Alright you fuckers, so looks like we're meeting up for Palomar Mountain at 6:30 AM on the 19th. Plan is to leave by 7:00 to avoid all the traffic and suicidal bicyclists on the road. There is a restaurant about halfway up the mountain so bringing your own food is optional, but make sure you have plenty of water.
Meeting spot: The Chevron at 656 Benet Rd. Oceanside, CA 92058. Depending on how many people show up, we may meet in the shopping center next to it.
So what are you waiting for? Get the day off, bring your shitbox/bike/whatever, and let's hit up SoCal's most technically challenging touge!
>>16129169
I hope you all drive off the mountain.
>>16129169
>not doing a joint meet with N/o/rCal
Seriously are you niggers scared or something?
>>16129187
Nope, just too lazy to drive to the complete opposite side of the state.
Alright /o/, I need your help.
I'm going to be completely honest with you. I'm scared of driving. I don't want to be, but I am. I'm terrified to get on the highways, I'm scared anytime there is even a slight amount of inclement weather, I'm scared of snow, every time I drive, i'm frightened. And I don't want to be. I want to enjoy driving. I want to be into cars. But I just can't. It seems like my whole driving experience up untill this point has worked against me.
>Didn't get my licence until I was in my 20's because my parents would never go driving with me so I could never get the expirience.
>Drivers ed teacher said I was so bad that they made me pull into a mall parking lot so they could yell at me for breaking through turns. I never went back.
>Got hit by a fucking car at one point jaywalking.
>Live in upper midwest so constantly have to deal with snow and poor weather conditions when I go to and from work. Terrified every time.
>Knew multiple people who had stories of friends/family die in car wrecks (or become paralyzed/mutilated)
>Almost been run off the road by angry coon
>Had to drive through 30 miles of super dense fog once
>Have skidded into intersections due to snow
>I tell people about my fear of highway driving and how if you crash going 70 you're fucking dead, and no one cares or understands (everyone does it, what are you gonna just not drive on highways?, etc.)
It's fucking crippling me. I think everytime I go driving that this is gonna be the time I crash, or get crippled, or die. It's embarrassing but I dont know how to get over it. You guys all seem to love cars and love driving. How do I learn to love the thing I'm most afraid of?
How I got over my fear of driving:
>Rear ended an Acura TL who pussed out at a stop sign when he looked like he was going
>Wrecked into a guard rail, took my bumper off in the snow and limped home
>Rolled a SUV in January of this year
>Daily a carb'd, 350 swapped ranger that has no heat ATM, no fuel gauge, and leaks oil. (Air bag functionality is also in question)
My advice is to abandon your fear of dying, being stranded, and terribly maimed in an auto accident.
>>16189050
I'm the opposite to you anon. At 18 i buy a moped for university i drove it around a car park for 5 minutes then took it out on the road, one of the scariest things i have every done had some guy pull up next to me and shout to go faster.
Next year or riding that thing daily in any weather just for the fun off it.
Move out of the city campus and by a motorcycle for the highway. Once again scary as fuck but fun and the rush i would get out of lane splitting was amazing especially when you go threw a gap small then you thought it was.
Finally got caught out a few months back by a chink on her phone and the bike got totaled. She ended up spending a fuck ton on lawyers to make the accident my fault so she wouldn't lose her license and my insurance didnt want to pay to fight it. Hope she gets cancer.
Then i bought a little A-B car which i hate, No fun, No danger, No risk. Only thing i like is when its raining i don't get wet. Going to save up and get another bike in a year or so. The risk is high but thats the price of living anon.
In a car your odds of dying are pretty slim anyway. You need to relax and watch out for Asians
>>16189050
how did you learn to drive?
Are you looking ahead far enough? If you're looking just in front of your car, then it feels like any speed is going too fast.
Don't take turns too fast in the first place, I usually brake to 20 km/h before turning. Skidding through intersections with snow is entirely your fault for going too fast and/or not having snow tires.
For your highway fear, you can always drive behind a slower vehicle like a truck (but obviously don't go into their blind spot). No one's going to be tailgating you because they will just lane change knowing you can't go any faster. Don't be afraid of the speed because it's actually going to be more dangerous if you're under the speed limit when everyone's passing you. Heck, people will already be passing you even if you are at the speed limit.
Before I got my G2, I already watched a season of Canada's Worst Driver which I actually learned quite a bit from.
Cars that deserve to be talked about more.
Fiat Punto
>>16180310
mjet pls go
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>>16190292
1 down 4 up niggaz
im drunk
lets shitpost the night away guys
ITT
Manlet insecurity cars
>>16186013
>literally exactly my boss' truck
Kek
>Manlet insecurity cars
>unlifted base model single cab
What
>>16186047
I only know two people with lifted trucks and they are 6'2 and 6'3
manlets feel insecure having to climb into lifted trucks like a child or a woman
If you has the choice to either get the Nissan gtr or the Porsche 911 carrera which one would you choose?
911, no contest.
911
911
GENERAL CRASH THREAD.
JUST CRASHED, SHARING STORY.
>be me
>be miata bro
>just put in torsen lsd
>go to /o/ meet just today
(Yeah the one yearly as fuck)
>meet up with fellow fags
>Asian bro, Mexican bro, chubby bro, video bro
>small meet
> start 2 head up moutain
>lil traffic, tell we hit the switch backs
>hit sweet driftos going up
>spin out once but we don't talk about that
>take rest stop just before the switch backs
>>16187840
So what happened? Did you actually hit anything?
>tfw called mexibro even though I'm Colombian and Italian.
>Dad is literally white male
>Mom light skin as fuck hispanic
>somehow I'm tan as fuck and my tan lines have tan lines.
>tfw never will escape this hell
Post pictures of Miata.
Why didnt they base it on the coupe ?
>>16192720
Because there isn't one?
>>16192720
Because it would have looked even better and won more races.
Mercedes were playing us all like a damn fiddle.
>>16192795
/thread
What is this tube for /o/? Is it part of the intake?
previous owner left it with electrical tape stuffed in it
>Pic related is rotated left 90° sorry
What car, what engine?
Show a bigger photo so that people can tell more exactly where its located
Where does the tube go to in the other end?
>>16192703
It leads to near the cylinders
2004 v6 ford Mustang
>Inb4 my gf's
>Pic related is other end
>DexCool
>>16192591
Ignore the broken evap lines
>>16192591
Dexcool is always orange.
What you should really be afraid of is the fact that it basically turns into mud inside the water jacket.
>>16192623
That's what it did. The photo isn't clear, but its actually reddish brown.
What's a good beginner bike (125cc)? 18 and live in the UK so can only ride slow as shit motorbikes.
If I'm gonna go that slow I might as well get a cruiser. I'm 6'1 btw
>>16192526
get a ped
or a grom
>>16192526
wr125
>>16192526
Where do you faggots find this shit? This is fucking condensed viagra
What's the best way of getting a live rat from your engine bay? No chemistry. I already set up two traps in my garage.
pic not related
Lock your car in the garage and start a big fire in there, mouse will try and get out because it thinks there is a fire
Put a trail of cheese down the intact duct into your airbox. He'll get trapped there.
>>16191687
hektik skidz
Is there any cars similar to this? Like a little shitbox wagon but AWD. I want one of these so bad for a daily but I live in Australia and apparently none were for sale here
>>16191599
Suzuki SX4
>>16191601
that looks expensive though
>>16191599
they made a tercel 4x4 in the 80s and it had an available 6 speed transmission with a granny first. my dad used to have one with plaid seats
>tfw you miss the big get
>auto
>nearly empty
>parked with highbeams on
>
Look forward to the 111111 get anon
>>16191070
>133333 was last get achieved
>but it's lost on an old phone
>>16191070
>parked with highbeams on
That's the light that let's you know your low beams are on idiot.
Anyone ever driven an Isuzu Vehicross?
>>16190700
>tfw most of them are now garage queens
>>16190700
Afaik it's just a Chevy Tracker with a fancy body
>>16190725
Scratch that, I forgot it's a V6. CAMI didn't produce it either.