>sorry sir but that nail is too close to the sidewall>but we can offer you a new tire for $200+tip >PS I cannot legally allow you to drive away from the premises with your tire in that condition+tip
>>28923398>Why did you need to ai thatwut. that just looks like a stock image>>28923609honestly i don't think that's crazy at all. those plugs are great. i had three on one tyre at one point and they all outlasted the tyre.
>>28923636>But it's hard to feel alive when I get too civilized.Yeah, I can appreciate that.>nice Point Break
>>28923663I did a trackday with one in the edge of the tread in re71r's and prob got up to 110 or so in the straights. Didnt have an issue. Also depends if it was a good plug (looped over, only need one strand) or a super sketchy plug (multiple strands or seriously on sidewall). I think theres a spectrum of sketch when it comes to tire repairs but a center tread single rope repair should be very good.
>>28923642>Drive axles should always be matching.only matters with lsd/welded/spooled diff
>>28923718>I think theres a spectrum of sketch when it comes to tire repairs but a center tread single rope repair should be very good.yeah these repairs i had were all on the tread. i just figured people were using these within the instructions that specifically say to not use these on sidewall punctures etc.
>reliable>cheap ($8k for a 2010 with a NA 5.0L V8)>luxurious>somehow lighter than modern “sports” sedans>built by white menWhat’s the catch?
>>28923084I sorry to say, it does not.
>>28921969>reliableLow quality bait anon
>>28922331aluminium baybeeeits pretty much the same weight as the smaller xf, bc that one is made from steel
India.
>>28921969>reliableAccording to who?https://youtu.be/HfZz30A4GQI?si=8yjZQsPWkipGfuIL&t=234https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bz1OmIK3cychttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=thBGBnXfo2I>cheapHere are 2010 luxury sedans with original prices and adjusted for inflation.Lincoln MKS: $40,870 ($61,860 today)Infiniti M35: $45,800 ($69,325 today)Acura RL: $46,830 ($70,880 today)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
https://arstechnica.com/cars/2026/04/us-jobs-too-important-to-risk-chinese-car-imports-says-ford-ceo/
>>28923121In the US they're not allowed to drop prices if it compromises shareholder payouts. Even if doing so would increase their market share and lead to long term gains.Meanwhile in China, they'll happily screw over shareholders to grow the business. Which, ironically, means the board gets their bonuses for hitting growth targets.
>>28915749We should.
>>28923235>In the US they're not allowed to drop pricesyet american cars are cheap as they can be in america yet only expensive everywhere else?>le dodge brodders memeoh, i'm talking to a retard. nevermind. you don't really even understand what i'm talking about.
>>28923235>they'll happily screw over shareholders to grow the businessretard point #2. the "share holders" of chinese car companies is just the chinese government. they're state owned. that is the reason they can sell cheap.
>>28915749>>28922924We need to attract Top Talent.Maybe if you weren't so lazy and poor you couldn't even get a few dozen certifications and didn't demand absurd wages like 15$ PER HOUR you would have prestigious a job at Canadian Tire too.
Why did vehicles get worse over the two decades despite major advances in technology?
>>28914850Keep coping, tard
>>28914821epa
Left wing emission cultists
>>28921931He is right though.
>>28914821>Why did vehicles get worse over the two decades despite major advances in technology?
I'm looking for my first enthusiast car and I am torn between these. What does /o/ recommend? I'd be buying either cash, and it'd be my daily. I'd also like to keep it for 8+ years if possible. >inb4 GR CorollaGreat car but I hate the look and it's not as cheap as the WRX. The low price of the subie is what lets me overlook the appearance.
>>28923325You work in IT, Don't you?
>>28923325Ask yourself 2 questions:>Will I be willing to modify and wrench on the carYes: WRXNo: CTRhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qDLg2vXZsZc>Do I live in a state it snows regularly or gets below freezing:Yes: WRXNo: CTRComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>28923325I got the CTR new. I considered the WRX. At the end of the day it was supposed to be worse for performance driving, less reliable, more stupid looking, etc. >>28923625I also get shit mpg, like 21-22, but I redline it (which is less cool than it sounds because lol turbo). I think I can get like 26-28 on the highway, but that's not a fact. >>28923640This has pretty much been true. Always nerdy white guys in glasses asking about it. GTI rednecks and subaru vape boys know what it is too. Nobody else does. P.S. if this isn't an "easy" purchase for you OP, consider the cheaper car, though I do wonder how much more you lose on depreciation. Same thing with the Elantra.Note that CTR comes with summer-only tires and needs all-seasons in winter. Performance drops significantly with the A/S.
I've put 70K miles on my 2018 WRX, but I'd have a hard time buying the current one mostly because of the climate controls being the screen and not a fan of the looks. if it's really just the CTR vs WRX, then I'd probably go CTR, but the GTI/R are worth a look too
>>28923716I do wonder if the GTI is a good compromise (that or GR86) - the Si is just not enough power and I really do question the WRX's reliability, etc. I am the CTR fag. P.S. GTI and R are auto only now iirc.
Science has finally figured out why there are bad drivers on the road. By dodging the stick you're not only giving girls the ick, but you're also putting lives on the line everytime you get in the car. Trust the science. Become a better driver
>>28923620And you know who funds said journalists right?
>>28923646Hesbollah
Why are vaxxies intentionally hitting people that didn't get the vaccine?
I was up in Connecticut when Biden said COVID was officially over. Next day the driving quality was immensely worse leading me to believe the opposite of this study.
vaxxies can't drive due to VAIDS so this actually checks out
Any other cute/sexy /o/ related brand mascots?
>>28922543He has a dog, so he's cool in my book.
>>28923684bibendogum
>>28923630Two Vogues on the left, Uniroyals on the right!
>>28923686Its name seems to be Bubbles, at least for the English speaking markets.
>>28923690Are they having a giggle, do you think?
Cars that sound unusual.Fuck burble tunes, I want whatever this is. Street M8 sounds like ass, this sounds like a religious event.https://youtu.be/FDABFk6HOUEhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=olOwBs1GHSw
>GR GT looks like American muscle cars>New Corvette looks like European supercars>new M3 will look like chinkshit What's going on?
>>28918538Why can't the new supra look like this? I can tolerate the BMW engine but it still looks like an elongated helmet.
>>28918642what code tho. don't recognize it
>>28918531next GT-R will btfo them all/thread
>>28918554It's a jap viper. They wanted to outdo the mk4 supra. I fvcking kneel desu
>>28918538>>28920795>>28920798zettai sexo
Why aren't you driving a Yokler XL?
>>28920151What don't cyclists complain about
>>28919128Wouldn't the truck bed have an infinite cargo capacity as there's no real limit to how tall of an object you can fit there?
tell any why woman you bought this instead of a pickup truck and instantly dry her pussy into dust
>>28922810They're all either dumb ass teenagers or dumb ass teenagers who failed to launch. They're an entire website full of people who never realized they had to mature.
>>28919128>single seat>exposed cabin>Total Authorized Weight: Approx 230kg+ including driverThese 2 vehicles are so incomparable it's not even funny. What sort of actual mouth breathing retard makes comparisons like this?
What can be done about the LED menace?
>>28923501did he run it on the 12v system? because if it had full 24v it'd be even brighter
>>28923104you ever stare directly at a campfire at night? notice how everything immediately around the light is practically pitch black? multiply that by 100
>>28923520Stepped up to 24V with a self made converter if memory serves.It was powerful enough to melt the radiator grille.
>>28923521This is why I can see better at night driving my van* with 4x sealed beams than I can driving my equinox with 2x projector LEDs*until some shitass in a trugg or civic with their highbeams on comes around a bend and blinds the fuck outta me
>>28923319They have special licenses for it at the manufacturer. You can't just put it on your car.
>also, holy shit I’m either fat or these were designed for a 28 inch waistAlso, anyone know of good rx7 seat rails for sparcos? These rails are contacting the transmission tunnel carpet so it’s a bit of a pain to use the sliding adjustment.
>>28922854>also, holy shit I’m either fat or these were designed for a 28 inch waistI had a similar problem with the Sparco Sprints in my nephew's TT; my shoulders were too broad to fit between the supports, so my dumb ass was forced to sit in front of the seat rather than in it. You need to measure yourself and find a seat the fits your dimensions.>>28923198I used to agree, right up until I got some bucket seats for my daily driver MX5 in anticipation of it becoming a track car. With the factory seats I used to get lower back ache when driving for more than a half hour or so, but with the buckets I get no aching at all. Obviously they're tad inelegant to get in or out of, but a couple seconds of grief for hours of comfort seems like a reasonable trade off to me, assuming your factory seats aren't as shite as MX5 tombstone seats, anyway.
>>28922854Seats like that without harness isnt something I would have done. The 3 point belt will just sit on the seat bolsters and not really contact you. May not work as designed.Yes, racing seats are often super narrow. I have a momo in my rx7fb and one of my ex girlfriends who was like 5'11 120lbs had such wide hips she couldnt fit in it.Sliders will raise the seat high and rx7s arent that big so your head may now hit the roof when wearing a helmet. They really should be mounted w side mounts cut and welded to the car and adjusted (bolt holes) for each driver.There are sportier street car seats out there that are a middle ground such as lotus probax seats but its all gonna be trial and error like fitting aftermarket wheels.You do you but I'd consider selling this seat if it's got 3 strikes against it (dont fit you, dont fit trans tunnel, questionable safety w stock belt, or if your head height is now higher in car)
>>28923572>Sparco SprintsThose are for Manlets.Jokes aside.
>>28922854Hook me up with your old seat for my miats
>>28923612they’re on yahoo auction now. >>28923245yeah, these are supposed to be good for a 34 inch waist I thought. Maybe it was 32 and I’m misremembering. I found some side mounts I’ll try out that I think will fix the mounting issue, but last time I tried sidemounts they didn’t fit at all due to width issues.
>honda is paying google to shill the prelude if you search "gr86"damn... things are that bad huh?
>>28923353It was a Mitsubishi engine. Hondas 2.7 destroys it
>>28923205their pricing is insane. it's otherwise a very cool looking car, normies wouldnt care about the drivetrain
I like the Honda Prelude but its market should have been limited to Japan.It exists purely to be a homologation special for their Super GT GT500 programme and considerable work was done of steering and feel.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39ntpFAuA7U
Not for me, cunt.
>>28923132It looks like somebody just glued the front of a Pruis to the back of the last Civic coup and called it a day. Great job, Honda. Another overpriced sportscar with a 7 second 0-60.
muscle car owners:do you look for other muscle cars on the highway to race them? Im an oldfag (24) and i still get butterflies in my stomach every time i pull up next to a v8 challenger/camaro/mustang and theres an empty stretch of highway hahabut most of the time theyre just 4/6 cylinders
>>28922675GAPPING people on the highway >>28922693I have the latest gen v8 of my muscle car, im not going to line up with a fuckin ecoboost or rentastar I might as well race elantras at that point >v8 that makes probably 90hpyou should try fixing it
>>28922693>I have a v8 that makes probably 90hpWhat is it, a Flathead?
>>28922675hope you got güd disKKKount and not full MuhSuRP
>>28922708it's a 305 with TBI
>>28922675In the gap behind a base C8
This actually looks pretty good now in comparison
>>28923480heard a rumour all the German engineers went to KIA or something
>>28923515Give you a hint, they're not hiring Korean designers in Hyundai group
>>28921918new = bad, old = good strikes again
>>28923515The Chief Creative Officer and President of the Hyundai group, Luc Donckerwolke, is literally the designer of the facelift Lamborghini Diablo, Murcielago, Gallardo, Bentley Flying Spur and even the Audi A2 (kek).The former head of Hyundai R&D, now "technical advisor" Albert Biermann, also came directly from BMW's M division and was on the development team for the BMW E30 M3. I imagine there's more behind the scenes in smaller roles.I'm not even remotely a fan of gookshit cars, but it seems they know how to put together a team and are obviously doing something the Germans aren't if they're all willing to switch sides.
>>28921918These guys are fucking ridiculous. Honestly
