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hey is it a midlife crisis if i spent my teens drooling over the WRX/Evo rivalry, and now in my 30s bought a lovely Impreza L because it's all I could afford
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how much of a pain in the rear end is it to delete aircon on an EJ? 1995 EJ18 if that matters
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Too good not to be immortalised lol nice touch with the headgasketry
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yeah for those who don't know even during covid some auto parts stores will still read codes, it's just they hand you the code reader and some instructions and you plug it in, let it do its thing, then bring it back in to them to be read
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life's short, get a WRX and make it shorter e: real answer though, if you're under 25, male, with an at-fault accident on your record you're going to want a car cheap enough that you don't have to carry collision coverage. as in, take the insurance payout and make 1/4 of it, or $3k, whichever's more, your budget for your new car, with the remaining amount of the payout sitting untouched in a savings account, as your "comp and collision" coverage 3 grand will get you something that's either really nice with one big thing that needs to be fixed, or kinda old and grungy but functionally fine. and chances are, making do with the car you can afford to replace will save you thousands of dollars over the next 2-5 years Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 04:11 on Feb 22, 2021 |
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i mean, ultimately you're going to do you, because 1) we're just dudes on the internet and you know your situation, and 2) i was 19 not long ago and i wouldn't have listened to me giving this advice. but i also flushed a dumb amount of money down the drain insuring a new car with an at-fault on my record without much to show for it and figured i'd chime in and suggest not doing that. but hey, i also didn't have parents that work in insurance, so you may have angles i didn't have but seriously, you can pay cash for something that will do everything you said above you need it to do for the price of some diy preventative maintainance. flushing fluids and replacing a timing belt beats lighting a couple thousand bucks a year on fire e: and, like, it doesn't have to look like poo poo. there's plenty of cars out there that sell for 75% of blue book for mere want of a detail, that are just dirty and need a little paint correction and new bumper covers. especially if you live in a state where you don't have to worry about smogging it Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 00:59 on Feb 23, 2021 |
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Feb 23, 2021 00:45
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deleting cats makes you an rear end in a top hat
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Feb 26, 2021 20:40
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:what about on my racecar i was just in a punchy mood. there's degrees of assholery and people driving catless are way less than basically every commercial vehicle and modded diesel
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Feb 27, 2021 01:52
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lets be real, very few cars get much benefit from performance exhaust, even with light engine mods. we do it cause we like the vroomvrooms
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Feb 28, 2021 07:52
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SwissArmyDruid posted:I want the exact opposite of the vroom vrooms, I want my exhaust to be as quiet and/or OEM-note as possible. thats not the opposite, thats just vroomvrooms
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hot cocoa on the couch posted:Sounds kinda like the problem we had with one of our teams rallycross cars after we swapped a JDM engine into it. Used the long block but kept the same intake manifold, had a rough start up and idle and hesitation at around 3000 RPM. Turned out to be an airflow issue, once we cleaned the throttle body, MAF sensor and tracked down a leaky vacuum hose, everything was golden. when you say clean them, its basically just carb cleaner and a toothbrush, right? i still have to change out spark plugs which i'm sure isn't helping how mine runs but i dont doubt there's plenty of junk built up in the intake
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it's internet connected, so you have to worry about the cia killing you untraceably
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Mar 8, 2021 02:14
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worth it
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rebuilding drums is just as simple as rebuilding discs, they're just entirely different so experience with one doesn't translate much. drums are pretty simple to work on and you can 100% learn to do it watching youtube videos and reading your repair manual (also wassup rear drums buddy, 95 impreza L here)
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dk2m posted:FA WRX is a great car for a daily - I just recently sold my 16 and it had around 93K totally trouble free miles. It’s a fantastic car as long as you take the “performance” part less seriously than the “all-rounder” part. there is literally no practical argument in favor of a wrx that doesn't also apply to the naturally aspirated impreza. if you want the vroomvrooms, go hog wild, but don't delude yourself. you're buying a factory hotrodded version of an otherwise-practical car and taking the corresponding hit on insurance and gas, because it's fun and you get all the other benefits of the practical car, minus the fuel economy and inexpensive insurance e: basically, compare the difference in purchase price, insurance, and gas, and ask yourself if that ten to twenty grand or so over the next five to ten years is 1) an amount you're fine with budgeting for fun stuff and 2) if more vrooms is the fun thing you want to spend it on, or if you'd rather spend it on something else fun, like a motorcycle, a project car, traveling, or some other hobby. this way, no matter what you decide, youve maximized your smiles per gallon 
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CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:Replacement rebuild driveshafts in Australia are 100 to 140 dollars. You dont need a special tool to knock the pin out, a phillips head screwdriver of 4mm will do it perfectly well. There is a small bevel on one side of hte hole, you knock it out on the reverse side. i actually have exactly this problem and was wondering about it, thanks!
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enojy posted:I agree! Especially if you don't hear it yet -- if you get a click-click-click when turning the wheel to full lock (and while moving, like in a U-turn) then it's too late to really approach fixing on your own. oh e: wait, isn't he the engine mounts guy? i have a cv with a boot falling apart and that clicks. can i not replace that axle on my own?
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Mar 11, 2021 05:29
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i read somewhere that minor chassis differences between auto and manual versions of cars often meant that the auto and manual had to be federal crash-tested seperately, and that was part of why manufacturers would aggressively drop manuals as soon as the sales numbers said they could, or would be dragged into offering a manual while kicking and screaming and throwing a tantrum about it (like subaru was with this generation impreza, or BMW has been with the base model 3)
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it's important to remember these are trends and not rules, too. my boomer mother loves the poo poo out of her stick miata. and when i bought a beat up old impreza and remarked "man, it feels good to drive a manual again, it's just nice" she knew exactly what i meant pretty much anyone that counts as a boomer or older (and the majority of Xers too) knows how to drive stick; learning to do so was simply synonymous with learning to drive when they were young. they just overwhelmingly don't care to now that the milage and performance benefits are slim to nonexistant. it's their kids who overwhelmingly have never learned to Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 23:57 on Mar 18, 2021 |
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crosspost from the stupid question thread:OMGVBFLOL posted:95 subaru impreza L, wagon, 1.8L AWD, no ABS the youtuber i'm referring to was the one posted upthread, the one posted in response to someone asking about boot replacement.
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the forester also has a deceptively large amount of ground clearance; you may not even need a lift, just some beefier tread e: oh wait the XT is an outback now Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 18:46 on Mar 26, 2021 |
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22 Eargesplitten posted:From what my offraoding friends say I'd guess the problem would be more about the lack of locking differentials, but it could just be offroading SUV elitism. most jeeps had open diffs front and rear for the first few decades; their ability offroad was forged without lockers. and that's before even accounting for modern stability & traction control, which (assuming the software allows for it) can brake slipping wheels in a crawling or low-traction situation locking diffs make everything easier and many things faster, but the list of things they make possible is shorter than people think. just as an example, the jeep renegade, their smallest unibody crossover, has done black bear pass in stock condition
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CRUSTY MINGE posted:Jeep purpose building a renegade (lol fiat 500) to get through some specific course means their renegade is probably awful at simple, pedestrian poo poo, at best. freakin yikes dude its just an example of a car with open diffs doing trails most enthusiasts insist require 35s and lockers e: also it was a journalist who did it Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 02:23 on Mar 27, 2021 |
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what's the warranty like on the cvt? i'd think it'd be fairly generous since it's tech people are still skittish about also if she doesn't want a minivan you should suggest a full size passenger van if you think the joke would land. chevy has optional locking rear diff, mercedes has optional 4x4, and they both have available diesels! lol
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having driven a prius for years, i dont get the hand-wringing about cvts. i mean, yeah, the prius is boring as gently caress, but i don't see how it'd be any less boring if the vroomvroom noises changed pitch in a different pattern. what am i missing here
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Wrar posted:The Prius doesn't use a belt/cone CVT. Subaru does. The Prius also has one of the most proven drivetrains. Subaru's CVT is very expensive to replace when it dies. ah ok i didn't know there were other types beyond belt and cone
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Okay, wasn't sure if it was some different kind of joint. at this point you could give some serious consideration to making an offer on the junkyard SVX and have it towed home as a parts car
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Well, I ended up considering buying it and putting it under the car cover but the lot won't even sell it on a bill of sale with no title, so I guess I'm just pulling as much as I can and building a lean-to to store my poo poo. yeah i realized after i posted that self-service recyclers have to remove the catalytic converters before putting the cars out for customers, so selling it would probably have to involve some sort of process to render it no longer a vehicle, like a half-cut or something, and they'd probably just as soon not even if they could because anyone willing to buy the whole wreck is probably willing to keep coming back for parts e: also yeah having wrecks around is a pita if you're not the landowner, and even then Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 19:20 on Apr 20, 2021 |
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net work error posted:Might be a dumb question but what do you usually use to remove the two bolts holding the caliper? Last time I tried changing my rotors they were on tough and I didn't want to risk stripping them so I just went to a shop instead. penetrant and the open end of a box wrench hasn't failed me yet, but my roads never see snow so ymmv
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good on ya. you don't have to actually take them to court, just convince them that you will, and settlements magically appear
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Iron Crowned posted:I believe that's an American car thing. I've been told it was a weight requirement thing, but to me it just screams American capitalism, where some bean counter noticed that spare tires weren't a legal requirement, and discovered that they could charge an extra $300 for a spare tire option. it's partly a desperate attempt to keep up with ever-increasing federal mpg requirements. switching the spare tire and the scissor jack for a can of fixaflat saves a not-entirely-trivial amount of weight, and saving weight lets you increasse mpg without cutting power, and all american economy cars have to be sporty for some reason e: like, they could just put an atkinson cycle cam in the engine but that wouldn't be sporty
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22 Eargesplitten posted:I'm not seeing any issues on the temperature gauge, just worried about putting extra strain on the engine. I guess as far as oil goes I could go up to 5w-40 or something from the normally recommended 5w-30, it says to use 10w-50, 20w-40, or 20w-50 for high temperature or heavy duty use but I'm up where it rarely gets over 70 degrees and frequently gets below zero in the winter at night so it seems like going up to 10 or 20 cold weight would be ill-advised. Not sure if by heavy duty use they mean high RPMs or "Why are you towing a trailer with your hatchback anyway?" you might try seasonally changing the weight of the oil. and the lowest temps don't matter as much as the lowest temp the engine is started in. The nighttime low matters less if you work from noon to 8pm, for example. Honestly, I would suggest trying slowing down when climbing those grades, not as much for the car's sake as for the sake of your peace of mind. if you merge right and go 55 (or whatever speed the trucks are going) you may find that you're more at ease about the whole thing. or you might find that it stresses you out even more, who knows, we're all different
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22 Eargesplitten posted:Anyone got a recommendation for a brand of aftermarket CV axles? I'm debating between buying a parts store / online aftermarket one and getting one rebuilt for my SVX, they are NLA at Subaru like 90% of the parts for this car. i just got the one autozone recommended, and got a new one rather than a remanufactured one per reccommendations here and elsewhere e: for a 95 impreza, so similar generation but not the same, fwiw
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my 95 impreza wagon does not have a rear sway bar. anyone happen to know if one will bolt on or will I need to do some welding
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wait, there's an appreciable wear difference between sitting at a light in gear with the pedal to the floor, and shifting to neutral?
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the older car will always be cooler in every scenario
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you'll want winter tires regardless, especially if you're not in the front range e: also impreza wagons are available with a fun pedal even if the outback isn't Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 08:10 on Sep 7, 2023 |
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hobbesmaster posted:Not anymore gently caress this stupid country
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there's a 2004 sti near me for 15k, claims to run fine and have a smog certificate in hand (this is california, so that matters). sun-damaged clear coat appears to be the only downside. it would be a dumb as hell purchase but god drat i want it e: what are the potential ways this could go badly for me? i know i'd want to thoroughly examine for rust, especially inside wheel wells. what else? feel the synchros? shake the wheel bearings? Cactus Ghost fucked around with this message at 15:29 on Sep 11, 2023 |
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thats a typo, it's 2004
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