I like driving BMWs cuz they make me feel young again
Mavvy
it's shit
>>28775041People on the internet love to just pull car prices out of their asses. It’s so fucking weird when we can just look up what these things cost.Like you said, just order it and you pay MSRP. There’s no dealer markup because they don’t need to negotiate price and it’s not taking up space on their lot. I ordered mine in August of 2024 and paid what was listed on Fords website.
>>28775058>Says somebody who tows. Says somebody with common sense.I guess that supersedes a minimum of a 4 year automotive engineering degree and working as an engineer for however long before they're allowed to become a professional engineer and put their stamp on things to be approved for xyz usecase. But forgive me, I didnt realize you have common sense, obviously that trumps any asme standards that have been built up over 100+ years of people dying, 100+ years of SAE standards being built up over people dying. I kneel before your common sense. As a society, we should really just say fuck engineering standards. Its just a conspiracy. let's just send people to the moon with common sense because anon tows his mom's fat ass around.
>>28775506It’s not just engineering, but an actual test (SAE J2807; yes, I had to look it up). Vehicles are underrated for safety, not overrated to sell them. I’d guess the biggest thing holding back the Maverick is its wheelbase and weight. It could also be that the hybrid is rated much lower than it could be, as the Ecoboost might have issues with the duty cycle of the cooling system and it’s transmission being a live hand grenade.
>>28775050>hey look, these guys towed something for 1 afternoon to make a 20 minute youtube video>therefore it's definitely a capable towing machine
thought i might start off a little early, I made this lovely drawing about of the delightful automobiles in America during the winter season... Happy festivities!
oh look another post about bright headlights from some 15 year old retard.
>>28777168Don't be such a grinch!
Why aren't there any supercars with Wankel engines? It's not gonna wear off if you put it in a car that isn't actually driven
>>28775613Mad Mike's has rotary powered McLaren P1 drift car
>>28775613Arabs don't care for wankel
>>28775613would you rather have a car that gets 10 gallons per mile, or 10 miles to the gallon, same power, but the more efficient one has more torque rotaries are trash for anything bigger than a kei car or a drone
Astra H 1.3 mJTD>struggles to turn over in negative °C>worst manual gearbox known to mankind>leaking oil pump cover>leaking A/C seals>leaking front door speakers>rainwater ingress in fusebox>broken recirculation flap>broken rear door wiring>random immobilizer activation>unreliable CIM module>weak power steering>door cards unglued from their holders>shit-tier audio system>squeaking HVAC actuatorsComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
pics or gtfo nigger
>>28776994There are literally two forums where every shit I mentioned is common.And for the gearbox, there's a dedicated repair shop in UK that repairs only this gearbox, showcasing how absolute crap it is
Do I need to say any more?
my stupid whore gf threw a tantrum and moved my gear selector lever from D to R and P while i was driving. Tranny seems normal and working fine but when she set it to P there was a loud clicking noise.How fucked is my tranny?
>>28774388>>How fucked is my tranny?shes probably still upset
>>28774395if you afforded a modern car you would be driving auto, because there aren't any modern manuals. to poor cope this much by calling out an auto driver just completely out of nowhere.
>>28774388You should be just fine. The clicking was the parking pawl just skipping over the teeth.
>>28774388If you fucked your tranny properly she wouldn't do shit like this.
>>28774388i hope you busted her teeth out with your elbow.
>be me, based diesel enjoyer>pull up to the pump in my 12v Cummins>smell of freedom and soot in the air>see a gasser "enthusiast" at the next island>he’s fueling up his puny 2.0L turbo lawnmower>poverty_spec.jpg>realize the absolute state of gasoline engines>they literally can't handle pure air>have to carefully mix fuel and air in a precise "stoichiometric" ratio just to function>imagine needing a perfect 14.7:1 blend before you even start the stroke>literally running a homogenized mixture>it’s basically a onions latte in a combustion chamber>look at my high-compression king>diesel engines don't play that game>we pull in 100% pure, unadulterated air on the intakeComment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>28774220>wordswordswordswordsThe left can't meme
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>>28774220Seek help.
>>28774220>HETERO MIXTURE DIESEL>some faggy 6 cylinder Cummins instead of a proper Detroit 8V71TDamn commie
My dad spent 100k leafs on a Mercedes wagon and it's a pile of trash.Infotainment is slow, constantly having electrical issues, voice control is shit, cruise control randomly stops working, makes a bunch of annoying noises, no dipstick, shit. What is the appeal?
>>28775624>What is the appeal?He can tell his retard boomer friends he owns a Mercedes, in which said retard boomer friends will be hugely impressed.
Do people literally spend 100k, just for a car logo? holy shit. that is so gay and faggy. its literally thinking like a women.imagine caring what other people think about you, and your car holy shit lmao
>>28775624>step mom wants panamara>cant afford panamara>buys 165k leafbux cayenne>its a mazda cx50 with seats that heat AND coolthe day of the pillow cannot come soon enough
>>28776358The whole point of acquiring a car beyond a Toyota is increasing your sexual market value. Thinking like a woman should be your first priority when choosing a car that's not either a utilitarian people mover or a pure competition machine.BMW and Mercedes are kings of the daily driver because they pull bitches effortlessly. Simple as.
>>28775624Nothing past W211 (at most) is a real Mercedes.
What's a car so undesirable that melanated and ne'er do wells won't even think about touching it and that insurers will think it's low risk as well?
>>28775681(you)rs
>>28775685I don't have a car. I need a car that's a good alternative to taking the bus, yet terrible enough to not cost a lot, not be a target, and not be high risk to insurers
>>287756811997 Kia Sephia
>>28775681https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-skQhu4aHZ4I just bought one of these about sixteen hours ago for $3,750 OTD, insured it for about $21/month (minimum liability coverage), then drove it to New York City and back. I feel that the 2001 Buick Park Avenue may just fit the bill for (You) OP.
fun fact: the journey is built on a mitsubishi platform shared with the lancer evo x and outlander and you can actually make them idiotically fast
What if there was a hybrid Tesla with a small block v8 and well over 1000 hp?
>>28774097>What if there was a hybrid Tesla with a small block v8
wouldn't care
>>28774097Teslas being shitboxes has nothing to do with them being electric.
I'm buying a 2001 Buick Park Avenue with the Prestige Package and that's all there is to it. It's the Base Model (no supercharger), babied by its elderly first & only prior owner, with just over 90,000 miles on the clock, and an engine clean enough to eat off of, which starts right up and runs smoothly. Driving it is like riding around in a leather couch floating atop a magical thundercloud. It is classy yet understated, brown inside & out, with enough seating for six or seven adults to ride comfortably, and a trunk large enough to fit an entire family. I'm buying it for not a penny more than $3,000 cash from a dealership owned by a close friend of the mechanic I apprenticed under at my first job after High School in a nearby town. This is the car that I have chosen. I don't think that I'll even bother with any of the other automobiles I've seriously looked at in my quest for an ideal chariot, neither the Hondas nor Toyotas, not the Fords or Chevys, not the Hyundai Elantra Sport, nor even the Mazda CX-5; no: I have found my new ride, and it is superlative. This is it. In a few weeks, I'll be in Manhattan, riding up & down Park Avenue in my Park Avenue, a 50 year old man driving a 25 year old land yacht. I'll be investing the remaining $12,000 I've set aside for my budget at the casino. Merry Christmas.
>>28772434>12k>casinoA good couple hands of blackjack and you could get something really cool
OP here, I just picked it up today. They replaced the sway bars, changed the oil, and did a bunch of other work. Insurance is about $21 a month. Total out the door cost with all fees, permanent (not temp) plates, registration & everything's was $3,750. There were three or four others looking at this car, including one from Ohio, but I snatched it up first. Now I'm heading to the local rural Shell station to fill the tank with 97 Ultra Premium and take a drive down to New York City to see some girls. Can't wait to drive my Park Avenue on Park Avenue! Merry Christmas!(I'm only going to gamble a few thousand dollars and save the rest.)
I parked my Park Avenue on Park Avenue... coincidentally behind another Buick (LeSaber).
>>28775994ASAP.
>>28776831The entire headlight assembly on those things comes out with two bolts, but you could also just get some painter's tape and put it around the lenses so you can do them on the car without worrying about scuffing your paint.
ya know what Pontiac stands for?
prevent overheating: never trust ill-assembled crap
>>28768145HumansYearn forUltimateNDrivingAutomobileInternationally
>>28768145HAULINGtOYOTASNTODAACRUSHERIF YOU CAN BUILD A GOOB BIKE, YOU CAN BUILD A GOOD CAR. YOU CAN'T STOP S HONDA. JUS DISABLE UR VCM AND IT WILL OUTLAST SOME CANDIAN MADE SHIT. BEST WAY TO HAUL KIDS AND 2X4S.GOBBLESS
>>28766268Powerful OwnersNavigate TracksInAwesomeCars
>>28766268Popular owner's note: today, I ate cum
Which manufacturer makes the best EV sedan?It must be between these two I imagine. The Lucid Air can be had in the low $70k range which is about $10k below the base Model S.Lucid has the better interior and probably a better chassis
>>28776556Imagine rolling up to the kiddo's elementary school in that shit. Hell yeah.>>28776594I don't live in eurostan, pal.
>>28775446Tesla charging networks wins it.The rest is whatever.
Me? Waiting for 3 series on latest BMW platform. But if I wasn't I'd get the 2026 version of Model 3. Tesla is slowly unfucking its cars. Rust is still an issue though if you are somewhere with salty roads.
>>28775446LCID had better tech and a better look, and they were going for the higher end market but their original CEO was a loser who basically killed the company. I would not bother touching any of their stuff now.
>>28775446Imagine getting a gravel nick in that window that makkes you fail inspection
Toyota turns new Lexus ES interior into Tesla clone with nicer materials. Bye bye v6. You either get the same engine as a Camry - or you have to get it as a full EV.But at least - Thankfully, this is one of those cabins that feels a lot better in person than it presents in manicured press pictures because it’s not that the ES lost all that many buttons. It just learned to hide them better. See that bar below the touchscreen with temperature controls and seat presets? Those may look like capacitive touchpoints (à la the Nissan Ariya or any new Mercedes), but they’re actual buttons that click in — that matte black material feels like rubber, not hard plastic.
>>28774067Jeets are stuck in the same combustion engine like America is.
>>28774069The ES sedan was never really its own thing. It was always a stretched Camry with leather. They are more focused on their SUVs. I think making it an EV is a way to try to kill it. They want an excuse to say it sold poorly and only make SUVs. SUVs have bigger profit margins.
>>28774072Having [camry with leather] is one of the staples of the auto industry, and it's really a good thing. Parts interchangeability? Sign me up! Gm sold the A/G body from 1968 until 1988 under chevy, pontiac, oldsmobile, and buick. Same exact car, especially ~1973 onwards after engine consolidation, and they were the best selling cars of the era.Having that killed for 10 marginally different suv platforms is tragic, especially because you don't even get the fucking leather anymore, it's leather appointed, essentially a mixture of pleather and bonded leather
>>28773801That's basically just an FX50. Just lower one.
the amount of retards praising the old es since the debut of this new one is insaneit's a mediocre car, and a bad luxury car(and has been for many years)it hasn't been notable since since the second and third generation
How many trannies have you blown?
>>28774238>>28774671I track my car, so normal fluids don't cut it.Usually 250F trans oil running temps on track.Amsoil synchromesh seems to work well for that.
>>28772781I'm heterosexual, I only blow engines.t. former tuned WRX owner
>>28774671Any kind of stress and you want actual gear oil for manuals. I had a g56 blow randomly at 100k cause evidently they run ATF from the factory.
I've cooked a clutch before. Does that count?
>>28773598There's a lot of differences in opinion about what fluid works best in a tremec. Including at tremec.Some say GM Syncromesh is all you need. Others say you need a non-synthetic only in dex3/universal spec.I've heard many anecdotes from people who've had a good experience with amsoil torque drive in the tr-6060 (OE version of the magnum).
