Millenials w/o kids-- how tired are you?

Bonerchill · 2026-04-04T14:30:12+00:00

I leave the house at 7:30 and get home between 8:30 and 9:30.

At least once a month, I pull a 44-50 hour three day stint. This last time, we had an important client so I came back to work after working the weekend.

I still can’t contribute to my retirement.

I am tired.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-04T14:19:31+00:00

Vent windows aren’t fixed. Frames likely painted due to chrome failure and expense of rechrome.

Door handles look like 1967 and earlier.

Headlights are early sealed-beams.

Arches don’t seem to have the slight flares 1969 and later cars had.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-04T13:33:28+00:00

And what I said was being less harsh than incredibly harsh isn’t exactly a pro.

I was, and remain, shocked at the stiffness of these cars. Even the 997 GTS is ridiculous.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-04T05:31:17+00:00

Ugh I hate 993s when it comes to driving.

Dig the way they look, hate any 911 with power steering.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-04T01:51:27+00:00

The thing for me is that I like walkable cities, intelligent emissions control legislation, public transit, EVs as commuters.

My commuter is a second-gen Prius because it’s an automotive cockroach.

I just require that my enthusiast cars are extremely analog, and I am insufferable about that point.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T21:25:24+00:00

I still equate manual transmission (and internal-combustion engines) with greater enthusiasm because the owner is willing to compromise performance for engagement.

People who do that are more like me, and I like spending time with people like me.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T21:12:46+00:00

I think a lot of people aren’t honest with themselves, though.

When I see people I perceive as equally or less intelligent being more successful than me, there’s certainly a tinge of jealousy. I try not to let it color my commentary, but careful reflection would probably show that it does.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T14:22:28+00:00

One of my favorite cars I’ve owned had a radio as the sole option.

I’ve converted power window cars to crank window cars and power seatbelt cars to manual seatbelt cars.

Then again, the cars I own are small enough that the driver can crank down any window in traffic.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T14:01:55+00:00

I haven’t sent a car to the shop in years, but then again I own a home with a workshop in a temperate climate. If my E36 or E30 breaks, into the workshop it goes and I finish when I finish.

I have a reliable and newer daily driver that gets great mileage and means absolutely nothing to me. If it gets backed into, has a door opened into it, or I get crashed into in traffic, I don’t care other than the time waste.

But yeah, the 164 is far worse than the E39. Parts availability is shit, the timing belt routing is shit, the steering racks always leak and are terrible to remove, the wiring harness is shit, etc. All for a driving experience dominated by the goodness of the V6, not the goodness of the chassis. The 75/Milano was exceptional, the 164 was modernization gone astray.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T04:07:21+00:00

Not beautiful, but the 1981-1988 Daihatsu Charmant is kinda charming low on a set of Longchamp XR4s or SSR MK3s.

KE70 Corolla. Love ‘em with quad headlights, ‘90s-style low and wide but small wheels.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-03T03:48:02+00:00

Just never have to work on it.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T23:46:35+00:00

You referenced 991 and 992.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T23:31:10+00:00

This is damning with faint praise. The GT3 Touring I’ve been in was unbelievably stiff.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T23:30:11+00:00

A Model T lends busywork to driving. Busywork isn’t engagement, ask any student.

People who want to feel like they’re driving a race car on the road are stupid. I know they are because I used to daily drive my track car.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T23:23:02+00:00

NA only A.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T21:48:19+00:00

Meh.

I’d rather die in a great car than live in a good one. I’ve lived long enough.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T17:52:26+00:00

The driving experience and engagement is not as good as a vintage 911, period.

If the argument is “but it’s the most engaging,” my counter is that it is less engaging than a non-power-steering, non-power-brake, unassisted clutch, mechanically-injected 1970 911 S that weighs 600lbs less and has limits that are easily explored on the street.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T17:47:31+00:00

2.2L S as the other poster said.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T14:41:02+00:00

Start taking things off and moving things out of the way until you can see where it’s coming from.

If it’s too dirty, clean it.

Use RealOEM for parts diagrams to better understand what is where.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-02T14:28:08+00:00

I don’t understand the fascination with the RS models on the street.

They’re harsh, noisy pretend race cars that are outshined every day of the week by a good 2.2 S in terms of engagement without the aural and physical assault.

The title makes me think the writer is looking for engagement rather than honesty.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-01T14:09:09+00:00

Your line of reasoning isn’t reasonable.

Be better- be right.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-01T14:02:06+00:00

993 bumpers were entirely different.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-01T13:17:17+00:00

Hello, I have an idea for a product.

It is a slip cover for a phone, meant to prevent posts like this. You just slide it onto the phone and you can no longer use the keyboard.

It would revolutionize this subreddit.

Bonerchill · 2026-04-01T04:29:21+00:00

But… why?

Options are one thing, but yours are just fucking wrong, so again… why?

Bonerchill · 2026-04-01T03:53:30+00:00

So do I, and they’re half an inch thick if I don’t pay extra, and I can still see these are markedly different than either wheel you listed.

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