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Residency Evil posted:I learned manual on a 1996 Jetta 2.0L, a car which I later learned was notoriously terrible for learning due to it's laughably low torque and incredibly high take-up point.
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This exact conversation is taking place in the E9X M3 Facebook group and both conversations prove that everyone is a twat.
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May 5, 2020 19:13
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It is Facebook, what do you expect
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May 5, 2020 19:14
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It is SA, what do you expect
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May 5, 2020 20:05
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It involves BMW owners, what do you expect?
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May 5, 2020 20:14
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gvibes posted:I learned on a 1995 civic (setting aside the brief foray into a 1980 VW golf), and I still think it was the easiest manual I've ever driven, despite the mere 108 hp or whatever. Yeah Hondas are great. I remember my high school friend's Civic Si was a dream to drive. KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:yea same, i have driven some pretty good automated manuals but i don't think i would buy one. not because i think they're worse!!! i just don't prefer it fknlo posted:I learned on a stick and have never owned anything without a manual. It's just what I prefer. My commute to work right now is super fun with a stick and zero traffic. In the summer with bumper-to-bumper traffic though?
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May 5, 2020 20:20
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git gud i drove in Boston traffic 40 mins - 1 hour every day, all stick. Slightly less in NoVA. now i don't commute.
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May 5, 2020 20:34
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:git gud I mean, yeah, sure, but I'm not going to pretend "There is no substitute" for shifting from first in to second back to neutral for an hour.
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May 5, 2020 20:43
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Residency Evil posted:I mean, yeah, sure, but I'm not going to pretend "There is no substitute" for shifting from first in to second back to neutral for an hour. honestly just didn't notice, i don't know any better so it's pretty automatic (heyyooo)
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May 5, 2020 20:44
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Someone give me more ideas for cool billet parts I can make I am bored 
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May 5, 2020 20:45
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Residency Evil posted:Yeah Hondas are great. I remember my high school friend's Civic Si was a dream to drive. I generally don't work normal hours but also do my best to live places that avoid a commute. Not because I don't want to drive a stick in traffic but because sitting in any kind of stop and go traffic makes me want to put a gun in my mouth. I don't know how the gently caress people do it for hours a day.
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May 5, 2020 21:10
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fknlo posted:I generally don't work normal hours but also do my best to live places that avoid a commute. Not because I don't want to drive a stick in traffic but because sitting in any kind of stop and go traffic makes me want to put a gun in my mouth. I don't know how the gently caress people do it for hours a day. I don't. Pre-pandemic, I took the train to work. Driving is awesome. Driving to commute in traffic is the worst.
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Crunchy Black posted:Your derails are bad and I'm also still alive and my car is just fine thx KillHour posted:Anyone can drive a manual car if you put them in one and tell them it's their only way home. It's not some arcane magic knowledge. I learned on my uncle's 1983 Saab Turbo. It took approximately 3 tries 30 years ago, I can't say with authority if the skill has gotten more complicated in the time since because all of my current manual cars are also 30 years old 
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May 6, 2020 01:20
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The difference is I can laugh at myself about it, your takes *about transmissions in sport sedans, for christ sake* are immutable.
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May 6, 2020 01:22
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Who is real posting and getting mad I thought we weee all just having a lol with pals
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Bape Culture posted:Who is real posting and getting mad I thought we weee all just having a lol with pals Me too! I was just about to tell you to machine a better driver that won't crash your car this time
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Ether Frenzy posted:I was just about to tell you to machine a better driver that won't crash your car this time  Residency Evil posted:I don't. Pre-pandemic, I took the train to work. Driving is awesome. Driving to commute in traffic is the worst. Ya, driving is awesome, having to drive is the worst. Not driving to commute makes my life so much better, and those weekend and evenings drives that much more enjoyable since I haven't spent hours in the car per week already.
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May 6, 2020 01:46
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 I’m indestructible now anyway m8
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May 6, 2020 01:50
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You're a madman in the best way. LOL
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Two manual Celicas, an R6, and three 3 series, all manual. I like sticking to an ideal. That said, I subscribe to my Dad's approach - manual car, automatic in an van/truck/suv, I just haven't bothered to buy a bigger vehicle yet. Ether Frenzy posted:You're a madman in the best way. LOL This is the most accurate take in the last few pages.
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May 6, 2020 02:13
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Residency Evil posted:I learned manual on a 1996 Jetta 2.0L, a car which I later learned was notoriously terrible for learning due to it's laughably low torque and incredibly high take-up point. My first owned car was a 99.5 Jetta and I loved everything about that manual, to the point where I still compare everything to it, including BMWs, unfavorably  No but seriously, what I enjoy is seeing how every manufacturer came up with their own wacky special way of doing the reverse lockout. VAG has the "mash the stick down into the gearbox and then it'll go into reverse" action. Lotuses and Minis and a bunch of other things have the ring you pull up. BMWs are "just push it real hard into the reverse slot till it feels like you broke it". What I love is seeing how carefully all these high-end carmakers have refined the last vestige of the crude, mechanical, physical connection between your hand and the banging, clanking drivetrain into something that feels like a software switch. Whether you're squishing the knob down against a soft spring or lifting up a little annulus or whatever, it's one of the few pieces of purely mechanical UX engineering left in a car cockpit.
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It will be fun to watch the BaT auction for this 2016 3er longroof: 2016 328iX M-Sport M-Sport, 20k miles, AWD. Might it hit $30K??
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Bape Culture posted:
Can’t break a car if it breaks the wall first 
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May 6, 2020 02:58
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Bape Culture posted:
Driver as crumple zone
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thealphabetsez posted:It will be fun to watch the BaT auction for this 2016 3er longroof: At least 32.5 I want to spend stupid money on stupid poo poo I'm bored in quarantine. It's either new phone, new laptop, new car, new house, or some combination thereof. Chaos option all of the above.
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thealphabetsez posted:It will be fun to watch the BaT auction for this 2016 3er longroof: lol, embrace the void and buy a CUV already
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BraveUlysses posted:lol, embrace the void and buy a CUV already Don't tell me how to live my life!! 
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May 6, 2020 04:50
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thealphabetsez posted:It will be fun to watch the BaT auction for this 2016 3er longroof: Based on what I paid for my (less kitted out with more miles) 2016 F31, $30k easy. Though mine was a dealer price, not private sale.
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May 6, 2020 04:50
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thealphabetsez posted:It will be fun to watch the BaT auction for this 2016 3er longroof: 2016, so a bit old, but decently optioned. Still, shouldn’t go above 30k. Which means it’ll hit 38 and I’ll second guess myself about not spending 45k on that brown 2018.
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May 6, 2020 10:59
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Bape Culture posted:
Not going to the strut towers? Either way Oh hell yes. Those double A-pillar bars are slick.
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May 6, 2020 12:11
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NitroSpazzz posted:Not going to the strut towers? Either way Oh hell yes. Those double A-pillar bars are slick. Not at the moment. Requires too much time and investment because of ABS and electrical box placement. Might build a nice hardcore Gucci strut bar though
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tom ford is making the coolest strut bars this year mate https://www.tomford.co.uk/painted-swirl-atticus-cocktail-jacket/11NY40-642R40.html?dwvar_11NY40-642R40_color=BWH
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May 6, 2020 12:53
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This thread is as chaotic as the world right now.
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Might literally design it with a big gold T at either end for a bit of fun tbh
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BMW Thread: little annulus
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https://www.roadandtrack.com/new-ca...20Non%20Openers
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on the one hand i was like "god damnit" on the other i dont think there is a new bmw model that really appeals to me, they are all very compromised.
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oh whee let me go to loving Spartanburg to take delivery of my new X7 that sounds like a fuckin blast gently caress this stupid brand and also all automakers
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May 6, 2020 16:28
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:gently caress this stupid brand and also all automakers 
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KYOON GRIFFEY JR posted:oh whee let me go to loving Spartanburg to take delivery of my new X7 that sounds like a fuckin blast Would the X7 qualify for Euro delivery anyway? Aren't those built in the US? I feel as an auto enthusiast, I was born about 5 years too late.
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