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>>28923308>a manual trans in my areaTry shopping in Austin or DFW. I really want a 135i and those are apparently like hens teeth within 500 miles of here. I'm one of those autists that checks my local craigslist and facebook for anything with a manual transmission nearly daily (mostly out of boredom, but also I want something fun soon) and it feels like ALL fun cars have been held onto for the last few years. Maybe people still paying off a covid 0% loan?
>>28923318>135iughhhh. My dad was literally going to give me one for FREE, a 2008, but I was so shell shocked from previous BMW ownership that I thought it was going to be another nightmare. I had an '02 330i and it kept handling funny, randomly pulling, all of the usual shit that would be indicative of the rear subframe cracking (which I didn't know about). No dealers could find it or specialist shops, so I kept throwing the partsbin at suspension parts until something dumb like the IACV broke one day and I said fuck it, and was just done with it.I had the money to keep the 135i running, I should've just taken it cause it was probably one of the most fun cars I've ever driven.>Austinmy last car was from there. They actually have honda dealerships not trying to fuck you on type r prices. or did.
>>28923323Fuck, a free 135i would be nice. How'd the 330i frame get cracked and how was that diagnosed?What did you like and hate most about the 135? I heard you can do a couple bolt-ons and maybe a tuner chip and its 400hp all day in a lighter-than-mustang car?
>>28923344I think subframe cracking was the #1 most common issue with that generation (yet mine was missed!!!). It was never diagnosed. but I literally replaced every suspension component and even the steering rack and it still would just randomly pull while driving on the highway. tires, shocks, control arms, trailing arms, etc.The 135 was great, it pulled extremely hard and had torque early on in the rpm range. The transmission was solid. Just goes into gears without any fuss. I think my only complaint is the potential repairs down the road. The turbos break (wastegate which requires replacing them both? i can't remember), the high pressure fuel pumps were notoriously unreliable I hear, and I guess fuel injectors since I think any bmw car had shitty fuel injectors. Besides the turbos that's mostly minor shit I guess and I hear people replace the 2 turbos with 1 and get a tune.I honestly just did not want to deal with it as a DD after dealing with my 330.>pic rel: yes it's AI slop but it's accurate
>>28923356That gives me hope for a 135i next year then. I'm on the hunt for a reasonably clean one under $14k. Gotta pay off my daily driver first though. >turbos, injectors suckgod dammit. That means whoever is selling them now knows that and its going to need $5000 in turbos, and $1000 in injectors. Whats the deal with replacing 2 turbos with 1? Just get 1 really good one and keep that same stock feeling but more power overall? Or is a night and day upgrade? Do you think finding one with known poor turbos to get a deal and just start hot rodding it when I get it?
Why is /o/ like this?
Hm this thread is autosaged for some reasonProbably has to do with how the site now handles bans>>28923419Fat(e) is FlavoureBut I will also get Tenderloins (Filet Mignons) for Poiver Steakes
>>28923406lmao is it autosega for everyone now? >>28923414not my first choice but still a million times better than this desert shithole. >>28923419post asparagus recipe
>>28923467'TisI quite liked Utah; no hip hop on the radio, the girls are in good shape and really friendly. Cute little town, that Salt Lake Cityhttps://warosu.org/ck/thread/21986132Olive OalButtaSparaguseSalt n peppa
>>28922745>Why is /o/ like this?>reddit reposts yet againDoes /o/ even create any OC besides the shitty BMW/Porsche arguments anymore? Half the discussion starters on here anymore are all reposted from Reddit, whereas years ago it would've been the other way around.This type of shit should be a bannable offense on sight.
>>28922745>"he bought a depreciating asset"Literally every car has this. Why do retards think they're smart for saying this shit?
Beautiful.
too bad they're done. no more. A4, S4, RS4, all gone.
>>28923357thats what they say now. just wait and watch them announce the comeback in the near future.they need to produce cars that people actually want to buy after all
It's amazing how BMW made their cars so ugly it seems reasonable to pay $30k more for a Porsche just to avoid looking at BMW
>>28923019what blue is this? could be mexico blue, laguna seca blue, santorini blue, riviera blue, can't quite place it but it's actually making me like the G80.
>>28923204anything in the last 4-5 yrs is pretty fucked because of the convergence of offshoring parts and bad interior design. but this shit from bwm is indefensible. slapping fucking vertical tablets on without even a thought to enclosing them is just lazy slop.
>>28923294chatgpt post
>>28923297lmao. look at this fuckin cuck slurping this shit up off the floor.
>>28923322circle the vertical tablet in the image you posted.
Why the hell didn't Stellantis just facelift the Challenger a third time before fully committing to EV?Seeing the new challengers knowing it's an EV just doesn't hit the same.
>>28922350I dont understand why you guys have such a problem with EV challengers. It's faster, eco friendly which is a huge plus these days, and it had speakers outside of the car that make v8 sounds. Literally 0 downsides. I love my EV challanger. It's sounds fricking amazing too
>>28923031>Americans just dont get it,they lack love for beautiful things (due to jews,racemixing and protestantism)Alfa Romeo actually did reasonably well until about 2023, especially considering how little support they had access to
>>28923031>Uhmm like 80 years ago alfa was relevant Awesome. It's not anymore and hasn't been for a long time. The other Stellantis massively outsold alfa. Alfa sold 73k cars GLOBALLY in 2025, 60k of which were the fucking Junior compact SUV.
>>28923276>that grille>those wheelsjesus christ what is wrong with italians
>>28923302The junior is a Tavares special, designed by a Spaniard not an ItalianLike how you can pinpoint when pininfarina started hiring jeets instead of Italians
ITT: We post our retarded questions for other retards to answer
What would cause a manual transmission car to shake when shutting off? It's not an as extreme shake like its stalling out, but it's say two to four fast significant shakes as the engine winds down. I have a GTI with 150k km.
>>289207803 lug wheels are based.>>28920782It'll be fine, but it will last longer with a 5w-30 or 5w-40.>>28922106Sounds like dieseling, could be leaky injectors or really bad blowby. Pop off the hose to the PCV valve and see if it's wet in there. If not, check the injectors.
RWD car newer than 2010 for around 10000-12000€ and NOT a BMW? Miata and GT86 cost way more than that in Europe. W204 is good but would prefer something a bit smaller
>>28922150>newer than 2010The bus.
How absolutely retarded would it be to buy one of those bolt-on H-pattern / sequential shifter kits for a shitty 50hp 5-speed manual econoboxI just want to try it for once in my life without having to get into rally or something, paddle shifters were interesting to drive with
Do you think big companies will ever make vehicles that are not terrible again?I realized that I don't feel like it will happen. We are trapped in horrible clown world. My truck will astronomically skyrocket in value, like all other older vehicles, because it is like sitting in the past a little bit.Everything is horrible but in my truck it is 1992 forever :>We could talk about how they are better because they don't break and put up with horrendous/comical levels of abuse that no modern vehicle could ever tolerate and stuff but we all already know.
Google two words:DaciaSanderoI need to pic the interior. Why?Look at it. LOOK. AT. IT. Yes, L O.O K
>>28921936mine came with a 3.55 LSD which isn't too bad. I was doing some forum research last night and I've come to the conclusion that it could very well be something in the speedometer or cluster causing the issues. the speedo needle bounces all over above maybe 40 ish mph. The truck will sit and idle in reverse just fine but freaks out as soon as you try to move, which again makes me think its something to do with the speedometer. apparently the third brake light causes problems as well, and when I looked at mine the pigtail was all burned up and I replaced it but that didn't fix it. if its not the speedo after all I'm not sure what to check next without throwing my purse at it. I'm also open to tire recommendations. I would like to tow with this once I have it better sorted and I trust it more, but I'm also kinda wanting to go for the muscle truck look since its got probably the worst possible bed for actual utility. something with white letters would look pretty cool I think
>>28922654>speedo needle bounces all over above maybe 40 ish mphThats the cable.Its "twisting" and releasing like a spring as it rotates.Custom shops aren't common anymore so it might just be easier to get a new inner cable/ outer housing than just replacing the inner cable.(if you could replace the inner its an easy as shit job to just slide it out with housing in place instead of rerouting new housing) Length has to be perfect to match the housing so be careful if you get a new unit and try to just replace the inner.
>>28922990Every aero nose ford I've ever been around has the speed sensor on the rear axle and the speedo is electronic. Bullnose Fords had the cable for sure. Not sure exactly when they switched, but I'm guessing sometime in the early 90's
>>28923073As I understand it the VSS sits on the differential housing and reads speed off the ring gear. Could be a bad ground, IAC or TPS. Maybe vacuum leak if you're still on speed density. >>28922654I just have Good Year Wrangler A/Ts. They have white lettering and look great.
What would you rename pic rel to in order to popularise them in the US? And I mean literally pic rel btw, where two cars can enter at the same time, none of this pansy one-at-a-time nonsense.
>>28921815>'Do not' enter the center (go around it you dumb hick!)
>>28917414>not being built correctlyOther than the tracks cutting awkwardly through the center and lack of triangles for the yield, what is the problem here?
>>28921964faustian
Why would there ever be a car that does what red car did. What was this image trying to convey. What the fuck.
>>28917387they dont need to be popularized, they fucking suck
Pisses all over the m340i and it's not even close. You'd have to be a fucking retard to pick it over this amazing bargain.
>>28921869> uses AI to check something that doesn't reflect real world dealer MSRP. What an absolute brownoid shitbag. You can literally look it up on autotrader, Both with similar packages are only $2k apart.
>>28922286lol i literally said i checked the dealer websites myself you weird little incel
>>28922102It's a 4 liter V8 twin turbo paired to a DCT trans and AWD retard. Downpipe, catback and a trans + engine tune already puts it in sub 4 0-60
>>28922672For once the v8 doesnt exist in any b8.5 platform car
>>28922832>buuuut ackkshuallyyyWhat i meant is the same generation of B8.5 audis which would be C7.5 for the S trims.Nerd bitchboy.
I blew a tranny again.
>>28922373I like women, but maybe it makes me bi
>>28922378a lot of gay men say they like women to fit into society
>>28922408I don't care what NPCs think if I was gay I'd be slamming man ass daily. Life is too short for anything less.
>>28922371Double oxymoron. Makes me smile, every time.
>>28921700The majority of trannies are straight dudes trying to fuck lesbians. You don't even know what you're talking about.
New S2000 just dropped
>>28921773Thats alright anon, sometimes we all default to a logic loop and don't realize how dumb we are sometimes. I happen to like the S2000, Toyota GT, Opel GT, Ferarri 250GTO, Shelby Daytona, Speed12, whatever that body shape/style is, I just love it. I don't think its a shooting brake, but I like those too. I'd love it if S2000's came back as a slightly larger 2 seater slick top. I'm sure it'd be a $65,000 car and on par with a Mustang GT.
>>28921584If it's anything like the Prelude drop they'll make it front wheel drive with an actual lawnmower engine in it and the base price will be six figures.
>>28921555I curse all AI jeet with eternal stomachache and genetic defect for their entire bloodline.
>>28921555i know it's ai slop but i'd buy that day 1 if i could fit (6'3" chadbro)
>>28922976knowing the track honda is on now it'll probably be some 4000+ pound hybrid electric abomination. we're stuck in brz's for the time being
I work on a lot of suvs and was most impressed with this car at least aesthetically and the interior is very nice. People complain that it’s only a 3 cylinder but really who buys a suv to drive fast?
>>28922473This is a hatchback not a SUV.
>>28922473The Nissan variable compression I3 turbo is unreliable garbage. Can't wait for the new CEO to cancel it.
>>28922473>unibody slopboxThat's a crossover at best. An SUV is a body on frame vehicle.
>>28922473>eggshit>current yearWew lad
>>28922473>most impressed with this car at least aestheticallyIt looks like shit
>2016 mazda vs 2026 mazdaWe are dead and this is Hell.
>>28911261>shit doesn't sell lolI see CX-5s all over the place
>>28922622I have a(n older) CX5 and it's greatthe new ones look terrible
>>28911059You dont know what hell is nigger. Hell is no one wanting you around. Hell is locking yourself away from the world. Hell is burying your entire family and being all alone. Hell is being unable to fight the depression and anxiety anymore. Hell is never starting your own family and dying alone. Hell is needing half your organs replaced. You faggots don't know what hell is
for the record the main reason this shit keeps happening isn't because of consumer taste (i don't know a single person who prefers ipad cars), it's because touchscreens have gotten so easy to produce that it's cheaper than physical buttonsno need to figure out a different design for each interior console on different models or configurations, just slap in a one-size-fits-all screen and update the software if anything needs to be changed
>>28923093>and update the software if anything needs to be changedThey're too lazy to even do that. If you car isn't 12 days old, then fuck you your stuck with whatever software you've got. >no we won't let you change it yourself.
Where are you supposed to park in Brisbane?
>>28916286Which is perfect because you can plunder the resources without feeling bad.Australia has every natural resource including all rare earth minerals, one of the few places that could be self sustained.
>>28915827You park in your 5litre commodore You do anything else you're shit under my shoe you vaccinated golem fuckwit
>>28921471then how come indians outearn whites per capita, not just in the USA but also canada? why do none of these retarded theories account for this? you cant accept that some people just work harder than you and see the fruits of they labor
>>28919302>most canadian indians own businesses and are pretty well offjust like in the US they're "doing well" by scamming the white tax payers via their treasonous government
>>28922988H1B is basically a scam since you don’t even really have to advertise those jobs to real Americans. Completely unfair system of hiring that debases the workforce is how.
EVs should be taxed higher than normal cars. They don't pay gas tax and don't contribute to road maintenance. They're even heavier than a normal car and do more damage to the road. Why do I have to subsidize these faggots entire existence just because I choose to have a car with a real engine in it that has real towing capacity?
>>28921486they do.. they pay higher registration fees and renewals than gas cars. Unless you live in some region that doesn't for some reason, then it's (you) problem
>>28921530Would braking regen stop an EV floating in space? No? Then the forces are still coming from the tire to the ground and yeah a 5000lb EV will 100% cause more wear.
>>28921486They will eventually be subsidised, but if they were introduced right now they'd kill EVs so for now they won't.
>>28921486EVs are taxed heavily with extra registration fees. EV "road tax" is added at the registration fees where EV are taxed at equivalent of ~80K yearly road driven gas tax per car.
>>28921525We need a weight taxYou will drive a four door sedan with a twin turbo 4 banger that has curb weight of 1 ton and you will be happy
