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

[arnavvr]

On 7/26/2017 at 5:24 PM, bcredeur97 said:

You need to rebudget your life. 

 

Here's a good starting point. Act like you make 3/4 (or even half) as much as you actually make. 

 

So when you get a check in; put 1/4-1/2 in a savings account and do not under any circumstances touch it. Learn to live on less than you make. This is gonna mean you're gonna have to spend time waiting for things instead of "I WANT IT AND I WANT IT NOW!" but you'll learn a lot from it and grow stronger in your ability to make do in tough circumstances

What % do you save? This sounds like an interesting idea.

[vetali]

2 minutes ago, Monte_Carlo said:

 

It really depends on the automaker, but I believe many will recommend taking it easy the first few thousand miles, and avoid long constant RPM trips... so basically don't road trip across the US with a brand new car.  This was for Honda I believe.  

 

Basically just do your usual short commute, though I doubt too much would happen either way. 

Thats weird, because Honda breaks in their motors from the factory. 

[MEC-777]

Co-worker brought his Foxbody to the office the other day with the new 400ci Windsor engine. Holy crap, it's snappy. And oh yeah, 500hp.  

 

Recorded a quick clip:

 

[Monte_Carlo]

10 minutes ago, vetali said:

Thats weird, because Honda breaks in their motors from the factory. 

 

That's the first I've heard of it.  Interesting considering I ended up looking up a 2010 Honda Civic owner's manual and it has a specific section on break-in periods.

 

tl;dr:

-Take it easy first 1000km. (Damn I was wwwaaaaaayyyy off)

-avoid being a race car (no full throttle silliness)

-avoid being a race car (avoid slamming the brakes every chance you get (300km))

-Do not change the oil until the car tells you to.

 

Damn strange if they do break the engines in before assembly.  Oh well. lol

Still reasonable advice considering the manual goes on to mention rebuilt or exchanged engines as well as brake replacements. 

[terrytek]

15 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

What % do you save? This sounds like an interesting idea.

i'm trying to do this too, but living on minimum wage, and spotify premium and gym membership are musts for me, so those are gonna eat in my paycheck real easily.

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, terrytek said:

i'm trying to do this too, but living on minimum wage, and spotify premium and gym membership are musts for me, so those are gonna eat in my paycheck real easily.

Spotify is only $10 a month tho

[arnavvr]

Just now, terrytek said:

i'm trying to do this too, but living on minimum wage, and spotify premium and gym membership are musts for me, so those are gonna eat in my paycheck real easily.

Why is Spotify premium a must for you? If you have an android phone just hack the app.

[RevoltTrain]

7 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Why is Spotify premium a must for you? If you have an android phone just hack the app.

It's really nice. I've had Spotify Premium for about 3.5 years. I have the family plan which is $15 a month. Which accounts for 5 premium memberships. For myself, the gf, and 3 friends. Being able to remotely control your PC streaming music is also super nice

[AlwaysFSX]

34 minutes ago, vetali said:

Its likely aggressive to prevent detonation because of direct injection. 

I think they've done it for fuel economy. You can noticeably tell when it's changing the waste gates instead of dropping a gear. It feels the same but you're still in say sixth gear. Even if you progressively press the pedal down instead of shunting it the waste gates aren't progressive.

 

Makes acceleration not very smooth, dunno if Ford has changed that on the newer models.

33 minutes ago, MEC-777 said:

Getting it tuned is probably the only way to "fix" it. 

Well that was the general idea.

[RevoltTrain]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I think they've done it for fuel economy. You can noticeably tell when it's changing the waste gates instead of dropping a gear. It feels the same but you're still in say sixth gear. Even if you progressively press the pedal down instead of shunting it the waste gates aren't progressive.

 

Makes acceleration not very smooth, dunno if Ford has changed that on the newer models.

Well that was the general idea.

BrewCityBoost fam

[vetali]

10 minutes ago, Monte_Carlo said:

 

That's the first I've heard of it.  Interesting considering I ended up looking up a 2010 Honda Civic owner's manual and it has a specific section on break-in periods.

 

tl;dr:

-Take it easy first 1000km. (Damn I was wwwaaaaaayyyy off)

-avoid being a race car (no full throttle silliness)

-avoid being a race car (avoid slamming the brakes every chance you get (300km))

-Do not change the oil until the car tells you to.

 

Damn strange if they do break the engines in before assembly.  Oh well. lol

Still reasonable advice considering the manual goes on to mention rebuilt or exchanged engines as well as brake replacements. 

They do, likely just saying that to save their asses somewhat (nobody reads a manual anyway).

[AlwaysFSX]

2 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

BrewCityBoost fam

NotBlowingUpAnEngineWith45kOnly fam

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

NotBlowingUpAnEngineWith45kOnly fam

Look into it before you just say it'll blow your motor.

 

Tunes don't just blow engines. 

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, RevoltTrain said:

Look into it before you just say it'll blow your motor.

 

Tunes don't just blow engines. 

Yeah but I still need to take it in for the recall with the intercooler. Don't need a sparkplug going to be even worse because muh boost and more fuel for horsepowerz.

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, AlwaysFSX said:

Yeah but I still need to take it in for the recall with the intercooler. Don't need a sparkplug going to be even worse because muh boost and more fuel for horsepowerz.

They have tunes that only minimally add horsepower. And mainly just smooth stuff out and increase MPG. They have something for everyone

[vetali]

1 minute ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Yeah but I still need to take it in for the recall with the intercooler. Don't need a sparkplug going to be even worse because muh boost and more fuel for horsepowerz.

Is there still an intercooler shortage for that?

[AlwaysFSX]

1 minute ago, RevoltTrain said:

They have tunes that only minimally add horsepower. And mainly just smooth stuff out and increase MPG. They have something for everyone

I just want waste gates to be more progressive, nothing more.

Just now, vetali said:

Is there still an intercooler shortage for that?

No, I'm just lazy.

[RevoltTrain]

2 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

I just want waste gates to be more progressive, nothing more.

No, I'm just lazy.

You could always throw an email their way and see if they can work with that. Worst case scenario they say no

[AlwaysFSX]

Just now, RevoltTrain said:

You could always throw an email their way and see if they can work with that. Worst case scenario they say no

I will eventually.

[terrytek]

34 minutes ago, arnavvr said:

Why is Spotify premium a must for you? If you have an android phone just hack the app.

because i like offline streaming and no ads and unlimited skips that i get with desktop (save for the offline stuff). on my "phone" it doesn't play ads because there's no room on my phone to play them lol, but when i use chromecast, it plays them for some stupid fucking reason and completely fucks up my spotify app and it's so fucking annoying.

35 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Spotify is only $10 a month tho

i know, currently stupid broke at the moment, and so far no debit/credit card on my hands, only cash. so until i get a card, i'm stuck on free. but thank god there's a student discount for college students.

[RevoltTrain]

Just now, terrytek said:

because i like offline streaming and no ads and unlimited skips that i get with desktop (save for the offline stuff). on my "phone" it doesn't play ads because there's no room on my phone to play them lol, but when i use chromecast, it plays them for some stupid fucking reason and completely fucks up my spotify app and it's so fucking annoying.

i know, currently stupid broke at the moment, and so far no debit/credit card on my hands, only cash. so until i get a card, i'm stuck on free. but thank god there's a student discount for college students.

Set up a debit card with your bank. It took me 20 minutes

[AlwaysFSX]

5 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Set up a debit card with your bank. It took me 20 minutes

Or a Walmart card if you're truly desperate.

[terrytek]

15 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

Set up a debit card with your bank. It took me 20 minutes

well what's the point of a debit card when i can't replenish my account? imma wait until someone hires me, which btw hasn't even happened yet. so frustrating.

[arnavvr]

1 hour ago, terrytek said:

well what's the point of a debit card when i can't replenish my account? imma wait until someone hires me, which btw hasn't even happened yet. so frustrating.

Wait I thought you said you are on minimum wage?

[RatedBlam]

I don't know about cars, but with motorbikes the manufacturers often break in the engines and rev the nuts off of them at the factory. Either in an engine dyno or a chassis dyno.