General Car Discussion

Discussion in 'Automotive' started by HadACoolName, Mar 6, 2015.

  1. C747

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    Happened the first time I drove the full trip from the shop to the apartment I live in. I drove a bit faster than what I wanted lmao. Also scratched my car in that trip, entering the parking lot. My Dad was pissed.
     
  2. combatwombat96

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    i like to drive with no steering wheel, absolutely pissed on alcohol, mega high on cocaine and doing 160 down suburban streets, thats the only way a person should drive otherwise their not safe drivers :)
     
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  3. CaptainZoll

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    who needs alcohol when you can have anxiety-induced mental impairment?
     
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  4. combatwombat96

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    or even better... schizophrenic induced impairment !
     
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  5. CaptainZoll

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    yeah, really nice of your friend to drive the car for you while you take a nap.
     
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  6. combatwombat96

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    Who said my friend was driving ?
     
  7. Potato

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    All above are great fun.
    Drinking and driving usually shortly leads to this, except twice the speed with 1/3 the ability of a sober driver, which is precisely why it is so dangerous.
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    You won't be mentally impaired by anxiety when you're mentally and physically impaired by alcohol.
     
  8. GearHead1

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    Whats the difference bettween GTS and GTSt skylines (or GT and GTt)
     
  9. TunedS54M3

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    The GTS is NA, the GTSt is turbocharged (same situation with the GT and GTt) but that's the only difference I know of.
     
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  10. GearHead1

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    How did I not infer that.
     
  11. Slugfest

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    Yeah, I think the 't' is for 'Turbo' :)
     
  12. rottenfitzy

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    The GT (at least for R32s) I think has the RB20E single cam 2 liter, but the GTS had a twin cam. GTS-Ts had a single turbo 2 liter, GTS25s had an N/A 2.5, GTTs (and GTS25Ts) had a 2.5 turbo engine. The GTR (excluding some weird special editions like the Z-Tune) had a twin-turbo 2.6 with individual throttle bodies.

    Not all of those models were made concurrently, they are just a partial selection of those made from the R32-R32.

    The only confusing thing is that the R32 GTS-4 was a GTS-T with all wheel drive and Super HICAS, and not a GTS with those features.

    The type M/type S was mostly a cosmetic package if I remember correctly with the addition of 4 piston brakes at the front and 2 pistons at the rear.
     
  13. NGAP NSO Shotgun Chuck

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    https://www.cargill.com/industrial/winter-road-maintenance/clearlane-enhanced-deicer
    https://www.cargill.com/industrial/winter-road-maintenance/clearlane-technology

    Anyone know anything about this stuff? It's supposed to save money in the long term by not accelerating the corrosion of the equipment used to spread it, but does it also not accelerate the corrosion of cars that drive over it? Salt and magnesium chloride are both awful for causing rust but this is supposed to have some sort of corrosion inhibitor in it...?
     
  14. ktheminecraftfan

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    Apparently New Zealand Police is gonna replace our current Commodore fleet with Skodas.

    "Local police will utilise the Skoda Superb, directly replacing the Holden ZB Commodore. Unlike the Commodore, which was used locally as both a liftback and a station wagon, local Superb police cars will only come in the form of wagons. Roll-out for the new cop cars will commence next April."
    https://www.autocar.co.nz/autocar-n...FIfeeBE4TfQ20g5-aPzYcNCr2blm4iRv9yjo045cPL2cQ



    Talking about Skoda and New Zealand.
     
  15. combatwombat96

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    oh dear, you could out run them on a bicycle, beside the ZB only just came out last year, why replace them now when there still new ?
     
  16. ktheminecraftfan

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    I think the ZB's are going to be around for awhile longer. Guessing they are replacing the older models first.
     
  17. combatwombat96

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    yeah, it wouldn't make any sense to replace brand new cars with inferior ones, you'd think they would want to hang on to the ZB's as long as possible and just replace the older VZ's (is that the previous one ? i cant remember)
     
  18. CaptainZoll

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    booo! can't they just get a shipment of cop-spec toyota crowns?
     
  19. ktheminecraftfan

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    I wish tbh, but I guess either they wouldn't be able to get a contract for them or They aren't good enough for our needs.

    Honestly I would have suggested the BMW 5 series.
     
  20. Slugfest

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    Yeah, I've heard from friends about BMW's reliability (or lack thereof), and I wouldn't recommend them to anyone who isn't willing to Bring More Wallet... Especially for a government application such as the police force, with high milage and hard use, not to mention the sheer size of the fleet, they'd get really expensive really quickly.
     
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