Car thread

[XR-7]

I would HATE to get in an accident in that car. I feel like you'd receive a healthy serving of extremely hot and extremely fast piston right to the face.

A rollover would suck wayyy more.

Off topic: a '90s Porsche 911 just went past me

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[$trinick]

A rollover would suck wayyy more.

Off topic: a '90s Porsche 911 just went past me

I doubt the car would roll, but even if it did I'd still rather die quickly than have an engine explode at my feet.

[e-maxx]

monthly inspection?

lol i was so tired when i wrote that i forgot that its yearly lol but ya every year you take it to a mechanic and they look at stuff on it and deems if its safe or not
if it is he puts a sticker on the windshield and your legal

[Night Fox]

lol i was so tired when i wrote that i forgot that its yearly lol but ya every year you take it to a mechanic and they look at stuff on it and deems if its safe or not
if it is he puts a sticker on the windshield and your legal

wow. we don't have anything like that here
do you have to pay for it? cus if so that's kinda bad

[e-maxx]

wow. we don't have anything like that here
do you have to pay for it? cus if so that's kinda bad

yeah but at most places its pretty cheap forgot how much it cost last time i got a car inspected

[Otis Da HousKat]

wow. we don't have anything like that here
do you have to pay for it? cus if so that's kinda bad

Ya real bad to have a law in place that requires you to make sure your signals, brakes, suspension, etc are in working order.

In NY at least it's $21.

[$trinick]

In CA we have mandatory smog checks every 2 years for vehicles older than 5 years old. I think there's some exemption if the vehicle is from before 1970 or something, but it's surprisingly non intrusive considering it's CA we're talking about. They just did this big overhaul though that's super weird. They got rid of the "sniffer test" (the test that actually checks emissions) and they just scan your ECU and visually inspect the car now. Makes no sense to me, but it makes running a tune more difficult because you have to be able to flash it back to stock for the smog check. It's also annoying because once I put my exhaust on I'll have to swap my test pipes back to the stock cats so it'll pass the visual test.

[Night Fox]

Ya real bad to have a law in place that requires you to make sure your signals, brakes, suspension, etc are in working order.
In NY at least it's $21.

if it's cheap w/e
I guess I was thinking about more expensive and comprehensive inspections

[Fredulus]

if it's cheap w/e
I guess I was thinking about more expensive and comprehensive inspections

..where do you live that you don't have to get your car inspected?

edit: your profile says you live in alabama. you definitely have to get your car inspected in alabama lol.............

[Night Fox]

..where do you live that you don't have to get your car inspected?

alabama
I didn't even know that was a law anywhere lol
I'm pretty sure it's not in georgia either

your profile says you live in alabama. you definitely have to get your car inspected in alabama lol.............

no we don't
see

[Fredulus]

hhm yeah was just looking at that. apparently alabama only requires safety inspection upon transfer of ownership or for a car that was previously registered in another state.

forget that lol

[Night Fox]

alabama's a pretty stuffty state in general though

[Caution]

I'm pretty sure MN doesn't have any inspection stuff either.

I recently took a road trip out to Idaho and on the I90 we saw a baby blue Lotus Elise being trailed behind a matching FJ Cruiser. It was kind of bizarre but pretty cool. We also saw an NSX driving around, those things are still lovey too.

[XR-7]

Missouri has inspections. I know nothing about them though since my dad just takes all our cars individually by himself. I think they have to be done whenever the plates get renewed or something, which can be either one or two years depending on how much you pay. My dad does a one year renewal on the plates, which he is supposed to do in July. He got ticketed for overdue plates with me in the car last year.

[Pie Crust]

This past hour, heading back home, I witnessed a whole new level of kamikazee and friendry. Thick fog, 15m of visibility according to the radio. We were going at 30km/h as stated on the fog warning signs and we had our brights turned off. Some friend was going at 70km/h minimum with his brights turned ON and he cut us off. It was a Hilux IIRC. How the hell can you see where you're going in thick fog with your bright lights turned on? The fog signs clearly stated that, when only a single arrow on the road was visible, brights must be off and your speed can't be higher than 40km/h.