe. You've probably seen one or the other at some point.

The 2.0L is ok from what I can find, but the model to go for is the 2.5L V6. Just listen to this thing.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4I-zDE_PRI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imAVLB-WHow

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>>17072169
The problem with 2.5 V6 is that its ultra rare, and the rego for that thing is way past my wage.

So basically this car is Ford Probe/M626

What about the very ugly but very fast Honda Prelude MK5 ?

Never crashed a car and never will

kys

I reared somebody on the highway. Traffic started slowing down so I slowed down with it, not expecting everybody to break hard to a full stop. The guy in front of me also reared the guy in front of him. I got the blame for that, which was bullshit. Supposedly my small 3 doors pushed his SUV so hard that his front had (way) more damage than mine.

Anyway I fucked up. Fixed the car and was a hipster with a rusty front before it was cool (it never was) but atleast my rust wasn't pretentious rust. I just never bothered to paint the new aftermarket platework. Radiator was fucked but the engine was fine. Drove her around for 4 or 5 more years till the engine started having problems and I wanted something new anyway. From what I know she ended on a graveyard after I sold her. ;_;

Is that fucking aqours

I almost bought an RX-7 the other month. But then I was like
>wait this thing is a claptrap from forever ago
>and I don't have time to go learn what the warning signs are

It was tempting nonetheless and it rly maed me think

>>17072063
>When are the RX-7 & RX-8 gonna get a revival?
Never. Mazda considered it right up until the RX-Vision concept, then abandoned development like everyone else.
Emissions regulations killed the rotary