Car Enthusiast Club [Now Motorcycle friendly!] - First thread to 150k! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[Real_PhillBert]

6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

My fill ups are usually close to $30(Little less.. probably closer to about $28) as well from a 1/4.

usually gets me 220-260 miles depending on how throttle happy I am throughout the week. record low is like 190 and record high is about 300 lol

 

I really wish Ford would put bigger tanks in the cars, the thimble sized fuel tank gets old fast. I think it's 12.5gal, and I would love a 16 or 20 gal tank. 

[Real_PhillBert]

6 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

$44 for me right now from a quarter tank.

I take it you dont have the upgraded 36 gallon tank?

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

I take it you dont have the upgraded 36 gallon tank?

Nope only the 26.

[FuzzyYellow]

Well, I get about 350 out of 3/4 with 87, and about 400 out of 3/4 with non oxy premium.

 

its *almost* worth it to put premium in, but not quite.

[Radium_Angel]

One of the cars I have is a Scion iQ. Little city car, kinda stupid, but it costs me to fill up (87 reg) about 10$, goes about 400 miles on that.

That's the best I can do. The rest are more expensive to fill up. The Sky, for example, seems to have a never-ending tank and on premium needs about 50$ to fill. Ouch.

 

The 308GT4 on the other hand.....well, we don't talk about that.

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I really wish Ford would put bigger tanks in the cars, the thimble sized fuel tank gets old fast. I think it's 12.5gal, and I would love a 16 or 20 gal tank. 

I miss my corolla sometimes. fuel tank was about the same size, but I would average about 20% better on fuel, and it only needed regular.

So I could go like 320 miles on 3/4 and it'd cost less than $25 to fill up. miata with JDM high comp engine is more fun tho

[MEC-777]

[Bananasplit_00]

so i was looking for what oil was suposed to go in my dads Vincent, when i noticed that the riders handbook has several pages of instructions on how to ride the bike  idk why but that is really funny to me and feels extremely 50´s

[AlwaysFSX]

10 minutes ago, Bananasplit_00 said:

so i was looking for what oil was suposed to go in my dads Vincent, when i noticed that the riders handbook has several pages of instructions on how to ride the bike  idk why but that is really funny to me and feels extremely 50´s

"Don't fall off"

[Bananasplit_00]

1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

"Don't fall off"

they list the crusing speed for the Black Shadow as 100mph too  if you fuck up you die reall bad because there was basically no safty gear either

[Real_PhillBert]

@TVwazhere, or anyone else really, ever use one of the 3D SpaceMice before? These came up in a conversation in my office this morning and now we're considering ordering half a dozen to try out. 

 

https://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacemouse/spacemousepro.html

 

 

[TVwazhere]

2 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

@TVwazhere, or anyone else really, ever use one of the 3D SpaceMice before? These came up in a conversation in my office this morning and now we're considering ordering half a dozen to try out. 

 

https://www.3dconnexion.com/products/spacemouse/spacemousepro.html

I personally have not, I use a standard 3 button mouse, plus 2 shoulder buttons (A M510) from logitech. Though if you're going to take the plunge, I would suggest looking at the cut down version first:

 

Amazon link it's basically just the central knob without the macros/buttons. 

 

I've considered these mice but I'm not sure how useful it would be for myself. Sadly I dont as much 3D work as I'd personally like, its a majority 2D

[Real_PhillBert]

6 minutes ago, TVwazhere said:

I personally have not, I use a standard 3 button mouse, plus 2 shoulder buttons (A M510) from logitech. Though if you're going to take the plunge, I would suggest looking at the cut down version first:

 

Amazon link it's basically just the central knob without the macros/buttons. 

 

I've considered these mice but I'm not sure how useful it would be for myself. Sadly I dont as much 3D work as I'd personally like, its a majority 2D

I'm a macro whore, so we first saw that basic one, then the more complex offerings and those really made my head explode. 

 

There is another one with 31 buttons, but it's $400 and my CFO is only so understanding. 

 

IDK, I might push the issue on the 15 button model and make out an expense report... I spend a ton of my day in 3D models, probably 2/3rds or so. 

[Drak3]

11 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

or anyone else really, ever use one of the 3D SpaceMice before? These came up in a conversation in my office this morning and now we're considering ordering half a dozen to try out. 

A friend gave me one that he won a few years ago. Couldn't get drivers working in Windows so I ended up giving it back.

[TVwazhere]

Just now, Real_PhillBert said:

IDK, I might push the issue on the 15 button model and make out an expense report... I spend a ton of my day in 3D models, probably 2/3rds or so. 

Then the Macro version might serve you better. 

[Real_PhillBert]

5 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

A friend gave me one that he won a few years ago. Couldn't get drivers working in Windows so I ended up giving it back.

Interesting, all the reviews I could find were based on windows computers, so that's a little odd. 

[Real_PhillBert]

4 minutes ago, vinyldash303 said:

yeah i bet you want these macros yeah you filthy macro whore

*SNIP*

Dude, you have no idea. I kick myself for not buying the previous gen K95 that had all the macros, now it's down to six and hardly worth my time. 

 

I've thought very hard about buying a Deathadder just for the extra keys to use as macros. 

 

If Das Keyboard would make a Das Pro with 18 macros, I wouldn't be able to throw my money at them fast enough. 

[bcredeur97]

9 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

Dude, you have no idea. I kick myself for not buying the previous gen K95 that had all the macros, now it's down to six and hardly worth my time. 

 

I've thought very hard about buying a Deathadder just for the extra keys to use as macros. 

 

If Das Keyboard would make a Das Pro with 18 macros, I wouldn't be able to throw my money at them fast enough. 

I like my mice fairly simple:
3 buttons, and two side buttons for forward/back in browsers/menus. all I need

[Real_PhillBert]

5 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

I like my mice fairly simple:
3 buttons, and two side buttons for forward/back in browsers/menus. all I need

I have a Corsair M95. All the buttons. 

 

[FuzzyYellow]

54 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

I shared that on facebook a few months ago. still makes me laugh. That's me trying to get the LCAs out of the accord this past summer.

[Dylanc1500]

1 hour ago, MEC-777 said:

That's about to be me weekend. The OE shocks on the front aren't being cooperative. The nut is seized on the stud and just spins, I've tried hand tools, impact tools, heat, chemicals and many combinations thereof. 

[Bananasplit_00]

40 minutes ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I have a Corsair M95. All the buttons. 

 

looks neat, if it had the logitech super scroll id probably really want one but right now its not looking like il ever move away from my G502 unless it breaks and i cant find another one anywhere

[Guest]

3 hours ago, PandaCopyRight said:

cries in over 6$ a gallon 

small diesels are awesome 

also does the peugeot have the same engine as the volvo V50? the 2.0D 

and how are those engines? 

It’s a 2.0 HDi, but I think Volvo use the same, they are made by Ford. Pretty powerful, has 100KW, but can usually (Apparently) make quite a bit more. Has around 350nm torque. 

 

You can can get them chipped for +30 hp, from 135, and to 440nm torque, or so I’ve read. 

 

Its not not a bad engine but if you’re looking for a car with one make sure it has a turbo, the ones without are only ~90hp.

[iDeFecZx]

22 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

It’s a 2.0 HDi, but I think Volvo use the same, they are made by Ford. Pretty powerful, has 100KW, but can usually (Apparently) make quite a bit more. Has around 350nm torque. 

 

You can can get them chipped for +30 hp, from 135, and to 440nm torque, or so I’ve read. 

 

Its not not a bad engine but if you’re looking for a car with one make sure it has a turbo, the ones without are only ~90hp.

Its not a ford engine is peugeots engine. Ford use it and just call it the tdci

[PandaCopyRight]

11 minutes ago, RorzNZ said:

It’s a 2.0 HDi, but I think Volvo use the same, they are made by Ford. Pretty powerful, has 100KW, but can usually (Apparently) make quite a bit more. Has around 350nm torque. 

 

You can can get them chipped for +30 hp, from 135, and to 440nm torque, or so I’ve read. 

 

Its not not a bad engine but if you’re looking for a car with one make sure it has a turbo, the ones without are only ~90hp.

I really would like a V50, and the 2.0D is the most common one here ... hence why im doing the research  

 

Sounds like the 2.0 is a pretty good engine with it being 100kw and 340nm in the V50

 

how is the fuel economy in your pug? and are there any common problems with them engines?