Car Chat

[r0tor]

What makes you think that?

Chris Harris has a huge car collection comprised of exotics as well as many reasonable daily drivers.  There isn't exactly a whole lot of great excuses to take something that has a top speed of 25mph on public roads to do pretty much anything.

The best hits for YouTube car videos boils down into 3 categories... and he first did a 2CV video when it was his own personal channel
1). Rare exotics you buy, make a couple videos on for $$$$, and then sell when nobody is looking
2).  We Bought/Tested xxxxx and it broke!!!
3).  This epic piece of trash is so cool!!!!


He made a shit ton of money with his original 2CV video from his original YT channel trying to tell the world how the piece of trash is cool.

[Soup DeVille]

so the argument boils down to; he doesn't like it because he keeps doing videos on it?

[cawimmer430]

Chris Harris has a huge car collection comprised of exotics as well as many reasonable daily drivers.  There isn't exactly a whole lot of great excuses to take something that has a top speed of 25mph on public roads to do pretty much anything.

The best hits for YouTube car videos boils down into 3 categories... and he first did a 2CV video when it was his own personal channel
1). Rare exotics you buy, make a couple videos on for $$$$, and then sell when nobody is looking
2).  We Bought/Tested xxxxx and it broke!!!
3).  This epic piece of trash is so cool!!!!


He made a shit ton of money with his original 2CV video from his original YT channel trying to tell the world how the piece of trash is cool.

That may be so, but he must be a great actor because in his videos he seems to genuinely love it. I can understand where he's coming from. He even said it said it himself: "He likes to drive the full spectrum - from the top of the line powerful stuff to the bottom barrel stuff like the 2CV."

The guy just comes across as a real car enthusiast who appreciates all sorts of cars.

[r0tor]

Oh, in sure he loves making money talking about cars

[cawimmer430]

Oh, in sure he loves making money talking about cars

If I could do the same, I would!

[r0tor]

If you ever wondered what how chunky mud tires perform in the snow... It's not good
The Best Tire For Snow? Off-Road vs All Season vs...: https://youtu.be/jQAV5dm8e0Q

[AutobahnSHO]

If you ever wondered what how chunky mud tires perform in the snow... It's not good
The Best Tire For Snow? Off-Road vs All Season vs...: https://youtu.be/jQAV5dm8e0Q

Great video!

[MX793]

If you ever wondered what how chunky mud tires perform in the snow... It's not good
The Best Tire For Snow? Off-Road vs All Season vs...: https://youtu.be/jQAV5dm8e0Q

Luggy soft-terrain tires aren't going to perform optimally on a hard-packed surface.  Be it baked clay or packed snow/ice.  Compound is also not intended for such low temperatures.

A snow tire is always best.  Besides the sipes being optimized for snow and ice, the rubber compound is designed to offer more grip even on bare pavement at low temperatures.

[r0tor]

This does help explain why brodozers seem so terrible in the snow

[AutobahnSHO]

This does help explain why brodozers seem so terrible in the snow

+1

[CaminoRacer]

Luckily I drove the Mazda6 to work today, not the Miata (or El Camino), because I got a big rock chip in the windshield.
My commute only has 2 miles of freeway driving, but apparently it's a dangerous 2 miles.

[Speed_Racer]

There's too much construction debris on the freeways here!

[CaminoRacer]

There's too much construction debris on the freeways here!

No one had windshield cracks or chips in Kentucky. It's a plague here in Utah.

I was just joking that we should tax the construction and gravel companies more so we can have a "free windshield repair" fund for everyone in the state.

[Eye of the Tiger]

Luckily I drove the Mazda6 to work today, not the Miata (or El Camino), because I got a big rock chip in the windshield.
My commute only has 2 miles of freeway driving, but apparently it's a dangerous 2 miles.

Seems like bad luck to me. It wouldn't have happened if you drove a different vehicle.

[MX793]

There's too much construction debris on the freeways here!

You should drive through Pennsylvania.  30% of the interstates are essentially unpaved because they are perpetually under construction.

[r0tor]

You should drive through Pennsylvania.  30% of the interstates are essentially unpaved because they are perpetually under construction.

Sounds accurate

[CaminoRacer]

You should drive through Pennsylvania.  30% of the interstates are essentially unpaved because they are perpetually under construction.

The debris around here isn't necessarily from road construction. There's a steady stream of construction vehicles and gravel trucks driving on the highways.

[MX793]

The debris around here isn't necessarily from road construction. There's a steady stream of construction vehicles and gravel trucks driving on the highways.

If 30% of the roads are actively under construction, imagine the amount of debris from trucks driving on the other 70% to get to/from the construction zones.  And the construction zones in PA aren't isolated.  I swear I hit a new construction zone (with reduced speed limit and 2x fines) every 8 miles.

[AutobahnSHO]

You should drive through Pennsylvania.  30% of the interstates are essentially unpaved because they are perpetually under construction.

When we first moved up to NY the Interstate drive down to Scranton was SOOOOOOO horrible once you crossed the PA border. Potholes the size of small dressers. Then after about 6 months or so they patched them up but they were still bad. Then finally they re-paved the entire highway. SOOOOO much nicer!

[CaminoRacer]

If you have a Toyota, are you obligated to run Toyo tires?

[Eye of the Tiger]

If you have a Toyota, are you obligated to run Toyo tires?

I wonder if there is a Toyo T/A

[CaminoRacer]

I only see Toyo A/T

T/A is probably trademarked by BFG

[r0tor]

Hah... Story in the latest C&D on panel gaps...

- Largest gap measured was 16mm (more than a half inch!!!) on a new Suburban
- best gaps overall went to the 911
- ...tesla model 3........ Near the top and tied with the Cayman

[MX793]

Hah... Story in the latest C&D on panel gaps...

- Largest gap measured was 16mm (more than a half inch!!!) on a new Suburban
- best gaps overall went to the 911
- ...tesla model 3........ Near the top and tied with the Cayman

Tesla are built so tight that rear windows spontaneously shatter.

[r0tor]

Sunroofs and panoramic roofs spontaneously shattering is really not that uncommon.  It's safety glass, all you need is a nick in the wrong spot and poof

[MX793]

Sunroofs and panoramic roofs spontaneously shattering is really not that uncommon.  It's safety glass, all you need is a nick in the wrong spot and poof

I'm not talking about sunroofs,  I'm talking about rear door glass.  On brand new cars without stone chips.  Like people park their car in their garage at night, and the next morning there's glass all over the floor.

https://insideevs.com/news/449287/tesla-model-y-glass-shattering-issue/amp/

[Soup DeVille]

Curving glass puts a ridiculous amount of internal stress on it, and that has to be annealed and properly relieved or else its like a spring wound to tight waiting to spring- and shatter.

Does Tesla make their own glass?

[Payman]

Friend posted this, from his dad's early '70s Chev Malibu.

[r0tor]

New top of my list car after winning the lottery

https://www.totemautomobili.com/

[CaminoRacer]

New Civic looks quite large