How does this make you feel?

>>14037 Mildly amused.

>>14038 How about this. Does this offend you?

>>14040 >An old euro POS getting destroyed by juveniles Makes me erect.

>>14037 lack of reading skills >>14040 REEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

>>14033 >oh no one person who doesn't know shit called me racist for something that is not racist what do I do what do I do what do I do

>>14158 You know I'm kind of pissed Petronas left Sauber for Mercedes-Benz a few years back, that car still feels like it's missing something and it's those turquoise sidepods with the logo of that certain Malaysian oil giant like it had in the 90s and early 00s.

>>14167 I fee bad for Sauber. They're only there to make up the numbers at this point ;_; Although it was interesting to hear that Aston Martin might be building engines in the future.

I managed to get my motocycle license this summer and this is what my current bike looks like. The one on the picture is not mine but it's the same model.

>>14169 Enjoy the last month of semi-summer while you can. Drive safe, anon. It is not worth to have bragging right for reaching 250km/h when you are dead.

>>14172 The thing that worries me the most about those speeds is going deaf. Wind is louder than you think, even at around 100km/h. But all the cool guys get to crash at 200km/h.

>>14169 Is yours green as well? I always remember watching bike racing growing up and the green bike would always crash. I hope the same doesn't extend to you.

>>14176 It's green (if a Kawasaki doesn't green it isn't a Kawasaki).

>>14174 make sure to get a new full helmet, and some good gear. just think of it as skin insurance.

>>14182 I have good protection, but a bad enough crash and all the protection in the world won't save you. I am aware of all the risks associated with motorcycle riding. It's kind of like the same mindset when driving a car, never trust other motorists.

>>14183 yeah i understand that. i see so many people that don't wear anything but a soup bowl helmet and some gloves that i always remind others to get good gear.

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>>14202 I still say Subaru a shit

>>14204 Sucks for you, everyone that drives it loves it.

>>14214 Doesn't make it good

>>14174 Get acoustic earplugs. I tried some Pinlock buds once and have never gone riding without them since. My hearing is already a bit iffy, so the extra seconds and fuss of putting them n is worth it. If you use a headset, you can actually hear it better, too.

When you fill up your tank you're basically pimping your car out to a gas station except you're paying for it instead of receiving money.

>>14238 No, that's what a valet is. Gas is just liquid food.

>>14214 >everyone that eats shit loves it >lol why don't you love eating shit as well? This is how retarded you sound.

>>14214 I actually does. If you consider that the purpose of a car is to drive well, then it's not only good but one of the better ones. I consider a car to be like a clock: It can be chrome with flashing lights and shit, but if the basic function of telling time doesn't work well, it's not a good clock. The ZN6 platform performs the basic of function of [being a good drive] exceedingly well. You can chrome that shit yourself if that's your thing. >>14241 >Huuuur it's shit because I don't like it That's how retarded you sound.

I'm going to share this nice manga I found http://kissmanga.com/Manga/Zesshaka It's about cute girls restoring old rare cars.

>>14243 >the purpose of a car is to drive well But if it doesn't drive for long, is expensive to maintain, is hard to get parts for, is the drive really worth it? Subaru fixed their shitty head gaskets, but their engines still aren't that great. Parts are expensive, are they not? And boxers are shit to work on in situ. If they had done up their 2.5L straight four a bit and put that in the 86 instead of the stupid boxer, it would have been cheaper and they would have sold way more. >>14250 >top up the battery ree It's cute, but it's a shame there are so few chapters.

>>14255 For a small car with a small tank it drives pretty far, and it is likely to be one of the lowest cost-to-run sport coupes out there, brakes are straight up impreza parts, tires are 215/45R17 which are cheap and plentiful. The only high expense is the 0W20 oil, but that's where every maker is going. I do agree that the car could have been as good with a non-boxer engine, but living with it day to day, there is one thing I love the boxer for, and that is the low hood. Most low sport cars have bulbous hoods to clear their tall engines, and that has an impact on visibility, which is a problem the 86 doesn't have, and driving it is a strange contrast of being both lower and having better forwards visibility than most cars. Regular service on a boxer is easier than on an inline or V engine since accessories are laid out on top. the only real problem is plugs, and with modern iridium plugs, that's not actually a problem until like 150000km. If you've got some real failure and have to do some in-engine repair, pulling an NA boxer out of a subaru and working out of the car is actually easier than working on most engines in place. They're super easy to remove. Now the one thing people like to hate the engine for is the torque dip, but on a '17 with the 4.3 diff it doesn't feel like a big deal. Besides, it's not even a torque dip at 3-4000, it's a torque bump at 1500-3000. When you understand that making 100hp/l requires a certain lift and duration and a certain intake, port and exhaust design to support it, and what effect that has on engine that does NOT have a VTEC/VVTL-i system, then you start to appreciate the low end bump they did manage to give it with the VVT in the "everyday" RPM range. I mean, even I like to give subaru some shit about their leaky piece of shit EJ, but every FB I see at work is bone dry, even the 100000+km ones.

>>14040 I see that the fabled european space program is in full swing >>14183 >>14185 for less serious accidents it the difference between a hospital bill and a ride home. hit a car going 50-something with me going 30(mph) at an intersection, only injury was a nasty bruise down my upper leg because the jeans had no impact protection. rode the bike back

>>14258 I guess the FB is miles better than the EJ then. We'll see how they age, Thanks for sharing.

>>14301 It just so happens I just did a large maintenance on a 140000km FB25 in an outback. That shit was dry as a bone, not a single leak in sight. the only part that failed on that engine during those 140000k kilometers was the flex joint on the left bank of the exhaust header, which is why it is removed in the picture. At 140000km the plugs were still VERY nice, but were replaced anyway, as the guy drives a lot (it's a 2015!). right bank was easier than expected, left bank was tight, even taking out the battery tray, but the hardest part of the job was unlocking the coil connectors, which use metal clips. As for the rest of the car, it had a rear pinion seal failure, and the pinion flange needed a speedy sleeve. The rest was all fluids and shit, so pretty reliable overall. The exhaust manifold would have even gone under warranty if he had had it checked a week ago, as subaru's warranty on that item ended at 130000km, which probably was last week. Thank you LKQ for a nice used one from a 12000km donor, R&R was ridiculously easy, My boss was like "What? it's already done?"

So I was thinking the other day how cool it would be if Grave Digger and The Undertaker ever met in person, being that both their names are literally synonymous with one another and that they both represent their respective companies as the longest competing icons on the roster. After a few minutes of jewgle-fu I found this

>borrow truck >brake hard line blows >had to limp it home, in traffic, with only the granny gear as a brake make sure to practice proper engine braking anons.

Holy shit, we got a thread to the bump limit. Congratulations guys.

>>13961 >2.0 is about as far as you can push a 4-cyl engine. Say that to my face fucker not online and see what happens