>>28827737
I would write something about German cars, but I will be called a schizo or a bot again.

>>28827737
For me it's Mercedes-Benz (pre 1992 communist takeover)

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I keep coming back to the idea of putting a cammed ls and tko inside of an r129
Ill probably pay a speed shop to handle the mounts and steering rack conversion and do the rest myself. Ive seen several half completed swaps on the internet but no running and driving examples that I know of. I used to have one so I already know they are incredibly well built even if complex.

Its retarded and expensive and will take me years to complete but at this point I know I wont see any other project through to completion because it doesnt tickle my balls the same way. What would you do?

>>28827737
What are you gonna discuss? Plastic engine components, McDonald's struts, led interior mood lighting, leasing options, automatic transmissions

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>>28827976
Aren't you afraid they'll hate you for this post?

>>28827976
>nooo you can only talk about faggy uglyslowgay 3cylinderlet fag-wheel drive economy pikachu bullshits this is an anime weeblet forum reeeEeeeeeEEEE

>>28827995
hidden german option

>>28827976
Audi perfected the multilink rear and Toyota didn’t move out torsion beam until like 2019. Water pump replacement is annoying but also not actually a big deal.

>>28828253
>Audi perfected the multilink rear

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T6bf7Gtrtus

>>28828254
Love how all Audi seethe never uses the s4 or s6

>>28828254
Have to brake a little more and throttle into the corner to use your sport diff to oversteer. Skill issue.

It’s also pathetic becuase the precious Honda Civic understeers far worse and so does every Toyota and Lexus. Some out of date top gear meme from 2001 still rotting /o/s brain.

Thinking about trading in my Audi A3 1.6TDI for something a little more exciting but still practical, reliable and comfortable.

Seriously thinking about an M2 or an S5. Not a rich bitch so my budget is £35k for a used example.

Am I crazy? On paper the A3 is everything I should need so maybe I get a hatch like an S3 or 1 series instead. If there are any Merc equivalents I'd consider them but they don't seem to have a recent (>2016) offerings in the comfortable, practical coupe space.

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>>28829265
E92. N54. 335i.

>>28829265
>practical, reliable
>£35k
>M2 or an S5
>Am I crazy?
Yes
Does the Audi have any issues or are you just bored with it? Maybe try a RWD 1 series with a big engine if you want something different but still practical and relatively affordable

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>>28829297
Something like an...
E82. N54. 135i??
(godsdamn i hate the proportions on these fucking things)

>>28829304
I was thinking something more practical like the E87 or F20. If you want a coupe you might as well go for something bigger like >>28829275

>>28829318
I'd get the E92 for the steering alone

German cars: first 100k is the driver's experience, second 100k is the mechanics experience.

Why are krauts so pathetic when it comes to making shit that lasts? I can only count on 1 hand machines they've made that actually lasts. Pretty sad.

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>>28827737
europoors, whats the consensus on the opel astra with the 1.8?
They sold them as saturns here and theyre cheap used

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>>28829327
Because they are too rarely threatened with lawsuits

In April 2009, a class action suit was filed against BMW in connection with HPFP failures. BMW settled the suit in June 2010. On 26 October 2010, following an ABC News story about HPFP failures, BMW announced a recall of vehicles with the pump in question from manufacturing years 2007–2010. The recall was applied to 130,000 cars, resulting in the replacement of the HPFP in approximately 40,000 of these cars. In the United States, the warranty period for the HPFP was increased to 10 years and 120,000 mi (190,000 km).On some cars, the HPFP was replaced multiple times without resolving the issue, potentially leading to the car being refunded under the Lemon Laws in some states.The High Pressure Fuel Pump issue caused BMW North America to extend the warranty for this pump to 10 years or 120,000 mi (190,000 km).The warranty period for the fuel injectors was also increased, to 10 years or 120,000 mi (190,000 km).An updated design for the fuel injectors was also introduced.Due to problems with rattling wastegates caused by premature bushing wear,BMW extended the warranty period for wastegate-related issues to 8 years or 82,000 mi (132,000 km).

These warranty extensions only apply to the United States.

>>28829297
Yeah just bored with it, it's very slow on the accelleration but otherwise is... fine? Boring, but really cheap to run and has been bulletproof for reliablility for the past 50k miles to the point where I feel i'll get another 100k out of it easily with the only real outlays past oil & MOT being the two timing belt changes. The tax is only £20/year which I still find insane.

I don't need anything top drawer so feel like a used S3 or S5 will give me a bit more excitement - just looking for a bit of giggle when i'm cornering and getting on the motorway really. I'm not going to track it and live rural so it has to have the clearance to deal with potholes and the occasional trip onto steeper, unpaved roads so the AWD is a plus there. The A3 can just about handle it, but some of the cars i've been reading about seem to love lowering the ground clearance which will fuck me up.

>>28829275
Yeah something like this looks perfect desu, i love the idea of the straight six and they don't look too expensive. How do they keep past 100k miles?

and yeah, guessing post 2016 M135i's with xdrive don't hit the same? How's their reliability compared to the N54s?

>>28827737
brittle plastic and rodent bait wiring harnesses general

>>28829403
That just sounds like you don't do maintenance or check-ups on your cars, Anon

>>28829406
>bro just replace 70% of the contents of your engine bay because it's made of shitty plastic instead of metal and your wiring harnesses as part of your maintenance schedule because the manufacturer made shitty material choices instead of those components lasting the life of your car
"no"

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>>28829378
Werks in my machina *shrug nigmoji*

>>28829389
The N54 will go to 300k miles, but everything around it will need to be replaced

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>>28829425
What the fuck are you talking about

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>>28829447
>posts a picture filled to the brim with plastic
>conveniently posts one with the plastic valve cover removed, the one that cracks and people have to upgrade to aluminum after the fact because bmw was retarded and made it out of plastic
Nice try retard bmw schizo

>>28829265
The S5 is considerably an upgrade from an S3 or A3. Mostly aluminum, proper engine, proper Quattro, generally reliable, DCT. It’s also got a good aftermarket so you can get upgraded bushings and an easy and reliable track ready tube and build it out to be a very excellent track car.

The M2 is cheaper in build but has the M stuff so it’s more like an RS3. So expect creaks and rattles and a harsher ride.
The S line is more super sport backroad and daily. The M2 is closer to a track car that you can daily.
I’d also throw the M235i in there as it’s really close to an M2 save for a few suspension bits and the tube and some reinforced internals.

I’d feel really content with an S or RS or M or M235i and owning it for 5-10 years. You won’t really need to ‘upgrade’ to a better car. Just buy the one that matches what you want to do the best. All fi these can go to the track and be as fast as anything. The S5 probably has the best mods as they are all aimed at making it a serious car handling and power wise. The BMW’s have McDonald’s and less sound dampening and less quality but they do have better balance. I have tracked all of them and enjoyed them all for different reasons. If you won’t track at all the M235i and S5 are good looks. If you want to track a lot the M2 has the best computer system and cooling to make it easy.
The S5 is going to be fine out of the box until you get good at driving and then the nannies will annoy you bc they think you’re on a street. But you can poly bushings with low deflection on the double bones with the sport diff and have a GT3 lite suspension and the drive train is ready for track days without oil starvation or cooling issues.

I personally hate the S3, it’s good for track and fun to drive but it’s FWD, has a weak fuel pump, and overbearing Nannies. Easy skips

>>28829503
Thanks for the write up, anon, good food for thought. I'm less interested in a track car so appreciate the breakdown - sounds the smoother ride of an S5 will be right on the money.

>>28829265
Just get a 911. You'll end up wanting more after you get another shitbox anyway

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>>28829460
Werks in my machina *shrug nigmoji*

>>28829503
>>28829570
>>28829659
If it has gay eps, it's a fuckin "goyslop" economy piece of shit in the first place, to use the parlance of our times

>>28829275
I'd go for the e60 535i instead, better interior quality, easier to find with lower miles and won't have been clapped out by a stupid spic with bolt on's a shitty jb4 tune.

>>28829679
Believe it or not there are people out there that aren't racing heritage purists for their daily commute. I have no desire to daily a 1951 Jaguar C-type for my grocery shopping and run into work, because I wouldn't have a single intact disc in my spine left after a week.

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>>28829460
I bought one of those amazon aluminum replacement valve covers. Worked out pretty good.

>>28829707
E92s have better interiors than e6xs THOUGH
>>28829710
What does racing heritage have to do with gay eps being for economy bullshits?

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I heart my bug

>>28829740
Post tits

>>28829710
Then I think an S5 or M235i or M440i would be right what you want. They’re tuned for the street and to be smooth on the street. I personally like the S5 the best becuase it’s a better package with better materials objectively. The M440i has the inline 6 which is very good and reliable but the interior is cheaper and it has the Macpherson struts.

>>28829740

VW refuses ti make the rear engine hybrid beetle the world wants. They would sell a million

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>>28829749
All of those just have way too many dealbreakers
Might as well get an F10 M5 Competition ad it will be more comfortable, faster, and more luxurious than any of those gay eps ipad touchscreened bullshits

>>28829759
I’d rather have the 535i M sport and not deal with a BMW v8

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>>28829763
n55s are GAY as FUCK and non-M F10s have gay eps
Just get an LCI E90 N54 335i already godsDAMN

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>>28829759
>Might as well get an F10 M5 Competition

Used F10 M5 is ******* money pit

>>28829710
Best not to reply to the poorfag who can only afford a 20 year old BMW. All the new BMWs have eps btw kek

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>>28829755
BILLIONS MUST drive a beetle

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What do we actually think of the 992 as a car, bias aside?

I don’t like the DRL style, I think it’s a little big, I don’t like that they only build the expensive ones, it’s over priced, it’s probably the second ugliest 911 ever after the 996, it’s underpowered like the prelude and overpriced.
I just feel like it’s not that compelling unless you have some love for 911 and want a new one. If all the 911s were available new and with similar performance and safety I don’t think it would necessarily hold up well. I’m also annoyed because it’s easily the most overpriced parts of repair car in the history of the brand on top of the very complex and low volume hybrid shit they’re pushing.
This is to say it’s a rich fag car and not really a car persons car. For that reason I don’t like it and sadly have little desire to get one. I say this as a Porsche fag. Really let down by Porsche in the 2020s. The Panamera and maybe the 718 are the only cars worth buying imo and they’re both flawed by weight in the Pan and cheapness in the 718.
As far as competition I like the M4 despite it being hideous. I like the RS5 despite it being underpowered.
Dunno. These cars are just not great like they used to be.

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>>28830035
Literally none of that is true lol

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>>28830068
>ebonics
gay eps and faggy ipad touchscreens are dealbreakers and are for faggy flyoverlet tastelets with hilariously HUGE lift-kits as they need them just to simply to get In-N-Out kek
>inb4 nooo I can't afford nice roads!!!

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>>28830136
>These cars are just not great like they used to be
Then don't get one. The only Porsches worth owning are 964s and 997.2s amyway

>>28830136
This is poorfag cope. People who have the means will still buy one.

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>>28830152
This is tastelet cope; people who have GOOD TASTE will not buy one.

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>>28830136

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>>28830159
Exactly

>>28830182
0_0

>>28830152
Well I’m a doctor I could get one easily. I just don’t feel like it’s a great car. I wanted to know what people thought.
Objectively what makes a 992 better than a C8?

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>>28830184
Kek fuckin poorson can't afford a 20 year old car

>>28830186
You've just made a great discovery: you can NEVER have actually honest discussion on this site due to the disingenuousness of the contrarians

>>28830186
If you're smart you can make your own decisions. My hospital physician lot has 7 911s, 3 718s, 1 c8, 2 r8. Also, not all docs can afford a new one "easily"

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>>28830195
>If you're smart you can make your own decisions.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias
All those cars are eps-clad ipad dash pussy bullshits lol
No accounting for uttershitetastem8

>>28830186
Depreciation. My almost 2 year old 992 is worth slightly more than what I bought it for.

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>>28830208
Kek fuckin flyoverlets are so fuckin delusional godsDAMN

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>2 year old poorsche
>Worth 5% over MSRP
>3 year old BMW
>Worth 55% of MSRP
Helps that Porsche raised MSRP by 20k last 2 years

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Kek flyoverlets say the darndest things

>>28830212
>>28830224
your e39 is gay.

>>28830208
But do you like it? Would you keep it for 10 years?

>>28827972
pls respawn

>>28830260
I like it. Only other car I test drove was a 718 cgts 4.0 so idk about corvettes. Couldn't get a 718 allocation. It also makes (you) farming from seething poor browns with 20 year old shitboxes easy.

I mog all of you because my MK5 Volkswagen Golf costs absolutely nothing to insure and run and does the job just as well as your Poorsches and Bummers.

>>28830349
I like golf but I will never own FWD again I hate it

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>>28830235
You don't even have a car kek

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>>28830260
Why do you care about the opinion of a flyoverlet nocar tastelet?
>28830284
>nooo every car that's faster and more luxurious than my grandma's monster truck is actually a 20 year old shitbox!!!
Kek why the FUCK are flyoverlet tastelet nocars so fuckin delusional?!

>>28830390
>incomprehensible word salad
sir, I think you might actually have brain damage.

>>28830413
>delusions of a flyoverlet tastelet nocar

>>28830144
>had to rebuild the engine that sharted itself
Sounds like a money pit to me

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>>28827972
Ill follow up with this and maybe spur some actual car discussion.
My far more reasonable alternative to this project is an LS swapped e39 touring.
The e39 has enough support I could theoretically complete the entire swap in my garage only needing to outsource stuff like exhaust work and a driveshaft. Everything from mounts to plug and play harnesses are available for the platform. It will be far cheaper as well.
The r129 is just the best looking 2 door available to a mortal like me, but the complexity and lack of support makes it a nightmare to try to plan a build around. It seems daunting in a scary way because its so rare to see completed examples. My heart says r129, but my brain says the e39 is the way to go.
And yeah they're very different cars, clearly, but im at the point where i know the only project ill keep long term is one i build myself. That said im not a fabricator and I dont want to have a hackjob in my hands either.

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>>28830422
>nooo having to get ONE (1) repair means something is a MONEY PIT!!!
Why is everyone on this whole fuckin site so disingenuous?

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Next time can we not include the BMWfags? They earn their reputation well as the most insufferable brand fanboys. Noone else cares about your family sedans retrofitted to be sports cars

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>>28830427
>nooo only volkswagens and Mercedes are German cars!!
You're free to post your slow bullshit
ricelet, stancelet

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>>28830425
You mean the ONE repair that cost more than the car is worth? I'm not the disingenuous one here.

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>>28830427
No ,you have too suffer with us

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>>28830431
Kek it didn't cost more than it's worth
That's also not an M5 COMPETITIONE
It's also been MODIFIED, which takes a TRAINED PROFESSIONALE such as myself to choose HIGHE QUALITY parts
But judginge from the disgustinge blacke or indigenouse wheels of color, the hilariouse lift-kit, and the boringe cumwhite paint, the seller had NO CLUE what they were doing
You wouldn't know aboht any if that, being a nocar ricelet stancelet tastelet flyoverlet kek

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>>28830443
here's your $500 premium for the M5 Comp bro. mods don't add value either retard

>>28830443
Also
>boring white paint
>his is boring silver
Pot, meet kettle

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>>28830451
>another cumwhite
Find a SILVERSTONE II METALLIC one for that price, unMODIFIED
Also that isn't a COMPETITIONE lol like what fuckin wheels are those even

>>28830416
>>28830390
>>28830443
>let let let
Is this some new kind of ebonics that i'm too white to understand?

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>>28830454
I've literally only seen ONE (1) other SILVERSTONE II METALLIC F10 M5 COMPETITION other than mine
That's an ///M exclusive color, by the way

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>>28830456
I think you're just too much of an eboniclet
Which perhaps is why you also have no car

>>28827737
OP, you poor naive bastard.

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>>28830458
>muh special snowflake silver cope
It's silver. It's a boring NPC color just like white, grey, black, and Jewish racing gold. I don't care if they only made one, it's boring.

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>>28830468
>delusions of a ricelet stancelet tastelet nocar
You can see how it stands out from the actual boringe silver here >>28830458
And they didn't just make one silver for the F10 M5 COMPETITION

>>28830473
Yawn

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>>28830475
Let me guess, you've a boringe cumwhite monster truck? Or perhaps it even has blacke or indigenous paint of color?

>>28830479
My fun cars are dark green metallic and dark blue pearl metallic. Real colors.

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>>28830482

Based color enjoyer, cheers

>>28830455
You removed everything that was competition, Pedro. Which disgusts me by the way.

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>>28830482
Coincidentally the same colors as my fun cars. Weird.
Fuckin nocar poser

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>>28830493
Aw, thanks bb!

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>>28830514
??
I removed the steering rack and put it on a lift-kit??
nocars say the darndest things godsDAMN

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>>28830527
yeah except they're not actually silver with a la croix flavoring tier amount of color in them like yours

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>>28830536
>posts black or indigenous paint of color

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>>28830536
I had a feeling you were blind, it's clearly green.

>>28830550
meant for
>>28830544

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here is was hoping to shoot the shit about some project ideas and the whole thread is just two spergs argueing about their paint

Car color tiers
>Porsche
>Mercedes
>BMW
>Audi
>VW

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>>28830551
I had a feelinge you were blinde, thinking SILVERSTONE II METALLIC was just any OLDE silver
Why are you posting a miata in the German car thread?

>>28830552
maybe the first sperg shouldn't have been disingenuous about his m5 costing as much as it's worth to maintain in one single repair bill then coping about his special snowflake silver as if that makes the comparable sales in also boring colors any less comparable

>>28830555
You literally asked what colors my cars were.

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>>28830554
Kek this actually made me laugh
If that's the case, why are all the Porsches and Mercedes that get posted have either black or indigenous paint of color or boringe cumwhite?

>>28830554
>german car '''''''''''''colors'''''''''''''''

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>>28830555
sure looks like any old silver to me, fitting for the grandpa sedan it is

>>28830556
Kek maybe the nocar shouldn't have made that hilariously disingenuous assertion in the first place
>>28830558
You literally said grEEEn is silver

>>28830568
See >>28830458
>>28830555
and the first part of >>28830550
It's clearly SILVERSTONE II METALLIC

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>>28830560
My Porsche is silver. Silver is objectively the best car color for a German car.

Also Porsche has the most color options so I don’t see how it’s even debatable.

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>>28830552
The fuck did you expect?

>>28830575
You get some fuckin wheels that match yet?

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>>28830575
>Also Porsche has the most color options so I don’t see how it’s even debatable
Whole lotta rice THOUGH

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>>28830552
LOL if you think these nerds would even DREAM about MODIFYING an automobile

>>28830575
Looks bad on anything but Mercedes

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>>28830570
Schiefergruen is more silver than green, yes. Please proceed to post a picture of your automatic base model e39 as if it's going to prove that it's in any way more green than silver just because the marketing team named the color that way.

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>>28830611
I remembere that threade
https://files.catbox.moe/xqfh33.mp4

>>28830622
>spent the vehicle's value on an engine rebuild
>check engine light still on
Pottery

>>28830632
Kek you really don't have a car huh? Every car shows the check engine light when the ignition is on but the engine isn't

>>28830634
nah I just didn't care to watch that drivel past the first frame lmao

>>28830636
>doesn't even know what drivel is

>>28830638
>projection

Would the East German lada count?

>>28830651
My bad guys I was thinking of the trabant

>>28830649
Just make that pikachu bullshit more LOW or fuckin get rid of it
Also, what's the dark blueee metallic fun car?

>>28830579
Still working on it. Kind of hard to find turbo wheels

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finally free from the binds of front plate cuckery
but now it needs filler plugs :(

>>28830727
Is that New Mexico anon? Looks like the Manzano mountains in the background

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Fellow /Vag/inas idk if this merger with BMW is gonna work.

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coming up on 2 trouble free years with my pigfat taxi. apparently i should be on my 2nd or 3rd engine but all i've done is change the oil and brake pads. oh and the dealer did the expansion tank recall for free fiddy.

>>28830730
yup! for another few months at least. and those are the sandias fyi

>>28830758
don't be like that. it's just the one sperg doing sperg stuff

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>>28830727
Nice, though fix your fucking tires.

>>28829331
I'd tell you if I knew anyone who cared about Opels. They're not particularly rare but nobody gives a shit about them for some reason.

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>>28830778
yeah the mexi stretch has to go come spring. are you the clown shoe anon that crashed on that sweeper and then repaired it?

>>28830727
Is it daily capable ? Fucking love that ere. I want an M6

>>28830778
Nice clown shoe. The last M boss drove one of those everyday to work btw.

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>>28830758
Who cares about some ricelets too scared to MODIFY a car that they apparently own
>>28830778
Why's it on stilts?
>>28830767
What sperg stuff? All you cumwhite paint fags are all the same
I'm comin to get those wheels still ya lil spergette

>>28830830
Biermann had better taste than Pedro at the shop

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>>28830837
Too bad the beancounters always have to go and ruin it, leaving the PROFESSIONALE racing teams to put it back to how it was designed

>>28830840
Carbahn sponsored that car peregrine ran it

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>>28830871
Peregrine Racing is just Carbahn's racing team

>>28830877
Cool if true…but it seems they only sponsor it. Also weird they are sponsored by palantir. Also I DESPISE companies named after lotr.

>>28830890
hey google how are carbahn and peregrine racing involved with each other


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Westphal, McAlister Back in CarBahn With Peregrine BMW ...
CarBahn Motorsports and Peregrine Racing are deeply intertwined partners in professional motorsport, operating as "CarBahn with Peregrine Racing," a single, championship-contending team that fields cars in IMSA series, leveraging CarBahn's engineering expertise (especially with BMWs) and Peregrine's racing operations and driver talent to compete in high-level GT4 and GT3 classes, demonstrating a "win on Sunday, sell on Monday" ethos for performance vehicles.
Key Aspects of Their Relationship:
Unified Team Name: They race under the combined banner "CarBahn with Peregrine Racing," showcasing a complete integration, as seen with their 2026 lineup announcement.
Shared Founders/Vision: The partnership was forged by friends and MIT alumni Mark Siegel (Peregrine) and Sameer Gandhi, working with Steve Dinan (CarBahn) to combine business acumen with engineering prowess.
Technical & Engineering Synergy: CarBahn provides high-performance tuning and engineering, applying their knowledge from BMWs and other platforms to the race cars, while Peregrine focuses on the racing side, making it a comprehensive operation.
Competition & Success: They field cars (like BMW M4 GT4s and previously Porsches/Audis) in IMSA's Michelin Pilot Challenge and other series, achieving wins and championship contention.
Marketing & Brand Alignment: The racing efforts directly promote CarBahn's automotive tuning services, linking race success to their consumer performance products, according to this article.
In essence, they are not separate entities competing against each other but rather a single, powerful racing team built on a strong, collaborative partnership.

>>28830897
Did you just post ai

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>>28830552
dont bother, it's the same peenoy retard whos obsessed with his ugly bmw. Until he dies we cant have any good discussions in this board anymore

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>>28830965
I've no clue what you're onaboutm8
>>28830968
I'm not filipino at all, and see>>28830590
Everyone's just disingenuous as fuck on here
What are you gonna discuss, mexiflush and lift-kits? Fuckin ricers

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>stock prices went up with the news
>2025 was the best sales year for 718 ever apparently
>the EV has been a disaster in terms of sourcing suppliers, one went out of business 2 years ago

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>>28831180
>>the EV has been a disaster in terms of sourcing suppliers, one went out of business 2 years ago

Let me guess, another "differently successful" cooperation with the Chinese?

"How Chinese Officials Hijacked Steve Saleen's Company - A joint venture applied to Beijing for patents on 510 of my designs, without notifying or crediting him."

>>28830968
I didn't realize how bad it got

>>28831184
This is why the US needs to quit fucking around and unify the EU against China. They don’t practice business in a way that’s ethical by western standards and the sheer size of their market means we risk the business climate adopting more Chinese values and who wants to live like that

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>>28831241
And who would expect honesty from these fraudsters?

>>28831278

I blame Versailles for breaking up the colonial efforts desu. Unified China is not a thing but Han domination and subjugation of the continent. They’re a vile race

>>28831202
Not ny fault weeblets have hilariously uttershite taste in cars
And food
And media

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Thinking about buying a Cayman S.

>>28831755
I wouldn't get that one specifically; the owner put a lift-kit on it to get In-N-Out easier

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>>28831755
Get it. You won't regret it. You may want a 911 later though.

>>28831866
Based Panamera driver

>>28831853
fine with me? Looks a little better that way anyway

>>28831866
im priced out of 911s but don't necessarily like how they look more. only thing is I don't have a garage and storing a car like outside seems ridiculous.

>>28831990
You can’t buy a perfect Porsche anyway. Panamera is fat. Gayman is low power and McDonald’s. Carrera is fat, unbalanced and McDonald’s.

>>28831755
Which one

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>>28831990
You should probably get a garage first before anything

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>>28832016
These headlights are so much better than the new ones

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Bros should I buy this? 500SE Britbong import (no emissions slop). Kind of a boring colour tho. Ostensibly nothing wrong with it. seller wants 5500 USD

>>28832023
It’s got soul. I had a 300 E class from the era and loved it wish I kept it

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>>28832022
I think the standard ones are pretty cool. I don't like the slits they're giving all the cars though.

>>28832031
I'm sorely tempted hey. Just worried about being too low IQ to fuel injection diagnose issues on it, although it seems to be working fine atm. I'll go check it out at least.

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Got to work on this beauty last summer.

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>>28832041
Not sure why the image broke but anyway, the alternator gasket was ruined.

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>>28832042
Sprayed the engine covers black from the shitty unpainted colour while I was at it.

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>>28832046
Finished it up and runs sweet. No error codes.

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based german engineering

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>>28832034
Yeah it’s better. The older ones do the homage to Taping the headlights better though

>>28832042
Alternator gasket?

>>28832094
Yep, n62 engines have a gasket on the alternator bracket. Stupid design. A literal hole in the side of the engine.

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My next car. Does anyone own one? It seems like the least retarded EV out there too.

>>28832016
yeah that's what I was thinking but I also don't want to have to wait until I buy a house to drive the car I want.. does seem like too much of a liability without a garage though imo

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>>28831990
>fine with me? Looks a little better that way anyway
This is the hilarious disingenuousness I'm talking about

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>>28832016
You should probably get out of flyoversville before giving any advice kek

>>28832102
Most people consider the iX3 the first good EV from BMW btw. I’m referring to battery tech

>>28832178
You mean the 2026 one? Yeah nobody has actually owned one yet. We don't know if it will have lots of baby diseases like new EV platforms and infotainment systems tend to do. Meanwhile i4 has been out for years and has a remarkable reliability and durability to it. I think I'd rathee get the tried and true than the next hype-mobile that may very well turn into a software nightmare five weeks in.

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>>28832199
Those bullshits just have too many dealbreakers: they're way too ugly to even consider driving in the first place, they're slow as fuck, and they have gay eps and ipad dashes

>>28832118
That's fair. Its not so bad if you don't park under trees. There's a bunch of oak trees on my property so if it's not garaged, there's so many caskins that's hard to clean off and the acorns that drop will dent body panels.