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>>16833563
>going home from class
>the way i normally take is blocked off by three cop cars that pulled over a beaner truck
>they have them sitting out on the sidewalk
>get in other lane to get on freeway
>look over to see if lane is really blocked
>light turns yellow and suv infront of me slams on brakes
>i SLAM on breaks going 40 mph
>tires start skidding
>start sweating bullets
>some how manage to not hit the suv
>make sure not to make eye contact with the cops
>drive away like nothing happened

>>16833563
>Driving from school to work at around 6pm
>be a bit sleepy
>wake up from raod noise when i m going around 50 mph straight into an off ramp guardrail
> manage miss the guardrail and stop on the off ramp

Front Bumper just touching the rail

3 week later
>Going home after work around 1 pm
>be sleepy
>wake up in hospital with both legs broken

I ran straight into a tree

>>16833563
I never had any fuck ups because I pay attention to what i'm fucking doing. My only fuckup I had was very minor and that was failing to yield.

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i use pic related in my shitbox

>>16833512

cant read? says high performance right on the fuckin label

>>16833614
Yeah? So does every other oil numbnuts

Contrarian viewpoints are loved on/o/
The autists will do whatever they can to separate themselves from "stupid normies" even if it means jerking over the most bland and boring shit boxes known to man

It goes as far as some faggots literally claiming they'd take a stock miata or crown vic over a 911 gt3 or huracan etc

>>16833416

But a stock Miata has so much more SOOOOOUL!!!!

>>16833390
Nice pic, OP. Your thread's shit, though.

>>16833200
Engineering explained was nice, but now it has covered pretty much all the basics and should move on to more complex stuff.
Doug de Muro is meh.
Regular car guy reviews are dank.
VisioRacer is shit, especially for the voiceovers, but made me find out about some nice pieces of motoring.
Rob Ferretti is a cool guy and actually lives with the cars so he knows his stuff.

>>16833200
Used to been Saabkyle04, I would watch his vids to get insight on certain few cars. Now he just reviews cars that the white collar worker with a good yearly salary can afford, sports cars, or some other cars I don't really care for. Kinda wish he brought back his diversity thing reviewing cars of different classes, i.e. Sedan, Sports, Crossover, SUV, Pickup, etc..

>>16833223

>Saabkyle04
>"""reviews"""
>Literally just states objective facts about the car the whole time

If I wanted a spec sheet, I wouldn't spend 12 minutes of my time listening to an autist read it off the Wikipedia page.

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Don't do it until you can afford both cars. Unless you're pretty dedicated. Then go for it , a 60s VW can be a happy daily driver. It can be a bit of a heart break as well, but not many cars do that to you.

Issues, over priced, hidden rot, often poorly looked after, poor 'upgrades', bad paint jobs, cruddy chicken wire and filler 'welding', all the usual bullshit with an old car.

The very very best is a nearly as close to stock not too cut up solid original air-cooled type 1. Once you've a solid bug most other problems (engine, mechanics, etc.) are not that big a deal.

Say $4500 to $7,500 for a clean stock bug? Sounds reasonable.

Restored beetles, check up on the workshop, take someone who might spot bad work. I've found with even a very very well restored bug, they start rusting again quite quickly. More so than a normal original. Lower quality parts and inferior to factory paint job mean that spending $10,000 on a restoration, seven years later they look really sad again if they see a lot of road use. You rarely get your money back on the re-sale either. Hmmmm, best that you're idealistic to go through all this.

Um,

Right, you've bought one. Every 3,000 miles or 3 months you have to adjust the brake shoes and change the oil. They are high maintenance or they become a poor drive. The shoe brakes on a vintage beetle are not self adjusting. Aftermarket discs conversions are easy to get these days , I don't know if they are good quality or made of plastic, but I'd add it to your budget. The shoe brakes on beetles are awful.

:)

The engines are really good (if they are not totally knackered out). If it's a fresh well looked after engine even the 1200, it should quite happily do its best for you. Like a well meaning lawn mower, it'll become your friend.

They are great at night with the round dash light, it's like you could be flying a bomber over Berlin, it really feels like it sometime as you yaw around a round-a-bout.

I own a 73, I can say that it has been the fallback vehicle in a house full of mechanics with very little upkeep.

Change oil and keep the valves adjusted, and it keeps chugging. All of the work to be done on them is about the easiest I have ever done. I started on a bug, it taught me a lot.

I would suggest you buy this book:
http://www.barnesandnoble.com/p/how-to-keep-your-volkswagen-alive-john-muir/1102227825/2676385941153?st=PLA&sid=BNB_DRS_Marketplace+Shopping+Books_00000000&2sid=Google_&sourceId=PLGoP1755&k_clickid=3x1755

It comes at VW purchase and ownership from a very simple angle, with minimum investment in tools and equipment. Its also fun to read.

Also,

Betty careful of the VW shows, the web forums, the trendy Air-cooled only VW 'dude' mechanic, the players on the scene, they are total cancer. Buy the parts and your good local mechanic will be able to fix anything gets, stay away from VW specialist workshops...

:/

>>16831707
Everybody walk the dinosaur

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REV

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>>16831186
Its the same way your automatic 6 speed works

you drive the car, the more gas you put into it the higher the RPM's go. When the car (or you) sees that its time to shift it shifts up to the next gear and the RPM's drop. Its literally backwards for slowing down

>>16831194
Anon, it still doesn't really make sense.

What happens when you get to 5th gear and you want to keep increasing the RPM? Where do you go from there?

So if I start off on 1st gear, and I'm driving and the RPM gets to say 3k, do I have to move it up to 2nd gear? What happens if I leave it at 1st gear? Will the RPM just keep going up, or will it stay on 3k? Do I have to move it so second gear for it to go up to 4k RPM so that my car can go faster?

>>16831203
When you reach maximum speed you will be reaching maximum revs in 5th gear, so what's the problem here?

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How many posts before
>Corvette vs GTR
>American vs Euro
>Manual vs auto
?

>>16831011
What if we just like having something that's powerful enough to pull and big enough to not care about what we drive on, but comfy enough to be in all day?

>>16831127
What the hell are you guys pulling, I never see these type of trucks doing anything besides weaving in and out of traffic.

>>16830699
Shouldn't have pulled the cats big boy

>>16830699
The easy solution is to report them for stealing your catalytic converter.

>>16830699
Gladly.

ok

Anyone who doesn't drive an Audi by now is a misogynist and a Trump supporter. It's 2017.

I have news for you, all german cars are pain and endless spending money.

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>>16830267
first for fuck moog, postiem8, jimmy and myself ofc

>>16830267
Sup ladies, First for keeping it a car thread. What does everyone drive?

>>16830276
hahaha beat you do itt

Mine

the only interesting metric is rarest production car, one off cars don't really count as rare in a way that's meaningful.

A stock S13.

>Ferd F-150 Platinum for comfy daily
>Duramax GMC Canyon/Chebby Colorado for work

>>16829041
I wanna feel the road

You're looking for air bag suspension setups.

Deflate when driving fast. Inflate for smooth ride. Deflate for parking and achieving maximum stance.

>>16829061
This

good ones also have individual control over pressure and height

>REXUS

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>>16828284
JEEP

>>16828284
Mazda and Peugeot a cute.

>Matsuda!