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>>17512118
Do what niggers do and just throw them on someone's easement or in an empty lot.

tire fire

post on CL
leave in front of tire shop lel

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Suzuki SJ when I was like 12, at my friends family farm

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2010 VW Golf 5speed

Replaced my 2010 corolla after a boomer pulled out without looking and I got to see firsthand the "small frontal offset" performance of the Corolla (great for me, bad for car)

It's not fast but it's got more power than my corolla did and I love driving manual, it makes me sad it's a dying tech, I never want to buy an auto again

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1990 Nissan 300ZX

My first car too. I miss it sometimes.

Are you an holocaust survivor?

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Not my car, but I wish mine was this clean.

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More pics incoming.

>>17511852
>I'm getting married
Yes, you're an idiot. Glad I could help.

>>17511697

Weight.

efficiency mostly. Computer controls and turbos are great, it lets the computer decide when and where to have boost.

This basically means it's variable displacement (I know its a dumb analogy but shut up) as the car can effectively change the amount of power the engine produces at X RPM or in X circumstance, which is more efficient than the engine just producing X power at X RPM because that's what it's mechanically capable of.

>>17511697
It may or may not be cheaper overall, and a bigger N/A maybe more complex to work on.

A turbo'ed inline six making the same power as a N/A V12 will be easier to work on and cheaper.

Also space restrictions, that I6 could fit in cars that the v12 would have problems fitting in.

>>17511193
Any car with stickers of any kind is automatically cringe

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>>17511453
>2017
>having body panels
get on my level

>>17511193
I'd drive it.

more powerful, yes.

But it is also heavier and more expensive

*teleports behind you*
*cracks subframe*
*wears out shift pins*
*blows VANOS seals*

nothinpersonnel, kinder

Drove an auto Z3 400 to 500 miles a week for months. No major problems. Biggest issue was replacing the brake light switch.

>>17510265
If you can't get the first appointment then expect a wait. This goes for anywhere.

In addition they know people that use the lifetime warranty on things like alignments tend to abuse it so they're not in any hurry to get you in.

>>17510396
>If you can't get the first appointment then expect a wait.
I have been "first" at the dealership and still had to wait. The appointment time apparently is only for the "check in" time and not the time that actual work begins on the vehicle. Despite being "first", my car continued to sit in the parking spot while other cars showed up later and went in for service on the lifts.

It probably has more to do with which techs are available to do specific work, or are already involved in other things. Appointments mean about jack shit, for the most part, other than being used to schedule major work, so the shop can line up the techs who are more skilled in the relevant areas for it.

So it's probably something to do with the one or two alignment techs at Firestone already being swamped, or are running behind.

t., shop manager for two years, tech for six.

>>17509342
>whats not to love

its a volkswagen

>>17509342
hot, make sure you get the supercharged 16 valve if you're getting a mkII golf gti

Do it. They look great.

And LeMans winners

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Poor
Old
Nigger
Thinks
It's
A
Cadillac

Fag owner real dumb

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>>17505845

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i added new mirrors and steering wheel

engine has

DPR 76mm crank
92mm mahle pistons/jugs
a 009 distributor, from the original engine builder in iowa. (fucking sucks)
a new empi bubble top case
straight cut gears for cam
revmaster CNC ported heads
-65cc chambers
-dual valve springs
-stainless 40x35.5 valves
CB performance intake with single DelOrto DLRA 48 (38mm venturi installed)
Engle FK43 cam
high ratio rockers 1.4:1, Kultect brand
stock con rods, balanced and reworked by builder
stock dual port end castings ported to fit the heads

>>17505845
that 35% on the windows?

>>17503974

>It's like buying Chinese shit is the norm and nobody questions it.

That's mostly because it is....

Back in the day (like 10 years ago), chinese made stuff was considered junk, and rightly so. The manufacturing facilities didn't have the capability to accurately heat treat or machine parts, plastic blends were badly mixed and poorly formed, tolerances were generally whatever they ended up being and were rarely bothered about, and everything that came from there was just generally trash.

In the modern day tho, there are quite a few plants that can machine and cast parts just as well as their domestic counterparts, and in some cases better. As machine prices have come down and automation has taken over a lot of jobs, accuracy in tolerances and blends have been improved, casting technology, both metal and plastic, have improved drastically, and in general, china can now compete on a global stage when it comes to making durable equipment. It may not be the absolute best, but it's generally just as good as something made domestically for double the price.

tldr; quit bitching about chinese made crap. It's not as junk as it used to did.

snap-on

>>17504018
>It's not as junk as it used to did.


It is still junk though, its just that their quality control has only gotten slightly better as to weed out the blatantly bad crap.

The stuff that does make it over here still doesn't last as long.

Sincerely t. guy who works for a company that imports 90% of its sold product from China.

>>17502383
Silverado with a 4L65E

>>17502398
No.

>>17502408
F-150 with a 4R75E.

>>17501964
um, what? literally nothing wrong, terrible b8

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>>17501964
When you say terribly designed, pic related comes to mind

It's decent to look at and noticeably hints at the original Challenger but holy fuck is it poorly thought out

-elbow constantly hits drink in cup holder
-steering wheel buttons are not flush and sensitive, in-car bitch always asking what you need
-most buttons behind shifter are mounted inconveniently low
-gauges are throwback style but hard to read
-lots of wasted space pretty much everywhere

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>>17502042
>that horrible, awful shifter
Daily reminder that that horrendous shifter killed Anton Yelchin.

>>17501513
i like this

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>tfw the racing in the pack looked intense and barely got any of it