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[terrytek]

46 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

My rental on the 15th will likely be a car with <100hp

lol this should be interesting.

especially because it will probably have a CVT and I HATE CVT's WITH A PASSION

Nissan Versa Note. Called it.

[79wjd]

19 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

But you wont get much grip from them at those temperatures due to said rubber not being designed for those temperatures to begin with. the tires work best when it's 80F+ outside where they can actually get up to a sufficient operating temp. 

Of course it's better when it's warmer out, but they're officially rated for 40ºF and above. But do the treads warm up a decent amount or do they end up around road temperatures (when it's 15ºF~)?

 

18 hours ago, arielfall said:

I'd recommend all season tires in the winter till you actually have snow on the ground then I would recommend you do what I do and put on dedicated snow tires.

That's not exactly a practical solution in the very common areas where it will snow and then the snow be cleared the next day, and then repeat for weeks/months. 

 

7 hours ago, bcredeur97 said:

it's a very solid car don't get me wrong. it's just not worth $20k more than a honda accord... maybe $5k-10k at best. 

An A4 starts at around $10k more than an Accord -- $36k vs. $25k~. Although, I would personally try to get an S3 over an A4.

[bimmerman]

19 minutes ago, djdwosk97 said:

Of course it's better when it's warmer out, but they're officially rated for 40ºF and above. But do the treads warm up a decent amount or do they end up around road temperatures (when it's 15ºF~)?

 

That's not exactly a practical solution in the very common areas where it will snow and then the snow be cleared the next day, and then repeat for weeks/months. 

 

An A4 starts at around $10k more than an Accord -- $36k vs. $25k~. Although, I would personally try to get an S3 over an A4.

I don't think you'll get a solid answer without taking measurements.

 

Anecdotally though:

 

My M3 on Dunlop Z1 Star Specs was useless in snow, and near useless when temps were in the 30s without snow/ice. The rubber hardened to the point that it would break loose very easily. This was fun but hardly effective.

 

Same temperatures with snow tires, and no snow on the roads, and it was fine. Plenty of traction.

 

When I lived in CO I ran full studded snow tires from Nov to March and summer tires after on the M3, and alternated between snow and all seasons on the Subaru. There was no contest which was more effective in cold temps in absence of snow/ice/rain. Snow tires are winter cheat mode and absolutely are worth it over all seasons, even on an AWD Subaru-- enormous difference.

 

Fun fact-- track pads really really really don't work at 17F in snow. Learned that lesson when I had to make it to class and the only car with snow tires on it was the M3. The week before was when I learned that Star Specs were useless in snow when it snowed two inches and I had to bum a ride home.

[FuzzyYellow]

Hello all and happy new year! I’ve been kinda absent for the last month or so. Been busy. But, I have returned, and with a new toy!

 

1996 Tacoma with 265,000 miles on it, and it’s fair share of rust. Frame has been patched though, so it’s safe. P.O. has a cheap-o cherry bomb glass pack put in instead of a decent muffler, so it’s heckin loud. 

3.4L 5VZ-FE

5 speed manual

4x4 with manual front lockouts.

it runs and drives nicely aside from a check engine light due to a bad O2 sensor. I plan of fixing the body rust this spring once it thaws out.

 

Also, the nasty yellow bug deflector has been spray painted white. No pics with that on yet.

[79wjd]

23 minutes ago, bimmerman said:

I don't think you'll get a solid answer without taking measurements.

 

Anecdotally though:

 

My M3 on Dunlop Z1 Star Specs was useless in snow, and near useless when temps were in the 30s without snow/ice. The rubber hardened to the point that it would break loose very easily. This was fun but hardly effective.

 

Same temperatures with snow tires, and no snow on the roads, and it was fine. Plenty of traction.

 

When I lived in CO I ran full studded snow tires from Nov to March and summer tires after on the M3, and alternated between snow and all seasons on the Subaru. There was no contest which was more effective in cold temps in absence of snow/ice/rain. Snow tires are winter cheat mode and absolutely are worth it over all seasons, even on an AWD Subaru-- enormous difference.

 

Fun fact-- track pads really really really don't work at 17F in snow. Learned that lesson when I had to make it to class and the only car with snow tires on it was the M3. The week before was when I learned that Star Specs were useless in snow when it snowed two inches and I had to bum a ride home.

I know how bad P Zeros are in the snow. The car will want to fish tail down a flat road at three miles an hour if there's even the slightest dusting of snow, and I can even have trouble getting out of the driveway if there's even a bit of snow/ice (I've gotten stuck once and almost got stuck in the driveway two other times). And when it's very cold it feels like it's a bit loose, but it's a bit hard to tell if that's just my imagination or if it's seriously very loose to the point where even on a clear highway I feel myself holding back taking a turn. But it's just something that seems a bit odd to me given that the tires should heat up when driving anyway negating much of the cold problem. 

 

Regardless, I was thinking of getting a set of Alpin PA4s.

[FuzzyYellow]

3 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

Nice! Do keep us updated  

Will do! Even better is, the gf is just as excited for my truckling as I am. ?

 

she loves small trucks, and drives a 4x4 Ranger.

 

 

[FuzzyYellow]

So what have I missed?

[PandaCopyRight]

18 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

So what have I missed?

everything 

[bcredeur97]

3 hours ago, terrytek said:

Nissan Versa Note. Called it.

i think it's going to be either a chevy spark or worse, a mitsubishi mirage

 

either way i will be driving the beans out of the car

[JoaoPRSousa]

2 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Hello all and happy new year! I’ve been kinda absent for the last month or so. Been busy. But, I have returned, and with a new toy!

 

1996 Tacoma with 265,000 miles on it, and it’s fair share of rust. Frame has been patched though, so it’s safe. P.O. has a cheap-o cherry bomb glass pack put in instead of a decent muffler, so it’s heckin loud. 

3.4L 5VZ-FE

5 speed manual

4x4 with manual front lockouts.

it runs and drives nicely aside from a check engine light due to a bad O2 sensor. I plan of fixing the body rust this spring once it thaws out.

 

Also, the nasty yellow bug deflector has been spray painted white. No pics with that on yet.

 

Looks good (if the rust can be dealt with it, than even better)

Did you sell the Accord?

[terrytek]

2 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Hello all and happy new year! I’ve been kinda absent for the last month or so. Been busy. But, I have returned, and with a new toy!

 

1996 Tacoma with 265,000 miles on it, and it’s fair share of rust. Frame has been patched though, so it’s safe. P.O. has a cheap-o cherry bomb glass pack put in instead of a decent muffler, so it’s heckin loud. 

3.4L 5VZ-FE

5 speed manual

4x4 with manual front lockouts.

it runs and drives nicely aside from a check engine light due to a bad O2 sensor. I plan of fixing the body rust this spring once it thaws out.

 

Also, the nasty yellow bug deflector has been spray painted white. No pics with that on yet.

Nice winter beater. What's up with the accord?

 

16 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

i think it's going to be either a chevy spark or worse, a mitsubishi mirage

 

either way i will be driving the beans out of the car

Well do you get to choose what rental car you want, provided they have it?

[techswede]

 

[PhantomJaguarr]

El Camino spotted.

 

[arielfall]

double

[arielfall]

10 hours ago, djdwosk97 said:

Of course it's better when it's warmer out, but they're officially rated for 40ºF and above. But do the treads warm up a decent amount or do they end up around road temperatures (when it's 15ºF~)?

 

That's not exactly a practical solution in the very common areas where it will snow and then the snow be cleared the next day, and then repeat for weeks/months. 

 

An A4 starts at around $10k more than an Accord -- $36k vs. $25k~. Although, I would personally try to get an S3 over an A4.

You're right, not practical at all but that is the safest thing to do.

[FuzzyYellow]

13 hours ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

Looks good (if the rust can be dealt with it, than even better)

Did you sell the Accord?

Still have her and she’s going strong. 500 more miles until 200k.

13 hours ago, terrytek said:

Nice winter beater. What's up with the accord?

 

Well do you get to choose what rental car you want, provided they have it?

 

[bcredeur97]

18 minutes ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Still have her and she’s going strong. 500 more miles until 200k.

 

miata is about to cross 113k miles... which puts the engine (replaced at 105k) at ~73k miles

 

(supposedly had 63k on it... but im just using 65k as a *safe* estimate)

 

im starting to wonder if my whole japanese engine idea will hurt me in the long run. 10.5:1 compression will certainly limit the amount of boost I can run from a supercharger lol. but at the same time it wouldn't take as much boost to make x power. so idk if it would be an issue so long as i just keep things reasonable like i was planning to do anyway

 

+ by the time i can afford a supercharger i may have money to put rods/lower comp pistons/good bearings in it so it wouldn't matter

[TVwazhere]

On 1/3/2018 at 12:32 AM, byalexandr said:

Maybe a Miata? 3-series? I'm really liking the idea of a Miata but I'm not finding anyone that wants to trade one for my truck, most of the guys with Miatas have lots of cars and are trying to have less cars so....

I know at one point my buddy who helped me with my ST was considering selling his Miata and was looking for a truck., Couldnt find the post on Facebook so maybe he's no longer considering/sold it, but there are buyers for almost everything!

[AlwaysFSX]

4 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I know at one point my buddy who helped me with my ST was considering selling his Miata and was looking for a truck., Couldnt find the post on Facebook so maybe he's no longer considering/sold it, but there are buyers for almost everything!

Even a base model truck can be sold if someone just wants a beater to abuse.

[cluelessgenius]

hey guys, 

so i was thinking about making this a topic but then thought it would attract more car savy people in here:

im thinking about getting a new car right now and id like to discuss some options with people who know stuff.

im not sure yet if i wanna go diesel or petrol with the whole regulations thing going on right now but here is what im considering:

 

- Peugeot RCZ Facelift from 2012 (considering all engine variations, do like the interior of the 'R')

- BMW Z4 E89 sDrive23i (like the whole design of it in and out and woud consider the lowest end 6-cylinder version)

- BMW 1xxd (more reasonable option, dont care for the exteriir but do like the interior and that BMW control knob in the center console)

 

im only talking about design because i have no clue about engine and i would be interested to know what others think. which engine is more reliable...and so on? in general im looking for a coupe in the 10-20k range

im open to other suggestions so feel free 

[Mr.Dingle]

[JoaoPRSousa]

2 hours ago, FuzzyYellow said:

Still have her and she’s going strong. 500 more miles until 200k.

 

Nice to know you kept it

 

1 hour ago, ColonelThunder said:

 

 

Broooo, come on. Don't shut this thread down... You can't just come here and post stuff like that. Pr0n isn't allowed in the forums ffs --'

[JoaoPRSousa]

1 hour ago, cluelessgenius said:

hey guys, 

so i was thinking about making this a topic but then thought it would attract more car savy people in here:

im thinking about getting a new car right now and id like to discuss some options with people who know stuff.

im not sure yet if i wanna go diesel or petrol with the whole regulations thing going on right now but here is what im considering:

 

- Peugeot RCZ Facelift from 2012 (considering all engine variations, do like the interior of the 'R')

- BMW Z4 E89 sDrive23i (like the whole design of it in and out and woud consider the lowest end 6-cylinder version)

- BMW 1xxd (more reasonable option, dont care for the exteriir but do like the interior and that BMW control knob in the center console)

 

im only talking about design because i have no clue about engine and i would be interested to know what others think. which engine is more reliable...and so on? in general im looking for a coupe in the 10-20k range

im open to other suggestions so feel free 

 

You want reliability? Anything German

You want cheap maintenance? Anything not German

You want to have a nice and fun sporty car? (from those 3 options) That Z4 (RCZ is also pretty nice, but FWD instead of the Z4's RWD)

You want a nice sounding engine? Petrol

You want nice MPG's n shit (low l/100km)? Go with diesel

You want to save a few bucks and don't want a diesel? Get a petrol and LPG convert it. (European fuel prices are shit, I feel you, but LPG is like 70 cents per liter)

 

Coupe 10-20k? https://www.autoscout24.de/angebote/bmw-135-i-coupe-m-sportpaket-m-fahrwerk-navi-xenon-benzin-schwarz-6bf8152c-7d44-4c74-8c33-d349ce121b89?cldtidx=5

The 135i might be a bitch when it comes to fuel tho... So, maybe this?

https://www.autoscout24.de/angebote/bmw-123-1er-coupe-m-sport-performance-paket-tuev-serviceneu-diesel-weiss-328c9a5c-96f1-8c06-e053-e250040a32a1?cldtidx=15

 

I can't say get an auto or get a manual, because that is very subjective.

[iDeFecZx]

19 minutes ago, JoaoPRSousa said:

 

You want reliability? Anything German

You want cheap maintenance? Anything not German

You want to have a nice and fun sporty car? (from those 3 options) That Z4 (RCZ is also pretty nice, but FWD instead of the Z4's RWD)

You want a nice sounding engine? Petrol

You want nice MPG's n shit (low l/100km)? Go with diesel

You want to save a few bucks and don't want a diesel? Get a petrol and LPG convert it. (European fuel prices are shit, I feel you, but LPG is like 70 cents per liter)

 

Coupe 10-20k? https://www.autoscout24.de/angebote/bmw-135-i-coupe-m-sportpaket-m-fahrwerk-navi-xenon-benzin-schwarz-6bf8152c-7d44-4c74-8c33-d349ce121b89?cldtidx=5

The 135i might be a bitch when it comes to fuel tho... So, maybe this?

https://www.autoscout24.de/angebote/bmw-123-1er-coupe-m-sport-performance-paket-tuev-serviceneu-diesel-weiss-328c9a5c-96f1-8c06-e053-e250040a32a1?cldtidx=15

 

I can't say get an auto or get a manual, because that is very subjective.

The RCZ-R's are meant to be pretty good and they have 270hp from a 1.6

[Legend27]

Can someone update me with 5000 pages worth of recap.