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dude 🌟 2026-03-14 09:50 🇵🇱
f1 cars are so fast that the drivers have to train their necks specifically to not die during corners. that's the real limiting factor.

not the engine, not the tires. the poor and weak human neck.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-07 03:07 🇵🇱
your car has about 50 warning lights. most of them mean nothing urgent. two of them will ruin your life if you ignore them

the oil pressure light is the one with the little oil can. if it comes on while driving, stop immediately. not at the next exit. now. you have about 30 seconds before the engine starts destroying itself from the inside

the temperature light means your engine is overheating. same deal. pull over, turn off, do not open the radiator cap unless you want to explain to the hospital how you burned your face.

the check engine light is the one everyone ignores. usually fine. sometimes not. the only way to know is a $20 reader from any car parts store that tells you exactly what's wrong in plain english. mechanics charge $100 for this.

the tyre pressure light will come on every winter because cold air is denser. just add some air. it's not a sign of impending doom, it's just physics being annoying.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-06 22:13 🇵🇱
richard hammond has survived a jet car crash, a gyrocopter crash, and a electric supercar crash.

he keeps getting back in.

at some point this stops being bravery and starts being a hobby.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-06 11:15 🇵🇱
rally is the only motorsport where the crowd stands two feet from the track because there is no track. but there are trees. and finns with thermoses. and a ditch. and sometimes a cow.

the co-driver sits in the passenger seat and reads directions out loud the entire race so the driver knows what's coming. left turn, a number, don't jump into the cow, right turn, crest into left turn, don't cut, more numbers

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dima 🌟 2026-03-06 08:08 🇫🇮
my first own car was opel kadett 1990, it felt familiar after driving lessons on a brand new daewoo nexia, so i guess car tech didn't progress very much

i am not that old, my car was older than me ;)

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dude 🌟 2026-03-06 07:16 🇵🇱
in 2005 robert kubica showed up to the polish national colin mcrae rally championship. not the real one. the video game.

the regulars had teams, memorized every stage, spent weeks on car setups. kubica had no computer. he'd played maybe 20-40 hours at a friend's place. he ran default settings because he didn't know you could change them

he finished, thought it went badly, then realized the timekeeper had mistyped a digit and added a minute to his total. once corrected, kubica had won by 0.7 seconds.

the forum obviously accused him of cheating. very loudly. after the event. kubica didn't care and offered to send the trophy back and returned to driving real cars

he later made fake accounts to race in online rally leagues, which caused its own drama.

the original forum threads are long gone, but some kind soul archived them. if you read polish and want the full chaos, it's on the internet archive

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dude 🌟 2026-03-06 01:43 🇵🇱
correction: it's not a timing belt. most modern cars have a timing chain. it's supposed to last forever. think high school relationship forever

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dude 🌟 2026-03-06 01:34 🇵🇱
myth: modern cars are unreliable because of the tech

fact: they're unreliable because the tech is the one thing they couldn't cheap out on.

everything behind the tech? fair game. your fancy interface works great, but the timing belt is made of optimism and quarterly targets

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dude 🌟 2026-03-05 15:37 🇵🇱
top 5 ways to make your date forget you drive a 2007 vw jetta:

✓ pick them up from around the corner. "i was already nearby" is not a lie if you parked there on purpose

✓ it's a volkswagen. that's all they need to know. volkswagen also makes the golf gti

✓ you have aux. this is your moment to shine

✓ the interior smells like a car, which is correct for a car

✓ drop them off around the corner. you're being considerate of traffic

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dude 🌟 2026-03-05 09:50 🇵🇱
cars named after winds: pagani zonda, alfa romeo mistral, volkswagen scirocco

cars named after a civilization that collapsed: pontiac aztek

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dude 🌟 2026-03-04 21:16 🇵🇱
despite many photos going around the internet apple has never sold any cars

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dude 🌟 reposted 2026-03-04 21:10 🇵🇱
also #carlore
dry_pidgeon 🌟 2026-03-04 20:38 🇵🇱
the same goes for ultrasonic rodent repellers for cars. they are often ineffective. if a car mechanic wants you to buy one, DON'T. it's a scam.

it's also worth noting that they can be quite a bother for other humans. i can hear those repellers, and so can many other people. if i could, i would ban them and tell their manufacturers to fuck off.
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dude 🌟 2026-03-04 17:06 🇵🇱
#carlore top 3 cars of all time

número uno: honda civic
my aunt has one. your aunt has one. your aunt's aunt had one. somewhere there's a guy doing donuts in one at 2am and he also has an aunt.

número dos: mustang
at some point every mustang ends up in a crowd of people. usually this is not intentional

mención honorífica: green nissan 350z with purple flame decals and gold wheels
it made my childhood. probably yours too if you were around in 2003 - you know exactly which one.

número tres: trabant
east germany made a car out of plastic and called it done. the waiting list was ten years long. people waited, and waited, and then cried when they finally got one.
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dude 🌟 2026-03-04 12:23 🇵🇱
samsung made cars in the 90s but nobody remembers this, maybe for good

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 23:00 🇵🇱
okay, last one for today. you have to look up honda s-mx.

in 1996 john honda looked at birth rates in japan and said: i can fix this.

and so he did with a cute little "life enhancing vehicle." and he called it s-mx. because s-ex would be too obvious.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 22:17 🇵🇱
subaru makes rally cars, family wagons, and a surprising number of vehicles owned by lesbians. they noticed the last one and started marketing directly to them in 1996.

or they first started marketing them to lesbians and then lesbians started buying them en masse.

either way, based

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 22:14 🇵🇱
the bmw turn signal is a myth perpetuated by people who have never owned a bmw. bmw owners also perpetuate this myth.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 21:42 🇵🇱
reminder that america had a great electric car in 1996, way before tesla was even a thing, and then oil money happened and uh, nevermind

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 21:33 🇵🇱
when they ran out of 1969 chargers to destroy, the producers started secretly swapping in modified AMC ambassadors and hoping nobody noticed. people noticed. unlike the confederate flag on the roof, which somehow took decades for warner bros to also notice.

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dude 🌟 2026-03-02 21:25 🇵🇱
knight rider's kitt could theoretically jam radio signals, shoot lasers, and survive a rocket. it could not, however, outrun a modern honda civic.

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