"Oh? How many of the 45 product recalls on your Charger did you fix yourself instead of taking it to the dealer?"
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That's a Challenger.
shifts backwards hat
hands beer to buddy
steps on the gas, loses control and kills 11 people
"bro, that's a challenger"
Potato potato, they're both land boats built like a three legged rhinoceros with the worst front sight lines I've ever seen.
OMG the amount of gate keeping that goes on in car “communities” is beyond the pale, absurd and constantly shift.
Its really funny to see EVs coming on the scene with insane 0-60 times and horsepower numbers only for chuds to now claim that those things don't matter.
Seriously.
I had a guy in an I forgot what something manly or whatever with rude stickers about liberals or something on the back try to beat me off the line when was driving my leaf.
It was a complete joke. The instant torque evs have is ridiculous.
EVs have completely killed "the car guy" to me. Like you can just buy a run-of-the-mill EV and it can easily have better overall performance characteristics, better energy efficiency, and require less maintenance than a random "sports car".
But hey, I guess it doesn't go "vroom-vroom", set off everyone's car alarm on the street when it passes, and doesn't function as a dead giveaway that you're an asshole creep who is having trouble masking their psychopathy.
LMAO!
but they dont have an Exhaust man!!!
I saw a comment in a car thread in a general interest community that claimed that if you couldn't drive with a manual gearbox, you shouldn't be issued a license.
I am a Swede and this was on a Swedish forum.
Most people here knows how to drive manually, I don't, and I drive far better than plenty of manual drivers.
Oh yeah the Manual purists are the worst. I get it for hobby driving and project cars, but to hell with driving a manual for commuting.
Yeah, I see my 2021 Seat Leon FR PHEV hatchback as an appliance, it takes me where I want to go, I am only licensed to drive an automatic, but do so well.
Now, after two and a half years of driving, I am thinking about learning the paddle shifter, but eh, it just seems like another distraction.
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if you couldn’t drive with a manual gearbox, you shouldn’t be issued a license
For people who've had a genuine opportunity to learn and couldn't figure it out then I would kind of support this. If someone can't figure out a basic coordination exercise then I don't really trust them to handle the controls of a couple of tons of moving vehicle.
I do realise though that many people don't have a proper opportunity to learn (no vehicle to do so in or a poor instructor) so most get an exception from this judgement.
For people who’ve had a genuine opportunity to learn and couldn’t figure it out then I would kind of support this. If someone can’t figure out a basic coordination exercise then I don’t really trust them to handle the controls of a couple of tons of moving vehicle.
I assume, to maintain consistency of your judgment, you also regularly turn off ABS, traction control, cover up the backup camera screen only turning around and looking out your back window when reversing? An electric starter also is a bit of a luxury too, right? Do you usually push your car forward with your feet and pop the clutch to start the car, or are you a true purist that uses an old school handcrank mated to the engine's crankshaft? Wouldn't these all be, matching the theme of your definition, basic coordination exercises that someone must be able to handle to control them to control a couple of tons of moving vehicle?
Wouldn’t these all be, matching the theme of your definition, basic coordination exercises
Correct. I would not expect people to know how to do these things but I would expect a competent person to be able to learn them.
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You look down on people driving a car they can't repair themselves.
I look down on people driving a vehicle they can't power themselves.
We are not the same.
I look down on people who constantly talk like they're a meme.
You got me to check their post history and I left disappointed.
I like these corvette man comics. They are non taxing.
I like that Corvette Man appears not to suck.
That's nice. And it's nice when things are nice.
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I've experienced the opposite situation lots of times.
Just because I ride a bike does not mean I am a mechanic or fix stuff myself. Far from it, I leave that to a professional. Most people seem to think all men tinker on their bikes.
I wouldn't say tinker, but if you have a bike, I kinda expect you know how to change the oil, lube+tension the chain, change the plugs, battery, tire maybe, just stuff you have to do frequently anyway that you can do in the tine it takes to get to the shop.
The alternative is spending a ton of time and money.
Also they're much easier to work on than cars, especially if there's no cowling.
I've never removed any cowling or plastic fenders and ended up with the same number of unbroken plastic pieces afterwards.
And as far as time is concerned, I can't really think of anything on a car that's worth doing. I changed my snow tires, so that's a thing. Other than that, can I? Sure. Is that how I want to spend my time, just fucking pissed off? No.
But why? I am not a capable handyman, but still want to ride a bike. Still cheaper than car and low maintenance only riding on city streets. As a more efficient (gas and space) commuting vehicle.
Wouldn't that be gatekeeping? 😁
It is intimidating if you think of car maintenance, but I cannot impress how easy these things are.
If its not a fully fared bike, step 1 of pulling the plugs:
Pull the plugs. They're right there. For the oil, you open the cap at the bottom of the clutch housing (get an oil pan first). If the oil isn't pretty black, you're changing it too soon. There's a hole at the top you put the new oil in. You can stick a screwdriver in to see the color of the oil to tell if you need a change.
I wouldn't say you shouldn't walk if you're afraid to cross the street, I would be confused that someone thinks they're unable to.
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I'm guilty of this to varying degrees. All motorcyclists and any bicyclists that are doing it as a hobby. I get it for cars where, in my entire continent, they are pretty much a requirement. You have to have a car (let's not do a car-free digression right now).
But motorcycling? Or trail biking? Those are electives. I have bias because I'm mechanical and the people I get along with tend to also be mechanical. Both hobbies are ones where mechanical issues are frequent enough that you'd rather not be stranded for something basic - or, at least, that's my thought process. With a bicycle, there's not a whole lot to it (to me) so why not have the pocket multi tool that could disassemble the whole bike and why not know how to use it? With motorcycles, they have some flukes and tows are so tricky/pricey that I'd like to exhaust all my diagnostic options first. I guess I do have the same view on car drivers as well, but in limited ways. Namely, how to change a flat. I charitably change about 3 a year randomly on the road.
That's my thought process. It matches my initial facial expression. I try to not put it out verbally though and just help if I can.
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Nothing in the world would elate me more than having a dbag who looks and acts like that tell me that I'm not a part of his group.
You need other people to feel validated or elated? Well you can't call yourself a real lemming then.
I look and act like a tool irl as well, trust me. You're welcome.
I would wager a shiny nickel that you're actually quite cool irl.
funny comic downvote because you cut off the artists signature
Did they edit the post? I can clearly see the creators insta in the bottom right corner
not visible here (voyager) when the image is opened
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I went into a servo with a star wars shirt on once, how dare I, I know, guy behind the counter did his absolute best to make sure I didn't know enough about the franchise to be a TRUE fan, and I was just faking for attention.
Should have told him that Disney started sucking after the original trilogy. Watch him have a stroke.
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He's actually a human guy, not a car guy.
A car guy is Bumblebee from Transformers.
The man with the backwards hat is confused.
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