Give it 5 years and cops will just phone in your license plate number and the manufacturer will turn your car off. Or, more realistically, lock the doors and self-drive you to the nearest police station.
You can fabricate basically any part for a 70s era car with a pretty basic machine shop, 2000s become a bit more tricky with the electronics and how much more packed in everything is in there.
Question: If displacements got so much smaller over the the last 50 years, why are engines so much bigger? Used to be able to reach in and access anything, now every inch is full of engine.
In two years it’ll legally be considered a classic, so I’m taking good care of it. The 350Z is a very popular, well known JDM sports car. Parts are abundant.
Cars will last forever if you stay on top of maintenance and don’t live in an area where rust is a problem (I don’t). Even then, you’d be surprised what a restoration shop can pull off. Assuming I don’t crash it, I plan on keeping this car for the rest of my life. I’ll eventually get a used EV once they become affordable and keep the Z as a weekend cruiser. I hardly drive anyway to keep the miles down. Usually just take the bus to work.
LOL a Boomer would never drive a drift car featured in a Fast and Furious film. The 350Z is pure Millennial energy. Just look at this Asian beauty and try to tell me with a straight face that you could picture a 65-year-old driving it:
I’m making fun of you because you sound stupid. It’s actually insane you’re this naive. Probably related to having your identity wrapped up in a fucking car in 2025.
Give it 5 years and cops will just phone in your license plate number and the manufacturer will turn your car off. Or, more realistically, lock the doors and self-drive you to the nearest police station.
Joke’s on them; I drive a 20-year-old car (350Z Roadster Touring 6MT in Daytona Blue)
Well… might be that the joke is on you, as the thieves would target your car in that hypothetical.
Yeah but I live in the US. A manual transmission alone is top tier anti-theft.
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Exactly! There aren’t any cars from the 60s-70s on the road… Oh wait
You can fabricate basically any part for a 70s era car with a pretty basic machine shop, 2000s become a bit more tricky with the electronics and how much more packed in everything is in there.
Question: If displacements got so much smaller over the the last 50 years, why are engines so much bigger? Used to be able to reach in and access anything, now every inch is full of engine.
ABS, air conditioning, power steering, all the computers and electrics, and don’t get me started on intercooled turbo engines.
There’s a lot more extra stuff besides the engine now.
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With aftermarket parts they can. The demand for parts to keep older cars running will increase as new cars get shittier and shittier.
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In two years it’ll legally be considered a classic, so I’m taking good care of it. The 350Z is a very popular, well known JDM sports car. Parts are abundant.
Cars will last forever if you stay on top of maintenance and don’t live in an area where rust is a problem (I don’t). Even then, you’d be surprised what a restoration shop can pull off. Assuming I don’t crash it, I plan on keeping this car for the rest of my life. I’ll eventually get a used EV once they become affordable and keep the Z as a weekend cruiser. I hardly drive anyway to keep the miles down. Usually just take the bus to work.
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Whatever you say, @lemmy.ml. You’ve probably never even owned a car.
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Goddamn, incredible boomer energy here.
LOL a Boomer would never drive a drift car featured in a Fast and Furious film. The 350Z is pure Millennial energy. Just look at this Asian beauty and try to tell me with a straight face that you could picture a 65-year-old driving it:
The car’s make and model were not part of my calculus. It was the instantaneous invocation of one’s vehicle. It’s bizzare.
Well that sounds like a you problem lol
I’m a car enthusiast; what do you want from me? 😂
I want you to know that you sound like a boomer.
And I want you to know that I don’t understand what your point is. So fucking what? Why do you care what I sound like? How old are you?
I’m making fun of you because you sound stupid. It’s actually insane you’re this naive. Probably related to having your identity wrapped up in a fucking car in 2025.
Might be substantially safer. A forced deceleration is extremely dangerous and potentially deadly to all parties and bystanders.