Ford said it expects to take a $19.5 billion hit over the next two years as it pivots away from electric vehicles due to reduced demand and reduced profitability of the models.The company, which has lost more than $13 billion on its E.V. business since 2023, said the majority of the charges will happen in the fourth quarter of 2025 and 2026, with $5.5 billion carrying over to 2027.The automaker will also stop making the electric model of its F-150 trucks, and instead focus on extended range hybrid models and other gasoline-powered products.The announcement comes as an EV sales slump is causing other big-name car-makers to re-evaluating their product strategy and lineups, including the likes of Tesla and General Motors.https://www.forbes.com/sites/kirkogunrinde/2025/12/15/ford-to-take-195-billion-profit-hit-as-it-scales-back-electric-vehicle-plans/
>>28767426This would work in the following circumstances.A Constitutional Amendment that explicitly recognizes and restores a citizens right to discriminate how they see fit in the conduct of the personal, private or business affairs. And that municipalities may pass and enforce laws based upon such with a 70% or greater popular vote.And all votes are to be counted by hand. And voters must present proof of identification and citizenship in order to vote.TLDR; Bring back open segregation laws. And either get rid of the punishment laws on the South or inflict them on everyone, everywhere.
>>28779245They have lots of room. China is one of the largest countries on earth. Indiana isn't full, it's mostly farmland and forests.They choose to live like sardines in a can.
Fix it again tony
>>28780703Sardines in a can more like flies on shit
>>28780716He said Indiana, not India.
Currently I drive a Mercedes SLK230 Kompressor but my real dream car is a Corvette C5. I could hypothetically be able to get one soon, but what I'm worried about is how do these things actually handle? Obviously I would assume the Z06 would handle pretty well but let's assume the absolute most base version of the C5, these things are pretty uncommon and expensive where I live so I might not be able to get "the good version". The suspension and stuff is actually surprisingly advanced on the SLK so I don't wanna end up spending a whole bunch of money on a car that will end up being a downgrade in all but power, cause if that's the case then I'll just get the SLK 32 AMG instead.
>>28780780My SLK is basically a german miata so that would be exactly what I'm looking for
>>28780766depends what tires are on it
>>28780766you have shit taste
>>28780766>The suspension and stuff is actually surprisingly advanced on the SLKits literally mcdonalds struts with steel (cheap) uprights, meanwhile the vette is forged ally bones on all 4, what this means is that you are a wrenchlet
>>28780793>its literally mcdonalds struts with steel (cheap) uprightsThe 1st gen SLK has multilink in the back and double wishbone in the front, no mcpherson column in any of the versions, not even the cheapest ones. Maybe you got it confused with the later ones, I don't know what those have but I can imagine they could have mcpherson struts
>change my engine oil>car feels like its running smootheris the placebo effect?
>>28778693>I read that driving at higher rpms and for longer "burns" off build upthe gunk is in the intake and even at extended high rpm the intake doesnt get hot. Most cars nowadays have a plastic intake
>>28778507I wasn't doubting it. Italian tune ups are good for both your car and the SOVL>>28778693Driving like a grandma is bad for your engine too. You just need to have a good balance. Baby it when it's cold and hasn't fully warmed to operating temperature, minimize short trips, and then you can send it up a hill. Your car will thank you.
>>28779873>I wasn't doubting itnever said you were. it's a great excuse to have some fununironically fixed a power steering issue once by just revving the shit out of it after i got fed up with trying everything else.
>>28778696I WRC a penalty can be served by adding weight to a car.
>>28780771In*>WRCIt's WEC, I'm retarded.
Even their 'cheaper' cars are still comfy.>Picrel a 2000 Rover 75 which started from around 15K back in 2000
British cars are a mixed bag in every field. Landrovers made before the 90s are about as comfortable as a church pew.
>>28777301Ts so fucking ass
>>28778514OK Zoomer
>>28777301Yeah a cozy little pod for eating your bugs in. Nothing has been comfortable since they stopped making the floor flat.
>>28777301literally just looks like a buick of the same year>>28777313this ones just a rebadged pontiac
It is Friday! What are we wrenching on this weekend? We know you'd never be seen dead at a Jiffy Lube. Post your large projects, small repairs, tools, maintenance routines, tips, tricks, and general tomfoolery.
Had one day this week yesterday so I knocked out these overpriced DRL bezels and DD elite fogs. Kinda done with the bolt-ons for this platform, if I want to take this car further it would be engine out for head studs at a minimum. Time to get back to EJ stuff in the summer.
>>28780521One day off*
managed to fix the threads on my exhaust after the oxygen sensor got completely shredded. it lined up with the non-fucked threads at the bottom too, thank God.
>>28780754here's the absolutely shredded oxygen sensor, no fucking clue how it got fucked up this bad. definitely using anti-seize on the new one.
>>28780048fellow vortec chad detected. I did my lower intake gaskets around this time last year.I hope you let the rtv set before torquing everything down!
This image speaks volumes.
>>28779893What I still don't understand is why he was prescribed antipsychotics. Sure I get that he was sheltered, awkward, possibly on the spectrum, but why antipsychotics?
>>28780441putting people on pills is way easier (and more lucrative) than treating underlying issues.
>>28780435Shame he'll never know :(
>>28780117>it’s not a MANUAL :(BMW manuals are fucking awful without exception. Why would you want a manual BMW? It isn’t a fucking Lotus. They are better suited to automatics
>>28779893yeah, so does martha.
Mercedes-Benz and Porsche collaborated in the 1993 to create a car that would rival the M5 back then
Ice cube is proud of them.
>>28779852Needs about 410 burgers.
>>28779852>BrasilGod I hope she's got a cock
>>28779861Allante was a GM Pininfarina collab too
>>28779876That's just an ugly 8C
Post car influencers that I should follow:I have already looked at WhistlinDiesel and Tavarish.
We only watch that one troon
Her content would be 100% more interesting if we'd get a nip-slip or panty shots.
>>28780517I accidentally a whole subreddit dedicated to screencaps from her vids like thatGott dayum the level of desperation these days... we need to invent AI sexdoll robots ASAP, before the collective thirst of young males implodes the universe's gravitational field
>>28780610Just send these women to India and they'll all be raped and/or killed in a week. Problem solved.
>>28780378>he still believes in lesbians kekkypow
>Add stroker crank to LS>Eats pistons in 1,000mi>Nothing personnel kid
>>28780174>what exactly is the issue hereAnon is upset that someone pointed out that BMW V8s eat rod bearings so frequently it gives owners stockholm syndrome.
>>28780133no shit? you mean to say more lateral movement on the rod, piston and journal mean more skirt and bore wear?
>>28780459Replacing the rod bearings is an easy job. You're not a wrenchlet are ya?
>>28780459The ZF transmission in my V8 E34 gave out before the engine with 600k km on it did.
>>28780582No, but I don't have to do it because my car is properly engineered and the company that made it was able to achieve the necessary tolerances for the engine to not eat itself alive.>>28780584It's only a problem with the newer ones. S65 and S85 in particular.
Dicksucktruck edition
>>28780320I miss my old international. It had tons of storage in the sleeper and drove pretty comfortably with minimal nannyshit. The jakes actually did what I want them to unlike my current freightshaker.
>>28780638True, there’s more room in those two trucks than there is in my Kenworth, but I’m just too comfortable with my current truck to want to be in anything else. I’m not even thrilled about the idea of ever driving a Peterbilt because the hand valves in the 579 aren’t in a convenient spot compared to the T680 imo.
current pete i'm in pisses me off constantly. the cruise control does not behave correctly at all and when I complain about it, garage and manager both say "oh it's supposed to do that, for fuel economy"this shit will just randomly show an infinity symbol and begin hard accelerating to 68 (governed speed) when I'm trying to cruise control at a lower speed limit, like 60. when I roll down a gentle hill instead of coasting it drops two gears and full jakes. sometimes it shows a "-2" and refuses to accelerate. it will coast down to 30mph if I let it, which I did one night on an empty highway just to see before I got annoyed and put the foot feed down to take control back. shit heap is absolutely retarded. They ask me why my CC driving time is so low and I list out all my complaints and they assume I'm just retarded and don't understand "adaptive cruise control"
>>28780669I’m dealing with similar issues with my KW and just assume it’s the adaptive cruise control. I fucking hate it – you’re not supposed to coast in neutral, but the transmission will automatically do it anyway! It doesn’t always stick to the selected coast speed, unless I switch to Manual Mode. While this isn’t a cruise control issue, the transmission will remain in a gear if you manually downshift a gear too far and it will not shift to a higher gear unless the engine speed drops below 1500 RPM. I don’t understand how this is safe because it means I will need to drop to a much lower speed before I can accelerate, again, and that’s not exactly a good thing when you’re in traffic.
>>28780684yeah that's another pet peeve, trying to manually drop a gear right at the same time it drops one automatically and now I'm nearly redlined and it just refuses to go back up a gear
what you think you look like
>>28780016The humble aryan superman who hates everyone.
>>28779995I can't believe what they did to that poor fd, they should all be executed for their ricer crimes
>>28780619Not rice. Veilside makes extremely high quality parts that only improves the performance of the car.
>>28780654You and every faggot at veilside are all ricers, your fathers were ricers too. Good luck.
>>28779995A massive faggot.
What is your happiest driving memory?
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>>28779568For once that isn't us. That looks like Australia.>>28779554You should definitely head to the Morgan factory. Fascinating place, where the cars are truly hand built. Also they will customise a car however you want (beyond their default configurator) as long as you are willing to pay. If you want to turn a tree from your garden into trim or something else in your car they will do it. Apparently a man when having his 3 wheeler made had replica browning machine guns put into the nose and gave it a full battle of britain paint scheme with roundels to make it look like a Spitfire/Hurricane. Le mans classicImagine going there and seeing just a sea of grey scale. How disappointing, but that's 911 owners for you. I think we might be going the Le Mans classic in 2027 with the club. I've never been to Le Mans, my dad still speaks of such fondness of going multiple times in the 60's and 70's, so i'm looking forward to going.To be fair, I had seen 2 Cygents in the wild but had never seen Rapide in person until I went to buy this one. Despite that there's only about 150 Cygnets in the UK. Though I have seen the one with a V8 in person.
>>28779830>You should definitely head to the Morgan factoryYeah, I think I have to. Time to add it to the bucket list!>I think we might be going the Le Mans classic in 2027 with the club. I've never been to Le Mans, my dad still speaks of such fondness of going multiple times in the 60's and 70's, so I'm looking forward to going.Oh, it's absolutely worth it. We've been the last couple times, and it's just a fantastic experience. Seeing how some of those lads boot those Bentley Blowers around the track is so entertaining, and the GT40's are always trying their very hardest to win, and Christ, ~the sounds of those engines~ genuinely breathtaking. Someone also binned a 250 GT into a wall, pic rel, which must've cost a pretty penny to repair. It was back racing this year, looking all shiny and new.>Though I have seen the one with a V8 in person.Would've loved to have been in the board meeting when that idea was put forward.
>>28779830Oh, and nice MGF, by the by, criminally under rated in my opinion.
>>28780465>Board meetingLol, lmao. It was legitimately conceived by some of the engineers at Aston Martin making a bet in the pub whether they can fit a 4.7 litre V8 in it for maximum chuckles.It was an MG TF from their limited edition run. I wish I'd never got rid of it, we had it in the family for about 15 years.
I really like my truck but it sucks gas and I like to drive in the countryside for fun but it's so expensive with my truck so is it worth selling my baby for something that gets better gas mileage? Maybe a Toyota truck or should I just get a fucking Prius?
>>28780571>1-2 yearsNow that this is on the record it will probably be 5 years minimum no parole just because that's "justice". I fucked up. I'm so sorry anons I hope you are all alright
For the record, I was drunk. I want this to be present in the court hearing
Gay ass chevy faggots
>>28780222get a hybrid camrybasically a prius but looks less gay
>>28780646True. Wish I could afford Nissan GTR but I guess life isn't Gran Turismo 4 https://youtu.be/a-omD879axE?si=OjjebDUJDNsyNgVT
post your're car/syou do own one, dont you?
>>28780463>midI'm insulted sir, it runs 12s stock, and a couple easy bolt-ons can it more than formidable, and I have AWD with launch control so I dare say I'll get you from a dig. It's Christmas though, so I'll just say God bless you and your family. I wish the best for you in 2026.
>>28780566>it runs 12s stockNTA but I'm seeing 13.6 for the '21 and 13.3 for the '24 refresh. I'm not sure which yours is but it's still definitely quick though. Just not a 12s car stock.
>>28780566>a couple easy bolt-onsA turbo? That's the only way it does 12s.
>>28780581>>28780605OK I apologize I'm actually really drunk right now, maybe I meant 13s. But I'm being defensive because I <3 my car and I <3 /o/
>>28780648No worries, I just looked it up because I didn't think they were quite that quick. Merry Christmas though br/o/.
I crashed my z 5 months ago and i'm still waiting for the bodyshop to repair it. The damage was minor too but all the parts are coming from Japan and take forever because they aren't in stock
>>28778606tight turn ahead sign
Wait until low rider culture picks up the Z. Then parts will become more available.
>>28778582Bumper shipping from Japan is $1000 shipping at minimum if going on a plane (I've done this)
>>28780489Mayng fuck shipping body parts...NOBODY is careful enough to pack them properly and avoid damage. I bought 2 pristine same-color brand new take-off fenders and both sellers damaged them in shipping by not packing properly. No matter how much I begged them to pack it properly.They would have been a perfect OEM color match and everything, but no, the sellers were too lazy or wanted to avoid $5 in packing materials so got an eBay dispute instead because they arrived damaged.So I had to buy some pre-painted bullshit that doesn't quite color match.FUCK THIS PLANET
>>28780489>>28780602OP still hasn’t told us how he wrecked (tldr; lack of skill).
