What vehicle do you drive?

Burren · Jul 28, 2026

Hekotat said:
Yeah, it's pretty bleak and I don't see it getting better. The only silver lining is dealerships seem to be packed full of cars they can't sell.

EDIT: I found a mini, going to pick it up next week and then sell the 86.

Maybe I can get 25% off a 2500/3500 Denali.

Any plans for the Mini?

Hekotat · Jul 28, 2026

Burren said:
Maybe I can get 25% off a 2500/3500 Denali.

Any plans for the Mini?

Most of the stuff I want to do to it are already done (Exhaust and upgraded pulley). I definitely want to put better wheels on it and maybe the JCW hood/bumper/skirts but unsure yet. Couldn't find a blue one but these are the wheels I'm going with.

Fucker · Jul 28, 2026

Burren said:
Why is every car from every brand crap now? Everything is lower quality than the prior generations AND the prices have gone way up.

15 months into owning the wagon and the dash makes more noise than all my other cars combined. I hate driving it. Want a new daily? Tough shit, they’ll all suck too.

Cost cutting knows no bounds. Friend had a new Tahoe. Pile of shit in every respect. Cheap 80's style interior. Bad seats. Noisy ride in the back. Easily a $35k vehicle being sold for 2x that.

Toyota used to have pretty decent interior. Now meh. Ford F-150 is visibly cheap looking exterior, trash interior materials. KIA/Hyundai always been shit, new engines are less reliable than the old pieces of shit, which is astounding because the old units were some of the least reliable engines ever made. Saw a pic behind a KIA dealership. Dozens of replacement engines in crates stacked high and deep.

Semi-new trick they all use is to keep almost no spare parts, with parts going NLA after 5 years. They skirt lemon laws this way. Clock doesn't tick if there is a parts shortage. And they do anything possible to deny warranty work. One of Ford's tricks is to deny diesel warranty saying fuel is dirty. They put shit fuel pumps in them that explode and take out the engine and fuel system including the gas tank. $10k+ fix minimum.

Cosmic joke of VW getting rid of 100k jobs, complaining about China...then they open a new factory in China.

All these companies are headed by low-IQ sociopaths.

Haus · Jul 29, 2026

Burren said:
Why is every car from every brand crap now? Everything is lower quality than the prior generations AND the prices have gone way up.

15 months into owning the wagon and the dash makes more noise than all my other cars combined. I hate driving it. Want a new daily? Tough shit, they’ll all suck too.

Short answer : Planned Obsolescence

Slightly longer answer : If you build a car that lasts 20 years, you sell a person a car every 20 years. If the car only lasts 4 years, you sell them FIVE cars in 20 years. 5x revenue make stonk market happy!

Control · Jul 30, 2026

Haus said:
Short answer : Planned Obsolescence

Slightly longer answer : If you build a car that lasts 20 years, you sell a person a car every 20 years. If the car only lasts 4 years, you sell them FIVE cars in 20 years. 5x revenue make stonk market happy!

But that only works if EVERYBODY decides to make shitty cars!

oh... right.

kazjim · Saturday at 5:38 AM

Picked up this pile of crap today . . . .(
It's a CJ750, a Chinese made version of the M72 and the BMW R/71 from the 1930s . .
I've had one before (Second pic) but this is the 'high performance' OHV model . .

I need my head read . . . .

This was last one, back in 2013 . .

Burren · Saturday at 9:49 AM

kazjim said:
Picked up this pile of crap today . . . .(
It's a CJ750, a Chinese made version of the M72 and the BMW R/71 from the 1930s . .
I've had one before (Second pic) but this is the 'high performance' OHV model . .

I need my head read . . . .

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This was last one, back in 2013 . .

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Do what makes you happy man.

kazjim · Saturday at 6:24 PM

Burren said:
Do what makes you happy man.

Yeah, I build classic bikes… it makes me happy.

my last build…..

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And also building a Turbo / Cafe Postie bike (CT-110 for you yanks)

I pay fuck all for them, and sell them for a ridiculous amount . .

Green Triumph, $13k, Black BMW Clone, $14k . .

Total spend for all three is under $5k . . .

Yea, thanks to whoever faggotried the post, what have you built?

Tholan · 2026-08-10T03:48:10-0400

picked up my M3, after reluctantly giving up my m2. But with a family of 4, the M2 was getting too small.
not actual picture of mine, but same colour / configuration :

Hateyou · 2026-08-10T17:03:08-0400

Wife just saw this happen. OOPS

Hateyou · 2026-08-10T17:05:07-0400

Hekotat said:
Yeah, it's pretty bleak and I don't see it getting better. The only silver lining is dealerships seem to be packed full of cars they can't sell.

EDIT: I found a mini, going to pick it up next week and then sell the 86.

Why are you giving up a badass Toyota for a car that makes you look like you give handjobs with your buttcheeks?

Burren · 2026-08-10T17:50:15-0400

Hateyou said:
Wife just saw this happen. OOPS

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Well, at least it was only a GT.

Hekotat · 2026-08-11T10:35:00-0400

Hateyou said:
Why are you giving up a badass Toyota for a car that makes you look like you give handjobs with your buttcheeks?

After now owning both I will say that the Mini is a better drivers car and I'm not saying the GR86 is bad. It has zero compomises, it's loud AF, there is nowhere to store anything (All my shit sits in the passenger seat, not even a place to put my phone) and it's cramped and uncomfortable.

The Mini is comfortable and has endless grip. The noises it makes on downshifts with the upgraded pulley and intake is just perfection. I don't give a shit what anyone says, this is an amazing car.

Below is the album and pics from the trip. 2,151.5 miles in 4 days. Bought the car site unseen with a 3rd party inspection and it made it without issue. Even blasted the canyons for a full day with a friend in Colorado. Below are some highlights.