>steer by wire>braking by wire>no more physical connections between steering wheel and brake pedalsounds like a great idea
>>27499967NTA but pilots are taught to always rely on their instrumentation, so if the instruments are faulty then the pilot wouldn't have been able to do much, even if the controls had physical connections
>>27503924Thank you Tony very cool
>>27492856They do have mechanical connections for critical things
>>27492584>25 ton masheen>brake by wire>wheel rpm sensor falls off at 50 km/h>system applies emergeny brake>tires become rectanglesIt's all so tiresome.
>>27505590tyresome
I've become obsessed with gated shifters.Why do so few cars have them? What's the cheapest way to get into one?https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCxn3NwYCKw
>>27505078Try a Honda manual anon.
>>27505176If they need them, why are they extremely limited? You only see them in a handful of exotic sports cars
>>27505176lolwut. i dunno about other brands, but toyota usually uses two spring loaded pins on either side of the shift lever arm that center the shifter when it's in neutral. you can definitely feel which gear you're going into when you move the stick
Cheapest is probably the UM Electrek which is a production manual EV from the 1970s. Have fun. Let us know how it goes.
>>27505314Because geriatric rich old men don't know how to drive
I don't see much hype about these, i'm guessing they suck. I'm looking to buy a 90's/00's smallish SUV to drive around the farm
nigguuuh
This is now a seXterra thread. I love this little nigga like you wouldn't believe.
>>275054261st gens are alright. They didn't make a ton of power and they didn't have super good support for anything but they get the job done. The vg33 was pretty solid. The 2nd gens are where its at though
God I want one so bad
>>27505469They're nice but god I wish the pathfinder got a solid axle too. Its nissan cucked everyone in the worst way by offering the v8 in the only mid size option without a solid axle. At least its piss easy to swap a v8 and manual while you're at it
Why do youngins seethe so hard about us making the world a vetter place for them?We want them to have clean air, even if it means they are priced out of driving and home ownership.They should just work harder, and at least be able to afford an M3, like picrel
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>>27505354real schizo hours
>>27505349This honestly, getting rid of IP counts made it way too easy. Hopefully they actually plan on implementeing per thread IPs across the site otherwise this place is about to get a lot worse
>>27505453Yeah they weren't actually samefagging I was just pointing it out because you never know now. Or were all the 4 posts just me? I could be literally conversing with myself right now.
>>27505338Kys you retard. You are not making world any better with your "clean air". >They should just work harder.Those "youngins" should remove people like you from existence. Many of the "youngins" are already wasting their lives with 2 or 3 jobs because living costs are much higher than wages.
I can’t decide wether to buy a gas truck or an older/new diesel 2500 ??Options >obs ford 7.3 Cummins 5.9 preferably 12 valve or common rail.>6.6 duramax Or just a new fucking gasser 1500 like sn f150
>>27505002>shitty trucks are cheapWhoa.
>>27503964>>27503787I see more 7.3s on the road the cummins are dying out Kek
>>27504055feel like the 7.3 is a little more of an all a round truck. On the 5.9, there were a lot of good things, but there were some bad things that can be a problem, like the transmissions and interior. On things that were bad, the 7.3 was better in those areas. And on things that were good about the 5.9, well the 7.3 wasn't too far behind, besides repairs.
If Cummins had partnered with Ford these discussions wouldn't be happening.
Who the fuck bothers with diesel in 2024 when you can getna F250 with Godzilla? Unless you're a hotshotter going through a new truck every year it's just a massive waste of money
There are sealing strips in all forms for every part of the car. For instance the T-shaped one for the windshield, the S-shaped one for the hood or the gap between the trunk and the roof. My car has NONE of them except for weather stripping in the doors and no water is leaking inside.I found an online forum where someone sealed the hood gap so the engine warms up faster during winter, but that didn't sound convincing to me. So what happens when I seal all gaps on my car? Will it reduce noise? Is that some kind of aeromod? The little dirt these things keep out can't be the reason.
>>27500273Reduce wind noise. Great way to trap moisture if you put it in bad spots
>>27500273I used them to replace fucked up OEM strips and to cover up a few ugly edges like the windshield in your picThat hatch one, especially on a white car looks bad
>>27500273>What is the science behind sealing strips?The answer is, "It depends"If you look at a modern car door they will often have two, or maybe three lines of sealing, especially round the bottom. There will always be the primary door seal, which is usually a bubble seal that may or may not have mounded corners, depending on the shape of the door aperture. They used to be a length with a butt joint, but these days that are usually a complete ring with a moulded joint. These are to keep the water out, and they also contribute to wind noise reduction.Secondary seals will be closer to the outer skin of the door and they are a "first line" to keep water out and will also reduce wind noise. These can be bubble or flipTertiary will be sealing right at the skin and will be designed to bridge the shut lines and offer a smooth surface to the airflow. The primary purpose of these is aerodynamic and wind noise.There may be a n additional seal along the lower edge of the door, which are designed to keep mud and water from getting onto the shut faces and dirtying clothing.How many of these seals you have will depend on the manufacturer, how noisy the car body is "out of the box" and how expensive/luxurious the program car is.For tailgate seals on hatchbacks, well, they're basically a door, so see above.For trunk seals there may be just the one, or there may be a secondarySealing on the edges of hoods can be for aerodynamics or to control airflow, particularly stopping dirty rainwater being blown out past the hood edges all over the paint, depending on the flow under the hood panel
>>27503317i remember seeing triple door seals on my old xv10 camry. that thing really did punch above its weight for the time
>>27503317Excellent answer.
Now that the dust has settled, was it actually good?
>>27505286>t. seething weebcel over getting cucked by a chad driving a german car. lmao
>>27505298Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Rahman bin Faisal bin Turki bin Abdullah bin Mohammed Al Saud
>>27505298fuck...
>>27502662It doesn't even have independent rear suspension. Pretty unsophisticated if you ask me.
>>27505435(I consider this a positive aspect and I wish cars like that were still being made)
I love this little nigga like you wouldn't believe.
>>27503139Lol a 20 year old single man driving that, looks like a pedomobile
>>27503370How
>>27503370Look guys this anon is projecting his lolicon fetish on others! It must be a sad mental state to see a suburban and you immediately think about fucking children
>>27503139Solid all around except the 4L60 tranny
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Does any new car have an actual decent dashboard that isn't just a giant ugly screen?
>>27503629How did I know I'd get this reply?If you're going to have a backup camera screen, you might as well make everything into a screen. I don't like it either, just explaining it.
How does a shitbox EV from 2020 manage to have a cleaner dash than modern gas cars?
>>27503475How about 3 giant ugly screens?
>>27505376the place the model in that pic is sold in doesn't require backup cameras yet
>>27505376>2020The VW Golf Mk7 that was replaced by Mk8 around that time also had a pretty comfy dashboard. Decent materials, large enough screen for nav or whatever, but still had knobs and buttons for just about everything that could use a knob or a button.Then they replaced it with glass, glossy plastic and capacitive sensor shit everywhere in the Golf Mk8.The Golf used to be one of the most popular cars around here, but I swear I might have seen a single Mk8 in the past year, and I'm not even sure about that.
>all dodge Monaco’s are being turned into bluesmobiles>all ford falcon hardtops are being taken from Australia and turned into mad max interceptorsAny other cars that are becoming extinct due to modders?
>>27494764>all dodge Monaco’s are being turned into bluesmobilesProofs? Most of those old turds were scrapped when I still had hair and the drivetrains used in trucks of the era.I scrapped a few working salvage. Nobody wanted four door cars unless it was genuinely special.>>27494801Ambulances and hearses were low volume vehicles in the first place. Even more rare are "flower cars" (think of a cross between those Cadillacs and El Caminos) which are seriously cook vehicles. Some of the last ones in the 1970s had 472 or 500 big blocks.
>>27505128Flower car?
>>27505130Funeral procession vehicles that carried the flowers. They were the hearse conversions with the rear half of the roof chopped off, turning it into a ute.
>>27505203Sick as fuck. Maybe my 2nd favorite Caddy now.
>>27498285>They're shit carsI know they're shit cars but I hate that after 2015 these became unaffordable
Are they ever gonna put the inline six in a non-SUV
>>27501861>Are they ever gonna put the inline six in a non-SUVYeah. As soon as /o/ starts buying cars that are not sub-$10k rusty shitboxes from 20 years ago and the general public remembers there are other body styles besides truck and SUV.
Mazda has/had a Mazda6 in development with the new I6, but it's been canceled and revived twice. Rumors in Japan are that it's back on again.
>>27504897Fucking this. Every time I make the mistake of talking to another car guy IRL the conversation comes up "they don't make em like they used to", and when confronted with the reality that a modern car generally kicks the ass of more expensive stuff from 20 years ago (the ND is on par with the s2k in every way but nostalgia) I get to hear a list of piddly faults that invalidate the new stuff. Mention flaws in the old stuff and you'll get told it's character.New bad old good is a self fulfilling prophecy and if you've never bought new then you have no right to bitch.
>>27501930sedans are really popular in korea but something tells me Mazda wouldnt be popular there
>>27505358i definitely do not miss the tree trunk-thick pillars of newer cars nor the higher beltlines that make it awkward to relax your arm on for a comfy cruise
My friend's girlfriend just bought a Buick Envista because she thought it was like a lamb truck.Have any of you guys seen or heard of this shit before? I'll be honest, I had no idea Buick was even still in business.
>>27497806I don't know about sportiness, but I'm pretty sure most people would think of a pickup truck if you said "utility" and those are BoF. I think the "sport" in SUV is supposed to be less about the vehicle itself being sporty and more about it being a vehicle that gets you and your gear to places where you can do outdoor sports like skiing, hunting, etc. though.
>>27498149I read this in the voice and it got me pretty good
>>27494643Lamb of god. Is a metal band
>>27503066Lmao, you fucking retard.
>>27498149Kek, too real
The fuck kind of chassis is this? I tried asking the driver but he was a ching chong ping pong. I dont get what this extra 3 foot section is for.
>>27504873youre just retarded
Because of this general, I'm now sort of paranoid, or maybe that's not the word, but always conscious and wondering if the semis I'm passing might be someone from this board, or at least someone who's actually into cars, because previously I didn't think any truck drivers were actually interested in cars, because it just seemed like another job to them to me.But now, I'm always wondering ...Is there any way to tell? I wouldn't even know what to look for. Can I get a CB radio and try to talk to them? How common do you think enthusiasts are in this field?
>>27501383>>27501388some sort of skel trailer
>>27504971Rarely, and most are straight out retarded.
>>27505296Fair
https://www.motor1.com/news/712286/marcello-gandini-dead/amp/
ooga booga
>>27497717RIP
RIP
>>27493973Crazy stuff, I like it
VROOOOOOOOOOOMVVROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMVROMVROMVROOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMMM
What I hear outside my window constantly, at least once an hour.
>>27505136>250cc 4 cylinder with VVTi love 250cc i4 bikes