That_Trapper_guy

What is the worst type of group in the car community?

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Apparently it's the VQ powered cars https://www.reddit.com/r/cars/s/H37pKVH5oA

At what point do you walk away...?

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I walked away as soon as I read 2015 Forester lol

When did cadillac stop becoming THE car to own in america?

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This country has been fucking the working man for decades and the bottom half is cheering for the boot.

When did cadillac stop becoming THE car to own in america?

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Has been for quite a while. My father bought a brand new one fully optioned in 1975 at the ripe old age of 23. He was a produce manager at a local grocery store and my mother was an LPN at the hospital. They had a nice home in a good neighborhood, and two other daily cars. They accumulate several boxes of 8mm film of them driving it all over the country and up through Canada. They put almost 80k miles on that car before I was born in '81. Good luck pulling that off now. You'd have to be born into generational wealth.

Ford's Super Duty Trucks Now Get the 7.3-Liter 'Godzilla' V-8 Standard and Ditch the Weaker Diesel

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https://www.reddit.com/r/carscirclejerk/s/okuYI40ZAU I'll just leave this here. And to add to your education no one bitches about people driving Corvettes because a person in a Corvette isn't going to accidentally run over a group of children because they didn't see them. I'll leave out the fact that realistically a Vette can get 27/30mpg on the freeway while the best 150/0 series unmodified trucks are doing 19/22. But we're not taking about those. We're talking about lifted big tire 3/4 and 1 ton trucks that are modified in a way to make them exactly WORSE at what they were designed to do for the sake of an insecure males visual appearance. Arguable for the purpose of impressing mainly... other males.

Ford's Super Duty Trucks Now Get the 7.3-Liter 'Godzilla' V-8 Standard and Ditch the Weaker Diesel

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Leave an insult on the floor and the owner will pick it up.

If American cars are unreliable, why do domestic pick up trucks have such high resale value?

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I've got no problem buying a Chevy 2500 with 180k miles on it. It wouldn't touch an Audi or BMW with 90k.

My wife says I am a little boy trapped in a 44y man's body excited for GTA6 coming out. I said to her it's a cultural phenomenon. Am I the only "old guy" excited for this?

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I used to be a young man excited for it to come out, but alas now I'm an old man since it's taken so long.

2028 Chevrolet Camaro: An American V-8 Pony Car Worth Waiting For

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What's the market for this? The same people who couldn't afford the last Camaro?

Looking for jokes that seem inappropriate but turn out to be wholesome.

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If Helen Keller drops acid would she see shit?

What are some weird and less-than-common automotive engineering quirks you know?

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Just making it as British as possible, virtually identical, but slightly worse in every was

What are some weird and less-than-common automotive engineering quirks you know?

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That's weird lol usually the rear track is narrow to help with turning

Post a band. Reply with your favorite song.

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Tony C and The Truth

Viper, Seaquest, Earth 2.. what’s your favourite weird 90s show?

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That_Trapper_guy@reddit

The one hundred lives I've blackjack sparrow

Who actually buys e85 fuel?

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I use it in my personal vehicle because it's cheap and I have a company vehicle I drive every day, and the wife works from home. So the once a month or so I put fuel in it the $1.70 feels a lot better than the 2/3 gas mileage since it's all around our little town anyways.

Everyone add a song

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Tony C and the Truth - Little Bit More

Which girl are you taking to prom?

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Ashley, then Topanga

How can I talk my brother out of making this decision?

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But it doesn't go through the engine? It's injected into the down pipe on Regen and mixes with the catalyst.

How can I talk my brother out of making this decision?

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So on top of an $8-9k option, you've got to do another $2-3k in modifications. Got it.

How can I talk my brother out of making this decision?

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The gasser are a LOT cheaper lol you know what kind of power I could get out of a GM 6.0 or a Ford 7.3 for what it costs to replace an injector pump and injectors on any modern diesel? $200 oil changes, fuel treatment, fuel filters, DEF and emissions problems that gas motors don't have either. That's not counting a snapped crank, a turbo blowing chunks and getting sent through the engine or any of the other problems that plague modern diesels. Suspension parts are all coming so they're the same price which isn't honestly horrible, but a gas HD truck is SIGNIFICANTLY cheaper to own, operate and maintain over the life of a vehicle.

I walked in on my girlfriend having sex with her personal trainer.

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Plot twist, she was training for better sex for you

What's a show you remember but nobody else does?

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100 lives of Black Jack Savage!

Why doesn't anyone manufacture HD trucks with a turbocharged gasoline engine?

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And it's the size of a Volkswagen, so yeah his argument is spot on and cited by pretty much every automotive manufacturer.

“Muscle-like” four-door manual?

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You're looking for a Pontiac G8 GXP or a Chevy SS. Both had 6+ liter V8, 4 doors and available 6 speed. Always wanted one but the closest I've gotten is a crew cab 8' need Silverado 2500 🤣 not available in manual unfortunately

What 2000s sports car would you keep forever?

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I had a 2001 6 speed WS6 Trans Am. Biggest screw up of my life was selling that car. Should have kept it forever.

Why are Nissan trucks so unpopular?

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We had 300k on ours, the VQ and VK series engines were real power houses if you kept up on minimal maintenance.

Your momma's so fat...

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Your Mama is so fat when she hauls ass it takes three trips

Why do Escalades cost so much?

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Part of owning a high end luxury car is having the newest thing. Once there's a new model out it's kind of meh.

why is torque usually disregarded?

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The amount of power an engine has to make to be producing 700 lb/ft at 6750 rpm is insane lol it's going to feel WAY faster than something making 600 at 2500. If something is making that much torque at such a high rpm it's going to be making significantly more at lower RPM. Mathematically speaking your peak torque can't be higher than 5252 rpm without some sort of interference (Think vvt, especially on the S2000 where it didn't come into play until 6000 rpm) the second example is 700*6750/5252=899.6HP

Super charger or turbo charger?

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Depends, my opinion is if you need predictable, linear power, such as for rock crawling and the like, supercharger Pretty much everything else turbo wins

Car guys hate CVT transmissions and 3-cylinder turbo engines…But then why are Nissan Rogues selling like hot cakes?

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So simple, who are you who's so wise in the ways of science?

What are some cars that are “true sleepers”?

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Nissan Frontier. Hear me out. The VK56 is a known performer, with That Ricer John making over 2000 RWHP on a stock block and crank. It was also a factory option in the Pathfinder for several years. Which means it bolts right into a Frontier with no problems. C3 trans adaptor to throw 4L80 behind it and 9" out back. Boom

Which car has the wildest variation from base model to top trim?

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Corvette. Almost triples in HP

What car doesn’t look fast, but is really fast?

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To be fair any GM vehicle with a V8 has a Corvette motor 🤷🏻‍♂️

Why do people not like turbos?

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I don't know, Chrysler had a pretty big following with the turbo 2.0 back in the day. But for the most part yeah you're right, they're stuck on conformity

Suppose you could retromod (not restomod) a car, what pre-1975 drivetrain would you put in a 2025 body?

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I like you.

are jeeps actually bad now?

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Jeeps have always been bad. People act like this is something new. What's new is you used to be able to fix them on the side of the road with a few wrenches, screwdrivers and that Fu(KiNg torx bullshit. But that was back when you had actual Jeep people, when you had to want to drive a Jeep. Now they're plush heated seat lifestyle vehicles with touchscreens and so much electronic crap, done by a company famous for terrible electronics that you can't fix them on the side of the road even if you were hauling a dealership behind you.

Norway Is All In on Electric Cars. What Can the U.S. Learn?

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Americans aren't very strong learners.

We’ve reached mythical status now

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Man, my sister's out friends and I would bike from my parents house to the channel where the lake started, just over 4 miles away, hike up the channel about 2/3 of a mile them swim across the channel and play on the rope swing all day, then be back by dark. We did a whole ass triathlon at least once a week over the summer lol holy cow those were crazy times!

I don’t understand

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I mean yeah we can be friends...

I don’t understand

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Sounds like you just need to LS swap it r/LSSwapTheWorld

D.A.R.E. graduates, how has your drug free life been so far?

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https://www.npr.org/2023/11/09/1211217460/fentanyl-drug-education-dare Bad news. Dare actually may have caused more drug use

Why are fuel tanks shrinking as ICE vehicles become more fuel efficient?

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Most vehicles average about 300-320 miles per tank (this has been a very scientific study on my part by owning way too many shitboxes without working fuel gauges, your welcome) so add the efficiency grows, the bed for a larger tank to achieve that 300 mile range is no longer needed.

What is the most reliable modern engine that could last “forever”.

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Nissan VQ40 and VK56. Take care of them and they'll last forever. Really impressive for a dohc motor with vvt

I heard that one of those "adult film" starlets was making a world record attempt in our town.

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*very very slow clap*

EPA Is 'Fixing' Start/Stop Tech, Agency Admin Says

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I was test driving a few wranglers for my sister's before she purchased one. Being the mechanically observant person I am who's never been in a start/stop vehicle before, when it stopped at the light I let off a The fuck just happened? At the light. Sales lady didn't appreciate that 😂

Favorite Anti-Sleeper Car?

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Also, we didn't really understand HOW to increase power. We knew bigger engines and a few different tricks did the job, but we didn't fully understand flame propagation, and swirl and tumble and all the jazz we do now. HEMI engines are my favorite example of a very successful, bad engine design. In all reality a HEMI engine is a HORRID design. Running 50° of advance timing is, just, terrifying. It's also why they put two plugs in them now, to fix the flame travel issues. Not to mention valve overlap etc etc I could go on for an hour. Anyways, HP now is oddly enough coming as a side effect of efficiency. We're burning more and more of the fuel that comes into the cylinder percentage wise than ever before, reducing hydrocarbon output and tailpipe emissions, and using the extra heat to that advantage. More power. My favorite example of this is the 2005 LS7 engine in the Z06 Corvette. 505 horsepower and that motor had a camshaft in it that's laughably small. Honestly a simple cam swap in that motor can get you over a 100 horsepower gain.