'Im having doubts to become a technician. I have gone to a community trade school for a year with barely any hands on, most of it was text book work and theory.>Worked at a parts counter and service writer for a stealership.>(interned/free labored) at a mom and pop shop pretty much cleaning the floors and passing tools around.and i still have not gotten my hands dirty. Should i just give up or find another trade.
>>27507541Plumbing is kinda dirty. If you go HVAC or electrical, the first few years you will probably be a lower level installer and stuff, but eventually you can git gud and you will be doing diagnostics most of the time, so it’s more like solving puzzles than getting dirty in attics and crawlspaces.
>>27505549The best way to learn is to just fucking do it, only watching and reading gets boring fastThe problem is that no one will let your touch their shitboxes so you have to buy your own falling apart shitbox to fuck withThat's what I did, bought a $2K 15 years old car and fixed it up, everything I know I learned with it and in the end this experience enabled me to start a body work and AC shop, I owe everything to this now 20 years old shitbox
>>27507982Forgot to sayBeing a wagie for life gets you nowhere, some people prefer the security of this lifestyle over the uncertainty of working for yourself, but money wise, being independent is one of the few paths that lead to success
>>27505549>What are some signs that someone should *not* be a mechanicHaving half a brain
>>27506803Wrenching becomes extremely unfun very fast when you are forced to do it all day surrounded by idiots from 8 to 6
Check out this dope as fuck van I just bought
>>27508004What are you planning to do with it?
>>27508015Convert it into a weekend camper/ tailgating rig.
>the last shitboxWhy do we hate it again?
>>27505955And neither was any other shitbox the board obsesses over.
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>>27506861>Mirage was offered manual and trad autoWasA while agoIt has had a CVT for ages anon
>>27506826>>27505964That 3 cylinder makes less than 80hp but gets worse mileage than a 4 cylinder from 10 years ago that makes more than twice as much power>>27505947The Mirage is a total fucking shitbox that belongs in the 3rd world, it isn't even that much cheaper than other cheap shitboxes. Anyone with a brain just gets a Kia Rio, Nissan Versa, or a lightly used Civic, Corolla, or Mazda3
>>27507997> gets worse mileage than a 4 cylinder from 10 years agoThis is something I don’t understand. A friend of mine has a SUV with double horsepower and 70% more weight than my mirage and the fuel consumption is nearly identical.
What's up with this guy's one sided beef with D4A
>>27507168>aren't humongous faggots with a chip on their shoulders.that is literally their entire identity
>>27506078>perhaps they are evolvingI think you are overreaching with that conclusion>>27507168>Bosnians ... aren't humongous faggots with a chip on their shoulders.Kek, even croats laugh at you.>>27507181>What does fortnine get wrong?A lot of things, people seem to forget it's just a shill channel for a store and take it for some holy gospel just because they have good production quality. The last borked thing i remember him saying in a video was that "bikes never normal steer" which is patently retarded.
>>27507181I don't watch much of their content, but I saw a short from the Canadian F9 guy that suggested the best way to tie your bike down was to loop the rachet strap through the metal hook eyelet and wrap it around your rubber handlebar grip in a way that would almost certainly destroy most motorcycle grips and throttles, kek.
>>27507181>What does fortnine get wrong?F9>275 degree parallel twin cranks are the bestest, because i read it in a book. only KTM does it because it's too expensive so the new hotness is a compromised 270 degree crankGuy with the weird accent>actually KTM does that to be different and the guy never actually recommended 275 degree crank in his book
>>27507827Yes, I get out the old down vote for that faggot. He just seems like such a liberal democrat, the most progressive guy in the world, but never rubs shoulders with poor or brown people because he's disgusted by them>>27507843Curious to hear if you have more specific examples. I wasn't a fan of his goretex review, and I didn't like his trugg video. Other than that, I'm a huge fan.>>27507950I remember there were a few take downs following that video.I'm just glad there's a channel that even mentions this engineering side of things, most just read the brochure
teslarinos... not like this
what's his endgame bros
>>27507931The FTC drug tests him every week because of his Joe Rogan interview.
>>27507954I've passed so many goddamn drug tests for jobs, often high while taking the test. It's super-easy to cheat if no one is watching you. I've done this shit many times, GC/MS, temperature checks and all. Also many drugs won't show on drug tests, like ketamine. Weed lasts up to 100 days (from experience), and every other drug is cleared in 2-3 days. It's really easy to pass a drug screen for anything other than weed.But he lied to the feds about his drug use, which is usually considered even worse for most ppl. I was a senior in software engineering when the fed mandated that all IT/software workers for any contractor must have top secret clearances, really killed my dreams and all the drugs I've done other than weed are legal.
>>27507964>But he lied to the fedsbased
>>27508003I mean, yeah, absolutely. But for most people that's kissing your career goodbye. For him it's public knowledge and it just goes on.
at what age do cars stop depriciating?i bought an audi tt 2002 in 2016 for 4k and just sold it for 4k in 2024...so im wondering, what is the newest car i can get that basically wont depreciate?
>>27507751>>27507754
>>2750763715 years, after that is more about what the car can do than how old it is. You may think a 98 Buick costs too much but if its reliable and works then who cares how old it is.
>>27507643American sex education is virtually non-existent
>>27507637You know you took about a 30% depreciation hit right? It just kept pace with inflation.Also maybe post the car instead of some dumbass ham sandwiches meme next time.
>>27507637>4k in 2016>4k in 2024Imagine if you had a salary of 4k in 2016, would you still be equally happy with it in 2024?Besides that, you spent money on maintaining the car so depreciation does not tell you much. You might have spent a few hundred on maintenance every year so you should include that in your calculation
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
>>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
>>27505078are people really unable to push a fucking knob forwards into a slot before letting off a pedal
>>27505314You actually have to design the transmission around it, since it has to have evenly spaced throws left and right to look good.
The upper middle class suburbs.... Home.....
>>27507378Solar is great for running your AC during the day but an EV eats up way more power than your solar panels could ever hope to produce.
>little boxes little boxes, little boxes made of ticky tacky little boxes on the boulevard and they all look the same...
Look at all that open space. People complain about lack of housing in California, well there you go, that’s why. The entire region needs to be demolished.
>>27507293The future is soulless
>>27507619There arent pink ones, green ones, blue ones or yellow ones. But they all look the same.
Every kid online is like "OmG crossovers are so GAY!!!, GET A HATCHBAKC >YOU DONT NEED ___ or _________>Omg It's giantic>Dude it's way too big>Waht do you need for?>LOL NICE WHEELGAP>U don't NEEED>LOL IS THAT A LIFTED COROLLA>Nice full size van bus>WHY A COROLLACROSS, THE HATCHBACK IS BETTER>u don't need... ;_; Holy fuck you kids are stupid, I got rid of my base Impreza wagon (pile of shit) for a Corollacross and life is unironically so much better and more based and more red pilled that everPLEASE, ANON, YOU DONT NEED IT FOR???Comment too long. Click here to view the full text.
>>27506351>buying a cuckoveron what level of homosexuality are you operating on, anon?
>>27507657drift car appropriation
>>27506916what the fuck is a gadonposting?>>27507050not my fault hatchbacks have hilariously HUGE wheel gaps and are GAY as FUCK
this dumbass really fell for the marketing ploy. black plastic + taller sidewalls + longer shocks = 10k minimum premium over standard hatchbackyou're stupid
>>27506351Didn't we tell your ass yesterday to get a lamb truck?
Hi /o/. Sold my house and gave up on the American dream. Driving through all the lower 48 soon and need to come to a decision. Should i dump money for maintenance and cosmetics into my Hummer H3 (inline five runs solid but needs to go to body shop), buy a new Prius or Corolla (holy fuck new cars expensive!) or buy a classic (ish) car that looks snazzy and rumbles good? I plan to settle in some bum fuck town and get a white trash manual labor job but i want to stretch my wheels first. 40k is my budget.
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>>27506239>>27506271You're correct that Hummers are becoming more rare and sought after. With that being said however, the H3 is easily the lamest, least desired hummer out there. GM basically neutered the vehicles generation by generation, it was basically a civilian Humvee during gen 1 and was cucked down to a glorified jeep by gen 3.Like the other anon said the gas mileage will destroy you. The H3 has a big tank, so let's say you get 450 miles per tank of gas (realistically, you'll get far less). Even assuming gas is $3/gal (again, realistically it'll be more expensive), that's $70 a tank. Assuming you buy premium (read the manual, only buy if it tells you to) and don't live in the middle of fucking nowhere it's probably closer to $120 a tank.Now, you said you wanna drive 10k miles. That's probably around 20 tanks of gas. Or somewhere between $1500-2500 in just fuel. Maybe that's not a lot for what you're wanting to do, but it is a lot in the grand scale of things.Compare that to a modern hybrid (even a last gen hybrid) and you're probably getting double the gas mileage and that fuel cost gets cut in half. Just something to consider.Also keep in mind you'll have to change the oil once or twice, you might have to change the tires depending on how fast you're going, there's a lot of factors to consider. If you're living out of the car, I wouldn't get any of the options you stated, I'd get a sprinter van or at least a minivan as it would get decent gas mileage and you'd have space to actually live.>i mainly want to decide on my car for the next twenty yearsJust remember the golden "pick three" rule regarding cheapness, reliability, and speed. Don't buy a 69' mustang and expect it to run well for thousands of miles at a time. Also remember that even a low mileage vehicle that is old will need to have most of it's rubber parts replaced as they wear out regardless of if they are used.
>>27507054>You're correct that Hummers are becoming more rare and sought after. With that being said however, the H3 is easily the lamest, least desired hummer out there. GM basically neutered the vehicles generation by generation, it was basically a civilian Humvee during gen 1 and was cucked down to a glorified jeep by gen 3.Room temperature IQ, borderline bot post.
>>27507054damn that's a lot of empty drivel.
>>27506239If your doing the work yourself keep the old car but doing such as big trip you would need to do a hell of a lot since a lot of sensors and things are nearing their use by date.
Well you gotta admit, it looks awesome.
>>27504463>Unibody "truck">7000 lbs>Auto only>Rusts day 1>Corrodes from birdshit>Smudges from fingerprints>Not bulletproof>Not thermonuclear explosion proofMajor incel energy: The "truck"
>>27504463No, I don't think so.
sometimes I think american brains stop developing at age 8. must be the fluoride in the water.
Do car FUDDs exist?
>>27507580You need to go back to TV/ or whatever where they think there's a last turn in a drag racing class so dom can kill a guy with a monkey wrench or whatever you jews enjoy
>>27507705the hell are you on about?
>>27507715He's "bane posting"So he needs to go back to where that came from, tv/ or whatever board where they worship such creations as fast and furious where dom claims his dad crashed in the final turn at a drag race.What the fuck isn't to get tranime faggot? Lurk moar. And by that I mostly mean stop being a tranime faggot.
>>27499833People in the aftermarket and especially auto journalism, that advocate for emissions/epa crackdowns as if it isn't killing cars as a hobby.
>27507705 (no (you) for you)Faggot
why did they bloat it
>>27507377>5 inches longerOh no. The horror.And the weight listed on that site is wrong. The base model 1LT has a curb weight of 3,550 lbs. Which is still more than the C7, but nowhere near the ridiculous 3,800 lbs quoted.
It go:C4>C6>C5>C7>C2>C1>C8>C3
>>27507419Making it nearly as wide as an F-150
>>27507605lmao @ that wheel size
>>27507928do you think width is bad?
Why do drunk hicks always say Anti-Lock Brake System kills? Is that because most people don't change their brake fluid so the ABS modulator and m.cylinder gets exploded? Or is it because they think the stuttering of your brakes to prevent a lockup is worse than your car sliding in to an intersection?I don't get it. ABS really saved my ass tons of times, and I remember a few huge scary moments not having ABS in the late 90s/early 00s when they were not standard on Hondas. So what's the deal?
>>27506941meh, seat belts are alright. air bags are overrated. everything else can get fucked
>have fucked hearing>drive pre-abs car>lock up brakes one day stopping for a red light that i probably could've gone thru>couldn't hear the tires screeching over the loud ass tinnitus>it just felt a little funny and i slid over the stop bar>"wow i think i locked up my brakes lol"
>>27507536Agree, but using them should be optional.
>>27506913>So what's the deal?Boomer myths, just like their hate for EFIThere's based tech, trash tech and based tech turned trash due to bad implementation, ABS is definitely based
Former machinist then engineer at ABS/TC/ESP plant with plenty of track experience here.ABS is amazing. I'll admit I haven't driven in snow since 2010, but generally it's great. I still prefer no-ABS to ABS with traction and stability control, so I've been running with the fuse pulled for many many years.I wish ABS-only was still a legal option in the US.
Misty's bike is toast. If she was old enough, what would Misty drive?Ash thread:>>27496560
>>27506535A VW New Beetle lol
Midnight blue Dodge Magnum
>>27506946
A salaryman zook