Hot Wheel, Matchbox, whatever. Post the toy car I know you have next to your desk.
>>27608701Space models and GT90 are cool. Was shocked at Colvin, thought it was Obama at first.
Mustang through the years.
I got the coolest combo itt
>>27606378>>27607771these are also mine, forgot i had them. they were my brother's (there was a rouge one and a shadow international tractor trailer somewhere)
>>27609423Nice!....I see you back there Calsonic #32
My exhaust doesn't have valves and I would like to have a "quiet" mode for morning cold starts. Is there an aftermarket valved exhaust which can make my cold starts quieter than stock when the valves are closed? Or are closed valves equal to stock, and open valves equal to muffler delete?
>>27608893>quieter than stock maybe you can find one That is serviceable so you can open it and pack more material in yourself? or if you have the space under the car you could add some secondary muffling before the actual mufflers so that it'll naturally be quieter and then the same or slightly louder with the mufflers open. no matter what you do is going to change the tone in some way shape or form.>how does it work?It blocks the flow of exhaust forcing it through that mesh and also a smaller exit reducing the noise. a spring version would be set up so it would be closed during normal driving but when you gun it The exhaust pressure would force it open to essentially turn it off, like a relief valve.
>>27608970Just needs an onahole inserted into it
>>27608970>It blocks the flow of exhaust forcing it through that mesh and also a smaller exit reducing the noise.At the initial startup would there still be a considerable amount of pressure forcing the exhaust open? I know with these types of exhausts they're engineered to generally open up after a certain RPM, basically, but I'm not sure how that works during startups.
>>27608994Nathaniel is that you? >>27609008I would have to assume that unless your car warms up at 6000 RPM, it would stay closed or mostly closed during a cold start. however since every engine and exhaust setup is so widely different from each other and these are pretty much off the shelf standardized units, you can't really say with certainty what actually will or won't happen on your specific vehicle without literally measuring the exhaust pressure at various RPMs and then selecting the unit with whatever pressure and spring rate you need for the desired effect.
>>27608893it’s always open, but the opening increases in size as you rev the engine more. At WOT it’s basically the same as not having it in there. I think trust makes them.
What are the fucking pros and cons of truck-based SUV's and pickup trucks?
>>27609182Back of a seat isn't the floor.
>>27609631It is if you walk over or put stuff on it, it's flat and rigid enough and is made for that specific purpose.
>>27608450What's the point? Whatever you have in the back will get wet in the rain or blown away in the wind
>this is considered a 10/10 on /o/
>>27609728Metallic blue, tan interior, 4WD 2 door with the 350? Yeah, I'm erect.
just got a 944, and just ordered the gen one CTSV break kits, LS mount kit (mounts and t tube adapter), haltech with harness. what LS should i build? i was thinking ls2 with ported heads and cam. new to LS.
>>27609640>>27609660Actually I did more digging. 472 pounds includes everything, and the engine by itself comes in at just about dead nuts 400.The aluminum LS engines are good because they weigh roughly the same and don't impact weight distribution or handling in any measurable way, but iron blocks are boat anchors.
>>27608866LS7
>>27608944>how is that LS going to work with the transaxle?Very easilyLS swapped 944s are probably the best sportcar you could have
>>27609721>sportcarI mean lets be honest, the VW944 was not a real sportscar, it was an off-brand, budget car with sporty styling and most people used to just call them NARPs. Those people died of old age 20 years ago.
>>27609732>it was an off-brand, budget car with sporty styling and most people used to just call them NARPsThese trolls are so low iq you might as well just be saying they have square wheels
It's Friday. What are you guys working on this weekend? Blog posting encouraged. Wrenchlets need not apply.Previous Thread:>>27534353
these tires cant sit in a stack without one getting a hole in the sidewall. walmart no longer stocks them in this size...
>>27609126I’m too old for that.Was thinking about a spring compressor, I have a strut that needs to be swapped eventually. Picrel looks like a little bit better one. And maybe that Klein angle finder, you can lay it flat like one of those round bubbles with an X and Y axis.Also I want to get down on a Safety Seal tire plug kit. The boomers all say they’re the best tire plugs ever, and I haven’t had a bad failure rate of Slime plugs, but it’s tempting to try them.
>>27609667Curious if this would run much at all on an 8gal compressor. One of the few air tools that somebody needs to make an 18V version of because it could be good
>>27609667What about this?
Is this good for babby's first scope or can you get the same thing off amazon/ebay for a fraction of the price?
americans call this a tractor
Is trucking worth it or is it slave labor? I hear horror stories but I might get a cdl in a few months.
>>27608333at least your not sitting in a wagie cage, dealing with HR roasties and other assorted office politics.
>>27608333your dispatcher will look like the woman in >>27608518
Americans, why do you call this a semi truck? In what way is it half a truck?Why not call it like glorious German: LKW (Lastktaftwagen)
>>27608333There are laws that are meant to be limit how many hours you drive in a day and how many hours you drive in a week but from what I hear from my trucker friends they regularly find ways to make you work past those hours.
>storage unit break in>lost thousands in NOS/NLA parts I had planned as mods for my car>stole two toolboxes worth of tools as well>recently had a mental breakdown a crashed my car in the processbr/o/s it is over. I don't have the motivation to rebuild my car (again) and I don't even have my tools or the space to work (renting an apartment)Hitting my 30s and I'm seriously considering hanging up my manhood and teenage dreams/aspirations and buying a soulless econobox just to get me to and from work. Manuals are basically non existent nowadays; is this what growing up/maturing feels like?
>>27608122>i can't be fucked to spend 20 minutes to get $5kholy shit anon how much is your time worth
>>27609417it's essentially what I've been doing since I moved out last year except my car is still drivable, just looks smashed; I intend to drive it that way until I get a truck. Losing my job 2 months into my lease didn't help much though so now I'm just hustling to pay off the credit card debt I racked up in between jobs. I should be in the clear with a solid savings account again by the end of the year and hopefully put apartment life behind me mid-2025
>>27609470>20 minutes of workIt's a multi-day endeavor considering I have to go to the police station to procure a report; then I have to dig up receipts (that don't exist since a lot of stuff was private/online sales). I don't have a printer to even print out email receipts, etcnot worth the hassle
>>27609273>I should've just bottled everything up until my inevitable suicide. Be a man; blow your brains out™glad we agree. In all seriousness though, I hope you're actually doing good. Just dont deflect all the help anons have been giving here. Just get to file that report and get your insurance money, thats why you pay them in the first place
>>27609482Holy goddamned shit you are fucking pathetic
uhh, frugalsisters? our response?
>>27609462such an idiotic argument lol, lmao evenone doesn't get to live THE LIFE by overspending into bankruptcy and owning nothing at the end of the day, that's YOLO defeatism
>>27596758>more pussywhat if i just want cute twinks?
>>27609492okay used corolla man
>>27609492True I need to save up money so I can buy a house with a virgin wife and have children that won't hate or betray me when they get older...Oh wait.
>>27609502based
why doesnt /o/ trust Chinese cars? chinese people are just as smart as japanese, and smarter than europeans and americans
>>27609428China is proof you can't trust government self reporting
>>27609002Chinese lie, cheat, and steal. You can't trust any information that comes from China.
>>27609002>chinese people are just as smart as japanese, and smarter than europeans and americansAnything is possible , when you lie
>>27609002I spent some time in china last year and its actually embarrassing how bad chinese society is when it's filled with such smart people trying so hard at everythinglike they are literally working themselves to death and basically at or below mexico levels, who aren't even fucking trying at allcrazy how retarded a system communism is. places like south korea or taiwan started off worse than china and now are actually 1st world countries because they never got held back the same way with retarded communist policies
>>27609149Cope
find a flaw>you cant
>>27607983I'm sure you were looking at AMG mercedes and was like, yea let me buy this 4 cylinder BMW.
>>27609583I didn't say looking at fuck head, I said think about. Yes, I think about the Mercedes line-up. I really like many of their vehicles. Asshole, learn to read. Or just skip straight to asshole.
>>27606806i don't see a toyota badge.
>>27608253Aw geez, ok, here's the deal. This 2024 is for my wife that's finally sold her beloved Mustang she bought new, years ago. I'm on my second BMW and over the years she sees and feels the difference. She's been hinting since 2019 but we stretched it this far. She likes the tech and doesn't mind or notice the lighter steering. I'm keeping the 328i, what the dealer offers is insulting. My last two repairs were more than their offer. Daughter is 14, will begin driving soon. I'm just going to maintain this 328 for her and I'll look into something else then. In a couple years I would need to go find a half decent 6 to 8k car for my daughter, So I'm doing it this way. I'll know the history of the POS she'll be driving, and honestly, I'll be the one paying for it all anyway.
>>27607983why didn't you get the msport package with adaptive sus
The chariot of the white manFlashy, fast cars are for browns and blacks who use them as status symbols
>>27593000idk man, I gave one of these to my wife and currently enjoying minimal depreciation. Keep praising it.I do respect it was sold in manual for some time, though.
>>27599886>>27599883Panthers -> pedomobiles. Only weird, obese and smokers drive these. Also Ford...V6 Buick -> geriatric car, or people with some job in an insurance company getting a fleet car.Old Ranger/S10 -> shit trucks that can't tow a shopping cart.
>>27599883Old Rangers and S10s are 99% hispanic where I live. New ones are probably the whitest vehicles around though, 2017+ midsizes are exclusively driven by 30-something white guys whose entire personalities either revolve around guns or camping/overlanding.
>>27609483Aren't Corollas one of the best cars in the world for holding their value long term? Toyotas in general, really.
>>27607066what zoomer>works>responsible with money
How does anyone afford a new truck? Do you have to make over 100k a year? I make 72k and it would be hard unless I put 15k or more down. Who is buying these? Dual income couples? Most people don't make close to 100k in the US.
>>27609397>In the US petrol is almost free in non-troon statesHonestly even in the shit states it's not that big of a difference these days, modern trucks really aren't that bad on gas and anything you'd realistically buy as an alternative is at best only gonna be like 3-4 mpg better in real-world city driving conditions. I had to move back in with my dad and brother in LA temporarily and my bro's Outback only gets 18mpg in the same driving conditions where my nuRanger gets 17, and even the Fiesta ST I used to have only averaged around 24 (despite being vastly better on the highway, averaging nearly 40mpg while my truck gets 23) and that obviously isn't a comparable vehicle.
>https://www.youtube.com/live/rcQSsxMs8gM?t=4857yotasisters... not looking good for us fr
If these are supposed to be so expensive for what they are, why am I seeing more and more on the roads as time goes on?
>>27609460Because, as is often pointed out on /o/, normies are far too willing to take out stupid amounts of car debt.
>>27609307My insurance is $85 a month for a 2024 XSE. That's with Gap and 100k/300k liability. It was almost $150 before my speeding ticket left my record.
wtf is going on?
>over a 40 year period there has been about a 9% weight increase Honestly that doesn't seem to bad, considering how much more shit is in a modern corolla
>>27609609can I fuck your ass you twig twink
>>27609628not like i could fight back
>>27609597>I’M ON MY WAY >I’M MAKING IT
>>27609597A piece of shit is getting piece of shittier.
So glad I got a Tesla and not a Spyware mobile like GM.
>>27609526>nothign to se here. move alongThe goyim knowshut it down
>>27609523Sounds like bullshit. Prove me wrong.What happens when a passenger connects their phone?
>>27609639Oy vey, buy s-o-y-ata cuz it is "reliable"! Don't worry about the spying party. if you have nothing to hide, no big deal! Goy!
See this is why I have a Chinese car.I'd rather have the Chinese government spying on me than my own government. What are they gonna do with my data? Try and sell me more cheap shit from AliExpress?
>>27609621Holy fuck
I don't mind the V6. It's fast and sounds nice.
I enjoy driving my BMW.
>>27609436Are you trying to say that a 3 cylinder is better?
>>27603886the 296 is rwd and isn't as fat
the front end on these has really grown on me, especially in person
>>27609574its better, but also worse. to get around its shortcomings requires adding a bunch of extra parts onto it.
