How am I supposed to buy a car if the lower trim of a xc40 costs 45k€ and it's a 4 cylinder mild-hybrid petrol engine, 163 horsepower. This is an shitbox engine in a 2T car. And there's not even another another engine option, wtf.Am I supposed to use the bus and uber
>>29061540>Am I supposed to use the bus and uberI paid like $10k for a used shitbox with a 500hp V8, the fuck you doing?
>>29061583500hp is a crime in europe
what do you need more power for in the compact family car
>>29061540If you can't figure out how to buy a car for less than 45000 Euro, maybe you deserve to ride the bus.
What is the correct sequence? >stop and hold foot brake, use handbrake, shift to park >stop and hold foot brake, shift to park, use handbrakerace car larpers can fuck off
>>29058147>stop and hold brake>shift to neutral>engage hand/parking brake >release brake and let the car settle>shift to park
>>29058892maybe I simply don't care about my car as it's a tool. I'm not sitting in my car for 2 minutes when i want to go inside lmao
The only two things that matters is to hold the foot brake until you hand brake, and to not reengage the transmission until you neutral shift, which can happen before or after you hand brake. Anything else is autism, and everyone who got a license should confidently know.
>>29058147For me its >Brake>Neutral>Parking brake>Let off of foot brake and see if car doesn't roll>Park
Thanks folks
I'm buying pic related today for $600. AC doesn't work and has a cracked windshield but it runs and shifts great. Anyone else find a running vehicle for less than $1000 recently?
>>29056725Head gasket is fucked I promise
>>29061332Same, that's why I grabbed that Xterra.>>29061508There's no milkshake on the dipstick or in the cooling system. There's also 0 smoke from the exhaust. So no.
>>29056324Bof tards get a pass for muh offroad
Looks dope. Great find OP
>>29056881Even the nebraska safety inspection is just a quick look at the vin. They don't do shit.
Dealing with people when buying/selling cars is legitimately making me tired of being into cars.>i almost bought one for 30% less than your [2 year newer] car, you're asking too muchHow do you keep your sanity when buying/selling?
>>29061169>>i almost bought one for 30% less than your [2 year newer] car, you're asking too much"well that sucks...sooo why didn't you?"
>>29062227>sooo why didn't you?
>>29061254That guarantee is what you are paying the dealership upcharge for anon. You are buying a good faith effort to sell you a vehicle as it is represented and being given legal recourse to make you whole if the car is a shitheap.
>>29061169The more enthusiast cars you own the less normie retards you have to interact with. I absolutely loathe trying to sell a normal car, buyers will complain that they can buy another brand/model for less or something dumb like "this car doesnt have a big enough trunk for me". As if I am a dealership.
>>29062366I dunno, I sold an FR-S and two motorcycles on FB Marketplace and I got exactly one interested buyer that closed the deal on both. My C5 Corvette was chock full of retards trying to get it for cheap or trying to neg it, etc. or were flakey as fuck. You'd think a C5 would be all Boomers that were super organized and cohesive, but no, it was a lot of Mexicans and shit.
You may not like it, but this is what peak performance looks like.
>>29062064why not karts?
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>>29062355>burns your legs straight offgiga retarded exhaust setup
>>29062392Say no to slop.
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>>29062716I'd say 40W is a reasonable expectation for a smallish head unit. 20W if you get something that doesn't even have a screen. But the thing to also remember is the fuse is sized to protect the wires, not the components. So in theory, if no other modifications are done, the fuse would go before the wires. Again, this is assuming the person in question doesn't have the fuse pop, and then upsizes the fuse to keep the load. The danger of that being the same as anyone who upsizes a breaker in their house to fit a new entertainment system: It looks like it's working at first, and then over time, you start to smell something burning.
>>29062716>Electrical engineer here. I don't really know how electricity worksthe west is so over, bros
>>29062474Why didnt you have the key, you didnt buy it in person?
>>29061747I found and ate some though?
>>29061986Very based post Thank you for the luck
what's the catch? >under 80k >can outperform similar cars in price range >looks better than most cars today
>>29061022>Just so you know, the vantage auto's are not really auto's. The are a robotised manual f1 style gear box, so you need to be lifting as if you were changing gear in a manual other wise changing gear won't be smoothWas this only true for Speedshift I or all three? Some online forums say later Speedshifts fixed it.
>>29061463Pretty much all 3. It's quite common people replace their clutch with the twin plate from a V12 as they are more robust.
>>29059351>what's the catch? You have to force yourself onto other men once a day as long as you own the car.
>>29059502Mine is a freakin head turner. Everrryyyonnneee looks at me. It's actually uncomfortable sometimes. I just want to enjoy it because it's a great car all around; like it really is an awesome fun car to drive with an excellent stock sound system... and some days I don't even want the attention. Mine is a bright orange C8 though so it stands out quite a bit. I found another orange C8 today in a parking lot and waited but the owner never came out :(The Merc GT is also a really cool car; it's just difference in taste really, and also the GT is much much more expensive to maintain than the C8
>tfw want a Vantage but hate manualFuck this is the worst feeling
>more hp than a gti >significantly more rare than a gti>better interior than a gti>way better ass than a gti>was in Twilight, which bitches loveWhy isn't the C30 more popular?
>>29053199c30 owner hereThey handle great and look sleekBiggest issues?>no trunk space>backseat passengers dont have leg space at all, making it just a glorified 2 person car>small gas tanki happen to have a 1.6 n/a 100bhp modelthe fuel consumption is horrendous for an engine this pathetic (10L per 100km), it being slow on top of being thirsty makes me dislike it immensely
>>29062145t5 fuel consumption is almost as bad as my old wrx lel, at least it sounds better than 99% of other cars on the road in bongland
>>29054548AIEEEE I HAVE TO CLICK A BUTTON ON MY PHONE AFTER INSERTING AN OBD2 ADAPTER INTO MY CAR AIEEE TRUMP-SAMA TASUKETE
>>29062145>backseat passengers dont have leg space at all, making it just a glorified 2 person carjust be short and have short friends
>>29062196More like amputee friendsUnless youre a woman and have the seat all the way forward, otherwise its a bad time
911s are retard expensive now. Meanwhile a 2020 PDK 4cyl base Cayman is 50k. Should I go for one instead? I'm not a perfectionist. I just want a decently nice car to drive and look at. Is Cayman viable option now that only arab sheiks can afford 911? Also I think the car looks so nice in yellow, it just hits right.
>>29055793Go for it OP. Cayman is cool and if you like it that's the most important thing. Bit don't buy new. Depreciation is insane. Get something manual.
>>29061561Both of those are NARP (Not A Real Porsche).
>>29056477Solid take
Cayman's the based option since they're closer to the size of older 911s
>>29061759New cars have gotten fat as fuck.
what are the most dangerous places/times to drive in your area?for me, it's costco on the weekends
>>29061310its so they can subtly shill for various goods/services/political opinions>>29058576they are. it's illegal to put up DOT compliant road signage if you are not the DOT or a subsidiary/authorized agency (e.g. a local municipality)in the us stop signs in parking lots are usually blue, or the paths through the lot are "real" roads and not private property
>>29057386In the mountains, late at night. Bonus points for being well into winter with snow and ice. If the conditions don't get you, the deer, elk, or moose you hit around a blind corner will. I don't fear people on the road. I fear a few hundred to over a thousand pounds of stupid that I can't see until I'm in panic braking distance.
>>29057386>>29057388>I don't go where poors congregatePensioner weekend
>>29061754>blue stop signsNever seen that bullshitIve seen red stop signs everwhere. Dont know what state you live in but they 100% use red in private lots
>>29057386Anytime a Masshole is around there is likely to be a collision of some sort which is basically always considering Mass and my state have the two highest collision rates in the country
>"i can't believe it's real and not a meme" editionhttps://www.craigslist.org/view/d/greeley-time-machine-1960-chrysler/qx2c9WVMKrrNomzFNqRsPn
buy it immediately
>380hp supercharged v6>RWD>double bones>nice steering>handles well without being uncomfortableWhy did it flop?
>>29061679Some dude on youtube built a v8, if we're using a very loose definition, out of single cylinder utility motors. For something less redneck, there's a company in NZ making a v8 out of a custom block with S1k internals and heads. It's called the synergy engine.
>>29055590British manufacturers ruined their reputation over several decades. All through the 80s to (and especially in) the 00s British cars were plauged with electrical issues. Sure, these days it might only be the infotainment playing up, but 20 years ago it was the ECU and engine harness plagued with issues.
>>29061806Ruined our reputation in the 80's to 00's? Our industry was dead after the 80's.
>>29054939I see them about all the time. Yes I am in the centre of the UK.
>>29061894Not the 3 litre, less than 1000 were sold in yookay
There is no better car you can spend 65-75k on >7 speed tr60/70 with a clutch >650hp>actually decent interior >one of the greatest sounds known to man with a stock exhsust, even better with an x pipe >static grip/lateral grip is still the highest ever tested by the rags at 1.19Why haven’t you taken the gm pill?
>>29058593>There is no better car you can spend 65-75k onexcept for the c8 :^)
>>29058593hi OP i saw you at a 7-11 downtown a couple months ago, you're pretty cute for a boy :3
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>>29061098>>29061314
>>29061063So why wouldn't he get another as a personal vehicle?
What Golf 4 based car should I buy?All these cars are base on the PQ34 (A4) platform, which mean they have interchangeable, abundant and accessible replacement parts.Should I get:Audi A3 Mk1 (8L)Audi TT Mk1 (8N)Volkswagen Golf Mk4 (1J)Volkswagen Bora/Jetta (1J/9M)Volkswagen Lavida (18)Volkswagen New Beetle (1C/1Y/9C)SEAT León Mk1 (1M)SEAT Toledo Mk2 (1M)Škoda Octavia Mk1 (1U)Škoda Kamiq (China)Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>29050490I used to own Octavia but driven few Golfs mk4s too. To me they are practically the same car especially in wagon form. The only huge upside Golf has is the fact the seats aren't most firm uncomforable seats ever like in Skoda and sounddamning and materials should be slightly better (but i don't think that truly matters now given the age). Basically Golf, Bora and Octavia are pretty much the same thing. Even most of the interior parts are interchangeable. And you can find nice really high end and nicely featured Octavias too even if it was the lower tier brand. SEATs are bit more unique. They have tighter shocks and tuned more towards sporty feel rather than comfort even in base form. I never driven one but i sat in few through out my life. A3 is also this way as far i know. I think what matters more now is what you find and what is in decent condition. Rust is what usually kills these and part of reason why i had to sadly get rid of mine. I guess depends on what you want the car for. I think PQ34 is good comprise between comfort and some slight fun if you really want to since these are still ''light'' and can still handle around corner somewhat especially hatches. But obviously competition from jap and french is way better in the handling regard. The overall drive is the typical safe FWD feel but the steering is pretty good and feedbacked.
Skoda Octavia RS Combi
>>29050490I'd choose the Beetle, preferably a ragtop. No other car on this list would be considered.
>>29050490Aim for the TTsettle for a 06+ beetle
>drops debris all over the road>cracks your windshield>gets away because no license plateYou don’t hate dump trucks enough.
>>29059790It’s governed by federal law and we need mud flaps.
>>29059623>not responsible for unsecured load
Lol. I love dumptrucks and I love overloading my dumptrucks so that gravel spills over the sides on every turn. Fuck you and your windshields.
>>29059623It's hilarious how many dump trucks I see driving around with shit like this because they think it'll actually hold up in court. Yes, your company is ABSOLUTELY 100% responsible for damaging other people's property with improperly secured loads.
