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>Get a RWD
>it'll be much better than a FWD
Holy shit RWD is retarded. Fucking slip and slide bullshit. I'd much rather have some control with my understeering instead of this shit.
what a shitty bait
Shameful display... thats not how you drive a W202
RWD is better if you want to do burnouts, race at a track, or dominate the togay.
Otherwise FWD is better because it's cheaper, lighter, and better in snow.
>industry's first in-bed audio system make Ridgeline the ultimate tailgating vehicle
Fucking stupid.
I hope to god they put a lock on that so you cant use it while moving. Society would fucking collapse.
>>14218555
nice suv
>Air Leaks Edition
Previous Thread: I don't fuckin' know I'm on an iPhone and too lazy for that shit
>How do I into CDL?
Community college, independent schools. Get a grant or loan before you sign a contract with a company offering to pay for school.
>Good rookie companies?
http://pastebin.com/Sv0cyWyH
>Bad rookie companies?
Anything not in the pastebin
>fire up muh ingun
>airs up fine
>release trailer brakes
>needles sitting at 80
>fug
>all the bags are getting air and there are no leaks
>bags won't lift over the cups
>pull up to go to a spot that isn't full of ice to check it out
>POP POP PPPOP
>truck...
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>>14217403
Where is everyone at that's getting coated in ice? The mountains? I went up to MI last week and it was only like 34°
>>14217403
>Needles siting at 80
How do the air brake pressures work in a truck? All I know is that if you release the brake pipe pressure, the brakes apply, like in a train. What is the full release pressure?
>Datsun or early 80's Nii-San
>Datsun questions and answers
>Datsun photos and videos
>Datsun stories and CL finds
Sorry for no threads recently, been busy fixing the '84 Honda and the house after the fire.
BUT ONWARD, DATSUN OWNERS!
>>14216340
just discovered that the 280Z plastic glove box will fit in a 240Z dash with some finagling. Muuuuch better than the stock cardboard 240Z glove box.
>>14216363
whoever discovered this was a genius.
A 280Z glove box is like $15, while reproduction paper boxes (which are weak as fuck) are like $50.
So I want to try and get 300hp out of my '79 ford 302. I know there are some ford guys on here so I was wondering what all I should go about changing? 140 horses out of a 5 litre engine is cutting it for me anymore.
*isn't cutting it anymore
>>14206390
Heads and a cam
Only 300? Here, buddy.
http://www.mustangandfords.com/how-to/engine/28898-400-hp-302-small-block/
I have about 5 grand in cash to play around with and I need a used pickup. I don't know shit about vehicles. What is a good reliable pickup to buy in my price range?
>>14244975
Cummins
>>14244975
What are you going to use it for?
Read the sticky m8
Do engineers design cars these days, or are they all designed by retarded "designers" with an arts degree?
>>14242090
the government designs cars.
The problem is that engineers design cars, not the other way around.
People complained that popular manufacturers were making "boring" or "generic" looking cars, despite this being fine because they were built for a boring purpose: going A to B. So they responded to that complaint without really knowing what to do with their cars, and while having to remain within safety standards.
That's why modern cars are confusingly designed and are shaped like bars of soap.
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/obama-administration-unveils-4b-plan-jump-start-self-driving-cars-n496621
good thing I'm going to drive me e30 into forever
4 billion dollars could get a lot of people off drugs and feed a lot of people
naahhh we need to be able to jerk off and sleep in our car
>>14241305
I'd rather jerk off and sleep in my car AND do drugs.
Which automaker will be the last to offer manual transmissions?
>>14240937
Mazda probably
I think mazda and ford probably.
>>14240937
Lotus
But it's a dumb question, Senor Manuel will never truly die.
ITT we mock faggots who just bought a "winter beater"
Why the fuck wouldn't you just DD a winter-capable car? That's 1 less car to own.
>>14240674
A lot of people have very nice cars they would like to keep as far away from salt and retarded drivers as possible
[SHOTS FIRED]
I'm looking for something that will be
>reliable
>hold its value
>I can drive for 15+ years
>can haul(nothing big, 16" fishing boat)
It looks like both can be had for $31,000
Which do you recommend? And what engine?
The new Fords look fuckin stupid but do you really want a Japanese truck?
>>14236976
$1,000 Ford Ranger
0-100km/h times or 0-55mph for you yankdoodles
How fast can your shitbox go?
>6.4 to 100
>>14236443
You know britbongs also use mph faggot.
8ish maybe on a nice day.
>>14236443
Imperial uses -60MPH you doofus.
Hi /o/,
I've been offered a 5000 gallon tank of JP-8 jet fuel for free (the fuel, not the tank itself) with the only condition being that I take it away and store it myself. It's "contaminated," that is it's the test fuel bled from aircraft to check for water in the fuel, etc. No actual contamination besides that and maybe some sediment in the tank.
Is it safe to run a modern car diesel engine on it?
>1. Buy a diesel car for cheap
>2. Test how it runs with that stuff
The risk is rather low when you compare it to the possible gains.
>>14236377
It might run fine in the shitbox for the couple of days I test it, then six months later I find out it's destroyed the internals of my daily drive.
It's a $60000 car, I don't want to fuck it up. I'm getting some mixed answers off Google, some seem to say yes, others say no.
Need some help from the experts, /o/. Free fuel for the next decade would be pretty fucking sweet if it's not going to cost me that much in repairs because of it.
Should be ok, it can't melt the engine's steal beams.
Anyone here ever own a ford? can we talk about how shitty ford is? What car/truck did you own? What was your experience with your ford? When did your shitbox die?
but ford is the best american car company
>>14235168
I have a 2000 Ford ranger 2.5 lima. 218k miles. Routine maintenance and suspension wear items. Nothing shitty here, bro.
>>14235168
If Initial D took place in 2016 America takumi would drive a Dodge Neon SRT 4
the series would end after the first episode where takumi finds himself rolled over in a ditch because yanks cant drive
Us version of dagumi would be a pizza delivery boy of his parents or fathers pizza shop
he can deliver anywhere in the large county in under 30 mins or less but the county is a bunch of mountain roads in the middle of nowhere
he borrows his dads ecoboost mustang :^) to deliver pizzas
>>14235165
No way dude cmon
