Thread 28692745

Old thread is in autosage so I'll start a new one

Can /o/ identify the car being driven in this picture? What is it? Funny story, it would help me to know.

>>28692745 (OP)
You couldn't google the current Mercedes models you lazy retard?

Is $1015 too much to replace the two front control arms? At first I thought it was, but after watching the YouTube video it looks like a lot of work. We also got quoted $835 for front sway bar links and bar assembly. that one I know is way, way too much. This mechanic just charged us $960 to reprogram throttle body adaptation, replaced rear latch assembly, and leak detection pump after evap bullshit which I thought was a great price considering how much fucked up shit they fixed. This is for a 2012 Fiat 500 sport that has a trade in value of $500 lol. The intrinsic value is way higher though, you guys probably know what I mean: it's a street legal car ffs. Barely over 100k miles.

>>28692749
>white dials
It's not a Mercedes. It's a Nissan or Mitsubishi or something.

>>28692749
Not the white car, the car that the person taking the photo is driving.

>>28692745 (OP)
Lotus Elise?

>>28692749
>>28692757
>>28692758
Oh, and all I know is it's "really rare."

>>28692762
The single wiper blade narrows it down a bit

>>28692761
No match

What's the best way to learn wrenching? I have a beater truck I want to limp along to a million miles

>>28692774
Look up how to fix something on YouTube whenever something goes wrong or seems off. Buy parts off rockauto if you have alternative transportation, otherwise make the day trip to napa or wherever

>>28692774
>I have a beater truck
You're off the the best start. Buy the mechanic tool set from harbor freight, jack, 2 jack stands, and then you can do 95% of jobs.

>>28692779
How do I know when something needs preventative maintenance? I'm autistic so I can understand "check engine light, throws P0157, replace O2 sensor", but all vehicles accumulate wear across all the parts and I'd rather not fix a problem when it leaves me stranded on the side of the road.
>>28692786
I currently have most of what's in that kit, one thing I currently want to learn is how to build engines. I understand that things like resurfacing / boring cylinders is probably outside the range of DIY for a while, but I know just enough to know I'll fuck it up if I try right now and it frustrates me.

>>28692788
The gauges are different, though?

Replaced brakes and rotors, something I've never done. Before replacing, one rotor started to have this ring worn into it. After new pads and rotor installed, the same wheel had said ring appeared again. What did I mess up on?

>>28692800
looks like the caliper may be sticking, drive down the road throw her in nuetral and see if the car drifts to the side that rotor is on.

>>28692805
With a flashlight I can't see any gap, so I believe that true. Somewhere else someone recommended lubing the caliper pin. Any idea if it could be anything else?

>>28692798
That pic has aftermarket gauges, just look it up on google.

>>28692836
Oh yeah, ok, thank you, anon!

>>28692817
could be that, could be the brake piston getting stuck after you let off the brakes, could be a bunch of different things. If something is sticking driving hitting the brakes hard rto drop 5-10 mph then seeing if it pulls to that side will give the answer.

>>28692800
That's fuckin weird. Find Jesus.

>>28692800
Go her an alignment and ask the shop. I bet the wheel is out of spec and you or a prior owner hit something

Can you realistically turn a cheap plastic interior into a luxury interior?

>>28693110
diamond stitched leather covering all the panels with carbon fiber epoxied over the remaining trim will usually do it, but why go through the trouble?

>>28692745 (OP)

I've found a work manual for my engine. Skyactiv-d 1.5

But nowhere in it does it mention specs and part numbers.

Where could I find this?

For example I dont know how to choose a replacement fuel filter. I dont even know how to chose a replacement engine air filter.

No, I cant just go open it up and look at the piece for the numbers. I dont have a place my own wrenching garage.

>>28693092
Its your life anon. You will have less grip.
Just buy all season tyres like me and dont have to change.

>The front jacking position is so deep under the frame that I cant possibly reach it with my small jack.

Why do they do this?
Whats a work around?

>>28693230
diagram is showing spots along the side trim for jacking, the jack points are just for a full front or back lift, you can always jack along the normal roadside points to get it in the air and put a jackstand under. or drive her up on ramps, 50$ buys a pair of cheapos from harbor freight, then use the central jack points from there.

Will there be any issues or major loss of performance with adapting a 3 inch cat for 2.5 piping?

>>28693306
No. The difference isn't big enough to worry about, but make the change as gradually as possible/reasonable to preserve some velocity. The cat is going to slow the flow substantially, before we even talk about the size change, which means a big increase in static pressure at the cat. Do a good job and you won't have any problems

>>28692752
Control arms shouldn't be hard, that price seems ridiculous. Spend the difference on tools and do it yourself.

>>28693230
red looks like jack points, blue works if you are careful and can get a good angle with your jack

Any got any recommendations for a product that 'hides' micro scratches on windows? Guess some of the wind storms I had over the summer got sand/dirt in the brushes/guards for side windows and now after having the windows go up and down during the autumn.
They are now scuffed and creating a safety hazard when the sun hits them just right and cant really see through them well.

>>28693230
My car is similar.
The easiest way I've found to get all four wheels off the ground is to back up onto some ramps, then slide my jack in behind the front tire (picrel), lift the front end onto jack stands placed at the pinch welds or near the control arms depending on what I need to do.
Then you can lift the rear off the ramps and put it on stands as well if you need to mess around back there too.

>>28693672
Lifting a small car one side at a time is a pain in the ass and sketchy to boot. Pinch welds work fine if you just need to get one tire off but for bigger jobs you're gonna want to lift the whole front end at once.

Are these tire inflators any good at $100?

>>28693092
Depends on if theres ice on the road a lot, Ive gotten stuck at the bottom of a hill on snow/ice in 4wd, switched to some cheap winter tires on a set of junkyard steelies and zoomed up the same road and conditions in 2wd in my truck. It makes a huge difference in stopping too

>>28693770
seems excessive. I haven't had any issues with pic rel

Any suggestions for an OBD reader that also has monitoring available? Preferably one that's not horrifically expensive; maybe $150 or under.

Bonus: it connects to your phone and/or computer to let you review the data there too.

>>28692745 (OP)

Might as well repost my old issue since I was in the middle of it when we hit bump limit.

>My 08 Towncar's battery died today at the grocery store under strange circumstances. I'd charged up the battery at home with my battery tender the night before. At home the car started up fine. I go in and shop for an hour and I come out and it won't start. Put my battery jumper on it and it starts right up, first crank no problem.

>Is this a shitty battery? or is it something else?

>If it was the starter I wouldn't think that my battery jumper would get it to start and I don't see how the alternator would be the issue since the car was off. Should I just throw down for a new battery, its the one that came with the car when I bought it and I have no clue how old it is.

To which an anon asked me.

>when the battery was dead was it cranking just very slow, just clicking, or doing nothing at all?

To whit I replied.

>just clicking
>Starter fires, engine does nothing. If I jump it then it fires right up and keeps charge while the engine runs.

So my impression is that if its an alternator issue then it would still be losing power with the engine running since it wouldn't be converting engine power into electricity. And if it was a starter issue then it wouldn't start at all. Which makes me think its the battery going to shit. That said the car refusing to start after a brief 1 hour sit in the grocery store parking lot still confuses the hell out of me.

Am I mistaken?

>>28694206
A drive down to the store shouldn't drain a good battery even if the alternator isn't charging it. You should get many starts out of it.
So your battery is just a dud. It will hold a charge for a few minutes off the charger but it ain't holding much of a charge and it is self-discharging.

You need a new battery.

What's a good tire jack/lift to pick the tires up 12-18" to put them back on?

Sometimes at work it can be hard for me to get tires put back on the car quickly. The two worst causes of it for me are big heavy awkward truck tires, and cars that use lug bolts instead of lug nuts.

cheapest good sedan with stock cd player and backup camera

>>28694322
Get whatever car you want and add those aftermarket.

>>28693092
If there's no snow/ice then no problem as long as you're driving like regular traffic.
If there is then you are now driving a sled

>>28694322
cadillac cts-v

What's a decent mode of transportation for a poorfag living in rural south U.S.? For context: I make about 15 a hour and my commute range for most of the places I travel to is around 4 miles (6.4 km).

>>28694413

Cheap beater car or a bicycle if you're willing to be miserable.

Try to find an early 00s Toyota or Honda with under 200,000 miles.

>>28694413
What's your budget? Don't know about state laws but you can get e-bikes now that are fast, you don't even need a fast one 4 miles is nothing

I have 100K miles on a 2002 Japanese car
I just noticed the check engine light came on, but a couple of days ago the battery died (8 years, pretty good run)
How much should I be worried? Kinda cash strapped because my wife just got out of a coma, but at the same time, my wife just got out of a coma, so having more than one car is kind of important

>>28694413
get yourself an electric scooter my guy. it's hard to go wrong with any of gotrax's offerings
also you can custom flash all of them afaik to get way higher than advertised top speeds

>>28694427
>What's your budget?
6k, and I live in Georiga. Nothing specifically against e-bikes from what I know.

>>28694478
Get an electric bike/scooter and soup the shit out of it.

Flashy lights, spinner rims, air horn, hydraulics, etc.

>>28694478
>6k,

Pffft, you can afford a good beater for $6K. Don't listen to these dinks telling you to get an E bike.

>>28694506
Americans so do obsess over them despite their infrastructure being outright hostile to then, lol.

>>28694537

Our country is massive, we don't live in some queer "walkable city".

Backup camera is foggy as shit. I think the plastic cap is covered in tiny scratches because it looks clear from the outside and I've scrubbed the shit out of it with a microfiber cloth soaked in alcohol. Anyone know techniques to restore it?

>>28694206
It's always better to buy the battery if yours is more than a year old. At worst, you know you have a good battery in it, so you can cross that off the troubleshooting list if the problem persists, plus you get ahead of maintenance you'll end up needing to do later anyway.

>>28694627
>Our country is massive

europe is bigger than america

hell, a 3rd world country like brazil is as well lol

>>28694627
>Our country is massive
....so why do you recommend something that's not suited for it?

>>28694755
You forgot to add Alaska

>>28694961
>You forgot to add Alaska

lol alaska isnt connected to this le large landmass

>>28694980
And yet it's still part of the country. Wild, right?

>>28695025
>Wild, right?

Wild how do are too stupid to comprehend the point Im making, going to your cope technicality

>>28694506
I live in rural Wisconsin and have an ebike in addition to my cars. It was under 700, no registration, no insurance, tops out at 37mph, already has lights and blinkers and a horn and stuff. I could totally commute on it even though most of the roads around me are 55mph county highways. It's honestly not a bad option if you're tight on money especially if you don't get cold winters. With a 4 mile commute you wouldn't even have to charge it but maybe once every two weeks so it's cheap as hell to run. If you'd rather have a car do that though there's obviously many more benefits

>drop my car off to get ceramic coated
>He has a stupid fucking eurofaggot accent
>Starts telling me all my body panels have been repainted, I'm pretty sure he's wrong but I also do not care.
How badly am I gonna get fucked by this? Feel like he's angling for a scam.

I have a 2002 Chevy Tracker
It only has 100K on the clock
But the batter died hard a couple of days ago, like, didn't even click, couldn't run the dome light, nothing
Replaced the batter and noticed that the check engine light is on
I know that when batteries die cars can throw codes that are just BS
How do I check the codes myself?

>running late to a meeting, park in a 15-minute spot
>after the meeting there's a normal spot open just opposite, so I just re-park by driving into it in a couple of seconds
>end of the day car won't start
>cranks and cranks so battery and starter are probably fine, but no ignition
>plug in OBD2 scanner just in case
>no codes
>check all fuel/engine related fuses and relays
>all looks good
>spray starter fluid into air intake to check if it's a fuel or ignition problem
>car starts a bit rumblier than usual but then runs normally
>all good afterwards, starts without starter fluid too

what could have been the issue? did I just flood the engine with my quick cold start re-parking?

>>28695154
How do you bike with only a few feet separating you and a vehicle casually exceeding your top speed? That seems like a headache if your city is tailored for bikes.

>>28695714
*isn't

Can I be lazy and paint this or do I need to clean off the light surface rust first

Went to change a fuse for the first time on my truck after my gauge lights stopped working, and noticed that the previous owner had them in a different configuration. Any reason why that would be?
>>28696308
Def clean it off

>>28696314
Alright pal. You win

>>28696325
Burfect

current going price for a BMW X3 2012? my dipshit brother bought one even though he's meant to be poor

>>28692745 (OP)
I am now the proud owner of a 2017 2.0 TFSI Audi A5. It has 75k miles. Are there any things that i should keep in mind when it comes to taking care of this car other than possible oil consumption, yearly oil changes and 5 year timing belt changes?

>>28696314
>Any reason why that would be?

Because he's a fucking idiot that doesn't know what fuses are for and why you shouldn't put a higher amperage one in.

>>28696325
Should done the best of both worlds - paint it in rust convertor. Shit's magic.

I figure this may be the best place to ask, so here goes. I bought picrel recently and was doing some research on wheel dimensions. I want to throw a set of RS Watanabes, but I'm not too sure of size that will fit. I'd like a set of classic 8 spokes. Google shows the offset is 45 mm for both an NA Miata and my car. Though the bolt pattern is slightly different. My factory tire size is a 155/80R13 with a 5 or 5.5 inch wide wheel, factory. Watanabes start at either 8 or 8.5 inch width, depending on rim. I'd like to keep the factory offset. These are seemingly popular on Miata's, so I thought I'd ask if anyone thinks or knows these will clear on my car being similar era and size.

>van has painted alloy wheels
>paint is peeling and looks like shit
>want a quick cheap fix
>not removing the tires
Thoughts on stripping them with brake fluid and then spray painting? Apparently brake fluid is good for stripping, less toxic than the real stuff, doesn't eat tires as fast, plus I already have some.

>>28692752
Depends on the car, control arms can be expensive, but for a Fiat 500 the arms are cheap but it looks like a bag of dicks to replace:
https://old.reddit.com/r/Justrolledintotheshop/comments/1e5raij/first_time_doing_a_lower_control_arm_on_a_fiat_500/

$835 for sway bar links and the bar it self? Why the fuck are you replacing the sway bar? Its a giant fucking spring that never goes bad.

>>28692800
you need new pads and rotors yet again after you fix whatever fucked things up that badly. is a shim sticking out of something? If you take it off you should be able to figure out what is wrong due to the gap between the two groves. are all 4 brakes like that or only 1 wheel?

>>28692817
always clean and relube the caliper pins when doing brakes

>>28693226
what specs. part numbers would be on a dealer's parts website
https://parts.mazdausa.com/

>>28693742
>>28694696
https://www.amazon.com/Glass-Polishing-Compound-60150-Capacity/dp/B007460F7Q

>>28693770
My M12 inflator is fine, the sensor in it is surprisingly fast to respond. It inflated stroller tires in like one second, and i'm surprised it didnt explode them.

>>28693901
>chinkshit for poors

>>28694309
why the fuck do you need to lift your tires up in the air

>>28696906
brake fluid is good at fucking up paint and turning it in to goo, i've never hear it being a good paint stripper

>>28692745 (OP)
>California plates on the white merc
>RHD car in USA
>must be over 25 years old
>Must be a weeblet jdm car
>very far in from right side lane line must be a small car
>can't even see the hood so could be mid engined
Autozam az-1

I just had snow tires balanced and mounted on my steelies today, and noticed that the car now pulls a little to the right, not a whole lot but I'm annoyed considering the car didn't feel out of alignment beforehand.

How common is this with small tire shops like the one I went to? What could the tech possibly have done to mess with the steering geometry when taking off then putting on the wheels? Also they charged $80 cash, is that about standard?

>>28696957
Anon >>28692788 got it already. Shiggy. I should check second order replies first damn.

Alright anons I am planning to hammer out wheel bearing races in the city. I can either do it in my apt parking garage for 10 cars with decent privacy (someone may complain about the hammering), out on the curb in the hood, at an autozone, or pay $200 to rent an actual garage bay. What would you choose? I'm probably gonna do it in the garage but worried I might regret it. I guess I could leave the car on jackstands in the garage and take the hub to a shop if all goes south. Thanks.

>>28692794
Sometimes you can look up recommended maintenance items for your specific car, rarely there are intervals e.g. for timing belts.
Some parts look bad (coolant hoses cracking, plastic pressurized radiator tanks turning brown)
Some parts sound bad (belts squealing with worn tensioner, CV joints going wub-wub-wub, wheel bearings sqeauling, pinion bearings whining
Some parts feel bad (loose or worn out suspension links, tie rod ends).
Diagnosis requires intuition and investigation.
Sometimes I just like to get a car in the air so I can look at all the suspension rubber and etc. underneath.

Did my father get scammed?
He has an old Honda, key won't turn in the ignition, my guess is a stuck wafer. Ten minute fix but I wouldn't be able to visit him to fix it myself until next week.
He ended up calling a mechanic that installed a new key cylinder and now he has two keys, one for the ignition and one for the door. Got charged $400. The cylinder alone is $250 online so I'm guessing the guy charged him $150 for the new key + service. Is that how much it goes for nowadays?

>>28697089
Sounds reasonable to me

>>28697186
>can't spray some lock lube in a cylinder
>can't properly rekey a car
>reasonable

Anyone here uses the induction heater for rusty bolts and nuts? What should I look for when buying one? Are all-in-one, or the separate ones better? How much power do I really need?

>>28695214
go to napa/oreilly/autozone and ask them to diagnose it
almost certainly low voltage, my car throws ABS lamps every time you disconnect the battery
>>28695193
hes probably pointing things out in advance so you don’t come back to sue him later. but you won’t get scammed unless he does work you don’t authorize and then expect to be paid for it
>>28696454
it’s worth like $15k tops, in great condition. it’s a 13 year old disposable car, not an M series
>>28696963
putting new tires on will have different wear patterns than the previous tires. when changing tires you should probably always get an alignment. it would be like if you never rotated the tires and then at 60k miles you rotate them, the contact patch won’t be the same

>>28697335
A mechanic will just swap out the offending part for a functional one, which is what he did for a reasonable price. If you wanted to re-key the lock then you should have gone to a dedicated locksmith

>>28696927
>why the fuck do you need to lift your tires up in the air

Work. My boss insists we jack the cars up as high as we can because they're easier to work on them, but bitches if we lower them any without the tires already back on.

>>28696653
Is it really? Considering that for my roof here

>>28697493
So long as you get the loose shit off, it does wonders. Doesn't leave the nicest finish, obviously, but the rust is no longer an issue. Pic rel was after I quickly wire brushed the arch of my E39...

>>28697551
...and this was the morning after I treated it.

>>28697553
Now it just needs some paint
Grabbed a set of picrel to paint the front bumper cover of my E39
Spraymax 2k clear after that

>>28697561
And some of picrel before that

>>28697561
>>28697569
It needed filler first if anything. The rust made the surface of the panel look like the surface of the moon. Still, I sold it the next day, so the final details were down to the new owner. I doubt they did it.

Found a pretty rare 6 speed extended cab 2015 Colorado here, for 13,800 CAD which is I don't know 10k USD. It's got 196k km (120k miles), is this kind of mileage concerning for a truck? I have only ever bought one car before, a 2007 mazda3 with a 5 speed and that was 10 years ago my first car it had basically the same miles as this one 191k km and It has 400k now and it's time is almost up. But for trucks, especially Amerishart brand ones should I be concerned with 196k km/120k miles? The truck is from out west in Canada so it has no rust, and is being sold in Ontario now. The price seems pretty good, and the manuals are really rare. I just don't want to buy a heap that needs a bunch of work soon. It's got all new pads/rotors, new tires and winter tires seems like a steal of a deal.

Is 78-80C(172-176F) coolant temperature normal for a 2016 2,5L NA skyactiv engine? Oil temp goes up to 90 and I know later models had stuck thermostat problem but I've changed the thermostat and still same temp. i kinda doubt that the sensor is fucked because in graph mode it showed no saw teeth.In some forum someone said that its normal if you're using RON 95 fuel but that seems silly?

>>28697591
Now I know what that filler + primer is for
Paint just came in the mail. Now I gotta order and wait for some Spraymax 2k or just say fuck it and use the Spectral 1k

>>28697622
It’s probably fine, but its a 10 year old truck that will have 10 year old truck problems. You’ll start to have issues with random components that need replacing, probably not much different than your Mazda. For a beater truck that’s not a terrible price, but be prepared for things that will come up.

>>28697379
how often are you going to use this?

you can get away with using a blowtorch if you’re only using it once

>>28697551
>>28697553
Thanks for the write up and photos. I guess I could absolutely do that route, especially on a cheap truck.

>>28697675
>how often are you going to use this?
I have 2 old cars and I also plan to work together with my friend who also has old shitboxes

>>28697671

I just got back from test driving it and man was it awkward as fuck. Completely different than my mazda, I mean that's a given it's a light truck or whatever but I didn't think it would be that different. The transmission felt so loose, the throw between gears was crazy, 1st and 2nd gear were totally useless and it was just so awkward, it had a pedal parking brake so you have 4 pedals in the wheel well and no dead pedal to rest your foot on comfortably. The clutch felt weird as fuck, I don't know if it was like just worn out and had a high throw but I couldn't feel anything from the pedal at all and embarrassingly stalled it twice turning left at an intersection. The bite just seemed high and their was zero feedback from the pedal or engine or drivetrain. My shitty fucking 20 year old mazda felt miles better to drive, and there wasn't anything wrong with the truck it rode fine it was just super awkward I don't know. Maybe manual trucks are just like that, but I just did not like driving it. I am sure I would get use to it, it's a good price...it has all new brakes, tires and even comes with winters. The truck is from out west so no rust.

How long do I have to wrench for before I can stop thunderpunching cars? My hands are completely beat to shit and have cuts that hurt if they're even brushed by my hair.

>>28697980
Buy milwaukee M12 impact wrenches, and it'll prevent that from happening on a lot of fasteners. also start using penetrating oil

>>28698058
wear cut resistant gloves
>>28698058
there's an m12 impact that came out a year or two ago that has the same torque as their mid range 18v but only when you use their extra capacity batteries (iirc the 5 or 6 amp ones). pretty great for how small it is but it's still pretty expensive, give it some time and it'll drop down in price

>>28697885
probably a combination of worn shifter bushings, a worn clutch, and just a gm truck being a lot less precisely designed and engineered in general than a mazda

>>28697885
I’ve never driven a modern manual (non-semi) truck, but having huge throws sounds right for a truck, and when they wear out it’s terrible. I drove a friend’s F-100 he picked up after he DUI’d his nice truck and it was an absolute guessing game where any of the gears was.
A manual truck isn’t the performance option, it’s the poorfag option. It may have some advantages but being nice to drive isn’t one of them.

>>28697635
That sounds like a normal coolant temp. Most cars seem to have a ~190 degree thermostat.

I've decided to get one of these bad boys (an impact gun). How much power do I need? The harded thing I have to unscrew is car wheels right? And thats like about 150Nm

>>28698227
crank pulley nut is usually the highest torqued fastener on a car, assuming you're planning on touching that

>>28698234
So how much power should I go for? I see 650Nm all the way up to 2000Nm
I surprised by how cheap they are.

I deal with accidents for work and there are always modules and other electronics sticking out after the wreck. If I were a tech guy, could one repurpose some of them for other projects or are they hard coded or something for their specific purpose?

>>28698286
The vast majority of chips in automotive applications are ROM or EEPROM, so yes they're basically hard coded.
Sensors and wires, on the other hand, can be repurposed relatively easily

>>28698286
Anon, that is theft.
I'm not trying to moralise you, just saying you might get in trouble.

>>28698308
?
If you're replacing the existing (damaged) part, or the whole thing's going to a junkyard anyway, then there's no problem

>>28698310
Oh I thought something else.
This is basically what the tyres place do with our tyres right?
They put on new ones for you, the cost of labour is dirt cheap but they get to keep your old tyres and sell them second hand to ignorant customers

Have you ever traveled to another state to buy a car.

I found a really nice ride and I'm really thinking about going a state over to buy it and drive it back but idk how tf I'm gonna get there myself if nobody will give me a ride to it

>>28698339
>I'm gonna get there myself if nobody will give me a ride to it

lmao do americans really? Ever hear of public transport?

I'm in Europe, I once took the train from the continent to the UK just to buy my car, then drove it all the way back, taking the ferry and all. If I could manage it, surely you can, two different states in the usa is still the same country.

The only advice is to buy from a proffesional. You dont want to make the trip then discover nasty surprises with the product.

>>28696653
I considered it, but it's cheaper to just wire wheel it off

If I got an LSD installed in my car would it also be a good time to replace rear main seal? How about the CV axle boots? I have a very poor grasp of car anatomy.

>>28698110
>>28698132

So I did a bunch of research last night, and one thing I did find is apparently these trucks have what's called CAGS (Computer-Aided Gear Selection) Where in certain scenarios the trucks ECU will literally FORCE you to not be able to shift into 2nd or third what a fucking stupid system. I think this is maybe what was happening, but i don't know for sure as I never even looked at the dash that much driving the thin, I don't know if I saw the thing pop up as it comes up on the screen on the dash telling you to shift to 4th gear. I know I kept seeing a number 4 on the dash kinda where in an automatic it would tell you if you were in D or P etc and I only ever got the thing into 3rd gear and went into 4th gear once. I kept thinking it was just telling me what gear I was in, but I was never in that gear when I driving. Maybe that's why it felt so awful shifting sometimes, maybe it was this dumb as fuck lockout preventing me from shifting into 2nd and 3rd gear sometimes.

I don't know, probably just coping for stalling the thing and not driving it that well but still this system seems really fucking stupid, if I wanted a computer to tell me to shift or rather make me I would buy an automatic. This system seems dangerous as fuck, turning left in an intersection and you try to give it so you can turn and the computer tells you shift fucking denied shift to 4th so you have zero power?

>>28698227
>>28698238
i've had pic related for about 8 years now, used it weekly on everything from rust bucket projects to brand new cars. it has literally never failed to have enough power to remove (or break off) a fastener one single time.

>>28698339
just use an uber to get there then drive the car back. or if the distance is extreme, take a greyhound to the nearest terminal then an uber to the person's house.
make sure to ask the right questions and get the right pics before you go so you don't have to come home empty handed.

>>28698468
transmission has to come out to do rear main, and installing a differential isn't a transmission out job, so it wouldn't save any time other than not having to jack the car up a second time i guess.
CV axle repair would save a bit of time as to replace the differential you would have to unbolt the inner joint from the diff anyway. depending on how long the boots have been leaking, it may make sense to replace the entire joint or the entire axle if dirt and moisture contamination has caused damage.

>>28698589
What is the maximum torque anon?
I dont think we have the same brand over here (Im in Europe) but I will check.

>>28698605
it says "1000 Foot Pounds"
if you can get one and afford it, get it, built like an absolute beast. i've beat the shit out of it and it doesn't care at all.

>>28698605
i'm not sure where in europe you are but they're in the uk it looks like: https://www.amazon.co.uk/MILWAUKEE-Fuel-ONE-Key-Torque-2863-20/dp/B0CR5WW13F

Does this tab being bent all the way around like this mean I need to replace the entire backing plate it's mounted to?

Is it possible to also disconnect the oil pan of a manual transmission car for cleaning? (Skyactiv-D 1.5)
Pic related is the gasket and oil filter of an automatic transmission.
I cant seem to find the same for a manual transmission, leading me to believe that for such vehicules, only the oil change is possible?
But isnt there also debris that has to be removed?

>>28698339
I’ve flown to another state for a car, it’s not a big deal. Just make sure you have your ducks in a row and look the car over thoroughly so it doesn’t fug you on the drive back

>>28698913
no, since there are no clutches to wear in a manual transmission, the only debris you can really end up with are steel shavings ground off the gears, not sludge like with an auto.
there is typically a magnet buried inside the transmission that the case has to be split to clean, but if you get so much metal on it that it needs cleaning, your transmission is basically toast anyway.

Why can't (or shouldn't) you put a limited slip differential in a car (1990's era) that has anti-lock brakes?

I have yet to see a clear answer on this.

>>28699121
Who's telling you that you shouldn't?

>>28699128
I was told and have seen in vehicle options that in that era you could have one or the other but not both. Unfortunately I can't point to an exact source on any of it but a few years ago I did a deep dive on it because autism and couldn't find a clear answer and its been bugging me ever since.

>>28699136
Maybe the wheel speed sensors make the ABS get all fucktarded when the rear wheels aren't skidding like they're expected to and apply brakes in a matter that either makes a skid worse, or doesn't activate the ABS when/how it should or possibly the rapid brake pulsing fucks up the LSD?

>>28697379
this looks really useful for heat shrink

>>28699154
Maybe? It would be nice if I got a clear understanding of what exactly the problem is

do slightly used performance parts actually sell on [insert badge specific forum here]?

I've given up on my moneypit full of rust now that the drum brakes have blown, but I'm debating even unhooking the cat back to sell before scrapping it. do people buy used, or barely used upgrades?

>>28699357
You can list it and see if anyone wants it before you go through the effort of taking it off. Might as well state that you're scrapping it too somebody might want spare parts.

My "daily" is an E91 328i and my weekend car is a 996 Turbo. My wife and I have an infant and we only take her SUV when we go out of town. Would it be stupid to sell the 996 for a CTS-V wagon and the E91 for a Boxster or Cayman?

>>28699454
No, why would you do that? You said you already have a car for family hauling.

>>28694429
Check engine is just for emissions really, if your car has an obd2 port you can buy a scan tool for 15 dollars and see what the code is. It might also be a temp code, so once you've written the code down if you erase it and it doesn't come back in a short drive it was a one-time thing. Still worth looking into but may have just been an anomalous reading.

>>28693160
Because i'm emotionally attached to my car and finding interior panels with no damage is pretty much impossible.

Am I the only one that things tire shine looks like shit? It just looks sticky and once you drive it on literally anything its just going to stick out in a really ugly way.

What are the companies that make solid non chinesium floor jacks
My requirements would be
>Not chink slop
>European since im in located in europe
>Have foot pedal
preferably low profile
I was just changing wheels on my dads car and my new bigred 2,5ton jack just made a noice i really dont like.
prior to that ive had a small 2ton big red jack that broke on me as picrel.

now i dont know if the sound ive heard to day is anything to be worried but i wanna look for alternatives just in case

>>28699827
actually cleaning your tires > tire shine

>>28692745 (OP)
based in europe. which used car <15k euros will offer the most comfortable ride? can be with air suspension or smth. dont need huge/long car. prefer comfort,reliability and cheap maintenance. is lexus and mercedes are only choices? dont care that much about badge. roads are half of the time fucked and im so fucking tired of feeling every crack and bump in my ass and spine. btw - needs to be petrol and automatic to be available

>>28692745 (OP)
my 93 f-250 auto trans feels like its in neutral when I select D but is fine when I put it in first then drive. drives normal when the transmission is hot. plz help

>>28699121
the answer to this question depends on how many wheels ABS is able to independently control.
lets also assume that when the LSD is locked or coupled, that both wheels on that axle will turn the same speed. let’s also assume the axle will lock semi-randomly for this thought exercise, though you can study LSD dynamics to know it will only lock in certain instances

first let’s consider an axle where you have an LSD, with 2 channel ABS. if that axle starts to skid, ABS will limit the brake pressure on both wheels, and depending on slip level, may do so independently across each wheel. if the LSD is locked, then both wheels will turn at the same speed, so R/L brake torque distribution is not possible. this could be problematic if one wheel can achieve a higher torque than the other due to weight transfer or the road surface. chances are, your ABS system is calibrated to understand that the axle behaves a certain way, and adding an LSD will break many of those baseline applications.

now lets consider the situation where you have only the axle speed, common in 90s cars. side-to-side regulation is not possible, so you end up at an axle-level slip regulation. at this point you’re indifferent to the LSD state, because you’re not controlling to the wheel level anymore, so whether the axle is locked or not doesn’t really matter.

you can get very into the weeds on reference speed calculation in both cases, as the locked axle will always appear to be spinning more slowly than the unlocked axle. so your reference can actually undershoot the true body speed (corruption)

I think the short answer is, unless your vehicle was manufactured with an ABS/LSD variant, the calibrations will be wrong, and you probably have to choose one or the other. That’s not to say you couldn’t, but the ABS behavior could end up being worse than stock.

>>28699976
Change the transmission fluid and filter

>>28698823
Bump

Thoughts on the Chevy 2.5l Ecotec LCV engine in the Canyons/Colorado's? They reliable enough to make it high mileage? Looking at a Colorado with 190k km/120k miles just don't want to buy it at the end of it's life.

How long does oil last in non climate controlled storage?
>grab a case off the garage shelf for the shitbox
>July 2019 on the bottle

>>28699976
>>28699983
Do not do this. It's probably the original fluid in the transmission and all the particulate in the fluid is acting as a friction modifier and it's the only reason it moves at all. I've seen it dozens of times - if you put fresh fluid in it it won't move afterwards. You either run it as is until it won't move anymore and rebuild the transmission then, or you rebuild the transmission now. That's your only options.

>>28693110
For sure, homie. Just gotta hit up x to the z to have west coast customs give you a pimped out ride

>>28700343
>expirarion date
>OF AN OIL
bro, stop injecting gasoline in your veins

>>28700378
The guzzolene burns so good, though. Witness me

>>28699454
You should sell both and get a cayenne turbo for year round driving

>>28700385
Eww

>>28699454
Sell the E91 for a CTS-V wagon instead and keep the 996 Turbo

>>28700408
I like the way you think

I cant afford a house because I was born near Seattle and we Amazon went and fucked this place over. Am I retarded for wanting a 45k 4runner when i still rent?

>>28700406
Panamera?

>>28699121
>>28699176
I would wonder if applying the brake on one side would mechanically slow the wheel on other side, causing abs to make it less stable instead of more

>>28699823
go for it, i think custom builds are cool. see if you can get some cheap damaged junkyard one to experiment with before you try it on your currently installed ones. if it looks good, swap them in. post pics when you're done.

>>28699976
could be the shift linkage is just screwed up so it's not engaging the gear correctly. see if you can disconnect it and manually engage the gear from underneath
>>28700348
if the thickness of the gunk is the only thing keeping it going, he likely has less than 100 miles left anyway, i'd go for it. plus you can just add lucas slip fix to make it gunky again if you want.

Give it to me straight how bad a RWD truck will be in winter? Specifically the 2015 Chevy Colorado, I live in Toronto in Canada and never really drive rural and things like that plus the winters are getting more mild here but still it can be slushy and slippery. Obviously this is with winter tires, I am coming from a 20 year old FWD mazda3 with no traction control as well.

>>28700658
get some decent snow tires on the back wheels, throw a couple hundred bags of sand above the rear axle, and it'll be fine.

>>28700658
you'll want to do some playing fishtailing slow in an open lot. You should be able to drive in a straight line, pass a pole or something, kick out the back end and drift a full 360 around it and go back to the straight line you were driving. If your traction control lets you do that. My 06 4runner absolutely would not allow that kind of fun, there's a wire I have to cut and install a switch on still.

>>28700674

I hear people say that's what to do, I will a lot of the time probably have a decent amount of tools in the back of the truck anyways. plus the roads get plowed pretty good. The truck I plan on buying comes with a set of all seasons and a set of winter tires as well on some cheerful aluminum wheels. I will check how good the winters are, if they are half decent I may spend the money for some Blizzak DMV-2s to put on the rear drive wheels and keep the keep the decent winters on the front to save a few bucks as the Blizzaks are pretty pricey but maybe I will just do all 4 if the winters are not the best that come with it.

>>28700725

Yeah, I have never driven or owned a 2wd vehicle before while I have driven f150s in 2wd mode outside of winter but that hardly counts. I think it would be good to get a feel for fishtailing, how to correct the oversteer etc and a general feel for driving. It's gonna be a standard 6 speed so, that should aid a bit in the control aspect of driving.

>>28700734
>Blizzak DMV-2
doesn't look too bad, just remember the narrower the better for snow tires. I prefer studs myself just for the extra audio feedback when I'm losing traction. I learned snow driving with a 68 malibu with an open diff, which has a little better weight distribution than the colorado but obviously zero traction control. Understeer extra sucks in the winter, I've never run rear snows only, always 4 corners.

>>28700756

It would be all 4 winter tires, just based on what brand/how the winter tires look that come with the truck are gonna affect my decision. If they are a good decent brand with good tread/only a couple years old I will run those. But I may still end up putting some nice new really good ones on the rear to just give the truck the best chance it can have but regardless it's going to have winters all around.

The headlights on my 150cc chinese zuma clone shitbox scooter suddenly started cutting out randomly while riding today. They just cut off and came back for a few seconds and cut back off over and over.
Hitting bumps didnt trigger it or make them come back. Only fuse is the glass one by the battery tested good and isnt loose or bad connection.
Throttle input made no difference, no highbeam when it does this despite seperate bulbs for them. Nothing looks or smells burn, nothing loose and all lamps good.
This was just the headlights no other lights on it did anything when this happened.
What else should i check?

>>28700658

You guys only drive like 35mph on the highway up there and with winter tires and all the nanny stuff on gm cars youll be fine with just some sand bags in the back.

>>28700549
i mean if you plan to camp, go offroading with it, or like the extra space its not a bad purchase
if youre just looking for a car to get you around a rav4 is a better purchase.

idk what your job prospects look like out there but ask yourself if youll buy a house in the next 3-4 years, or relocate and need to buy a house, or whatever. i wouldnt buy an expensive car just before applying for a mortgage solely because it can be good to have more cash on hand

>>28700919
bust out the multimeter and start checking points in the circuit for continuity. if the fuse didn’t blow, it’s probably because you have an intermittent open

>>28692745 (OP)
Hey /o/, I was attempting to help my friend get his car started and I'm wondering if this terminal is the likely culprit. His car suddenly stopped starting the other day, and when he went to check his battery the positive post was corroded to hell. After cleaning it up, pic related is what it looked like. It's loose but the dome lights came on. Before attempting it earlier, I held the terminal to the post as tight as it could go with a pair of pliers while he turned the key. When we would try to start it, it made a single flubby click from under the battery tray (what would normally be under a battery tray?) and didn't start. Was I retarded to rule out the terminal in this case? Like is it so damaged that even using vice grips to bridge the connection wouldn't work? I checked all the related fuses and relays and they weren't damaged and clicked when the ignition was engaged.

>>28700976
Also I should add, his battery had a good reading when he hooked it up to his battery maintainer and he was able to get it jump started to get home after it wouldn't start the other day.

What rust proofing should I get on this Colorado I plan to buy? It's a 2015, from western Canada BC so the rust is pretty minimal right now and I want to keep it that way. Their is a popular chain here called Krown, but people say they drill all kinds of holes and shit in your doors and also the coating they use can swell and wreck rubber bushing and gaskets etc.

>>28700958
I have about 90k saved up, even a gay little townhouse is like 600k here. Yeah, camping and off roading is what I mainly want. Was looking at a taco but have no reason to seeing as I dont need a truck bed. I make about 120k a year which isnt great. No promotion for a few years

>>28700965

Such a weird thing to just randomly do, guess itll have to wait untill my next day off so i can pull this pos back apart.
Ready to just buy a name brand japanese scooter.

>>28700976
Why even ask? A terminal costs $5 and takes one bolt to replace, do you just need validation and to be told what to do?

>>28700653
I've seen them go to like 210k on the original fluid before the guts are gone, and they usually start acting up at 125-150k

>>28701007
I had a truck that had ziebart coatings when it was new. They do drill holes to be able to put the applicator wands in and then cap them with plastic plugs. 20 years later the body was in excellent condition, but the frame was rotten
because lol Japanese boxed frame
If you don't want holes drilled in it you can get a fluid film sprayer with the gallon jug and undercoat it yourself, but you won't be able to get inside the rockers to prevent them from rusting from the inside

>>28699983
>>28700348
it looks like the fluid was changed not long before I got the truck. ive put about 6k miles on it and didnt have any issues until recently
>>28700653
I'll try this

>>28701144
most likely its because of cheap wiring that fails due to stress, or corrosion, or both. once you find the failure, it will probably be a $3 fix with big box store wire, but finding it will be difficult

>>28701029
rav4 is justasgood for camping and almostasgood for offroading
And you can get one for sub-$5k
Recommend you get one, drive it for a season, and if you think the upgrade is really worth it, sell it and buy the forty five thousand dollar toy next year

>>28701029
$120k is good but not great for the area. honestly i would suggest relocating. you could try to parlay relocation into a promotion + relocation stipend + house purchase, and probably still be able to afford the 4R. you might not get a raise or have to take a paycut though, but if your COL goes down enough it might still feel like a raise. $120k in metro detroit would put you solidly in the middle class.

Regardless, the 4R will be a good purchase if you use it as a 4WD. It will maintain its value because of the toyota tax, so you’ll always have an offramp to sell it if you decide you dont like it.

Shitty h4 reflector type bulbs do not light up the road enough, what is a CLEAN upgrade? I ran a relay and 100 watt bulbs which did the job but burnt the reflectors and fogged up the lenses in a few years

>>28701681
use OEM bulbs, make sure your lenses are clean, unfogged, and most importantly aimed correctly. if you're going to do some abomination LED chinkshit, at least do it only to your high beams and leave low beams OEM

>>28694413
>my commute range for most of the places I travel to is around 4 miles
You could walk that or a pedal bike in ten minutes. Plus has fitness benefits.

my neighbor his being very annoying and I'm about to tell him to fug off. A few months ago I changed the engine coolant temperature sensor on his ~2015 chev suburban. The radiator fans weren't turning off and the gauge was pegged at the low end. It fixed it, now it's doing it again. It stops when I reset the battery and comes back apparently, eventually. I wouldn't think it could be the thermostat since it's throwing code faults and a stuck open thermostat should just be a cooler engine, not something where the fans stay on even after the car turns off the and the temp is pegged at COLD. I'm done doing free labor for this dude but from what I gather, it's probably not the thermostat and the only thing left could be a bad harness connector...harness...or ECU or a ground idk? I've read people changing the tstat, the sensor, the harness pigtail / connector and it still comes back. I'm about to tell him it has 200k miles, what do you expect, take it to the mechanic. Anyone have experience with this problem?

>>28693230
you drive it up on ramps / low profile ramps so you can get the jack there...it sucks but it's what I do.

>>28700348
You're a retard. Breakfast on your fastest car's engine. Right now.

>>28701867
I have to use RACE RAMPS to get a jack under my BMWs

>>28701307
Sorry, that was kinda obtuse on my part. Basically I meant to ask if the terminal was that fucked, would the vise grip trick even work? I'm gonna go up and replace it for him later, just don't wanna give him false hope that it'll fix the problem.

>>28701868
Best I can do.
And you've clearly never worked on obs fords.

>>28701926
Don't even know what an obsford is
You clearly know nothing about transmissions THOUGHitsoeverbe

>>28701862
I guess could an intermittently failing thermostat throw the code and cause it to fuck up…? Stays open for too long once and throws it into the mode where the fans stay on until you reset it…
But he’s trying to get me to change it? Am I being the dick here ? It looks like an easy job but come on. He buys his kid an expensive luxury car new but won’t take his to the mechanic and tries to get work out of me

>>28701862
don't rely on the gauge, they're basically idiot lights. use a scantool with live data to read the actual temperature the computer thinks it is. also many cars have a different temp sensor for the gauge and for the computer. make sure you're replacing the correct one.
also, why on earth are you helping someone with their car for free when you don't want to? tell him to fuck off.

>>28699959
up

>>28692745 (OP)
To the haters from the last thread, I have bought a 2zz car for $1800. Also Is it normal for first gear to stall without throttle? Im learning manual by myself because my father left to go get milk and the videos usually say if you ease into the clutch you can roll but from what I've been doing I cannot keep the car going without getting at least 2k rpm from a standstill.

>>28702126
usually the IAC will kick up the idle if you let off the clutch slowly, possibly that's malfunctioning or there is a general lack of power from needing a tune up. revving to 2k at startup is a bit high but nothing crazy for a small engine.
do you know anyone at all maybe a coworker or neighbor that can drive a stick that could take you around the block in it and tell you if it feels normal?

>>28702126
>Is it normal for first gear to stall without throttle?
How slowly are you letting go of it?
You should be able to get it to creep forward with the clutch partially let out but a 2zz has 0 torks so it probably wouldn't like to idle in gear with the clutch fully released.

Car has a scraping noise when moving and turning the wheel left, varies in loudness. The noise seems to get quieter or sometimes disappear while braking as I turn left. Got the car in the air, nothing appeared to be loose or out of order, and i couldn't duplicate the sound.
What do you think br/o/s, what could the noise be? I would assume something brake related.
>2004 Park Avenue

Car started to run out of gas and i had to drive it to the nearest gas station. Stalled 5 times at one light and i feel like ending it all
>>28702154
The friend who drove the car back with me is gonna be busy for the next week so im on my own
>>28702155
I am going as slowly as I physically can but maybe im not going slow enough

>VAG wants $1300 for a new LED headlight assembly
honestly considering swapping the high beams with one of those janky LED conversion kits and keeping the halos for the low beams at this point

>>28699166
That's because you don't understand how induction heaters work. Just stick with a lighter.

>>28702224
if your friend drove it back with no problem, i think it's just your technique. just keep at it anon, i've been showing my 15 year old son how to drive a stick and he's still struggling on initial takeoff 4 sessions in.
once you get it, it clicks and it gets a lot easier, like remember when you were learning to ride a bike, you kept falling and then one time it just clicked and you were able to keep it going?
my advice is to rev high and let the clutch out slow at first, resist the urge to dump the clutch once you hit the bite point, that'll give you the inertia and cushion to get going. once you've mastered a basic takeoff you can fine tune your skill with lower rev and faster engagement, but don't worry about that at first.
you can do it anon, i have faith in you

>>28702234
what is wrong with your existing headlight assembly?

>>28702192
is the noise frequency tied to the rotation of the wheels, or the rotation of the steering wheel?

>>28702259
Theyre Halogens and pretty dim

>>28702262
Little bit of both, seems like. But mostly it depends how fast the wheels are rotating.

>>28702279
well tied to wheel rotation, my guess would be a pad falling apart and making contact, a warped rotor making contact, a bent dust shield making contact, or a dislodged click or other debris making contact.
tied to steering my guess would be a ball joint, tie rod, or something in the rack itself.

>>28702256
Thanks for the advice, I think ive been subconsciously letting of the clutch as soon as i feel the engagement which is the problem.

Thoughts on Bluetooth OBD scanners? Looking into pic related but open to suggestions.

Namely looking for something that will let me log and export my data.

>>28697387
Trackeranon
TY I didn't know they offered that as a service

Is comprehensive coverage worth it on a vehicle worth 14k CAD? That's like just over 10k USD I think. In my case, the difference is only going to be going from 160 bucks a month to 184 bucks a month. I think for 24 bucks, comprehensive with a 500 deductible is not too bad no? A little bit of piece of mind for 25 bucks seems decent to me.

Best oil filters or are you pretty safe getting any of them that don't have some economy or econo or some form of poorfag shit in the name?

>>28702602
i always buy oem filters

>>28702534
Good one

>>28702295
Hmm, well, I noticed the brake rotors had that ridge on the outer edge. I didnt figure that would cause my issue, since it only happens when turning to the one side. Might just do a brake job anyway and see if that fixes it.

>>28702602
>>28702612
I ONLY use HENGST filters in my BMWs

>>28702598
how damaging would it be to you financially if you lost 14k cad tomorrow? if the answer is moderately to extremely, get insurance, if the answer is not much at all, skip it

>>28702602
project farm tested them. if i recall correctly napa gold and wix scored the best. usually you can't go wrong with oem filters as well. just whatever you do skip fram.

What are the best bang for your buck tires? I know that tires aren't something you want to cheap out on, but I don't want to over spend either.

>>28702776
Vredestein

>>28702783
I don't live in Europe, I live in Canada.

>>28702776
Used tires or ling long off ebay

>>28702836
Are you sure that used tires are fine to use? Especially used winter tires?

>>28702883
yea

>>28702895
I'll look into it I guess

>>28700549
>4runner
You obviously don't care about cars. Just get something cheap.

>>28701681
Phillips or Osram halogens are are good. The phillips ones are better but less available.

>>28702598
The real killer is how much they'll actually value your car at. Insurance companies LOVE to lowball the fuck out of old cars, price them based on something mega clapped.

>>28702776

Probably the cheapest name brand tires you can find, no chinese LingLongs or Flaming Dragon shit ever. If your talking about car tires, like some can be so cheap and still be name brand why are you going to buy Chinese ones to save 20 dollars a tire.

>>28702833
I live in murica and ONLY use MICHELINs on my BMWs, and VREDESTEINs on the others

>>28702776
Probably Linglong. They're an OEM supplier for Dacia, iirc.

>>28702776
tyrereviewsDOTcom

>>28701803
I just changed the headlight assemblies to brand new ones a few days ago, lenses are clear now. Unfortunately only one barrel headlamp so can't do the split
>>28702905
I'll check these out thankd

>>28701803
Ofc I'll aim them, they are a little off. Now running stock 55/60 watters

Fluid film or Krown for rust proofing? I hear Krown can mess up your rubber boots and stuff?

>>28702256
I went out again and I am a lot better at not stalling getting into first. The problem is that it takes 3 business days for me to find the clutch engagement point and then slowly give it enough revs to get going. How are you supposed to take off at a reasonable speed without screeching the wheels? I very slowly find where the clutch starts engaging and then rev it to 2k while keeping my clutch pedal in place and thats barely enough to keep the car moving when the revs begin to fall but whenever I try to go a little faster or with higher rpm, I immediately stall out or i end up burning some rubber. Another question I have is it ok to start banging the gears after 1st? I know the 2zzs whole thing is revving and I am shifting at around 4-5k seemingly without issue but I don't want to blow up the clutch more than I already have.

>>28703818
Just keep driving and first gear will become much more natural as you develop the muscle memory for where your clutch grabs.

Need a city car that I would also drive in 100km/h (that's 60 miles an hour) roads frequently.

My budget is 9000€ in installments.

Options are a Kia Picanto 2015 with 70k kilometers (45k miles) for a bit over 8000€ or a Volkswagen Up 2013 with 82k kilometer (51k miles) for almost 9000€.

Thoughts?

Why do more cars not use boxer engines? Seems like a really good engine type.

>>28703995
my guess is that the inline 4 is an overall less complicated to produce and cheaper to manufacture for most companies. The only reason porsche and subaru use them is probably due to legacy.

>>28704004
It seems like in the performance car range there would be more attempts at it, though. Boxer-6 seems like an awfully convenient size package while having perfect primary and secodary balance, plus a lower center of gravity. Feels like cars would gain a lot by using both a dry sump and a boxer engine in tandem.

>>28703995
Eleventy billion foot long timing belt

>>28704047
I mean is that a big of an issue if the engine is overall reliable, which at least some boxer engines seem to be.

>>28704004
Legacy is Subaru but Porsche is just a tradition.
>>28703995
It has advantages in weight distribution and balance, but an online 4 or especially 6 teams to be balanced enough as to not make a difference, and the inline typically will weigh less overall so it's a reasonable trade with a bit more of that weight sitting slightly higher. The big drawback is in cost and maintenance -- two banks of cylinders, two sets of manifold, two head gaskets, and for dohc two sets of camshafts (& related tensioners, sensors, phasers, etc.) also look into bore scoring - residual fuel pooling on the bottom of the cylinder fucking shit up whereas in an upright layout that fuel would drop into the oil pan and not be enough to cause any issues. Was a big problem for Porsche for some years.

I have a 2011 BMW 335i I just bought and am getting body work done on it at the moment. It was running fine when I got it a few weeks ago, but now it won't start. Called to have a battery put in via AAA, and they tested it and said it was fine. Guy claimed it was the starter with sheer confidence. I am not familiar with BMWs and their fearures, but the info center states there is a discharge and would be disconnecting the battery to save it's charge. I took a half assed look and pictured is the starter.

It don't seem like the starter would be the issue, but I dunno. I've had startwrs go out, but they clicked multiple times. This car "clicks" once after priming the fuel pump and does nothing more. I have an N55 under the hood and no check engine or idiot lights. Would the guy be correct in his assertion?

>>28704104
Didn't Porsche solve that with recent engines?

>>28704137
When my 25 year old BMW wouldn't start it turned out to be the fuel pump. I tested the pressure at the fuel rail and it was very low, turns out there's a plastic hose built into the pump module and that had cracked.

Hey cockfags, do any of you guys know about car audio and can help me out with something? I came across this Quinn Accoustics set in a Bassworx box a while ago:

> Get pic related for free from a friend who got it from a friend who got it from a... (etc)
> Don't give a shit about BIG THUMPIN' BASS (my car rattles enough just from driving it) and I don't know shit about car audio
> Take it to work so a coworker can test it for me in his truck, it seems to work fine
> Leave it in the warehouse for a few days
> Another coworker has asked me about it a couple times

Basically, what's it worth? I get the feeling the other guy wants to buy it but I also get the feeling that he's been hurting for money a bit lately. If I could sell it for $X in general than I'd take that price and knock a huge chunk off and offer it to him at a discount. If its only worth like $50-$100 I'd probably just give it to him though.

All I've been able to find out is that it used to be a store brand for some car stereo website and that it's "entry level". Thank you for any insight you can provide.

>>28703818
>>28703818
>>28702224

You have clutch fear, very normal for a first time driver. You fear the clutch and what it does to the engine when the revs start to drop and it bogs and so you add more throttle everyone does it.

>I am going as slowly as I physically can but maybe im not going slow enough

There is your problem, going too slow and you will just ask the engine to stall especially some little 4 bangers and stuff. My advice would be to go in some parking lot and find whats called the biting point of the clutch. Put your clutch in all the way and slowly let it out, and at some point you will feel the car start to buck down let it out, then do it again, and again. Find that biting point of the clutch is so crucial, it will dictate everything about driving manual. Letting the clutch out too slow and you will stall or stutter and hip and hop forward if you're lucky let it out too quick and you will pop the tires of just do a shit start. Learn that bite point, and just right at that bite point or a little further up the car will very slowly creep forward and when you feel it very slowly creep forward that is when you start adding a tiny bit of throttle. You're not trying to accelerate, you're adding just a bit of throttle like 200-300 revs maybe and that will get you going. Think of it like a teeter totter, too much weight on one side and it becomes unbalanced too much clutch not enough throttle stall or shit start or too much throttle clutch slippage or tire pops. That clutch bite point is also the key to hill starts, when you know where that bite point is you can hold the car ever so momentarily on the clutch bite point as you transfer your foot from the brake to the throttle and you won't slide back. Everything your experiencing is normal, I stalled my way through a major intersection for so long the light went from green to red semi-trucks and shit honking at me stalled at least 5 times with my dad laughing at me in the passenger seat.

>>28704137

Am I the only one that sees a big crack forming on that starter?

What's the best place to look for used tires online or in person?

>>28704305

My car also reeked of clutch for a day or two after that I just dumped the clutch at like 3k rpm to get out of the intersection. I didn't have many more instances after that, but to give you reference I still drive the same car 10 years later on the same clutch and adding over 180k km to the car on that same clutch. Car has nearly 400k km now, possibly on the original clutch as I bought it at about 190k and it had no reports of a clutch being put in. So there's room for wear and tear with the clutch, unless it was totally dogged by the previous owner. So don't worry too much about those initial couple weeks of getting the hang of the car.

>>28704312

I would never ever buy used tires online, in person only ever. Used tires have kinda become a scam where I am now to be honest, they want like 120 dollars for a used tire you can go buy a brand new one for that price or 20 dollars more sure you might pay a mounting fee but still a brand new tires. I have bought used tires a lot, and honestly sometimes it's okay but at this point I think I would buy new unless it's something I know i'm getting rid of soon.

One major piece of advice though, if you do go to a used tire place you HAVE to ask to see the tires. Go ask to see the tires in your size, they will usually have some racks and look at a few. They might have a couple sets but it's kinda rare to get all 4 of the exact same ones to be honest. Try to pick like a pair of the same tires for say your fronts get a pair and the rears get a pair it's not the end of the world to have two different sets of tires. But regardless, you HAVE to look at the DOT code on the tire it will be 4 digits and tell you when the tire was made. It will look something like 4721. The 47 meaning the 47th week and the 21 being 2021 so the tire was made in the 47th week of 2021. Try to get the newest tires with the best tread you can find. I wouldn't recommend anything older than like 5-6 years honestly. If you don't do any of this, they are just going to put whatever the fuck they want on your car some 10 year old hard a hockey puck all seasons.

>>28704305
Ill go out tomorrow, try to find the biting point, and burn it into memory. When I went out to the parking lot to practice my starts, I got a couple or so smooth starts with 0 bogging so I think I know what I'm aiming for. The throttle is also so much more touchy than my daily so its been hard for me to even rev it to only 1k some times.
>>28704313
This was a 1800 dollar car with 278k miles on it sold by a mexican who was title hopping it so I'm not too confident on how long the clutch has.

>>28703818
practice finding the bite point. sit parked, let out the clutch very very slowly just untl the engine starts to bog a little (but don't let it out enough at it kills it), this is your bite point. once you start bogging the engine push the clutch pedal back in and do it over and over again until you learn the feel of the bite point.
once you have that down practice adding in a little bit of gas. resist the urge to dump the clutch, continue letting it out very slowly even as you add gas. see if you can get the car moving just a little bit, then push the clutch back in so it doesn't stall. keep working at this until you master the feel of the clutch.

>>28701997
it's a 2015 suburban and it only has the one ECT sensor iirc. I might help him this one last time and then tell him to fuck off. The t-stat is a 30 minute job and there's no gasket bullshit to deal with, just an O-ring.
Annoying fucking neighbor.
>>28703635
fluid film is good stuff. as is cavity wax. I have a bunch of extra, wish I could give it away baka.

>>28704318
I'll keep all of this in mind. Thanks for the in depth response, anon.

>>28703818
practice finding the bite point without applying any gas. eventually muscle memory will kick in and you can do it quickly and apply gas at the same time.
if you're pivoting your ankle to move the clutch, don't do that. LIFT your foot up off the floorboard. I used to do this when I was first learning and it was retarded (don't know if anyone else did this).
At this point you just need practice.

>>28704895
Not him but also learning manual, why not use your ankle to pivot the pedal? Is it 'cause clutches typically have longer travel than gas/brake pedals?

a sampling from the /o/ catalog

which one of you is this
How did one car completely buck-break an entire board?
as someone who live a walkable city
I hate these niggas like you wouldn’t believe.
What's your excuse?:
What went wrong?
What went wrong? How would you fix them?
What's stopping me from buying one of these
What went wrong?
Based or cringe
They fucking took this from you

>>28705121
wear different shoes and realize you suddenly can't drive because it feels significantly different, or you can't pivot, or for many other reasons. I.e. smooth bottom loafers might slip suddenly as well...
I did this early on, then tried to wear my workboots or cowboy boots, and shit was not fun. Even normal tennis shoes that were different than the ones I learned on gave me difficulty.

Does driving at high rpms for long periods of time(highway speeds)cause damage?
Context: my 1.6L shitbox has a rather short geared transmission so when I am going 150km(yes its legal) per hour im at 4k rpms on 6th gear. Redline is 6.5k+.
Also does the engine power/size matter when it comes to a cars maximum speed or is it all about gear ratios?(assuming same redline)

>>28705205
If it can actually hit redline, then it's not being held back by engine size. If it can't...well there you go.
4k isn't great but a lot of jap shitboxes cruise there at 80 mph and as long as it isn't overheating you're probably fine. Just do regular oil changes, not 10k mile ones.
>1.6L
it's a miata isn't it

>>28705163
I see, makes sense.

Does brembo make a caliper for a 230mm rotor?

I really want an mr2 sw20 as a project/track car but i don't even have a garage or anything.

>>28705840
Thanks for sharing

Fairly certain this gets asked a lot but every single conversation I've seen on manual transmission is talking about how to get the car moving and accelerating, but never how to slow down and bring it to a stop.
Is it normal to just shift it into neutral and come to a full stop from any gear?
How do I know when to downshift like coming to a corner where I know I wont need to come to a full stop but still need to keep giving it gas

I drive an old nugget from the early 90's and i decided to wash the oil from the bottom of the engine with a high pressure hose.
It already had electrical issues but the day after washing it I was driving and lost all power and smelt electrical smoke, I turned the ignition off put it in park and it started right right back up.

I have since located the smell to the relay box pulled that apart, wd40'd it and checked for water.
The car now occasionally loses power but not all power.
I have checked ground points, battery connections and had a general look around the engine but any other ideas as to what I should check as ill be looking under the car tomorrow . Thanks

>>28705953
technically you're never supposed to have it in neutral when the car is moving, you can fail a driving test if you do.
practically on a normal stop you let off the gas and start braking, when the slows to the point the rpm drops too low (say around 1200 rpm), you push in the clutch. at this point you can either shift through the gears from highest to first as you're slowing with the clutch pedal engaged, or just say fuck it and slow to a stop in neutral or in high gear with the clutch in, it really doesnt matter to the car

>>28705840
That's not a question, but it is stupid and doesn't deserve it's own thread so I guess this is as good a place as any to post it.

>>28696906
I used brake fluid to clean off spray paint on motorbike plastics.
Wouldn't recommend it with how minimally it helped, I just used an orbital sander and some loose sandpaper to better effect.

How bad will i fuck up new sets of tires if i have them put on before storing my cars for winter? Better to just put some shitty tires for them to sit on for 4 months?

>>28692745 (OP)
don't really have a question, just want to post some rage.

>>28692745 (OP)
I am looking at used nissan quashais and several of them have dashboard covered in tiny scratched? What gives?
Is it just the material is scratched easily? I have neve seen this before

How retarded am I for wanting to get a hot hatch and lifting it as a daily driver in the mountains, instead of getting a crossover or SUV like most people here?

Why are decent wheels so expensive? A set of 4 plus 4 tires is nearly 10% the worth of my car

>>28705228
Nope it's a BMW

>>28706431
it could leave dents in the tires. would be best if you put the car on jackstands so little to no weight is on the tires. if you must do this inflate the tires to 50-60psi first.

>>28706531
>you manually put it in drive

>>28706579
in the lenses? it happens when detailers clean them with paper towels. just use this and they'll look new

>>28706632
Its even worse for us brokies. A good used set of rims and the cheapest new non linglong tires cost about 35% of the value of my car

>>28706670
Ok thanks

Does brembo make a caliper for a 230mm rotor?

Does pirelli make good tires?

>>28706663
I could put them both on stands. I was just planning to put some shitty tires on them to sit for winter, but will look into it. 1, 1.5, or 2 ton?

>>28705786
>>28706738
>>28705205
No.
>>28706786
>>28706631
Yes.

DOES BREMBO MAKE A CALIPER FOR A 230MM ROTOR FOR A CAR?

Alcantara steering wheels: Y/N?

I found out earlier that one of my sway bar links shit the bed and that's why I've been hearing noise while turning when stopped/going slow. I also need to get winter tires put on.

Are these both things you should get an alignment after? If so, I'm gonna try to find one shop that can do both together.

how can i swear more aggressively at the car im working on so the job gets done faster?

examples appreciated

>>28706913
for me it was gutroral, primeval roars of frustration and desperation as i tried to get my steering box in place. holy fuck that cunt was heavy. the relief one gets after holding in a gigantic shit for so long doesn't compare to the relief felt once i was able to thread a bolt in

>>28706950
>gutroral
guttoral*