>2 plugs per cylinder >Lug centric wheels >any gasket

>flathead screws
>clips and plugs that cannot be removed without breaking them
>gearbox-dipstick that needs its top replaced every time you use it
>bulbs that cannot be replaced without removing more than the cover

>lug bolts
>starter below the intake manifold
>anything at the back of the engine
>no dipstick

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>no fuel pump access panel
>have to take the bumper off to replace headlight bulb
>have to pull motor to replace timing components

>>16144076

>automatic transmissions without drain plugs
>automatic transmissions without external filters

I swear shit like this is half the reason automatics are "less reliable" because nobody can service them, or nobody wants to pay someone to drop the fucking pan.

>>16144097
>starter below the battery tray and thick ass wire harness

Fuck MkIV Jettas.

Came up with a few more;
>bolted fuses
>range selector on the left of the gearstick
>hidden seat belt pulleys that are fucking hard to uncover

>entire front clip has to come off for a timing belt job
>WATER PUMPS WITH PLASTIC IMPELLERS

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>>16144115
>mfw 4eat has both

>>16144134
>PLASTIC IMPELLERS
THE ULTIMATE DRIVING MACHINE

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>the French.

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>>16144095
>Flat head screws

>>16144076
Are there engines with a not removable head?

>one-time use head bolts that take their name a little bit too literally

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>>16144076
>plastic clips
>can only be removed by breaking them

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>>16144160
some types of flat head and only a few ohc

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>>16144192
not at all. Plastic clips can be removed without breaking either careful with two flat head screwdrivers, or pic related, with a special plastic clip removing plier

>>16144114
>have to take the bumper off to replace headlight bulb
clio/megane?
a friend once asked me if I could help hime change his bulb, was really pissed when he showed up in a clio

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it does mean you have to take the engine apart from the bottom up tho
would work in well with a split crankcase lmo

>>16144076
>need to do a small fix
>have to take apart the whole fucking car to get to the part that needs fixing
REEEEEEE
fuck you FCA

>>16144208
We had to do that on a 206 if I remember correctly

That thing was simply a HUGE piece of shit

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>Weak clutch return spring only replaceable by completely removing rubber floor and all of dash

I should have just bought a fucking Fendt. Have done 2 springs in this so far. Case dealership gave me a massive bill for the first one. Fuck off

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this also has no need of head gaskets

>>16144160
Offenhauser

>clutch job
>entire fucking front suspension has to come off if you want to get the gearbox out, along with the downpipe
who the FUCK approved this

>>16144203
There are way more types than just plugs

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>Windshield cowl drains that clog very very easily causing water to spill into the interior and soak the carpets
Fucking Volvos

>Battery removal involving more than unbolting the retainer

>>16144224
Haven't had a lot of problems with the NH t9 600s.

Our cat payloader is dangerous though. You'll rev up for the hydraulics when you go to deface and it'll randomly shoot forward for seemingly no reason. Factory reps have replaced a bunch of electrical bits but the problem persists.

The little LS tractor I bought is a complete joke. It's like every attachment involves welding tabs so you can get a complete range of motion. I originally thought I had the wrong length cylinders but that's not the case.
Damn thing is burning coolant as well. At least I think it is.

>>16144203
No, not always. GM and Chrysler come to mind for fragile plastic clips.

>>16144115
This. Tapped my own for my 4l80e.

Still an internal filter, but at least I can drain it without making a mess.

>>16144076
>implying torque is bad

>>16144292
I have a great dislike of NH. All the ones I've used in the past have been highly average or plain disgusting to operate. I see a fair few around my way though so they can't be all that bad, maybe I've just had a few bad eggs. My case has been a delight other than those clutch return springs, haven't had a problem.

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>>16144215
>need to take head off
>have to remove distributor first

>>16144322
>not having an ursus
enjoy your inferior tractors ya sheepshagger

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>plastic heater core components that break after 7-10 years
I'm just going to scan and print one of these fuckers, then pour a brass one or something

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>Any work on the back row of cylinders/sparks on a transverse engine
>No dedicated fuel pump relay
>Oil filters that are angled to make the most mess possible when they are removed
>Plastic grills/covers that take longer to remove and reinstall than the part that you need to replace
>Plastic bits held onto the car with 10 plastic snaps, 8 plastic tabs, 6 metal tabs, and sealed with the devil's jizz.
>Plastic parts
>Plastics

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>>16144373
>Slavic heater core still works after 30 years

>>16144422
>tfw no slav gf

>oil filter in between starter and exhaust manifold
>rusted rotor screws with stripped heads
>drag links
>spring around shock
>no valve adjustment
>ckps in hard to reach place
>20 year old japanese plastic
>American ecu's
>German timing
>European suspension

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>>16144422
Do you wanna be the guy responsible when the heater core of seven top-ranking members of your local peoples party Volgas all fail during the harsh, siberian winter?

>>16144422

>live in 1980s russia
>work in glorious Izhnev combined toaster/heater/bathtub/coffin factory
>send heater core to outpost in stalingrad for party member's house
>heater core fails in a week, 5 party higher-ups die
>get shot along with half the factory by siberian ditch

>>16144217
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=raJ7p471lM4
you had me scared for a bit there. I kinda want to have one of these one day.

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>>16144693
This one hadn't been treated all that well, but that was also because it never really responded well to being treated with actual care either...

Rusted quite easily, the headlights were shit even after fully restoring the lenses, suspension felt somehow under-dimensioned (we swapped out shocks and the front springs), anemic diesel engine, rattly interior that felt god-awfully cheap

There is a reason why these were dirt-cheap why they were new, and why they depreciated damned quickly

I mean this sincerely; you are going to really fucking hate your driving-life with one of these

>have to pull the air box and remove the battery to chance headlight
>have to pull the motor to change spark plugs
>the drain plug on the transmission requires a big ass star driver

>>16144718
>>have to pull the motor to change spark plugs
The fuck?

>>16144215
Same here, i need a new evaporator temp sensor. 10$ part, have to remove the whole dash, i don't think I'm going to replace it.

>>16144720
It's a Subaru meme.

>>16144720
any Subaru, ever, if technician does not have the thinnest and shortest fingers ever.

>>16144716
I think the RC has a better suspension than the more downmarket models. But if I were to ever buy one of these, it would be as a 4th or 5th car or so, in my hypothetical future garage with unlimited space for all the shitheap impulse buys I will make when I'm rich.
When.

>>16144736
You can just remove the air filter housing, battery, and washer fluid reservoir then loosen the motor mounts and jack it up. No reason to remove the engine.

t. Done spark plugs on multiple subarus

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>>16144678
I like how we have a very similar idea of what it was like being a factory worker in soviet times

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>>16144076
>all the plastic covering the engine on any car past the year 2000
>trying to figure out which o2 sensor is bad
>removing belts on transversly mounted engines
>having to use the little spare tire jack that comes with the car
>assholes in lifted trucks
>grease that won't come off your hands before dinner

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>>16144720
It's called the 300zx

>>16144920
>removing belts on traverse mounted engines
Nothing like removing a motor mount to replace a serpentine belt.

>>16145006
I like you

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>>16144927
Dude, wtf? They're right there, almost on top.

>>16144859
That all seems really excessive just to change the spark plugs (save for removing the motor)

>>16144920
Get yourself some acetone or methyl ethyl ketone. It'll remove any grease you have on your hands

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>the timing marks are missing

>>16144076

">2 plugs per cylinder"

What cars have this? I've not seen it outside of small planes (Which are much easier to get to)

>>16145284
Ford Ranger comes to mind for the 2.5 i4.

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>>16145284
SOUL
AND
PASSION

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>>16145284
My Merc had that

I actually miss that old rustheap a little...

>>16144137
Literally the reason I didn't mind buying an Autotragic Outback wagon.

Are Subaru's CVTs proven reliable yet? I'm genuinely curious because X mode in them Fozzies.

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>transverse engines
>coolant hoses running right over bolt on belt tensioner pulley
>two bolt heads coming out of the engine bay on either side of the bolt on the pulley
>less than .5" clearance for the tensioner bolt on the top, left, and right
Fuck the SC2

>>16144227
I don't know whether to be disgusted or impressed by that valvetrain

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>car has huge engine bay and babby sized engine but STILL is hard to do simple jobs
>spark plugs that are hard as fuck to get out even though all the others came out easy as pie
>bolts in weird positions requiring you to use a small wrench or socket but are torqued to ape strength so it's hard as shit to remove with so little leverage
>parts that are stock that dont exactly quite fit together no matter what you do
>brake discs that need the entire suspension to be removed in order to change them
>parts that need you to be a fucking yoga instructor to reach let alone even attempt to remove them
>bolts that aren't rusted but still strip the fuck out if you so much as touch them
>leaks that happen for no reason
>things that work intermittently for no reason whatsoever
>previous owner decided that the regular screws to hold on the license plate weren't cutting it so they screw self tappers straight through the bumper
>people who drive like SHIT then are absolutely mystified when car parts fail
>people who have their own theories about why their car is running like crap and you just want to kill them
>jobs that have 3 steps and are piss easy but UH OH that one bolt just decided to snap off and the 10 minute job is now going to take over a week while the new bolt comes in the mail

>let's run coolant through the belt tensioner assembly via plastic elbows

>>16144076
>step one remove the battery

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>>16144438
It's not all it's played up to be. Me and my last slav had some friction between us

>simple thermostat gasket
>cant find it ANYWHERE
>can get new radiator pipes thermostats water pumps radiators even fucking engine bottom end internals
>cant get a tiny ass gasket that costs 4 bucks

>flat four spark plug changes
>flat four spark plug changes
>centric rings
>flat four spark plug changes
>spark plug tubes
>oil filter between exhaust manifold
>AC compressor is literally hitler
>rattle
>console collapses

>>16144097
I have no problems with northstar engines...

>get told to rebuild starter instead of buying new one
>transverse engine
>remove modor mount and rock engine for more room
So stupid

Or when things on PCBs break, and you gotta explain that you gotta replace the while thing.

>>16144121

Honestly I consider the starter to be relatively easy to access on MkIV platform cars. Comes out in roughly 15 minutes with basic tools.

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>>16145284
Nissan 200sx

>>16144859

The actual fuck? I thought Subarus were supposed to be well designed. I've never owned one but that sounds even worse than my fucking VW that you need a whole bevy of specialized tools to change spark plugs on.

>>16144115

My Golf has drain and fill plugs but NO DIPSTICK… It is literally easier to just fucking change the fluid than to check the level of said fluid.

It's like VW was giving auto drivers the finger when they designed that transmission…

>>16144208
>>16144217
We tried to replace a headlight bulb in friend's Micra K12 a while ago. After 30 minutes of blindly trying to dislodge the metal rod holding the bulb in place we resorted to online forums just to find out you need to take half of the front apart to remove the lamp to have a remote chance at doing the job.
Also

>any bolt going through a suspension bushing

>>16144720
>>16144718
>Hemi in chrysler need to take head off the change spark plugs

>>16144927
changing plugs in my 300zx takes 20 minutes tops, if even that. do you even own one? everything else engine bay wise is a bitch

>>16145749
>parts that are stock that dont exactly quite fit together no matter what you do
>jobs that have 3 steps and are piss easy but UH OH that one bolt just decided to snap off and the 10 minute job is now going to take over a week while the new bolt comes in the mail

fuck, this hits way too close to home. I've stripped or snapped so many studs on my car when I'm still 15-20 ftlbs of torque under factory spec.

also
>putting in replacement suspension parts
>other parts are worn amd shifted so its a huge struggle trying to put in the new ones

>change rear shocks
>bolts are on the inside of the car, hidden under multiple plastic shells
RRREEEEEEE

>>16145749
">bolts in weird positions requiring you to use a small wrench or socket but are torqued to ape strength so it's hard as shit to remove with so little leverage"

Ahhh, that feeling of "how the fuck did they even get this on without breaking it or rounding it off"

And in that regard

>Torqued down SCREWS instead of bolts. After years of sitting there they very rarely come out without rounding them off

>>16146589
>Ahhh, that feeling of "how the fuck did they even get this on without breaking it or rounding it off"

what is an assembly line

>>16145284
Modern Chrysler V8's.

>>16144292
>Tapped my own for my 4l80e.
>Still an internal filter
Get rid of the filter and just change the fluid more frequently.

>>16144076
>>2 plugs per cylinder

>He doesn't like nitromethanol

>oilpan gasket leaking
>oilpan gasket replacement require subframe removal

>>16146589
I broke a nice snap on U-joint trying to get the block coolant drain plug out on my honda because its behind the fucking manifold and you cant get a wrench in there. Said fuck it, you're not getting a full flush I guess.

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>BMW plastic tubes

>>16146980
What car? I have the same problem

Some rocks fell off a truck today and bounced up into my car. One chipped my windshield. I wasn't even tailgating. Reeeeeee

>>16145749
>huge engine bay
>tiny 1.0 engine
>spark plugs, intake and exhaust ALL on rear side of transverse engine
>engine pushed right back against back of engine bay
>german """"""""""""""engineering"""""""""""""""""

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>having to remove the whole engine and transmission just to replace a clutch
>having little to no space to replace a belt
>vacuum lines up the ass
>when you can't get a new engine mount so you have to rebuild it

Try and guess my car guys

>>16147521
I forgot one
>when you change the oil filter but the exhaust manifold is in the way and the only way to get it out is by forcing it out through the littlest gap there is

>>16147504
VW Up?

>>16144309
Are you actually retarded?
I'm pretty sure he meant how tight the bolt has to be...

>>16144920
>he doesn't wear disposable latex gloves while wrenching.
Enjoy your contact dermatitis colonel fukwad

>>16145365
They are standing up pretty well in the WRX so far, but time will tell if it's capable of 100k miles or not.

>>16147598
Vauxhall nova, or opel corsa a for eurocucks. From pictures it doesnt look back, but the carb + manifold sit right over the central spark plugs, which sit right over the exaust manifold. doesnt help that the bulkhead sticks out just under where the battery and heater matrix sit. shame cause the rest of it is piss easy to work on

>>16147521
Mini?

>>16145310
those rally lights

>>16147683
I'm sorry, are your little girl hands unable to deal with a bit of grease on them? Why don't you go stick a cucumber up your ass and call yourself sally, fag.

>>16148039
as long as you grab my ponytails while i'm at it honey

>>16148071
of course bby

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>>16144076
Why do you get so triggered by the 3000GT anon?

3000GT wants to be your friend :3

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>>16147920
I'll admit that the setup was a bit retarded due to the way they were fastened. They were basically attached directly to the plastic bumper, and would bend upwards at speed

Thus I had it set to be correctly aimed at around 90kph/55mph - go slower and they'd just hit the ground

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>customer complaint clearly vehicle feature working as intended

>>16146026
You're supposed to fill until it comes out of the fill hole

> oil filter requires a plastic panel on engine to be taken off
> can't take it off, so it gets moved to the side
> oil filter is in some kind of compartment that requires a wrench with big ass bolt

Thanks GM for your shit planning

>Bolt/nut positioned so that even if you get a wrench on, there is no space to rotate the wrench

>Also, it's placed so close to the object it holds on, that a ratchet socket will not fit around it

>>16148573
Maybe an S shaped spanner set could be of help?

>>16148519
>oil filter is paper and a handful of o-rings
>that go on a fucktarded canister
>old filter cannot be removed without destroying it
>old o-rings as well

Fucking Mercedes, there are easier ways to do this shit

>>16145061
>MEK making direct contact with skin
gl with that in 20 years

>>16144920
Dish soap + red or gray scotch brite = clean hands

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>>16145749
>jobs that have 3 steps and are piss easy but UH OH that one bolt just decided to snap off and the 10 minute job is now going to take over a week while the new bolt comes in the mail

Triggered.
>Going to replace headlight bulb on an 03 Taurus
>10 year old connector decides to snap when I bend it with pinky finger strength
>it REQUIRES you to bend it, no pinch tab or anything

And many other jobs that convinced me I do not like working on 10+ year old american cars

>>16149301
Oh I forgot one more, much worse

>diagnose completely non-functioning ac system
>get plenty second opinions, as well as my own intuition, it's the compressor
>get MORE second opinions, still compressor
>ok time to remove the compressor etc.
>bolt head holding the supply line for refrigerant is completely stripped

The worst part was that it had a convex head so when I tried to drill it out, the bit would not stay center, it also didn't help I didn't have a vice that was the proper size, and that sucker was rape ape tight.

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>>16144133
>dad accidentally crosses wires trying to jump start mom's car because PO thought red is a good color for a grounding wire
>to replace the main fuseable link, we had to disassemble the fucking fusebox
Fucking Toyota what the fuck were you thinking

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>>16144224
>Fendt
Fuck fendt, buy Massey Ferguson

t. Agco cuck

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>>16144076
>paper oil filters
>old coolant hoses
>corroded battery terminals
>power steering hard line fittings
>airbag connectors
>harness zip tie clip with backside inaccessible
>drive belts on transverse v6s
>fucking MOTHERFUCKING ALTERNATOR ON V6 CAMRYS

PIC RELATED, IT"S THE FUCKING ENGIN(QU)EERS

>>16145903
Just make one out of gasket paper or RTV the fuck out of the housing, come on /o/

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>using more time looking for tools than working due to a disorganized/scattered tool box

>>16149362
Hate to break it to you bud but your spin on filter has paper in it too.

>>16148519
>>16148614
How are you guys this fucktarded?
Canister filters take a little more time than spin on filters, they're not that hard.

>I can't remove the old o-ring hurrrrduuuurrrr I don't know what a knife or pliers are
>huuurrrrrrrduuuuuuuuurrrrrrrrrrrrr I can't remove the old filter without destroying it

news flash faggots, yes you can.
I am so fucking buttmad right now.

>replacing low beams on an RSX with normal, non-Japanese hands
Seriously, fuck the little metal clip that holds the bulb. It's a pain in the ass and the plastic piece the metal bit clips on to breaks off easily. The only way to fix it is to replace the entire headlamp. Infuriating.

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>>16146086
what?

>>16146019
I change plugs on my subi with a ratchet, couple extensions, and a u-joint. It's not that bad

>Manufacturer does a recall on [insert part here], new part does not fit in with old parts so you have to buy two new complementary parts to go with the "free" one

Fuck you Ford for making that throttle body out of fucking plastic you fucks jesus I wasted so much time on trying to make that piece of shit work fuccck

>>16144859
>>16144736
>>16144720
>>16144718

btw, aircraft people solved this like 100 years ago. just put the plugs on the side of the head facing up...no actual reason for them to be between the cams

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>>16150225
SOHC and OHV Subarus are like that too. It's only DOHC subarus that are a bitch.

>>16144678
that sounds comfy

>>16148632
>that gif

just why would they do that

>>16151086
Kills them instantly. It's the most humane way to slaughter male chicks that won't lay eggs quickly in large quantities.

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>9 MM bolts
>11 MM bolts

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>early 80's cars which happen to be a mix and match potluck of metric and standard bolt sizes

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>new tool set skips 15 and 17 MM
>keeps useless sizes like 16 and 23 MM

>torx
FUCKING WHY AMC SHITS
WHY ARE MY FUCKING TAILLIGHTS TORX BOLTED

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>>16144215
>EVERY
>SINGLE
>PART
>ON
>THE
>SEBRING

>easier to replace spark plugs by pulling the motor
>water pump located behind timing belt

fuck you nissan

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>chevy blazer
>need to drop oil pan
>this involves removing the front differential
>6 hour job to remove the oil pan

>>16151233
The fucking battery on the ~2000 sebrings!

>>16151369
I used to literally shout "FUCK" out loud in the middle of the shop whenever I would see one coming up the driveway. I hated every fucking thing about working on Sebrings. Chrysler is the fucking champion of fucktarded domestic engineering and now they have tutelage in that from fucking FIAT.

>>16144076
>FUCKING HOSE CLAMPS

>>16144224
Can you get, or wind yourself, a better spring to solve the problem?

>>16144920
>>grease that won't come off your hands before dinner

I leave a five gallon pail filled with a strong laundry or dishwasher solution next to my work area, and I wear gloves or nitrile glove where the slight loss of dexterity isn't a problem.

The used soapy water fucking exterminates fire ant mounds because it percolates through them. I haven't had a fire ant problem in twenty years.

>>16150225
>btw, aircraft people solved this like 100 years ago. just put the plugs on the side of the head facing up...no actual reason for them to be between the cams

Aircraft are wonderful to work on compared to cars because they are designed to facilitate inspection and service. Cars are designed with no consideration for either.

>1.3 OHV
>2002

Fuck you ford, at least GM manages to make some power from their shitty 19th century technology

>>16145648
>that upper control arm
kek

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>ONE
>COMPUTER
>PER
>TAILLIGHT

>>16152265
Unless it's a Mooney. Even towing them sucks, as the nosewheel has a laughably pathetic turn radius (and for some reason, they NEVER have limit marks) so it's very easy to break something if you don't know this and try turning like a Cessna.

>>16144121
omfg. had to replace the starter in my MKIV Golf. Literally took hours. WHY DID THEY PUT IT THERE!? fucking nazis....

>>16153141
The starter on the mk4 Polo isn't much better. It's behind the engine block, under the intake manifold.
You have to remove the battery to get to the bolts holding it in, and the fuse box is clipped to the top of the battery.
Oh, and there's a cable tray clipped to the bolts that has some thick fucking wires running through it, and the connections on the back of the starter are a pain to get to as well.

The official manual even tells you to take the intake manifold off, but there's juuuust enough room there to get the starter out behind it.

>>16149421
combine that with a car that uses both SAE and metric. Fuck me.

>>16151210
Last set I bought skipped 18mm. Loads of 18mm bolts. Makes me so fucking mad.

>>16152170
In shitty locations.
Had two buy one of those remote operated hose clamp pliers. Fuck all that shit.

>>16147101
BMW 335i

this sounds like audi or land rover owner problems

There is literally nothing wrong with lug bolts.

>>16153528
REE THIS MAN

>>16144076
>automatic transmissions with a specific reading procedure for checking the fluid

Fucking, for my Jag, you had to drive the car for 20 minutes, park, let it idle for a few minutes, then move the shift lever through every single gear and immediately get out and check it. It would read completely wrong if you didn't.

Made it real hard to get the right amount in there, and that ZF didn't like to be overfilled or underfilled even by half a quart. However, that shit was so unbelievably smooth. I could never go back to automatic, but that car had a really nice one.

>oil filter upside down on top of the engine

>>16144264
my 740 does this and it drives me absolutely nuts

>>16145284
Nissan NAPS-Z engines
second set up plugs fired on exhaust stroke in a wasted spark setup
Paying for the plugs of a V8 while getting the power of an emissions-castrated I4

>>16148302
Are those running lights in the bottom of them?

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>buy car from junkyard
>junkyard drilled a fucking hole into the diff cover to drain the oil instead of just loosening a few bolts
>don't tell us when we buy the whole car
>diff explodes on the tow home

fuck

>jy also drilled hole into plastic gas tank to drain gas
>use gas tank repair epoxy while rebuilding rear end to plug hole
>starts leaking after 3 weeks
>drop almost full tank, empty into different containers, mend hole with bolt, nut, washer, o-ring
>starts leaking again two weeks later
>closest replacement gas tank is a fucking 4 hour drive one way
>no other choice, not gonna fuck with trying to plug it again, drive all the way out there to buy it and bring it back
>drop tank again, put new tank in

FUCK.

>dome light stopped working when I open the door
>water soaks passenger carpet when it rains, already smells horrible

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>>16144227
>>16144212
>>16144193
>>16144160
Speaking of engines with no head gaskets, the Citroen 2CV engine was put together with as few gaskets as possible, being machined with fine enough tolerances to not need them.

On the opposite end of the spectrum, this Opel engine is quite happy to vomit oil from every possible seal as soon as the crankcase ventilation blocks up.

>>16148039
Mechanic here, disposable gloves are a godsend, unless you're the kind of person who thinks you're not a 'real mechanic' unless your hands are covered in sores, scabs, and dry cracking skin.

Even my boss has started using them, and he's been doing this shit for 30 years.

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>Clutch on a RAV-4
What an absolute cunt to do, next time I'm just dropping the whole engine. Getting to the top transfer case bolts was an absolute cunt of a job, damn thing took about 12 hours to do.

>Alternator on a Holden/GM Craptiva
Oh, what's that? You want to take the alternator out?
Hope you enjoy taking out the god damn radiator fans through the bottom of the car just so you can get at it!

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>>16153528
Undoing lug nuts:
>equip rattlegun
>brrrap, catch nut
>brrrap, catch nut
>brrrap, catch nut
>brrrap, catch nut
>brrrap, catch nut
>place nuts on hoist
>go to next wheel, repeat
>place gun down, take all wheels off car

Undoing lug bolts:
>brrap, catch bolt
>brrap, catch bolt
>brrap, catch bolt
>brrap, catch bolt
>put bolts aside
>put hand firmly on wheel to stop it falling off
>brrap, carefully pull gun back with bolt in socket
>carefully lower rattlegun to floor with airline
>take wheel off
>move on to next wheel, repeat

It takes longer, it's more annoying to do, and there's literally no benefit from using lug bolts.

>>16154785
dont forget how annoying it is to mount them too
>lug nut
>literally place the wheel on the studs

>lug bolt
>fuck with the wheel for more time to align the wheel holes, rotor holes and hub holes
>akwardly try to screw in one bolt to keep everything aligned
>have to be constantly pushing on the wheel so it dosent fall

lug bolts are so fucking stupid

and if you fuck up a stud its easy to replace
you fuck up the hole on a lug bolt hub and you need a whole new hub

someone needs to shoot the engineer behind this design

>>16154931
Fuck, yeah, they really are just shit and entirely pointless.

God damn europeans.

>>16154334
poverty sounds horrible

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My first daily drive car (but not the first one I owned, was still in highschool) was an '03 PT Cruiser with turbo.

At least twice I had to do work to remove the radiator, or far. Either way, the fan has the come out first

Problem is, the upper pipe for radiator blocks it, so you have to kinds pull on the radiator and hope its lower mounts don't snap while to try to squeeze the fan by.

The book says you just unbolt that pipe from the top of the radiator......problem is, the turbo'd ones can't do that, as pic related shows.

I am so glad to be rid of it, one should not have to replace two wheel bearings, AND a wheel hub (the bearing absolutely would not separate), AND radiator, in only 2 years, AND have the hydraulic clutch fail within a week of selling it.

>Centrifugal Superchargers
>Electric assisted Turbo engines
>French cars in general
>Electing Donald Trump
>Drive-throughs that go right instead of left
>"European hatchback enthusiasts"
>Tuning 1.4L diesel engines

>retarded mercedes lugnuts

>>16154943
But lug bolts are an American thing. Also unless your wheels are lug centric subhuman garbage they should center and rest on the hub anyway.

>>16156523
>Centrifugal Superchargers
These are fucking awesome m8. All the response of a supercharger with all of the pressure buildup of a turbo and none of the ruined exhaust note of a turbo.

>>16156590

The experience I have with them tells me you are naming all the stuff they don't have.

If you want Supercharger reresponse with Turbocharger high hp then Twin-Charge that nigger up

>>16156611
I'm trying to build a car, not an uncontrollable drag race death trap. That shit goes overboard with power.

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>>16156621
Wouldn't exactly call this an uncontrollable drag race death trap.

>>16156585
We don't get many American cars in 'straya, it's very common on anything from VW, Mercedes, Citroen, and rebranded Opels.

>they should center and rest on the hub anyway.
No. They don't. Do you think I'd be directing so much hate and vitriol towards lug bolts if I had an easy time with them?

>>16156621

What's the point in Twincharging if you're drag racing?

Many successful race cars use Twincharging, never heard of a twincharged drag queen

>brakeLINES that go straight to calipers.

My volvo 240 has no flexible rubberhose just before the rear calipers so you could remove calipers without needing to bleed the brakes.

>>16156590
You mean none of the response and you have what amounts to a boost capped turbo