ITT: bad Veeky Forums feelings

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sold a great car because i felt like i didn't deserve it ;_;

>tfw the current owner treats it like shit and it is in worse condition every time you see it

honda civic ex 1999 in a nutshell

base engine a shit

i got a worse one
>see exact same car as mine
>has as massive cam, twin turbos and built auto with a stally, reinforced driveline and like 20k+ of work done
>im already at 10k and barely got my trans done because everything else broke, suspention and shit
oh well if all goes well ill have the car back on the raod by next month and a cam in by july

>spend hours detailing car
>a few hours later
fucking why?

>afraid girls will think my loud truck will be uncool
>driving 26 year old truck to a date

I like it but will anyone else. That feel when in drive thru and have to turn off truck from the rattle and engine noise in a closed space

>do a VIN check
>find out it was totaled

Fuck, this sucks major dick.

>move to another city area with gf
>no covered parking spots for residents, have to park on the street
>power lines run above the line of parked cars
>have to remove bird shit daily when spring or summer
REEEEEEEE

>driving home on road trip
>had noticed spot of rust under one of the rocker panels, didn't investigate further
>passenger is complaining about a cold draft near her feet
>worried as fuck what I see when I get down there

>Older obscure trim japo box
>Miles keep going up
>replacing parts

>tfw you see another naked driver
>except (s)he has the bigger penis

Doesn't really bother me.

>drive an '07 chebby month Carlo v6
>know that anyone with an SS model either has to baby their car so much it might as well be a v6 or they're going through transmissions left and right

>user there's white smoke coming from your exhaust

OH FUCK ME RIGHT UP THE ASS REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>seeing people pull out in front of you from the same apartment complex that killed your last car in the exact same circumstances except they're cutting it EVEN CLOSER STOP STOP STOP PLEASE DON'T PULL OUT

>want to turn
>big mall crawler 4wd piece of shit coming down the road
>move forward and start turning so i can go straight across right behind the 4wd
>oh lol there's a corolla right up the 4wds ass that was entirely obstructed from view
>just make it

>Bought convertible to enjoy weather
>Smell burning oil
>not sure if it's the shitbox up ahead.

>Not having a loud truck and a quiet truck

My 84 with a slant six is quiet as a mouse and my 93 is a 400 big block with open long tubes

>Watching fuel prices rise

>want to mod car but no money
>want to work on car but nothing is really broken
It's a peculiar kind of feel

>See rust
>Panic and slop brown Rust-Oleum on it to hide it
Problem solved

>White smoke
>Oil

>single cab
>long bed
>slant 6
>4x4

user, I like you more and more everytime you post. Please tell me it's a standard trans

It is indeed

...

>have the second highest trim level
>have larger engine than most models
>also comes with factory exterior rice
>is the warm hatch, not hot hatch

>hot hatch drivers think mine is the hot hatch
>regularly get hot hatch drivers wanting to do traffic light races
>always get smoked

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh

>see rust
>ignore it until the car is undriveable
Cost: $0
Time wasted: 0

>mfw passing GTS-Ts in my GT-R

>park all the way at the end of Wal-Mart parking lot because bank is in Wal-Mart
>spend 2 minutes in Wal-Mart to make a deposit
>white minivan parked next to my car
>through my examine his side of my car for door dings
>mfw I look him in the eye

>be nice and let someone join my road or anything else
>later see that its some BMW scumbag

>buy specific car
>keep looking at the ads to see if a better one appears

Why do I do this Veeky Forums?

How does a fucking Crown Vic die from that?

Torn between used CL65 AMG or Bentley Continental. In terms of maintenance and practicality, the Benz. But my badge whore self says the Continental

Same. Already fixed most little things. Could go full sperg mode and restore to full factory detail, but I'd be too much trouble.

>tfw I drive an rx8
>has the smallest engine outside of smartcars but still slow as fuck.

>ride shotgun with someone else
>they take corners like a fucking grandma
>they go 2mph in parking lots
>they're hesitant to the point of being a hazard when merging or pulling out of driveway
>they never let the RPM get above 2,000
How do these fucking people ever accomplish anything?

>Drive manual transmissions for over 10 years.
>Randomly stall car at red light

>Seeing a stanced out version of your car

...

>drive fine when I'm driving without my dad
>dad and his friend want lift to pub
>stall twice
>don't hold the button on the handbrake
>get "KZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZCHK" when I pull the handbrake

>dad wants me to drive him to town where my uni is because bank branch isn't in my town
>he isn't sure of the parking situation so he'll get out and I'll find somewhere to park
>constantly giving me directions even though I driven there every day for almost two years
>distracts me by telling me I should be in a different lane just as I come up to a junction
>I'm already in the right lane
>tell him I'm in the right lane
>end up running a red light at one of the busiest junctions in town

Luckily for me, the traffic light is relatively far from the actual junction so I just reversed back a bit, but

>we go to park in a parking garage
>van infront of us can't fit in the garage
>I have to reverse out of the way and wiggle my way past some bins so the van can reverse out
>again, dad is telling me what I should be doing
>get out of the way and in the parking garage without crashing

>parking garage exits on to one way, pedestrianised road that turns into busses and taxis only at some point, but I don't know what point
>tells me I should turn left
>turn left because I'm not familiar with this part of town
>dead end
>turn around
>say fuck it
>just drive down road until it ends
>dad points at a sign on the road and says "look, we're in a bus lane now"
>just ignore him
>exit
>three days later
>get a letter from the council saying I have a £30 for driving through the bus lane
>dad ends up paying it

I notice that my driving skill goes down multiple points when I have my dad in my car

>don't hold the button on the handbrake
But you don't have too, you retard. That's only for releasing it.

>four days ago
>dad shows me ad for big car sale
>don't know anything about cars
>dad got bigtime scammed on the last car he bought
>take mom with me to help save me from getting scammed
>when I get a bad feeling looking at the numbers and want to walk away she convinces me that I'm just being paranoid because dad got scammed
>bad feelings persists
>just figure out last night how they bait and switched me into overpaying almost $5000

Thanks, mom and dad.

Holy shit when your gif finally moved it made me kek.

>want to mod car
>live in Commiefornia

I probably overpaid on my first car because I got a cam belt kit fitted included in the price that was listed on Autotrader, but when I look back, I could've probably brought the price down considering the mileage on it

That's how I drive 90% of the time.

I respect the automobile, and drive it like a delicate piece of equipment.

That doesn't mean I can't roast the back, do a hard pull, or get sideways in a roundabout, I just follow traffic laws for the most part and don't put mindless abuse on my car for a commute.

>Driving Accord DX poorfag edition
>Glorious Accord EX V6 soars by with an old hag diving
>Cry a little because life isn't fair

>accidentally cracked my windshield this morning
>probably big enough it can't be fixed

What year?

>overestimate your rpm and shift too high and be slow as fuck for a minute

>tfw Britbong insurers quote 13Bs as 2.6L engines with ludicrous premiums
>tfw no sky high redline

> how it feels to drive an unstanced civic si

Use scanner at work for shits and giggles on my new used car

>2 ABS codes and 2 airbag codes

No CEL

>RPMs dropping low and car sometimes stalls when slowing down to a stop
>car pulls one code, P0174
>replace MAF, code and CEL goes away after driving a bit
>RPM still drops low sometimes

>let someone into traffic
>they don't give a thank you wave

fucking cock suckers. WE LIVE IN A SOCIETY!

This happened about 30 min ago

>driving girl home (she was at work sick and normally takes the bus)
>she talks about the fact that she wants to lease a new car and not by one used
>I drive a manual 2006 Mazda 3 and in my eyes it looks amazing, no rust or scratches and the inside is mint
>I bought it used
>trying to make a point I ask her how old she thinks my car is because I was assuming she was going to say under 10 years old
>she says "I dono, was it made in the 90's?"
>I was shocked and then she starts pointing at shit like the radio and trim

I was roasted in my own car guys

>had money to buy neat old shitbox in decent condition
>waffled on buying it literally one day too long
>occasionally see it driving by around town
end me

Im sorry user, that does look exactly like you´d expect a 200X econobox to look like, which isn´t bad imo.

>small dents & scratches you don't have the equipment or knowledge to properly fix
>that one little noise you're never quite sure is supposed to be there or not
>that one little rattle you can never find or make go away

>Tfw my car is the top model in the range.
I don't even care when I see a newer gen cause they're turbo and I love my supercharger

>reinstalling trim
>CRACK
>go around corner
>THUNK
>dont wait long enough before putting it into reverse
>GRRRRRR CLUNK

Cobalt ss?

>they never let the RPM get above 2,000

This bothers me a bit, I've met people irl who think that revving the engine high is really bad for the car. As far as my understanding goes, if the engine has warmed up and has enough oil and no other issues, it doesn't hurt to rev it out as long as you stay under the redline and don't do it all the time. The people who think it's bad seem to usually be girls though. Feel free to correct me if I'm wrong though.

>tfw have yet to see another mk3 golf in canuckland other than my brothers
and even he has the exact same spec as my car

>tfw you scrape your diffuser and the bumper breaks.

Indeed, but low rpm keep your fuel consumption low.

the average woman possess poor estimation skills and likely even worse knowledge of cars. if you surveyed 100 women you'd get a ridiculous distribution

while crusing thats true, but most engines exteact the most power out of a given volume of fuel und high load and moderate rpm, so for the best mpg it good to have the throtle at about 80% and shift at about 3000 rpm until you hit the speed you want to cruise at. Then you shift into the highest possible gear without lugging the engine.

gay

Usually you get your best fuel economy if you shift at rpm lower than 2500 if you acellerate and 1500 for cruising.
pic related, the best efficiency of most engines is at almost fully opened throttle and low mid rpm.

yeah with modern turbos thats true, i was thinking about NA engines

Yeah I'm not sure about the fuel efficiency, but I have had the thought that accelerating quickly to the cruising speed is economic. Some of you guys probably know much more about this however. But revving the engine on occassion is just too much fun, definitely worth a little money.

Not just turbos, my 1KR-FE has it´s peak efficiency at low rpm as well.
Due to VVT it has a wide band of high efficiency, wich results in 60mpg+ on a tank for me.
>I have had the thought that accelerating quickly to the cruising speed is economic

Accelerating with whide open throttle and low rpm gives you the best efficieny.
That is usually pretty fast on most modern cars, since pretty much every shitbox has more than 100hp these days.
>But revving the engine on occassion is just too much fun, definitely worth a little money.
When you don´t come too close to redline and open the throttle almost fully, you won´t lose that much fuel economy either.
Doing so without any load is retardet anyway.

lol mazda 2.5?

>reset ECU to remap after turbo work and timing belt replacement
>use scanner for curious
>36 codes stored
>no CEL

>she expected you to be a full blown Veeky Forumstist
>but your car is only 10 years old
youtube.com/watch?v=DrxJCOVsV1E
here's your honorary RUNNING IN THE 90's grill badge

>agreed to meet guy to buy my first car tomorrow
>can't drive manual transmission

I've been watching youtube videos for 12 hours hoping that I'll at least be able to get it running enough to get it out of there.

calm down, you´ll be fine

Just let off the clutch and push the throttle simultaneously AS SLOWLY AS POSSIBLE

The top few inches of the clutch are what newbs fuck up the most, just go slow and steady

why not find someone who can drive stick?

>get rpm to 2000
>let off clutch as slow as possible

I'm trying to be calm but I'm nervous as fuck

It sounds easier said than done tho.

The only person I know is my dad and he doesn't want me to get it because he said Geo Trackers are a "shitmobile"

Even tho it's in good shape and only has 80k miles on it and maintenance was well kept

the seller will probably help you if you ask him/her

>It sounds easier said than done tho.
I learned it at the local gliding club at the age of 14, it ain´t hard.

eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

>your dad a shit
sorry an/o/n, tell your dad that the media lied about geo trackers and he can STFU
I learned to drive stick when I was 14 by stealing my parents shitbox at night
just watch some videos and practice in a parking lot for a few hours before hitting the road

^this

If you treat it nicely it will last longer.

>he doesn't want me to get it because he said Geo Trackers are a "shitmobile"

DELET DIS!!!

GEO TRACKER A BEST COMPACT 4x4

>Taking women's opinion of cars seriously

You can learn from this and save yourself the frustration in the future.
The average woman doesn't even know the difference between most base models and sport models. I have personally witnessed a woman state that her F30 325i is faster than an E46 M3 because "it's newer".