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Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - CaptainHenreh - 08-03-2016
SlimKlim Wrote:Not to make excuses for BMW, it's just stupid to act like they are the only manufacturer who does this.
Also:
Quote:Let’s take, for example, my old E36 M3. It featured a US-only spec 3.2 liter straight six cylinder engine that produced around 240 horsepower. It also had a unique problem in which the nut that held the sprocket driving the oil pump would fall off. Yes, the one thing that made sure your engine was oiled properly would simply fall apart, because it wasn’t torqued down properly from the factory.
Yeah, but you could've just not been a bitch and spent the $50 to drop the pan and replace the nut. Of all the common E36 issues to complain about, and there are many, that is not the one I'd chose to bitch about.
You are both right and wrong, by my estimation. yes, the mustangs with the China transmissions (see what I did there) and the oil-starved 'vettes are stupid. It is also outrageously stupid that the oil pump nut isn't torqued properly on the "holy shit God's Own Six Cylinder" is fucking stupid. I shouldn't have to drop my goddam oil pan to repair an obvious defect.
I shouldn't have to do this on a WRX either, to prevent the oil pickup from cracking. Or get a tune on the 2.5L to keep the pistons from eating themselves. I shouldn't have to reinforce the subframe on an M3, I shouldn't have to replace the goddam timing chain tensioners on the back of the fucking motor in an S4. Or install a catch can on every fucking GDI engine ever.
The factory should stop being such fuckheads and do it for us. It isn't unique to BMW, but it is a bit embodied by BMW.
Of course, thinking back, the only problem anyone ever seems to have with their MkIV's is "Well I make too much goddam horsepower and now spend too much money on tires." So there's that.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - G.Irish - 08-03-2016
ScottyB Wrote:i was actually going to bring that one up as an example of why jalopnik continues to double down on producing garbage articles written by pseudo-enthusiast twats.This.
Jake Wrote:With the BMW engine article... if y'all have read Tavarish's other articles, he literally buys the worst, most hateful, awful examples of cars for the sake of cheap fixes and flips.I just avoid reading any articles of his because most of them are outright shit and the ones that aren't don't make up for the shitty ones. It's just a bunch of low-effort tripe with troll click-bait titles.
It'd be like if I wrote a wordy article about how much BMWs are junk based on my E30 ownership.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - rherold9 - 08-03-2016
CaptainHenreh Wrote:The factory should stop being such fuckheads and do it for us. It isn't unique to BMW, but it is a bit embodied by BMW.
Woah woah now. You are expecting the manufacturer to care or make sure everything is perfect on their car? You want them to actually fully test everything and make sure it is all okay before selling the vehicle?
You are asking wayyyy too much.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - D_Eclipse9916 - 08-03-2016
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Of course, thinking back, the only problem anyone ever seems to have with their MkIV's is "Well I make too much goddam horsepower and now spend too much money on tires." So there's that.
Crankwalk...and I am not kidding.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - D_Eclipse9916 - 08-03-2016
All BMW engines are terrible. They all blow apart. Make sure everyone knows this. This might be the best scheme ever to get more bmws for myself.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Jake - 08-03-2016
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:All BMW engines are terrible. They all blow apart. Make sure everyone knows this. This might be the best scheme ever to get more bmws for myself.
My garage is ready for the onslaught of $4k E46 M3's that will surely be for sale now that Jalopnik has exposed them as the genuine shitheaps they are :thumbup:
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - CaptainHenreh - 08-03-2016
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:CaptainHenreh Wrote:Of course, thinking back, the only problem anyone ever seems to have with their MkIV's is "Well I make too much goddam horsepower and now spend too much money on tires." So there's that.
Crankwalk...and I am not kidding.
Yeah, not unheard of, but still pretty rare all things considered. You've got this with miatas too.
All cars suck, the end.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - SlimKlim - 08-03-2016
CaptainHenreh Wrote:All cars suck, the end.
The truest and most honest statement to ever grace this forum.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - D_Eclipse9916 - 08-03-2016
Jake Wrote:D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:All BMW engines are terrible. They all blow apart. Make sure everyone knows this. This might be the best scheme ever to get more bmws for myself.
My garage is ready for the onslaught of $4k E46 M3's that will surely be for sale now that Jalopnik has exposed them as the genuine shitheaps they are :thumbup:
Might be picking one up this weekend for $4.5k. :lol:
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - CaptainHenreh - 08-03-2016
SlimKlim Wrote:Guy who drives a Prius Wrote:All cars suck, the end.
The truest and most honest statement to ever grace this forum.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - rherold9 - 08-03-2016
D_Eclipse9916 Wrote:Might be picking one up this weekend for $4.5k. :lol:
May I dare ask what is wrong with it or going to be wrong with it?
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - ScottyB - 08-03-2016
SlimKlim Wrote:CaptainHenreh Wrote:All cars suck, the end.
The truest and most honest statement to ever grace this forum.
its a bit like Schrodinger's hobby....simultaneously the source of joy and a constant onslaught of bullshit
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Senor_Taylor - 08-03-2016
CaptainHenreh Wrote:Yeah, not unheard of, but still pretty rare all things considered. You've got this with miatas too.
Less than 1% of 90-91 models unless you're talking about the thrust bearing issues in NBs.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Beej - 08-03-2016
Lots of cars have an achilles heel. I've even read that some have 2.0L or less of displacement.
It is a shame that, by rough count, more M engines have one than don't. But when they're good, they're good.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Senor_Taylor - 08-06-2016
Ricers.
You know, I used to not care too much. If you want 10 degrees negative camber and ugly wheels with stretched tires, sure.
Now that I have a Miata again and I'm meeting other Miata people, they are all ricers. I go to a car meet on Tuesday nights and it's just Subaru people with their Hello Kitty bullshit hanging off their mirrors, cars with 20+ stickers on the windows, or a Miata slammed with cambered out wheels and stickers all over it, but they don't have the money to fix their blown head gasket because they spent it on race land coilovers for mad stance points. When you talk to them, all they want to talk about is their plans to turbo their car, tune it, lower it, etc. It's exhausting. Why is this appealing to people? Why the hell do you want to scrape on every bump in the road in an AUTOMATIC Miata? (yes, someone has an auto Miata with a blown head gasket that they drove to multiple meets.) I think over half of the Miatas I run into nowadays are modded to the point where they handle worse than they did before, and I feel like it's shifting more and more into that direction every day. Everyone cares too much about how their car looks and not about the other 99% of their vehicle. These people will pop their hoods so you can see their painted valve covers and silicone hoses, but they can't talk to you about anything deeper than that because they don't actually know anything. Of course, they know EVERY type and model of wheel out there, but they don't even know what kind of package their Miata is, or how to change their own brake pads.
Maybe I'm just now noticing this, or maybe I'm just looking in the wrong places, but I'm disappointed by how few "real" car people there are out there without having to go to the track.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - WRXtranceformed - 08-06-2016
Ricers have been around forever and even a lot of us here (myself included) have fallen prey to the rice disease at some point. With that said I would imagine a lot of it has to do with the crowd you're connecting with and your area. When we go to cars and coffee here the number of stancebros is quite low (other than among the euro-tards). Most of the cars we see are awesome and really cleanly done.
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - .RJ - 08-06-2016
G.Irish Wrote:It's just a bunch of low-effort tripe with troll click-bait titles.
Welcome to our new media overlords
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - WRXtranceformed - 08-06-2016
I think I *finally* got a glimpse into the psyche of "that guy" who, despite your best efforts to go out of your way to park far away from others, will drive all the way through the parking lot and park next to you anyway.
I am not as anal about my truck as I was about my last car but I still try to park away from others because of the sheer number of soccer mommies with no regard for door dings. I parked the other day at the edge of a parking lot and this dude and his girl in a jallopy swing up and park right next to me. I was halfway to the coffee shop when I noticed it, got instant Jackie Chan meme face and started walking back to figure out why and potentially move my truck. The guy gets out of his car and is checking out my truck and sees me coming. He says "Hey mang, dis ur truck? Nice tires!"
So I guess it's a sign of respect when someone parks up on your ride? That's kind of like if a dude tells you your wife is hot while putting his arm around her back and staring at her tits. You need to back up off son!
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Ryan T - 08-06-2016
People who don't use cruise control on the interstate. Driving from Charleston SC to my house today I bet I encountered at least 15 vehicles who obviously weren't using it. They'd pass me, then slow down about 5 miles later and I'd pass them back. Or I'd get halfway past them and they'd speed up. Drives me nuts.
Also, as I posted in my truck thread, cruise controls that can't maintain a regular speed. The only vehicles I've had in the last 5 years that could always maintain their exact cruise speeds were my Corvettes. All the others, if I set them at 76mph would drop to about 71 before they would downshift, then accelerate to 78 or 79 before slowing back down to 76. Aggravates me to no end. If I set it at 76, I want to go 76 the whole time damnit!
Re: You know what really grinds my gears?! - Senor_Taylor - 08-06-2016
Ryan T Wrote:People who don't use cruise control on the interstate. Driving from Charleston SC to my house today I bet I encountered at least 15 vehicles who obviously weren't using it. They'd pass me, then slow down about 5 miles later and I'd pass them back. Or I'd get halfway past them and they'd speed up. Drives me nuts.
Also, as I posted in my truck thread, cruise controls that can't maintain a regular speed. The only vehicles I've had in the last 5 years that could always maintain their exact cruise speeds were my Corvettes. All the others, if I set them at 76mph would drop to about 71 before they would downshift, then accelerate to 78 or 79 before slowing back down to 76. Aggravates me to no end. If I set it at 76, I want to go 76 the whole time damnit!
My girlfriend's family's Q7 had the most amazing cruise control. It would hold the mph exactly. maybe varying one mph at most, or maybe the digital speedometer was just lying to give the illusion it was.