u/Air-Fuel_Mister

Hi all! I love driving and riding in general and really wanna start sim racing — casual as well as competitive racing titles.
I know this might sound idiotic, but I wanna have a wheel and pedals for a decent experience. But the extremely cheap ones (like less than 7k) are quite bad I’ve heard and are comparable to the ones in malls.

So I mean I don’t necessarily want a direct drive to start off, but I do want a decent wheel-pedal experience.

My budget is around ₹12k and am looking at the used market primarily. Please advise me if you can! Thanks in advance.

And don’t ask me to increase my budget. 😭

Hey all! :)

2nd year mech student here. College has somehow become mostly classes+projects+home, and I realised I barely meet people outside my usual circle.

Would be nice to meet people from different departments / years, maybe talk about music or movies, rant about college or just talk shit lol.

I’m pretty quiet at first but once I get comfortable, I warm up nicely.

If you’re also looking to meet some new people, feel free to dm! :)

One of the first lyrics I misheard was from American Idiot, the title track.

Instead of “I’m not a part of the redneck agenda”,

I heard “I’m not a part of the red naked gender”.

😂😭

By ‘universal’, I don’t mean just ‘meaningful’ — I mean the kinda songs that can be interpreted through various emotions / in several ways. Basically fitting many types of feelings and occasions.

Let’s say you cannot mention Good Riddance, Pollyanna, 21 Guns and Waiting!

To start off with, I am a 19 year old hardcore enthusiast from India, currently daily driving a 2009 Hyundai i10 Magna (1.2 litre NA 4 pot) that gives around 9.5-10 kmpl... and the ethanol blend situation concerns me. Saw this as an opportunity to discuss what we, as enthusiasts and owners, can realistically do to maintain our older cars in the short as well as long term.

I say long term because, let's be honest - not everyone, but a lot of the crazy-involved enthusiasts will NOT straight up sell their car and switch to a hybrid or an EV. This could be due to financial / sentimental reasons and not everyone can afford 100 octane premium petrol as well.

Regardless of the ethanol blend percentage options presented to us, our vehicles will eventually consume some quantity of it sooner rather than later.

So I'd like this post to be aimed at discussing about doable solutions to protect our vehicles as much as possible.

What I've heard till now include:

• Ethanol-resistant fuel lines and seals
• Upgrading fuel pumps
• Cleaning fuel tank regularly / internal coatings
• Storage of cars with a relatively full tank

Would like to hear all your thoughts on how you plan to take care of your cars (and to what extent you are willing to go!)

EDIT: Sorry, didn't mention the ethanol blend! We are talking E20 minimum, with push being for being higher blends - E22, E25, and so on.

To start off with, I am a 19 year old hardcore enthusiast currently daily driving a 2009 Hyundai i10 that gives around 9.5-10 kmpl... and the ethanol blend situation concerns me too. Let's take this as an opportunity to discuss what we, as enthusiasts and owners, can realistically do to maintain our older cars in the short as well as long term.

I say long term because, let's be honest - not everyone, but a lot of the crazy-involved enthusiasts will NOT straight up sell their car and switch to a hybrid or an EV. This could be due to financial / sentimental reasons and not everyone can afford 100 octane premium petrol as well.

Regardless of the ethanol blend percentage options presented to us, our vehicles will eventually consume some quantity of it sooner rather than later.

So I'd like this post to be aimed at discussing about doable solutions to protect our vehicles as much as possible.

What I've heard till now include:

• Ethanol-resistant fuel lines and seals
• Upgrading fuel pumps
• Cleaning fuel tank regularly / internal coatings
• Storage of cars with a relatively full tank

Would like to hear all your thoughts on how you plan to take care of your cars (and to what extent you are willing to go!)