Kei cars are a classification of small vehicles in Japan that are often accompanied by massive subsidies and less strict requirements for parking spots for ownership
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::Lion-O voice::
AUTO!
AUTO!
AUTOZAM! HOOOOOOOOOOO
let’s not forget the Honda Beat!
was alreday wondering why nobody BEAT me to it… ouch… i regret nothing.
looks cute? Think again!
the fascinating thing about the kei car is that japan had the platform thinking down long before the rest of the world followed suit, and don’t think that they are dreary,
… or maybe don’t believe a word i’ve said.
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the thing to do with FWD kei cars is put plastic pipes over the rear wheels and do some very slow drifting
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is this how other people feel when i start talking about homestuck again
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yes although I would argue homestuck was always unintelligible to outsiders
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Haha just think of it like this: When you turn around a corner, the inner wheel has less distance to travel than the outer wheel. If you deliver slightly less power to the inner wheel, handling will be enhanced. At least that’s how I’ve always thought of it.
I got a torsen LSD for my Miata a few years ago.
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I need to get one for my Z but the upgrade list is a mile long and I haven’t even started on the rear end,. Id just weld it if the axles were stronger.
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You all are bad and making me eye this beauty:
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FB groups I’m in that came up under keyword “car”:
I’m in a ton more car-related groups, so I’m not sure why these specific ones came up.
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massive oversight that there isnt’t a ‘cars, coffee & croissants connection’ (C4) group with this
classy Citroën C4 Coupe in that tiny preview image.
Ah, being yuropean has its nice sides, I téll ya ~~~ 
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I love a good 2-door hatchback. We do not get them in the states. We’re lucky to even get a hatchback these days!
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actually, i think in their current disguise, they are a dying species!
The next 208 GTi supposedly will be some hybrid/plugin/fully e-variant, and with emission regulations it seems unlikely someone will be as bonkers as they were for the last three decades.
But who knows, maybe there’ll be a hydrogen Renaissance in a decade or so…
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Love this! Barney purple, 5 speed, and the ridiculous 1.8L V6 engine.
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still a massive, whopping 50ccm (per cyl.) over the Ferrari 250 series 3L V12 engine… and probably the first, and last, time in history that a mazda 3 has been mentioned in the same sentence as a Ferrari 250 Testa Rossa or 250 GT.
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thats like the same specs as the Miata bp series motor. So weird.
sounds better tho
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It’s popular to drop the KL-ZE 2.5L V6 from the Probe/MX-6 GT into the MX-3. Talk about a rocket!
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oh no
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