>kills your fuel efficiencyFuck these worthless signs. Replace them all with roundabouts or yield signs. Or is that too complicated for the average retard driver?
>>28071719>>kills your fuel efficiencyNot in EVs. Stop and go is more efficient than sustained high speeds.
>>28071719agree. stop signs are useless and mainly meant for complete retards to force them to stop and look and it's pointless even then because they don't stop or look anyways. if you need to stop to yield on a yield sign then you just stop. no need for a special requirement for it
>>28072436No one cares about your flammable appliance
>>28071750Nice bait.Perhaps a master bait, even.
Americans invented traffic lights but can't maintain them (lost technology) so they now use 4 stops (laughable idea, four stop signs.).
You wouldn’t mind being called a ricer if you drove a riced out NSX.
>>28072506I wouldn't rice out an NSX. I wouldn't rice out anything but especially not a car as good looking as an NSX. Anyone who does shit like that to an NSX is a tranny
>>28072506Raped by the ZR1.
>>28072723>t. (You)
>>28072521Racing inspired cosmetic enhancement
>>28072521It's not for racing it's for cruis'n
>>28069073piss lights
Osram Night breaker
>>28068800
>>28071495u should drink more water
I like to keep it festive
Recently I’ve been having issues with charging the battery on my BMW. It seems the alternator is dead, even after being rebuilt.At first I replaced the battery, had it coded in the system, and also had the alternator rebuilt with new brushes, slip rings, voltage regulator and bearings. Also replaced the accessories belt just in case it was slipping.That solved the issue for about 2-3 months, and now I’ve gotten the same problem again. It started by being intermittent, I would get the red battery light on the dash mostly only after doing a hard pull to get on the highway. It would then stay for a random period of time before going away. But it has become permanent now, and begins a few seconds after starting the car.I used a multimeter and when I start the car, the voltage on the alternator reads 14.4v for about 30 seconds, and then drops to 0 and the red light pops up on the dash.Reading the error codes gives me 2 errors, voltage regulator fault and alternator not existent.I was told it could be bad ground between engine and chassis but I checked for continuity on both with the multimeter and all seems fine.I have no clue what’s stopping the alternator from outputting power. I even checked the brushes and the screw hole on the voltage regulator for continuity, same with the alternator sensor connector, main cable from alternator to the battery, slip rings to rotor, engine to chassis, etc and they all tested positive. Even using a battery tester showed a healthy battery.What else could be failing?
>>28072465And then it crapped out. The brushes should be simple. Maybe it is heating up and losing a connection in the voltage regulator. Is that the pic? It could be cleaner.
>>28072476Mine is a bit cleaner, I sprayed it with brake cleaner and a used a soft brush. It’s strange because I tested the voltage regulator for continuity between the brushes and the screw connectors and they tested positive. Is 20-30 seconds enough to heat it to a point of failure?
>>28072395Continuity test says how many ohms? Dirty grounds or poor connection and discharged battery can cause issues. Charge the battery manually and not rely on the alternator for that since an alternator is not designed for charging.A winding in the alternator may have broken which is why it stopped a charging all of a sudden. Could also be a blown out corroded alternator fuse. Auto parts stores can test the alternator for free.
>>28072395Continuity tells you next to nothing.You can have a single rusty wire strand touching and get continuity. You need to know resistance.
>>28072643Can’t recall, it was dark when I tested so I only cared about the beeping of the multimeter.What would be an acceptable value here though? Unfortunately auto parts shops here don’t do testing, even the one that sells the alternator components where I bought the rebuild parts, the employees there just sell parts, they have zero knowledge on the subject. And auto shops here only test whether the alternator charges the battery or not. BMW itself are scammers, they just said it’s the alternator or IBS and quoted me for the new parts without testing. It sucks because I rebuilt the alternator and guess I’ll have to go and get a new one. Ain’t cheap either because it needs to be at least 180A. I’m thinking about upgrading it to an higher output one since I’m replacing, maybe 300 amp, so I can upgrade my sound system in the future since the stock one is garbage. Any implications by doing that?
How do you respond?
it looks kinda cool in the picture, but I bet the fake 3d decals make it look like a lego car in outside lighting. Having custom panels wit that kind of added geometry would be sick thoughbeit.
>>28071820i take it to 100+ mph and wait for the battery to run out in 10 minutes
>>28072762/thread
Get to the highway pointing to the most rural area and sit at 150+ until they disappear then hide.Never get in a chase in a city, that's where the police are. If you do get to the highway ASAP as long as you can go 140+. The top-end Cybercuck goes only 130.
>>28071820I'll just wait for it to break down and/or self-immolate
Slap a BMW M1 badge on the i30n/veloster N-Performance and chuddies would praise these cars as the best track toys in decades.
>>28072148based
>>28070370It's a shame that bmw didn't give us full M1 (if they could call it that because of E26) with this
>>28070380>ebonics
>>28070419Kek, what a strange, shit larp
>>28072719M140i is enough, drug dealers don't need any more power potential than that.
what do we think about this chinese EV crashing during a track day due to a "software brake failure"?
>>28072561until I hear about a case of a dishwasher intelligently deciding to give its load of plates and glasses a thick coating of ultra strength bleach so they never get dirty again I think complete computer control in a 3 tonne 180 mph e-suv is worse
>>28072339newer tech is betterstay mad caveman
>>28072633Are you sure ?
>>28072245Based, I love watching chinamen die. >>28072339Because muh science Muh new tech better Muh futureMemes aside I think it has something to do with regenerative breaking, idk. I'm not familiar with EVs because I don't own on and never intend to. >>28072561Lmao I love living in the Battle Network timeline.
>>28072734Meant to say "get hurt".
>tfw no gf to ride in the passenger seat with me i hate women so much br/o/s
>>28071884is she pumping diesel?
>>28070076>>28070292the only fucking single number that matters is the angle at which you view other peopleif youre taller the angle is greaterthe entire world comes down to that single angle
>>28071884>that buildyeah i really want my kids to inherit marfan syndrome... barf.
>>28069238>>28069279not only that but you're referring to older people. for us zoomers if you're too short you literally don't exist. and if you have any other imperfections aside from not being tall enough, you might as well give up entirely forever
24 year old khhv and i'm turning 25 in january. it's over
Raping euros and japs since 1953.
>>28071914Not comparable in price point. Compare to the Z06/ZR1.
>>28071963GM can't compete and haven't lapped the burgerkang in the C8 Z06/ZR1
>>28071959>But the reality is that you're still finishing behind a slower class.Which is irrelevant. you asked for wins at those specific circuits. you got them. wasn't even the only thing the vette won. it won countless more races in SCCA.>Sure if your pertaining to just overall resultsWhich is what you're doing by bringing up overall placement.>Rob Donner in a Porsche RS that held the recordIncorrect, Rob Donner got a 14:33.300 which is still off the Vette's best time of 14:28.60. >Then you're using a term improperlyI'm not. you asked for wins at those specific tracks, you got them. why are we discussing all this other shit? its just goalpost moving.
>>28070584reminder
>>28072513What are you trying to imply here? Any car, if it had been hit like that, would've crashed like that Corvette.
7/10 times I see a gr86 or a mustang or a newer corvette it's a female driver.
>higher paying corporate employers all decide to die on the hill of diversity>surprised that favored "diverse" demographics, such as half the human population, can afford more expensive toys You can't afford one because you're stupid
>>28072660I only see 'jeets driving those things over here in New Delhi, California.
>>28072660I've never seen a woman drive a Corvette unless it was her husband's and shes out to get groceries.
>>28072704So 9/10 corvette trips?
So I just finished watching initial D stage 1 for the first time and decided to give this touge thing a try. How did I do?
>>28070348You can’t even accelerate properly with a full cup of water lolThere’s a initial D myth buster video on yt
>>28070348>>28072320the cup isn't actually "full" of water ya ninnies it's more like four fifths of the way full
>>28070348>picking water off the floorWhat did he mean by this
>>28070319Waay Tto slow, unnecessary wheel movements, 3/10
>>28070847beep beep boop boop
Might be seeing more barges on the burger ring...https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebNVdRuBXYs
>>28072186https://youtube.com/watch?v=pjzpx_jUUA0&pp=ygURNzBzIGFtZXJpY2FuIGNhcnM%3D
>>28072202for bricks, they fly pretty good
looks like he also threw a ford ranchero around the ring toohttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ys14ED45YIM
> gearshift moves, but doesn't go in gear> no previous transmission problems, so the first fault to come in mind is the gear shift cable> engine purs up and it shifts to all the gears, just doesn't move from park> sadly requires the center console to be taken apart to inspect the cable and ends but there no damn good guides anywhere!Has anyone else ever had these types of issues with this kind of car? If so, please let me know what you did to diagnose/fix the problem! Any recommendations on what to do?
>>28072531Shifter linkage is broken. The smooth/loose/free feeling of the shifter moving means there is no resistance, meaning it is not engaging anything. It is likely a cable that runs to a valve body on the transmission. If you are lucky, it will be on the side of the trans where it is easy to get to. If not, you will need to lower the trans. You may be able to do this without unbolting from the engine by pulling the driveshaft and putting a floor jack under the trans and using that to lower it enough to reach the top. Put something like "replace shifer linkage (whatever car it is) in youtube search, watch a bunch of different ones, somebody might have a trick to make the job easy. Something coyld be broken inside the trans, but I would start with the linkage. If it's all intact, then the problem is inside the part the linkage goes into, usually a valve/switch unit that can unbolt and be replaced without having to completely disassemble the transmission. Good luck, hopefully will be a cheap and easy fix, maybe just replacing a bolt or connector that's fallen out.
>>28072551Oh, and double check if your car is mechanically or electronically actuated. Could just be a bad fuse/relay/solenoid if it is electronic.
>>28072512>>28072551>>28072555Thanks for the input guys, you've given me some insight more into what the problem could be! Much appreciated
>>28072551But /o/ told me that mechanical cables with shift levers are more reliable than electronic transmissions that use dials. How could this robust TRADITIONAL shifter possibly fail?
>>28072398This happened to me on a 2008, it was actually a little plastic bushing on the linkage that cracked and jammed it all up, and I found a replacement bushing like 2pk or 3pk and one fit fine.IIRC, everything on the center console just snapped together. Those interiors have a bunch of 5.5mm screws holding stuff in place, so look for obvious screws and then start prying plastic panels off.
There is genuinely no reason to own any engine beyond the LS family. None. Any other engine is cope, either due to environmental cuck laws, euro/asian displacement humiliation taxes, or just plain poordom from third worlders. That or exotic garbage no one not born into aristocracy will ever own. God granted us the SBC for a reason.
>>28066120>Godzilla 7.3... gets almost 20mpgsauce?
>>28072267Yeah I've driven superduty trucks of the last 30 years and milage hasn't improved much since they axed big blocks lol, I milked 15mpg out of a 6.2 once and 16.5mpg out of a 2v 5.4, once. Empty. With 3.73s and stock tires aired up properly. There is some retard here who claims his daddy has a 10 second 540 backed by a 700r4 that gets 20mpg too
>>28072267>>28072427I can barely manage 17.5mpg with an empty standard wb diesel 3500 flatbed, I highly doubt people are getting better than 20ish mpg from other v8s.When my dad tows their 24ft trailer in his 6.4 ram 2500 he gets the same mpg as when I'm hauling 4000 in the bed and a 5k filled trailer tank."Efficiency" in the sense of what the vehicle returns on mileage has not increased, though efficiency relative to output and capacity certainly has.>>28072262Yes :)problem?
>>2807244120mpg is possible from idis, 6.5s, and 12v but the output of those trucks is so hilariously low it's not practical to use them to haul. Some guys with 6.0s that have the industrial/van 235hp tune have reached 20mpg too, but good luck finding a working 6.0
>>28072264are you implying OHC engines don't exist in the US? that's not really an answer, otherwise.
Who's naming these car models?
>>28072058shit...
>>28071638You need to hire a Ford Escort to make your Ford Edge Ford Cum
>>28071802BBQ Host trim
>>28072268
>>28072268>Tfw can't make any "I fucked a 10 year old 500$ Escort last night" jokes anymore
