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I'm moving to the San Diego area from texas. Im bringing my M3 and my Fiances Z. However, i've heard terrible things about the traffic and roads in socal, and i hear driving there is a headache. Also ive heard gas is super expensive, and i have a V8 so.... am i going to experience a big change, or is everyone just being dramatic? for some reason im just really anxious about living in a place everyone says is OMGSOEXPENSIVEANON with two finnicky cars. am i being dumb or is it gonna suck so much ill be trading in for a motorcycle very quickly.
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Dude cali is a hell hole. Enjoy removing all your mods from your cars and selling all your guns. desu if you can't afford gas at any cost you have no business owning an m3. have you even been to san diego or did you accept a new job with no idea what you are getting into?
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You'll trade them in for a motorcycle because of the year round nice weather, no shortage of nice roads and tracks, and legal lanesplitting with a high population of motorcyclists.
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>>14443287
> if you can't afford gas at any cost you have no business owning an m3
i can afford it just fine, id just rather not pay for a V8 if gas is going to be 5 bucks a gallon when i could trade it in for a 911 or something and get better MPGs. nothing wrong with saving a little here and there.
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yeah i think you're totally right. i havent gotten one here because winter is bad. (bad enough for me to not want a bike.) but ive wanted one my whole life. i have always dreamed of PCH cruising in my car though, and driving mulholland and stuff.... so i figure i should take my car out there before i decide to go full bikelyfe
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Why would anyone pay $42 at the lube shop?
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>>14442748
I got that same deal a few weeks ago.
$9 for 5qts is a fucking steal.
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>>14442752
Purolator Filters are Fram Tier
What's /o/'s take on the X?
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>>14442574
ugly overpriced meme turd
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cool
If i had the money i'd buy a used model S and early roadster instead though.
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The tall windshield looks neat
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>Anon! Your car looks dirty! When was the last time u clayed and waxed it??
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>>14442126
last year
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Never.
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Dirtiness is a sign of honor, and shows my car gets used. Got waxed 6 months ago, and I let the rain wash the mud off.
Why should I care what some Neanderthal-looking bitch thinks about my truck?
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http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/feb/12/top-gear-loathe-thee-sabine-schmitz
>Top Gear fetishises the totally unnecessary consumption of fossil fuels in the name of sport, entertainment and feeling better about your premature ejaculation disorder; it normalises dangerously fast driving; it contributes to the hunger for more and more cars that we neither need nor can sustain; it treats the sheer act of moving a machine as if it’s a display of heroic bravery and skill; and it paid Jeremy Clarkson’s salary for over 25 years. In this context, disliking Top Gear because it doesn’t include enough women is a bit like hating Trident because those submarines simply don’t have enough room for your jumpers – it rather misses the point.
>I am not, as is probably fairly clear by now, a huge fan of cars. Mainly because, as we read last week, cars are literally killing us. Their fumes are one of the most significant contributors to air pollution, which causes people to die of heart attacks, strokes and lung cancer. Air pollution is a factor in at least 30,000 deaths each year in the UK as well as soaring rates of asthma and other lung diseases. Two-thirds of petrol cars break the carbon monoxide limit, 10% break the nitrogen oxide limit, while 95% of diesel cars emit more nitrogen oxides than is legally allowed. Which is before we even get into the number of people who die in road accidents. Road-building, to make room for the hundreds of thousands of people who lock themselves up in a heated petrol box in order to grunt their way to work every day, is destroying the British countryside; as Karl Jilg’s famous illustration, commissioned by the Swedish Road Administration, shows, cars eat up public space like Jabba the Hutt, leaving the rest of us clinging to our thin strips of tarmac like flies on a wire; and the need for oil, from which our petrol and diesel is sourced, is fuelling some of the world’s most bitter conflicts, dangerous regimes and corrupt industries.
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>some lesbian feminist transgender transmuslim britbong is pissed about cars
>screams about top gear but xeir argument has nothing to do with top gear other than cars
>literally nothing will come of this but out butthurt
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>cars are literally killing us
I wished they'd kill the author of that article and all the tree hugging hippies faster so we can enjoy our tooj in peace.
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>electric cars don't use nuclear or coal plants to power them
>the mining of rare earth metals like platinum and lithium doesn't involve destruction of wildlife/land
Retards
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Is it just a meme, or does Black Ice actually smell good?
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Why don't you buy it and fucking find out
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Black Ice smells like a gym locker room after an entire class of 14 year old boys with Axe deodorants went through it.
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itt: ugly 90s paint jobs
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Shit taste, that bike looks killer
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>he doesn't like a e s t h e t i c
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just because they're ugly doesn't mean they're not awesome
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Post the 'mobile that your mom drove when you were young. Anons rate how cool yer mom was.
>pic related
Comet GT with the 5.0L in this orange with orange vinyl seats. I still remember how much that vinyl burned your ass in the summer.
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When I was in first grade. She used to get excited when the navigation would use text-to-speech to give you directions.
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>>14441374
Cool mom, unless it was bought solely because it's a gigantic bmw
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I have to confess, it kinda went down hill after the Comet. Her next car was a "Dodge" Colt sedan. The gold one is the exact color and trim.
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>280z
>X1/9
>Triumph Spitfire
>EK Hatch
>Protege 5 once she had to ferry kids around
>Mazda 5 now
All manual.
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Ford joining the grown-ups table soon?
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In the past GM and Ford were too pussy to try and compete on Europes own turf.
http://www.standard.co.uk/lifestyle/motors/ford-shelby-gt350r-mustang-driven-review-a3158256.html
With the quality of their performance cars going up and with their European competitors bringing out; cucked forced induction, paddle shifters and electric steering. Will Ford and GM take steps to bring their sports car models to Europe or will they be forever pussyified in the shadow of other European marques?
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>>14441156
Its not really up to ford
Its whether or not Europeans would actually buy it
Anyways is it safe to say that the voodoo engine is possibly the greatest engine being made by America right now?
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>cucked force induction
You remember de Z06 is supercharged right?
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>>14441331
Yes, an xboxhueg V8 with a supercharger.
Not a quad turbo 0.6 liter I3 with sport mode.
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>RWD is just a meme edition
A thread for our beloved econobox pocket rockets. Talk experiences, ask for advice and questions and generally shitpost about the Fiesta ST.
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Which would you buy for £30K? 86 or FK2?
>What is a "Hot Hatch"?
A Hot Hatch is a manufacturer produced, performance oriented variant of a standard hatchback, designed for improved handling, increased top speed, acceleration and generally enhance the driving experience.
>Are all Hot Hatches FWD?
No. Whilst most Hot Hatches are FWD, some are AWD or even RWD.
>Isn't FWD shit?
No. Just because you can't get the arse out by stamping on the accelerator doesn't mean you can't have fun.
>Aren't Hot Hatches just for Europoors?
No; with the launch of the Fiesta and Focus ST in the US, it seems like the Hot Hatch is beginning to take of on the other side of the Atlantic, but Europoors definitely have more choice.
>Is the Fiesta ST actually good?
The Fiesta ST is one of the best small hot hatches on offer at the minute; so yeah they're pretty good.
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>Which would you buy for £30K? 86 or FK2?
Out of those two? FK2, but only because the 86 sucks.
I'd rather get a Peugeot 205 GTI, an S13 and an AWD Volvo 850 estate and have a good selection of all drivetrains with money left over to put into them.
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>>14440288
I think automotive industry really needs new player. Demand on used cars is strong, so I think:
>Used Motors Corporation
Lineup: ae86, miata na, s13, foxbody, passat b5 tdi
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[] I'm this close from jumping to a '95 phase 1 106 xsi in my area, has some modifications that I plan to restore to original condition. Anything I should be aware of?
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Litteraly name one reason why every super car/bike doesn't have a turboshaft engine.
>insane reliability, can run for tens of thousands of hours on 3/4th throttle
>insane power to weight and volume ratio
>fairly cheap to mass produce, easy to repair
>modern ones can run on diesel
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>people tend to value there lives
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>>14439340
Their
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Fuel economy, heat/exhaust management, cost of manufacturing, and the fact that when they go wrong they tend to grenade and take out everything within 50' next to them.
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FWD General #1
Since nobody else will take care of us
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Fuck fwd
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>>14438859
hey dude let them have their containment thread.
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>>14438856
There's already a /hg/
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Thoughts as a daily?
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>>14438037
Are you prepared to drive a right hand drive car on left hand roads?
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>>14438051
Where I learned to drive it was like that, it has always felt more natural to me. IDK maybe because thats what I started with
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>>14438037
Can you afford to buy more than one?
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Yo, /o/
We dug this out of our storage unit, it's my mom's old '81 280zx 2+2.
It hasn't been started since 2006.
This one was specced out with pretty much everything, but it was sitting out so long that the interior is all rotted, not from weather, just rotted from vinyl+foam with no sun protection. The rust on the outside isn't too bad, and the body's nice and straight. (door's cracked open in the picture.)
From the look over, it needed new rear suspension and fuel pump, but not too much else needed asides from the obvious (belts, fluids, etc.) to get it running.
We got an estimate of around 8k-10k for restoration.
So, /o/ would it be worth it?
I couldn't find too much on 280zs with the same spec.
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>2+2
Into the trash it goes
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Badass
For me hell yeah, it would be worth it provided your guy can actually deliver
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Worth it financially?
No, not at all. In perfect, amazing condition, it's worth like $5,000.
Do you really, really like the car, and want to own it for a long time?
Then for you it might be worth it.
But I'm really not seeing what's keeping you from just slapping some new hoses and filters on it, replacing the fluids and going through the brakes, draining the fuel tank and replacing the fuel pump, then driving it for another 20 years. You might want to replace some bushings, but besides that the car looks solid as hell. Maybe a new MAACO/DIY-Valspar paint job, if you care about looks.
When someone says "girl car" what car do you think of?
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Automatic convertible V6 Mustang, or any crossover.
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>>14437330
Hatch backs
Specifically fords because only girls are dumb enough to buy a ford
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scion tc