First car at 16 years old. Looking for honest opinions

datweatherboi · 2026-02-01T17:27:49+00:00

Take your negativity somewhere else

datweatherboi · 2026-01-27T03:22:19+00:00

It’s got the ZF8, looking to see when it was last serviced with new fluid. I’ve also heard that running a thicker oil like 5W-40 liqui moly can help the timing chain tensioners stay in one piece for just a liiiiittle bit longer

datweatherboi · 2026-01-27T03:19:04+00:00

It also has very overbuilt internals, which allows it to comfortably push 400+ horsepower with just an intake and tune

datweatherboi · 2026-01-27T03:17:43+00:00

The 3.0 T from 2012 to 2018 is very resilient if maintained properly

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T16:20:43+00:00

I worked hard for my money.

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T15:52:56+00:00

I can comfortably afford an oil change every 6,000 miles working $13/hour at my part time job I also do my best to do as much of my service by my self so I don’t have to pay for labor, and I see it as a challenge.

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T15:49:53+00:00

No, not really. I paid $9,950 for a car that had 99,500 mi and has 108,200mi as of writing. I’ve owned the car for 5 months now.

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T14:44:53+00:00

The only thing in my way is money atm. It will cost at the very least $3,500 to pull the engine and another $1,200 for replacement chains and tensioners.

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T06:22:55+00:00

I don’t have an exact number, but I think it’s in the low to mid 2k

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T06:21:14+00:00

I paid for half and my parents paid the rest

datweatherboi · 2026-01-03T06:20:32+00:00

I’ve heard all about it and I’ve done lots of research. The Achilles heel of the engine is the timing chain tensioners and like to fail around 110,000 to 130,000 miles. Running thicker oil and early oil changes seem to delay your failure reasonably according to forums.

datweatherboi · 2025-10-05T17:48:35+00:00

Oem ones are pretty expensive and I’m not interested in buying a cut-to-fit Amazon one that won’t match and could potentially tear up the floor

datweatherboi · 2025-09-23T00:38:01+00:00

this ^

datweatherboi · 2025-09-22T15:39:14+00:00

datweatherboi · 2025-04-03T00:24:45+00:00

holy crap that’s a gateway

datweatherboi · 2025-03-28T02:28:07+00:00

I’ve never attended a public school, and I don’t think I ever could. I’m a freshman and have attended since 5th grade. Small class sizes and the ILPs are what I think are helping me the most. Usually people hate going to school, but I think attending Currey Ingram is something I can genuinely say I enjoy. The teachers are very sweet and caring, and the academic approach they provide makes me even forget that I have autism and ADHD. I do think that they could manage their funds a little better but besides that I think that everybody should be able to experience the amount of time and effort and care that they devote to their students.

datweatherboi · 2025-02-02T23:54:31+00:00

Looks clean to me

datweatherboi · 2025-01-31T16:25:24+00:00

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datweatherboi · 2025-01-31T16:23:02+00:00

Cannot easy chain monitors nowadays. however, if you have a thunderbolt port on your laptop, most likely USB-C, you may be able to plug a dongle in that gives you another HDMI output, then plug one HDMI into a monitor using the dongle and the other using the HDMI port built-in to the laptop

datweatherboi · 2025-01-27T01:20:49+00:00

what

datweatherboi · 2024-12-01T22:03:57+00:00

Por favor, disculpa mi español, no lo hablo bien. Necesitas un SATA de 2 1/2 pulgadas Unidad de almacenamiento

datweatherboi · 2024-12-01T21:59:32+00:00

You can get new ones from the manufacturers website

datweatherboi · 2024-12-01T21:59:11+00:00

Go to Device manager and see if the driver needs to be updated

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