Bloody Volvo driver edishMy shitbox had what seemed like a fairly significant oil leak but at some point the oil seemed to stop going down. There's a lot of dried oil in the engine bay. I'm imagining it's somehow congealed or blocked the leak... problem solved? I'm scared to clean the engine lest it starts leaking again. What, if anything, should I do?
>>28923429nta but getting messy + it’s a pain to jack it up or drive it on ramps and then you have to do disposal of the old oil yourself its annoying. +having it on record might be useful if something bad happens under warranty.
>>28919233>>28919245Non owner insurance is for if someone lends you a car long term. Normal insurance covers liability even for someone else driving your car with your permission.
>>28923429My plan is to do it myself so I’ve got the parts etc but I don’t have a lift yet so this time need a shop to do it
>>28923437So get it fixed under warranty if the retard somehow manages to strip out the oil filter nipple.
>>28923437Leaving home is nore annoying
Some day I'll get a 718 Cayman. What is your someday car?
>>28923313It's happy and sad at the same time. I like cars so I want to look forward to more experiences with future cars, but what would I ever want to replace this with? I've driven much faster cars, but in a world where happiness is in short supply, the Miata makes me happy like no other car does.
>>28923657I love a Yukon XL and Cadillac ESV but no.
first generation 4-door turbo diesel pajero. spring over rear, 3 link front, front and rear elockers, beadlocked hummer wheels.
>>28923067Very cool anon, manual or PDK? Hope you get it in the next several years.I was lucky enough to get my attainable dream car (987.1), so I’m in the process of figuring out that what the next one is, if at all, with the other car being an mr2 (zzw30). At this point it’s either a Lotus of some kind or a Caterham.
Just an RF miata. I can buy one if I want to. I have the money. It's just that I can't really justify having one. Idk. If the next gen miata looks like shit I will panic buy the last year of the current gen.
It inevitable, Tesla is just gonna end up being the standard and maybe the default car once unsupervised FSD comes out.
>>28923724jewish tricks
>>28923724cut costs
>>28923724stock buybacks, government subsidies, and siphoning money from sister companies
>>28923445Polestar 2 is nice. Very high quality interiors and the RWD version is pretty fun to drive too.
>>28923724Sell less units total(lower production costs) but for more money.Think about this in the following way. A litre of gamer girl bath water costs $10 to make. You can sell 1000 litres for $100 each, leading to revenue of $100k and profit of $99k or 10k liters for $12, leaving you with $120k in revenue but $20k profits.In other words musk pulled pandemic era stellantis tactic. Cut the costs, increase or hold the price.
>2.0L TURBO>162 HP per litre
>>28922538>stellantis in charge of reliabilitylol
>>28923261>>28923608>Turbo v8>7.3L>32hp/LFeels good bros
>>28922450>1.5L Turbo >1,400 horsepower >933 horsepower per liter
>>28923789>4L Turbo>3,000 horsepower>750 horsepower per liter>12.8 horsepower per pound
>>28922598Nobody that matters knows what kilometer means. 100k miles was expected in the 19 hundreds. Well, except from euro cars they always have failed within 50k.
>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Period correct performance > cosmetics.>Metal > plastic.>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multi-meter.>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use Lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
Almost back together
>>28921697The metal had to come from somewhere.Rings are another common failure from overheat/oiling issues but that should have been obvious when you pulled the slugs out.We"re kinda running out of parts here.The bearings look like shit but theyre still "there".Unless it was an old failure from some ground to shit cam and P.O. just swapped out the cam.and never pulled the pan (?)
>>28923214We pulled the pan and the rod caps before the engine went in. It was all clean. I helped him put it in but I wasn't around to hear it run so I don't even know why it failed. I'll get a hone to check the bores but I'd expect the wrist pins to be stiff at that point.
>>28923507Well once you've exhausted options, whatever left is the culprit.(I thought you had pulled the pistons already).We're down to what, wrist pins & clips, pistons & rings, oil pump, timing set, dizzy?That reminds me.I had a weird issue once and it turns out the distributor bushings/shaft were toast. It wasnt obvious when it was in the engine because the oil pump drive shaft and cam gear kept tension on it so it didnt just "flop around" and actually was an intermittent issue.
>>28923507Wait, you've got a piston sitting on the table but you don't know how the bores look? What the fuck are you doing?
"Thank fuck I'm not an o/o" edition
Indiana is full of freaks and retards.
>>28922836I don't check them every day but I do at least kick or thump every tire at the start of my day. I check the steers every other day. Also have a gladhand air hose with a tire chuck on it so if they're low I can use the truck air supply to air them up, because most truck stops either don't have compressed air or if they do have it the system is often unmaintained dogshit that doesn't work or barely works. Honestly though you can blow any tire but a steer and it don't really make a fuck unless you're stupid heavy or the roads are shitty with snow and ice.
>finish training for 3 weeks with trainer>got backing mostly down>however my mega carrier requires you do a 45 degree back in their specific way which is considerably more annoying to do>fail>now have to drive an hour up to terminal again tomorrow to do a backing course and a reattempti'm mad at myself
>>28923453can't spell indiana without india
>>28923773I promise you you're dogshit after three weeks with a mentor unless you've spent multiple days just doing backs. Just get it done and move on. Nobody knows how to back worth a fuck until they've had to do it at 3am in the tightest spot in the lot with their clock in the negative in on duty post trip and a couple pissed off jeets watching and refusing to help because they're praying you'll give up. >>28923453Every state in the country is full of freaks and retards. There's no good ones left. Indiana is dogshit tho.
I do not get why /o/ hates modern car interiors
>>28922727Why are you even here if you drive some soulless shitbox like that Anon? Genuinely curious.
>>28922743I was there to look at a GLI and it unironically had a better interior.
>>28923704
>>28922729Albanian Disco Mode
>>28922272I'm so rich, I want screens everywhere.
>Greatest 911 of all>fried eggs>mid enginedWhy didn't Porsche stick with the winning formula?
the only prototype pretending to be a road car more shameless than this was the Toyota GT-One. they didn't even bother trying to name it after one of their road cars.
>>28923748anyone can make a fast car
>>28923748fried eggs?
>>28923760What about the best race car converted from a road car converted from a race car?
I love when my car wheelspins. Nothing more enjoyable than feeling like you're in control of some indomitable machine. Kicking up rocks to the car behind me also brings a smile to my face :)
>>28922279Same, when it rains I get to live the life of a hellcat driver
you ever spun your tires.. in 4WD?
It's rude to kick up rocks at another car deliberately, but I smile every time I hear my supercharger whine.
>>28922279>Kicking up rocks to the car behind meRun a 200tw tire if you want that sensation at any speed 100% of the time.
For your consideration; a brand new general where FB marketplace where we post crackhead listings. Starting with this absolute eyesore
>>28923714Currently looking at a 2001 Honda Prelude with 64k going just shy of 3k. Looks like a garage queen.Not sharing as I'm seriously considering.
>>28923722Im going to give you the benefit and assume its a 2 door.But im still in the WHAT THE FUCK IS WRONG WITH YOU phase.Its a God damn Accord with a body kit.My DD disposable shitbox that I dump miles into so I dont put wear on vehicles that matter is a FUCKING 2009 ACCORD.If it shits itself on the drive home ill roll it into a ditch and light that bitch on fire and walk home. Because it has no value other than conveyance.>it's actually a really nice Accord and I expect to get another 200k miles out of it.But dude.Its just "Car: Nippon".
>>28923714I've always wanted one of these
>>28923714hot rhonda
>>28923743thats actually a good find though. scrap value alone is probably about that much
Are these any good? The internet seems to think they are pretty reliable and I like that it is a body on frame relatively cheap 4WD SUV with good towing. I plan on doing some light offroading (nothing crazy just dirt roads). Seems like a good car to do that with occasionally, whilst spending most of the time shuffling the waifu too and from the grocery store and carrying furniture. Landcruiser meme tax has me looking at all kinds of alternatives atm.
>>28922532sister had one but it caught on fire and burned down. that being said it was a diesel and at the moment driven by her husband and he was known for not getting the sweet spot and torque rpm of diesel, constantly overreving them then complaining why they suck.
>>28922532Hold RIGHT there. ML is the rudest vehicle full of compromised users. You would be deemed "dangerous person"
>>28922532Just get a Land Rover bro.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hwqLyJofcIQ
>>28922532They're a fairly popular budget option for the Budapest-Bamako rally's 4x4 division. People generally buy the 2.7L diesel. Parts available for Mercedes is pretty good in west Africa, and they handle the sand and bad roads fine.
>>28922532George Floyd had it, so I don't want it.
Welcome to the Auto Vidya General, the thread for discussion of racing and driving games. No chinkshit peripherals or or ecelebs.Previous thread >>28912823>Wikihttps://get-good.net>MumbleIP: mumble.get-good.netPort: 64738Password: 4ch>Chathttps://chat.get-good.net>Equipment Guidehttps://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1uLKMbKwweUZ3QvFeNs8UeycZbDyo0McxGj7T6uTaTNoComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>28923606niceu, thanks
KEEP ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN ROLLIN
>>28923693Now that's a mothafuckin PARTY VAN
>>28923693lmfao are the rest of the cars players or bots? just imagining doing this for lulz in a full lobby
What other games get the 'sense of speed' factor right?
The thinking man's vehicle.
post your gti
>>28913205DONT BUY A VW YOU FUCKING TARDTHEY MAKE THE MOST UNRELIABLE CARS IN THE WORLD
>>28920351Retard.
>>28920392no u
>>28920317I don't have one
The perfect electric car doesn't ex-AAACK
>>28922644just get rid of the weird line entirely
>>28920533I hope you like understeering, poor visibility, interior space and terrible range/charge
>>28922630Or avoided entirely? Why would I actively support a manufacturer implementing this technology? Let alone one owned by the chinese.>inb4 muh swedish designers and factory workersYeah, owned by the Chinese.
>>28922907Just get the 2024+ facelifted version. RWD. Great visibility. 650km WLTP range that charges at 200kW. All problems fixed.
>>28923451>Why would I actively support a manufacturer implementing this technologyIt's required by law in EU now for all new vehicles. Still, the one click on the wheel it takes to turn it off is hardly a thing worth shitting blood over. You can get an older version where you can permanently turn it off.
The original and most popular car of its kind.
How did they manage to make the dash look like a cheap chinese aftermarket tablet
>>28923518They bought cheap Chinese tablets in bulk
>>28923518Did you mean to post the base model?
>>28923518You can cycle the instruments with famous examples through the years. Which is cool, I guess.
>>2890327980s/90s ford rocker panel rust is a special kind of delicious
