Check out Shadow073180's 2007 Mini Cooper — "Mini Bee" 🚗

Lightning in a bottle

#Cars #CarLovers #CarCommunity

https://www.caraudiocentral.net/198/Shadow073180/Mini/MiniBee

This is what happens at the brake test (similar tester to the one used for my #MOT - I didn't get to see the actual kit as the mechanic next to my work takes the car up to another #garage in a nearby village as he doesn't have MOT test bays (they take up a lot of room, and require 400 V three phase supply which isn't available in these business units)

#cars #motoring #driving #RoadSafety

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1q5kIhM980E

ATL Roller brake test

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Had #MOT (compulsory #vehicle inspection) for #GolfGTI this week (first one since I got it last year)

Took slightly longer than my previous #cars - there are twin exhausts and both must be tested!

Passed with 0 advisories and very good emissions test - only 18ppm of #hydrocarbons which is very good as it means #petrol is being used as much as possible to power the engine rather than going out of exhaust unburned - just as well with price of the stuff at the moment (as well as #environment impact!)

I fitted new #sparkplugs last November, replaced the air filter and did oil service which looks like it has paid off - am going for 6 month oil changes as widely recommended for #EA888 engine ( helps keep timing chain in good condition longer)

Hey #Cars folks: I'm getting mixed info on this with some being hearsay and its hard to sort:

I have a 2015 Toyota Corolla LE, CVT, at 119000 miles on it. I'd heard I need to replace the CVT fluid because "lifetime" means "expected life of the car", 250k miles.

What's mixed is amount, and when it is/isn't safe to anymore. I'm hopeful that I've not waited too long for it to be safe because of CVT nonsense, and confused on amounts/regularity to maintain it for a good while.

So I got recommended this yesterday - I don't think I've searched for something similar - but a truck pulling out a stuck dozer is badass.

The truck looks cool too - it seems that it's a custom lifted Ford F-100 from 1968.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k5VesWTqHgg

#trucks #cars #towing #YouTube

Come with me as I Recover a Stuck Dozer that was building a house pad in Town! #heavyrescue

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If you bought a new car in the last 3ish years and it wasn’t an EV or at a minimum a Hybrid. Fuck off, you don’t get to complain about gas prices. You made your choice.

#cars

Kia shows off small cars in NY: The 2027 EV3 and 2027 Seltos Hybrid https://arstechni.ca/Ej6H #KiaSeltos #KiaEV3 #NYIAS #Cars
Kia shows off small cars in NY: The 2027 EV3 and 2027 Seltos Hybrid

People want small, efficient cars, and it seems Kia is listening.

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Among the many reasons I utterly despise every sickening minute of car shopping in the US, foremost are the inexplicable nonexistence of the standard 3/5-door hatchback that is found in every other parking space in Europe and the fact that you can only buy cars here in the color palette of mens' funeral suits.

#carshopping #carshoppingsucks #carcolors #carssuckintheUS #cars #Ideclarewaroncars

Jaecoo 7 SHS: El nuevo SUV híbrido llega a España con etiqueta ECO y 224 CV partiendo de los 27.690€: https://www.dekazeta.net/jaecoo-7-shs-espana-suv-hibrido/

#Jaecoo7SHS #Jaecoo #Coches #Cars

Jaecoo 7 SHS: El nuevo SUV híbrido llega a España con etiqueta ECO y 224 CV partiendo de los 27.690€

Jaecoo amplía su catálogo en España con el Jaecoo 7 SHS, un SUV híbrido de 224 CV, etiqueta ECO y más de 1.000 km de autonomía.

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