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submitted 1 year ago by inky@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

Hey again everyone,

First, I'd like to apologize for my radio silence for the past week or so. I just moved and have been stuck in unpacking land (although I still fit in time to put some aftermarket tail lights on my car!).

Thanks to everyone who participated in the suggestions post. I think there were some great ideas in there that I'd like to implement. Overall, I think this community will remain as broad as possible for the time being. As certain topics / themes become more prevalent, e.g. "how-to" or advice posts, those can be spun off to another community. Lemmy is still very much in its infancy despite all its growth recently, so anyone can form a community with even the most basic names. For instance, I, a random a**hole on the internet, started c/cars!

Below are the theme days we'll start with. I'd like to start with just 3 per week for now to keep posts varied and to keep the discussion & new posts as free-flowing as possible. For now, since the community is still relatively small, and because lemmy doesn't have automated tools for scheduled posting, there won't be megathreads for the theme days. I'm just one mod with ADD and will probably forget to post a megathread at some point.

Theme days! Starting today (July 10, 2023)!

  • Motor Mondays - show off your engine bay!
  • What should I do Wednesdays - Do you need advice from random strangers on the internet about your car? Trying to figure out what car to buy? Wednesdays are your day, my friend.
  • $5k Fridays - show off your wildest/coolest/most ridiculous craigslist or other marketplace finds listed for under $5k USD! (Thanks @Poe)

As an aside, EV owners may post their motors on Motor Mondays, but they must show the actual motors themselves, or something else mechanical on the car. Remove fascia if you have to. Frunks are not acceptable posts.

That's all for now. I really appreciate everyone's input and posts thus far, and I'm excited for where this community is headed! If you have any issues / comments / concerns / questions about the way I'm modding, please send me a dm or otherwise air your grievances on the community. I'm relatively new at this and am open to your suggestions!

-Inky

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submitted 12 hours ago by mdd@lemm.ee to c/cars@lemmy.world

Previously owned an E36 M3 and it was an absolute blast to drive. Used to do some canyon carving in the LA area on Mulholland Highway.

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submitted 3 days ago by solo@slrpnk.net to c/cars@lemmy.world
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Visited an Toyota Land Cruiser museum in Salt Lake City earlier this week. Here are my favorites!

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submitted 3 days ago by Thinker33@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

This seems like a really interesting development. This seems like an interesting way of overcoming EV range anxiety. Hopefully battery technology will continue to evolve but maybe cars that can regenerate their batteries by driving might be part of the future too.

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Any favorites on this list? I owned the SAAB and F150. Wouldn't mind owning a few more eventually.

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F1 Lego (lemmy.world)

Norris running laps on my desk for practice!

Got this from a used book store for $20!

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The RX-7 is beautiful, but the S14 stole my heart!

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The Corvette shop in Metro Denver had over a dozen Vettes waiting to be picked up by their owners. This was my favorite! The inside was as perfect as the outside.

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submitted 1 week ago by Hubi@feddit.org to c/cars@lemmy.world

When a simple one day job turns into a week-long project... Bonus points if you can guess the model.

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.crimedad.work/post/145697

cross-posted from: https://pixelfed.crimedad.work/p/crimedad/755907901353344482

Remember when the Hummer H1 was the biggest, most obnoxious passenger vehicle on the road?

This one is parked between two new Blazers, which are as wide and have distinctly taller hoods.

#FuckCars

@crosspost@lemmy.crimedad.work

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Is it bad that I want one of these too?

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Please follow the link to comment in support of a proposed rule to require vehicles in the US to be designed with some pedestrian safety considerations. It will hopefully keep some obviously dangerous designs off of our roads.

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submitted 2 weeks ago by ooli@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world
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submitted 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) by Ironfacebuster@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

edit: the embeds weren't working because of me! fixed now

Imagine you were in my weirdly dirty shoes, driving along a back road somewhere between 30 to 35 miles per hour, behind a pickup truck. Oh no, tragedy strikes!

"TINK TINK TINK TINK TINK"

Damn. You just got this car, too!

Alright, now back to my perspective. First of all, out of all the times for my car to start making this noise, it had to be when I was driving like a civilized human being?! I knew it wasn't the engine, I knew it wasn't the transmission. The "tink" was coming from the rear. I pull off on the side of the road and get my body as low as possible to the ground and poke around. Brakes look fine, axles look and feel fine, suspension looks fine. Nothing's wrapped around anything and slapping a piece of metal. Damn.

Fast forward to a handful of yards down the road in a parking lot, still "tink"ing when it rolls. Tink going forward, tink and a little clunk going in reverse. It's gotta be the differential. I've lost all hope, so I start calling a local dealership for the closest date I can bring in my car to get it looked at by a real mechanic. Nothing available today. After some more "close" inspection, I eventually accepted defeat and drove (very slowly) back home.

After the heart wrenching (and tink-y, but thankfully short) drive back home I realized I can easily check my rear differential by jacking up the rear of the car and spinning the wheels by hand. I do just that, and it spins freely with no "tink". What?

Wait, what's that?

Oh. There looks to be some sort of nail. What's that saying? Can't see the forest for the trees? What a fool can't see he can't believe? I'm not sure.

Keep in mind, the sound it made was LOUD. Like, someone hitting a wood spoon onto a pot lid, LOUD. I'm not sure if "tink" is really the right word, but I'm rolling with it. I assumed it was mechanical, because when a car makes a sound like this you automatically think worst case scenario.

By this time, I had called my brother in law to help. He had a theory: what if that "nail" was long enough that when it had the weight of the car on it, it would hit the inside of the wheel?

That very well could be the case.

Luckily, the penetration could not have been in a better place to be plugged! (Mostly because I don't want to replace all 4 tires at the same time just yet!)

I drove (still, slowly) to a tire shop a couple of miles down the road. I wasn't entirely convinced this would fix the main problem, but it needed to be removed anyways.

I wait in the lobby for who knows how long. Eventually, one of the shop guys comes into the lobby and drops a piece of metal on his desk.

Holy shit. That'll do it! That pin is almost 5 inches long, about twice as long as I have sidewall on my tires! It absolutely solved the tink problem 😉

Moral of the story: if your car sounds like it's hitting a wooden spoon on a pot lid, double check and make sure you didn't run over a metal rod longer than your wheel is thick before looking for mechanical issues!

And that's my first experience with driving over nails (or other pins and metal pieces) in over 4 years of driving! I hope my little story was fun to read, and I hope you immediately realized it was something in the tire unlike me over the course of several hours!

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In my youth I had a 2nd Gen Eclipse and I loved it! It got me more than a few dates. I always wanted more from Mitsubishi and planned to buy whatever their fastest car was as I got older and had money. Sadly the company fell apart (in my opinion), but watching this reminded me of what I loved about their products back in the day!

That Lancer!! Wow.

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submitted 3 weeks ago by TeckFire@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world

What do you all think of them?

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submitted 3 weeks ago by Hubi@feddit.org to c/cars@lemmy.world
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What sub-$100k car has the nicest interior?
Nicest could mean most luxurious, coolest looking, most modern, etc.

@cars

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Mid engine Porsche sounds like it could be a fantastic combination! If I were 12 again I'd totally have a poster of this on my wall.

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Apparently my factory alignment was shit, and the tires are already up for replacement. The workshop I went to gives me three options. Please let me know if the prices look good, and which among the three would be the best choice.

  1. KENDA - 235/60R18 XL VEZDA TOURING 4S (KR211)

    • Good (according to the workshop)
    • $148 each, $724.67 total, $100 extra for alignment
    • 60,000 mile limited treadwear warranty
  2. BRIDGESTONE - 235/60R18 XL ALENZA AS ULTRA

    • Better
    • $259 each, $1256.14 total, $100 extra for alignment
    • 80,000 mile limited treadwear warranty
  3. YOKOHAMA - 235/60R18 AVID ASCEND LX

    • Best
    • $224 each, $1088.56 total, $100 extra for alignment
    • 85,000 mile limited treadwear warranty

Please recommend which one of these is a better set of tires, or if you have a better recommendation elsewhere.

Thanks!

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submitted 1 month ago by Brkdncr@lemmy.world to c/cars@lemmy.world
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