Does 2025 Mini Cooper S count? Not top of the line, but it still absolutely shits on something like 1990s Golf GTI mk3.
>>28681976my mom has one, the regular mode is very sluggish and upshifts too soon, the sport mode makes all the difference. flick the button next to the Start switchnever tried eco mode, I don't want to torture the poor car
>>28681954>200hp is what we had 25years ago when cars were significantly lighterYou mean during golden days of hot hatch? Cooper S goes 0-100km/h in less than 7 seconds - 6.6 or 6.1 depeding of version, according to producer. It's 2 seconds worse in comparison to new S3/Golf R, but that's very price point.If Golf GTI is gold standard of hot hatch for young europoors, then when it comes to performance Cooper S is somewhere in mk6 or mk7 zone. That's 2010s, not 25yo car.I guess it's a question if something like Slayer can be considered metal, when there are deathmetal bands that play even faster.
>>28681961Mini Cooper isn't a light car. It's tiny but that thing still weighs 2700 lbs for the lightest version which puts it in the range of the Corolla, civic, focus, and golf category of cars
>>28681718Does she look cute in it? I bet she does you sly dog you
>>28682017Look up the weight of the 2020 models of the cars you listed.
Feels good seeing people online struggle with 1000+$ car payments for unreliable modern shitboxes when I have 0 car payment and maxed out insurance coverage costs me 450 a year
>>28681996Aw thanks my Alabama friendBeen told I eat like a "country boy" by a southerner i met a long time ago
>>28681995Because you're basically an avatarfagging attentionwhore?
>>28681862>noooooo younhave to pay for the new thing nooooo what will the joneses think of your old car noooooo muh car cumpanyrinoooooosGit'em anon
>>28682000Only when I want to be thougheverbeit
>>28681999I'm gonna have to settle for oysters this morning.
I passed a bmw M2 and then like 10 seconds later he comes speeding past me so I thought he wanted me to follow him so I did (just behind him and definitely not tailgating) after maybe a minute he starts slowing down a bit even though the roads were still empty so I moved over to pass him and then right as I was about to he swerved out into my lane no blinkers even though his lane was empty.
>>28677393>I thought he wanted me to follow himHow gay are you bro? Imagine being a grown ass man and following another dude around because....driving.... Ultra cuck mentality.
>the 20th m2 thread this weekvery organic
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>>28677393Is the M2 the spiritual successor to the 350z in 2025?
>>28682006>mexicans love 350z>m2 made in mexicoThe math checks out
Would buying picrel and then tramming from the holes on either side be a decent way to do a DIY alignment?
>>28681761>trammingwhat's that?
>>28681761Just do the strings . Hang fishing line over jackstands with a weight on each end, measure so they are parallel to lines from front and rear lip of the back wheels. Can help if you set up plates to let the front wheels rotate freely. Put two linoleum tiles or plastic sheets and some grease in between. Removing the front bumper or rolling the car up on blocks of wood to get ground clearance to adjust the tierod ends without having to lift the car up will make life easier.I did the strings alignment on a W123 (without rotation plates) and it worked great because access to the tie rods is easy. On a car with low ground clearance may be better to just go to an aligment shop. But a lot of alignment shops suck and just take your $100. I've had 50-50 luck with alignments being good or complete waste of money.
>>28681762>I'm just curious if this would be sufficient for a home wheel alignmenthttps://gyraline.com/
>>28681761...Yes? You can measure/adjust toe with toe plates. That's what they are for.
Ive done it with a single tape measure and the result was more precise than the shop.
Stupid questions that don't deserve their own thread
>>28681955>live in a place where it is winter half the year>some the highest snow fall in the country>dont buy something with 4wd
>>28681997I'm in probation mode where I'm in the office 5 days a week, summer is fine when I moved here but I won't be out of the "probation period" till late feb/march. After this stint of being in the office I go to 1 day in the office a week and if the weather is too bad in the winter, we are WFH. The only thing I need to do is go to the grocery store here and there and run into the office. I have a good e-bike for summer time that can get me around town super quick.
>>28681964I bought it with the leveling kit. Yeah, I could have removed it but it would cost a bunch that I didn't want to spend. The rear sags anyways at 100k miles when loaded, so my question is still valid leveling kit or not
>>28681955If you really are only driving 10 miles to work, this'll be fine. If you're not accustomed to Fargo winters - shit gets insane but their plowing is some of the best in the county (just behind MN, imo). Throw some winter tires on it and it'll be fine. Blizzacks or Nitto SN's are awesome
>>28682015Yeah 100% replacing the tires, I live "downtown" which has a bus service to near my work but in winter that sounds hellish. I am looking to buy a proper car later on but since I just moved and recovering a bit from all those fee's, I'd rather not drop something insane before I fully understand the seasons here. ~1800 (after tires) and 30/mo for insurance seems worth it even if it only lasts me a year and some change.
Apparently these korean tires are latest hottest shit.Thoughts?
>>28681754lmfao
>>28681697hangook is literally top tier, as good as pirelli or continental
>>28679175For me it's the Walmart special
>>28679378Thailand made tires are okayish. They won't blow up like Chinese made tires. Yeah yeah Thais are chinks.>>28679175I thought Cumho was Chinese so I always avoided them. I like my Hangook tires
>>28679178do you even see 2017 civics anymore? or 2017 accords? i see more older nissans than newer hondas now
>For Classics made from 1979 or older, with few exceptions.>Everybody has their own taste, but some tastes are wrong. If you aren't sure if your car is classic or not, it's not.>Your Honda Miata doesn't belong here.>US, Euro, Jap, or whatever.>Post your classic, your work on it, your hackery, and get advice.>Any and all discussion about classics welcome, but may not necessarily generate responses; don't get butthurt.>Period correct performance > cosmetics.>Metal > plastic.>Classic shitbox > modern shitbox.>JBweld and RTV can fix anything>If you see rust there is more.>Rust and bodywork are the most difficult thing to repair.>Electrical work is difficult until you stop reading forum posts and buy a multimeter.>Low oil pressure? Worn mains and rod bearings. Use lucas and 15W40 until you afford a rebuild.>Do NOT buy a classic and plan to pay someone to work on it. You need to be able to do 90% or more of the work or you will go broke.Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>28681110>he doesn't know about the FE power potential
>>28681357do you mean skirted pistons? wtf is a skirted block
>>28677631fucking coward. you moved and now its even more ethnic. the ethnics are scared if you fix cars in your front yard and throw your empty beer cans in theirs.
>>28681915Y-block and FE. Look at pictures vs a SBC bare block on the main journal side.
>>28681921unless bongs are prepared to kill and remove kebab and pajeet....owari da.
I didnt even know Lotus made SUVs and Sedans known wtf. Are they good?
>>28681433Why buy either of them?
>>28681695>skoda and seatAt least those are mostly from the continent you'd expect them to be from. Skoda's even done something semi-original with VW parts on occasion, though nowadays they're basically just VWs with different styling.These Euro brands cashing out and becoming badges on Chinese cars is just sad.
>>28680354Lotus is dead, they were bought by a Chinese company and now what Lotus used to be is completely gone. The Evira is the last true Lotus that will ever be made, these other vehicles are just rebadged electric shitheaps from China. Once the Evira is eventually discontinued, all Lotus will sell is chinese EV's.
>>28681937But Lotus is not dead. Lotus has always been an engineering company that simply advertised their services by building the best-handling cars in the world. Yes, the ad campaign has been shrunk to "it's totally not an Evora with a bodykit, we swear", and they had to put their name on Chinese SUVs as a part of the deal, but it's not a gutted brand like MG, they are still there doing the engineering work. Just for the Chinese now.
>>28681967Engineering means nothing if it's built using shitty chinese materials in chinese factories with no quality control standards.
>cars keep getting safer and are as safe as they have never been before in history>traffic deaths are increasing hardHuh. Really makes you think.
>>28681642Pretty sure anon means that since 2018, anyone he's talked to that bought a brand new car has told him they drove faster without realizing. Not that a car from 2018 in 2025 is brand new.
>>28679285Only in America. In developed countries traffic deaths are down 90% since the 70s despite much more traffic.
>>28679285Speed limits getting lower is because the cars are more roadworthy than ever in history while the roads are also less car worthy than they have been since before ww2. I blame Jews.
The vax
Because modern cars are wildly obese overpowered hot rods that are designed to allow the "driver" to ignore the road and surrounding traffic as much as possible, which ties in nicely with distracted driving and doomscrolling behind the wheel being essentially acceptable. The average retard no longer has to get in trouble with a fully manual shitbox that needs double digits to 60, instead they're equipped with abominations to road safety that peel out faster than a fucking Diablo and allow them to "safely" focus on brainrot videos as the car will keep distance and steer for them and attempt to automatically avoid danger. Also the "you just almost died there retard" warning beep isn't a cause for concern, it's just proof that the system is working.
ON A DARK DESERT HIGHWAYCOOL WIND IN MY HAIRWARM SMELL OF COLITASRISING UP THROUGH THE AIR
>>28681311>Turd gens got the 350 eventually too, but they were auto onlybecause they don't want to steal Corvette sales
>>28681315That and the T5 used in the 305 powered F-bodies couldn't handle the extra torque of the 350. They could barely stand up to Ford 302s.
>>28681021Second gen Camaro mentioned!
>>28681031Being the least shitty option available doesn't mean it's good.
TOOK MY SUPERBIRDDOWN TO THE TRACKSAW A CAMARO, DUEL HEMI-STACKSFLAG WENT DOWNHEAR THE RUBBER BURNLUCKY SHIFTGOT ME IN THE TURNMUST HAVE BEEN RIDIN'WITH LADY LUCKFLIPPING HIS WIGHIS GEARS ARE STUCKTHE CAMAROSO FAR BEHINDI'M OUT OF GEARCOASTING TO THE LINE!
Get yours before it’s too late!
>>28680122The whole bumper is plastic, even the body coloured part. It's just painted in 2 different colors. I don't love it but it's been executed far worse. I first noticed Mazda moving away from the black trim with the CX-90 and I just hope the rest of the industry follows their lead. Not with the SUV-ness of course, but with the painted trim.
>>28670490>>28670859>>28671924I love the performance this thing has. I absolutely DETEST the design.
>>28680282Mazda has always had solid designs. They don't try to be flashy and it makes for designs that age well. The piano black trim looks ugly as shit. Chinese must love it or something.
>>28670490There is zero reason to buy this over a zupra. >Inb4 muh s58, back seat. People who buy M2s don't have friends to put in the back seat.
>>28681918the poopra handles like shit and if cramped as hell. it’s 2 tiers below the m2 tbqh
is this an good deal for $2.8k, Odometer: at 159k she takes diesel 2 owner fully loaded, going test drive it on halloween, the miles is the only thing that has me worry
>>28681444Incorrect, most E90s got the zf (at least in America).OP, I have to say it one more time, if you have to fix the emission controls on this you will not fucking believe how much it will cost you. If you can delete it this could be a steal, they roll out with a tune.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U80Fi8ptahE&t=22s
>>28681675>Urine tank is almost 3 grandGood god German cars are horrific sometimes, that's the problem with getting super expensive cars at a low price, is you're not maintaining a based Honda that was originally relatively cheap, you're maintaining a $90,000 piece of shit in today's money.
>>28681675Incorrect, only 335s had the ZF 6HPThe automatic transmission in a US 2008 BMW 328i is a 6-speed General Motors (GM) transmission, specifically the 6L45 (also known as GA6L45R). This is true for both rear-wheel drive (RWD) and all-wheel drive (AWD) models, although specific part numbers may differ between the two. Transmission Model: 6-speed GM 6L45 (GA6L45R). Drive Type: This transmission was used in both RWD and AWD versions of the 2008 328i. Transmission Fluid: The transmission uses Dexron 6 fluid.
>>28681709ChatGPT ahh reply
Stock 535d (and 335d) are mechanically robust and won’t really come with many problems. However, the owners are some of the worst people. They are obsessed with it being “just as fast” (it isn’t) as the 35i/M cars so will always modify them. And because they’re cheap they modify them cheaply. Suddenly your 35d is pushing 380hp that it isn’t really comfortable with for short journeys it wasn’t designed for and it doesn’t end well. The wheels on that are a giveaway of the sort of person who has owned it. They’re nearly all like this because they’re now at the end of the market where people who make bad financial decisions can afford themA clean example in Europe is a fine thing for big mile munching comfiness but that one will be ruinous
235/65/R17What is the best tire for a mix of highway driving and rough dirt roads especially in winter for this size? Do they make winter tires that are also "off road" oriented in this size or am I better off with all terrain tires?pic unrelated
>>28681704performance winter tires, intended for going fast, not for rough roads
Any highway terrain tyre or mild all terrain. Bridgestone Dueler, Yokohama Geolandar, etc.
>>28681738I have that and it sucks. Not grippy enough.
>>28681746I have no issues with the G015 here, with 99/1% road/off-road. The coldest it gets is a few degrees above zero Celsius, though.
>>28680832Pattern for winter tyres is also important.If im not mistaken winter pattern is designed to cram as much snow in them because they rely on the tendency of packed snow to stick to snow
If you drive a car with black wheels, you are not white. You are spiritually, mentally, and probably financially brown.
>>28681882You're being VERY insecure. Next time just say "okay I'll consider it" and fuck off.
>>28681907You are being very homosexual, next time just admit you are gay and would like me to give you a hand job if my nails were maintained like a womans you faggot
>>28681903Yeah, nah. Farmer's tans don't occur on your fucking palms and the underside of your forearms.
Imagine being so poor you can’t even afford the sport clock. Oh no no no…
>>28681922>ebonics>flyoverlet doesn't know the tanningpower of the warm California sunBoardwalk!
"Oops, sorry but it looks like you didn't close me all the way. Now you have to take your key out, unlock me, open me again, close me the right way, and then lock me again"Who decided that this is the way all car doors should work
>>28680382>men, at least straight ones, are cucks to the machineyikes
>>28680382I'm straight and close the fridge like that all the time. My wife loves me and my fat ass
>>28679398Thread should have ended here.
>>28681489>no true Scotsmankys yourself or learn to buy better shitboxes
>>28681790>shitty car is not a good shitboxI think you are confused, pal.
