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My daily 06 300 awd on Niche 20x9 and BC coils

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My daily driver pile of shit. 02 5 speed LSD. Bought from the original owner about 3 years back with the window sticker and a binder full of everything ever done to the car. Hands down the best daily driver I've owned.

Recently my buddy picked up one of these to replace his evo, plan is to do a 2jzgte swap and have a fun high powered sedan. just got to get the barn finshed than we start the tear down. seems like a nice small luxury/sports car

Awesome. I've toyed with the idea of an NA-T build a few times, but admittedly bought the MSM to force me to not mess with a car for a change lol. They're great cars and your buddy is going to love his.

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Good choice! My dd is a '16 WRX (tuned to ~19psi, 3'' TBE, verticooler, and few other odds and ends). Not the most comfortable thing in the world but definitely a fun all-around type car.

It's a wonderfully fun car, but I was unsure of the longevity, so we decided to lease. Due to that, I probably will keep it stock, so they don't deny me when it breaks under warranty.

I picked up this 2004 Lexus GX470 in May for 8k with 110k on it. This is my second one, really nice rides. Swapped out the air suspension for a Dobinson lift. These are basically a fully loaded V8 4runner, with a larger front ring gear and 3rd row, seats 8.

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^Did the Lexus get the 5spd before the 4Runner did?

I had an '07 4Runner Limited that had every option but the rear air suspension, I miss that truck.

All Gen4 V8 Runners have the 5spd, as do all GX470s.

I thought the early V8 non-VVTi engines had the 4 speed transmission.

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So I have a debate going on in my head, that I was hoping to get some other opinions on.

Current daily is a 2007 Honda Fit. A little small, but we make it work even with three car seats.

I'm wanting to start towing to track events, and have been looking at GMT800 Suburbans (primarily the 3/4 tons). While I can afford to have both vehicles, I'm wondering if it might not be a better idea to sell the Fit should I end up getting the 'burb. I only drive about 6,000 miles a year so the proceeds from selling the Fit should cover a little over 4 years of the additional gas costs, probably a little more since I might start driving the Miata more. Biggest downside is I work downtown and parking would not be fun, but I can deal with that.

Sounds good

Nah just the early V6s had the old A340. All the V8s have the 5spd.

Tundra/Sequoia/Land Cruiser were the only 2uz things to ever get the A340 to the best of my knowledge.

Just picked up this bad boy over the weekend. 15 TDI Golf Sportwagen with a 6 speed manual. Had 17k miles on it (almost 19k now).

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Stats from my trip, bought it in Chicago-flew up Friday night after work and drove it back to South Florida this weekend.

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For me, I can't find a more practical vehicle out there. Insane fuel mileage, fun to drive, more cargo space than most CUV's out now, and plenty of room for the dog and the baby coming in February.

Your check engine light is on

Lol I was anticipating a CEL at least once during that trip but I was let down. No lights yet... I do however have some pretty extensive warranty coverage due to the whole dieselgate fiasco, and it's CPO (2yr/utld mileage certified warranty)

Awesome little car, especially the rare 2015. Congrats, jelly.

Bought a 2018 Mazda CX-5 on June 1st. Then drove it to the outer banks for our vacation. Unfortunately, I was mistaken when I thought it would convert to a boat....

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when was this? i was there this week and saw some flooding, but nothing like this!!!

This happened on 07/29 in Nags Head. It was on Satterfield Landing road (right next to a bait and tackle shop). OBX had already gotten like 20 inches of rain in 8 days or so. The ditch on the side was already flooded so deep it was hidden. Car slipped into the ditch and the water continued to rise to the middle of the driver's door (actually above the passenger window at the height of the storm). The above photo was taken after the water receded quite a bit. You can see in the image below it would be impossible to know the ditch was even there (unless you knew it existed already).

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thumbs down.

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Well, shit.

Left Hand Utes USA

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Have fun!

4 door Ute? Hmmm


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Oh no!

I've seen this car before too.

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I don't have a normal job, and my wife only works occasionally for a friend of hers so technically we don't have daily drivers. The two cars that might qualify under usual circumstances are our 2015 CX-5 and her 2016 Camaro SS convertible. The Camaro replaces her 2006 RX-8.

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When your slow ass muscle sedan gets pulled on by a pickup truck built over a decade ago.

Daily? racecar? Eh, what's the difference...

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And sometimes they can be the tow rig, too!

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Just significantly upgraded my daily.
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Nice! I loved my ex-wife's '15 Mazda 6 GT. Very nice place to put down miles.

Trubo?

2018 GT Reserve, so yes. All the torques at 2000 RPM.

Also drove the Honda Accord, and was a little disappointed in the 2.0T. For most of the driving situations I found myself in, it just didn't feel that much more "special" than the 1.5T or the N/A 2.5 in the Mazda6. The transmission was slow to downshift and it doesn't make as much low end power as the 2.5T in the 6.

The Honda was noticeably larger, but not as pretty inside and out. It was also more expensive for comparable levels of equipment. When this popped up used with only 6000 miles, I jumped on it.

Awesome. Those have gotta be sweet cars with that engine.

Awesome! Love that color on the new 6. It's a front runner for when i'm ready to unload my is300.

Did 2500 miles in the daily this last week.
Hit up the tail.

What a fantastic vehicle. Let me be clear, my turbo Miata could absolutely decimate this thing. But full on luxury and quicker than 90% of (fun cars) on this road for a fraction of the cost is just as smile educing.

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2 things suck.
A pillars are WAYYY to big, i don't need an air bag, let me die. And the electronic steering is soooooooo dead compared to the manual rack in the NA.

Other than that, i'm so glad i bought this car. It's unbelievable.
Oh and Pilot Super Sports are amazing too, could be my favorite tire.

^ is that an Impala? I got one as a rental car a few weeks ago and was really impressed. GM has stepped up their game.

So I guess it’s an SS then? Didn’t even know they were making them again, I’ve never seen a new one on the road. This is coming from a guy who daily drives a Toyota Sienna van BTW. Given that, I’ll stand by my statement that the new Impalas are nice cars.

They're not.

Plugs pulled man. This is it. Last you'll see of the Commodore.


Edit* Impala is a nice car.

SS is not even in the same league though.

I get to work on the SS at work (I am a GM tech) and they are really nice. There is an old lady who comes in every month complaining of brake noise. She drives the thing maybe 50 miles a month, doesnt seem to understand with the Brembo brakes that they need to heat up a little before any noise goes away.

Swaggen got a bit of an upgrade.

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Just picked up the lexus for the wife, so i'm driving the 4runner now which has also been my miata tow vehicle. She wanted something less truck feeling than the 4runner, but wanted to stay with toyota, so rx350 it is.

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My eyes

Full disclosure I sold Lexus for ~4 years, but I honestly think the new (16+) RX350 is a great car. Very quiet, smooth, and plenty of power.

Agreed, those new front ends are fugly in the extreme. Which brings to mind the line from Firefly: "I married me a powerful ugly woman"

People keep calling this "the big MINI" or "MINI on stilts", but like... it's still small.

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Also I saw this recently: 2020 Countryman John Cooper Works puts out 301 hp / 331 ft lbs
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much better.

Yeah, it a nice car, drives smooth, plenty of tech, quality materials, and hopefully that Toyota reliability. Wife likes it, and honestly that's all that matters.

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congrats, purdy.

Which model is this? Your last one was a 2 door, right?

this is a c400. (i.e., c45)

I drive a lot back and forth to the client site with coworkers so I wanted a 4dr.

i really like it, but even as an AMG, MB went away from competing with BMW for sports sedans, so it's less sporty than the c350, but I enjoy the 0-60 of ~4.5sec. There's a few cheap chip options to spin teh turbos up from 5psi to 7psi and get the hp/tq to around 375/425.

I K-swapped my daily driver and put in a K20Z3 and 6 speed. It is awesome now. 195whp on 91 octane and 202whp on E70.

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