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Q_res posted:In the Gladiators favor, is there another truck you can even get with a manual transmission in the US now? That would make me at least consider it as an option vs a half ton truck, if I were truck shopping. for a while you could get a 2WD 4cyl colorado with a manual but i'm too lazy to check if it's still on offer edit: also, dunno how that dude came up with numbers but USDM a '19 golf r stickers for 41,2 and a '19 gladiator sport stickers for 35 KYOON GRIFFEY JR fucked around with this message at 16:41 on Oct 9, 2019 |
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:The driving licensing process needs to be substantially revamped before this is meaningful in any way. The US driving test is like this but with an auto, confirm/deny? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfLNqjh4j0
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Oct 9, 2019 17:40
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Y’all can pry my suburban from my dead cold hands. It’s not small and nimble or fun to drive, it’s horrible to the environment, it’s ugly and starting to rust back into the ground. But you bet your rear end it’s been 300,000 miles of purposeful utility. 7 people plus luggage across the state and country multiple times a year? No problem. Haul a tractor on a trailer? No problem. Haul a snowmobile trailer through 2 ft of snow on the road? No problem. Unplowed country roads with snow drifts over the hood but we still have to get to work? No problem. To be honest I’ll probably get another one when this one finally dies it’s Midwest oxidation death. I’m also considering buying a used volt for commuting though. 
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Oct 9, 2019 17:42
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:for a while you could get a 2WD 4cyl colorado with a manual but i'm too lazy to check if it's still on offer Tacoma trd pro.has manual standard. Starts at 45k tho
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Oct 9, 2019 17:58
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Nissan Frontier also offers a 6 speed manual, that option looks to be gone on the Colorado though.
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Oct 9, 2019 18:15
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prom candy posted:there are plenty of chud car forums if that's what you're looking for I wouldn’t buy one, hell I don’t even like reviewing them. But to pretend you can’t understand why some people like cars where they sit high up and where they can use a hatchback without the American stigma of “you have a hatchback so you must be poor” is just willfully stupid. Some people like stuff other people don’t like. Lots of people have lovely taste in stuff, vehicles included. Half this forum gets hard when it sees a Ford Crown Victoria with 300k miles, which makes as little sense to me as an Suburban or whatever.
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Oct 9, 2019 18:15
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Shocking new development Supercharged ram truck has been.approved for production.
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Oct 9, 2019 18:23
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Throatwarbler posted:Shocking new development hmm seems like they should be trying to make these things not ugly instead of faster
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Oct 9, 2019 18:44
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wide stance posted:My main issue with SUVs is how much the extra height blocks visibility for everyone around it who's not also in an SUV. I like seeing what's behind other cars when driving and I really like other cars being able to see me when I'm walking/cycling. The vast majority of modern CUVs just block visibility for everyone while offering very little extra visibility for their drivers. I've never driven a compact or midsize CUV that actually allows me to easily see over or around the average sedan. I couldn't even see over my friend's Jetta in the rental RAV4 I had earlier this year, and that was with the seat up fairly high. And that's without getting into the weird visibility issues created by the actual design decisions made for a lot of newer CUVs. My experience driving CUVs is the illusion of a higher seating position with minimal practical benefits.
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Oct 9, 2019 18:55
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BraveUlysses posted:hmm seems like they should be trying to make these things not ugly instead of faster NO design!!! only Engin
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Oct 9, 2019 19:09
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drgitlin posted:
The fact you dont understand says more about you frankly than someone who likes cheap V8s with massive platform support.
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Oct 9, 2019 19:13
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drgitlin posted:I wouldn’t buy one, hell I don’t even like reviewing them. But to pretend you can’t understand why some people like cars where they sit high up and where they can use a hatchback without the American stigma of “you have a hatchback so you must be poor” is just willfully stupid. It's not about the aesthetics, it's about the effect on safety for pedestrians, cyclists, and other drivers.
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Oct 9, 2019 19:36
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It's not all "taste" tho, if someone really believes they are safer in a big SUV or truck they are going to buy one even if they think a smaller car is more appealing. My wife had that irrational thought for years, that any car smaller than a SUV or Town Car was a death trap, it's hard to change that kind of mindset once it's had a grip for awhile.
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Oct 9, 2019 19:37
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The one thing I hate about bigger cars is the fact the loving headlights seem to be at the perfect height to blind me no matter whether the car is behind me or heading towards me. That and lights are just getting brighter. Also related to this is DRLs being bright and always on. Cyclists were always told to have lights on to be seen and now they have to compete with super bright always on LEDs on virtually every car on the road which makes them even harder to spot. It's crazy.
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Oct 9, 2019 20:34
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blaming the immigrants for me going bankrupt instead of the fact that I spent $2600/mo on a F-250 Platinum and Escalade ESV for my family of 3 and our 7 mile commutes
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Oct 9, 2019 21:27
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Applebees Appetizer posted:It's not all "taste" tho, if someone really believes they are safer in a big SUV or truck they are going to buy one even if they think a smaller car is more appealing. Unfortunately IIHS testing keeps showing big heavy cars are safer in crashes than small cars. I don’t like that fact either.
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Oct 9, 2019 22:30
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dk2m posted:Find yourself driving down any subdivision with a name like Kings Gate or Hidden Woods or The Meadows and you’ll find the market. It’s usually on the outskirts of Major Metro Area and that’s where you’ll find the hulking masses of F350s and Suburbans standing idle. In some way, if you’re a CUV/SUV enthusiast, this is your mecca. Your people. Taking on a 9 year loan to bring your 60K Jeep to a reasonable 1000 a month from all the negative equity you’re carrying over is just what you do. This is a quality post.
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Oct 9, 2019 22:36
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drgitlin posted:Unfortunately IIHS testing keeps showing big heavy cars are safer in crashes than small cars. this is a forum where pointing out that an F-150 is more dangerous in a crash to other vehicles than a Civic gets you talked down to by people who think that's bullshit because the crash tests are into walls of infinite mass it's just physics duh
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I imagine the person holding the camera laughing hysterically as they drive away
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Oct 10, 2019 02:05
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Wheeee posted:this is a forum where pointing out that an F-150 is more dangerous in a crash to other vehicles than a Civic gets you talked down to by people who think that's bullshit because the crash tests are into walls of infinite mass it's just physics duh Citation required No one said that. Everyone is quite well aware that in a crash larger will win, that's Physics 101. Getiing INTO the accident on the other hand and what happens in a single vehicle crash... thats another discussion.
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Oct 10, 2019 02:50
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Wheeee posted:this is a forum where pointing out that an F-150 is more dangerous in a crash to other vehicles than a Civic gets you talked down to by people who think that's bullshit because the crash tests are into walls of infinite mass it's just physics duh 58% of collisions are single vehicle.
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:for a while you could get a 2WD 4cyl colorado with a manual but i'm too lazy to check if it's still on offer Seems like the difference between US and Canadian pricing is more pronounced for the Jeep than the Golf. Edit: just checked Canadian pricing again on the respective websites, starting prices are 42495 for the Golf, 46995 for the Gladiator. PT6A fucked around with this message at 05:16 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 05:12
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KakerMix posted:I imagine the person holding the camera laughing hysterically as they drive away I found the original video the PUTAIIIINNNN at the end sent me into hysterics https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=NIzrVcZH07w got off on a technicality fucked around with this message at 06:48 on Oct 10, 2019 |
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Oct 10, 2019 06:42
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Russian Bear posted:58% of collisions are single vehicle. And yet there's still a significant chunk where its vehicle on vehicle I would assume so let's make both those and vehicle on pedestrian a lot more dangerous in exchange for 58% being slightly safer
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Oct 10, 2019 10:51
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I won’t stop until my personal automobile sits 21 adults and weighs over 9,001kg.
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got off on a technicality posted:I found the original video the PUTAIIIINNNN at the end sent me into hysterics Beautiful.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:34
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big crush on Chad OMG posted:I won’t stop until my personal automobile sits 21 adults and weighs over 9,001kg. It’s called a bus, sweetie.
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Oct 10, 2019 13:57
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drgitlin posted:Unfortunately IIHS testing keeps showing big heavy cars are safer in crashes than small cars. But smaller cars are still safe? I was in a head on collision in a 2012 Scion xB that I walked away from, if I was in a truck made in the 90's I probably would have been dead or severely injured. Most modern cars are all pretty safe but you still have to do your due diligence and check the ratings. It's just ignorance for some people to say "bigger = safer" and then buy a crew cab pickup when they don't need one because it makes them feel safe.
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Oct 10, 2019 14:47
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Cocoa Crispies posted:It’s called a bus, sweetie. A bus? Hun, that’s for poor people. I’m not sharing my car with disgusting poors. This has to be at least a Mercedes with a custom Gucci interior.
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Oct 10, 2019 14:56
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Easily rolling my Navigator because there is a million miles of two lane highways while screaming O'DOYLE RULES
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Oct 10, 2019 15:22
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Applebees Appetizer posted:But smaller cars are still safe? But if you were in a modern truck you'd be even safer
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clearly the only way to protect myself from land barges is a gandini wedge of sharpened damascus steel. i’m fine with this.
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Oct 11, 2019 00:37
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just think how much safer youd be if you vehicle could tear through the passenger compartment of another vehicle in a side impact!
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Oct 11, 2019 00:44
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krysmopompas posted:clearly the only way to protect myself from land barges is a gandini wedge of sharpened damascus steel. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dPjHqSwitcM Would
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Oct 11, 2019 00:47
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Proud Christian Mom posted:just think how much safer youd be if you vehicle could tear through the passenger compartment of another vehicle in a side impact! Gotta go all out and get a stinger style bumper too!  I know I've read of at least one instance where that style bumper penetrated the cabin and literally smashed someones head in!
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Oct 11, 2019 00:49
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I don't get how that mercedes suv tipped over so easily?
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Oct 11, 2019 00:51
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smooth jazz posted:I don't get how that mercedes suv tipped over so easily? Probably the inferior European version
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smooth jazz posted:I don't get how that mercedes suv tipped over so easily? I'm assuming it hit that tiny little curb in the middle of the roundabout just right.
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I just assume the grip in those monster tires, plus the torque just flipped it over while it was turning sharply. Even if it did hit a little bump the grip on the tires is what did the flippin'
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