Hilbert's Car Museum, '99 Volkswagen Polo RS, '05 Twongi 🌸

personally i’ve never heard of that happening, though as someone trying to go into the mechanic field i know that garages tend to have a bias towards men, though this is more of a sexism issue and also not universal across workspaces

though if someone complains about someone more qualified than them getting hired they’re just a cunt, regardless of orientation/gender

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…Where’d this come from, now?

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An equal rights sticker they added.

Bro what?

It’s not a pie, equal rights doesn’t mean less rights for the white heterosexual Christian male. Not only that, but it’s also illegal for companies/recruiters to ask these type of details. At least over here at the civilized continent.

Comments like that are the reason the stickers are needed.

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I know its not a pie and equal rights means equal rights. It just reminded me that that kind of crap happens because people forget equal rights means equal rights.

I like the “My driving scares me too” and the “Fueled by coffee and chaos.” Stickers.

So, Hilbert. How’s that Suzuki doing?

Glad you asked!

Bad.

So, we’re back to Renault and several year old timing belt. Took it on the road and nearly got into a crash. Some woman blew a yield sign. Wild stuff.

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This is the best car show since the end of Grand Tour.

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My drunk ass accidentally wrote that I got into a crash lmao

No I didn’t, it was close though.

I bought some new mildly alcoholic wine. Turns out it tastes quite good. I like the freshness of it, it has this light citric taste, but it’s not too overpowering. The sweetness is subtle, yet empowering. Like an office worker about to get their 3rd promotion. After drinking bit more than half a bottle, I can confidently say, there’s alcohol in this drink.

Any questions?

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This is exactly what one expects Hilbert driving to look like

Hey hey hey! The Yaris had to yield! They didn’t yield. I’m the perfect driver in this case.

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So uh, many many months ago I was driving my twobgje, when I accidentally hit a curb. I wasn’t distracted, I was eating a burger. While driving.

Unfortunately! In that curb accident, my hubcap took a bit of a hit.


I took it out since it wouldn’t really stay in place anymore. Now! Many months later, I managed to save enough money to acquire one (1) zip tie!

So uh, yeah. That’s all this post is about. It’s about me zip tying my beaten up hubcap back in place. That’s a big update.

Contact me for zip tie services. Those can also be combined with the van services. The rear door still doesn’t open from the inside.

Oki byeeeeeee

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Right, so there’s some issues with the corn.

Previously, after the clutch cable snapped, it would only go to third. So I called my friend and we adjusted the cable. It now goes to all gears. I haven’t been able to do any real world testing yet since I owe 42€ in diesel taxes so I can’t take it on the road. However when you turned it on, it got into every gear.

Unfortunately, after it was time to call the job done and shut the hood, it quickly turned out that the hood doesn’t really stay down.

Even violence wouldn’t make it stay shut so I fixed kt.

Y’all remember the green Seat? The one that I held a funeral in like -30 Celsius weather. It had a similar hood setup so it wouldn’t fly up.

Anyway contact me for bungee cords or something, I dunno.

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Yes hello!

Great update!!!

The clutch cable snapped. We tried mending it but that unfortunately failed. The clutch is probably falling apart.

As for mister renolte :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: someone deflated all four tires :smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

I didn’t bother taking a new picture so here’s something.

While I was filling up the tires, I happened to notice they’re quite cracky (that’s a cool new word I just invented because I’m young, trendy, and hip). I feel like the original Renault tires from 2005 are getting bit old. Might have to consider replacing them.

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Must be a 2005 thing. In 2005 the tires of my 1974 Opel Kadett looked like that.

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Oh it has to be that. BuzzFeed should launch a full fledged investigation about the 2005 tiregate.

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Yaaaaaay new sticker time :smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts::smiling_face_with_three_hearts:

Look I also installed this lovely shelf where I can keep my tea.

Pretty neat, eh?

Contact me for furniture installation services.
I actually used to work at a furniture store yeaaaaars back. Me and my coworker were the fastest furniture assemblers of the Tampere region, they made us go to different stores to build wardrobes and shit because we just did it so fast. I also hold the sales record for paperweights in July in that particular store. I sold three paperweights. My coworker only sold two. We sold total of five paperweights that month.

The End :smiley::smiley::smiley::smiley::+1::+1::+1::+1:

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The Cornparker drove like ass, was shit, and I didn’t like it. So I did what every sane person would do. I sold it! In exchange, I got some money.

And when Hilbert gets monet, what does he do with it?
A) Take a nice vacation
B) Invest it, so soon Hilbert will have more money
Or C) Spend it on useless shit like a new TV.

The answer is obviously…
D) Buy a new car!

And it’s a 1999 Volkswagen Polo Variant, under the hood is a whole bunch of oil, but under that is a 1.4L inline 4 producing whopping 60hp! It’s only two more than in the Twingo yet it feels much faster. Goes to show how lethargic the Twingo is if a 26 year old wagon with 60hp is faster.

The rear is luxury. You may be wondering, what’s that gray thing.

Well, it’s illegal to have anything but red lights in the rear, and the trim piece that should be there is not there. That made the license plate lights visible from behind, and they shouldn’t be like that. So the previous owner added some duct tape and then cut a hole for the trunk opening thingy. However, as a duct tape expert, that’s horrible job.

Thankfully, the duct tape was in the glovebox. So I decided to do better job instead.

Much better.

And here’s my favorite part.

The front bumper is already sagging! What nice feature!

The interior is surprisingly clean, no complaints about that. It drives really well, the transmission feels solid, the engine is oily but runs like a charm. 300k km, no service booklet so I have no clue how it’s been maintained.

Unfortunately, this thing didn’t pass the inspection. There’s an extra hole in the exhaust so it’s leaking and because of that, it failed the emissions. Also the lower ball joint is shot, in the front passenger side. My plan was to fix those issues, then get the paintjob taken care of and then sell it. But the more I look at it, the more I feel like “this is actually a peak Hilbert shitbox.” And the more I feel like that, the more I also feel like keeping it. It’s ugly and shit but it has charm.

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Right! Roughly 160€ in repairs later, the Polo passed the inspection! Now I have one year of worry free driving!

Unfortunately, the windshield wiper blades are shot.

Now, these are, what? 15-20€ to replace?

Nu uh huh, if a penny can be saved you bet your sweet ass that I’m gonna save a penny!

So I bought some kitchen rags or what the fuck ever you call these. Microfiber cloth I guess.

Then I cut them into smaller strips and made a couple of holes.

And zip tied them to the wiper! Total cost? Less than 0,70€, because that’s the cost of one rag and I roughly a half.

And as you can see, it works like a charm!

Any questions?

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Several actually

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