Terrible Robot posted:

Try to slip a "hail satan" into your conversation with the service writer.

Pham Nuwen posted:

My $1100 shitbox apparently has two catalytic converters, one front and one rear, with a total replacement cost of $575 including labor.

Gonna check Rockauto again because fuuuuuck thaaaaat.

QuarkMartial posted:

How do I deal with idiots and cars and not punch people in the face?

kimbo305 posted:

Steering was good, but I'd come to expect, from reading all the reviews, that this last stand for Porsche hydraulic steering was supposed to be incredible. My 944 had better steering feel (and a tighter shifter, and it was transaxle!).

Elmnt80 posted:

(Anybody wanna buy some fancy fishing reel oil? )

CommieGIR posted:

Yeah, they are actually completely different blocks, it was actually a rumor that they were based on gas motors.

leica posted:

It sucks that those people got killed, but honestly it was a risk they were willing to take.

leica posted:

I had to google what a scotch egg was, looks.......interesting.

fjelltorsk posted:

another great weekend at the cabin. the boys caught there first macrells and we picked 75l of blueberries. i am dead tired. but i guess thats part of parenting.

we really need a truck tho. we could drive a mile closer and shave off 50% off the walk with some more ground clearance. will be checking out some amaroks and hiluxes the next week, and also a forrester.

Preoptopus posted:

Didnt know you cant let Audi/VW CV's pop out of joint while doing struts. Cost the shop some money and myself some dignity...

Mooseykins posted:

Do you mean in the inner spider (sliding 3-roller) ones?

Yeah, they can drop a bearing and either vibrate or just shake to death. It's not unusual to happen, but you can pop the boot and put it back together if you catch it before you drive it.

Mooseykins posted:

/Fiat. Usually the ring gear parts company with the diff before the CVs need work. Shitheaps.

fjelltorsk posted:

first off, im not made of money.

second, we are not ready to become an all EV household and finally.

you cant toss a dead deer in the back of an Tesla and not feel abit like an rear end...

I did however just sign the papers for a 2015 amarok with 2200kms on the clock. 2.0tdi, 8speed auto and highline trimlevel. finding a five seat variant was hard. so when i found a nice on we jumped on it even tho it was a good 12k bucks more than we ideally would want to spend on a "beater".

i use the term beater in the loosest of terms tho. this is as much of a beater i am willing to transport my kids in. My accident gave me a scare. and while i am perfectly willing to drive around in a 1981 hilux with gorillatape as part of the subframe i am not willing to transport my family in one.



i think the targabarthingie on the back needs to go tho,and maybe the cowcatcher

Mooseykins posted:

I think i hit 30mph at one point.

Mooseykins posted:

Me.txt

AWRIGHT DAAAARLIN'? WAHEEYYYY LADSLADSLADS.

CAT INTERCEPTOR posted:

John Wick is one the best action movies, full stop.

14 INCH DICK posted:

Because dog lovers are mentally deficient?

Preoptopus posted:

Pit girls are awesome when raised right

Cakefool posted:

A workmate has just offered me a second free gas mower, apparently not propelled so fingers crossed it's 2 stoke, "best" one will be for the lawn, other one might be gutted for a go kart...

CommieGIR posted:

Meh. They all look the same.

Gimme more geeky/nerdy ginger chicks

kastein posted:

Speak for yourself, my smallest car fits down ATV trails when I put it in 4x4

scuz posted:

corn in the fridge posted:

if you had pulled that sort of poo poo while working for me you'd have one foot out the door already

Ozmiander posted:

You're a loser who smokes animal poo poo, lives in a hovel and threatens violence at low effort trolling.

kastein posted:

You know Oz is just screwing around right? He didn't mean that seriously

88h88 posted:

You lot are a bunch of dweebs. Outtrigger trolling is about an obscure Sega arcade FPS which had a Dreamcast release.

Mooseykins posted:

ATS near our office is staffed entirely by miserable cunts who seem to absolutely loathe their jobs and each other, and do everything begrudgingly.

Cakefool posted:

Ah that reminds me, the totem of hatred and anguish multipla is misbehaving, occasionally hard to get into first and second, other times it's fine, third and higher is always okay. Oil was changed recently, clutch engages 1/2 - 2/3 down and doesn't slip, what is that likely to be and how do I fix it? My wife loves this car.

Mooseykins posted:

I've previously bought tyres online a few times and fitted them myself (I used to work as a tyre fitter) or had friends fit them.

For the little i've saved, it's not worth the extra hassle. There's a place near me that for the tyres on my car they were £8 cheaper each online delivered. By the time you buy them, take them somewhere and pay £5+ (if needed) to have them fitted and balanced it's easier to just drive straight somewhere and get them to do it.

MrChips posted:

American football fans don't need to be locked up in cages in the stands like zoo animals.

kimbo305 posted:

It never struck me as impressive -- it's just cheap power compared to getting rare parts to build up a poorly-supported motor or swapping in something exotic like a V12.

CommieGIR posted:

"Jet Fuel can't melt steel beams"

Ferremit posted:

I always wondered why things in a dystopian future where fuel was more scarce than bullets people didnt run turbodiesels everywhere. Same torque as a big V8, but economy instead of thirst.

meatpimp posted:

I heard that the British were replaced by godless commies.

iwentdoodie posted:

Pulling down or pulling back?

Cause pulling back is the only way to shift up in a sequential, imo.

Tomarse posted:

I feel slightly embarrassed about how much I like my Aygo. I've been looking at upgrading to one with aircon.

I took mine to France a few weeks back and did 130/80mph for 8 hours each way (you have to drop to 70 up big hills if you get balked by someone and lose the revs).
You can get 3rd part cruise control kits for them. i'm tempted.

Tomarse posted:

Anybody else in the UK - If I buy a Cat C write off that comes with no V5 (which seems legit - looks like you have to get a VIC test to get it back). How do I buy road tax on it to drive it home?

Tomarse posted:

Yeah, I usually book an mot test for any new purchases at my local garage as they are nice and will let me reschedule at the last minute.

I am assuming that I can't book an mot for a cat c though? The vic test centre is nowhere near home and would cost me £45

Cakefool posted:

How bad an idea would it be to transplant a whole rear subframe from a lower mileage less rusty one in the scrapper's? About to hit 200,000 on this thing.

Cakefool posted:

I managed to get the hazard switch working yesterday but obviously it's intermittent. Knob.