Ferremit posted:

Castrol 5W-30 Full synthetic is $60 for 5L, oil prices in Australia are loving stupid- Its actually financially viable to replace a rear main seal when its pissing out at Kasteins rate because it will send you broke with the oil bill. 20L of Shell Rimulla X R3 (basically the equivilent of Rotella T3 is $125.

I buy mine by the 205L drum (mostly because between the 3 diesel cars and tractor we go through a stack of it) and even buying in bulk its still $5.50 a litre

Ror posted:

It's a loving 1958 VW Bug.



He put a million dollars into this.

Ulfhednar posted:

Caught this on tumblr, the story is a bit oddly worded, but the pictures do most of the talking:

Powershift posted:

There were 300 different duct tape designs you could have chosen, and you used THAT to fix it?

Rugoberta Munchu posted:

That last one is pretty convincing in GIF form, but it's more of a special effects success than a driving failure.

Ulfhednar posted:

And something I found on tumblr:

Mokoshin posted:

VN Commodore into FJ Holden conversion. Wonder if they will swap the old grey motor over as well.

tobu posted:

My friend went to court to argue his 1978 Datsun 180b just couldn't achieve the 140kph the ticket said he was doing. They took his license for 3 months.

Bonus picture of said datto:

Unload My Head posted:

I am in no way defending the hilarious series of poor decisions in that video, but cranking an engine over to put out a small carb fire is a perfectly valid technique, as is blowing it out. I have had to do both after intake backfires.

InitialDave posted:

Richard Meaden drove the eighties TWR Jaguar XJS touring car for Evo about a month back, and he described the look on the face of the guy doing the noise check as being one of genuine disgust.

This is what it sounds like:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UhXLysNl-wE

dubzee posted:

Chinatown posted:

The front end is clean and I like it. The rest, not so much.

Slavvy posted:

What in the gently caress.

Slavvy posted:

I knew a guy who had the first generation of commodore to come with that engine. It had a manual trans and 420,000km on the clock.

kastein posted:

As for the 3800 and 4.0 hate, I'm not sure I understand it. And anyone who is ripping on the 4.0 for being underpowered and not having much torque has clearly never driven a vehicle with one in it (alright, my resident 4.0 apologist peanut gallery comments are done now...)

Fuelslt1 posted:

Except for the fact that they take to boost extremely well and can make good horsepower/torque numbers for not much money.

H1KE posted:

The spirit of the Gold Taurus lives on in it's later model brethren. Also just noticed 18's [?] up front, 15's on the rear.

IOwnCalculus posted:

Posting this here because it goes so far beyond just Craigslist.



Someone shoot the bastard that did this.

dpack_1 posted:

This is terrible car stuff:

http://m.fastcar.co.uk/2014/05/02/10-worst-subaru-impreza-replicas

Ulfhednar posted:

One of the downsides to not having inspections in Iowa is that you are sharing the road with cars like these:



Can't entirely blame him, though, I'm sure Eagle Vision parts are one in a million these days.

fake edit: I just looked at the other picture I took, and that bumper lied to me:



It's actually a Chrysler Concorde

atomicthumbs posted:

I hate that California went from this:



to this

Pham Nuwen posted:

It was a fun car to drive, and it looks fine from the outside, but ye gods the inside.

Holy christ, he says he likes it: http://www.topgear.com/uk/jeremy-clarkson/clarkson-mini-copper-s-2002-01-08 and yes, the 2002 version looks pretty much identical inside. Ah well, I don't really expect the man to have good car opinions, he mostly seems to make it up based on 1) Manufacturer name, 2) Country of origin, or 3) Contradicting what everyone expects him to say.

Cruseydr posted:

I always thought it was a neat car, but the worst part about the Prowler is the association with the PT Cruiser.

All this talk reminds me of a car that never made it to production, the Dodge Copperhead Concept Car:

some texas redneck posted:

Ford, for some reason, placed the failsafe cruise control deactivation switch on the master cylinder itself, connected to the hydraulics somehow. It gets power 24/7, tends to leak, and is overfused from the factory. When it leaks long enough, the contacts get jammed, and you get some action that originates from the brake master cylinder area.

The recall "fix" was to just add a small fuse to the switch, and move it to a new power source.. but not replace the switch itself. Stepdad's F-150 pops that fuse every time he replaces it, and the switch on his is dripping pretty decently.

This PDF sums it up decently.

Found this pic that sums up the recall work:

8ender posted:

My favourite Ford engineering thing lately is that lightbulb replacement for headlights and tail lights on a 04' Taurus requires removing the entire light assembly. Think you're going to get away with installing a new light in the Canadian Tire parking lot with no tools? Nice try buddy.

Edward IV posted:

Caught this during my lunch break. Definitely doesn't look all that safe for New Jersey at least.



I love the crumpled license plate just jammed into the bumper, the Jerry-rigged side mirrors, and how the driver casually has his knee pointing outwards.

Slavvy posted:

The closest automotive equivalent to a harley is a built-for-me-by-someone-else cookie-cutter t-bucket hotrod kind of thing. They're extremely archaic visually, make a shitload of noise, don't like turning or stopping, are all the same despite their ~*~custom features~*~ and are desperately slow compared to even a basic V6 sportscar. They're also mostly owned by middle aged men who think they're tough/cool/badass and can't drive/ride for poo poo, they go to all the twisty roads on a sunday afternoon and hold up everyone else with their pathetic wallowing, their over-inflated ego preventing them from pulling over.

Lincoln town cars are actually pretty cool IMO and are more like a goldwing or similar.

kastein posted:

Dear god.

Appears to be a CJ frame and grille with... what's left a Liberty? monkeyfucked onto it. I don't think it's a Liberty looking at the headlights/markers but I can't figure out what it is.





What a colossal waste of most of the things on that vehicle.

http://worcester.craigslist.org/cto/4537917787.html

And it's only like 15 miles from home. I have a chance of this vehicle exploding and colliding with me if someone buys it and finishes it

sofullofhate posted:

Safety Dance posted:

Off to go dispose of used motor oil in an environmentally sound manner!

Mr. Wiggles posted:

I am absolutely in love!

Unironically, how can I get one into the states?

Root Bear posted:

It's like they took the early 80's Seville and made it into a two-door.

Maker Of Shoes posted:

Oh my god shut up shut up shut up

IOwnCalculus posted:

I think that's lens distortion from the dashcam, the rear suspension seemed fine enough. It still had its hazards on and that tow truck company gets a lot of the police-called tows.

the spyder posted:

MrYenko posted:

A Camry, apparently.