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If I'm used to driving weak RWD cars and I bought a "performance" car, would I notice anything other than more acceleration? Or would I be trying to keep the thing on the road all the time?

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Hi /o/, it's been a while. Got bored and figured I'd drop in and say what's up and see how everyone's been doing 'round here.

Wanna share some /o/ stories? I'll start

>2014, be driving pic related.
>Me, and ex-wife decide to go visit friends.
>after five hours of just driving around town and going on a food adventure we proceed to drive our friends home.
>my buddy is in the front with me, both wives are in the back.
>suddenly Taylor Swift comes on the radio.
>*facepalm* move to change channel before anyone notices.
>Friends wife starts shouting "PUT IT BACK I LOVE THAT SONG"
>killmeplease.jpg
>one hour of buddies wife and my ex wife singing in back seat while me and him are in the front, facepalming.
>friends wife then opens window
>we don't pay attention
>hear knocking on the front passenger window
>me and buddy is like "wtf's that sound?"
>look to passenger window
>buddies wife is hanging out from the back seat window, looming out to front pasenger window, knocking and waiving "hi" at us.
>I start screaming "GET THE FUCK BACK IN THE CAR!"
>ex wife tries to pull her in
>buddies wife hold on and is for some reason REFUSING to come back into the car
>buddy then also tries to pull wife back in
>suddenly i hear shouting from all three
>i think she fell and they're trying to pull her back in.
>ride brake gently, four ways, left hand on wheel, try to help pull her back in with my right arm.
>as i take two seconds to look back to make sure shes getting back in making sure shes okay i run over a curb and blow out rear passenger tire.
>everyone beings bitching and moaning because i hit a curb
>to my defense i respond with; "Well shit, it's kind of hard to do that when you're trying to drive with one hand, and pull in a raving hyper and crazed Taylor Swift/Miley Cyrus/Whateverthefuckyoucallher fan back into your car while she suddenly things it's a good idea to hang out of it.
>make it back to their house on flat
>change tire
>go home and add 'no taylor swift in car' rule.

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https://youtu.be/y9gvVRf4fPk

Why are some drivers so awful?

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What car is this? Saw it parked outside

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Redpill me on this guy

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Fiat once again manages to fuck up the perfect formula, LPG save your money

http://www.caranddriver.com/reviews/2017-fiat-124-spider-automatic-review

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What shift knob do you have in your car? Do you love it/hate it?

What would you recommend to other anons?

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How often do you change your oil, /o/?

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Australian here. Is this worth buying? How's the Mazda dealership and after-sales service in down under?

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Tempted to pull the trigger on one of these.
Lightly used models. 2013/14 maybe 15.
UK Models, because eurofag.

Any br/o/s have any experience with these cars?
Reliability - good/bad?
Things to look out for when buying one?
Common faults?

Thanks guys.

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Has /o/ ever caught someone messing with their car? Like, in the process of letting your tyres down, or attempting to break into it or something?

>be me
>usually don't use my nice car for trivial trips but I was out driving it earlier in the day so whatever its warmed up
>need to get butter and milk from the shop
>park miles and miles away from all the normies so I don't get my doors fucked up
>go in buy my shit
>come back out and see some guy eyeing up my car and skulking and shit
>get a bit closer and realise he's down on one knee proposal style
>he's got his phone out and is taking photos of it
>when I unlock the car he gets a shock, looks around and spots me
>I get closer
>he smiles and is like 'heh nice car mate, these were a 4.2 V8 right?'
>I tell him to fuck off and don't mess with my car again
>he just frowns at me and walks off

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How bad is a convertible as a first car? I found a fancy one and bought it without thinking.

Dont want to say what it is

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What exactly was the point of this brand?

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Would you rather have three $70,000 cars, or one $210,000 supercar?

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Is there a place in Queens NY that can install tires without scratching the wheels?