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>you never got to learn manual on a dodge viper
hold me, anon

>>16238796
So what did he do this time to fuck it up?

>>16238812
Tried to pull a hottie by letting her drive his Viper and embarrassed himself. I guess it didn't like sitting at idle for so long.

Looks like Stacy is getting a ride home from Chad and Doug is making friends with another tow truck driver.

Z06 looks better, sounds better, and comes with a manual. Give me a Corvette, I don't care about lap times.

>found gms marketing team

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corvette > memet-r anyday
the gtr is the ugliest car i've ever test driven lmao
chebby makes engines so good even obscure italian companies use them

Tbh I'll take the corvette. I've driven a Z06 in manual and there was just something raw in driving it that I loved, whereas the gtr is an over-computerized "car" that might as well be a ps4 (I know that's a meme, but it's absolutely true).

[hoonigan]

>>16236397
Two speed converterless automatic

Transverse Haldex AWD

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>>16234801
>honda """""awd"""""
Get a subaru instead if you want something with awd that works and still checks all of those boxes. If you seriously cannot find a 2.5 with the headgaskets already done, you can get a 2.2 instead since those don't suffer from the headgasket meme.

>>16234887

I was gonna qualify "AWD", it's not the best but does in a pinch. Subarus of that age have issues and aren't as ubiquitous around here.

>>16234801

agreed, those crv's are pretty based. Granted the AWD system isn't all that superior

>>16233860
Commiefornia

>>16233860
fucking this.
everyone here drives like a complete autist and the constant rain just makes it worse

and god help you if your car's A/C is broken during the spring, summer, and most of fall. the heat is fucking unbearable

>>16233860
>>16233883
>>16233936
>people who have no idea what the roads are like in places where it actually gets cold
Just fuck right off, I hit more potholes on my way to work than there are in your entire fucking states.

>6.5 Burban
Color me jelly

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I got a turbo off of a 6.5 at a junkyard. Have been planning on putting in on a 5.3 with a knock (pic related but recently got a new rod pressed on it) I got for $300 but still haven't done it. I've had the thing over a year now...

>95' Starlet GT turbo
>find out on a sunday my front tires are completely bald
>swap front tires with rear tires cause they got plenty of tread and 2 b a little more safer for now
>new tires ordered today

Are you the guy who posted some behind the scenes pics at this years Le Mans?

I'd love to be a race mechanic but, sadly, I live in a shithole country with absolutely zero motorsports oriented education and shit-tier tech education.

My question is: what are your options if you absolutely don't want to study engineering BUT you wan't to be related to motorsports?

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>>16223416
yes I posted a bunch of stuff between here and the /sp/ threads about it, Also a few pics here and there during other WEC races, but not much.

I don't really get your question, if you want to become a mechanic you definitely don't need to study engineering.

maybe I should clarify a bit on the position of the race engineer: while it is called "engineer" you don't actually need to be an engineer to do that. Managing the setup of a car (which is most of what a race eng does) is a matter of knowing the basics of vehicle dynamics and apply that to what the driver says to make him faster.
There are a lot of race mechanics who get race engineer positions after a few years, because if you pay a tiny bit of attention to what you do when working as a mechanic, you will soon learn how cars react to modifications made on them.

Of course you will get nowhere without an actual degree if you hope to reach high levels, but mid-tier teams will happily accept experienced race mechanics who can prove they know their shit about setup management. There is also a whole universe of non-official championships made primarily for rich people who want to have fun, but have lowish staff requirements. BOSSgp is the first one that comes to mind, it's not competitive, drivers are in there for the fun and they race old F1 cars in there, among others. I personally know an ex colleague who was a mechanic and is now a race engineer in a BOSSgp team.

this is the only "engineering" position you will ever get without a degree and it won't get you at the top anyway, for everything else (telemetry, comms, data analysis) you always need a degree unless you work with very small teams where the only engineering position other than the race eng is a guy who can download and read data from the car.

And if you are serious about working with race cars, be prepared to move elsewhere if the motorsport scene is bad where you live.
France and Germany are prime locations if you live in Europe

What do you think of the Ryan Eversley podcast put out by Marshall Pruett? Kid goes to homeschool to free up time to feed his race car addiction and working at local race shop, builds prototypes at 17 years old, and manages to land rides through connections and fakes it until he makes it now as the new NSX GT3 driver.

>my insurance costs more than my rent
>my insurance costs more than any other expense I have

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>browsing for new used car
>have several options
>Lexus rarely even appears in the ads and has higher insurance rates and fuel costs than a fucking Mercedes of similar age, power and trim
>Volvo is more common and affordable but usually high mileage and won't let me live out my suppressed Japan affection

>want a new car
>with my wage getting the one I want takes like a year
>current car is on last legs and breaking down
>a lot of money goes into fixing my current car
>tfw I love it but it's not sporty enough and fix her because she deserves it after a decade of service

I don't fucking know but snap that fucking thing up.

>>16217812
I messaged the guy but I'm wary about him not speaking English and it needs something, I understand that

>>16217816
Coworker says it just says it's for sale.

>>16244006
is this some kind of bait ?
don't do that

Get oil that is prediluted so you don't fuck up your engine.

>>16244006
I'd recommend 80:20 water to oil. Really helps the oil maintain that viscosity.

Dont...
It just dries out the plastic and makes it worse, just buy a bottle of that stuff that turns the plastic black again.
Or use peanut butter (im serious)

>>16243731
use vaseline for the outside

>>16243740
>>16243747
These. Plastic fading is just a result of the surface drying out. You just need to moisturize it using something that will soak in nicely and then be relatively durable. Vaseline and peanut butter both are thick enough to stay on the trim and soak in. Peanut oil seems like it would decompose and get cloudy though

Look, I'm used to you all coming over and fuckposting on /m/, but what are you doing here, lad?
You lost?

>>16243718
>>16243727

Whoops shit sorry. iPhone posting fucked me over thought I was on /mu/ when I had an /o/ tab open.

Post your size so we can get an idea faggot

>>16243525
189cm, 6' 2" in the murrica system i think. My tallest brother is 205cm, about 6' 8"

>>16243551
6'2 isn't even monster height u baby 6'8 on the other hand is, and good luck finding a comfy car for him - maybe a conversion van

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>>16243260

>>16243190
More than you can afford, pal

>>16243190
You don't understand how going fast works, do you? Oh poor anon.

>>16243190
they have a long and a short lay-out. It's a figure 8 numbnuts.