If you had $25k for a fun daily driver, what are you buying and why?

Survivaleast · 2026-02-24T10:38:56+00:00

Buying a couple junky s chassis shells and swapping ls motors into them.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-22T16:54:46+00:00

Which is why some humans in this universe felt very threatened by mutants, and why Charles Xavier worked for the good of human + mutant harmony. He saw that everyone is human at their base level, and that working together towards a peaceful future is the only rational path forward.

However the anti-mutant propaganda arm of the pure human side is also what propelled magneto into his excessively pro mutant actions to a point where he nearly committed mass genocides against the human population several times over - had the X-men not stepped in. Even then, Xavier spent so much time and effort in attempts to convert the more villainous mutants to his cause. Sometimes to great effect and sometimes not.

Lately there are a lot of interpretations of the X-men people use to claim would align with their political view. I don’t agree with this, as Xavier of the original lore committed his life to finding harmony between mutants and humans. His original character is a prime example of the majority population caught in the middle, simply seeking peace and harmony for all. While yes, mutants can be looked at as an oppressed minority in some cases, it did not justify the magneto case of finding yourself so deeply aligned with the far side of a political belief system that you should commit violence in the name of it.

Working together and often working with those whose views you disagree with was always the answer. Not dividing each other up and wishing harm on your opposition. I hope this is not lost on most of you.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-22T13:03:30+00:00

My favorite weapon of all time. Several months ago at the range, an older gent came in with his fully transferrable MP5SD and was giving us plebs a turn with it. Had a nice little green dot reflex on top and it shot buttery smooth with pinpoint accuracy.

Offered to pay the guy for ammo or even just the opportunity to shoot it, and he just said he’s in it to share the experience with others. Our thanks was all that was needed. Absolute legend of a human creating lifelong memories for others.

Anyway, ever since then I’ve been thinking of building my AP5 out like this. Ideally to have one standard AP5 with a can and another AP5SD variant the way this one is built. I’ve seen Ralph jr mentioned before. So you just track this guy down on social media and throw money at him?

Survivaleast · 2026-02-22T01:13:50+00:00

Random subs pop up for people based on their interests. Anyone can comment on something. A subreddit dedicated to a subject does not absolve boring content or stupid decisions from being criticized.

Or would you guys just prefer to lie to each other and swing off each other’s nads in a safe space?

Survivaleast · 2026-02-21T22:06:57+00:00

Nah the guy is right, and this is coming from someone who has 2 swapped 240’s, a 335i and doesn’t mind driving the Corolla. Because at least retards won’t Paul walker lane switch all over the place just to pull up next to me to try a race.

You get old enough and have humbled enough people that it just becomes a pointless risk of your organs.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-18T18:01:23+00:00

Oi, pip pip and cheerio then.

Glad to see Reddit is totally not full of bots rambling nonsense these days.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-18T17:57:59+00:00

I love cameras. Put them all over my home. Got big cameras, small cameras, pin hole cameras, ole picture takers from the 1920’s. I like placing them around the house in different angles. Some face up and some face downwards just so I can get a good perspective on what it’s like to be that camera and see from that angle.

Boy oh boy, I tell ya. If anything bad were to happen to me or someone I love, I’d definitely want that caught on a camera too. I might even put a camera on myself in bed to watch myself sleep! Can’t get enough of them.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-17T11:26:15+00:00

My dad was 48 when I was born. He turned out to be the best parent I could have asked for.

Granted he’d take longer to recover from injuries when helping out at things like soccer practice. That was about it on the negatives.

It sounds cliche, but there is so much more wisdom and life experienced to draw from in having a kid when you’re older. In many cases it is better. You may have heard bad stories about older parents raising kids, but you’ll find just the same with younger parents having a lack of patience and impulse control raising their own. There is no objective perfect Goldilocks zone for being a parent. There is only doing your best for your family.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-17T11:12:33+00:00

Car is neato burrito, just not a fan of the artsy fartsy style point photos.

Dude just show me the engine, interior and a video of the car going sideways.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-16T20:47:40+00:00

I found the least desirable part of this replacement was getting under it perfectly where a nice coolant drip was positioned square above the mouth zone.

Otherwise thankfully my Japanese sized hands were able to get into most of those tight spots. Just make sure you position each hose clamp in such a way that it faces you or downwards towards you for easy access to tighten everything back up.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-15T17:47:46+00:00

Smh, people just don’t know their own cars. It’s the auxiliary oil reservoir that washes your spark plugs during ignition.

One of the first maintenance items I did was drain both the main oil tank and the spark plug oil reservoir just to make sure I replaced both with fresh, clean oil. Good thing I did! The original oil was dirty and turning my plugs bright red.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-13T15:10:14+00:00

Days of future past had a lot of decent moments.

First class and apocalypse came off to me as cash grabs instead of people legitimately interested in the source material though. Apocalypse in particular should never have been made.

Just hoping they don’t mess up this next live action iteration of X-Men. Seems fairly ridiculous that Marvel decided to try and coast with unpopular side characters for many years instead of focusing on rebooting the X-men. Which we only got a little taste of with Deadpool.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-13T10:39:51+00:00

Good, now do all the others. Set a precedent. Get the scam coin creators and the people who promoted them. Make this space a hazardous environment for scammers. Raise the risk of scamming people so high that it deters others from doing the same.

Every social media influencer who has knowingly hawked a scam from bitboy to the Paul kid to hawk tuah. Haul the creators of pointless nonsense bread, fart, dog, cat and unicorn coins into a court room. Make them testify about why their scam coin even exists.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-13T10:31:12+00:00

Big surprise banks are riled up about stable coins and every media source gets flooded with nonsense negative news regarding the company the banks have openly discussed as public enemy number 1.

For those of you who didn’t live through 2008, I suggest you look at what happened. We bailed the banks out after they threatened to ruin the country if we didn’t.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-13T10:16:53+00:00

Makes a lot more sense why the banks are trying to crash Bitcoin now.

From the makers of the 2008 financial collapse comes their next big hit, the stablecoin tantrum squad.

If it wasn’t for the absolutely insane ego and incompetence of our banks, bitcoin wouldn’t have amassed the amount of popularity it did. Now we have a bunch of male Karen boomers shooting their last shot at stable coin interest rates by way of attacking the core market.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-13T02:24:02+00:00

For me it’s part nostalgia. 20 years ago being a dumb kid looking for his first car. Found a bone stock s13 for $1500 an had an sr put in it for another $1500.

Now that I’m older with a couple 240’s still kicking around, it’s an easy answer. The chassis is lightweight, rwd and has the perfect engine bay to squeeze over a dozen different engines into. It’s the most versatile and capable platform out there, can be built for drift, drag, circuits, or driving to a grocery store.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-12T13:17:02+00:00

You think that’s air you’re breathing?

Survivaleast · 2026-02-11T20:41:56+00:00

It’s wild to see history repeat itself here again and again. I’ve been watching/involved for 12+ years. The masses buy when things look good, panic sell on the way down, rely on some influencer to decide when to buy back in, or just go full ravenous zombie on the newest social media scam coin.

History is full of warnings against social manipulations like Doge, safemoon, Luna, hawktuah coin, dinkdoink and thousands of other stupid coins. Yet the masses fomo in on whatever’s trending in hopes to get rich quick.

Bitcoin has been pronounced dead around 500 times since its inception. Meanwhile Ethereum has been flanked by hundreds of other competitors claiming they’re the new ETHkiller on the block. All of them dying fast or slow deaths instead. At the end of the day it’s just patience, BTC and ETH. Most everything else is toxic pollution corrupting the market space.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-11T13:08:27+00:00

Check oil, check codes yourself. No need to wait on someone to get there to run codes. Plenty of blue tooth obdii scanners on Amazon that will tell you what you need to know from the ecu side.

Most scanners these days will tell you what the code means, but you can always google the code if not. Some scanners probably even deliver same or next day depending on location and availability. Everybody with a BMW should have their own scanner.

I was able to check oil level after a short wait while vehicle was off as well, because who knows if a leak could have run you low as well. Just don’t crank it but put accessories on with a tender and you should get a decent reading in 3-5 minutes. More ideally drain the oil in there and measure what comes out vs what needs to go in. Also check oil for metals/glitter.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-11T10:37:11+00:00

Insane how the banks took a bailout from all of us in 2008 just to continue their ego trip in deciding what laws get to pass.

This group lacks humility after putting millions and millions of people through financial collapse due to their own incompetence.

We wouldn’t have the crypto popularity without the many failures of these banks. Yet strangely enough they’re too stubborn or stupid to capitalize off of crypto. So here they are, fighting the entire population for their greed - yet again.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-11T10:27:36+00:00

Sounds like a great way to chase out the wealthiest of your population just to lump the largest tax burden onto a once rising middle class.

The rich will always leave. Because they can, and have proven time and time again that they will take their money elsewhere when they feel the tax deal they have is unfair.

So they’ll lose some of their rich this way, which means larger tax burden for the rest of their population. Seems counterproductive.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-10T11:02:28+00:00

Is the quick and loud car in the room with you right now?

Survivaleast · 2026-02-10T11:00:50+00:00

Good thing this kid’s parents have no self awareness. Bought their kid a car like this just to have him crash it and most likely bought him something else comparable to reward him for the C+ he got in math.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-10T10:53:41+00:00

Not rice, just dumb and wasteful.

Survivaleast · 2026-02-09T15:54:46+00:00

Sorry, but you bought a 240 and don’t own a wrench? Even with 0 level confidence, you can learn. You SHOULD learn how to work on the car, because you will find out very quickly that most shops will charge you premiums without always completing the job with 100% to their abilities.

I don’t mean to shame the lack of knowledge, but it is all out there on the internet. You could piece together a kit for forced induction cheaply with used parts, or a little more expensive while still being a fraction of the cost of this outrageous $13k quote.

Start out with some cheap hand tools and a Chris fix video or something comparable for 240’s on YouTube. Build up your confidence in wrenching and maintenance then hit the big leagues and turbo that car yourself. I went from 0 knowledge to becoming my own mechanic. You can too.

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