ITT: We post our retarded questions for other retards to answer
Do retards actually prefer automatic over manually actuated transmissions?
>>28907311baby ducks who cope endlessly and have no actual connection to the sport/lifestyle
Why do people buy bmws. Plastic rubber all problems with age. Not mileage. Why do people purposely put themselves in this situation. It’s like idiots living in tornado valley. Or Europe.
>>28907321They are reliable, I've never had a major issue with any of mine, though I'm not a wrenchlet or retard so that helps a lot.
>>28907321you're supposed to lease them.
>>28907311I prefer auto on my big comfy cruiser, on a sports car there's no option other than manual though
>>28907321Marketing and social media influencers mostly
>>28907321Mostly lease bait, rentals and bank-owned vehicles until they're about 20 yrs old and then they're just traded around between brown people.They're basically the Buick of europe. No real reason to exist anymore except some people remember the distant past when they were the second best of the available options (Mercedes used to be the pinnacle).Think about it.... have you ever looked at bmw owner and thought "wow" ? If so, you really need to aim higher.If not, then you already know all the reasons why.. and thats why you dont buy a bmw.
>>28907306>Retarded Car Thread
why do the posters on this board seem like a bunch of teenagers trying too hard to impress eachother
Does anyone know what the car behind the p68 is?
>>28907610lack of proper socialization
>>28907655It looks like an aston badge to me, but no idea about specifics
>>28907655Chevron B8
How much money should I save up to paint a car a gloss blackFull sized sedan from the 90s, so It's a real full sized sedan not the fake mid sized ones claiming to be full sized
>>28907777Last time I got a quote on painting my 90s F150 the guy said $18k. $5k if I prep completely and trailer it in so he only has to shoot paint and clear coat. But maybe a collision center would be better on price. MACO is pretty cheap.
>>28907779>18kThat's crazy high holy smokes>5k if I do all the workSeems more reasonable but still a bit absurd considering you're just aiming a gun and paying the paint. I've heard horror stories about maco so I'd rather not. It can't be nearly TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS that's gotta be a meme
>>28907311I would rather off road in an automatic with lockable gears to 1 or 2 then use a manual.
>>28907773Thank you
can you put nicer springs on a kia crossover?
>>28907779MAACO is fucking $2500++ these days, IF you do the prep yourself The $800 "deal" from them is a single stage job, no clearcoat. >>28907777Put $300 into tools and a good respirator with organic vapor cartridges and like four hundred into paint and a 2k clearcoat and do it yourself. Otherwise you're paying more than the car is worth.
>>28907324Delusional. Using the word reliable to this brand. You are beyond lost in life.
I bought one of those R134a recharge cans to do a quick and dirty A/C job (planning a more complete overhaul later), but the fitting on the can doesn't work with the fitting on the car. What do?I know the car was converted to R134a, so presumably I just need an adapter?
>>28907967Yeah any auto parts store should still have R12 to R134a port adapters. Unless you know it already has had the R12 mineral oil flushed out of the system and PAG oil added in its place, they also don't mix and can damage the system if too much is left in. Depending on the car, you might also want to change the orifice tube/expansion valve and low/high pressure cutoff switches for ones meant for R134a for the best cooling performance. The hole in the orifice tube/expansion valve needs to be larger to match the larger R134a molecule, and the pressures the cutoff switches should cut off at are different. The low side can go to a lower pressure with R134a (colder, before it cuts off) and the high side might cut off too soon at too low of a pressure. Make sure you also pull vacuum on the system for at least an hour to make sure all the moisture inside boils off. Nobody ever did any of that shit for their retrofits, and complained that R134a sucks when they really just half-assed it. My Camaro that originally had R12 blows 35° F air out of the vents in the summer.
>>28907996i reckon it'd be colder still if you regassed with HC-12a/duracoolplus you don't need to change expansion valves or any hardware when you use it, not even the oil, it's compatible with both mineral and pag oil
>>28907852MACOs always been known for using a fast etching primer that bites in without a lot of prep - then it fully dries after a paint's been applied and it's goodbye decent finish.
just changed spark plugs, 3 out of 4 had oil on emwhat do
>>28907306How can i tell if my motor is seized? 78 super beetle engine cut out while driving and coasted to a stop now no start no run. Starter relay clicks nothing else. Wrench on the pulley won't budge in either direction. If i put it in third and push it will roll. The motor is supposed to be easy to pull on these but would a wrenchlet like me even be able to rebuild it? Most I've done is breaks and valve cover gaskets and serpentine belts simple stuff like that i don't have an engine stand or anything.
>>28908216Spark plug tube seal / valve cover casket
>>28908235hmm where do you normally get parts for old ass cars?
>>28908245rockauto, fcpeuro
>>28907324It’s a stupid question thread. Not a stupid statement one.
>>28908245Ebay motherfucker
>>28908245If it's a popular model then it probably has a site dedicated to selling spare or aftermarket parts.
>>28908228That sounds pretty siezed to me. Rebuilding engines is fun and easy and i strongly recommend it if you haven't tried it.
>>28907311People are inherently lazy so they will almost always generally pick the option with the least amount of hassle and work.Also remember that not everyone with a car is simultaneously a car enthusiasts.
>>28908228A motor that size should spin over REALLY easily. If it's loose enough to move, when you push the car, it isn't technically frozen, but odd are it's got some hefty damage, like scored cylinders. You could literally lift that thing out, yourself, but be prepared to have some machine-work done to it.
I'm looking at buying an EV and I noticed there are a bunch of 2018 Chevy Bolts. Why are there so many from this specific year for sale?
>>28909264could be a rental car company liquidating inventory
>>28908228It would have skid to a stop and you’d not be pushing in third unless the clutch is shot.
If you could have any meme car, what would you choose?
retard here. so i needed to replace my oil dipstick tube because it broke and to do so i have to take off my intake manifold. i ddcided to do a throttle body clean as well since i've literally never done this (it was pretty dirty too). once i finish, i start the engine and it is ROUGH. i realized i forgot to reconnect a tube that goes into the house thats behind the filter and in front of the throttle body. it was enough that it caused the check engine light to come on. i obvious reconnected it, the problem is its still rough rough or wont even start AND the brakes are 'hard' as in the pedal barely presses down and when it does it barely brakes (i dont feel comfortable even driving it down the street). any idea whats causing this? i know i can do the intake manifold properly because i changed the gasket a few months ago and it went fine. im probably going to end up re doing everything anyways but im lost as to the brake issue.
>>28909530i forgot to add. i disconnected the battery for 20 min to hopefully clear the codes and see what would happen and unfortunately nothing improved.
Why did I wake up drunk at 1am, /o/? Did I have dinner? >>28909530Slow down there, buddy.Forgetting a vacuum hose is a common mistake and causes rough idle as you described, and it's usually the PCV return that people forget but it appears you already found that.What all needed disconnecting? What kind of car is it (at least engine)? Is it something old and simple?What confuses me is how this would affect your brakes at all.
>>28909539its an 06 corolla (im the guy from the last thread). so i disconnected the housing from the air box and throttle body and the throttle body from the intake gasket manifold. plus a few hoses (enough to take the manifold off and set it aside). i cleaned the throttle body while it was completely disconnected and changed the dipstick tube. after that i reattachedthe manifold and worked my way back to the air box but i guess i forgot the pic return hose. so after i start it, it runs really rough and my CE light comes on. i shut off the engine and look under the bay and notice the hose is disconnected and reconnect it. problem solved right? well now it runs even worse and the brakes feel like they don't do anything (very little movement in the pedal and very little braking done). so i disconnected the battery to reset the ECU to see if that did any thing (it didn't). i found this but i'm not sure it's the same thing as my issue https://www.justanswer.com/dodge/cxyd3-cleaned-throttle-body-issues.html
>>28909551I'm inclined to think it's a vacuum problem.Let me give you my advice: get a shop / workshop manual for your car ('06 corolla can probably be found easily online for free) and check the diagrams. Go over every hose you disconnected and make sure it's all back together right.As far as your throttle body cleaning? I've never done that, maybe it messed with a sensor somewhere (tps) idk.I'm just really confused why your brakes would be different after replacing a dipstick. There's gotta be more to the story.
>>28909554for FUCKS sake. i forgot another tube https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L7Hh8T2HI8w&t=310s&pp=ygUaMDYgY29yb2xsYSBpbnRha2UgbWFuaWZvbGQ%3D the one hiding behind the throttle body at 5:01. engine starts and runs fine, brakes are back so it was probably a sensor getting tripped. told you i was a retard.
>>28909577I'm just glad you figured it out without paying someone $800 for the favor.Congrats, cheers!
>>28909579yeah and it helped with my rough idle a lot too. if you haven't done yours i recommend it.
>>28909530>>28909551>>28909577Glad you were able to fix it!I was about to say it looks like your brake booster hose was disconnected. That rubber hose you reconnected probably leads back to the large round metal drum on the firewall behind your brake master cylinder. That thing is the brake booster. Inside that drum is a large rubber diaphragm, and when the engine is running, the engine acts like a giant vacuum that pulls the air out of there (through that hose you reconnected) and makes it easy for the brake master cylinder (which is coupled to that diaphragm mechanism) to move back and forth. It literally 'boosts the brakes' when the engines running. That's why your brakes felt really hard to press even though the engine was running, in fact if you press down the brakes while the engine is off it feels exactly like that.That hose being disconnected definitely would have been a massive vacuum leak on the engine and caused to it run extremely rough since that airflow from the disconnected hose would be bypassing the mass airflow sensor (should be mounted on the plastic airbox where the air filter is housed). The computer wouldn't be able to account for that unmeasured air being sucked into the engine.
