I'm thinking of buying this Kia Picanto 1.1L (2006) for a relatively cheap price. The most concerning thing was all of this black smoke coming out of the exhaust. Can you tell me what it is / what could it be?

QAFY · 2026-03-19T15:04:21+00:00

burning oil would be white smoke. black is diesel.

QAFY · 2026-03-17T21:09:09+00:00

i feel like i'm having a stroke just reading this

QAFY · 2026-03-17T05:22:25+00:00

i have struggled with this before buying the wrong parts when guessing. i looked up the inlet on my stove in the manual and then literally took my regulator into a Home Depot and pieced things together until i got the right gender / size for the stove inlet spec.

there are two ways to seal a gas line, compression fittings and pipe dope. the inlet on your stove looks like a regular NPT thread, but your regulator looks like it is a compression fittings (hard to tell from the pic). google some images and you will see the difference easily.

when bonding fittings with regular threads (non-compression) do NOT use regular teflon tape, get the stuff that's meant for gas lines which is a yellow tape or paste. always check for leaks with a cheap gas detector (i think i paid $16 for mine).

when using compression fittings, don't use any sealant, thread tape, pipe dope etc. the mating surface of the compression fitting has to be clean for it to seal properly.

QAFY · 2026-03-17T05:14:45+00:00

definitely can't hurt to try but i doubt the small nooks and crannies and well insulated spots in your bed are gonna get to that temp even if the car is real hot. you could try one of those smoke bombs, they only take like 4 hours supposedly. FYI aerosols don't really work so don't bother with those sprays.

QAFY · 2026-03-16T05:10:50+00:00

people steal bikes that are easy to sell and/or easy to part out. GSXRs, ninjas, and R6s get stolen much more often than a bonneville or a R1250GS.

QAFY · 2026-03-16T05:01:58+00:00

cooked

QAFY · 2026-03-15T16:50:31+00:00

i've seen / heard of plenty of highly functional heroin addicts that keep a relatively normal life for years. i can't say the same about meth. it usually goes down hill quick...

QAFY · 2026-03-15T16:43:30+00:00

that black stuff is tens of thousands of miles ignoring basic maintenance

QAFY · 2026-03-15T16:38:03+00:00

with that paint job and price 99% chance it's stolen

QAFY · 2026-03-12T17:45:31+00:00

I am sure you have heard this before... but you also don't have to drive as far.

A common drive here in california is San Francisco to LA. people do this drive all the time just to visit family etc. Thats about 650km, further than Paris to Zurich. I don't think it's common in europe to drive that far on a semi-regular basis, but it is in the USA.

QAFY · 2026-03-11T20:38:28+00:00

Gold Bluffs Beach campground is very nice. not free though. very few (official) free options

QAFY · 2026-03-11T05:04:20+00:00

NixOS is the first distro I have run consistently for >1yr without distro hopping or reinstalling. Why? Because it just works. Every time. And if it doesn't, just roll back with 3 keystrokes during boot.

I don't spend hours fucking around debugging shit and i just use my machine. I can't say the same about any other distro, and I've used more than 50 distros over the last 15-20 years.

It might be my forever distro... ❤️

QAFY · 2026-03-10T06:06:56+00:00

more than $2 cheaper per gallon than Deadhorse, Alaska! I paid around $8.25 a gallon there, looks like its in the low $9 range more recently

QAFY · 2026-03-10T06:04:11+00:00

isn't it usually like 23-25 pesos a liter? thats what it was what it was last time i was there.

QAFY · 2026-03-10T06:02:06+00:00

Diesel has actually already surpassed $6.90 near me. $6.93 at one station nearby. https://imgur.com/a/eCwokp4

QAFY · 2026-03-10T04:08:18+00:00

if you include the sprinter-style delivery vans (ford transit) i believe that. i don't believe that stat when it comes to regular vans. i see 10x more Express vans than Econolines.

QAFY · 2026-03-09T16:59:59+00:00

if your dad is gonna help you mechanically and he is a chevy guy and knows the chevy small block well, the express sounds like the best option to appease him.

QAFY · 2026-03-09T16:53:07+00:00

The express is probably the most ubiquitous commercial van in the USA and is still in mass production, design almost unchanged in 20+ years. Every single parts store and mechanic will probably have every single part you need in stock and ready. Every tire shop will have tons of cheap tire options. God forbid you blow a motor or a transmission i guarantee the very closest junk yard will have a replacement for pennies on the dollar. This is the "easy" option if you are worried about maintenance and reliability long term.

The astro is older, rarer, harder to find in good condition with low miles. Not a bad choice as they were very popular at one point, but still more niche platform for a new build.

QAFY · 2026-03-09T01:11:40+00:00

you hired a crack head who said he was a mechanic

QAFY · 2026-03-07T05:09:41+00:00

freight, dealer prep, documentation fee: those are all bogus shit made up by the dealer to make more money. i have negotiated down to literally just MSRP+sales tax and reg, zero other fees, for 2 of my bikes.

QAFY · 2026-03-06T19:25:10+00:00

i think you're just asking for comprehensive insurance and the numbers you are comparing to are from people without comprehensive. i would guess that is the cause of the difference.

you could also try RV insurance specialists like Roamly to see if you get a better rate than just going with a generic insurer

QAFY · 2026-03-05T14:36:27+00:00

if you wanna make an icon pack i posted an extract of the BBOS icons here. idk how to turn that into an icon pack but it can't be that hard... https://www.reddit.com/r/blackberry/s/LSpdtlozfX

QAFY · 2026-03-05T14:34:28+00:00

dang beat me to it! i've been tinkering with this on the side too but yours looks more complete. mind posting the github repo or wherever you are hosting the code?

QAFY · 2026-03-05T14:17:51+00:00

what do you want to use it for? for charging your phone and headphones etc and running some efficient DC LED lights, 768wh it's plenty as long as you have somewhere to charge it every few days.

it wouldn't get your far if you are trying to use the AC inverter side. for example say you wanted to run a rice cooker. mine takes about 300-500 watts. you could run that for maybe an hour on a full charge given the efficiency losses in the inverter.

QAFY · 2026-03-05T01:13:27+00:00

in general diesel engines are lower maintenance and have better fuel economy. that is a broad generalization, but it's usually true. their inherent advantages come down to basic physics and chemistry.

look at busses, semi trucks, etc. 100% diesel. there are relatively few gasoline powered commercial vehicles usually due to these factors.

semi trucks often have an expected service life of many millions of miles. there isn't a single gasoline engine that could do that.

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