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So according to my research, a Cobalt SS Turbo from 2008 onward is the cheapest way to be faster than just about everything you see on the road in America. Sadly it's FF, but am I wrong? This thing has muscle car-tier 0 to 60mph (5.5 seconds) times for a quarter of the cost in a fucking I4. That's incredible.

Sure, it's >Chevy and the interior is plastic fantastic but their 2.xl Ecotec is well known as a reliable engine and the F35 transmission is bulletproof.

Yea yea I know what you're thinking.
>MUH DEADLY KEYS
That was solved in a recall which GM will do for free. Even then if you don't have thirty key charms it should never happen.

Yes, the exterior styling looks like a crossbreed between a Cavalier in front and a Corvette in back but it could very well be worse. Overall it's fairly clean and rounded. The tall spoiler can easily be replaced with something that won't block your vision.

Maybe I'm missing some part of this car that's bad, but it seems like it's the best performance/price ratio car in America. Nothing else comes close. Not Civic SIs, not FiSTs, nothing.

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Anonymous 2016-07-19 06:53:34 Post No.15465674
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It's faster than a skyline gtr for about an 1/8 of the cost. Do it

Anonymous 2016-07-19 06:58:44 Post No.15465691
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Anonymous 2016-07-19 06:58:44 Post No.15465691 [Report]

Its a Cobalt

Its pretty much the definition of a fast shitbox. Its not very comfortable, its poorly built, and all the people who had SRT4s in the mid 2000s jumped over to SS Turbos as soon as they came out making them hard to find in good shape without some stupid fucking reflash or aftermarket turbo w/meth injection already done to it. Its pre-bankruptcy GM at its finest.

And quite frankly I don't see it staying a good "overall package" once you go past basic bolt ons (so like 300-320whp~?), the power will likely be too much for front wheels to propel and corner at the same time.

350Zs are pretty much in the same price range nowadays. You either can get a Ghosen-Era Nissan with a French drivetrain or a pre-bankruptcy GM sport compact shitbox that's noteworthy for its meme lap times.

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>>15465691
>meme lap times.
benchracers on /o/ would love it!

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How does /o/ clean the inside of their car windows? I have a ford fusion and its hard to reach the window and it just smears and looks terrible

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Anonymous 2016-07-12 00:06:04 Post No.15424323
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>>15424308
>Cleaning your windows

O i am laffin

Anonymous 2016-07-12 00:06:48 Post No.15424327
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>>15424308
I just wipe it with a cloth when it is wet and then blast it full on with ac air.

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>>15424323

Not op but I'll speak for him. You're a retard. Are you seriously implying windows don't get dirty? You stick shit to them, you're bound to touch them at some point in life, and over time dirt and debris can accumulate.

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West Virginia Meet Thread 2016-07-18 16:55:16 Post No.15462001
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West Virginia Meet Thread Anonymous 2016-07-18 16:55:16 Post No. 15462001 [Report] [View this topic]

>inb4 hurr incest, backwoods, redneck, etc, we know.
>inb4 shit state, we know.

Let's get this shit set up boys

Possible Locations, these are the not-wrong-turn areas of the state that I know of, list more if there's better.
>East River (Tougue as fack)
>Beckley (Big Town, amazing tougue nearby on Rt. 99, plus more all over the place)
>Charleston (City, not very many good roads)
>Montgomery (College Town 1, good-ish roads)
>Morgantown (College Town 2, shit roads)

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Absolutely Awful 2016-07-18 17:04:55 Post No.15462054
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I'm in Beckley, but have gas will travel

Anonymous 2016-07-18 17:08:36 Post No.15462064
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Anonymous 2016-07-18 17:08:36 Post No.15462064 [Report]

morgantown represent. can confirm shit roads.

Anonymous 2016-07-18 17:10:22 Post No.15462072
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Anonymous 2016-07-18 17:10:22 Post No.15462072 [Report]

There's a West Virginia?

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China brand cars Anonymous 2016-07-17 03:58:09 Post No. 15453564 [Report] [View this topic]

Anyone bought/planning to buy them chink-branded cars? Haval, Chery, Geely. Dong Feng, things like that.

Don't get me wrong, I'm not insulting people for buying them, just curious. I know plenty of non-american here and somehow had bought some chink vehicles (cars, bike, SUV, etc). Anything to share?

>pic related

I kinda like the design, and from the reviews it seems like a decent car as well

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Anonymous 2016-07-17 04:13:08 Post No.15453634
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>>15453564
I used to have a Chery QQ. Plasticy, underpowered, has safety rating of a tuk-tuk (only that it has seatbelts), all the dashboards rattled after less than 2 year

Tbf it is a cute little turd, but you could get a better city car. I sold mine 3 years ago and bought honda city instead.

Anonymous 2016-07-17 16:06:13 Post No.15455763
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>>15453564
>from the reviews it seems like a decent car as well

The chinese companies believe in fake reviews and fake sales stats. It's a chronic problem in mainland china as companies try to build up confidence in their products with western buyers and investors.

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>>15453564
Roewe is the best I think,they're using older Rover tech and they make some large buick under license

They also currently own MG and they shit on the company's heritage, no sports cars no anything just this Rover 75 bodykit (same chassis,re-done k-series engines,same seat frames,same a lot of fucking things) that's pretty fucking good for a chinese car though,the handling is pretty good

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Custom made floormats Anonymous 2016-07-13 09:36:14 Post No. 15431986 [Report] [View this topic]

So I have these floormats in my car that I got from a supplier in China. They custom make pleather floormats with contrast diamond stitching for cars. These are made to fit from factory and cover the entire floor as well as a little bit of the wall of the floor (see picture).

In my car it also includes a plastic material carpet for texture and ease of clean ( it can be removed and hosed down and after it is dry, it can be reinstalled). Below the plastic carpet is more diamond stitched pleather. If one chooses to omit the plastic carpet, the pleather can be cleaned with a wipe with a damp towel.

I was wondering if anyone else has seen anything else like this? If so I would like to know where. If not, how much would you pay for such a product?

As a summary, it covers the entire floor, if the vehicle has rear seats, it covers that flooring too in one big piece made to fit. The pleather and stitching can be any color combination as well. Thanks

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Anonymous 2016-07-13 11:42:28 Post No.15432204
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Never seen anything like this, would pay in the 50-80 euros range as long as there's a choice of rather simple colors. Like black with white/light gray stiches

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>>15432204
Those color combinations are available. Thank you for the help, I am just trying to see how marketable this product is. I might only be able to sell to high end car owners, I talked to a ford sales rep and he said it probably wont sell well at ford and to maybe try BMW or Mercedes.

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>>15431986
>They custom make pleather floormats with contrast diamond stitching for cars.

The problem is that pleather looks terrible once the surface is scuffed through and exposes the puffy plastic underneath. So these things are not suitable for daily or regular use. It is only for when you have guests or are just in a mood to feel like you've customized the car.

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/gta/ thread Anonymous 2016-07-09 08:43:43 Post No. 15409026 [Report] [View this topic]

Grand Theft Auto thread

Stories when you...
>witnessed a carjacking
>wanted to steal someone's car
>stolen a car/car parts
>overheard/heard someone else talk about his ironic story about getting jacked

or other related thoughts/ethics on this thieving degeneracy

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Anonymous 2016-07-09 08:51:41 Post No.15409068
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>>15409026
kek when I was young (probably 12 or 13) me and a few buddies went around and stole 100s of valve stem caps because we were retarded. I have still have a life time supply of valve stem caps somewhere, and some bad ass skull caps that are painted gold

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When I was a wee little faggot. I knew this one kid who had a cobra model car. I wanted it so i took it from him and hid it. I got so paranoid I thought someone was gonna find it. So I went to the side of my old house and smashed it with a boulder and buried it.
>mfw no one knows
>tfw I found it again since I did hand scoops a half foot in the dirt to hide it.

Good times. Fuck I feel old

Anonymous 2016-07-09 09:22:37 Post No.15409161
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Anonymous 2016-07-09 09:22:37 Post No.15409161 [Report]

bumping this shit. I'm sure /o/ got some stories

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Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:22:01 Post No. 15477483 [Report] [View this topic]

Why are 90s Japanese sports cars so fucking... ERMPH!!!

I can't describe my feeling towards seeing a clean Skyline GT-R/RX-7/Supra; it's not sexual, but I think I would get weak knees if I ever see one.

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Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:22:49 Post No.15477487
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Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:22:49 Post No.15477487 [Report]

Even a R33?

Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:23:37 Post No.15477491
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>>15477487
They're still nice, but not as nice as an R32 or R34.

Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:24:45 Post No.15477496
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Anonymous 2016-07-21 07:24:45 Post No.15477496 [Report]

how stupid am i for wanting to put an rb26dett into an r34 gtt

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Anonymous 2016-07-20 06:36:58 Post No. 15471090 [Report] [View this topic]

So people are touting Ecoboost L4s, turbo v6s, and N/A veeaites as God tier production engines.

Why not just put forced induction on a v8 from the factory instead of putting it on smaller engines? Why has no mass produced car done this?

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Anonymous 2016-07-20 06:39:05 Post No.15471099
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>>15471090
Other MFG's do it with V12's as well.

But the idea is not just more power, it's less fuel use. A 1.8L engine is going to use less fuel than a 3.5L engine.

Well, in theory anyway.

Anonymous 2016-07-20 06:39:30 Post No.15471102
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>>15471090
Because smog and mpgs. Where are the supercharged/turbo (gas) v8 cars and trucks deserve.

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>>15471102
Don't turbos increase an engines efficiency if it's not tuned for maximum performance like Ecoboost engines?

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Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:27:53 Post No. 15467411 [Report] [View this topic]

Is there such thing as ethanol-free regular gas?

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Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:29:34 Post No.15467416
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Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:29:34 Post No.15467416 [Report]

Probably not anymore.

Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:44:03 Post No.15467465
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Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:44:03 Post No.15467465 [Report]

No mas since the gubberment went on a mass-genocide for older cars.

Anonymous 2016-07-19 17:48:16 Post No.15467479
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>>15467411
No. But you can buck up for racing gas.

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Anonymous 2016-07-19 16:51:00 Post No. 15467281 [Report] [View this topic]

What's the hardest car to work on?

Pic related, it's an Audi

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davis 2016-07-19 16:53:48 Post No.15467295
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davis 2016-07-19 16:53:48 Post No.15467295 [Report]

what are those blue balls

Anonymous 2016-07-19 16:53:54 Post No.15467296
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Anonymous 2016-07-19 16:53:54 Post No.15467296 [Report]

Citroen DS. Lotus Esprit. (Older) Lamborghini and Ferrari in general.

Basically anything mid-engined.

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>>15467295
Anal beads

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Anonymous 2016-07-18 11:23:58 Post No. 15460960 [Report] [View this topic]

>driving my E46 M3 on my daily commute
>some utter shitter in a newer 3 series drives near my car
>it's always a 318i or something shit like that
>blow them out of the fucking water

i dont know why i always do this but i hate shitters who drive my marque and think they're hot shit. M or fuck off kiddies

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Anonymous 2016-07-18 11:38:36 Post No.15461009
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>>15460960
Timestamped bread on S54.

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>>15460960
>Typical BMW driver right here lads.

Why are BMW drivers such assholes?

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He's snob even though he drives a 15 years old car

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Anonymous 2016-07-18 02:14:00 Post No. 15458605 [Report] [View this topic]

>midsize
>over 180hp
>28/36 mpg
>BMW quality handling
>Toyota quality reliability
>Elegant and sporty

Give me one reason I shouldn't consider this as my next daily driver

Hardmode: 'FWD' is not a viable answer.

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>>15458605
>180hp in fwd

Anonymous 2016-07-18 02:23:41 Post No.15458658
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Anonymous 2016-07-18 02:23:41 Post No.15458658 [Report]

Can you drift it?
That's what I thought.

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>>15458658
>Daily driver
>Drifting

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Anonymous 2016-07-20 14:31:07 Post No. 15472551 [Report] [View this topic]

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>>10361928

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