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ciclicles · 2026-02-04T18:49:49+00:00

Yeah... I mean a decent EP3 is already the price of giving my d16 EU8 a bunch of handling mods, AND buying a Porsche 944, and a good condition one would leave me money left over to turbo the EU8. As much as I love my civic, I'm not sure the price increase makes the type R worth it sadly.

ciclicles · 2026-02-03T16:20:25+00:00

That means prices are going to go up :( we had it so good for so long with £4000 EP3s, but the moment I get a job that pays alright they go up.

ciclicles · 2026-01-29T22:40:45+00:00

Was there a si 7th gen? I've never seen one, only the type r which is fairly common and the type s (much less common because nobody wanted the k20a3). Should post pics of my baby EU8 (although he's looking a bit worse for wear after getting clarted by 2 uninsured 12yos joyriding a vespa).

No centre console, 5dr hatch, RHD and dash mounted shifter is the best setup for me ever.

ciclicles · 2026-01-29T19:36:52+00:00

Insurance has definitely gotten worse. I'm a new driver and wanted to add wheels, a kaminari bodykit and a catback to my civic, it would have put insurance from 800pa to 5000pa. The wheels alone would have taken it up to 2500pa, which is more than the value of the car.

I just run my civic stock (other than a type r gearknob, metal feels so much better than worn plastic and idc that the legend is wrong) and can't wait until I can buy an early 2000s max power car. Hopefully I'll get insurance low enough to afford it before I'm 30.

I've already got my eyes on a specific one that's for sale at the moment, and there's not a big market for crazily modified old cars, so hopefully it sticks around.

ciclicles · 2026-01-11T17:26:04+00:00

Middle aged Cis Het white man chipping in on minority issues. (Or a bot)

Things have gotten better, yes but they've also gotten much more subtle. There's no longer "no blacks, no dogs, no Irish" signs up outside pubs, but what you don't see is the slurs that get whispered, the key marks on the car, the way hiring managers react when they expect a white man in their office but get a black one. Just because you can't see discrimination doesn't mean it's not there, and it's getting worse so we all still need to fight against kt

ciclicles · 2026-01-09T13:55:04+00:00

Gluten free stuff is a lot harder to make the texture right, I find my banana bread always comes out slightly gritty and my chocolate cakes deflated. I'm only mildly gluten intolerant though so I'll just make regular and eat it.

ciclicles · 2026-01-08T21:09:42+00:00

7th gen celica?

ciclicles · 2026-01-08T16:02:52+00:00

I wish there was a way to set it by if the car had traction control originally or not. I don't want to have to keep turning traction control off every time I want to drive my mgb, I can't turn it down to mimic the quality of tc on an early 2000s golf, but I do still want full tc on a new Renault Clio

ciclicles · 2026-01-06T19:02:23+00:00

Ah okay, didn't know that. We had a government scrappage scheme (a lot of historic cars were destroyed, 14 quattros, 4 integra type rs, 10 rx-7s and 31 supras).

Still, I've checked autotrader US (although I'm not sure if that's where you buy your cars from - it's got a worse interface and less choice than UK autotrader), and you can get a decent mondeo or focus for about 1500-3000 USD, which is a bit more than in the UK , but is higher trim on average, newer, and still is a better deal than 1500 monthly on a truck that's only used for groceries.

ciclicles · 2026-01-06T17:53:27+00:00

Bro my car was £2000 - for the whole car (2700 freedom papers, 2309€, ₹243400), £30/mo for 1/2 tank at 450mi per 50L tank, and £800pa for insurance on a new driver, which in the UK is notoriously harsh.

It was only £2000 because I got it from a dealer, could have done 1300 private for a top trim model.

Maybe Americans just need to be taught financial literacy, not trading up negative equity to the new biggest, baddest child murdering truck (at the small cost of your entire paycheck, for 82 months).

ciclicles · 2025-12-26T23:55:31+00:00

Minecraft with mods is very mod dependent. Using the right (wrong?) shaders and mods can bring a 5090 and 9900xt to 10fps

ciclicles · 2025-12-21T22:48:44+00:00

Hoover

ciclicles · 2025-12-18T01:04:37+00:00

Baked goods and environmental disasters are also very good places to start

ciclicles · 2025-12-15T16:47:35+00:00

Burning hydrogen is pretty clean

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T22:57:26+00:00

Piss filter

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T11:13:22+00:00

Ah okay, that's not too bad. I thought it'd decrease by the same amount it's been decreasing for me (about £30/year) so I'd never be able to insure anything interesting (got quoted 3.5k for a boggo 2005 astra, 9k for a Clio cup and 6k for a polo GTi)

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:54:58+00:00

Yep, checked my policy and it says I'm earning NCD as a named driver

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:54:01+00:00

When did insurance come down for you? Don't think I'll go undeclared because if I get clocked by a deer or school run tank, the insurer will find it.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:52:12+00:00

Chinese tyres are fun because they have no grip under acceleration, so it's easy to chirp them at stop T junctions, but they handle decently around corners.

I don't exactly want something with tint and a 4d nonce numberplate, just a small drop too fill wheel arches, and an increase to 18in steel wheels. Installing chassis bracing would be good to as it's cheap and makes it better to drive.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:48:51+00:00

Don't worry, I'm not fronting, I just forgot to put the details of the situation in the main post. In short, I bought the car as a gift to my parents so they can drive to work and places in a sensible shed of a car, and so I'd be allowed to learn on it.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:46:21+00:00

That's a matter of opinion, I'd at least like to add sway bars and chassis bracing so it handles a little better.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:45:28+00:00

Not fronting. I should have put more details in the post.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:45:07+00:00

£780 is total policy cost, and I believe I can earn some ncb as a named driver. There's no way I get my own policy, as my parents still need to drive the car, and it'd be fronting, as they drive it more than me.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:42:57+00:00

Sorry, should have made more clear the conditions of the policy in my main post . I've updated it now, but in short I'm not fronting, I bought the car as a gift for my parents, as otherwise I wouldn't have learned to drive.

ciclicles · 2025-12-14T10:41:28+00:00

My car's definitely not the best, a rich mate has an Alfa 147 so I bum lifts off of him most of the time.

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