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i like the sound a old vw beetle makes. like bwet bwet bwet bwet bwet bwet
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memories of dad teach me of the thing u press on the engine that makes it rev up, the little throttle thing. cool memory.
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Sep 18, 2016 22:02
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BONGHITZ posted:how do you start it, what is the deal with the third pedal? in the '89 mazda 323 hatch i had, you started it with the third pedal. Poor tin can's starter solenoid welded shut so as long as the car was in start *or* run, the starter would turn. obv bad. So I rooted around and found the starter harness, or at least a bunch of wires that when pulled out made the starter stop spinning. i'd park on hills and roll start it by popping the clutch; in bad situations with no hills to park on, i could turn on the car and pop the hood, hook the wiring harness back up for a second with an accompanying huge shower of sparks as the starter cranked, slam the hood and go
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Sep 18, 2016 22:03
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Jonny 290 posted:in the '89 mazda 323 hatch i had, you started it with the third pedal. cool
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Sep 18, 2016 22:04
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Jonny 290 posted:they're so god drat fun saw a superclean beetle the other day, period appropriate wheels and everything. it must have had a pretty heated up engine because it breezed away from a stop in a way you do not normally see a bettle move
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Sep 18, 2016 22:07
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you don't need much, there's so little to them. If you keep it in good working order and the engine runs nice and cool and you don't have a rattletrap piece of poo poo, 60, 70hp is all you need to turn it into a fuckin' laugh machine. basically a well-running 1600 with a good carb
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Sep 18, 2016 22:13
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQhfcdQf1QA
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Sep 18, 2016 22:26
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Jonny 290 posted:you don't need much, there's so little to them. If you keep it in good working order and the engine runs nice and cool and you don't have a rattletrap piece of poo poo, 60, 70hp is all you need to turn it into a fuckin' laugh machine. basically a well-running 1600 with a good carb thats still like 2x the original power
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Sep 18, 2016 22:36
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Panty Saluter posted:thats still like 2x the original power The design goal of the Beetle was to run at 70 mph all day. This is why the Beetle was super popular here and everything British was relegated to small enthusiast groups.
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Sep 18, 2016 22:39
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Panty Saluter posted:thats still like 2x the original power well yeah they started out garbage; the last 1600 engine was 33% more powerful than the first one. extrapolate those gains (mainly advances in ignition and fueling/breathing) to current day and you're looking about there
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Sep 18, 2016 22:47
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Jonny 290 posted:well yeah they started out garbage; the last 1600 engine was 33% more powerful than the first one. extrapolate those gains (mainly advances in ignition and fueling/breathing) to current day and you're looking about there People genuinely don't understand how lovely old cars were People were playing manual choke polka in the eighties to keep the engine from dying when it was cold out. The eighties.
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Sep 18, 2016 22:50
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what does it mean to be "semi-auto"?
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Sep 18, 2016 23:14
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BONGHITZ posted:what does it mean to be "semi-auto"? Transmission with no clutch but you had to manually shift
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Sep 18, 2016 23:15
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BONGHITZ posted:what does it mean to be "semi-auto"? generally from the driver's experience it means that you pick a gear but do not worry about clutching. Sometimes this can be done by an automatic transmission and software (SUPER GARBAGE), or it can be done the cool way, with a dual-clutch transmission which is more manual-derived than auto (VROOM SNICK VROOM), or it can be like BMW's first 'semi auto' in the older M5's, which was a manual transmission with a hydraulic actuator pushing the clutch, which was pretty hosed up (HELLO AAA I NEED ROADSIDE ASSISTANCE). Incidentally, the VW Autostick was a man trans with a button on the gearshift to engage/disengage the clutch.
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Sep 18, 2016 23:17
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BONGHITZ posted:what does it mean to be "semi-auto"? it means unless its a race car you shouldn't buy it
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Jonny 290 posted:well yeah they started out garbage; the last 1600 engine was 33% more powerful than the first one. extrapolate those gains (mainly advances in ignition and fueling/breathing) to current day and you're looking about there troof if i had ricockulous amounts of money i would waste way too much buying an old skyhawk and replacing its mid 80s gm tbi with a standalone modern system just to see how much more efficient it makes that ancient tractor engine (lol)
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Sep 18, 2016 23:52
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people piss and moan about "110hp 70's V8's" but the only problem with them was that they had choked-rear end intakes and exhaust and emissions poo poo and retarded timing (do NOT ban for this) on them that meant they couldn't spin to 4500 rpm. They had the exact same 300 ft-lb of torque as the "old hot rods", they just couldn't get to as high a top speed. put a vatozone intake/exhaust on them and replace the garbage distributor with an HEI and you have your 300hp back.
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Sep 18, 2016 23:58
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 i found this picture of a skyhawk engine bay and i dont think you would even need to gently caress with fuel initially. replace that garbage rear end exhaust manifold and get 15 bhp
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Sep 19, 2016 00:07
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Jonny 290 posted:people piss and moan about "110hp 70's V8's" but the only problem with them was that they had choked-rear end intakes and exhaust and emissions poo poo and retarded timing (do NOT ban for this) on them that meant they couldn't spin to 4500 rpm. They had the exact same 300 ft-lb of torque as the "old hot rods", they just couldn't get to as high a top speed. put a vatozone intake/exhaust on them and replace the garbage distributor with an HEI and you have your 300hp back. People forget that GM treasured low speed smoothness over everything else and set their engines up to be stupid quiet 0-30 MPH and worthless everywhere else.
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Sep 19, 2016 00:27
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my w123 station wagon is super old and cool and a dumb car for An Idiot (me) it is v snazzy and when it breaks will need to be shoved into a flooded quarry
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Sep 19, 2016 01:04
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Jonny 290 posted:This is a pretty lovely not well thought out troll because anybody that would pick manual wouldn't ask and nobody that would ask can drive stick. Go back to the end of the line and try again lol
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Sep 19, 2016 01:17
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Bulgakov posted:my w123 station wagon is super old and cool and a dumb car for An Idiot (me) Congratulations. Those are amazing cars, the likes of which the world will never see again.
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Sep 19, 2016 01:53
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Dislike button posted:Sorry nerd, cars are cool and good. Enjoy your train You proudly drive a Mercedes, you have no clue what is cool you loving idiot.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:07
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Knuc U Kinte posted:You proudly drive a Mercedes, you have no clue what is cool you loving idiot. A lot of wrong statements here by you. How about you put your headphones back on and keep watching anime in the corner of the train.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:21
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I'm glad to live in a city where I can get everywhere I need in air conditioned comfort while consuming media of my choosing. Driving around is for chumps whom's brains are weak to advertising.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:32
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Driving around is for chumps whom's brains are weak to advertising.
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Sep 19, 2016 02:33
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I'm going to hack my headunit so I can watch dvds while I'm driving
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Sep 19, 2016 02:45
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Knuc U Kinte posted:consuming media COnsuming media, huh? what ever happened to watching, reading, and listening?
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Sep 19, 2016 03:47
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hell, tori said it better than me.Citizen Tayne posted:You're both wrong. People on their deathbeds always regret pissing their time away "consuming" "media" to the exclusion of their families. Citizen Tayne posted:Reading a book is not "consuming" it you fat gently caress, go back to IYG and/or BSS
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Sep 19, 2016 03:50
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Smythe posted:COnsuming media, huh? what ever happened to watching, reading, and listening? while driving, while speeding -love, americans
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Sep 19, 2016 03:50
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It's easier to say so I don't give a gently caress.
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Sep 19, 2016 03:51
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Knuc U Kinte posted:It's easier to say so I don't give a gently caress. That's pretty interesting, but it makes you look really stupid. Also, it's confusing if you reply to someone without quoting them. Hell, you said it yourself, I remember. Knuc U Kinte posted:Not quoting someone when you're talking to them is the online equivalent of not being able to look an alpha in the eyes.
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Sep 19, 2016 03:54
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Smythe posted:That's pretty interesting, but it makes you look really stupid. It's like a catchphrase, mate. I was using it facetiously. Stop analysing my loving posts.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:06
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Knuc U Kinte posted:It's like a catchphrase, mate. I was using it facetiously. Stop analysing my loving posts. Nah. Take your licks and move along.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:08
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Smythe posted:Nah. Take your licks and move along. What lick? You got a little weird about something innocuous and I gave you the time of day.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:18
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Deciding you win some imaginary flame war is the sanctuary of cowards.
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Sep 19, 2016 04:19
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Knuc U Kinte posted:sanctuary of cowards. my new metal album title
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Sep 19, 2016 04:51
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Knuc U Kinte posted:Deciding you win some imaginary flame war is the sanctuary of cowards. Why are you describing your own post?
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Sep 19, 2016 04:52
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lol if you don't have a personal dj sitting up front with the driver of your rolls who knows what tune you're in the mood for at any given moment
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I saw what looked like a brand new Maybach on 17 a few weeks ago it didn't appear to have a partition and the late-40s or early-50s guy diving it didn't look like a chauffeur
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