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Is 110,000 miles too many to consider buying a 1996 Corvette?
>lt4 engine
>6 speed
>asking price $8500
>>15383003
Yes, unless it's some graying boomer selling his "baby"
Apparently not if it's still worth 8k. And aren't your big American engines known to run hundreds of thousands of miles without a hiccup?
no but not at that price, like half that maybe
Hey /o/, first time posting here so please be gentle. I've been looking at getting a GM F body with an LS1, would I be better off getting a Firebird Formula or a Camaro Z28? Or is it mostly cosmetic differences?
Firebirds have the Firebird tax.
the formula is worth it just because it doesnt have the horrid camero steering wheel
>>15382982
4th gen a best
Who /severeneglect/ here?
>tfw drive a rotary and hasn't changed the oil in 7000kms
>>15382718
>tfw drive a 2000 Ford Explorer and hasn't changed the oil in 30k kms
>tfw haven't changed the oil in 26,000 miles
>mfw when I go to sell it I'm still going to say I changed it every 3,000 miles
if you constantly have to top off 1 qt a week does it count as an oil change after a few weeks?
Does the cut line on the 2014-15 Kia Optima taillights drive anyone else insane? Every time I see these it makes me genuinely angry
it's to allow the for step in the brake light outline
>>15382708
Makes me laugh actually. I saw one the other day and I figured it was just shit assembly typical of KIAs. Had no idea they did that on purpose.
>>15382708
Who gives a shit? It's a boring midsize sedan.
What cars are in imagination or in respect so great, that the act of owning or driving them takes away from the experience?
What cars should just be placed on a pedestal and be kept there?
Pic related. Have had this for two years, but had so much trouble with it that it's been an overal let-down.
>>15382613
Lotus Elise
>>15382628
I drove a Series 1 for a weekend. Loved it, even though my shoes were too big. What's so bad about it?
>>15382613
NSX
Bought one a few years ago when they were hovering around the high $20s. It was fucking awesome great the first few weeks but after awhile it just felt so slow compared to my wife's DD grocery getter E92. And I was constantly harassed by ricers in their shitbox Civics and Preludes and sometimes I'd bite and would be slower than a modded Civic... After washing it one day I looked at it and was just like fuck this and sold it for 5k more than I bought it for after about 9 months of ownership. Some...
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I'm thinking of buying a t5 Transporter. What should I be looking out for in terms of maintenance and general looking after it?
Also, Van thread is a go. Post vans.
Yes?
No?
Anyone?
Why the T5 specifically?
There are dozens of other vans in that class.
>>15383187
A T5 possibly for a cheap camper conversion.
Although I'm open to other van suggestions
I'm planning to buy a car at/under $5k and run it on biodiesel, and I'm looking at pic related after another anon recommended it & I did some research of my own (link: https://lafayette.craigslist.org/cto/5665308619.html) Why shouldn't I get it? What in your opinion is the best diesel car available?
>>15382400
Why do you want to run biodiesel?
>>15382407
sharing breakfast with my car is comfy
>>15382407
>Not wanting to fuel your car with cum
Have you ever decided not to buy a car because of it's negative associations?
That's what betas do
Protip: If you're always insecure, you will never score
>>15382346
I didn't buy your mother because she was associated with you
Is Loeb the greatest rally driver ever? If not then who is?
He is. And that's official
He's the most winningest rally driver ever. And if that makes him the greatest, so be it.
But he's still alive.
>>15382253
Sainz + Moya
Just got back from a 3 week Japanese vacation.
The place is literally candy land for car enthusiasts. Every single car enthusiast niche is represented in droves. There are road courses everywhere, drag strips, and even the roads are gifts to all sports cars.
Even the little kei cars that frequent the cities are interesting to look at and fun to drive. Big American cars are represented in all forms, Porsche fans, vintage Alfas, neo-rich supercars, track prepped weekend builds, everything is around you at all times. Its literally sensory overload. Maybe the weeaboos...
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>>15382164
Where did you go?
Enjoy having to pay out of the ass to have a car older than 10 years.
>>15382170
Probably not Tokyo, I went there for a week and it was just all bland Toyotas
When the door handles aren't flush.
>4 cylinders
>>15382117
my sides
this shit here
New /o/ sings, when?
>>15381921
What about the /o/nitial d dub?
Hopefully never.
>>15381988
Honestly, i enjoyed it's autism
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I want to give my off road vehicle more suspension travel. It's a macpherson strut design, so in theory i just need to lengthen the strut travel length.
Who sells long travel strut inserts? I tried the koni and bilstein sites, but they aren't really friendly to browsing by size, instead by vehicle application and i have no idea what has both strut inserts and a lot of travel.
Well, since i'm not a seppo poof i'd just call up my local pedders and get them to think something up, reckon any good suspension place will have ideas if you just grow a pair, walk in/call up, tell them what you need for what pos
>>15381960
yeah im not trying to buy someone else's work. i have the skills to make these (made coilovers for my racecars before) i've just never had to shop for long travel strut inserts before and the sites make it impossible to look fro what i need.
most suspension places will say i can't do it because i'll compromise the cv boot angle and anyhow i don't have a pedders, this is america
>>15381971
mate, just find a good shop (i.e. dedicated suspension shop) and ask them
what else do you want
