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26 minutes ago, Drak3 said:

Don't lump me in with them. I'm an enthusiast of mechanic design, be it engines, weaponry, or productive machinery. Not a guy with a wrench that reads the marketing garbage AFE/insert other "enthusiast" brand that can't legally warranty half of their products.

 

I fail to see a correlation between people screeching variations of "forced induction is more efficient!!! Reclaimed energy!!!" and anything I've said.

If you can't be civil. Please leave

 

Edit. That goes for everyone in the thread

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10 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I guess I’m looking into early 2000s Suzuki Vitaras and the Chevrolet Tracker now.

Would be a better bet for daily usability than the Blazer just on fuel economy.

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2 hours ago, Speedyv said:

I know some of you guys are into racing sims. I'm thinking about getting a G29 this summer and upgrading/pretty much building a new PC. 

 

Opinions on AC vs PC2 and how they run on your specs. Looking to put as little money in as possible...

AC is dirt easy to run. A R9 290 could run it well enough to use a Freesync monitor at max settings; PC2 on that card, I struggled with medium settings at 1080p (PC1 was easy to run at 60fps at medium settings with the same card). Upgraded to a GTX 1080 and it runs AC at 100+ fps at max settings, PC2 comfortably at 60+ at 1440p high settings. Plenty to drive a windows mixed reality headset on both.

 

FWIW the 1080 also handles ACC fairly well, around the same as PC2 but it is not a full release title yet.

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5 hours ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Welp soon I'll be replacing my GTI. I'll be looking for something in the 20-25k range. Too many good options out there I'm too indecisive right now. @_@ any suggestions? No classic or fwd cars. 

Toyota Land Cruiser or Hilux.

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29 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I guess I’m looking into early 2000s Suzuki Vitaras and the Chevrolet Tracker now.

Would be a better bet for daily usability than the Blazer just on fuel economy.

You like trash? Why?

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2 hours ago, Speedyv said:

I know some of you guys are into racing sims. I'm thinking about getting a G29 this summer and upgrading/pretty much building a new PC. 

 

Opinions on AC vs PC2 and how they run on your specs. Looking to put as little money in as possible...

AC is quite easy to run. Even my 4c/4t i5 doesn't have a problem with it, iirc I get around 50-60fps at 1080p Medium. In fact I could probably run it at 1080p High without issues if I had more VRAM..

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25 minutes ago, floofer said:

Toyota Land Cruiser or Hilux.

Already own a suv but those are good cars. I have a mustang and a escape so im really looking for something to replace the gti in the lineup. Which makes it really hard to decide what I want. :/

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6 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Because I don’t have 10 grand to spare for a Land Cruiser or a 4Runner.

you can find slightly beat 4runners for 5k.

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2 minutes ago, terrytek said:

you can find slightly beat 4runners for 5k.

I still don’t really have that cash to spare. I would like a Land Crusier (or a 4Runner) but I can’t afford the fuel economy of one currently. It’s why even though I’d like a Crown Victoria, I won’t get one right now.

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21 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Already own a suv but those are good cars. I have a mustang and a escape so im really looking for something to replace the gti in the lineup. Which makes it really hard to decide what I want. :/

Just lower the Hilux then you have a sports car. Unfortunately it then also becomes a classic.

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1 minute ago, floofer said:

Just lower the Hilux then you have a sports car. Unfortunately it then also becomes a classic.

Nah dont need a truck

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10 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

I still don’t really have that cash to spare. I would like a Land Crusier (or a 4Runner) but I can’t afford the fuel economy of one currently. It’s why even though I’d like a Crown Victoria, I won’t get one right now.

I get 5.2l/100km or whatnot on the highway (in traffic around 8. ) Only 1 more than my Peugeot, and the LC I use is the v8. 

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24 minutes ago, MadyTehWolfie said:

Already own a suv but those are good cars. I have a mustang and a escape so im really looking for something to replace the gti in the lineup. Which makes it really hard to decide what I want. :/

accord coupe or an IS350 f sport?

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54 minutes ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Because I don’t have 10 grand to spare for a Land Cruiser or a 4Runner.

Let me ask you this. What do you need a car /for/ then? 

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1 hour ago, chaozbandit said:

AC is dirt easy to run. A R9 290 could run it well enough to use a Freesync monitor at max settings; PC2 on that card, I struggled with medium settings at 1080p (PC1 was easy to run at 60fps at medium settings with the same card). Upgraded to a GTX 1080 and it runs AC at 100+ fps at max settings, PC2 comfortably at 60+ at 1440p high settings. Plenty to drive a windows mixed reality headset on both.

 

FWIW the 1080 also handles ACC fairly well, around the same as PC2 but it is not a full release title yet.

Is it that intensive because of the freesync because PC2 really didn't seem that hard to run from what I've seen. I was thinking of using a xeon haswell i7 equivalent with a 970 at 1080p no freesync. 

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4 minutes ago, Speedyv said:

Is it that intensive because of the freesync because PC2 really didn't seem that hard to run from what I've seen. I was thinking of using a xeon haswell i7 equivalent with a 970 at 1080p no freesync. 

 

PC2 is a lot more optimized than PC1. I should mention I was running two cards for PC1 at one time.

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2 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

Mainly to:

a) drive to work

b) carry shit around that I'd buy at thrift stores

Sounds like you should get a little econobox 

 

since you 

a. Do t have a lot of money

b. Don’t need a car to do that much...

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Just now, Dan Castellaneta said:

Lemme guess: Toyota Corolla.

Can't go wrong with a Corolla. Might be a bit boring, depending on your tastes though.

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2 minutes ago, dcgreen2k said:

Can't go wrong with a Corolla. Might be a bit boring, depending on your tastes though.

My tastes are... bizarre, to put it charitably. I freaked out over an Isuzu Oasis on the previous page, which should tell you how bizarre.

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2 hours ago, Dan Castellaneta said:

My tastes are... bizarre, to put it charitably. I freaked out over an Isuzu Oasis on the previous page, which should tell you how bizarre.

Pontiac Vibe GT.

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