/o/ -  Auto

>>18187

Unless car makers are in cahoots with oil oligarchs to extract the most profit from us as possible. Seems likely based on history and corporate thirst for profit at all costs.

Yeah, you can lean out your air fuel mixture. You'll get better mpg, but also worse performance, worse cold starts, worse reliability due to high temps and knocking, etc.

You really want better mpg you're better off shedding weight. An actual remap will give you negligible mpg improvements.

>>18187

Remember the shitstorm VW caused by them cheating on the environut test so they could get better fuel economy since the environut standards would result in WORSE fuel economy if they went along with it?

It is NOT true. That's not how obd devices work.

You'll be able to read dtc and live data as well as configure settings and code for options, but engine mapping is not something you can change on a whim.

>>18111

Not only that

>posts rebranded Mercedes owned by Fiat

>>18111

>>18116

Do brand names even mean anything anymore? Toyata's with BMW and Subaru engines, a Fiat that's really a Mazda and so on.

>>18121

they don't, that's what I was pointing out there >>18111

f her on the car then drive somewhere with less manly looking women.

She also looks like a shitskin and degenerate (and considering she took that photo for attention whoring purposes she definitely is)

>>17871

how does one obtain elbow grease though? I've never seen any in my autoshop

>>17871

Ever heard of a carbide lamp?

>>17870

"Headlight fluid" is water. What you need is headlight (carbide) tablets, to drop in the water.

> I think there was a car from the 50s that required bottle of blue milk to run.

Are you thinking of Oldsmobile's "Turbo Rocket Fuel" which was 50:50 methanol and water mix, used in the 1962 Oldsmobile Jetfire (with turbocharged engine)?

>>18102

thanks, the Viper marks the end of an era.

>>13125

The AW11 ended production in 1989 (not a 90s car).

>>13143

I know it's a 80s car. I still like it over the AW20

>>13046

>>13047

Pop-ups were crash safety, not pedestrian.

Cause they interfering with crumple zones.

Also cost.

>>18114

Congrats, you replied to a 2-year old post.

Though I actually was one of the anons in this thread

I posted >>13034, >>13045 and >>13047 since the information containing post ids got corrupted or whatever

>>18117

And now you were given the chance to be reunited with your old posts once again, ain't that romantic.

Board's too slow, might as well reply to any unanswered question. Nothing wrong with reviving old threads.

I meant to say "none". Fuck I'm retarded

>>18082

you look less retarded on this post than in >>18081, sir 40 yo suspension points fag

>>18066

Still though, automobiles, much like every other thing, might have been immeasurably impacted had the Axis powers won, and not necessarily for the better. Take Japan for example.

>Japan doesn't lose

>Ergo Japan isn't poor

>Ergo Japan doesn't make cheap, small econoboxes to get back on their feet

>Ergo Japan never learns how to make reliable, robust cars

>Ergo Japan probably never makes anything that came as a result of conquering the world in the second half of the 20th century, and most likely keeps to themselves instead of forcefully branching out

Think about it. No GT-Rs, no Supras, no Evos, none of that riceburning goodness. You'd probably see the Toyota Crown or some variant thereof, but you also won't see any of their Kei cars I would imagine, since Japan would be so filthy rich they'd just combat the space problem with garage complexes.

>>18067

>The Japs make enormous steel cars with thirsty V8s and Toyota, Honda and Daihatsu continuously try to one-up each other with higher and higher displacement engines

>Chrysler, Ford, GM and soon AMC make small, efficient, reliable cars out of cheap metals and plastic

>Westaboos all over Japan flaunt their "ADM" Turbo I4 Mustangs and Camaros

>>18066

for how long though, since Hitler planned Volkswagen to be for everyone?

>>18074

Her cap is way oversized

>>17408

>no-one with a triple digit IQ is falling for something that's part of a natural 12,500 year cycle

whew you've almost got me

>>17408

It is just girls and gays pretending to like cars for attention from people who do. They want to be fucked hard by a masculine mechanic gearhead type. This is an easy way for them to demonstrate that.

Photography is basic bitch hobby and also the most pretentious-bastard-enabling.

"Oh, I like what I'm seeing right now, better capture it with a camera that costed 8k because I'm extra like that."

Nice Skyline btw

>>18019

We have a thread for spotted oddities.

Nice dog.

>>17849

Seeing all the crossovers every day made me immune.

>>17848

I'll be waiting

>>17850

Cracked it open finally, only to find a /gore/ worthy scene. The crankshaft and connecting rod were completely bust. Guess that sitting in water for some years with no oil does a number on old parts. Will look for a replacement engine or maybe parts if they are available, but no sooner than late May.

I also found out in some instruction manuals that i manged to translate from moonrunes to human letters that it runs on 63 gasoline. Sixty-fucking-three. Not sure where i am supposed to get that. Lowest i can get here is 95. Will still try to restore the frame/wheels/brakes in the meantime. Will probably but some chink 2-stroke bike kit and jam it on there.

The other bike i will be trying to restore is a Minsk 125 from late 80s, it at least is supposed to run on 92 gasoline. It will accept 95 just fine. And the engine and wheels actualy turn, which is a good sign.

>Jumping

>Wheelies

>Trucks are tough as nails, crashing doesn't end the race

Thoughts?

>>17953

That's why they just call them Shelby now. Even though Carroll Shelby is dead and has nothing to do with the cars anymore.

Bump

Don't roll your car over and you won't need a roll bar. Duh.

Get some pipe and a bender and make your own.

Natural gas could be interesting, especially when the car crashes and the tank BLEVEs.

>>17919

so you failed to get the joke which wasn't mine and I got yours. It's just way lower than his.

>>17920

No car equiped with natural gas tank has ever exploded even in the most severe of crashes. Those things have safety valves and enough insulation to contain an angry god, ya know.

>>17592

I think it has more to do with how the (((influential))) has been trying to incite a scare with it. Musk called them "mind-bogglingly stupid."

If you're gonna spend in upwards of 30k dollarydoos on a new Miata, why not bump up a year to a 19 with the punchier engine while you're at it?

and when will Mazda make an infotainment screen that doesn't literally stick out like someone glued a tablet to the dash?

>>17950

I got ~$10k off the RRP as the dealer had it sitting there for 12 months so, I think, it was a good deal. The 'infotainment' system looks like it'd be completely in the way but actually isn't that bad when you're in there driving. I thought it was going to be annoying but I didn't get distracted by it once.

>>17949

Oh I hope convertibles aren't your thing if you got the RF!

Though that deal you got plus the package is telling you've had a bargain. I believe you're in the US and as such there isn't anything else you could have gotten for that price and these specs.

>>17951

Shit, not a bad deal then. I'm waiting til the first '19s come off their 2 year leases and snatch one for hopefully sub $15k, assuming the engines prove to be as reliable as the old 1.8s do long term. I'm maybe a week from rolling over 150k on my '96 and she runs like a top.

>>17952

>>17954

Never been a massive fan of convertibles, so the RF is just what I was after. I'm sure every now and then I'll retract the roof for shits and giggles, but it's definitely not going to be a common occurrence. From my understanding, there are only 110 Limited Edition (LE) models that were released here, so it really was a steal. It's basically the RF GT model with 17-inch BBS alloy wheels, the Brembo brake pack, Bilstein shocks with revised springs, a more aerodynamic body styling kit (which is quite modest but looks really aesthetic), a strut tower brace and Recaro seats. I'm pretty sure our LE is the RS version that Japan got.

>>17927

I don't get your point, you either say that European manufacturers don't do small cars anymore and also uses the C1/108 examples, which are quite small cars. It's not smal with a "long" hood as they used to do, but at least it's small and fits in small parking spaces. The 1st gen Twingo was the roomiest small car ever built and that one was the peak small car. Not tiny, kei-car small, but small enough to qualify as such.

>also Czech trio with Toyota/Citroën/Peugeot/Volkswagen

<aren't you confusing the trio Aygo/C1/108 and the trio Up!/Mii/Citigo?

>>17928

>aren't you confusing the trio Aygo/C1/108 and the trio Up!/Mii/Citigo?

Those three cars are all built in the same Czech plant, at least for the first gen.

And remembering how long the original Twingo lasted, yeah, that car counts too. There are quite a few others that survived into the 00s, but they're all bigger now.

Ford don't make the regular Ka anymore, instead they import the "Ka+" from India.

Opel/Vauxhall have the Adam, which is about the same size as the Fiat 500.

Same case with Renault's current Twingo.

Mercedes' A-Class ballooned into a fullsize compact long ago.

Mini said they'd make the Rocketman but have never got further than a concept.

When you remove all the badge engineering, there are just 3 vehicles European manufacturers offer that are city cars in the traditional sense - the Up, the Aygo and the Smart. Japan still makes the same Kei cars they used to but infuriatingly don't sell them outside anymore as they did in the 80s/early 90s. The Honda Brio RS for example looks far more like a "Civic Type R" than the current one does, which is now a coupe.

>>17930

And crucially, the target market has changed. The current crop of subcompacts/city cars are designed for an entirely different audience than the likes of the Mini, Metro or Panda.

Cars like those 3 were made as the most basic form of automotive transportation for a fully grown family who need to get from A to B. They were built as fullsize cars but for a smaller frame. You had legroom in exchange for little in the way of safety. Cars like the 108, Up etc. are aimed for students/graduates who want to buy their first new car, and so are typically lesser equipped and have far less room in the back.

The Datsun 120Y was the mightiest car ever produced - ever!

Fight me.

>>17930

>Those three cars are all built in the same Czech plant, at least for the first gen.

>quotes 6 cars

>talks only about 3

bro you're confusing

Well if I remove the badge engeneering, theres:

PSA's 108/C1

Opel's Adam (PSA now, but not at all the same car as those above)

Renault's twingo

Smart's Fortwo

VW's trio

Fiat 500

Kia Piccanto

Hyundai i10

So that's way more than 3 differents cars. And I deliberately took off the Audi A1 and the Suzuki Ignis from the list. I'm pretty sure some other small cars are sold here but I don't have them in mind.

>>17931

what you're pointing out is more a security standard change than a shift in market.