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Burren

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We are traveling and the rental place gave me a jeep wrangler. I realized I had never really been in one or driven one in my life. The closest thing would be a beat up 1974 international scout my dad had as a farm truck.

I hate this car. Its cramped, wind blows through it with a hard top, and it guzzles more gas than my Tundra.

Why do people have a cult for these? I understand the totally utilitarian and easy to maintain jeeps of the 20th century had a certain appeal. But this 2026 thing is the worst of both worlds. I have never hated a car before but man.
It’s junk and they are very expensive. People get them because they are mindless sheep.
 

Sludig

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We are traveling and the rental place gave me a jeep wrangler. I realized I had never really been in one or driven one in my life. The closest thing would be a beat up 1974 international scout my dad had as a farm truck.

I hate this car. Its cramped, wind blows through it with a hard top, and it guzzles more gas than my Tundra.

Why do people have a cult for these? I understand the totally utilitarian and easy to maintain jeeps of the 20th century had a certain appeal. But this 2026 thing is the worst of both worlds. I have never hated a car before but man.
If you visit the other car thread, youll see most of us say Jeeps are for fags, especially the duck people.
 
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Bald Brah

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We are traveling and the rental place gave me a jeep wrangler. I realized I had never really been in one or driven one in my life. The closest thing would be a beat up 1974 international scout my dad had as a farm truck.

I hate this car. Its cramped, wind blows through it with a hard top, and it guzzles more gas than my Tundra.

Why do people have a cult for these? I understand the totally utilitarian and easy to maintain jeeps of the 20th century had a certain appeal. But this 2026 thing is the worst of both worlds. I have never hated a car before but man.

No idea what people see in them but hopefully your prius is fixed soon.

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Sheriff Cad

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We are traveling and the rental place gave me a jeep wrangler. I realized I had never really been in one or driven one in my life. The closest thing would be a beat up 1974 international scout my dad had as a farm truck.

I hate this car. Its cramped, wind blows through it with a hard top, and it guzzles more gas than my Tundra.

Why do people have a cult for these? I understand the totally utilitarian and easy to maintain jeeps of the 20th century had a certain appeal. But this 2026 thing is the worst of both worlds. I have never hated a car before but man.
I have friends that do "Jeeping" on these rock trails and they love them, they have like 3. I drove one once and it felt like a weird pickup truck with the softest suspension I've ever felt, it was like driving on top of a pillow, when I turned the wheel it leaned over like 20 degrees in a slow turn... and the inside was like the size of a geo metro despite being a quite large vehicle.

Completely stupid unless you really, really need to be offroad most of the time. Having one to drive on the pavement seems like punishment.
 

Borzak

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They work well on jeep trails that are narrow and have tight turns offroad. That's about it. The duck thing just adds insult to injury. I saw one in the hospital parking lot that must have had 25 ducks on the dash board cover. Probaly a doctor.

Friend had one. It was top of the line whatever that was. He had to get rid of it because his wife didn't want him driving it with the kids in it and the hearing damage from the wind noise. He refused to answer if it ever saw even a mud puddle while he owned it. He wanted to come visit me but said he wasn't driving his new jeep down my non aslphalted driveway.
 
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Burren

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They work well on jeep trails that are narrow and have tight turns offroad. That's about it. The duck thing just adds insult to injury. I saw one in the hospital parking lot that must have had 25 ducks on the dash board cover. Probaly a doctor.

Friend had one. It was top of the line whatever that was. He had to get rid of it because his wife didn't want him driving it with the kids in it and the hearing damage from the wind noise. He refused to answer if it ever saw even a mud puddle while he owned it. He wanted to come visit me but said he wasn't driving his new jeep down my non aslphalted driveway.
Ya he’s gay.
 

lurker

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Speaking of Jeeps, my new to me $3500 Jeep took a dump getting on the freeway a few days ago with some loud bangs and I had to limp back home. CEL got lit so I read the codes. Misfire on cylinder 2, bad coil circuit in cylinders 1,2,3,5&6. Five coils don't suddenly fail so I pull the plug on cylinder 2 and it looks like this.

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No center electrode and the gap is over .080". Five out of 6 plugs look like this. They're not the original plugs, but they're close and the car has 172k miles on it.

Anywho, replaced the plugs, which undoubtedly caused the bad coil codes, but I went ahead and also replaced the coils, too. They were cheap and we're back on the road running smoother than ever.
 
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Borzak

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Ya he’s gay.

He brought his wifes SUV, yeah let's go to the country/rural area and not take the jeep cause it could get dirty. He doesn't have it now but he probably handed out ducks. He got all in for the jeep thing.
 
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Borzak

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Speaking of Jeeps, my new to me $3500 Jeep took a dump getting on the freeway a few days ago with some loud bangs and I had to limp back home. CEL got lit so I read the codes. Misfire on cylinder 2, bad coil circuit in cylinders 1,2,3,5&6. Five coils don't suddenly fail so I pull the plug on cylinder 2 and it looks like this.

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No center electrode and the gap is over .080". Five out of 6 plugs look like this. They're not the original plugs, but they're close and the car has 172k miles on it.

Anywho, replaced the plugs, which undoubtedly caused the bad coil codes, but I went ahead and also replaced the coils, too. They were cheap and we're back on the road running smoother than ever.

Did you break out your spark plug magnifier to get a reading to see if they were running lean/rich hot/cold? Yes I'm old and it's still done in some racing situations.
 

lurker

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Did you break out your spark plug magnifier to get a reading to see if they were running lean/rich hot/cold? Yes I'm old and it's still done in some racing situations.
No, running hot or cold was secondary to just plain running. I just put the factory recommended plugs in and some Chinesium coils.
 

Xarpolis

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We were just shopping at whole foods and I saw this car. It certainly like like a Bentley, but it must be older.
Can you help me determine what it is?
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BrutulTM

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According to Gemini....

That is a Bentley Continental GT (specifically a third-generation model, produced from 2018 onward).

Key details visible in the image:

  • Make & Model: The iconic winged Bentley "B" badge is visible on the rear decklid, along with the signature oval-shaped taillights and dual exhaust tips embedded into the bumper.
  • Design: It's a luxury grand tourer coupe sporting black paint, dark multi-spoke wheels, and chrome/brightwork trim around the greenhouse and lower body.
  • Setting: It appears to be parked in a shopping center parking lot in Texas (as indicated by the Texas license plate).
 

Intrinsic

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My best friend bought one of those around 2018 because it had a GVWR of like 6,008 lbs which was 8 lbs over the qualifying GVWR for maximum business vehicle depreciation. And it had 100% bonus depreciation at the time. He researched the hell out of it to find the exact luxury car to meet requirements and maximize his deductions. It was funny. He’s since traded it in for an Aston.
 

Xarpolis

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So shortly after taking that picture, My wife started to pull out of her spot, making a left. A white car turned left into this row from main parking lot passage immediately outside of the whole foods (to the left). And finally, this guy decided right then and there to back up. My wife hit the brakes while still blocking where the white car was going. He stopped as a result. The Bentley backed up about 3-feet, then pulled forward. We all stopped at that point. I told my wife to go, but she stayed still. A few seconds later, she pulled forward again, and was about to pass where the Bentley was parked, and he decided to back up right that moment.

So I'm thinking the car is older and didn't have a backup camera, or he's just a pretentious rich guy with the attitude of "I'm moving now. Fuck everyone else."
 

Kobayashi

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FMVSS 111 mandated backup cameras starting in 2018. If that model started production in the 2018 model year, I'd put probability of an incoming model not having it near zero. Pretentious, entitled rich guy odds near 100%.
 

Burns

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So shortly after taking that picture, My wife started to pull out of her spot, making a left. A white car turned left into this row from main parking lot passage immediately outside of the whole foods (to the left). And finally, this guy decided right then and there to back up. My wife hit the brakes while still blocking where the white car was going. He stopped as a result. The Bentley backed up about 3-feet, then pulled forward. We all stopped at that point. I told my wife to go, but she stayed still. A few seconds later, she pulled forward again, and was about to pass where the Bentley was parked, and he decided to back up right that moment.

So I'm thinking the car is older and didn't have a backup camera, or he's just a pretentious rich guy with the attitude of "I'm moving now. Fuck everyone else."
Why the fuck are you shopping at Whole Foods like some Cali comie faggot? Texans shop at HEB and the rich Texans shop at Central Market (which is owned by HEB). The only excuse is if you don't have an HEB close, which I doubt is the case in San Antonio!