ITT: UNPOPULAR OPINIONS

so a person isnt a profesional because they dont use the correct brand of tools?


if you believe this, you arnt a professional

>>17763468
Harbor freight is fine.

My unpopular opinion. A 4 cylinder engine is a waste.

>selling your soul to the truck for basic shit

Specialist/high end tools from the truck, toolbox from Craigslist, tools from hazard frought. Anything else is wasting money

>>17763547
Waste in a heavier car for sure but a four banger in a very light car is zippy, revvy, light and gets decent MPGs.

But you are entitled to your opinion I'll give ya that

>>17763489
trying using a HF ratchet in tight engine spaces compared to a professional brand not necessarily snap-on. i work at a MB dealership so the tooth ratio means life and death when working on the engine bay


>>17763547
its fine for a lot of things but i never buy ratchets from them. i'm not stupid that i would buy a 50$ magnetic tray from the tool truck compared to 10$ from HF

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>modern safety equipment and driving aids are a good thing
>driving is a privilege, drivers education and testing should be a lot more stringent, and you should lose your license a lot quicker than you do today if you do stupid shit
>crossovers are gud

>>17763590
>modern safety equipment and driving aids are a good thing
For the majority of people, yes, so you could claim they're better as a whole.
However, you can't expect people who don't need that shit to view it as necessary, or want to pay to have it in their cars.

>>17763590
>modern safety equipment and driving aids are a good thing

until they make you dependent of them and then you have to drive a 'normal' car which will render you helpless

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>>17763747
Then the question becomes; how do you determine who is good enough to not have it? Do you make special license classes and vehicles for people good enough to drive without it? If you just go "What do you want; a car with all the modern safety features available, or the same car with nothing BUT its cheaper?" then people will pick the cheaper because its, well, cheaper AND that people have a tendency to always consider themselves good drivers, and as such I think very few would actually recognize their own need for such things

>>17763858
You've got to look at the big picture - do you think there are more deaths and injuries because people are used to driving aids and seemingly all die when driving anything without ESP, than there would be if all the cars were without driving aids?

You'll have to consider how far we've come; just about nobody who regularly drives a car with modern shit will also be required to drive a car without modern shit, and as such I think its idiotic to imply that it can make traffic dangerous.

On a whole it saves a lot more lives and prevents a lot more injuries than it would ever be able to cause because people become "helpless"

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Safety inspections are generally a good thing, and people shouting "LOL IN HIS COUNTRY THEY'RE CHECKING WHETHER HIS MODIFIED CAR IS HELD TOGETHER BY DUCT TAPE AND DOWN SYNDROME WELDS, WHAT A KEKED NANNY STATE" are unbelievable morons.

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>>17763903
I'd be fucking scared to drive around here if we had no mandatory inspections, especially during the winter time

Its like whenever a eastern-european semi comes into Norway and comes onto a checkpoint where there is an inspection. Bald tires, mismatched tires, cracked frames, worn out brakes, non-working brakes, several tons overweight, driver is drunk as fuck, driver hasn't slept in 2 days

This is a romanian drivers idea of an "acceptable winter tire"

>>17763889
Sure, less incidents but it will lower people's need for thought as the car will do it for them

>>17763889
>how do you determine who is good enough to not have it?
Tests, maybe.

>Do you make special license classes and vehicles for people good enough to drive without it?
If you went the testing route, yes.

>people will pick the cheaper because its, well, cheaper
Agreed, also to the fact no one will believe they need it.

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>>17763920
>ive made it this far so the remaining few kilometres can't be any harder

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>solid rear axles are perfectly adequate and more than capable for most performance driving
>Qudrajets are a good carburetor
>wheels larger than 15" in diameter are pointless
>Americans made the best 4 cylinder engine of all time
>drifting is really fucking gay and isn't racing

letting people pass their driving test driving an automatic vehicle lets potential morons onto the roads. Morons too stupid stupid to really know how to drive.

So if the test required you to drive a manual vehicle there would be less of those on the road among us

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>>17763929
You may not have noticed it, but you mentioned the root of the problem: people do not think when driving. To the general man and woman driving is a necessary evil, and not an activity they take seriously or have any interest in. Thats why they text, drink and drive, don't keep their cars in good shape, don't give a shit about indicators, right-of-way and so on.

If people actually did pay attention to their driving we wouldn't have any need of these gadgets - but you're not going to get everyone to be like that. If so you'd lose the huge majority of all drivers as not many would live up to the stringent demands

As for testing; testing and finding out stuff like that would be so time-consuming and resource-consuming its just not practically possible.

A big problem is that people often get gradually worse after getting their license. They may get better at knowing the roads, keeping their speed stable (some folks cant even do that), feel more comfortable and so on, but I see that people pretty much immediately "forget" that the aforementioned indicators exist, fuck up in every roundabout, can't park and so on. They'll learn and remember for as long as they need to until they get the license. As soon as they have it they'll relax and no longer give a shit

>>17763978
Aaah kurwa

>>17763920
What's wrong with it? If there's no holes, he should be good 2 go

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>>17764126
found the slav

Skid control training should be mandatory to get your drivers license, especially in the colder climates of North America.

>>17763903
Get mad stay mad

I've yet to see someone die from poorly maintained shit.

I'll just be here with muh straight pipes

>>17763468

lmao i worked in a shop for 6 years, one guy loved Snap-On and his stuff broke more than my shitty Princess Auto and Canadian Tire stuff. Snap-On junk is the same quality as my Chinese no name tools but youre paying 500x more than me to have a shitty logo stamped on it

best part is even though i quit working in a shop i still have a shitload of tools to work from home with and i was never in debt for tools like the other guys owing Snap-On 10k.

also unpopular opinon Subaru Boxer engines are complete junk

If you don't have the wherewithal and co-ordination to drive a manual and pass a test, you don't have the necessary co-ordination to drive safely at all.

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>>17763468
>you don't need to drive a 500 bhp v8 suv/pickup to go for groceries
>yo dude i've remapped the ecu and fitted a cold air intake, now i've got 5 more bhp, wanna hear them out?
>young drivers who think they are racing drivers and provoke everyone on the road

jesus

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>>17763547
>not liking Honda, king of the 4-cylinder.

My unpopular opinion: All nissans look terrible.

>>17764549
r34 gtr looks pretty good imo.
but nissan does build some of the ugliest cars ever, see Juke

>>17764619
The r34 looks ok, but the front end reminds me of the pigfat 2005+ mustangs.

>>17763468
1.) The F40 is overrated
2.) R33 is best Skyline
3.) The Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabrio concept is beautiful
4.) All Mitsubishi cars are shit
5.) Plastic engine covers look decent when done right

>>17764619
Juke a cute :3

>>17763984
What engine is the 4 cyl? Genuinely curious

>>17764549
bet you're still waiting for that vtec to kick in.

>>17763468
>the difference between something made in the USA compared to made in China
That difference is the murican made shit is 5x the price for the same chincy shit that'll break just as quick.

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>>17764695
Offy 4 cylinder.

>>17763984
What 4cyl is that, friendo? B16a, B16b, B18c, F20C, FA20, and 2ZZ-GE all break 100hp/L, only NA, run pump gas, and are/were production engines. I don't know what America made that competed with these, let alone after any of them being force inducted.

>>17764824
see
>>17764793

"Production" or not isn't a metric that matters, not to me anyway because racing is what matters- And the only thing that being "production" dictates is how available something is and the Offenhauser was readily available.

>>17764877
"Racing" or not isn't a metric that matters, not to me anyway because part availability is what matters- And the only thing that being "for racing" dictates is how much performance you can buy and the B series could always do that.

>>17764680
1. Yes!
2. YES
3. No opinion
4. No ...
5. Yeah

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the CTR was the best supercar of the 80s

>>17764619
>see Juke
or leaf
or murano

>>17764947
Monobloc cylinder head construction, individual ports for every valve, direct valve actuation and double supported crank retention aren't available for a B series and are inherent flaws in its design. If part availability for a 4 banger is your schtick Iron Dukes blow the B series out of the water.

>>17764680
>1.) The F40 is overrated
fagit
>2.) R33 is best Skyline
kinda agree
>3.) The Mercedes-Maybach 6 Cabrio concept is beautiful
it is a pretty neat looking machine
>4.) All Mitsubishi cars are shit
and look like shit to boot
>5.) Plastic engine covers look decent when done right
sure

Germany is actually shit when it comes to inventing new things car related. Almost all significant car related developments occurred in Italy, the U.K., America or France. Japan has done some stuff in recent years but their automotive industry didn't really take off until the 1970s.

Unpopular opinions:

The FD is not perfect and is severely overhyped. The R32 and R34 are the second and third most overhyped, and people overlook the flaws of all three far too often in their worship. The NSX is not the end-all be-all.

>>17763590
>A lifted hatchback
>Good
Either get normal hatchback if all you do is drive in the city or a estate, perhaps even AWD, if you need to hit the dirt

>>17765108
Curious. What was sooo good about other sports cars of the same era that makes them overhyped? 3000gt's? Evos? Cobras?

>>17763468
>there should be some type of consumer qualification for working on their own car

it wouldn't have to be mandatory, but at least something so that I know a car that I'm thinking of buying was maintained in good hands, and so that I won't immediately disqualify a car I might buy after learning that some 17 year old kid installed all the parts with his $10 tool set

>>17763559
I'm a big fan of kobalt and husky, both are a step up from harbor freight for not much more in price. Occasionally I'll treat myself to SK and GearWrench, both (in my opinion and experience) are tool-truck level in quality and durability, but not as expensive. The obvious advantage of the truck, and the reason that snappy and cornhole are so popular is the fact that they're services as much as just vendors. You get a truck that comes to you instead of having to order stuff, and a guy who works with you to get you what you need. If you break something, tell the guy when he comes around and he'll get you a new one from the truck or order you one.

>>17763984
Americuck spotted