Ok so basically I have a real problem joining slip roads, I'm told the safest way to join them is to speed up to motorway speeds so you can join at the same speed. But this is hedging your life on the chance that there will be an appropriate gap which is insane!
You're literally taking a chance each time you join on, I have no issue driving on them and leaving it's just the joining.
So what would you do to improve the safeness of slip roads?
>he makes a thread
LMAO OP just mash the pedal to get to speed and be looking at the freeway to figure out sure the gap will be. Have your blinker on and people will notice you more and help give you room.
Is this the UK version of "oh gosh should I go fast or go slow when I'm merging onto the freeway from an on-ramp"?
For What It's Worth, in the USA you're expected to already be going as fast as you can (within speed limit) by the time you're reaching the end of the on-ramp (by the time you "join" the "slip road"). If you're going slow then it just mucks things up
>>17430210
If you're not keeping pace with the main carriageway you make it harder for everyoen behind you to merge
Should I, /o/?
Should I trade my 04 Audi A6 plus $2,000 for this? I know the owner well, and he takes good care of his vehicles.
How hard is it to find parts for these things in the US?
>>17430150
what kind of a6?
>>17430161
2.7t
resounding yes, but dear god, change the wheel colors.
Can you guess what car/engine?
lancer evo 8
>>17429992
clarifying- it's also 100% stock
In the event of an emp or detrimental solar flare, what is your motorized car/bike of choice in a world of fried electronics?
Points will fry, too. Good thing is, they can be unstuck or replaced pretty easily.
>>>>>>how do spark plugs work
if there's no electronics cars will not start you fucking idiot
>>17429942
In what world would an EMP or solar flare happen?
I have my trashcan of nokia's and Motorola radios in my garage for years and that shit still hasn't happened.
You have a better chance of being killed in a car crash or terror attack
Can we have flags here pls
Would it even make sense on /o/?
>>17429857
>asking for more shitposting
>just woke up
>tfw still no slav boipucci
why live?
>>17429918
>not asking for more shitposting
SUNDAY!
(And Saturday too)
IT'S THE NINTH ANNUAL DALLAS MOWER EXPOOOOO
>BE THEEEERRRRRRRREEEEEEEE....
>....EEEEERRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEE
>>17429838
>YOUR TICKET PAYS FOR THE WHOOOLE SEAT, BUT YOU'LL ONLY NEED THE EDGEEEEE
i dare you to show me a better looking car
profact: you can't
>>17429801
looks like a chode with urethral cancer
>>17429818
thinking about dicks are we? hmmm hmmm
How often do you have rear passengers?
Pretty much never. Fiancées younger cousin once in a while but that's it.
>tfw I never have passengers
>>17429685
I have owned my car for almost 7 years and in that time I think my rear seats have been occupied by humans 30 times.
Everyone has a car, and everyone drives their own car to events, restaurants, nights out, etc.
>electric self-driving public transport become the norm
>renewable methods and fusion technology powers cities/factories
>total CO2 and noxious gas production nosedives world wide
>impact of ICE cars with highly efficient camless engines (or hydrogen fueled rotaries) because negligible
>driving becomes a hobby like playing guitar or skateboarding
>driver cars because a seperate market from self-driven cars and companies can focus entirely on driver enjoyment without having to make compromises for normalfags
Is there any chance of my future vision coming true?
that's most likely how it's going to go but ICE engine development will become way more niche, with EV becoming the powerplant norm. in a sense ICE will be kind of like rotary engines?
>>17429679
ICE and non self driving will become a niche market like horses are today
>>17429707
maybe not as niche as you think. there will be a sort of counterculter undercurrent that'll keep them somewhat popular, like motorcycles are.
also i'm not so sure about outlawing them. look at classic cars today, they meet no safety or emissions standards but legally they have an almost protected status and people, even non car people REALLY love them.
Michigan meet up when?
Specifically northern Michigan
231 here
id love this 734 here let's go let's meet in ludington
248 here (Walled Lake).
Don't want to meet any of you but I've seen a WAT sticker on a WRX in Howell before.
>inb4 a bunch of Canadians ruin the meet
who 231 here I'm with OP
First car suggestions
Im thinking something along the lines of a pre 1990s rwd like rx7 FC
>>17429393
Miata or 95 civic
>>17429393
better off with a Miata for a first car than RX-7
>>17429405
>>17429395
Any particular reason why miata? Sorry not too informed on cars
what is the best sounding v6?
why do most of them just make horrible sounds?
Ferrari Dino V6
Mazda KL
VW VR6
Alfa V6
most have shitty firing orders and crank degrees UI guess
every American V6 is straight awful
Glad you asked.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7H8ug__9iHE
>>17429358
I'll argue that the SHO 3.2 sounds alright when it's louder than stock.
Dear car enthusiasts,
can someone explain to me what the part highlighted in pic related does? It is located in a 1997 Toyota Carina E 1.8i 7A-FE sportswagon. Some Toyota cars have it, some not. I don't understand how this part could be helpful, as the force from the suspension comes from below pointing upwards.
Here is the part in the parts list.
"SUPPORT, FRONT SUSPENSION"
>>17428988
Just looks like a baby reinforcement for a Macpherson Strut. Not all suspension arrangements need such things, like strut braces.
I am asking because I recently installed a strut bar ad removed the parts in question. I used pic related made from laser-cut 4mm stainless steel. Both parts are connected with a 30mm square tube. All holes were anlarged to 10mm to remove the heat affected zone.
I noticed that the car body's surface at the relevant area is not totally level. The part where the damper is mounted with the 3 nuts is slightly recessed compared to the area directly around it. So before installing the new parts I put a washer on each stud, so that the level of the stainless steel part is raised slightly. Everything should be perfectly fine this way, but it bothers me that I do not know the purpose of the parts I removed. Thanks in advance.
Oh, as expected, I did not notice any change in steering behaviour. I just did it because I like building stuff and had a little time to kill.
Ducatistis on suicide watch edition.
>Motorcycle Benchracing
>Motorcycle Xenophobia
>Motorcycle Hookups
>Motorcycle Pics & Very Boring Webms
>Motorcycle Dating Advice
>Your bike a shit
Benchrace your buttocks:
>http://cycle-ergo.com
>Benchrace your p-plate:
>a2bikes.co.uk
Benchrace your helmets:
>http://www.crash.org.au/
Look at a map that never gets updated:
>https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?msa=0&mid=1YwqbzbdRjMAItdOZPktcND3Nr98
Noob? Git gud:
>>16832630
Webms with sound:
>>>/wsg/1731263
Previously on /dbt/:
>>17425935
>>17427632
honda = street tuned, understressed engines, errytime
it's why riders love them and internet commentators think they're shit
>riding my favorite road
>see massive bloodstains and some crash debris
That's just wreckage from a car hitting a deer, right?
First for good thing, that kids bike company could learn something from a REAL motorcycle manufacture, brother
>driving your 1996 Mazda Mx-5
>see this
what would you do /o/ ?
>>17428921
Yell at the cops to do their fucking jobs.
>>17428921
Speed up and make sure the head lights aren't up