Searching the Internet turns up nothing for me. The car is, for some reason, locked on spec 2, but not on the regular game.
Does anyone know what I need to do to unlock it???
First oil change, right after the break in period.
Shelled out for some LiquiMoly and a OEM filter
It's a loooooong story with this car, but long story short. It needs A LOT of work, but who am I to complain for a $1,000 Mercedes that runs and drive with a fat honkin 5 liter V8?
It's definitely gonna need A LOT of work, since 3 of the 4 air bags are blown, there's a misfire at idle, and the SBC doesn't work. But for 1k USD, who am I to complain?
A little story. I pulled this out of a body shop, it hasn't ran in about 4 or 5 years. Hooked up a battery and with 4-5 year old gas it fired up with no trouble. I've been pleading and bothering the owner of the shop to let me buy it and after 1 year they said yes and here we are. A $1,000 USD E500!!🥳🥳🥳
To give context, on June 5th I will be traveling nearly 800 miles round trip from my home in Wisconsin to a town in Michigan. Why? Me and my cousin are going there to pick up a 335i. Since we both are broke college students, we are trying to minimize cost as best as we can.
I will be traveling through Chicago and Indiana to get there. Speed limits will be 70, weather will be hot, and I will try and keep a light foot.
In its regular form I usually manage 38~44mpg for my usual commute, 90% highway 10% city, at a distance of 13 miles one way. If I take city roads I can usually manage 45~56mpg, but that adds 15 minutes to my commute.
Realistically, I don't think I'll be able to hit the 800 mile mark, as I would chicken out when the needle is on E, despite the car having a possible 1-2 gallons in it (when the gas light turns on it still has 5 gallons in the fuel tank)
Also because I'm realistically looking at an average of 35MPG, since I'll be driving through Chicago traffic in the heat. At 35MPG that puts me just shy of 600 miles, which I would be happy about.
About the car?
2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid XLE with 185,000 miles
EPA rated 40mpg city / 38mpg highway
New plugs and coils when I bought the car 3000~miles ago
Valvoline Hybrid 0w-20 oil 3000~miles ago
Valvoline Hybrid CVT fluid 1000~miles ago
3 peak rated all season Toyo's pumped to 42 PSi
800 miles is ambitious, but 600 miles will be the realistic target I am trying to hit.
Wish me luck!!!
So I've toyed with idea of making a car seat into a desk/office chair for awhile now. Why? Because I'm an mechanical engineering student and that means I will be sitting on a desk/office chair for prolonged periods of time. Why a car seat? One, I'm a car enthusiast. Two, a lot of car seats are designed to be comfortable for users sitting in the seat for long periods of time. Obviously I did my research before all of this and found that Recaro makes desk/office chairs as well, but I don't have the $8k+ USD to drop for a chair.......
Lo and behold, my concept! A E36 M3 Vadar seat on a chonky desk/office chair base.
About the seats. They are E36 M3 Vadar seats, they usually go for 1.5k USD for a good set. However, I managed to get both of them for free(ish)! How did I manage to do that? I did audio on a E36 M3 drift car and this was my payment...
Why these seats? Because I wanted something unique, stylish, and extremely comfortable. They have multiple ways of adjustment and are the most comfortable car seats I have sat in behind Nissan Zero Gravity seats. Of course I'd love to use those seats for this project, but those are expensive and these were basically given to me for free.
How do I know these are comfortable for long periods? Because I use the other seat for sim racing! Its been in my sim rig for about 8 months now and it's been perfect for those long endurance races.
About the base. I've been holding off on this project for 8 months because I've been scouring FB market for a seat base like this one. I could never find one that met my criteria, so that resulted in this project sitting for 8 months, until today, when I stumbled upon this seat base (with chair attached) sitting outside with a "free" sign. What was my criteria for a seat base? Something extremely sturdy. Why? Because these seats are pretty heavy and the combined weight of me and it would probably result in a normal seat base breaking. So what kind of seat base is it? Well, this is a chonky and heavy seat base made with a lot of thiccc metal. It had an extremely wide seat mounted to it, so this kind of chair was definitely designed for someone of.... Wide 3 dimensional stature.
The plan? Make custom mounting plates to mount the seat to the base, make the arm rests higher, and keep all the adjustments the seat is capable of.
Hey hey hey, ignorant and stupid American here! Soooo I'm putting together an "emergency box" for my trailer and I went to my local Walmart to grab the perfect box/container for the task. An ammo box. They're readily available, sturdy, inexpensive, sealed, and lockable. While putting everything I'll need in this box. I.E. ratchet straps, extra pins, basic set of tools. I started questioning if Europeans can also pop down to their local store and buy an ammo box with such ease or if they can't, do they have an equivalent box they can buy?
To keep or not to keep?
It sat for 4 years outside uncovered
No keys, holes and cracks in tires, hasn't started in 4-5 years, and moms mad. At least it was free with a title and a trailer! Maybe it'll pop off with spray and hotwiring the ignition?
First time buying on G2A, and it wasn't a good experience. I've been buying CD keys ever since I've been on PC, and not once have I had a bad experience. Just yesterday, I decided to buy a "key" off of G2A and, like many other disgruntled customers, found out it was not a key....
You can see in the photo how the listing can be pretty misleading because the way everything is displayed makes it easy to miss the "type" being "account" instead of "key."
Well.... I was one of the many who fell into that trap. Like many other people, I tried to get my refund to no avail.
The more I dig, the more I uncover with unhappy people. Why is G2A like this? Every other website I've bought from has always had "account" in *BIG BOLD LETTERS* and not like this BS.
You think I can dispute the cost with my bank? $40 is a lot of money for a broke college student to lose...
So I bought a 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid and I still have my 12in 3000w Deaf Bonce Sub Woofer (DA-SA272) from my old car.
How would you wire this up? Or can you even wire this up?
I'm asking this question because most modern hybrid systems (such as this one) do have a 12v battery, but they aren't charged the same way. These hybrid systems don't have an alternator anymore because the electric motors/high voltage battery trickle charges the 12v battery. In fact the 12v battery isn't supposed to be sustained to high loads because it's not used to start the vehicle anymore. The 12v battery is only there to close the contacts on the high voltage battery and maybe run some electronics.
So, I ask, how could I (if I can) wire up a high power subwoofer to a Hybrid Vehicle?
To clarify, this car has a 12v battery that cannot be sustained to high loads. It does not have an alternator, it does not have a starter, anything driven off the serpentine belt has been replaced with a electronic counterpart because it doesn't even have a serpentine belt.
Although.... The powersteering may be a high amperage 12v system I might be able to tap into.
Traded in my sports car for a hybrid because I'm a broke college student who can't afford premium gas anymore. I have a 2012 Toyota Camry Hybrid and it averages 45-50MPG per drive in the city and 35-42MPG per drive on the highway.
What are the best low rolling resistance tires I can get? And I mean tires with the *LOWEST* rolling resistance, I don't care about noise or comfort. I just want tires that'll maximize my MPG.
(once in a blue moon if the conditions are correct, I can average 60mpg city according to the car)
Edit: they don't need to be all seasons, I plan on saving my current set for winter since they're 3 peak rated.