r/CarGuys

Not even talking about the most expensive or fastest cars, just the ones that make you think “yeah, that person knows cars.” Sometimes it’s a clean older car, sometimes it’s something unexpected

What car immediately makes you respect someone’s taste and what’s an underrated car you think deserves way more love?

Wife and I already have a reliable daily driver but have always wanted to fix up a car together. Any advice on something that’s a bit easy to work on and learn as we go? We understand we aren’t mechanics but we’d love to learn!

Every time I try researching motor oil and oil filters, I end up buried under marketing claims, sponsored reviews, and people arguing like they’re defending sports teams lol. One guy says a certain brand saved his engine for 300k miles, another says the same oil destroyed everything he owned. I already know full synthetic is the way to go for modern engines, but I’m more curious about which oil and filter combinations mechanics genuinely trust after years of seeing engines internally. I’m not talking about race builds or super-modified cars either. Mostly reliable daily driver stuff that survives long-term ownership. The owner’s manual route only gets me so far because half the recommendations feel tied to dealership partnerships more than objective advice. I’ve also noticed a lot of oil filters across different brands seem suspiciously similar internally. Some manufacturing discussions I found connected several filter lines back to online industrial supply chains before retail branding happens. For people who work on cars every day, what oil and filter setups consistently hold up without relying on gimmicks or exaggerated claims?

What super cars can you guys think of that over hyped themselves and then either never released or under delivered on those promises I made a video with this in mind but I wanna hear what you guys think

I just recently turned 18 and I’ve never in my life had any interest in cars idk jack shit about engine or car models or specs or anything like that. I understand how to drive manual stickshift I just haven’t done it because my parents only owned automatic cars. But this past month I’ve very suddenly become obsessed with cars and street racing culture but I just don’t know anybody who’s into this and I have no idea how to get into the scene. I lowk just wanna hang out and watch races and learn about how to work on cars and drive like a racer and allat. Just feels like it’s calling to me as the coolest shit ever. Idk where it came from lol. But yea if you live around bronxville NY and I’m tryna meet people and have some fun with a new hobby so hmu. I’m cool af I promise lol.
You can be like any age or gender lowk idc I just wanna meet people. I image we’ll have more in common to talk about if you’re like 17-35 but I’m seriously not strict about it cuz I’ve been friends with all sorts of people.
Also I myself am a man so if you’re just some loser looking for an internet gf to beg for nudes from then please don’t bother messaging me.