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[Torque Wheeler]

Does anyone else wish they would bring back Bench seats? At least as an option? I have a 2014 mustang GT I'd love to have a big bench seat for.

I love getting road head

 

[CFC-12]

Does anyone else wish they would bring back Bench seats? At least as an option? I have a 2014 mustang GT I'd love to have a big bench seat for.

Oh God yeah.

I don't want to say exactly what I drive because it's uncommon enough to get into doxxy territory, but it's a big mid-90s American sedan. Big plushy bench seats are SO much more comfortable than any other car I've sat in. Man why on earth did they fall out of favour? Safety regulations? Really sucks that there aren't really any cars much newer than mine that have them. When I was in high school I drove an early 2000s Malibu a couple times that had this weird hybrid front bench that was really more like two regular cloth bucket seats with this strange Siamese twin thing going on. Sitting on the hump between them was real uncomfortable. Even 20 years ago the front bench was more of an afterthought.

 

[TiggerNits]

Isuzu kind of faded into obscurity, they only made two cool cars that I can think of; Impulse turbo and Trooper SUV. Mitsubishi is like a lolcow automaker. They had multiple really cool products and they ran most of them into the ground

• taking the eclipse from a hot AWD available turbo coupe to a fugly overweight FWD only coupe, then reviving the name for a CUV
• making the final evo the biggest and ugliest
• discontinuing the VR-4 galant and turning the galant into one of the ugliest sedans on the market

and they just unceremoniously discontinued the others; Starion, 3000GT. Now mitsubishi's reputation is just that they make the lowest quality cars of the large japanese manufacturers. All of their current offerings are shitboxes. I can't speak on the japan-only offerings such as kei cars for either maker, other than to say that the FTO was never cool, it's a turd.

The Montero is more respectable than the trooper (it never became an S-10 Blazer)

 

[Pee Cola]

Ever wondered whatever happened to muscle cars? They ended up in Australia where Ausfags do mad shit like this:

This sick cunt got kicked out for being too sick. See if you can spot the troon in the crowd.

 

[Sneeds]

Been looking at 2wd OBS tahoes on auto tempest and saw this one. A 2000 Chevrolet Tahoe limited. It’s basically a lowered 2wd Tahoe from factory.

Too bad that it’s far away from me.

 

[Sneeds]

Is having a 2wd truck/suv bad?

 

[TiggerNits]

Is having a 2wd truck/suv bad?

If you're not planning on doing heavy off-roading, its fine. Maybe even better because you've got less weight and less moving parts

 

[Sneeds]

If you're not planning on doing heavy off-roading, its fine. Maybe even better because you've got less weight and less moving parts

I’ve been looking for a 90s mini truck with a stick (eg: Tacoma/pickup, ranger, s10/Sonoma, hardbody Nissan, Isuzu convention pickup,etc) and most of the ones I’ve seen are 2wd. I have a 4wd daily (2014 f150), I might consider a 2wd tbh. A lot of the mini trucks over the years have been scrapped by cash for clunkers or destroyed by previous owners. Iirc some of them got taken to Mexico

 

[The Last Stand]

Celeste Holm posing by a car. How white.

 

[Napoleon Bonerfart]

 

[Car Won't Crank]

We all know the car market, both used and new, has been inflated since the scamdemic and many of you have talked about it in this thread before. Like GPUs and other expensive products, scalpers have buying new cars from the dealer and have attempted to flip them for a greater profit. It's not really something to sit and make a fuss about for each overpriced, second hand new car that gets sold, but when the tables turn and the flippers get screwed it's quite funny. That's what happened recently with some dude who tried to flip a brand new Honda Civic Type R that just hit the dealership lots on Cars and Bids. The comment thread is a fun read and the usual mainstream car blog sites have made articles on it. Not sure if this is something to be in the consooomers thread but here it is. This nigger bought a $45000 car for $70000 and expected to flip it for a profit.

Source:

2023 Honda Civic Type R - ~125 Miles, 6-Speed Manual, Sonic Gray Pearl, Unmodified

This 2023 Honda Civic Type R is for sale on Cars & Bids! Auction ends January 19 2023.

carsandbids.com

Car blog outlets:

Corolla GR and Civic Type R resellers get burned at auction

In a seeming warning to would-be flippers, two hot hatchbacks (Toyota Corolla GR and Honda Civic Type R) are bid for well under the mark-up the buyers paid

www.autoblog.com

Flipper Fails Spectacularly Trying to Sell 2023 Honda Civic Type R on Cars & Bids

The only thing that would make this story better if there hadn't been a reserve.

jalopnik.com

2023 Civic Type R Seller Finds Out The Hard Way It’s Not Worth Anywhere Near The $20k Markup | Carscoops

At more than $7,000 over MSRP, this Civic Type R failed to meet the seller's reserve price

www.carscoops.com

 

[Torque Wheeler]

I’ve been looking for a 90s mini truck with a stick (eg: Tacoma/pickup, ranger, s10/Sonoma, hardbody Nissan, Isuzu convention pickup,etc) and most of the ones I’ve seen are 2wd. I have a 4wd daily (2014 f150), I might consider a 2wd tbh. A lot of the mini trucks over the years have been scrapped by cash for clunkers or destroyed by previous owners. Iirc some of them got taken to Mexico

You don't need 4wd unless it snows a lot in your area. And if it does like mine I used sandbags or logs in the back of our old s-10. Also better gas mileage by at least 1mpg when you delete 500+ lbs of equipment (front axles/cv shafts, front diff, transfer case, drive shaft...)

That being said I've gotten stuck enough times that I prefer 4wd. Backing a loaded car hauler trailer up an icy hill with 2wd was enough to convince me

 

[Bassomatic]

Put a lot into sorting Mrs car, got d2 coilovers on my Sexus now (for a daily beater I'm pretty damned happy with em) Sent off the TB to Maxbore, as always he did great work and I do feel a little crisper pedal. Car's still pretty slow tho.

I'm trying to talk my dad into getting the TB done on his wrx, I have to swing by and install a shifter for him and I'm trying to also talk him into a light weight pulley since apparently the WRX like them when near stock. Dad's old and doesn't want any more noise than stock so figure those two will be little something just to do for sake of it, and there's a dead spot at around 38-42 mph where you can't figure what gear you want to be in. This might help.

 

[The Man With No Name]

Now that I'm neck-deep into a project I'd like to just say, I don't think I'll ever mod any newer car again for a long time. Working on old cars and shitboxes feels more rewarding and is cheaper.

Getting streetable high performance in a modern vehicle costs way too fucking much in parts, and in labor for the things I don't trust myself to do.

I just want to wrench on shit for God's sake.

 

[Darkholme's Dungeon]

A department we mutual aided for a structure fire just dropped two injectors into the block and cracked the block somehow while driving it back to station (It has like 100 miles on it).
Some mechanic is probably on suicide watch right now since they're gonna have to explain how the fuck that happened lol.

I'm fucked right now though. Replaced a turbo and PCV by myself and still burning oil. I sure hope it ain't the pistons rings but I'm feeling like that's the last thing left.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

Now that I'm neck-deep into a project I'd like to just say, I don't think I'll ever mod any newer car again for a long time. Working on old cars and shitboxes feels more rewarding and is cheaper.

Getting streetable high performance in a modern vehicle costs way too fucking much in parts, and in labor for the things I don't trust myself to do.

I just want to wrench on shit for God's sake.

Even the new budget performance cars like the Civic Si are crap. The L15 series of engines are not performance oriented at all. This dude made a pretty good video on it.

 

[Bassomatic]

Now that I'm neck-deep into a project I'd like to just say, I don't think I'll ever mod any newer car again for a long time. Working on old cars and shitboxes feels more rewarding and is cheaper.

Getting streetable high performance in a modern vehicle costs way too fucking much in parts, and in labor for the things I don't trust myself to do.

I just want to wrench on shit for God's sake.

I don't want to be a dick or that guy so please don't take as such, but it so depends on what you mean by wrench and what car.

My buddy has a ATSV (I've had two non V's as corp cars and damn it's nice chassis the 2l was fire tbh) the V is absurd! for a fucking 30 min session with a laptop afternoon with a jack stand and down pipe swap he went over 500+ WHP from 455 crank. These new turbo cars and DI let you tune like a MAD LAD!!

If you're talking about doing something like basic on long tubes on a f-150 I get you for sure.

The car game is changing hard, for the better for the worse.

Even the new budget performance cars like the Civic Si are crap. The L15 series of engines are not performance oriented at all. This dude made a pretty good video on it.

Honda's L motors are trash. Even the old D series are thicker and better. Honda isn't what it used to be for a daily let alone for the tuners. I'd love to go to a K motor but I'm too deep and happy with my B and in my chassis I can't do a K with out putting all weight in front of axle.

 

[The Man With No Name]

I don't want to be a dick or that guy so please don't take as such, but it so depends on what you mean by wrench and what car.

My buddy has a ATSV (I've had two non V's as corp cars and damn it's nice chassis the 2l was fire tbh) the V is absurd! for a fucking 30 min session with a laptop afternoon with a jack stand and down pipe swap he went over 500+ WHP from 455 crank. These new turbo cars and DI let you tune like a MAD LAD!!

If you're talking about doing something like basic on long tubes on a f-150 I get you for sure.

The car game is changing hard, for the better for the worse.

Nah I get you. Depends on manufacturers, as well. It is always going to be easier and cheaper to work on modern GM products, any LS-based engine is just excellent.

I fucking hated working on 90s Cadillacs. Northstar problems require Northstar solutions.

Modern Mopar, while fun, is expensive for what performance you're able to squeeze out.

I won't touch Ford products based on bad experiences. I know some guys swear by the Coyote but fuck Mustangs on principle. Miss the Mercury Cougar, though.

If I get anything new ever again, it'll just be a phenomenally expensive, top of the line Chevy V8, which I will never modify.

 

[Bassomatic]

Nah I get you. Depends on manufacturers, as well. It is always going to be easier and cheaper to work on modern GM products, any LS-based engine is just excellent.

I fucking hated working on 90s Cadillacs. Northstar problems require Northstar solutions.

Modern Mopar, while fun, is expensive for what performance you're able to squeeze out.

I won't touch Ford products based on bad experiences. I know some guys swear by the Coyote but fuck Mustangs on principle. Miss the Mercury Cougar, though.

If I get anything new ever again, it'll just be a phenomenally expensive, top of the line Chevy V8, which I will never modify.

I'm helping a friend do a LT (new/current at time of writing because GM loves reusing names) head swap on his LS2 mx5. It's going to be loony.

I have an embarrassing soft spot for northstars yeah they do suck, but the short time I had one (02 DTS) mine just sung like a kitten and was fun I really wanted to cam it but wasn't in the budget. Shelby Series 1 ran them.

I happen to really like the new Ford line, my good friend has a 6.2 work truck we named "beans" because we needed a semi PC name for in front of his little kid, and it goes cheap.. so yeah a dumb fart joke. He uses it as a contractor and it's problem free for 4 years now. So I can't knock it.

lol, for "new" cars legally in my name my "newest" car is 30 years old. I like older stuff and I want what I wanted since I was younger. I had fun owning new and fancy but adding heating seats to an old car > new car and it's drama and back up cams and DOD etc nonsense.

 

[Car Won't Crank]

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