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>>15481499
>tfw you will never race the Americlap road piggies down the long highways in a heavily modified unspecified foreign car, making daring escapes just before the choppers arrive
>you will never be a legend of the American roads

>>15481499
>4,442lbs
>4
>4
>2
>POUNDS

pigfat

the chargers are complete garbage though

-tiny ass back window makes reversing a guessing game
-tiny ass trunk has no room for gear
-constant breakdowns since day one

the new explorers are better in every way, even with some transmission issues

t. police

>>15470457
What the fuck? It was a great car though you moron

>>15470457
>particularly obvious counter to Honda's breakout NSX
No it wasn't. The NSX was the "revolutionary" lightweight mid-engine Accord. The GTO was supposed to be a pigfat grand tourer with lots of 90s Jap tech (read; gremlins) and creature comforts for long trips.

>>15470457
The single biggest problem the GTO had wasn't its cost or weight or reliability. It's that it didn't really have a clear purpose with the Eclipse and Lancer Evolution already existing. What does it actually do better than either of its siblings?

i hate niggers too my poor friend.

my advice is to focus on school and move to a white neighborhood in bumblefuck as soon as possible.

living in/near a city just isn't worth it

that or bait some niggers with frieds chickens and straight cap their ass.

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>>15464293
>>15464306

>>15464311
what did exhentai search result turn up as?

>>15453068
honesty to customers
treat employees with respect
dont be a asshole or full of pride just because you own the place
dont be cheap when it comes to buying shop equipment
make the place presentable, not some raggy ass shop(like most small private shops)
hire people you know and trust.
always try to know whats going on in your business


dealerships run really organized compared to small shops. i worked in both. dealerships had service advisors, a dispatcher(the guy who gives out the jobs), a parking lot for customer cars. unlike a small shop i worked for. we had to park cars in the street with heavy traffic. no service advisor or dispatcher. the boss was also the owner so he told everybody what to do and he was a asshole. i only lasted 2 weeks before he fired me. he ran the place like shit compared to a dealership which i did 4 yrs in.

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>>15453068
>What suggestions could you offer for a successful shop?

Why don't you tell us?

You're the one starting the shop, so you already have ideas on what the shop will do.

>>15453068
>What suggestions could you offer for a successful shop?

Be aware of all jobs and charged tasks being worked upon in the shop. At the dealerships, the mechanics don't get to talk to the customers ever. They are always isolated thru a service writer. I know the name is service advisor, but I have yet to see one give real advice.

If you don't isolate your mechanics from the customers, you may find your customers negotiate with the mechanics directly or even call them up on the phone outside the business. Then the mechanic does work for the customer for payments that you never see, but the work is done in your shop with your lift and insurance costs.

Certain parts are literally impossible to find without certain channels of supply.

Also, some procedures are so ass fucking backwards that only the dealership techs actually know how to do them correctly.

>literally just fluid changes
>can't even into green text properly

What's the point of this thread, all I'm sensing is negativity.

Is the picture yours op? If so why would we care?

No one here who respects themselves go to any shop ever except for major stuff like engine swapping. Everyone else and their buddies are swapping transmissions like the garage faggots we are

>>15419448
when you own any eurotrash car with fancy computers in it that go wrong or electric/hybrid car

>>15480961
Faggotmobile

They make a nice after market poly bushing for the trans mount, it makes it a LOT better, reduces front tire skip.

Its cheap too.

Careful with the paint, its shit. It scratches when you look at it wrong.

looks retarded and there are $600 motorcycles that are faster

>>15476014
Enjoy death after wasting all your money on trash

>>15476014
>Anyone have a XJ Cherokee?
>Any tips? I'm gonna go look at it soon, it's got the 4.0L and looks clean as all get out. What should I keep an eye for?
Rust, check the suspension
Sometimes they over heat due to the t-stat housing gasket going bad
Sometimes electrics can go screwy
>He wants 5k for it.
What mileage? What year?

Literally the god machine, the 4.0L will run past the heat death of the universe

not to mention they produced the ugliest goddamn cars during that period

>>15475663
>Implying other nations made anything better.

>>15475663
But the amc gremlin is amazing

Why are you so upset I don't understand
Is it somehow surprising that newer cars are better than old ones?

Speaking as someone who just bought a 2017 Outback (literally 5 days ago), The forester really wasn't as comfy for the driver.

>>15473608

What about it felt different to you?

>>15473645
.....The seats in particular. Might be the particular trim i was in, but i really didn't like them, especially in comparison to the outback. Though i can't give you a detailed and full description of the Forester because i only sat in it for a few mins.

>>15473269

Escort Max2 HD or Max 360. Anyone who says Valentine hasn't bothered looking at radar detector s in the last 5 years. It's old, outdated and underperforming. It doesn't have GPS lockout, it's way to sensitive and they expect you to connect your phone to it for any modern features like redlight and speed camera detection. The 360 has the directional arrows making the valentine obsolete. Any modern Escort is far superior to Valentine.

i use a v1. it's great, but not very good at filtering false positives on x and k - luckily the cops in my state only use ka and laser, so I just turned those off. I wouldn't recommend it if you need x or k.

>>15473281
>Hurry durrr I'm too poor to afford a v1

The fuck outa here

>>15478391
>my parents gave me an 11k budget for a car
>can you guys give me some options

suicide.

>>15478397
Why?

>>15478399
buy a honda, they are practical and reliable dd

Hire Pablo at home depot

unclip the clips

take out the filter

put in the filter

clip the clips

>>15475037
>clips
I drive a Honda.

>>15474011
Have you seen that shitty Honda civic truck? It may be sooner than you think.

>>15474025
are you retarded

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Europe has it.

In the US it's a lost cause because their automotive legislation has held back foreign utility vehicles with a tax since forever, and has lately also evolved to discriminate against car based utility vehicles through crash requirements and emissions limits in an attempt to protect the last domain Detroit still has the upper hand in on the American market. For US laws, there are basically only two types of vehicles, cars and trucks. Car based utility vehicles would be classed as cars because of their platforms, and be subject to stricter crash requirements and emissions limits, making them more expensive to develop and manufacture. Body on frame SUVs and pickups on the other hand are classed as trucks and be subject to lesser regulation than cars. Station wagons died in the US for the same reason. It's become impossible to offer station wagons for comparable prices as SUVs.

>>15470304
>dat-sun
>hine-day

>>15470304
It is correctly pronounced as 'knee-sahn'

Britbongs kys

>>15470320
>pronouncing things the way fisheads do
>not how it's spelt

Fuck off weeb

>kys
>>>/r/eddit

Land cruiser?

>>15472778
/thread

>>15472778
I would agree but they're more expensive and get pretty bad mpg. I think the 4runner is the sweet spot for a DD