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[Bitter]

3 hours ago, Cereal5 said:

People and their acronyms cause they can't think of any better reason to make fun of Ford

I could think of better ways but I doubt you're familiar with the intricacies of the AX, AN, and AO transmissions and their failure modes which repeated for almost 20 years with little to no revision by Ford, the 3.8 head gasket fiasco, and probably a bunch of other things as well. And because making an acronym for Chrysler is just too dang hard!

[TVwazhere]

5 minutes ago, Bitter said:

And because making an acronym for Chrysler is just too dang hard!

Not with that attitude

[chaozbandit]

[Real_PhillBert]

6 minutes ago, chaozbandit said:

*SNIP*

#Canada

[terrytek]

2 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I kind of like some of the fixed headlight options for them.

 

 

Then buy a new LS3 block, build a forged bottom end, add a nice lumpy cam, a good set of heads and a supercharger on E85 for a nice 650-700hp.

 

my god that is just flat out ugly, like the fixed headlights on the facelift 1st gen nsx. just keep the fucking popups

[Real_PhillBert]

17 minutes ago, terrytek said:

my god that is just flat out ugly, like the fixed headlights on the facelift 1st gen nsx. just keep the fucking popups

You do you, man. 

[FuzzyYellow]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

I could think of better ways but I doubt you're familiar with the intricacies of the AX, AN, and AO transmissions and their failure modes which repeated for almost 20 years with little to no revision by Ford, the 3.8 head gasket fiasco, and probably a bunch of other things as well. And because making an acronym for Chrysler is just too dang hard!

What’s the weaknesses of an A4OD(??) from the 1989 vintage? 

 

Hooked to a 7.3IDI turbo if that matters.

[Bitter]

1 hour ago, FuzzyYellow said:

What’s the weaknesses of an A4OD(??) from the 1989 vintage? 

 

Hooked to a 7.3IDI turbo if that matters.

I think I typod that one lol. I was trying to think of the other FWD failure they had for a long time.

[iDeFecZx]

3 hours ago, terrytek said:

my god that is just flat out ugly, like the fixed headlights on the facelift 1st gen nsx. just keep the fucking popups

Facelift NSXs look way better tho

[Bananasplit_00]

Well just saw a video saying kerosene was a bad choice of chain cleaner for bikes, this one:

 

and i used a LOT of kerosene to clean my chain  I did follow the kerosene up with way too much chain lube and the chain feels fine.. still has me concerened so i might get a new chain and sprockets, thinking about gearing a tooth in the acceleration direction or keeping it at the same as stock, found a decent sounding steel sprockets and X ring chain kit for only €75 that i might grab while its still on sale, feels kinda wrong to replace sprockets that look pretty good though but if im doing the chain im doing all of it

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, iDeFecZx said:

Facelift NSXs look way better tho

yea aight keep your unslim headlight profile to yourself

[bcredeur97]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

yea aight keep your unslim headlight profile to yourself

I like pop ups.. when they are down. The problem for me is when  they are up they pretty much never look that appealing makes everything look like a frog lol

 

that said it wouldn't really make or break me buying a car. I usually want cars for other reasons

[terrytek]

1 hour ago, bcredeur97 said:

I like pop ups.. when they are down. The problem for me is when  they are up they pretty much never look that appealing makes everything look like a frog lol

 

that said it wouldn't really make or break me buying a car. I usually want cars for other reasons

somehow i actually like popups whether up or down, but of course it kinda depends on how the car was styled. f40 popups when up don't look that good compared to like an s13 or an nsx with them up.

[vetali]

9 hours ago, terrytek said:

my god that is just flat out ugly, like the fixed headlights on the facelift 1st gen nsx. just keep the fucking popups

For once I agree with Terry. 

[vetali]

@FuzzyYellow 7th gen accords just got hit with a drivers side inflator recall, among other Hondas. 

[Cereal5]

14 hours ago, Bitter said:

I could think of better ways but I doubt you're familiar with the intricacies of the AX, AN, and AO transmissions and their failure modes which repeated for almost 20 years with little to no revision by Ford, the 3.8 head gasket fiasco, and probably a bunch of other things as well. And because making an acronym for Chrysler is just too dang hard!

Sounds fancy and something that I really don't care about. As for the other stuff... Oh no. As if no one else has had head gasket problems. Also, just use FCA

11 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Well, if you're doing something like that you're in 2wd, and IIRC that particular one is running king coilovers in the front

Did I hear king? I'll take 4 please.

4 hours ago, terrytek said:

somehow i actually like popups whether up or down, but of course it kinda depends on how the car was styled. f40 popups when up don't look that good compared to like an s13 or an nsx with them up.

True, but a sil80 front looks better than an S13 front.

 

[DC]

Can someone help me out?

I got a part time job while attending college.

I make about $500 dollars a week and I would love to drive either 2019 mustang or 2019 camaro.

But thing is, I don't want to drive those v8 due to gas and insurance, and I sadly can't drive manual and I just want fun daily with some power.

So I was looking at both cars and I came to conclusion that I should either get camaro 1lt 2L turbo with RS package or mustang ecoboost with performance package.

And I can't decided which one to get since I love both of those cars. 

Which one should I get? or should I get it with different engine size or trim level?

[Bitter]

$500 a week isn't anything, once you're out of college you'll still have a car payment but you'll have much higher expenses. Get a reliable boring car that's cheap that you can pay for all of up front. Corolla, Civic, Camry, Accord, etc

[DC]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

$500 a week isn't anything, once you're out of college you'll still have a car payment but you'll have much higher expenses. Get a reliable boring car that's cheap that you can pay for all of up front. Corolla, Civic, Camry, Accord, etc

The thing is, I have been working before as well, so I have 20k saved up at the moment, and I'm going college for free, just paying for gas to get there.

So I thought I could buy a fun car.

[AlwaysFSX]

15 hours ago, Real_PhillBert said:

I kind of like some of the fixed headlight options for them.

 

 

Then buy a new LS3 block, build a forged bottom end, add a nice lumpy cam, a good set of heads and a supercharger on E85 for a nice 650-700hp.

 

Those aren't *bad* but I still don't like them. Though if I ever bought a C5 it's gonna be a track car so I guess I'll never have my lights up in the first place.

[Cereal5]

10 minutes ago, DC said:

Which one should I get? or should I get it with different engine size or trim level?

Why do you need a brand new car? Your insurance will be higher than your car payment. I'd recommend looking at a 2015 mustang ecoboost or 2016 Camaro 4-cyl, those were the first years they were offered. You should be able to find those for a good bit less than an off-the-show-room-floor version. Insurance will still be insane though.

 

edit: how do you love Ford and Chevy at the same time? Are you even American?

[DC]

quick question, do you know if they offer warranty with that?

The main reason for me looking for new car was that due to warranty.

I don't know why but all my friends who bought cars that aren't like Toyota and Honda seemed to have problems so I was looking for new.

[Cereal5]

1 hour ago, DC said:

quick question, do you know if they offer warranty with that?

The main reason for me looking for new car was that due to warranty.

I don't know why but all my friends who bought cars that aren't like Toyota and Honda seemed to have problems so I was looking for new.

Quote or mention so people get a notification. @Bitter Is a bad example, he almost never does

 

You can look for a Certified pre-owned car, or one that has an extended warranty. I mean every car is gonna have problems at some point, but there is a reason Toyota and Honda consistently rank top 2 or 3 every year in reliability in stuff like consumer reports. I've never bought a recently new car so I'm not the person to ask.

[vetali]

Honda has been in the shitter for a few years on CR's reliability. Toyota/Lexus are still king.

 

Personally, I don't really see it after working at a Toyota and then a Honda dealership. Hondas do have lots of electrical issues though. Other tech has a gauge cluster to put in a new civic tomorrow because the maintenance light wont reset, even with the scan tool. Something is messed up in it and not communicating with only that function. Then I got a CRV to diag tomorrow that has a bunch of issues I couldn't duplicate today and assumed that it may be related to oil dilution, then the customer changes their story and I gotta look at it again. Otherwise been kinda slow lately as far as issues on new things.

[Bananasplit_00]

Friend got his lisence yesterday and got a 1988 Corolla, looks pretty nice imo: