Is it just me or are the auto mechanic prices through the roof?
>>24219259>tfw go to a small town and have hillbillies work on my car for half what the dealership does
>>24219467Thank you. Also the price of parts went up due to covid.
>>24219514OP here. My sister takes her car in, but I work on my own. It seems the mechanics have turned greedy or something because they are overcharging.
>>24220062The supply of labor has decreased, businesses can't get enough people to work so the demand has increased relative to the supply.
>>24219259>be today>call toyota dealer for upper and lower ball joint replacement >lol 4runner>$450 in parts>$750 in laborHow in the fuck is that a 7.5hr job?!
What's you favorite weird auto industry story?
>>24204934Ghosn excaping Japan despite being on the news daily for 2 years straight, I was there it was crazy
The development of the superbird and daytona. Chrysler had a missile division at the time and was working on behalf of the government. Nazi technology was brought back to America following the second world war and it was dubbed as Operation Paperclip. https://www.autoweek.com/racing/nascar/a30753037/gary-romberg-the-rocket-scientist-behind-nascars-1970-plymouth-superbird-dies-at-85/
>Soichiro Honda alcohol tank>audi quattro vs lancia>Carlos Ghosn flight from japan
>>24204934How in 1970 Dodge and Plymouth had the color Panther Pink available for customers to have on their cars that they ordered, but then the president or CEO found out that they were selling pink cars and removed that color from the line up. The customers who ordered a 1971 model year in that color were still able to get their car made in Panther Pink and now those cars are pretty damn rare.
>>24221505Forgot the pic
Post pics of the best car culture in the world - The USA
>>24197319Welfare accounts for such a tiny amount of your tax dollars that it’s pretty much negligible. I hate all races too but at least be coherent. Mutt
>>24195449fuck thats cool.
>>24198918>>24198921based information giver
Brazillian edition.Pic context: This is Ricardo Boechat, a famous Argentinian naturalized Brazillian journalist that has died in 2019. He drove a 2001 Twingo to work every single day. He had two Twingos his whole life and was a great fan of it, remembered by the local Twingo community.
>>24139626anime kino
I just bought Cooper AT3 tires. I wanted winter/ summer/all terrain tires. They seemed like good tires.What do you say, did I fuck up or no?
>>24220664Well, I actually got the AT3 4S. I just said AT3 in general cause I was more asking as the series as a whole. I say series loosely, it's like a trilogy. This sounds weird describing it like this, but I don't know what else to call it.
>>24220848I got P235/70R16 AT3 4S tires. I only bought two, and it cost a total of $364.66 with all the fees and service and stuff.Where are you getting your tires done? I bought mine at Sam's Club.
>>24221026Then you did good. I cross-shopped these with the BFG KO2. There are alot of YT videos from eastern europe comparing these two tires. These seemed to be the better ones for ice and snow. We don't get enough here to justify dedicated snow tires.
>>24221319I come from Chicago. Shit gets REAL here.Unless they put the salt down, in which case you're fine but your car gets completely destroyed in about 15 years. (Seriously, what the fuck?! Oregon is perfectly fine and they don't even use salt. People just learn to git gud. And if anything, they use sand there.)
>>24221319And in all honestly, I didn't cross-shop anything. I was literally just looking at the guy's tablet with pictures of tires and brand names and I literally just picked the one that's tread *looked* like it would be good for snow and asphalt and rain. I asked about it, he compared ratings with the one other tire that I thought looked good, the other was shit in comparison, so I just bought the AT3 4S.This sounds like BS, but I could literally tell by looking at the tread that something like the AT3 is what I want for where I drive. I actually did looking up after I bought them, and as it turns out, they really are good tires. Guess I got good intuition.
It's all over for Toyota.
>>24219999Toyota is proof that budget isn’t everything in Motorsport. Helps tho
>>24220077True
>BMW>Audi>Porsche>FerrariToyota won't last much on WEC it seems lads.
>>24221456>>BMW>>Audi>>Porsche>>Ferrari> Peugeot too
>>24221470Watch those crappy japs quit WEC a year before those manufacturers enter in two years.
i recently acquired a very clean EM1 and have never had more fun driving in my life. I think i understand what a lot of people have said when they say that it was a outstanding "driver's car". It's not the fastest or the sportiest like the Type R, but it still has enough oomph to feel satisfying in the light body.also, the damn near 360 degree panoramic window setup is starting to seriously spoil me. Anyone else ever get to own one of these? what was your experience?
>>24221227Would it be more racist if I said black people instead? Because the same stereotypes exist for them too.But yes. And it's right. Stay safe out there.
>>24221201i feel this anon, here's my hatchu and some mexicans in a beat to fuck eg sedan followed me home from a meet and luckily i was able to lose them
>>24221201do not take it to meets
>>24221227Don't park that outside if you can at all avoid it, that's how it gets yoinked.
>>24220961Millennial here, they’re fun cars if you can’t afford much. I think you’re just retarded.
It's over
>>24215481>It's gonna sell well, because people like me are tired of seeing $55k vehicles with nice rims, heated seats, backup cameras, touch screens, leather interior, bluetooth capability, satellite radio, ECT.If you think that those features can only be had at $55k and up, you're grossly mistaken and out of touch.
>>24220141My condolences.
>>24220198>People want a Suburban for 15k new. That's what CCP will do to take over the US market.A $15K full size, 3 row SUV will be of such substandard build quality, to compare it to the performance characteristics of an actual Suburan would be laughable. $15K would find a used Suburban that would still outlast a CCP-backed junk. I don't even like American cars anymore, but I know that they can assemble a reliable and bullet proof vehicle when they need to. I've driven them, even when everything inside was build with the cheapest plastic, it still started in -30 mornings.I don't anticipate a $15K Chinese Suburban to even start when it's raining.
>>24220887$100k Volvos are made in fucking China those tiny asian hands can assemble everything you're just rayciss
Can China make me a new EJ20
Alright /o/, I need your opinion on this one. So the entrance to my driveway lies immediately after a stop sign in a 3 way intersection, the one marked by the number 1 in the image. The population of my town consists of the offspring of multigenerational incest that can't read, perc'd up upper-middle class mommies in jeeps, and coked up day trippers from suburbia, all of which completely ignore the stop signs in this intersection, more specifically stop signs 1 and 2 because they lead to/come from a major road. I constantly see people blowing stop sign 1 and going 40+ mph in either direction. It's an absolute nightmare pulling out of my driveway and pulling into it from stop sign 2 and 3. I try to do the smart thing and let traffic clear before going but I know one day I'm not going to be paying attention and I'll just get t-boned by someone blowing stop sign 1. I also have the added danger of having my mailbox across the street from me on the northwest corner of the intersection. Wat do?
>>242205771. Call your town about safety concern, maybe they can add to sign or in’s greet symbols2. Find out if you can move your mailbox to your side (idk how, Post Office?)3. Put a sign on your property about it4. Ask neighbors to sign petition about changing traffic pattern to your town
>>24220632>On street symbols (sorry can’t spell)
>>24220577move house
>Show me you have a +145IQ without saying it
>>24220093Fairlady dayly
>>24220093prius is for faggots and you're a faggot
>>24220746Incorrect pleb-tier opinion. Prius is the only vehicle worthy of carrying the HSD powertrain, which is a brilliant piece of engineering.
>>24220093Geo metro daily, Aprilla RSV4 motorcycle.
ID on this? Looks like an 80's Chrysler but I am shit recognising landboats.
>>24221011winrar
>>24220960>>24220977Headlights don't seem to match. What Riviera year?
>>24221011>>24220999Grille seems different unless there's a facelift I'm missing.
Aha. 1984 Continental.That side marker was confusing me.
>>24221358That's the one, thanks so much anon.
Why doesn't Ford in other countries pick up the Falcon ute design? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tulXEux6eDk&list=PL4sTx7uCLaO5uiFtpUHweDhYRm26FO0LI&index=37>4L inline 6 with optional factory turbo making huge amounts of torque at low rpms (superior to 2JZ, RB26, 4 cylinder shit boxs in WRX and Lancer, and cheaper to modify and make big power than most V8s.>Car based ute, comfortable, looks great, can be used for work or commuting, no overcompensating in a huge 4wd pick up truck you will probably never use for offroading>Cheaper, easier to make, can make sedan and wagon versions too.Why doesn't Ford do this, It would sell like hot cakes, especially among spics.
>>24219782>why isn't the falcon in america?see>>24219089Besides, Subaru came out with the Baja and it tanked. But that was during the era of early Avalanches and other stupid shit. Instead we got the Tacoma battling Ranger and now the Maverick(sic) truck.
>>24218395Why aren't Land Cruisers, Nissan Patrols, Ford Falcons, Holden Commodores, Land Rover Defenders, Toyota Supras, Nissan Skylines in America? Their market has always been dogshit and will continue to be dogshit, they can't appreciate inline sixes so instead their manufacturing is centred around Mexicans and their culture centred around negroes.Pitiful copes.https://youtu.be/jnXaSQ1as5Qhttps://youtu.be/m6d3CvvBvW4https://youtu.be/lFSRK-Jjgdghttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5FJYAuHTbSAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbgljRFHzi8
>>24218395Because Americans defile everything they touch.
>>24218525>>24218525Barra is the newer design compared to the 2j, plus since ausland and NZ are such small markets it’s a miracle that the aftermarket has gotten this much power out of them on their own.>>24218510no one ever bought the V8 equipped XR8 Falcons as the I6 turbo is legendary for cheap power modifications. Plus if you really wanted a V8 Aussie Sports saloon you would buy an LS powered Commodore. We never got any iron block LS truck motors to slap turbos to, so we used the Big 4L iron block I6 Barra instead.This is what a 1900hp Barra street car looks like (extra emphasis on STREETCAR)https://youtu.be/2hKpRTrGT54
>>24221018We never get the good parts of globalism, just the assrape part, thanks America, very cool
Anything goes. Also, somebody talk me out of emptying 80% of my bank account to pick this up.
You're not a pussy are you anon?https://delaware.craigslist.org/cto/d/elkton-1980-chevy-k20-4x4-longbed/7329115586.html
>>24221196Would buy
and only 73000 miles!
>>24221329
Toyota Kings, get in here
>>24220787take a seat king, your redpill is ready for you
>>24219833Fellow prius chad
>Toyota KangsAYO WE WUZ JAPUNEEZ N SHEEIIIIIIT
>>24221187kek
>>24219604landcruiser anon here
Not my problem
