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What's the best looking, cheapest and fastest way to paint your car nign/o/gs?
>>14217908
>best looking
Get a professional to do it
>fastest way
Get a professional to do it
>cheapest
Get a professional to do it
If you have to do it yourself, only go as far as the pre corrosion material stage then let the shop handle the rest. If you don't have the knowledge of how to paint a vehicle, you will fuck it up and it will look like shit.
dip
cheapest, maaco
best, professional
fastest, either of them.
slowest but best compromise between price and quality, doing it yourself if you have the space.
What's the largest repair/maintenance/replacement expense you've ever paid and what was it for?
$1200 dollars for a brand new ABS/ASR-pump, control unit and wiring
15k
Replaced car
$1100 for a transmission replacement.
http://www.autonews.com/article/20160104/OEM03/301049919/high-end-vehicles-and-crossovers-will-take-center-stage
>It's expected to be a quiet show for Toyota. The S-FR, a tiny rwd coupe shown in October at the Tokyo Motor Show, won't be coming to the U.S. and therefore won't be in Detroit. Toyota's press conference on the second day of the show, squeezed between suppliers' press events, will feature news about its infotainment offerings.
ALL HOPE IS LOST
>>14217418
absolutely disgusting
that s-fr thing looks a bit odd, but sounds interesting
Noone would buy it anyway.
I would buy it
How many of you are Automotive Engineers? I know mechanics make shit money, but I still want to work with cars. This seems like a good option. Any advice or opinions?
>>14217234
engineering is different from wrenching i think is the one that everyone gives
doesn't mean it won't be fun, but it's not gonna be anything like wrenching or being a mechanic
Why would you think that engineering is anything like being a mechanic.
Engineers don't touch a tool in their entire career.
>>14217247
>Engineers don't touch a tool in their entire career.
Maybe the shitty ones . . . . In the past like 3 decades there's been this huge movement in engineering to get engineers to do hands on shit both in uni and in work and avoid exactly that
Chrysler killed off the Town & Country and revived the Pacifica name for this.
It actually looks really good, anon.
>>14216985
Don't get me wrong, I like the way it looks, it's just that the Pacifica was known as a shitbox the moment it left the dealers lot. The Town and Country is a respected household name.
>>14217002
yeah one that's now synonymous with MOR minivans
Scion FR-S or Hyundai Genesis Coupe, gonna be buying one of them later this year, which do you guys like more?
Frs for tuning capabilities
miat
>>14215560
you know how people bitch about the FRS having shit interior build quality
you're gonna have real fun with the genesis
ITT: Future classics
In 30 years, it's going to be damn near impossible to find a clean one.
>>14215443
It already is impossible to find a clean one with no mods
>>14215443
Don't worry anon. None of their engines will last more than 10 years anyway.
>>14215443
The 90s Japanese sports cars. Supras, GTRs, NSXs and RX7s.
How big was the damage?
Did you survive?
>>14215306
Yes
really bad
no
>>14215306
The damage was ultra big
I didn't survive
Hit a kangaroo 2 months ago. Minimal damage to the car, maximum damage to Skippy. Got a front end respray and new grills out of the insurance company as well as the body work, so worked out well actually.
What is the opinion on 80's to early 90's shitbox memecars with popup lights? People seem to like most stuff that is not an AE86.
>ae86
>lel 2 mainstrem 4 me dood
>weebs get out
I don't get how people can hate on these cars for a DD. I thought cars were generally shit until I saw these.
>small
>decently reliable
>superior 80's design
>fucking...
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>>14215235
the problem with the ae86 is that its a collectors car and on top its a old 1980s toyota of which 90% have rusted out by now and been junked
if they made a bunch more (think na miata numbers) and they weren't all rusty heaps of shit or $9000 firm i know what i got and nothing in between /o/ would like them
its for cucks
I loved these things because of a Chinese cartoon, but when I got the opportunity to drive in one, I prepared myself for a disappointing experience because it isn't a magic downhill god machine. It's just a slow shitbox with fun headlights.
At least that's what I thought. Now I love them 1on their own merits. They live up to the hype. They're FUN. I'll probably get an S12 if I can find one. Same shit, not a memecar with a Dagumi tax.
I'm about to buy my own DD under $5k soon (so probably a shitbox/econobox). I read the sticky, but I want to know...
what are some MUST-AVOID, DO NOT GET car brands? I'm talking brands with shit reliability, hard-to-come across parts, expensive parts, expensive repairs, etc.
>>14214732
They're all shit. At that price you're just looking for one that'll take the longest to die which comes down to how well it was maintained. Service records or gtfo.
>>14214732
Dodge
Chrysler
GM
Anything German.
>>14214738
more or less what this guy said
at that price point, how well the car's been maintained has a larger say than the brand in terms of reliability
hard to say more general statements than that other than research wtf you're buying and buy something that's common so parts and repairs are common
Thoughts on the 2016 BRZ?
wtf did they do to it
Looks good, spoiler aside, and resolves the issue of not enough power.
Remains to be seen, however.
objectively worse than the 2016 miat
Why does /o/ hate newer cars?
>>14213855
cause they're gay
>>14213855
sour grapes
1)Write a review of your car
2)Other people try to guess what car it is
>>14213246
It's noisy, slow, fucking huge, rear-engined and it runs on diesel.
Poor fit and finish, interior bits aren't very sturdy, but nothing actually important ever breaks. Small, slow, generic, decently handling. Can be fun if you get the turbo version.
>>14213251
VW van?
>>14213317
Nope, bigger. Fits more people.
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>>14212243
>image
Good job cunt
>>14212260
thanks m8
>>14212243
strewth, where are all those neet cunts aye
What's /o/'s take on new 2012+ Bmw's
Newer excuse me
>>14211341
I think I'd rather have an older one with an N54 currently...
>>14211341
too heavy
Anything over 3000lbs can lose weight or die
