is auto mechanic a good career?
>>28685418aaaaaah am horny 20 man and must touch smell large woman circles with pensis!!
>>28684970I am sure that specialized mechanics, aircraft, hydraulics, heavy diesel etc all make more money than I do as a low level engineer. The work is solid and will always be there, but it seems like it would be hard on your body long term. I enjoy fixing my own shit boxes but I don't think I'd be cut out for shop work - I'm just not fast enough.Also are we posting butts in jeans? I'll post mine too
>>28714858Would bore and stroke that
>>28714987Do you know how to work a stick?
Alright what pussy reported the thread and got all the pictures taken down?
Why are you fags so tribalistic with brands?
>>28714961Because bad experiences will break a brand for most people>>28715041How are you going to afford Porsche when you care so much about gas prices and the stupid Canadian luxury car tax kek
>>28715075I had no idea there's a luxury car tax. Looking it up it only applies to vehicles made after 2018 and cost more than 100000. That's pretty gay.
>>28715075Brother i don't give a fuck about gas prices when it comes to fun cars. My frs is tuned on 94 and gets 8l/100km on a 2.0l 4banger. I give a fuck when it's my daily driver npc car and I don't use it for anything other than sitting in traffic. Why waste money on gas if i have the option to literally just not do that?
>>28714961Not
I have a whole fleet of shitbox old fords. Parts interchangability and knowing how to work on them and knowing what I like are the biggest reasons.
Old thread is racing right into bump limit so let me do the honours.Y/o/u guys still havent told me wtf pic related means. Yes I asked months/years ago. I want an answer damn y/o/u.
My car's engine has been swapped for a mildly more larger one. Engine produces peak torque at 2800rpm, but cruising at 65 MPH my rpm is at 3200rpm.My current wheels are 175 / 70 R13 steelies, I wish to switch to 185 / 70 R14 BBSHow would this swap affect road noise/mpg/comfort?
>>28715232?
My car (09 hyundai accent) tends to burn oil, and I notice the smell at random instances while driving, more often when I'm pulling away from a stop light or stop sign. This points more towards bad valve stem seals rather than worn piston rings, correct?
>>28714937who is the dude? if it's a professional mechanic and he's going to piss with picking it up, doing a thorough inspection, and dropping it back off, then yes that is reasonable.if it's some unqualified asshole who's going to drive up, glance underneath real quick and leave, then no
>>28714937>>28715411Tell him you'll pay it when you see the inspection report.
Post your unpopular opinions about cars, bonus points if they're specifically unpopular on /o/. I want to see some grade-A shit-stirring.>Lowering road cars/"stance" is the automotive equivalent of castration. It's turning something beautiful and capable into an ugly, rolling eunuch.>Off-track, less grip is more fun, and even non-sporty modern cars are so performant that the average enthusiast can't really drive them at the limit. The average 911 driver on a mountain road is so slow that you can keep up with him in an overloaded Golf, and that's in the corners. Rich boomers who build comically oversteery Alfa Romeo restomods are doing it right.>Group B WRC is the most overrated era in all of motorsport, rallying got way better and faster afterwards.>Haldex AWD is really good at what it's designed for. It may not be fun, but it's very functional.>The GR Yaris and A110 are the last cars with soul.>If people were less aggressive on the road and kept their distance better, we'd all reach our destinations quicker.
>>28715358>you disprove your point by posting pictures of the Yaris losing despite being modified vs stock on a course layout that’s so “radically different” and that it was “built for” that I have to start coping with horsepower and everything else not inherent to the Yaris’ body style that any other car could easily do betterDo you even Remember what your original point was? The Yaris should win because everything else is too wide and long. Now you’re saying the only thing that matters is horsepower and grip?Thanks for confirming souped up shitboxed can’t compete and you can just buy something that is better at those things to begin with lmao.
>>28715091fuck awd niggers
>>28715366>Do you even Remember what your original point was? The Yaris should win because everything else is too wide and long. Now you’re saying the only thing that matte fers is horsepower and grip?The Yaris is doing so well it's looking better even in your cherrypicked examples against cars that according to you should absolutely wipe the floor with it, even in situations where it's out of its element. The features that make it a good rally car (short wheelbase, small overhangs resulting in high agility/instability) are clearly doing the heavy lifting here. Again, if the WRC could switch to a more marketable bodystyle (i.e. coupes with a longer wheelbase), they would. The problem is that you'd have to drive the costs through the roof to get even comparable performance. RallyGT already exists and clearly demonstrates the problems with using such cars for rallying.The compact hatchback bodystyle is there because it performs best, it isn't rocket science.
>>28715377>losing despite having every possible advantage makes it look better>it’s “out of its element” on a road, a Japanese road no less>a boomer spec vette should mop the floor with a modified “rally car” that is being dubbed king of the road on a road courseThe absolute state of your mental gymnastics.Rally gt fails because the cars are all 2wd. Awd is the biggest performance difference. (So basically boils back down to grip not body style).
>>28715091Track performance is a completely pointless metric
Are German cars hard to work on like American mechanics say?
>>28714289As is the opposite.
>>28712752That AI suspension wouldn't compress at all, it's a fucking triangle.
>>28714317That's supposed to be an overhead showing off the steering system
>>28710532are you the retard on /k/ who keeps saying "implessive" whenever a new weapon from china is unveiled?
>>28710460Test
How much spray paint do I need to fix this myself?Its expensive as fuck to get at the dealer so I cant afford to buy too much for it. Also what kind of clear coat to get? My car doesnt look glossy at all.
>>28715384yes.I cant afford more than that.Now answer the question of gtfo.
Live with it until you save enough to get it done right. You can't fix that yourself with spray cans. It would look like complete shit.
>>28715390First of all thats not what I'm asking. Second of all, it cant possibly look more shit that it does right now. Last of all, I need to stop the rust.
>>28715391Ok, to do it right, get 4-5 cans of color match paint for cars oem paint and equal cans of a 2k clear. Sand the whole area down up to the end of a panel or body line. You won't be able to blend that into existing paint/clear. Use bondo for any deep scratches/dents and sand that smooth. Then paint / clear. It will most definitely not match current paint even with the correct color but whatever.
>>28715399>4-5 cansThanks.how many ml in total?How many ml is one can?
Deflock.meHow many of these "for good use only" ALPRs are near you? >6 near me on the way to work
>>28711731stalking is an invasion of privacy. If I, as an individual did this, I’d be in jail. But somehow if you do it to everyone (so long as you cut in the government), then it’s A-ok!It’s horseshit wrapped in pilpul totalitarianism.
>>28714928angle grinder or use dense foam and fill it up.
anyone arguing in defense of this is only doing it to be a contrarian and get their online debating high.nobody wants this
>>28715396>>28714928diablo 18-22TPI carbide tipped 7 1/4" blade on a battery powered saw works perfectly if they're on the black aluminum poles. they're hollow inside.
>>28715401Callous business owners want this
Which way?
>>28715211it’s le futuristic and shit… warm glow is like so 90s or something
Not even 10 years ago I used to love night driving and sometimes would just go on a drive. Now I try to avoid it. My country is worse than most because nogs dont know about dimmed lights. They just run everything they have all the fucking time
>>28714859unironically?dynamic led matrix headlights are fuckin amazing.unfortunately the last time I checked they're not legal in the USA. however anyone can still go buy 2 megalumen 6500k replacements from temu with forward facing led's and no cutoff zone and glare the fuck out of the world.i generally prefer a yellower light but something at 5000k with good cri isnt bad.
>>28715214Well, that and a better mix of phosphors (the yellow crap on top of the LED element) might cost something and make the light less efficient.The LED element in these lights naturally produces an eye-searing deep blue that's not too far from UV light. The human retina can sense it, but most eyes struggle to focus on light like that, which is why it hurts the eyes so much and is restricted in some places, e.g. standards for office computer monitors.That phosphor stuff turns some of the blue light into lower-energy light like yellowish orange. When the blue is roughly balanced with warmer colors from that, the light looks "white", although it may not have a very natural distribution of wavelengths.Some professional lights for photography and stuff do have a very carefully considered mix of phosphors to produce light that's basically natural looking. Lights that just focus on spitting out as many photons as possible as cheaply as possible do not. Some of the worse ones just leak out most of the blue eyerape rays.
If you've ever bought drop in LED headlight bulbs from amazon then I'll kill you
Why can't americans recognize a good vehicle when they see one?
>>28715072CVT
>>28715189Absolute 'tard detected
>>28715072Underrated. The variable voltage charging system needs to be disabled by default, however. It does a terrible job of keeping the battery charged.
>>28715072I'd rather just get a 4runner.
>>28715189This is what watching tik tok mechanics does to your brain
Now that the Maverick 300T exists, do you really have any reason not to buy one?
>>28715042I never understood this american way of thinking.>For this top trim super lux version of a smaller car I can get this basic pleb model of this larger vehicle
>>28715058That's a lot of extra HP for hauling air and maybe a fridge once or twice.
>>28715042>pitch black tint>not a speck of dirtBe honest, you'll never use it to do truck things. You just want to LARP as a man.
>>28715227In this case it's car frame vs truck frame. Makes a huge difference
>>28715058Look at what people are actually driving on the road its almost never a single cab truck. Your use case is uncommon.>>28715227Its not an american way of thinking we don't do that. Only retards on the internet say that and they don't even do that themselves most of the time. Single cabs are uncommon.>>28715292No it doesn't for the average buyer. Most people who buy trucks don't tow often.
>60,000 miles>haven't vacuumed once
>>28713668>had a car 3 years>finally took off the “for sale sign” tape residue last month >finally zip tied the hanging undercarriage plastic back on>still need to replace hood struts Fuck I’ve been so much more productive since I stopped drinking kek
wtf y'all doin on the enthusiasts forum?
I bought a Porsche without consulting the wife. Now she gives me grief almost every time I don't want to buy something she wants
>these are the chuds calling my enthusiast performance car ugly, slow, gay, eggshit, etc.
>>28714537What is the actual danger zone for age on tires?>Project car, sat in previous owners garage >Tires look barely worn>Date code: 49th week of 2017
What's the biggest fuck up (or almost fuck up) you did while wrenching?Once I almost died because I put the jack stand out at an awkward angle. I worked on the car for a couple hours before I noticed that the jack was literally holding the car up at an angle. I fixed it and nothing happened but after that revelation I went inside and didn't touch the car for a week
>>28712304>not on a car but on an outboard.I ate up some of the mating surface between the powerhead of a mercury 350hp four stroke outboard with an abrasive 3m pad and a air die grinder. After installing the powerhead back on the midsection after replacing the oil seals to the pump , ran the engine and notice oil build up in the bottom of the pan. Big fuck up i will , to this day never remove any gasket material with a power tool or abrasive material. >straight patience and a coke blade.
>>28715188That sucks , I went through something similar with my k24 rebuild after getting the head done by someone and taking it out for a test only to have the engine seize up. Pushed the car back home roughly four blocks away from my crib.
>>28713271Ignore the weird XJ hater, anon. I had an 88 and loved it, to the point that my next car will be another XJ.
>>28712304Shattered a camshaft while torquing it.
>doing oil change on old z31>doing the filter is a completely blind job because of how it's positioned>think I have it screwed on >Fire up the car >No oil pressure even after 5 seconds >Well that's abnormal >Turn off car and get out to make sure I actually put oil in>There's a MASSIVE puddle on the ground >Not ideal>Turns out I cross threaded the filter so the engine pumped pretty much the entire oil pan overboard >Thread the filter on correctly and add oil again >Fire it up >Build oil pressure in like a second with no expensive noises or loss of power>Disaster_averted.webp>Luckily this happened on asphalt too so all I had to do to clean it was wipe up the puddle and then wait a couple weeks and it all just soaked in and disappeared
Post your favorite military vehicles
Truck.
>>28714397thats not a hilux retard
>>28713769Anything from the right side.
>>28714397that's a LC
>>28699035Nothing. They've achieved exactly what they've set to achieve. Which is to make an automobile for people need and automobile, but don't want an automobile.This is why their main demographic is old white people. People who would rather stay home, but they have to go out to get groceries. so they need a car. Any young person you see on a Subaru is the result of old white folks co-signing a loan, so they went to meemah and poppop's dealership, or they got passed down to their grandkids after they bite the bucket.Only exception is the WRX stuff, which is bought exclusively by flat bill baseball cap deuchebags who get it more for posing than for driving.
>>28699035They took away the STI and made the wrx cost like 50k for some reason
>>28711794Seething Mitsubishi owner.
>>28713731Forester owner actually, but whatever floats your boat
CVT
>be me about a month or so ago>find cool digital dash mod that would fit my 2008 Chevy Tahoe>bookmark it so I can come back to it after more important stuff>was advertised for like $200 to $300 depending on seller>finished replacing my radiator and some other more important jobs>decide to look back into it>the price is now $1,000 for this custom digital dashWhy the fuck did this thing just x5 in a matter of a month or so?
>>28715294>custom digital dashRicer. Fix your gauges.
