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>40k for an accord
Why is this allowed???
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WHY is msrp allowed? why cant cars be sold like saturns were? this is bullshit
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>>15418788
1. People buy them.
2. See 1.
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>>15418788
>CVT
Wait, what?
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>3 years
>loses over half its value
why do people buy new luxury cars again?
the car only has 30k miles, btw
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if you truly have enough wealth to be able to comfortably afford a new luxury vehicle, you likely don't give a shit about resale value. if you are concerned about depreciation, you probably should not be buying a new luxury vehicle
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>>15413832
Almost no one pays the full price for a brand new car in cash. Most people finance them so in a certain sense the listed price for a new car like that is arbitrary.
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They usually don't.. they lease/finance for a few years and then toss it back to the dealership. And then smart people can pick up there pristine ride for cheap
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New MR2 when, Toyota?
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Toyota have a modern 2.0L turbo engine now, so there's no excuse.
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>>15409709
EL OH EL RWD IS BETTER!!!
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A 3rd-gen follow up with a small turbo 4 would be okay too.
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/hou/ - Six More Days 2016-07-10 02:38:20 Post No.15413380
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Bring us your humble, your meek, your huddled masses of shitboxes, yearning to be free. Whether ye be poor, or an aristocrat on high, welcome here ye be.
The main event is happening on the 15th of July, but there are two things to be decided, the time(Day or Night) and which route to take to Livingston, since the circuit is very large we will do a sprint instead. Some of you are concerned about the distance, but it's pretty much the same going from Dave & Busters to 149.
THE NEWS:
- Thanks to GTIGuy we will now bring at least one chair with us.
- Two T-Shirt designs are out, if bought in bulk will cost $15 a piece, see post >>15385795 → → → >>15387420 → → → >>15387914 → → →
- Turbo Snail mentioned a large a Galveston Cruise happening, perhaps by then we will get everything we need to represent ourselves. Details in post >>15393671 → →
- Name suggestions are still open but many seem to like NIGHT WAVE or a certain variation of it.
- /hou/ seems to be at one place at the same time >>15400552 → >>15400522 →
- Many activities are being discussed right now which are outside of /o/ such as gun ranges, paintball and laser tag.
- E30 is off to spread the good word across the west coast.
Links:
New to /hou/ or want some updates? Add yourself into the roster if you haven't already.
> https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1g8SQlAr_V43jeOt92yPrh0GXDmMcI2SYGbm3xP-XJkM/edit#gid=0
Missed out on the meet? Check out the pictures then.
> https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9kqqo9iawlhqq0h/AADG1-wnZGAv22PqzoB4zZX4a?dl=0
Looking to play some vidya? Join our steam group
> http://steamcommunity.com/groups/houstonchan
Make sure you download the app "Zello" and join the H/o/u group.
This is our form of communication when on the road, it's a walkie talkie app for iPhone and Android.
> http://zello.com/channels/k/enuwI
Follow us on instagram
> https://www.instagram.com/hwatracing/
Remember, /hou/ strong, /hou/ family.
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Comments are getting too long now, might put the links into a pastebin.
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Why'd you delete the last one?
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>>15413420
Forgot to add a title to the post
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Find a pic of your vehicle in water. Flood, creek crossing, fell in a lake
Whatever.
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that was harder than i thought
there are not many pics like that
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>>15412483
how to get to page 10 the fastest, featuring OP as the guy who doesnt know /o/ is mostly street cars
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>>15412508
>implyimg you cant find cars in floods or crashed into a body of water.
Hell i found my mazda3. Kinda...
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Buying my first bike and decided on the CBR600rr. How did I do /o/?
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>>15428055
Meh
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>>15428055
Have fun being killed by a girl on a cellphone
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>>15428062
>dying meme
Lemme guess, grom?
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Why are car colors so boring these days? Odds are, cars at a dealership are going to be black, white or silver. What about fire engine red, blue, burnt orange?
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>>15427757
>Why are car colors so boring these days?
Optional extras are expensive.
Flat extra colors, which might be free, look like shit.
And resale value.
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Because they look good
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They they like boring neutral colors so as to appeal to a broader group of customers. They paint their cars with what is cheap and abundant, they don't care for some exotic color that would both cost more and deter customers.
If you want burnt sienna or florescent pink go pay for it yourself. I agree the overabundance of silver cars through the 90's anf early aughts was fuciin tragic.
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hi /o/
I am looking to get a diesel truck to haul a trailer/flatbed with and really liking the 1st generation Dodge Rams so far with I6 cummins diesel engine.
Does anyone have any experiences with them? I am mechanically inclined, so I don't mind wrenching on the truck myself.
Also, would it be capable of slight offroading if modified?
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>>15427691
>Also, would it be capable of slight offroading if modified?
No. You'll hurt yourself, kid.
You need a custom built rig with at least $40k in parts to do slight off-roading.
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Id rather be cummin than strokin
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Post yfw Mopar are involved with producing what is undoubtedly the worst diesel engine to ever grace a road
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>>15426599
Can't be worse than the Olds 350 diesel. Anyway Chrysler doesn't have much choice since Fiat owns them lock, stock, and barrel.
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>>15426607
The Olds 350 diesel is at least redeemable in that the block is strong as fuck and has been used to make ridiculous strokers.
Anything FCA is unredeemable garbage
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>>15426607
It's worse. Multiple failures under 20k miles in our fleet of 400. Is this the end for Chrysler? Will anyone be buying an American engine ever again?
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Engine Carbon Removal Chemicals 2016-07-12 08:28:39 Post No.15426319
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Engine Carbon Removal Chemicals
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Hey /o/. Haven't been on here in a long time, but it's time to do some 'spring cleaning' on my 2012 car with 42k miles on it. I'm going to be cleaning it inside/out/engine bay thoroughly and also do what I can to clean out the Engine.
My #1 issue is removing as much Carbon buildup as possible from in the Intake system, Valves and Pistons. I pulled a Spark Plug and was pretty shocked to see the entire Piston was coated with a thick layer of black Carbon. I've used a LOT of Fuel Additives over the years such as: Seafoam (Intake Spray and Bottle), B-12 Chemtool, Chevon complete fuel additive, Lucas fuel additive, Royal Purple fuel additive, Marvel Mystery Oil, etc.
I've never noticed much (if any) difference when using additives just in the fuel tank, and for most of that car's life it's been ran on 93 Octane which may have better detergents than 87. It had 300HP when new but it doesn't seem as quite as responsive anymore or have the torque it once used to. On my old car, the only treatment that seemed to actually work was Seafoam through the Vacuum Lines directly into the Intake Manifold, but of course some of that could be confirmation bias via the patented smoke show. I've watched the video of ETCG using water through the intake, but I don't exactly trust him for technical things. I have a hard time believing Water alone would be more effective than harsh Solvents like what's in Seafoam.
I'm going to try Seafoam this morning anyway, through the Intake, half for fun and half for hoping it works.
Any products or methods you have found that work well? Thanks for any help!
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>>15426319
Little bit of bleach in the tank, works wonders.
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>>15426319
Also looking for a recommendation on good solvents to add to the Oil before changing it to remove any Sludge/Carbon. Pretty sure all Walmart has is Motor Medic Engine Flush so I was planning on trying that.
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delet this
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If you really want your shit done right, fuck the additives (except for Seafoam) and pull your engine to clean the pistons, housing, valves, and fuel injectors yourself r get someone to do it. After that, use better quality gasoline like Shell or Hess, which have more detergents to prevent shit from happening. Use good oil, and don't pump your car with that additive shit. It's like giving pennicilin to someone who's organs have been damaged by sepsis. Yeah it'll help a little bit, but otherwise shit's already damaged, or in your case, dirty. Be curious and try doing it yourself. Get some online guides, watch videos, and if you have a friend who's a mechanic, ask if they can make sure you do it right.
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Britfags
Why are Pakis such horrendous, dangerous drivers?
I literally can't drive into town and back without having a near death experience thanks to some useless Asian fuckwit in a Toyota straddling both lanes or a Paki taxi driver cutting me up at 60mph.
Racist road rage levels off the scale this past week
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>>15426236
Because they're trying to fit in?
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>>15426256
keks fired!
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>Why are Pakis such horrendous, dangerous drivers?
Because they normally catch 'the bus'
So I financed an 08 E92 M3 in March for 30000 maple bucks and some dumb broad in a Ram rear ended me. It looks like there's a good chance it's a write off as they believe so far that the frame is bent. I could get an 97 e36 for less than a third of the price of my 08 as I doubt I'll be able to find an E92 as cheap as mine. Has anyone owned both or just an E36? Thoughts?
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Buy one in America and I guarantee you will find a E92. A buddy of mine bought a 09 E92 M3 6MT w/45k miles for $27k in NJ
A E36 is nothing like a E92. Far more raw, far more unreliable, and far more...fun. In a E36 doing 60mph down the road feels like you're doing 100mph. While a E92 will do 120+ mph and feel like you're doing 60mph. The steering in the E36 is way better, and the car feels way smaller.
That said, import a LHD one from Japan if you're a maplefag. You'll get 50-70whp over a NA car, and some fun rare options (cloth/alacantara seats, hardtop are more common). Floating rotors too but those are kinda pointless. E36 M3s are awesome sports cars. You will spend some money fixing everything that'll go wrong though, but they're still fun.
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>>15425650
>dumb broad in a Ram rear ended me
And nothing of value was lost
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>>15425650
Do yourself a solid and get an e46 M3 or if two seats don't bother you a Z4M/ S54 Z3M. The S52 is really lacking, and quite frankly e36s are pretty damned old. I've owned some of the above and driven all and you really aren't going to be impressed making such a downgrade unless you are a hardcore BMW collector. At this point in time e36 M3s are DD shitbox status.
>deliberately spell VTEC with an H to trigger Honda fans
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>tell truckfags ridgelines are the best possible offroader and truck you can purchase
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>Claim that pushrods are superior.
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>>15425349
>tell Miata fags that they're gay.
>he has a front license plate
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>>15425017
>StanceWoRx
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>>15425017
>ninja
>250
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>>15425017
>Front Wheel Drive
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What kind of fuel for defender 90? 2016-07-12 01:48:49 Post No.15424692
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What kind of fuel for defender 90?
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I'm currently living in Japan and I bought a 1997 Land Rover defender 90 and the manual is all in Japanese and all the information I find on it only says petrol. Would regular 83 octane work or do I need premium? It has a v-8.
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>>15424692
my dad usually puts plus in his 110.
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>>15424692
You made me jealous with the first sentence.
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>>15424692
>83 Octane
Thats real low anon, You should be looking at 91 Up for it to run smoothly.