>normies making $30/hour ($3.6k/mo after tax) are financing $40k vehicles for $600/mo x 84 months (plus insurance, fuel, wear and tear.)
>>28747516more like 460k in pennies lmao
>>28747835Instant regret buying a semi use car.Dave Ramsey's crew told me to use my free income to pay it off early So $3,000 a month.It's gonna be a hard 6 months lads
>>28747104210/hr wat kind of job is that(sucking dick for Epstein doesn't count)
>>28745506based man of prudence
Shitposting aside, how does a non-normie get a real job?
I know this is probably a stupid question but I need to ask someone other than chatgpt..I have a 2004 Chevy Express 2500 with a 4.8l engine with roughly 200k miles. About 8k miles ago the water pump went out while driving and the vehicle overheated about 3/4 of the way up the temperature gauge on the dash, so roughly 240 degrees.I got the vehicle home and replaced the water pump and thermostat and its been operating at normal temps ever since. However, I am not experiencing a loss of coolant out of the exhaust. When the vehicle has been sitting and I turn it on, some white fog comes out the exhaust as well as some water and a few drips of oil (maybe, need more evidence to confirm this). No coolant is found under the vehicle at all. I am under the assumption that the head gasket is blown and the block is likely warped slightly.With that being said, I drive the vehicle once a week for about 4-6 hours and during that time I lose about 12oz of coolant. So I've been keeping an eye on the coolant level and topping it off before I go anywhere. I recently did back to back long distance trips of 3k miles and 6k miles and got home both times, just needed to keep topping the coolant off.Because the van has a doghouse configuration (engine under the dash), pulling the engine is not really an option (for a diy) and the vehicle has 200k miles anyways so I dont want to drop a bunch of money at a mechanic when I could put that money into a new (used) car.I am torn between the following options:>keep doing what im doing and topping the coolant off>trying to seal it with headgasket fixer in a bottle (dont laugh at me)I understand headgasket sealer has its own risks and could plug my cat or seize pistons..etcWhat should I do bros? I'm hoping to get another year or two out of the vehicle
>>28747546>gotta bypass the radiator and remove the thermostat to do this halfass correctThat's actually brilliant, never heard of anyone trying that.
Wait, how easy is it to warp your heads anyways?
>>28747546>doing all this work when in the same amount of time you can just replace the gaskethuh
>>28747621some designs make it easy, others make it hard
>>28747749What are the symptoms? Part of my coolant system broke recently, shop fixed it up and said my car was doing well otherwise for its age and mileage, but I'm still kinda worried, it happened on the highway and I didn't notice til the engine temp light came on (no gauge). I've done an oil change since then and nothing looked out of the ordinary
Be like Ferrari, guard your brand.Don't be like Cadillac or other brands that accidentally appealled top browner demographics and then never recovered.Have allocation rulesHave heirarchiesEvaluate your clients for taste, otherwise you risk forever being seen as a down-market brand.Evaluate their personalities for volatility (aka brown behavior)You want the top echelon to be associated with your brand, not a failmale with hurt-feelings-syndrome.
>>28746812The normies also seem to miss the fact that it has rear suicide doors and a v12It's pretty cool
>>28746626Chinese women, no niggrhttps://www.scmp.com/magazines/style/luxury/article/3230795/how-rich-chinese-women-became-key-market-ferrari-female-buyers-account-over-quarter-supercar-makersthis is no niggr zone
>>28746470Because they have the same room tempature IQ, it's just what golems do
how do i prove a client is old money?
>>28747891Ask him which of his great-great grandfathers was the richest, with physical evidence to support his statement
You guys know anyone irl into /o/? Know anyone into racing or are you into it yourselves? Fast and Furious clips (the first one) are popping up in my feed and I realize I have no friends like that who share my interests. Been meaning to get into it more and meet people who aren't fags but it seems like my local scene has a lot of them. An example of a fag would be someone that does takeovers. I'm looking for the regular car enthusiast crowd, maybe get into racing or rally. Any ideas where to start?
>>28747498How do you make friends?
>>28747178I know a few rich boomers with amazing garages, but there's nowhere to properly enjoy them here. The roads are utterly terrible, and the circuits are so dull that they aren't even worth driving to. These guys seem to live vicariously through televised racing, and sim racing. It's pretty sad actually; even those who do well in life still have nothing to do. Dead culture.
>>28747178My nephew and I are "two halves of the same idiot", and so we get on very well when it comes to cars, but otherwise I only have one other person outside of family that's into cars, and I met him through ARMA 3 of all fucking things. He lives quite literally on the otherside of the world, though, so we have yet to meet eachother irl. As for your question of *how* to meet people, I myself have met reasonable lads at track days and car shows (preferably local), and you either have then come up to you, or you go up to them, usually to comment on their car or driving. At track days I've had a couple guys ask for advice as they're new, and at car shows I've asked the owner about their car, or vice versa, and kinda hit it off. From there you'd just need to do what I didn't and keep in contact.
My neighbour used to be an engineer that worked for ford/dodge/gm and roush racing. Single guy so he showed me his basement onetime of decades of parts hoarding and shit you could only dream of, picked up a turbo I thought was for a dump truck and started telling me his story of almost setting a land speed record in a foxbody but couldn't back it up the next day. Still does work for some real race guys that keep in touch with him
>>28747178Go to an Autocross event.Become a regular.Same guys running track days as well.I don't know a single person who does track events only.
Post your freshly detailed 'o in this thread
Im planning on hand polishing and sealing my car by hand this weekend.Not trying to get rid of deep scratches or anything, just some light holograms and shit. Any tips /tricks or experiences?
>>28742798Wrenchlet
>>28747021It's a pain in the ass. Next time I'll just buy an orbital
How important is the interior build of your car to you?
>>28747629No I use Google Maps.
>>28745616Wow a generic honda interior
>>28745589Pretty important, since that's the part of the car I end up looking at the most, to be honest.
>>28745620Honestly that reminds me of a more upscale version of the ford focus and fiesta interior
>>28745589Pretty important. It's why I've never bought an S197 Mustang, despite really loving the exterior styling and exhaust note; the interior quality is so terrible that it puts me off them completely. It just feels like sitting in a nice sounding Fiesta, and it completely destroys the "special-ness" of it for me. It's generally a caveat of modern plastic-y stuff, though. Classic cars get away with have "bad" interiors just by virtue of being old, and in some way, even the cheap stuff shit feels pretty well put together thanks to things like metal handles, door pulls, and dashboards, but modern stuff just feels shit thanks to the copious amount of cheap nasty plastic that you're forced to interact with.
>>28741307I don't know even a single person over 300lbs
>>28741335me and my brother together are over 900 pounds lol
>>28745150
1G6DV1EP2C0111767If someone is feeling generous. I'm looking at a CTS-V and want to see how truthful he's been
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Identify this interior?
>>287478572012 toyota prius
>>28747857I wanted to kidnap Arisu instead
>Drive a crossover >Some retard in a sports car tries to race me
>>28745879Giga fucking basedSeething crossovercuck in this thread won't dare reply
>>28746034They are, but the problem is not whether they are or aren't practical. The problem is they're just lifted up sedans with larger wheels for 10K extra brand new.Which affects the prices even while used. I've actually seen this first hand. I had a family member go to the stealership for a used car, they had a great deal on a hatchback 2 years old, CPO warranty, 20k+ miles, all for about 18K cause they just wanted to get rid of the thing. Did the go for that? nope! they went for a 5 year old Mazda CX3, 78K in the odometer, for 21K.NPCs are gonna NPC
>>28745741opposite. i drive a crossover and try to race tesla at red lights knowing they will win.i find it funny knowing they will be smug the whole day thinking about how cool they were to win a drag race even though it's like winning against a baby at anything
>>28746981>just lifted up sedansobjectively not sedans
>>28745741>goes 4mph over speed limit>boomer in next lane thinks im racing him
How come Subaru drivers are such cutie patooties?
OP I have bad news.
Only cute Subaru is a duck.
>>28746339You are wrong, it's Suzuki drivers.
i think subaru drivers are probably the ugliest people ever.
Can confirmMy furry femboy bf is a folf(fox wolf hybrid) who owns a Subaru
Insurance (Teilkasko 150)motorcycle: 200€ p.a.my last car: 900€ p.a.Vehicle taxmotorcycle: 50€ p.a.average for car: 194€ p.a.Fuel consumption (benzin)motorcycle: 5,5 l/100kmaverage car: 7,8 l/100kmAlso my motorcycle cost 1000€ and goes 0-100 in 3 seconds.Why would you waste money on a car if you can have so much more fun on a motorcycle.
>>28746773So are /o/ posters and OPs, so op doesn't lose anything
>>28746723I saw hundreds of Harley's all together for a funeral recently. Filled the road. Didn't see any homos. Made mevwant one even if they have a poor reputation for handling. Will consider once I have my uncucked 'A' loicence and am in the market for something bigger. All still rather hypothetical until the skill level is in place.
>>28739294Winter, rain, passengers, carrying anything large than a backpack, general convenience.
>>28746702>A car can actually haul stuffJust get a big backpack and order bigger stuff online>seats 5 peopleAnd you have to play taxi and drive people around>doesn't expose you to rain and snowI'm not made out of sugar>if you've got a family or children...Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>28747181Cruisers are uncomfortable, the short suspension can only do so much. They give you tailbone pain.
Picrel its what I want to drive for fun. The SE1 by Spirit Engineering. Is trading a naturally aspirated V8 which will probs be a collectors item is making me second guess.
>>28747200>>28747314Much closer to a hurricane but still doesn't look based on it.
What the fuck are y'all on about?>muh hurricane>muh stuka It looks like a tweaked Ryan ST
[x] cheap enough[x] can store at home[x] its funI dont know anything about planes but I would go for it and I bet that these days its a lot saver than a Sundays drive in a sporty or a bike
>>28743654Fuck it. You gotta die somehow and this is way cooler than a motorcycle.
If you don’t have a pilots license, you need to lower your tone when you talk to me
Visited some family in Colorado last Thanksgiving and to get there I have to go through some mountain roads with large incline/ declines. I had a couple cars riding my ass when there was only 1 lane available/ no turnouts, but even when they would pass me, their brake lights would be constantly on. Am I the retarded one here or are they for wearing out their brakes for 13 miles downhill and riding my ass. This is what I was taught to do when going downhill for large portions of road but it honestly seems like Im doing something wrong here.
So what's the downside to engine braking in an automatic? Extra wear on the clutch packs + degradation of fluid via heat?
>>28747192Sorry... D lolHaven't driven something with an automatic in like 5 years.
>>28743580>>28743586there are very, very few normies that use a gear selector with an auto. the only people I know who use it are ones who are used to driving manuals and want that level of control, boiracers, and the occasional aggressive stock car driver and track/conefag. I only know one older dude that uses it for descents on his caravan, and he would otherwise never touch manual mode>>28747192F is for Forward, obviously
>>28747261>F is for Forward, obviouslyWould be useful after a day of driving forklifts. Instead I just activate the wipers and go nowhere.
>>28743536You realize DOT 5.1 brake fluid is a thing and carbon ceramic brakes and accessible for most shit boxes. They probably didnt have either, but you could have for a few hundred dollars if you wrenched at all.
Yikers...
>>28747195>check your mirrors before considering a lane changeI do and I will still indicate and make a lane change if I see a donor riding at some retarded high speed :^) I'll tell the police and insurance that he was going so fast that he came out of nowhere and wasn't in my mirror before the lane change
>>28747699but why tho? didn't your god teach you to love thy fellow man? why would you deliberately endanger the life of anyone else? if you want to change lanes and you see a bike coming then why not simply wait a few seconds for the bike to pass and then change lanes?
>>28747705Why can't the bike slow down and wait a few seconds for the car in front of him to finish overtaking?
>>28747706if that car was indicating in advance then sure
>>28747189>no glovesooch
Port injection is superior to direct injection because it can start dumping fuel before the intake valves open, Prove me wrong.
>>28747650think in terms of percentages not raw figures. if a few inches is double the distance then it'll be twice as effective which would be very meaningful.
>>28746359Carbs work well with a Roots style blower because it isn't compressing and heating the air.
>>28747656> if a few inches is double the distance then it'll be twice as effective which would be very meaningfulThat means fuckall if it's barely doing anything in the first place. 200% of next-to-nothing is next-to-nothing.
>>28747674actually anon it's twice as far away from nothing.
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