Darchangel posted:

Should I repost me playing in the snow for the first time in our Outback from the Texas Snowpocalypse earlier this year?

Darchangel posted:

https://youtu.be/i-DB9G0-eNQ

DropShadow posted:

This is by design. I realized that I was getting car-bored every year when I switched to stock wheels and snow tires, so I’d end up selling a car only to regret it as soon as the weather warmed back up. To keep this from happening, I decided to start buying winter wheel setups that I wouldn’t mind looking at for 4-5 months out of the year. It worked to a certain degree but I still can’t stop myself from constantly car shopping. This year, I’ve got the XJ too, so I may leave the wagon at home on the worst days.

KakerMix posted:

IN CLOSING, white letters always should go out, there is literally no downside.

Theophany posted:

Audi really nailed it with the C7.

kastein posted:

I registered one of my trucks in Washington state at our land there a full 2.5 years before it ever touched Washington soil, with no VIN inspection, safety inspection, emissions inspection or test, or proof of insurance, while it had no engine in it, hadn't moved under its own power in 5 years, and was 3000 miles away. I brought the plates to it rather than the other way around.

I proceeded to not insure it at all until it was actually drivable, then only put coverage on it when I was actually driving it (which amounted to like, a few hundred miles in total before leaving the state it was in forever), then drive it to Washington for the first time a few months ago.

As far as I'm concerned Washington is the promised land for car people... Better have a garage though unless you only want to work on cars about 5 or 6 months of the year, if that. Washington does not give a gently caress about anything. I see people driving cars with no lights or bodywork on one corner and a shattered windshield every day. The police haven't even thought about pulling me over for this janky pile of junk, and if I had registered and driven it in Mass it would have gotten me an inspection or equipment violation ticket every time I drove it. I don't know why I didn't move out of that place as soon as I graduated college, honestly.

E: oh hey pictures of the shitbox in question. I daily drive this pile of junk and never once have I even seen a police cars brake lights flicker going the other way, I've probably had 6 cops behind me and they straight up pretended I didn't exist.

kastein posted:

It's still got some supremely bogangineering on it that I need to rectify but I do rather enjoy it

morethanjake32 posted:

My dumb rear end is daily driving in the snow and ice- ‘for reasons’
Reasons are we are buying a house- so no new cars for me at the moment.

ExecuDork posted:

New Hilux Jackaroo

StormDrain posted:

Can you go park it next to the bagged Deville(? I think) so we can compare and contrast?

Thom ZombieForm posted:

I need to find a 500 mile trip ASAP so the rev range can be unlocked

Ether Frenzy posted:

It's not a strict data set or anything but from reading 13 years of posts now most of the BMW people who have NOT suffered rod-bearing issues prematurely (a "thing" on both E46 and E92's) religiously follow the break-in/warmup period rules. Could be unrelated, could be luck, whatever. However it seems to be worth it for low-tolerance/high-performance engines especially so you can brag about it on BaT in 20 years for an extra $300k.

RIP Paul Walker posted:

I had no idea SA has a 330Ci gang!

Krakox posted:

it's my first project car- I think I did well for $1.2k. she needs new everything. Next step is dropping the tank and replacing every fuel line and gasket I can find. I'll post a thread once I've got real momentum, so far it's just a few hours a week

weirdly chilly pussy posted:

In europe, the maintenance is almost feasible on these. I wouldn't want to try living with one overseas, unless it was already mechanically refreshed by somebody else or if I could do all the maintenance myself.

Full Collapse posted:

Though, let me poop on your halo purchase by saying white cars are boring.

Voltage posted:

Valt posted:

So I recently ordered a 383 stroker kit from speedway motors. Its externally balanced so it had to go to their machine shop to get balanced. I came home to find the box with the crank standing on end and the box with the pistons, rods, rings, and bearings balanced on top of it. I grabbed the box with the crank only to notice that it had beat its way out of its packaging. After opening it up I found it was only packaged with two pieces of styrofoam and two cardboard boxes. I'm extremely tempted to send this back and get them to ship me one that is packaged correctly.

Panty Saluter posted:

excuse me, the Fiero was a two seat commuter car

Mr-Spain posted:

New AFF11 wheels that I got from a buddy and we swapped tonight. Love the look. 255 up front and 285 out back.

Mr-Spain posted:

You wouldn’t believe how popular that is lol. I don’t personally care for it but I’ve seen one or two around me that have done it.

Now, there is a pretty cool thing you can do to get the Holden “performance pages” or whatever they call it, you have to ship your head unit off and they load it with the firmware that shows acceleration, oil pressure (wtf is this not a gauge on the us cars) and some other stuff.

mischief posted:

My boss, an old school race car guy, just failed inspection on his RS7 today. In the recent past when I have driven I've pointed out all the error messages popping up on the dash and he has never listened to me.
Today it failed on ten points of inspection. They're literally listed right there, you can scroll through them right in front of your face. Car still runs fine but poo poo's borked.

His response? "There's no check engine light...?!"

It's not just your average driver, even collectors can be morons.

Charles Leclerc posted:

Audi: hey let's put a V8 in this car and then muffle it to poo poo.

Me: haha, airsaw go brrrrrrr

https://youtu.be/Rv8tphG9hW8

Imperador do Brasil posted:

Took all the Hondas out of their respective storage spaces and got a family photo.

in the background of the last shot you can also see the S60R

Imperador do Brasil posted:

I love dags!

You’ll notice all my car(avan)s have wheels.

Looking at that pic it’s glaring to me that the blue Si is the only one without a vanity plate; I am patiently waiting for it to arrive. The Volvo’s one is also on the way…

Admiral Bosch posted:

I hope you were wearing white tie with coattails and a top hat.

Imperador do Brasil posted:

I know I’m biased, but as a former owner of several Miatas as well, this is an objectively wrong opinion. The proportions of the S2000 are much more striking than any Miata. Loooooooong hood helps a lot in that regard.

Imperador do Brasil posted:

The boy joined the Volvo cult yesterday so of course we had to get family photos today.

ExecuDork posted:

Canadian in Australia asking for a comprehension check here - I've gotta learn the lingo and this is a good test.

ute - yup, got it. I drove our tray-back in this morning. Good on ya
dirt squirter - uh, overpowered rear-wheel-drive with poo poo tyres? or a dirt bike?

kill me now posted:

Traded in my 2020 MINI Cooper S for a 2023 JCW that I factory ordered

Its a manual JCW with the red multitone roof with moonroof delete in Nanuq white



https://i.imgur.com/0HLtazl.mp4

Immediately put the lowering springs/swaybar/intake/JB+ from the old MINI on it and I love it.