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His Divine Shadow posted:I just want a car that looks like it came from the 1980s, but have a modern efficient engine. gently caress infotainment. I have found the solution: Ether Frenzy posted:https://engineswapdepot.com/?p=105919
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His Divine Shadow posted:I just want a car that looks like it came from the 1980s, but have a modern efficient engine. gently caress infotainment. Plenty of choices if you have the coin. Maturo if you want them boxy or singer if you want them sleek.
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Olympic Mathlete posted:Blazer just seems like a loving tbh.. So this means the Acura ZDX will also be a dumpster fire...
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Dec 21, 2023 20:26
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davecrazy posted:Just for the record I’ve had my Alfa QV since September and almost 7k miles and it’s been 100% problem free so far. soon
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Dec 21, 2023 20:52
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davecrazy posted:Just for the record I’ve had my Alfa QV since September and almost 7k miles and it’s been 100% problem free so far. Why would you do this to yourself?
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Dec 21, 2023 21:32
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davecrazy posted:Just for the record I’ve had my Alfa QV since September and almost 7k miles and it’s been 100% problem free so far. Wow an Alfa that made it to 7k without issues, have you considered submitting it to the Guinness world records?
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Dec 21, 2023 22:44
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His Divine Shadow posted:I just want a car that looks like it came from the 1980s, but have a modern efficient engine. gently caress infotainment. This, but a built-in non-touch display with an i-drive like control that is actually in my eyeline while driving and only does Android auto and car play that can be folded away when not in use.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:15
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Guinness posted:I feel like auto makers are kind of shooting themselves in the foot with their whole approach to EVs where they must all be Tesla-alikes with way too much software and “different because the future” decisions that throw out perfectly good and well-proven designs. It’s really no surprise then that GM, famous for their high quality software engineering, is churning out turds. Its so that in 10 years when they have it "perfected" they can make the software etc *just* reliable enough that they get past the warranty period. Like those "lifetime" fluids and whatnot.
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Dec 21, 2023 23:53
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Guinness posted:I feel like auto makers are kind of shooting themselves in the foot with their whole approach to EVs where they must all be Tesla-alikes with way too much software and “different because the future” decisions that throw out perfectly good and well-proven designs. Infotainment is just one part of the issue. I don’t think any automaker is using a ‘centralized computer’ solution to E/E architecture; I know it’s being investigated, but right now there’s a ton of discrete CPUs serving different purposes. The explosion in CPUs isn’t because of infotainment, it’s because of active safety. All those radars and sensors? They all have to feed in info somewhere. I’m not in E/E so I’m not aware of everything, but it’s making everything complex. You can have a 1980s-rear end car that might have an improved engine and almost nothing, but you’re gonna have to buy it new from a developing country and it’s not going to have any safety features to meet current standards in the U.S. and especially Europe.
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Boaz MacPhereson posted:I saw a first gen cavalier at the grocery store the other day and my eyes nearly fell out of my head. A med student at my work drives a brown Ford Tempo to his classes. In Michigan. A 30+ year old Ford Tempo.  They weren't exactly the Kings of Corrosion Resistance.
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Dec 22, 2023 01:06
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I still see (nearly rusted out) 90s Dodge Caravans around.
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Mental Hospitality posted:A med student at my work drives a brown Ford Tempo to his classes. In Michigan. A 30+ year old Ford Tempo. I couldn't even tell you the last time I saw a Tempo/Topaz. Dang.
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Mental Hospitality posted:A med student at my work drives a brown Ford Tempo to his classes. In Michigan. A 30+ year old Ford Tempo. I always wonder what's going on when I see a cheapo disposable car that's somehow survived that long in the Great Lake Salt Wastes Was it mainly sitting in a little old lady's garage for most of its life up to the present or something? Who knows Someone around where I live drives an AMC Eagle around but it's obviously babied and meticulously cared for/not taken out in the elements
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There are a surprisingly large amount of k-cars still driving around here.
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It’s amazing that (as of a few years ago) the Volt had the best customer ratings in GM history. They killed it of course. It’s the only car I’ve ever had that I haven’t actively hated, although it’s a little too small and I won’t pay the crazy money for the anti-buffeting rear view mirrors.
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TheBacon posted:I have found the solution: Well in my case it'd be more like this. Turn on english subs. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vs26qS0ezdM
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My non-QV Alfa has also been just fine*. Cold starts at -20 C, no block heater. 20k mi done. *) haha made you look, honestly it's fine, here's list of events I've had with the car - SUV backed on it, requiring a 8 week wait for new bumper and minor things - passenger side rear light started accumulating moisture, was fixed within warranty but had to wait 8 weeks for parts from Italy - windscreen got a tiny chip that grew much bigger chip and the whole glass had to be replaced - intermitted multi-air cold start stuttering, common issue with all of these MA engines, after it warms up it's fine
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Well this is a big deal. Cummins' to pay $1.675 billion penalty over truck engine emission defeat devices https://www.reuters.com/business/autos-transportation/cummins-take-about-204-bln-charge-fourth-quarter-2023-12-22/ I wonder if this will result in a giant recall for Dodge.
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Kivi posted:My non-QV Alfa has also been just fine*. Cold starts at -20 C, no block heater. 20k mi done. You didn't have to wait 8 weeks for the window??
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Speleothing posted:You didn't have to wait 8 weeks for the window??  no big deal, it just wasn't completely cracked.
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davecrazy posted:Just for the record I’ve had my Alfa QV since September and almost 7k miles and it’s been 100% problem free so far. Ahahaha why would you do this to yourself?!? Source: QV owner
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Zoom Zoom, motherfuckers
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:Ahahaha why would you do this to yourself?!?  
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Full Collapse posted:I swear I remember some goon who did long form write-ups of GM cars and the first Cavalier was RWD. Might be talking about the Vauxhall Cavalier, which rode on the same platform as the Opel Manta in the mid-70s until it got shunted to the FWD J-car platform.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:Ahahaha why would you do this to yourself?!? My dealers courtesy car is a Maserati Grecale and they drive me home after I drop off mine! The breakdown experience is built in! davecrazy fucked around with this message at 18:29 on Dec 23, 2023 |
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What tune is that? davecrazy posted:My dealers courtesy car is a Marerati Grecale and they drive me home after I drop off mine! I’m glad you at least have rentals. My dealership is a fiat/dodge joint with a small side office for Alfa and they refuse to give out rentals. It’s always an Uber ride to and from. It is a legitimately bad experience. But I have a dealership 5 min from my house so I’m just fortunate for that.
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Okay but why would burnout mode ever be not on?
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so the cybertruck is made to roll around right? tends towards landing on its wheels? automatic 'back on its feet'?
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i miss the old mode in burnout where you tried to crash as many cars as possible i know they sort of have it on the newer ones but it's not the same
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moist turtleneck posted:i miss the old mode in burnout where you tried to crash as many cars as possible This is my favorite car game mechanic of all time.
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Pr0kjayhawk posted:What tune is that? https://squadra-tuning.com/obd-tools/performance-logger/ Car is tuned, just something what the local programmer threw on a dyno, from base 200 hp to 300 hp. He went for reliable RON98 performance as per my request. KillHour posted:Okay but why would burnout mode ever be not on? 
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Kivi posted:It's not tune, but a OBD bit: The reliability tune for a 300hp Alfa isn’t “buy a golf r”?
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GM issued a stop-sale on the Chevy Blazer EV - the 2024 Motor Trend SUV Of The Year - due to software quality issues.
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I would be very apprehensive about doing a burnout in an Alpha lol
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Jean-Paul Shartre posted:The reliability tune for a 300hp Alfa isn’t “buy a golf r”? The base model has the same engine gubbins as the 280 hp Veloce model, so it's basically just +20 hp on factory tune. Diesels have different bits (air-to-water intercooling etc.) with the different stock power tune levels. Kivi fucked around with this message at 18:30 on Dec 25, 2023 |
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Godzilla07 posted:GM issued a stop-sale on the Chevy Blazer EV - the 2024 Motor Trend SUV Of The Year - due to software quality issues. Looking forward to the upcoming interview with the GM CEO where they blame remote work for the issues
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Nohearum posted:Looking forward to the upcoming interview with the GM CEO where they blame remote work for the issues And somehow Apple Carplay and Android Auto too. I remember being somewhat excited about the Blazer EV SS and Lyriq V or whatever they are calling it. But with all the recent GM fuckery about wages, unions, delays, glitches, in house subscription nonsense vs apple and android... I think I'm good. Keep that poo poo.
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Godzilla07 posted:GM issued a stop-sale on the Chevy Blazer EV - the 2024 Motor Trend SUV Of The Year - due to software quality issues. Couple of execs at motortrend chuckling nervously right now.
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They’re doing a great job torpedoing public opinion on EVs so they can sell infinity duramaxes. Small investment in the future destruction of the biosphere.
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LeeMajors posted:They’re doing a great job torpedoing public opinion on EVs so they can sell infinity duramaxes. Small investment in the future destruction of the biosphere. GM wishes it could plan something like that. GM doing what GM does: being garbage
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GM thought that the EV transition would be a chance to reinvent their image and become a leader instead of a follower. Whoops
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