when did luxury cars stop appealing to white people?
whypo only like old busted shit because it reminds them of a time when they were culturally relevant
>>28891515I've looked at them and considered them, but for a daily I want something a little newer, and once they fixed the early head bolt issues the Northstar was a damn good engine. It's a shame that the Fleetwood was the last real RWD full size sedan they made aside from the CT6 which only sold like 4 units.
When they stopped being about luxury and started being about status they became nigger rich cars.
>>28891081Looks like something an African dictator would drive
there was a sort of nexus where ricers dominated the culture and tasteless arabs got really rich. automakers never recovered from this.
Barbie corvette
The C4 has only not looked like shit when in blue Grand Sport guise.
>>28892549>those thighsMore like Blobie
>>28892552the thighs were the only thing that gave you that impression?
oh yeah?
Are they gay? Like yeah they cater to lesbians but all I see about them online is that they're for gays. Is it the no torque boxer engines, or is it just the type of people that drive them? I just dont get it.
Thoughts on the build quality of the BRZ/GR86? Give me autistic details. Not intending on tracking it, maybe a little autocross. Want it to last the next 15+ years. I currently drive a boring automatic hatchback but don't need all the space and overestimated the need for AWD in snow. I'm thinking of making a switch to something manual and RWD for fun.
>>28888577Lmao great fuckin point. Thanks anon, gotta wait until May to put em on with a fresh set of Conti ecs02s
>>28881850>are they gaykinda depends on where you live. In coastal cities yeah it's a symbol of being gay and woke. midwest or so not much, it just means you're poor to afford toyota/honda/mazda or want to larp as an enthusiast
>>28881850If it's not a tesla, it's cringe.
>>28881915So do 90% of all AWD vehicles not made by VAG.
When searching for used cars, check the rims. You might be able to snag some nice ones vs the typical OEM. These things can cost several thousand dollars, likely almost the price of the entire car itself.
Aftermarket rims are usually shit and are of weaker construction than OEM.I reverse image search the rim and if it's worth any money, I sell to suckers like OP. If they aren't, I scrap them.>>28892527Have sex, incel.
>>28892527It can be a nice bonus but are you really going to buy a car because it has aftermarket rims?
>>28892527my shitbox had ugly later OE wheels it when I got it, I found the much better correct ones for $150 with tires a month later
bought this 99' z3 with the 2.5 m52 with 68k miles on it. looks like it's been sitting for some years. oil was bone dry. going to start trying to bring it back to life this weekend. any tips?i'll start by removing the spark plugs and pour some oil to lubricate the cylinder walls before trying to turn it by hand.
>>28882012M70 swap asap
>>28892260How many miles does your E46 have? These plastics tend to go based on heat cycles, because they are shielded from the sun. My experience is typical of Z3 owners generally. They all have plastics in the cooling systems that fail after about 100k miles, and the ducting fails at the baffles.
Update:Got INPA hooked up with a K+DCAN cable and pulled codes from the MS42.First read showed 10 faults stored. Most of them were stale and cleared out without coming back. Old brake light switch plausibility code from way back, a couple EVAP leak codes which are expected after sitting this long, and a cluster of throttle position and voltage regulator faults that all occurred at the same time and appear to be from a past event, maybe when the battery originally died years ago. There was also an IAC opening coil short to ground code but that didn't return after clearing either. No EWS faults stored at any point.The two codes that keep coming back are 131 and 132, both CAN bus communication errors between the DME and the instrument cluster. INSTR2 and INSTR3 messages timing out. Static faults, currently present every time I read.Here's the interesting part. Battery voltage at the terminals reads 12.46V with a multimeter, but INPA is showing the DME only receiving 10.51V. That's almost a 2V drop somewhere between the battery and the DME. I'm pretty sure that low voltage is why the CAN bus communication is failing, which means the cluster and DME can't talk, which means the EWS handshake through the cluster never completes, which means no fuel injection. That lines up perfectly with the car starting on starter fluid but dying immediately since spark works fine without the CAN/EWS loop.I cleaned up the engine to chassis ground straps but that didn't change anything. DME voltage stayed low and the same two codes came right back.Next step is doing a voltage drop test at the DME harness connector to figure out if the loss is on the positive feed side or the ground side. Once I find where those 2 volts are disappearing I think this thing will fire right up.
>>28892454I can post pics from the Bentley manual of whatever wiring diagram you need. Just let me know.
>>28891809You're a retarded wrenchlet. You're having problems with an e46 literally one of the easiest cars to work on and maintain in existence. I pity you.
That just happened to be sourced from Taiwan manufacturers.But hey everyone knows the tool is what makes the mechanic not the knowledge and skills right ?
Similar scene with power tools, with lots of brands and only a few manufacturers. This list isn't complete, I note that Festool for one isn't on the image.
>>28886896Really nothing wrong with Taiwan tools, but you pay Taiwan prices for them
>>28886896Snap on is pathetic.I applied to their help desk position. Fuckers were offering $19.50 an hour for a level 1.I was earning $17 an hour for a level one back in 2012.Their perk was 50% off all SnapOn tools excluding electronic shit.Wow how the fuck am I going to afford those tools even at that discount?Also they are giving you half off, pay you $40k per year and still somehow profit.That tells you a lot.
>>28886896You know you don't HAVE to take on unnessecary debt, right?
>>28886896>That just happened to be sourced from Taiwan manufacturers.i think most of snap-on's tools are actually made in spain at the bahco manufactury. hand tools anyway.you're not buying the tools you're buying the support infrastructure, like you are with hilti. if it makes sense for your business case you already know why because it's already showing on your balance sheets. i don't see why home wrenchers/private individuals would buy snap-on at all.
What kind of tools do you use when wrenching? I have had a set of mostly harbor freight tools for a long time and they've served me well, but I'm starting to slowly replace them with second hand Proto tools that I buy off ebay.
>>28886034snap on tool cart filled with Icon tools
>>28892122is a hammer a specialty tool because that's my answer
>>28892222The mighty quads of 2 in reply of dubs of 2 make your statement completely factual.
>>28892122I don't have pics of my tools or anything but I have a little red metal toolbox with a carry handle, there's an insert in the top with my ratchets, sockets and screwdriver bits. You take that out and underneath is all my assorted tools. I don't know if it's specialty but pipe spanners have been a lifesaver for me, allowing me to replace my soft clutch hoses in a pinch. Funny story is that the first time I bled the clutch after that I was opening the bleeder too far so air kept getting in, the next day I only cracked it a quarter turn and got all the air out.
>>28892122Ball tip long allen key sockets are big for working on Mercedes. They love their allen keys.Felt lined tape aka flocking tape is great for elegantly fixing squeaks/rattles and can also make small edges look flocked and professional.Beam style 1/4" drive torque wrench is a BIFL item, never really needs calibration just bend the indicator back to zero.If anyone else is like me and held off all this time on buying a lithium impact... Just get one. Game changing. I picked up a bauer 3/8 brushless but I'm sure the real brands are even better. Had to get it to take the crank pulley off that mini cooper >>28888988Who makes the best for the price organizer boxes? Seems to me to be dewalt. My anvil one doesnt have a gasket so small things occasionally fall out the cracks.
What do you think about the 911 996? It worth it?
>>28890960If there was anyone who liked it, they would have kept it on at least one of their cars.
>>28890733personally i've grown to like the early "runny egg" lights, on the boxster too. they're just so 90s looking, it's kinda charming
>>28890960^true. the biggest "problem" with the headlights back in the day was that they were shared with the boxster (as was the entire front half of the car) but porsche was about to go broke if they hadn't gone with extreme parts sharing like this. Mine has the late 99 headlights without the massive orange section so they never really bothered me.
>>28890253They were worth it back when you could scoop a good one for 25k to 30k euros. Now it's over.
>>28890253Maybe if you're really into butterfaces
are E53 really as unreliable as people say? I'm interested in one of the 6 cylinder models
>>28892131You don't need a car like that, brother, take me at my word. But seriously, there is no reason to have that car unless you want to pretend to be something you are not, and nobody knows what you are even trying to be outside of aged slav millenials.
>>28892251it's my favorite X5 gen and i love cars from that era, i guess the other alternatives are the W163, Grand Cherokee ZJ somewhat and a sedan like an E38
>>28892131>I'm interested in one of the 6 cylinder modelsThose are the ones to get, BMW I6s are in a whole other league of reliability compared to their V8s which always seem to have drastic and expensive 'achilles heels'. An M54 equipped X5 is going to be bulletproof, once you do the typical BMW stuff of replacing plastic cooling system parts and the DISA valve (easy and cheap compared to something major like timing chain guides with the V8s). Be prepared to replace window regulators regularly, too, though you won't get away from that with any BMW model unless you find an ancient one with crank windows.You can only get the manual transmission with the 6 cylinder model as well.
>>28892131wtf is that guy doing it looks like he got lost on the way to a gay sex orgy lmao
I had a 4.6is. All the petrol engines are dogshit unreliable except for the six, which has underwhelming performance for the size of the vehicle. The best option is the turbo diesel in the series 2.The thing is that ALL of these cars have rear end camber issues now unless you fit special adjustable bars. The factory adjustment simply doesnt go far enough as the bushings sag.Do yourself a favour and buy a W163 or W164. Early model W164 you can get with the M113 (best engine they ever made) and 7 speed transmission, superior car all round. Or you can get the M273 and fix the crank cog at the front of the engine, at least the engine won't fall to bits around you.I also had a W163 ML55 and it was a vastly superior car to the E53 4.6is. The engine had 300,000KM but still pulled factory 0-100 times. The same can't be said for the 4.6is, over a second slower and probably due to VANOS.
Sorry, this is my first time here and you probably get this question a ton - but what is the best car for a new driver? Got my driver's license a month ago and AI says that Peugeot iOn is the best car I can get within my budget of €5000. Is it truly the best bang for buck? The range seems very bad.
OP here again, i've found my car: Peugeot 307 1.6 2002 model. Extremely low milage and recently had service. My dad says french cars can be hit or miss.
>>28892238post pics, lets see the rig
>>28892241Gonna try it soon and if I like it I'm gonna buy it https://www.finn.no/mobility/item/442553454?ci=1
>OP is scandinavianaren't like 2/3 of the cars on your road EVs?why not get one?if you want an ICE though, get an old diesel.
>>28892238ComfyCareful with the interior mirror, they like to rip out of the windscreen and that's very expensive
all screen all grillfinal destination
>>28891666Anon, I think your car is trying to kill you.
>>28891717I don't think you can even get a hands free driving system though thata) doesn't make you look at the road with cameras and deactivate if you don'tb) makes you hold the wheel at all times with capacitative sensors to ensure compliance or it deactivatesthere's no winning because the government wont make any allowance for using phones while driving even if the tech is greatI have no idea how they programmed it - should there be a warning chime when lane keep turns off - nah just turn the green circle icon white they'll get ityou'd be surprised how fast you can react even while doing something else if the car starts veering out of the lane, and I drive on a lot of scary mountain roads where a few inches of off is going over a cliff, though hands free driving doesn't work on those anyways have they tried putting a "tesla full self driving" on like a steep dirt road up a mountain? does it even do that?
>>28891295I want big tiddy animus.
It's not that bad, get back to me in 15 years though...
>>28892171Based Hyundai chad
Is it worth it or just stay away
>>28893318Thanks for not answering anything about my question.
>>28893518>Thanks for not answering anything about my question100% answered. The amplifiers are not there if you don't get the uprated system from the factory. Crutchfield is an easy place to start for some plug and play goodness, they will sell you everything you need to upgrade your audio system and have very good technical support (documentation). Worth the extra pennies of you aren't comfy with designing your own audio upgrade.
>>28893499(you) may not think it's worth it to pay the 5k to get the Lariat trim. (I) think my time is worth much more than what I would save upgrading an XL or XLT with parts I have to kit together. I've owned more than two dozen cars in my lifetime, know what I want, can afford it. Not rich but certainly not /poor/ and have pimped out multiple rides.(you) do (you) and have fun. I love a customized car (if it's done right).
>>28894754>Nah, just the bracket is there and not the amplifier, you'll have to get an aftermarket powered sub and pigtail harnessYou never said anything like that.
>>28894834>You never said anything like that.This is 4chins, if you need your hand held join a forum.
seethe
Laser pointer.
>>28890490>seetheIs that what that burning sensation was?I just thought it was my retinas.
>>28890604>15 hrs of sleep a dayThat's clinical hypersomnia. You should probably go to the doc-->There's no life like NEET life. Nevermind. Just make sure somebody checks in regularly to make sure you haven't been dead for too long.
>>28890494This is dangerous in itself.Especially on 2 lane roads with deer jumping out.
>>28890500I'm waiting for Philips to make Retina Rapers 9000 for H4 just like they did with H11. I will immediately buy them and angle them into the stratosphere to legally blind these subhumans the same way they're blinding me.
Who was in the wrong here?
>>28887876>any family the tailgater had?I hope they were in the car with him and were horribly maimed
>>28887876moralfaggot effortposting reddit reply
Playing the devli:>The guy who stopped at least has his hazards on and we're unable to asses the extent of the damage or how long he's been there.>The guy driving 'slow' can see the potential hazard ahead and it's perfectly reasonable to drive slower while you asses. Should also note the camera guy is keeping pace at +140kph which means most likely the 'slow' driver is at the legal limit.>The guy filming/crossing lanes is also in it for the shits and grins...>The guy tailgating has no defense for his actions.
>>28879712>The guy in the white car. This is not a debate,There is a debate and you made the argument yourself. >The problem here is the "knowingly" part. There's absolutely no way to know what the mindset of the guy in the white car is at the moment of impact, was he doing this maliciously? or was he just driving distracted, and made a last second save to avoid a crash?Assigning blame to them without knowing their specific mindset is the equivalent of #meToo pmsing.The tailgater on the other hand is objectively in the wrong for his actions. You could attempt to make a similar argument for his tailgating but the the fact of the matter is the driver of the lead car was driving with enough due care and attention to avoid the hazard in front of them, the driver of the trailing car, was not.
>>28878465 Nissan got trolled by the homo in the camry.
Who else /nolicense/ here?Getting one is a humiliation ritual and the instructor will look for any reason to fail you so they can charge you for another test.Just don't drive like a nigger and you won't get pulled over.I'm not a sovereign citizen or anything, I don't need to be because I don't get pulled over because I don't drive like a nigger.
I got scored 1 point above failing on my license test because the stupid bitch scorer nitpicked how imperfect my turning lines were and gave me a fail for "stopping at a yield" when I slowed down to 10mlh in a 25 (legal road speed is 15 under the posted). Because the yield was a COMPLETELY BLIND MERGER DUE TO TREES AND THE ANGLE.Fuck driving test scorers what a bunch of scammers.
What even happens if you're caught driving without a license?It legitimately sounds like there's a less severe penalty for driving with a suspended/revoked license than if you never got one.
>>28891732Well obviously it's illegal to drive without a license. So if you do get pulled over you'll have to get your passenger to drive your car home. If they don't have a license then you'd have to call a friend, get it towed, or let it get impounded. Yes technically a first time driving without license penalty would not be as severe as a driving on a suspended license but it's progressive. If you keep getting repeatedly caught the penalty gets more severe each time.
>>28890428>hopped a curb>three attempts to parallel park>did 20 under on the on ramp and merged below the speed limit (not due to traffic speed)>almost hit pedestrian >blew three yellows>drifted out of lanes multiple timeseveryone i know irl that has failed a driving test has a perfectly good reason as to why. everyone online seems to have absolutely no idea why they got dinged/think it was bullshit. such an interesting pattern. really makes me wonder
>>28890348>just don’t drive like a nigger lol>can’t pass the “Don”t drive like a nigger” test to get the “I don’t drive like a nigger” certificate Crazy
