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    I know nothing about cars, other than if you a male and are buying a 4 cylinder car you are most likely gay or have gay tendencies.
    if this was ever true its not anymore. The 2.0 liter turbo, a 4 cylinder, is an excellent engine. Toyota is putting them in the Tacoma now and its better than the previous V6. Many makes and brands come with this engine. Also, some of the only cars with a stick nowadays are 4 cylinder and that's definitely not gay.
    A Tacoma Truck with a 6 was literally indestructible. You offer a 200k warranty on a blown 4 and we can
    talk.

    Look for easy low stress power for the long haul. Steroids aren’t good for you.

    Kids driving blown Mitsu Evos don’t worry about tomorrow. Cheap lightweight power

    Speaking of cheap lightweight power GM is selling blown 3 cylinders. If that isn’t an indictment of domestic automakers I don’t know what is

     
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    The 70’s and 80’s were the nadir of the auto industry with all the new emissions laws. Engines were anemic. A Camaro might have had 180hp on a good day.

    Throw a turbo on a terrible engine for a quick horsepower fix.

    I remember the big stir about the Buick Grand National. All black. Mythical beast. Turbo V6 200hp in ‘84. Oooooh!

    These were sad times for Americans. I was raised to consider turbos suspect.

    Donald J Trump rolling back EV mandates will continue the run of the best internal combustion engines humans have ever produced and the cheapest fuel too.

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    When I rent cars, I always get a 4 cylinder, and I feel like I'm in hell.

    No power. Brutal when driving non-divided highway and trying to pass people.

    BTW, this is the worst invention ever to hit the auto industry:




    In case you wonder why your car manufacturer started putting in this awful thing, it's the EPA tied incentives for automakers to including this. It's also dangerous. On my last trip, I had the feature turned off, but somehow it turned itself back on mid-drive (a common problem), and I almost got into an accident when pulling into traffic and losing about a second to waiting for the engine to auto-start when I pressed the gas.

    There are tons of stories just like this on Twitter.

    Some vehicles won't even remember that you turned the feature off once you turn off the engine, and you'll have to manually turn it off again when you restart the car. Awful.


    EPA head Lee Zeldin accurately stated the truth here:

    https://twitter.com/epaleezeldin/status/1921894994769575972



    https://www.newsweek.com/automatic-s...ciency-2071062


    This "feature" is the ultimate in liberal virtue signaling environmentalism. It only very minimally reduces emissions, increases long-term wear on engines, and is dangerous, likely causing a number of serious injuries and deaths each year.

    Almost everyone responding to the tweet agreed with the decision.

     
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    Also on the rental car market, under no circumstances should you book the “managers special” or other similar deals. They are mainly being used to dump the electric vehicles most want no part of for a rental.

    Maybe Druff could talk his way out of it but in most cases you are stuck with the car they give you when you book this deal. Or you have to upgrade at higher last minute rates.

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    Quote Originally Posted by The Boz View Post
    Also on the rental car market, under no circumstances should you book the “managers special” or other similar deals. They are mainly being used to dump the electric vehicles most want no part of for a rental.

    Maybe Druff could talk his way out of it but in most cases you are stuck with the car they give you when you book this deal. Or you have to upgrade at higher last minute rates.
    Yes, the "manager's special" is an awful deal. You get barely any discount, and as mentioned above, they dump whichever vehicles nobody wants, including ones in poor condition. And you have no choice but to take it, unless you want to cancel on the spot and make a new reservation -- if they even let you.

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    Oh yes, HATE thjat auto engine stop feature. The Acura and BMW cars here both have it and I have to hit that over ride button every time.

    We did have a 2022 Mercedes Bends A220 here last year and it did not have the auto engine kill feature.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by country978 View Post

    if this was ever true its not anymore. The 2.0 liter turbo, a 4 cylinder, is an excellent engine. Toyota is putting them in the Tacoma now and its better than the previous V6. Many makes and brands come with this engine. Also, some of the only cars with a stick nowadays are 4 cylinder and that's definitely not gay.
    A Tacoma Truck with a 6 was literally indestructible. You offer a 200k warranty on a blown 4 and we can
    talk.

    Look for easy low stress power for the long haul. Steroids aren’t good for you.

    Kids driving blown Mitsu Evos don’t worry about tomorrow. Cheap lightweight power

    Speaking of cheap lightweight power GM is selling blown 3 cylinders. If that isn’t an indictment of domestic automakers I don’t know what is
    Out running errands today and got behind an Audi SUV. The engine? A 2.0 liter turbo. This is a big, heavy vehicle with a small, modern engine. Reliable sources tell me the 2.0 liter turbo is amongst the best engines being made today.

    We come from the distant past. A 350, 454, 442, hell even a 305 were considered the standard dudes engine back in the olden days if you wanted your friends to respect you. The 2.0L turbo would toast them all. The turbo chargers of yesteryear are not what's being produced today.

    I've driven all manner of shit boxes in my teens and 20's and the turbos I had were not good cars but what's being produced now has evolved nicely. What I recall is that the cooling systems in the old turbo's weren't sufficient and that the modern engineering has solved these issues.

    As it was I was driving my daughter's 20 year old Honda CRV today. Still a good, safe car for her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by country978 View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post

    A Tacoma Truck with a 6 was literally indestructible. You offer a 200k warranty on a blown 4 and we can
    talk.

    Look for easy low stress power for the long haul. Steroids aren’t good for you.

    Kids driving blown Mitsu Evos don’t worry about tomorrow. Cheap lightweight power

    Speaking of cheap lightweight power GM is selling blown 3 cylinders. If that isn’t an indictment of domestic automakers I don’t know what is
    Out running errands today and got behind an Audi SUV. The engine? A 2.0 liter turbo. This is a big, heavy vehicle with a small, modern engine. Reliable sources tell me the 2.0 liter turbo is amongst the best engines being made today.

    We come from the distant past. A 350, 454, 442, hell even a 305 were considered the standard dudes engine back in the olden days if you wanted your friends to respect you. The 2.0L turbo would toast them all. The turbo chargers of yesteryear are not what's being produced today.

    I've driven all manner of shit boxes in my teens and 20's and the turbos I had were not good cars but what's being produced now has evolved nicely. What I recall is that the cooling systems in the old turbo's weren't sufficient and that the modern engineering has solved these issues.

    As it was I was driving my daughter's 20 year old Honda CRV today. Still a good, safe car for her.
    My neighbor has an Audi Q7. She is forever driving the dealer’s courtesy vehicle.

    A 455 cubic inch Trans Am ala Smokey and the Bandit (with the screaming chicken hood decal) was lame power but looked great and still does to my eye. Yeah a modern little 4 with a turbo would prolly beat it (until it died at 110k)

    There is no way Volkswagen/Audi/Porsche can keep manufacturing vehicles in Germany given their enormous energy deficit. Biden killed them when he blew up the Nord Stream pipeline.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by country978 View Post

    Out running errands today and got behind an Audi SUV. The engine? A 2.0 liter turbo. This is a big, heavy vehicle with a small, modern engine. Reliable sources tell me the 2.0 liter turbo is amongst the best engines being made today.

    We come from the distant past. A 350, 454, 442, hell even a 305 were considered the standard dudes engine back in the olden days if you wanted your friends to respect you. The 2.0L turbo would toast them all. The turbo chargers of yesteryear are not what's being produced today.

    I've driven all manner of shit boxes in my teens and 20's and the turbos I had were not good cars but what's being produced now has evolved nicely. What I recall is that the cooling systems in the old turbo's weren't sufficient and that the modern engineering has solved these issues.

    As it was I was driving my daughter's 20 year old Honda CRV today. Still a good, safe car for her.
    My neighbor has an Audi Q7. She is forever driving the dealer’s courtesy vehicle.
    Is poor engine reliability ever the cause? Toyota is not only putting these in the Tacoma but also the FJ cruiser. I'd need to know a lot more before I sought this out to buy but it sounds like a major advancement in efficiency to me.

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    The only car company you can trust is Toyota.
    https://twitter.com/genuine_impact/status/1714223943241125993

    There's a guy on yt named cereal marshmallows that specializes in selling used Benz's. I decided to look at his site.
    Found you a deal, no a steal!
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    $4500 and you can be just like Putin. Putin bro, Talk about baller.

     
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    The newew ones are probably made by a bunch Pakistanis and Indians.
    Run on cow dung.

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    Anyone agree or disagree with my original statement- Is MB the "King of cars"? Or is that someone else?

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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    Anyone agree or disagree with my original statement- Is MB the "King of cars"? Or is that someone else?
    If you’re looking for a Swiss watch Lexus.

    The story of the creation of the Lexus LFA is a story of commitment to excellence beyond any financial reason. Passion project. It’s a fascinating tale. Insanity and obsession by the owner/CEO. That old man was racing the prototypes himself on the test track. That is the right proper tone to be set by leadership

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    MERCEDES BENDZ cars

    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post

    If you’re looking for a Swiss watch Lexus.

    The story of the creation of the Lexus LFA is a story of commitment to excellence beyond any financial reason. Passion project. It’s a fascinating tale. Insanity and obsession by the owner/CEO. That old man was racing the prototypes himself on the test track. That is the right proper tone to be set by leadership
    The funny thing about Lexus- I remember the "luxury car boom" as a teenager in the 80s- Acura, Lexus and Infinity being born. But I also remember MB being existence long before them.

    Also, if you go to Germany, isnt MB like real common there and not a big deal?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post

    My neighbor has an Audi Q7. She is forever driving the dealer’s courtesy vehicle.


    The Q7s have been a disaster regarding the constant need for repairs.

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    Over the last 30 years, I have never seen the need to buy an Audi or Saab vehicle. I have a relative who has gone through cars over the years including a Audi and then about 7 or 8 years ago, she bought her last "forever car"- a Honda Crossover sedan.

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    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    Over the last 30 years, I have never seen the need to buy an Audi or Saab vehicle. I have a relative who has gone through cars over the years including a Audi and then about 7 or 8 years ago, she bought her last "forever car"- a Honda Crossover sedan.
    Now I don’t think you’re being completely honest here.

    Of course, you wanted an Audi R8 like cmoney (hall of fame Drexel post btw). You walked by one in a parking lot and gazed at the immaculate mid engine V10 through the clear glass. It had the Bugatti Veyron inspired lines. You came to terms with how inadequate you were as you saw your reflection in that glass.

    Perhaps you forgot. I haven’t

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    Enjoy this classic

    Quote Originally Posted by Drexel View Post
    As bizarre as all this may sound, it really is the truth.

    I met C$ in person for the first time about a decade ago. It was during the NFL sesson. He was visiting Vegas and had a booth at Lagasse stadium at the Palazzo. He invited me to watch a playoff game with him and another friend that was in town.

    When I got there, I met his friend but was informed C$ was in a local hospital (I wasn't told why) but was expected to be released soon. He had left instructions for me to eat and drink all I wanted to on his tab.

    I ended up watching two playoff games over a 6 hour period with his friend. C$ never showed up.

    As I was leaving, I received a call from C$. He has just gotten released from the hospital and was lol on foot walking down Maryland Parkway, which is a seedy part of Vegas. I drove to where he was, picked him up, briefly chatted in the car, and dropped him off at his hotel.

    He had been hospitalized for dehydration.

    The real fun started a couple of years later. He had asked me to make a 5k bet on a boxing match. I don't remember the fighters name, but C$ certainly will. The dude was like +400. Huge dog. The fight was on HBO. I happened to be home that night, so I sweated it with him.

    C$'s boxer was getting killed. Round after round, this dude was getting hammered. I remember him calling me before the final round and saying he needed some miracle knock out to win.

    Fight goes to the cards. C$'s fighter wins in a split decision. I am stunned. What the fuck were the judges watching??? My phone rings. It's C$. He is in total disbelief. I don't even know what to say. Neither does he. This literally was like a 20k free roll.

    I go to the book that night and cash his ticket. I get the funds to him the following Monday. Maybe he had a little doubt that a guy who he met once on a car ride from the hospital might roll him for 20k, but he got his money literally the next day the bank was open.

    I don't work for him.

    I don't nor have I ever received compensation for anything I do (such as handling money and contracts with the stakees). I do it because he has become one of my best friends, not on forums, but in life over the last few years.

    He comes to Vegas, we eat like kings together. We gamble like degenerates. We watch a ton of football together. We both love eating this Japanese Waygu (we call it meat on rocks) that's served at Sushi Samba at the Palazzo.

    He stayed at my house once.

    During the aforementioned stay at my home, he decides to go for a jog around 10am. It's October, so the weather is perfect.

    I notice around 1pm that he's been gone quite a while.

    By 2pm I am starting to get a little concerned.

    2:45 i finally get a call from him. He tells me to come outside.

    There is a brand new Audi parked in my driveway. He lol decided he didn't want to jog back so he bought a brand new Audi R8. Yup. I said R8.

    We drove it around for the duration of his trip. He of course asks me if he can keep it in my garage until he can send someone to ship it to him. I tell him of course.

    Obv it sits in my garage for 18 months. 47 miles on the odometer. I felt like Cameron in Ferris Buellers Day off.

    Finally he ships it to New York lol.

    Point being, he may be my richest friend, but I am as loyal and treat him no differently than my poorest friend.


    GS




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    Quote Originally Posted by Sanlmar View Post
    Quote Originally Posted by desertrunner View Post
    Over the last 30 years, I have never seen the need to buy an Audi or Saab vehicle. I have a relative who has gone through cars over the years including a Audi and then about 7 or 8 years ago, she bought her last "forever car"- a Honda Crossover sedan.
    Now I don’t think you’re being completely honest here.

    Of course, you wanted an Audi R8 like cmoney (hall of fame Drexel post btw). You walked by one in a parking lot and gazed at the immaculate mid engine V10 through the clear glass. It had the Bugatti Veyron inspired lines. You came to terms with how inadequate you were as you saw your reflection in that glass.

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    The Audi R8, RS3 and TTRS and still popular among the racing scene. The RS3 and TTRS are considered "baby" R8's because they take the V10 in the R8 and cut in in half to produce the 5 cylinder. The noise a 5 cylinder makes is one of the best sounds that can come from a ice engine. But any new luxury Euro is gonna become a money pit after about 50k miles.

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