The Official Car-Related Shit That No One Cares About, Thread

[bcrdukes]

I suppose if it's a lease, it may not matter as much since you're dropping it off at the dealership at the end of the term.

If we look at the luxury vehicle spectrum, you get bore scoring from Porsches, and this is a result of cold weather and/or a combination of driving short distances. The real sucker who suffers is the person who buys this car and realizes their engine is hooped.

[radeonboy]

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[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by red kryptonite

Maybe if I had a brand new LC I would baby that shit too.

thats the funny part, the LC can probably take the abuse. NA/big displacement/lots of 5w30 oil (takes almost 8qts) = low strain /low heat on the internals. Your turbo charged engine however id probably baby a lot more.

[RabidRat]

Originally Posted by AstulzerRZD

Had to dig deep on reddit to find this post from like 10 years ago

Theres that area on the westbound 401 between the 427 and the 410, where you question your sanity, gazing into the weaving traffic, not a single signal light to be found.

People are going 10 under in the left lane and 50 over on the right shoulder. You're surrounded by dirty Nissan Altimas, with bad tint, blacked out tail lights, and spray painted rims. A beaten up mazda 3, now more rust than paint after 2 winters, just cut you off. You are now 2 km from the 410 north ramp. All the rusty dirty shitty cars are slamming their breaks and cutting to the right lane, still no signal lights.

You see a white crown Vic, thinking it's a cop, a savior. Only as you approach and the smell of burnt oil hits you, your hopes are dashed as realize it was a police auction surplus vehicle. They have their left signal on, but they're crossing into the right lane.

You see the off ramp sign. 410 north Brampton. You are approaching Brampton. It's almost over. Please let it be over. You must get past this off ramp. People in the left lane are now slamming on brakes, realizing they have 4 lanes of traffic to cross. You see all the Altimas, rusted Mazda 3's, 5's and a brown protege that used to be yellow, and police surplus vehicles miss the ramp by 4 meters, and immediately cut across the shoulder back on to the ramp. You are still in the left lane. The road ahead of you is finally serene, clear. No more smells, no more rust, no shitty spraypainted rims. You're finally safe.

Toronto drivers are the worst. LA level of aggressiveness, but with none of the skill ><.

[underscore]

Originally Posted by Badhobz

^depends on the owners habits. I always keep my cars for a long long time (unless it’s a lease, then I treat it like a piece of shit). Even longer than anyone reasonably should. Thus long term reliability and proper engine maintenance are important to me

Do you drive any of them enough to actually rack up significant mileage though? What's the odo on the LC at these days?

[donk.]

Originally Posted by underscore

Do you drive any of them enough to actually rack up significant mileage though? What's the odo on the LC at these days?

[Badhobz]

Originally Posted by underscore

Do you drive any of them enough to actually rack up significant mileage though? What's the odo on the LC at these days?

no its pathetic, 10,400ish kms in 3 years. last year i only did 940kms