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>>16510029
okay

>>16510035
>Chrysler
KEK

>>16510044
okay

>>16509966
hated jump physics
upgrades came along with doing shit on the map which was nice to stay competetive in the story but I prefer feeling like a poor pos deciding on wether to get an engine or handling upgrade for the next race or even spring for a new car

>>16510700
I actually kind of like doing jumps, took some skill to get the car back in shape during landings, especially long jumps on dirt roads.

>>16509966
Best racing game since mc:la. Puts Forza to shame with everything except for number of cars. Graphics are pretty close.

Go here. It contains shitloads of info you'll get nowhere else.

http://tow411.yuku.com/

You'd better have a more comprehensive business plan than towing or you will likely lose your arse. You'd better get familiar with the scrap and salvage business too.

Get a medium duty rollback with a STEEL bed. You can weld repair them more easily in the field and steel is best for hauling wrecks, junk cars etc.

Now go to the forum above and spend about fifty hours reading. I'm not joking. Learn about proper winch use, how to do recoveries, and find a junk car to practice recovery with including using a rollover stick (hunk of pipe, you'll see examples). Get a current AAA towing handbook. Learn proper tiedown procedures.

You have a fucking shitload of work ahead. I suggest working for a towing service before going out and blowing money so you won't be ignorant. Towing and recovey is NOT a simple business if you want to make money.

Now get the fuck out to Tow411. All that time you spend on 4chan should be devoted to study.

You need to be able to fix and maintain your own rig. Don't buy a piece of shit.

Make a spreadsheet of all your costs including business license, insurance, premises (you'll need a legal, insured storage yard) etc.

Learn how magistrate sales work because you'll have a lot of abandoned cars you can't scrap otherwise. I assume you are in the US but forever end the stupid 4chan custom of not posting your location in threads. You won't be coming here for towing advice anyway so learn adult forum customs.

You should have about twice the money you have for a truck on hand to start the business.

You haven't said what your market looks like. DO YOU EVEN KNOW and I mean in depth. You'll need dealer clients so you can make a few bucks bringing cars to and from auctions. You won't be able to live on what you'll make waiting for phone calls. The margins on towing are often razor thin during lean times, and sometimes all the time.

>>16505076
Thanks I should have added, I currently have a small salvage yard (aprox 50 cars) but I don't sell many parts these days also inventory is hard to acquire that's one reason for my interest in towing, I do own a older small rollback (1979 model not acceptable for commercial tow company) and have moved well over 150 cars during the last 9 years but not wrecks from he highway just junk from peoples driveways ect, I have fucked around in my junk yard with my old truck flipping cars over and trying to recover them from weird angles but no real world experience

>>16503054
I can agree with this

>>16503054
Damn rights it was. Every child of the 90's has a F40 as a poster on the wall, alongside the McLaren F1

>>16503054
That's a Fiero.

>>16517127
turdgen

>>16517127
Fox Body Mustang. We've gone over this before.

>>16517127
Just get an AE80 or -82. Same engine options but without the faggot fanbase.

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>tfw when four seasons tires are illegal for six months so youre stuck with summer and winter tires ($$$$)

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>>16516370
>that feel when i burn my 3rd set of tyres last year
This year is going to be even worse

RIP in skids cheap chink tyres

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>>16516378
Winter tires arent that expensive
I gave barely $250 per tire for mine :^)

>>16516345
Your mom should be fine on her safe day while I filled her up.

It's fine, sealed batteries can handle it. Not recommended to permanently installed them upside down but a little flip isn't gonna hurt it

Best I can do is three fiddy

>>16515810
Nah hcci and freevalve are the last drops anyone can squeeze out of ice.

Once battery tech catches up in a decade or so it's game over.

>>16516777
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>>16516783
Same problem as ICE. You then just have a mobile power plant that is less efficient then a stationary power plant. If you turn the hydrogen into power at a real plant then transfer that power into a car you get triple the work out of the energy. This is only possible with electric vehicles.

>>16515732
fake brake ventilators?

>>16515732
Forward ficing radar for adaptive cruise control.

nah I usually dont dream about old garbage making a comeback when it has no reason to

>>16515235
Nope. The straight 8, as cool as it was, belongs in the past.

The closest thing we've ever seen modern-wise is the Cadillac SIXTEEN concept, which had a Northstar based ~13L V16 engine

>>16515242
You weren't a fan of the Chrysler bailouts then?

>>16514877
>mfw British flag on plate
Predictable.

>nismo
>toyota

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>>16514886
car's located in SF too

And you cant tell from this pic, but the brake disks are painted red

>>16515003
>broke
>4000 turd
Hwat?
Buy a corolla and stfu

At least that shitbox is in the fucking ocean where it belongs

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>>16515003
are... are those fucking BRZ/FRS/GT86/WRX wheels on a pontiac sunfire...?

dear lord

herbie nigga

godmachine

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>>16514832
spray some PB Blaster, take two pairs of channel locks, or vice one end, and go at it.

>>16514832
is that one of those stupid ass lug keys?

>>16514832
>put it on ground
>smack it on the side with a hammer till lug pops out
>throw both in trash cause those lugs and keys suck ass

>>16514787
Sorry

:(