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welcome 2 Clown Town posted:bmw took full advantage of the inherent reliability of a straight 6 to introduce failure points everywhere else in the engine bay And the driver's seat.
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cakesmith handyman posted:"did that guy just drop an intake manifold gasket?" Okay, drat. This was good. iwentdoodie posted:Uhhh, the small block? The 3800 shows up three times on the Ward's 10 best engines list, the small-block only shows up once on the "of the century" list  
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Well if we're gonna go by Ward's, we gotta consider ACVW's as an option just for the absurd number of years their engine was in production. It's definitely time tested. Though in my mind they're in a weird spot for post-apocalypse use. They're easy to maintain, but you have to do it every 3000 miles or they turn into pieces of poo poo. They can handle a lot of abuse but if the wrong bit breaks and you don't catch it immediately, the engine is gonna grenade itself. Plus there's the issue of horsepower, it's got none. Can an engine be considered reliable if you're obligated to constantly check on it?
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xzzy posted:Though in my mind they're in a weird spot for post-apocalypse use. They're easy to maintain, but you have to do it every 3000 miles or they turn into pieces of poo poo. They can handle a lot of abuse but if the wrong bit breaks and you don't catch it immediately, the engine is gonna grenade itself. Plus there's the issue of horsepower, it's got none. It's built-in job security if you're bringing the VW to your farming community. That scenario is actually what prompted me to buy https://www.amazon.com/Keep-Volkswagen-Alive-Step-Step/dp/1566913101 It'd be one of the easier cars to hack back to life at a junkyard.
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I have both that (spiral bound, stays open better when you're wrenching!) and a haynes manual for 60's era cars. I haven't owned a beetle in like 10 years now but some day I will need those books again.
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Metal Geir Skogul posted:Okay, drat. This was good. 5 times on that list since the introduction of the LS1 in 1998.
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Larrymer posted:5 times on that list since the introduction of the LS1 in 1997.
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Please watch this till the end holy moly.
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Holy poo poo
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I was kind of laughing to myself thinking that it was carrying powdered peanut butter, but now I'm really confident that it actually is
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I've had a 95 prizm, a 99 corolla, a 99 prizm, and a 2001 prizm, esstentially all the same car, and all of them were bafflingly reliable. Once i drained the oil from one and had less than half a quart left. Never had an issue with any of them and did barely any maintenance. Surprisingly fun to drive with a 5 speed!
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Apr 28, 2018 18:37
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That makes me feel so sorry for your life
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You ain’t kidding about those late 90s Prizms/Corollas, they were bland to look at but drat did they last forever. I miss cars like that, nowadays it seems like some cars break if you so much as look at them wrong.
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Voltage posted:I've had a 95 prizm, a 99 corolla, a 99 prizm, and a 2001 prizm, esstentially all the same car, and all of them were bafflingly reliable. Once i drained the oil from one and had less than half a quart left. Never had an issue with any of them and did barely any maintenance. I had a 88 corolla I bought three different times and never owned it in the winter.
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  The Awesome AI car poo poo is that the driver walked, treated for minor injuries.
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Shedding the engine to protect the driver is standard MR supercar behavior.
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Exquisite 50/50 balance.
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iwentdoodie posted:That makes me feel so sorry for your life The true measure of quality of life is how shiny your car is while it sits in your driveway broken.
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If only it was on a VW.
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Lmao Double lmao it's on a Chrysler
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Memento posted:
 When you cut them in half, each piece regrows the missing parts.
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Now I want cake.
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Logged out, was scrolling down facebook feed, saw this, had to log in again to post:
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OK, who's got a 30"-over springer front end and some ape hangers?
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Ygolonac posted:OK, who's got a 30"-over springer front end and some ape hangers? 
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Memento posted:
Could someone do the needful and scour 4chan for the post of the guy who buys this to rebuild a salvage Lambo for 
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The Door Frame posted:I was kind of laughing to myself thinking that it was carrying powdered peanut butter, but now I'm really confident that it actually is I was thinking brown sugar, or maybe a streusel topping
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Man, it's a shop (original said 25), but I still love it.
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I want to hate it but.. something compels me.
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I really like the detail on the stigmata.
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New meaning to 'Jesus take the wheel'.
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The fast and the righteous.
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