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[–] [email protected] 14 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Whenever I use a hard R, I get called a racist

[–] [email protected] 15 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

If you type, you’re a typist.
If you play percussion, you’re a percussionist.
If you race, you’re a…

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

If you rap, you’re a….

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Driver. There is wirtually no way to mess that up.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 weeks ago

Let’s get it started in here!

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

This just means you appreciate racing, brother.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 weeks ago

You never go full R the first time.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (3 children)

Windows tinted effectively black, giant wing, and a plate cover they think makes them immune to cameras. Total douche canoe.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Pretty sure the R comes with all of that except the plate cover.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Once, while waiting in line at the DMV (MVA? I forget which states use which acronym), I was behind someone defending their use of plate covers. I don't know much about the person - I only interacted with them long enough to direct them to another line, mainly to get them away from me - but based on everything they said, they might have been the worst (or at least most annoying) person I ever met.

[–] [email protected] -4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Aren't Civics front wheel drive?

[–] [email protected] 7 points 2 weeks ago (2 children)

Isnt the back of the car connected to the front?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

LOL, yes. But it still helps with stability, aerodynamics, and cornering.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Yes,Ive built serious competition cars for 20 years. I realised I couldnt be fucked getting into an argument on Lemmy about balancing aero.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago

Oh, I actually meant to reply to the person above you who asked if it's front-wheel drive.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Wings don't work that way.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Turn back now, this comment thread is a wasteland.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 2 weeks ago

Thanks for the warning, but I'm going in anyway!

[–] [email protected] 5 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Lol Jersey Strong! Did you find the photo here?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Yeah, I found it funny and thought I'd share lol.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

One of the more disappointing days in my life was when I tried to sit in an R and couldn't get my knees under the wheel. I had wanted one for a very long time.

Went running back to VW and the GLI which works very well for someone whose tall.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My friend bought one. The first time I was in it he wanted to show me how fast it was and how good the shifter was, and he burned the clutch so bad that his garage stunk for a week. I wanted to laugh so badly, but he was so proud of his car, and so worried about the damage he may have caused, that I just acted impressed.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

My wife and I went to see Moulin Rouge for our anniversary. We decided we would spend the night after the show at a pretty nice hotel. So we checked in prior to the show. I handed my keys to the valet and she and I checked into our room.

The venue was about three blocks from the hotel so we walked over and back, on the way back I saw my car parked in the side street that ran next to the hotel.

The next morning we checked out, I picked up my keys, walked out the side door of the hotel and opened the door for my wife. "What the fuck is that smell?"

I walked around, and got in the interior smelled awful. Then it dawned on me. The valet didn't know how to drive a stick, and had done his best to fry my clutch.

That was why it was parked so close. He couldn't get it too the garage.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 2 weeks ago

Lol, wow! It's hard to believe someone can drive cars for a living and not know how to drive a stick.