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

[Cereal5]

6 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

they are decently reliable but parts are very expensive. just something to keep in mind.

Oh yeah I'm aware. But to say you have a Gallardo V10 is pretty cool. Or is it the Gallardo has a VW V10... :kappa: Though I'd rather have a TDI. He won't get one anyways, just a dream of mine to sit in a back seat I actually fit in. He bought an 07 A4 back in 2014 I think because he wanted a car that would "fit the whole family". He must have forgotten I'm 5 inches taller than him when he made that decision.

[Bitter]

The reason why people toss their Audi when it's off lease is because it's also out of warranty at that point, and an out of warranty Audi is a liability.

[bcredeur97]

28 minutes ago, Bitter said:

The reason why people toss their Audi when it's off lease is because it's also out of warranty at that point, and an out of warranty Audi is a liability.

Depends. The C7 A6’s are extremely reliable as well as most of the others with that same supercharged 3.0L V6 from what I’ve seen

 

the dual clutch sometimes offered with that engine might be an exception... idk about that one

[iDeFecZx]

6 hours ago, vinyldash303 said:

Tee ahr bee el. Trbl.

Have you not smelt one? Used gear oil (even new gear oil) with 150,000 on it is something awful. Something about the added sulfur helps the axle last longer or some shit.

We dont tend to get them, I knew gear oil absolutely stinks but ive never gone out my way to sniff it whilst draining the old stuff 

[Oskar94a]

13 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

-snip-

I've also painted my grill black on my Saab, I don't have any good pictures of it yet but I'll post when I take a good one.

[RevoltTrain]

10 minutes ago, Oskar94a said:

I've also painted my grill black on my Saab, I don't have any good pictures of it yet but I'll post when I take a good one.

I've been trying to do some research as to what sizes the emblems on my wagon actually are front and rear. Want to convert it from the old Saab Scania badges it currently has to these 

 

 

[Oskar94a]

13 minutes ago, RevoltTrain said:

I've been trying to do some research as to what sizes the emblems on my wagon actually are front and rear. Want to convert it from the old Saab Scania badges it currently has to these 

Those look really good I might pick some up for my Saab. I would suggest using some calipers to measure them on your car.

[iDeFecZx]

1 hour ago, RevoltTrain said:

I've been trying to do some research as to what sizes the emblems on my wagon actually are front and rear. Want to convert it from the old Saab Scania badges it currently has to these 

 

 

 

[Ross Siggers]

19 hours ago, RevoltTrain said:

I actually flat traded my US spec indicators to someone in Sweden and we both just paid shipping. I guess the amber was cool to them since they didn't get it and vice versa here

 

I left the fog lights untinted for a long while and decided the front looked a little bland. Need to redo them eventually with some actual good film, not just cheap ebay stuff. I had also originally just plastidipped the grill just to see if the black suited it. Ended up properly painting it when I put on the roofrack bars and the tinted foglights

 

Just like the Saab, we don't get any version of the 1 Series with amber indicators. The E82 with North American spec headlights...I feel guilty for liking it but I dooooo  

 

tinted foglights is a popular option with the E36 too, although I actually went from Black grilles, to the factory chrome ones. I found that black looked better on my old, lighter coloured car, whereas the dark purple needed a little accent in the front, and the chrome does the job really well  

 

P.S. those old style Saab badges are "classy AF". An old fella around the corner from my house has an 80's Saab coupe in black, with chrome trim, and that style blacked out badges...it's a stealthy barge!!

 

I'd love to convert my car to use the old-school BMW Motorsport emblems, but they're hard to get; The few people who do reproduce them, do so in very specific and limited sizes, mostly for 70's BMW's. Oh also, they're crazily expensive because they're normally large, and very high quality metal & enamel.

 

[AHaskin14]

Just got myself a 2015 F150 XLT with the 3.5L V6 Twin Turbo. I consider it unfortunate now that I only have an 8 minute commute to work, and am itching to get out driving some more this weekend. It has a sport mode they carried over form the mustang, that's been a ton of fun to drive.

[Azerafel]

Anyone else noticing more Alfa Romeo cars in the US lately?

[Bitter]

I blame FCA.

[Bitter]

Found a used one, was no good.

Got the busted part of the axle out.

Gonna use the shaft frome the bad diff in the original one that snapped the shaft and cross our fingers cause used ones are hard to come by.

 

Oh and the Verus Pro BSOD'd yesterday lol.

[FuzzyYellow]

2 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Found a used one, was no good.

Got the busted part of the axle out.

Gonna use the shaft frome the bad diff in the original one that snapped the shaft and cross our fingers cause used ones are hard to come by.

that looks nasty.

[Bitter]

Yeah, the broken ring gear one didn't smell as bad as the snapped axle one. The shop still reeeeeeks so bad people keep asking if we have a gas leak.

[TVwazhere]

13 minutes ago, Bitter said:

Found a used one, was no good.

Got the busted part of the axle out.

Gonna use the shaft frome the bad diff in the original one that snapped the shaft and cross our fingers cause used ones are hard to come by.

 

Oh and the Verus Pro BSOD'd yesterday lol.

-snip-

That'll buff right out

 

(I really hope my gears dont look like that in my trans since 2nd gear is hit-or-miss, havent found a trans shop yet)

[AlwaysFSX]

7 hours ago, AHaskin14 said:

Just got myself a 2015 F150 XLT with the 3.5L V6 Twin Turbo. I consider it unfortunate now that I only have an 8 minute commute to work, and am itching to get out driving some more this weekend. It has a sport mode they carried over form the mustang, that's been a ton of fun to drive.

Ain't it great?  Hope yours has the tow mirrors because hooooooooly shiiiiiiiiiit the small ones are so bad now.

[AHaskin14]

46 minutes ago, AlwaysFSX said:

Ain't it great?  Hope yours has the tow mirrors because hooooooooly shiiiiiiiiiit the small ones are so bad now.

Nice and big, and heated!

[AlwaysFSX]

3 minutes ago, AHaskin14 said:

Nice and big, and heated!

[bcredeur97]

2 hours ago, Bitter said:

Yeah, the broken ring gear one didn't smell as bad as the snapped axle one. The shop still reeeeeeks so bad people keep asking if we have a gas leak.

right now im cringing and hoping there was some sort of design change because if that happens to my parents' qx80 im going to be livid (because I'll be the one fixing it prob)

[FuzzyYellow]

36 minutes ago, bcredeur97 said:

right now im cringing and hoping there was some sort of design change because if that happens to my parents' qx80 im going to be livid (because I'll be the one fixing it prob)

I know a guy who just had a transmission go out under warranty on a QX80.

[Guest]

This car looks absolutely fantastic, I really hope they put it into production. 

 

[Cereal5]

Damn, a guy over on Shroud’s discord just found a Cherokee on the side of the road. Had the keys and a signed title in it. Apparently it pissed all it’s oil and the guy just bought it, he was so mad he just left it (I think it was an old XJ, had a 4.0L). Ever happen to anyone here?

[Bitter]

That sounds like a setup by the police.

[Bitter]

04 RX330, crank no start, finally found the cause. It wasn't powering itself on, not powering up the ECM power relay in the underhood fuse block, if I fed the relay power the engine light would come on but there was no ECM comms and no start. I need to finish checking the ECM controlled devices to see if any are shorted to ground or power that could have smoked that transistor, I suspect it may be the driver for the ECM power relay though. It got so hot to smoked the processor on the other side of the board too, which is pretty awesome.