A Perpetual Picture Of Your Car Thread
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Good thinking, I will add it to the list. Actual three-pedal shifting! However finding one might be an issue.
I don't know. I could see a three-wheeler for a couple of summers and then move on. The EV Vanderhall would probably do it for me, but as of now it's vaporware.
Suppose the budget is around $50K. I see a lot of BMW 430s around. 718 Boxster? F-Type? Fuck it, get a Viper?
I'm all over the place. Exactly I felt when I was looking to replace the GTI.
I don't know. I could see a three-wheeler for a couple of summers and then move on. The EV Vanderhall would probably do it for me, but as of now it's vaporware.
Suppose the budget is around $50K. I see a lot of BMW 430s around. 718 Boxster? F-Type? Fuck it, get a Viper?
I'm all over the place. Exactly I felt when I was looking to replace the GTI.
Just don't buy a red one, or Jables will add a new stall on their garage, and take your Boxster to add one more to the stable.
Kidding aside, I was also thinking a Boxster might work based on your list and some "recommend" type videos I have seen recently. An EV resto-mod might be an option, but maybe too far above budget?
(buy my Mini and cut the roof off?)
Freddie Flintoff was badly injured in a Morgan three-wheeler on the Top Gear set. It's why Top Gear is no more.
I had heard that about Flintoff, I wonder what they were up to at the time. The odds of me driving as hard as they do (especially in the rain) are pretty slim.
Oh huh, I like to looks there too, I didn't realize they looked so similar.
I have a hard cap of 3...no more room to build. At some point I'll likely get a 981 at the expense of my 964. I've enjoyed it for three years now but I have the 930 for a classic and a 981 would be way more practical to take on road trips out here.
I'd love a Morgan but I'd go four wheel. The three wheel just seems unstable.
Timely Harry's Garage videos on this subject:
View: https://youtu.be/0MVPasyfX54?si=_8Y7CLKlgOo79_3r
View: https://youtu.be/RhpjdjKvVbs?si=iRxsLmheREtPllXi
The Plus Four seems very cool, given the caveats Harry calls out (low clearance & top operability)
BMW still cuts a nice profile, usually.
Just don't look at it straight on (thinking about just getting this wrapped in black vinyl).
It's all computer!
Just don't look at it straight on (thinking about just getting this wrapped in black vinyl).
It's all computer!
A woven stainless Jaguar grill might fit nicely over that faux brazier.
You know, if Jaguar partnered with BMW and turned the i4 or the i5 into the next generation XF? In British Racing Green?
Not gonna lie, its really horrendous and I love BMW. Seriously, is any designer involved in this? Certainly even a fake 'normal' sized fake painted on grill would look better.
It's not a proper modern BMW unless it looks like it could be a villain from Angry Birds (extra points if you buy in green) 
Apologies for the rest of you who already knew this and weren't as "WTF?" as I was...
Apparently "Turbo" is a meaningless term over at Porsche in that it's only a trim level and nothing else. As evidenced by the electric Macan I saw this morning with a proud "Turbo" badge across the back of it. It took me a moment to understand what was wrong with this.
Old man shakes fist at cloud.
Apparently "Turbo" is a meaningless term over at Porsche in that it's only a trim level and nothing else. As evidenced by the electric Macan I saw this morning with a proud "Turbo" badge across the back of it. It took me a moment to understand what was wrong with this.
Old man shakes fist at cloud.
It’s Porsche.It is electric, so maybe it's got a turbo button like the PC cases of old.
Probably has two buttons. With a pair of little knobs for adjusting… I don’t know, fake turbo noises?
Secret picture of the prototype center console of the electric Macan Turbo:
Ya know there are turbo Porsches that aren't "Turbo" also, right? It's been a trim level since at least 2019
As a previous Taycan Turbo owner, this is like a flashback to back then.
It’s been dumb since the 991.2 gen, where every 911 had turbo hardware but they still differentiated models as Carrera and Turbo. Like, Turbo Turbo?
Le sigh.
Anyway, actual turbo:
Le sigh.
Anyway, actual turbo:
Damn dude! Lot of miles and a lot of years!
Is it still your main car? Whenever I think about getting something older I remember I am too risk averse to take the old (lack of) crash protection.
Is it still your main car? Whenever I think about getting something older I remember I am too risk averse to take the old (lack of) crash protection.
Hmm. I wrapped my AMG to change its color from white to matte blue metallic. It came out really well; the shop did an awesome job. When I sold it, the dealer didn't realize it was wrapped at first.
Buuuuuuuut.
Wraps are harder to maintain, and they don't help with resale value, at all. I didn't care about resale value, but after having a wrapped car for 18 months, I think I would just pay extra for the color I wanted. Wrapping is fragile in a way that paint just isn't. It will matter less because you're considering black on black, but any blemish or imperfection that your eye finds will draw your eye from then on.
I don't think I'd wrap a car again unless it was maybe my second car. At about $5K for a decent wrap job, it's a lot of money, too. Do what you want, of course, but I don't think I would do it again.
Yep, it is still my main car. Only safety feature I wish it had was the side airbags.
To be clear, I was considering wrapping the goofy fake grill as @continuum concluded. I think there might be some pre-existing all black pieces from other 4-series trims but I haven't dug too deeply.
Honestly, I'm most likely to do nothing because it's a lease and I mostly sit behind that grill.
Get clear grills and backlight them red. You can have the buzzard collectors from the Enterprise.
Yeah, I remember when Acura introduced those huge silver nose bars on their grills, the dealer actually had paint guy that would come once a week and paint it black for any new owners that week for like $200. I bet you can get a body shop to do it for cheap, especially if they just pop out like the old kidney grills do and you can just take the parts in.
I think this sums things up better than I could in words...
I shouldn't be too hard on it - it'll be 20 come late summer, and it babied just fine when it had to. The exterior is now completely crap, with the clearcoat going on every single panel now (and basically gone on every near-horizontal surface), but it's been reliable, and the interior has held up really well. I also managed to get one of the few manuals at the time, so there's that.
Unlike @JasterMereel's Subie, it's at 48k miles. We live in town, and I can walk to the local safeway to pick stuff up. Work is about 2.5 miles away, and I work from home a lot these days, so what miles it gets at the moment are mainly from the school run.
In an alternate universe, if Cutter Mazda weren't such muppets or if Servco had anything that was in an actual colour than boring dark grey, I might have been picking up a replacement today. I test drove both an mx-5 and a BRZ at the weekend, but it wasn't to be, I guess.
What's the hive mind's experience with the longevity of paint protection films? I'm considering it once I do go get something nicer, given how harsh the sun is here. No rush, though - with the tariffs now official, I'm assuming I'm dragging this out another 4 years.
I shouldn't be too hard on it - it'll be 20 come late summer, and it babied just fine when it had to. The exterior is now completely crap, with the clearcoat going on every single panel now (and basically gone on every near-horizontal surface), but it's been reliable, and the interior has held up really well. I also managed to get one of the few manuals at the time, so there's that.
Unlike @JasterMereel's Subie, it's at 48k miles. We live in town, and I can walk to the local safeway to pick stuff up. Work is about 2.5 miles away, and I work from home a lot these days, so what miles it gets at the moment are mainly from the school run.
In an alternate universe, if Cutter Mazda weren't such muppets or if Servco had anything that was in an actual colour than boring dark grey, I might have been picking up a replacement today. I test drove both an mx-5 and a BRZ at the weekend, but it wasn't to be, I guess.
What's the hive mind's experience with the longevity of paint protection films? I'm considering it once I do go get something nicer, given how harsh the sun is here. No rush, though - with the tariffs now official, I'm assuming I'm dragging this out another 4 years.
PPF is best applied when the paint underneath is already pristine-- so you will want full on chips/scratched filled and paint correction done beforehand. I think you can skip chips/scratches being filled but not sure on the result.
Most last a few years-- they have gotten dramatically better since they first came out 20 years ago-- but absolutely pay attention to how long the one you have installed is supposed to last as well as the maintenance requirements. If the PPF requires, say, mandatory detailing once a year, make sure you get that done.
Failure to follow maintenance instructions/keeping a PPF installed past its recommended installation life can have catastrophic consequences; a few friends have basically had to have entire hoods replaced because their very old, past-design-life PPF basically contracted in-place, destroying the paint, and could not be removed without an obscene amount of labor. Others have had severe yellowing and whatnot but that is a more normal failure/wear-out mode.
... that said, if you drive on roads where you know you are going to get rock chips and stuff frequently, and you want your car to look good, it's often worth the expense-- damaging PPF/taking the protection of PPF vs. repainting in many cases is worth the cost of PPF.
Most last a few years-- they have gotten dramatically better since they first came out 20 years ago-- but absolutely pay attention to how long the one you have installed is supposed to last as well as the maintenance requirements. If the PPF requires, say, mandatory detailing once a year, make sure you get that done.
Failure to follow maintenance instructions/keeping a PPF installed past its recommended installation life can have catastrophic consequences; a few friends have basically had to have entire hoods replaced because their very old, past-design-life PPF basically contracted in-place, destroying the paint, and could not be removed without an obscene amount of labor. Others have had severe yellowing and whatnot but that is a more normal failure/wear-out mode.
... that said, if you drive on roads where you know you are going to get rock chips and stuff frequently, and you want your car to look good, it's often worth the expense-- damaging PPF/taking the protection of PPF vs. repainting in many cases is worth the cost of PPF.