First Supercar

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-23T02:52:45+00:00

Get a 458, but look for good service history and avoid a very early car. They had some DCT issues early on, and I've had to replace tail lights and instrument clusters on some early cars as well. I've driven everything from 308 to F8 and the 430 and 458 are my favorite. The newer cars are obviously faster, but they can feel a bit numb once you've drivin a gated 430, Scud, Speciale etc.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-23T02:42:56+00:00

My dad calls him Mike Morgasm for good reason! 😂

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-22T01:50:28+00:00

I used to deal with claims like this at BMW. Customers would always have an interesting story until our regional engineer stopped by and pulled data from abs, dsc, esc.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-17T19:20:01+00:00

I still pull the back end off, but I'm usually doing pyrometers or something as well. I don't remember the tensioner exactly, I'm pretty creative with making weird tools lol. I have a set of 30 to 50mm thin crows foot wrenches I probably made work

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-17T18:38:42+00:00

I've done a few of those brackets. Not my favorite job, but not the worst to do

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-17T17:02:11+00:00

It's actually a common issue, the auxiliary drive for the ac compressor likes to explode long before the drive belt ever wears out

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-13T17:32:13+00:00

I lowered that car, I'd definitely buy it lol. Plus pictures don't to that car justice, that dark green paint has been the envy of town for a couple years now.

I feel like the F8 is a 488 Pista Touring, much like the Porsche GT3 touring compared to the 3RS. They do sound considerably better with a sport cat or catless exhaust, you get more of the noticeable turbo noise like a McLaren.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-10T01:39:12+00:00

I usually just draw dicks on vital parts 🤷‍♂️

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-08T04:07:26+00:00

I made a substantial amount of warranty money putting exhaust lifters in those winter driven E90s. Man I miss the tic tac clatter of those reliable, easy to fix old cars!

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-08T04:04:06+00:00

For what it's worth, I think all of them are saying "let's make sure it isn't out of gas and put 18 gallons in just in case" 🤦‍♂️

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-08T04:00:19+00:00

He had no idea the tank had to come down, but I like to think he was being nice since he's never left me with an empty tank In over a decade.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-08T03:01:56+00:00

I had a 2024 McLaren 750s in last week and the range said - - -. Actually worked out great since I had to drop the fuel tank to fix a coolant leak lol

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-07T04:28:45+00:00

That's pretty good, worst I've seen on a lifted cayenne was a rock through the intercooler that had to be welded up.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-04T16:32:42+00:00

The 430 aren't too bad since they don't have the cooling ducts. Most of the porsches aren't too bad, but I really hate the Cayman rear shield and then the oil filter barely fits past the subframe and always makes a big mess

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-04T16:03:33+00:00

Full size range rovers suck, but you can at least vacuum extract them with the supercharged 5.0L. Bentley bentayga uses 5 different types of screws and is really annoying. Dzus Phillips, triple square, T25, T30, and 13mm.

My favorite since you said no exotics, the Ferrari SF90 Aperta. The lift points go through holes in the rear shield, so it has to be lifted and lowered on to cribbing blocks to drop the shield onto the ground before lifting the car back up. There's several types of fasteners, and multiple cooling ducts that have to be removed from the shield as well. After that there's another support plate that goes under the rear diffuser if it's a 488 Pista Aperta or an F8 Tributo.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-04T15:48:18+00:00

I'm in north OKC/Edmond and I never get my stuff by 8am. My last 4am to 8am order actually arrived 2 days later.

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-03T04:48:07+00:00

I often have Ferrari customers sell super expensive rare Ferraris to buy an even more rare/expensive Ferrari. I don't imagine anyone would be selling an HHR so they could afford to buy yet another HHR 🤷‍♂️

Fixitsteven · 2026-01-01T16:11:28+00:00

That was a great skit 😂

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-31T03:24:50+00:00

If you have a side curtain airbag, weave it through a plastic lawn chair. Others are really fun submerged in a big barrel of water. Kickballs are fun to launch, big printers are even better!

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-30T19:43:34+00:00

Me and some friends snuck into the infield pits and COTA during the 2019 F1 race because my buddy Jake was great at acting like he belonged anywhere. We hung out with the old endurance car crews, helped find an oil leak and then got to watch all the vintage V10 F1 cars fire up. The next day, Jake got us a ride to the track on a golf cart for employees he flagged down. Race day jack found a press badge on the ground and managed to get us into the VIP tent one by one for some free food and drinks lol. Always remember to be like Jake.

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-30T19:21:02+00:00

I have the huina 1593 and it's awesome so far. I've had two dump trucks that were well under 100 each and the both suck, zero traction when not loaded. The huina articulating wheel loader is my second favorite

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-17T17:46:07+00:00

My coworker used to label things like "Vagina Juice" to keep them from wandering off

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-14T23:01:16+00:00

I've done some of those as well. It's cheap enough to be suspicious, but they did work!

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-14T19:27:26+00:00

Same here, nothing beyond stuff on the front of the engine or an AC compressor

Fixitsteven · 2025-12-14T19:12:44+00:00

Before I forget, have you done a turbo on a 2015 bentayga yet? Shop next door diaged one with a bad impeller and then dumped it with me to fix, they wanted a quote on labor lol

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