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[AlwaysFSX]

28 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

If I had a huge SUV I'd rather have a higher displacement lower stressed motor if I had the choice. The 3.5 wouldn't be a deal breaker for me if I was in the market for something like this. Just odd that you have that choice on the 2018 F-150 but not the 2018 Expedition

 

I can understand where Ford is coming from, just odd

Frankly the 3.5 isn't like typical puny car engines hopped up and put in to situations they shouldn't be in. So I'm fairly confident it's not that stressed. Besides, you're rarely ever running anywhere near full tilt in the first place. 99% of the time the engine is under stressed.

 

The other thing is the F-150 needs to be flexible for buyers with different needs. The Expedition does not, there's one target demographic.

[Speedyv]

4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

right now it's supposed to hit 108 today. it's the end of august, i'm expecting fall weather by now.

WTF it's 69 rn and a high of 74... 

[techswede]

3 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Yeah I didn't believe in the hype after the Mayweather v. Pacquiao disappointment. 

I don't follow boxing much. Mostly just watched this because they got some boxing in my UFC  

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, Speedyv said:

WTF it's 69 rn and a high of 74... 

It's already 80 fucking 7 degrees over here. The valley fucking sucks in terms of weather. It's practically northern california's desert.

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, terrytek said:

It's already 80 fucking 7 degrees over here. The valley fucking sucks in terms of weather. It's practically northern california's desert.

Two days ago the realfeel temp was around 95 and EVERYONE was complaining. Breeze was nice tbh.

[arnavvr]

Went through the MacArthur Maze Yesterday. Fucking mess. Traffic was stalled @ 10mph on Saturday at 4.

[Speedyv]

4 minutes ago, terrytek said:

It's already 80 fucking 7 degrees over here. The valley fucking sucks in terms of weather. It's practically northern california's desert.

Are you inland? It sucks cus there hasn't been a legit beach weather day this summer along the coast atleast where I live 

[vetali]

33 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Such as? I'm lost.

Nothing really on local news here, there wont be until the body count starts piling up. Thats all that matters for da clicks.

 

9 minutes ago, techswede said:

McGregor hedged too much on Mayweather's history of trouble dealing with southpaws. He was also a bit too cocky and got baited.

It was a pretty fun fight though. With the way the fight was hyped i was expecting a first or second round knockout.

Instead we got ten rounds of fighting. I'd almost say that would've been worth $49 to watch. But in the end i'm happy i got to keep my money.

Well.. Some of it anyway.. I owe a friend $20 after this..

McGregor was done after 3 rounds. Shocking he lasted 10, but Floyd is way past his prime. 

 

32 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

If I had a huge SUV I'd rather have a higher displacement lower stressed motor if I had the choice. The 3.5 wouldn't be a deal breaker for me if I was in the market for something like this. Just odd that you have that choice on the 2018 F-150 but not the 2018 Expedition

 

I can understand where Ford is coming from, just odd

Its a rebadged Navigator. The Navigator has 1 engine option. Platform is exclusive to the Navigator and Expedition, based on the F150. Not the same though. 

[terrytek]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Two days ago the realfeel temp was around 95 and EVERYONE was complaining. Breeze was nice tbh.

Well because Europe has a cooler climate than parts of America, so when things get hot, they aren't as used to it.

1 minute ago, arnavvr said:

Went through the MacArthur Maze Yesterday. Fucking mess. Traffic was stalled @ 10mph on Saturday at 4.

You think that's bad? Try going on 580 through Livermore. Absolute fucking spaghetti rampage. Traffic moves at most up to 5mph at times.

1 minute ago, Speedyv said:

Are you inland? It sucks cus there hasn't been a legit beach weather day this summer along the coast atleast where I live 

Yup. Would love to live in the bay where it's so MUCH cooler than inland, my wallet though would scream for help. And being surrounded by mountains doesn't help either, traps in the hot ass air.

[arnavvr]

1 minute ago, terrytek said:

Well because Europe has a cooler climate than parts of America, so when things get hot, they aren't as used to it.

You think that's bad? Try going on 580 through Livermore. Absolute fucking spaghetti rampage. Traffic moves at most up to 5mph at times.

Yup. Would love to live in the bay where it's so MUCH cooler than inland, my wallet though would scream for help. And being surrounded by mountains doesn't help either, traps in the hot ass air.

Oh yeah, the Altamont Pass is horrible. But making three major freeways converge in one place is hoooorible idea. 

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, vetali said:

Nothing really on local news here, there wont be until the body count starts piling up. Thats all that matters for da clicks.

It's all international news, they talk about the Cheeto in Chief enough, just not much about the hurricane, not even about damage, just that it's there.

Just now, terrytek said:

Well because Europe has a cooler climate than parts of America, so when things get hot, they aren't as used to it.

They get this pretty much yearly, they can stop being pussies about it.

[terrytek]

1 minute ago, arnavvr said:

Oh yeah, the Altamont Pass is horrible. But making three major freeways converge in one place is hoooorible idea. 

It wasn't so bad every time I used it, it flowed pretty well. Then again, I was always travelling on it at night on the way back home.

[arnavvr]

Shit, Harvey hit many of the oil refineries in the Houston Metro Area. Gas prices are about to go up... 

[RevoltTrain]

38 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Frankly the 3.5 isn't like typical puny car engines hopped up and put in to situations they shouldn't be in. So I'm fairly confident it's not that stressed. Besides, you're rarely ever running anywhere near full tilt in the first place. 99% of the time the engine is under stressed.

 

The other thing is the F-150 needs to be flexible for buyers with different needs. The Expedition does not, there's one target demographic.

I guess not everyone has my stepfather's mind set with his Expedition. He treats his as a truck that can seat 7. Tows with it, goes offroading, if he needs to load or haul anything big he just hooks up a trailer, we used it to bring the parts car home, and then my car to the shop. So I've seen the Expedition more as a 7 seat truck than as a Soccer-mobile which now that I think about it, it kinda is.

 

His 2011 Eddie Bauer edition is his second Expedition, had a 2003 Eddie Bauer edition before this

[RevoltTrain]

 

 

 

 

I kinda wanted to do something like this at one point. But now that it's already been done I've lost all interest. Maybe with a 9-3 Vert?

[AlwaysFSX]

26 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Shit, Harvey hit many of the oil refineries in the Houston Metro Area. Gas prices are about to go up... 

Yeah that's a bit apparent.

[AlwaysFSX]

7 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I guess not everyone has my stepfather's mind set with his Expedition. He treats his as a truck that can seat 7. Tows with it, goes offroading, if he needs to load or haul anything big he just hooks up a trailer, we used it to bring the parts car home, and then my car to the shop. So I've seen the Expedition more as a 7 seat truck than as a Soccer-mobile which now that I think about it, it kinda is.

 

His 2011 Eddie Bauer edition is his second Expedition, had a 2003 Eddie Bauer edition before this

I'm aware, the 3.5 is still a better choice.

[imefromsweden7]

You can't deny that this is a sexy photo of my car

[imefromsweden7]

Here's one i took in early june when me and my friend where at the beach

[RevoltTrain]

Should've grabbed  another pic before I jetted off to work, but new motor is physically in the car and a couple bolts are in. 

 

This photo was take about 2 hours ago. Got busy wrenching and forgot to snap more. 

[pagani123]

@chaozbandit The zonda sounds amazing, the 760 series is a bit stubbier than I expected though  

The huayra roadster looks amazing in person as well 

[JoaoPRSousa]

On 10/08/2017 at 7:36 PM, iDeFecZx said:

how much are c2s?

 

Here in Portugal, C2 VTS's are about double of the 106's and Saxo's. 6 grand...

 

On 10/08/2017 at 7:51 PM, arnavvr said:

What kind of E60 did you have? Ours was 265hp...

 

520d. My brother wants to trade it for a 530d or something like that, he just hates the 4 cylinder. My father on the other hand, I don't think he wants to get rid of it...

 

On 10/08/2017 at 8:03 PM, ImadKnight said:

You need an S4 B5 in your life. Trust me. 5000ish eur gets you a nice stage 2 S4.

 

5000€ get me a 1.8T.

S4's are almost inexistent here, and if one does appear, it would probably cost more than 12k...

 

On 12/08/2017 at 9:37 PM, iDeFecZx said:

Completely forgot I'd seen this

 

Like the looks, absolutely hate the wheels.

 

On 13/08/2017 at 10:50 AM, ImadKnight said:

http://jalopnik.com/we-found-12-of-the-last-new-lexus-lfas-for-sale-in-amer-1797718447

 

Never sold LFA's? WTF?!

 

On 14/08/2017 at 11:19 PM, arnavvr said:

@terrytek should buy thishttps://sfbay.craigslist.org/sby/cto/d/97-bmw-e36-m3-sedan/6263832517.html

 

E36 M3 Sedan. I want one.

 

On 16/08/2017 at 2:17 AM, chaozbandit said:

 

 

Corvette engine on a Mustang. Hate when people swap engines from "rival" manufacturers.

 

On 16/08/2017 at 4:49 PM, techswede said:

Both Mister2010 and JoaoPRsousa do that periodically. All of a sudden the notifications will just go ballistic 

 

Just came back from the usual family vacation down in Algarve. And before that I went camping for 10 days for a summer music festival. Heard some pretty nice bands live. Foals, BadBadNotGood (they are absolutely amazing live), HO99O9 is amazing for the moshpits and such. Pretty neat.

 

On 17/08/2017 at 0:46 PM, iDeFecZx said:

Theyre pretty common here

 

I am moving to the UK in a few years, or at least I hope I get a job offer from up there. I so want to live there because Japan imports, and car scene and car modding is so much better than the Portuguese...

 

On 19/08/2017 at 5:41 AM, GlassBomb said:

Hnng. Random fact about the Regera. What looks like the normal exhaust is just an exhaust for heat management. The actual exhaust is found in the middle of the rear diffuser as two vertical slits, one on either side.

 

Noticed that on Forza Horizon 3. At first I thought the game was bugged or something like that, but then I googled it and saw those fins... Weird.

 

On 22/08/2017 at 11:24 PM, techswede said:

Just saw the review of this thing

MK2 Twingo

And i'm like this for the entire review

 

I want it real bad. By far the best thing to come out of 2017. The Up! can go to hell. 

 

Rear engine, rear wheel drive hatchback. The short wheel base makes it a bit bad for drifting, but should be plenty fun.

 

On 26/08/2017 at 0:25 AM, techswede said:

Ryzen 1800x. Yay or Nay?

 

I say 1700.

 

On 26/08/2017 at 2:56 PM, chaozbandit said:

Why are the grandstands so empty

 

IDK, most people here go straight to the paddocks. 5€ entry is almost nothing.

 

On 26/08/2017 at 3:23 PM, ImadKnight said:

Rip. Got a cold/flu again... 

*Sigh*

 

Same here

 

22 hours ago, chaozbandit said:

Yo @JoaoPRSousa where you at

 

On the other side of the freaking globe son.

 

 

Will be posting some pics of the 24h cars and some cars I spotted outside the track (beautiful 2nd gen Eclipse, very well done, not ricy at all) and such.

Sorry about the notification rape. This won't be the last one. I'm going "off the grid" again. Camping on the mountains, and then, another music festival

[JoaoPRSousa]

15 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Also greetings @JoaoPRSousa

 

Greetings fellow car enthusiast

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Greetings fellow car enthusiast

greeting fellow human

[PandaCopyRight]

Just now, vinyldash303 said:

is /r/rtotalynotrobots leaking?

Robots? no I'm just a fellow human