Why do most luxury cars, even sedans, still come in RWD? Is there something i'm missing for why they won't make the switch?
>>27664144because trannies are for poors
>>27664871>instead of sending power to all the wheels, it sends power to none of them.this doesnt happen with any awd car ever, wtf are you on about? even with open diffs it would always send power to the wheel with less resistance, what you described would only happen if it had no propshaft whatsoever.>every time one of the tires started to hop up over the "curb" (my driveway sits about 2" higher than my lawn), the tire about to go over the top would stop spinning, some other one would startyeah your car is broken
>>27664163nope
>>27664144Objectively superior driving dynamics, also it's much harder to fit the kind of engines people want in luxury cars>V8>V12>maybe an I6in an FF layout. Plus a big torquey luxury V8 in a FF configuration will torque steer which is very not luxurious. Volvo did a transverse I6 in the S80 many years ago, and continues to sell FF luxury cars, but they don't sell very well.>>27665748nah it was his open diff
>>27664372"READ ME"how to identify a retarded post quickly
my 2009 chevy van with 5.3 vortec used to run at 40 no matter what Now it idles a but under 40 and and if I put my foot in it, it goes up to 60.What could cause this?Should I go down to 0W20 ? Right now I run 5W30
now i know what's wrong with my 03 silverado. guess ill take a show at getting it back to normal
>>27664283thicker oil just increases pressure
>>27665841its a higher milage barrra running 10-30w
>>27666478but you dont need higher pressure if its 80 psi already
>>27666590oh noice previous owner put the gauge in i hate it the electric sender keeps cutting out
what stops the vantage from being a great car to own?
Questionable reliability
>>27666353Slower than an American V8 most probably
>>27666353It'll never be the db9 you actually wanted
Where's the most ethical place to drain this shit if I don't have a pan or container for it? Just innawoods somewhere?
lol all the triggerd libs in here showing their true colors when it comes to the mentally ill. I'm incapable of gathering materials so I'm just gonna dump it in a hole innawoods
>>27664388Forget about a container, just go to any government building in the middle of the night and dump it dear the entrance.
>>27664377go steal some milk jugs from your neighbors recycling bin and fill them up and dump them at your local hardware store. Dont be a monkey redneck and dump it in your yard.
>>27664377Hey dude, good luck with everything. Hope things get better for you.
>>27664377The most ethical thing to do would be for you to drink it and kill yourself. I've done the math and it would be a net positive.
Opinions on old 911s?
>>27656968>while you listen to Schmee lispHI GUYS I'M SCHMEEEEEE :DDDDDDD
Fuck yeah.
>>27665603huh, im curious where'd you get the half a million dollar figure from?You know not everyone who owns a old 911 has a singer right?most people unfortunately have bone stock 911. And when I say bone stock I mean all the worn out blown the fuck out bushings and suspension components. There's no need to go overboard but a simple refresh of the suspension and engine rebuild goes a long way and doesnt cost half a mill.
>>27660092>>27659997They’re slow. Easily passing them on track in an A3. But they’re classy as fuck and fun to drive around. And soul and appreciating in value
>>27640102love them dislike new porsches in general, they are fat and bloated
I have a 2019 Mercedes CLA200 that I bought for $57,500 (Australian dollars) second hand in December 2022.So far I have paid for two car services. One was $3150 (included new front and rear brake pads + gearbox oil replacement). Second service was a minor one for $1230. I'm guessing the next one will be the major. I've done about 46,600 kms (approx. 29,000 miles)Now I love the interior and how it feels on the inside but now that it is getting older I wonder if I should get rid of it and buy a brand new (or second hand) Toyota RAV4 or Corolla Cross instead?Pic related.
>>27666340oh but in this case, OP just got taken to the cleaners lol.
>>27666340deseved for buying a front wheel drive "mercedes"
>>27666401>>27666416Trust me, I know
>>27666120>bmw 3 series was a money pit>so I bought a modern mercedes insteadbuy a fucking lexus from here on out, you idiot
>>27666401If he re-sells it, buyers may want to see that all maintenance was done at the dealer. Oil change at a dealer is easily over $100. Brakes are easily $1k for OEM parts and a few hundred or more in labor.
What the heck??
>>27665244Suzuki
>>27664568teslas are gay but 115 degrees for 45 minutes is woman for 60 degrees and 5 minutes
>>27665221That is absolutely not true
>>27664573heh
>>27664571The one under the speaker grille?
What do Australians drive?
>>27660066Increasingly American pickups.
I have to go to Australia semi-regularly for work, mostly Sydney and Brisbane. It’s not as bad as Europe but generally I wouldn’t say I’m particularly impressed by what I see on the road. Before I went YouTube kinda gave me the impression that everyone was some mad lad in a V8 doing burnouts everywhere, it’s just… kinda not. It just seems like people stateside are a little more adventurous with what they buy, whereas the vast majority of non-pickups are a sea of drab Mazda CX-somethings and Corollas. There are a lot of mid-range Euro SUVs in Sydney, less so in Brisbane. There aren’t really many Holden or Ford utes anymore but things like Hiluxes and new Rangers are fucking EVERYWHERE and there are a lot of other utes that look very similar in terms of size and shape by Mazda and Mitsubishi and whatnot. I have seen a couple of newer Falcons that look pretty good, it had an “F6” badge on it whatever that means, and I’ve seen some weird Commodore sedans that look a little hotter than a typical econobox (think some of these had “GTS” badging and I’m not sure whether they’re just a Commodore or some sort of aftermarket performance marque thing). There’s the odd Toyota sedan with something that sounds like an I6 turbo (Chaser? some of them are badged as a “Mark II”), and once I saw a pretty niggered out old boxy Skyline with steel wheels that looked like a complete drift missile.With that said though I find Sydney and Brisbane to be oddly clean and well kept compared to most cities in the USA. There aren’t really many niggers and public transport in general is just light years ahead of most of America, cheap as well. Overall it’s alright, wouldn’t move away from America for it but any day of the week I’d take it over Europe.
I believe one of the main reasons there's so many big utes/trucks is because they are exempt from the (((luxury car tax))) because they're classed as work vehicles or something. Honestly really surprised the (((government))) allows this loophole to exist, when they're such fucking kikes when it comes to anything automotive related.LCT is 33% for vehicles over $75k btw
>>27666332Inner Sydney or Melbourne is expensive to park and drive so the only people who drive their car would be office workers earning a fair bit so pretty much standard new mid range cars. The people with the v8 holdens are usually working more working class jobs at factories and the like in outer suburbs. Almost everyone who works constructions buys one of those mazda looking pickups. I have seen tones of mustangs in melbourne though.For Ford you have XT = base, fairmont = luxury, xr6 = sport, x6 turbo, xr 8 = V8, GT = premium V8, F6 = premium xr6 turbo with higher boost and luxury.GTS means Holden V8 with sports options with HSV being the premium V8. In the old days you used to be able to get a base but with a V8 but over time they jacked up the price driving away young buyers.>>27666359The attitude is I might be paying $90k for a 4 cylinder ute but I'm getting a tax break so its worth it
>>27660066Out in the rurals, its twin cab utes and SUV's. There's the odd shitbeater budget hatchbackm Camry and completely flogged out falcadore but they're getting much more scarce as the rust claims themI had a Holden ute but I sold it during the 'rona because people kept offering stupid money for a bog-stock V6 ute. It was well looked after but not exactly mint condition so I took the money. Apart from that, a very new Lexus and a fucking ancient Shitsubishi are my cars
>dude, gasoline won't catch on fire it an accident >dude, cars don't explode after an accident YOU FUCKERS WERE LYING TO ME THIS WHOLE TIME
>Shit post about gasoline turns into 9/11 schizoposting Fucking love 4chan
>>27665441Unironically jp8 is going to be much less likely to ignite than avgas, I'm curious. The insides of the empire state building looked nearly intact so I don't think having plastic binders and shit helped, but wouldn't literal tons of jet fuel make its way to the ground?
Can't decide if you shitheads need to go back to /n/ or /x/
>n-no... the government told me it was terrorists!!!!!
>>27664378Sadly we don't know as he died in that accident before his 2 weeks was up
>"Is this a Skyline"
this car is really good looking. shame its FWD. seems to be a common theme amongst good looking GM vehicles that look like they should be RWD being FWD. pic related. why the fuck didn't they put this on the F-body platform.
>>27665680They did do an awd turbo calibra at least. Shame council estate boomers want big money for them now
>>27665680Because the Monte Carlo wasn't a replacement for the Camaro and existed alongside it for several years.
No, it's better
>his car doesn't have racing stripes
>>27665825Actually it has. Though it's a cmax it may be kind of ironic, but I don't care
>his car doesn't have pinstripes and wood
>>27665825How can you tell the difference between racing stripes, hillclimb stripes, driving stripes, cruising stripes, and parking stripes?
>>27666270When you post that code on an online forum the realization will come to you
>>27666270GIWTWM
Bedford Rascal appreciation thread
Brand new. So much want.
Choripan+ bebida $15
Top of the line Ford Pronto had factory equipped brush bars and an aero nose
Rascal Coffee truck for sale Au$20,ooo
>>27627085
The jews fear the Peugeot 504 station wagon
>>27665536Agree.
I actually had a chance to have one of these, diesel with the manual. fudgeted it. Was around 19yrs old and we pulled a 504 out of my grandmothers friends place. he had all sorts of old peugeot stuff.Ended up chucking most of it and the car was left at a shop, they couldn't figure it out and my dad didn't want to pay/deal with it so we left it.sigh
are modern Peugeot cars any good? I really like their designs and are one of the few that actually seem affordable
is a 944 a good car?
>>27660349no porsche ever had a volvo engine
>>27660337Only an american will look at a piece of art and think it must be stuffed with something oversized, brutish and obnoxious
>>27660337The 944 is an LS swap paradox. Base models are affordable and drive well, but they're dog slow so they're most in need of more power. But the transmission is in the back, and the extra torque from a V8 will blow it to bits, so you either have to source a Turbo/S2 transaxle (expensive) or cut up the whole chassis to fit a conventional F-body drivetrain (a lot of work and shifts the weight balance over to the front).Meanwhile the Turbo and S2 already come with a very strong transaxle, but they're rare and expensive compared to base models, and already have a significant power bump over the base models in stock form so there's a lot less incentive to drop a V8 into one in the first place.TL;DR LS swapping a base 944 either fucks the handling or gets expensive, LS swapping a Turbo or S2 is both expensive and kinda silly because of their rarity.
How is turbo vs no turbo? I've read turbo is less reliable. Is it worth it for the cost?
>>27666109you need the turbo model if you're going to put any power to it. everything is beefed up. the brakes, springs...everything that matters.
What shoes do I need to drive the Togue effectively?
>>27664538barefoot
>>27664613うるさい!
>>27665474じぶんころして!
>>27666060お前はもう死んでいる.
White New Balances if you want to larp as Takumi
