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Just wash it yourself?

>install new brakes and get new tires
>go out on a spirited test drive
>come back with glazed pads and flat spots on the tires

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the past two weeks ive woken up to fucking annoying ass rain spots from my states dirty fucking rain.

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>>17720460
aw yeah thats the stuff my dudes

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>>17720460
>>17720466

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Out of the way, lightweights.

>>17720119
Only affordable RWD that is, old people drive mercedes but they are pricy.

>>17720132
you can't even drift non amg Mercedes lol
OP just get an e46

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>>17720221
I drift my C280 all the time and that just has a lower-mid range V6.

buy a 600$ driving game set and a 400$ xbox
boom done

>>17719937
But I have places to be

>>17720177
>not getting a virtual job with a virtual wife and a virtual miata

Consistent with the Instagram Generation’s willingness to microscopically broadcast every iota of their lives to the entire world, the fascination with bragging about owning certain consumer goods as a method of one-upmanship has become par for the course for many aspiring social media personalities – and especially for some of these automotive vloggers. Mass consumerism has been prevalent for decades, but I feel as though it’s becoming increasingly problematic. When we start to self-identify with a brand or a certain consumer good, I think we’ve started to lose the fundamentals of what it means to be human. I’m not anti-consumption by any stretch, but I am critical about how people consume. As an example, Seen Through Glass went with a friend to collect what is widely considered one of the greatest driver’s cars ever built (the BMW M3 CSL), and he trashed it non-stop because it was an “old BMW”. What this tells me is that STG is focussed more on the brand of a car than how it drives. What absolute wkery from a self-professed car vlogger. Let’s look at some of his subscribers. In one video he wore one of those jackets reminiscent of a large sleeping bag. Throughout the comments, people were commenting “Oh my God! That’s a Moncler”, as if it’s at all relevant to automotive content. Another example of this was Mr JWW attracting positive comments from swathes of viewers for his choice of watch in a particular video. To the younger generations of today, an Audemars Piquet Royal Oak is one of the automatic signifiers of success. You can’t blame JWW for that - it’s his audience who are preoccupied with an over-hashtagged brand of watch, when in reality I doubt they’d care enough about horology to watch a two hour documentary about it on the History Channel. Don’t you just love the sheer lack of substance?

Now onto the thing which really irks me. There are so many kids out there who believe that if they grab a camera and head down to London, they can become a millionaire. Here’s the thing – what these guys have which most young people don’t, is charisma. They’re not playing video games and fiddling with their todger 24/7. They’re not spending their lives on YouTube, starting comment wars with other people, and being so preoccupied with getting rich that they fail to show any sort of understanding about how to get there – and no, enrolling in a non-regulated online course promoted by some dodgy guy with a fake Rolex to teach moronic pissants the ‘fundamentals’ of financial trading or property development will not guarantee you financial freedom. It’s clear therefore, that these guys have – at the very least – a modicum of social aptitude.

Of course, subscriber shortcomings aren’t the fault of these vloggers. But they are the embodiment of what these kids – and adults, sadly enough - want to be. Their entire business is about broadcasting excess. JWW gets invited to AP, Archie and Seb hang with Tag Heuer, TGE flaunts a new luxury purchase, and Supercars of London does things which attract a certain demographic (he’d get Dub Customs to wrap his scrotum satin chrome purple if it was dermatologically safe). We live in a world of consumption, and these guys broadcast it excessively while legions of young fans lap it up, dreaming of quitting school so they can have a career in social media. Something seems out of whack, doesn’t it?

The title of the thread asks whether or not these vloggers are a scam. To be honest, I don’t think they are. Okay, Shmee might be little bit Lemonade Stand-y with his story of personal accumulation and STG might make a few pointless videos here and there in-between projects - but they’re just playing their part – and happily profiting - in a society which demands that a life of excess be broadcast for the world to see. These guys – sans Shmee - don’t even call their media production “automotive content” anymore – its “lifestyle content”. They’re not Tai Lopez or any other nonce with the words “Entrepreneur – Developer – Creator” narcissistically whacked in their Instagram bio, but they pander to the masses by creating content primarily on the basis of ostentatious frivolity.

>>17718600
Go away underage

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>>17718600
>80mph

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>>17718600
I thought this was porn at first, but then i saw the Disney logo.

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Does it leak with the hose on? if so, that entire end tank is one piece so yes, you need an entire radiator.

>>17718442
>you need an entire radiator.
Fuck that. Use a two part epoxy. $5 at Home Depot.

>>17718442

No and I checked the hose and they're fine
just a crack in that ribbed for pleasure plastic part

>>17718277
Nothing wrong with the wheels. Factory wheels and completely stock Supra TT is a big deal.

>>17718277
needs some overnight parts from Japan

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>>17718292
The factory supra wheels are just ugly. There is nothing good looking about it.

heres my toy car

heres my real car

>>17718118
With a proper engine, sure

https://youtu.be/nhb7nqsoGos

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>>17718118
Yes, and the Type 34 is even cooler

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>hit horn
>no one cares because the meep is quieter than my engine idling

>>17718213
AAAAAAAAAAAAAPRILIAAAAAAAAAAA

god i fucking love the tuono

>Somebody honks at you
>Feel anxious for a few days

And I know the wrx is more but I'll probably buy a used car

Miata

>>17717788
a civic for 3k.

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>>17717497

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Any classic Citroen really

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>>17717504

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>>17717469
Just go at night and rip them out fuck speed bumps

>>17717589
Funny story when I first moved here someone tried and took out about 20 but they actually replaced all of them.

We've also had people straight up ram the box responsible for opening and closing the gate because it took 30 seconds for the gate to fully open

>>17717589
This, best to suffer one night of hard work than a lifetime of regret and twisted frames.

>>17715839
not owning one

Even if i had the money I could never spend that much on a 6 cylinder that sounds that bad.

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shitty turd world cunt

>>17715479
they're okay

>>17715479
If you owned anything post 2008, you will be disappointed

>>17715479
get st205 gt4
its the bomb