...to pull the head...all you had to do was drain the radiator, disconnect coolant hoses, fuel and vacuum lines, and a couple harnesses, take the valve cover off, remove the 10(?) head bolts and the head came right off.

Starred for “museum of automotive sadness”.

I skimmed this article and my only thought is, why do people watch stupid crap like this?

I’ll add that as Ad_absurdum_per_aspera put it, “I want the rise time of my turn signals (and even more so, brake lights) to be as fast as possible, and if the effect is jarring, all the better.” That’s why I replaced the incandescent brake lamps in my DD with Philips LED equivalents. You could do this (duplicate the…

If you really wanted to duplicate the appearance of an incandescent lamp, you’d have to rig up a measurement system for that specific miniature lamp, and measure intensity vs. time both on and off. Then you could write a firmware algorithm to duplicate that. Maybe a simple linear PWM over time is close enough, maybe…

In my area I’ll see a Rolls about once a year, and Ferraris and Bentleys a couple times a year. In summer I’ve occasionally seen the same Tesla Roadster. My best experience was visiting the UK in 2007, where we rented a Saab 9-5 turbodiesel wagon estate car. I saw a Caterham at a petrol station, and two or three Smart…

...insurance companies can keep their OBD-II recorders out of my car. Because: “No, fuck you. I’ll take my business elsewhere.”

I drain grease into a plastic container left over from the deli/prepared food counter. It has a lid, and I keep it in the freezer until nearly full when I then put it into a reused plastic bag and into the trash. The (#5 recycling symbol) plastic stands up just fine to hot grease out of a frying pan.

Child safety paranoia? Uhhhh, pretty sure all first world countries really care about the safety of their children because we value life.

I’m old enough to remember lying down in the “behind the back seat” area of a ‘58 Chevy station wagon on a long trip, and while under the influence of Dramamine, sleeping away most of a trip to Ontario in the back seat of a ‘66 Olds Delta 88 sedan.

I’d bet that the majority of the readers here grew up without riding in a car seat or on a booster seat. Most of us lived.

Any Honda Civic three door hatch 1973-2005. Nimble, practical, reliable. I owned a 6th gen for eight years and it was dirt simple for the time, fun to drive, and very reliable.

Neutral: All you folks with donut spares, check the pressure at least once a year; twice is better. They don’t stay at 60 psi indefinitely.

It seems to me that the “typical” LR owner is similar to the “typical” MB/BMW owners who lease a new car every three years and are so wealthy that they can afford a perpetual $600-$800 or more per month lease payment, in addition to $N000 up front.

I am also a (lifetime) Cleveland area resident, and a “Clevelander who has no fucks to give about sports”. Nevertheless, I do love to see the “Chief Wahoo” supporters get their panties into a twist about abandoning this racist bullshit.

I’ll add that like The Root’s regular commenter Marceline, I am a (lifetime) Cleveland area resident, and like her, I am a “Clevelander who has no fucks to give about sports”. Nevertheless, I do love to see the “Chief Wahoo” supporters get their panties into a twist about abandoning this racist bullshit.

Got it. I’ve always had one or more spare Perfectly Adequate Vehicles if another is temporarily undriveable. For me waiting six weeks for a new car to be built to my spec is nothing, considering I’ve been driving my current ordered-new DD for more than eight years now.

Just google Cleveland Caucasians shirt

I have no interest in that power in a street car nor that price in something that doesn’t make me obviously better than the poors.

If you consider a CUV to be a lifted hatchback (See: HR-V and Fit, Trax/Encore and Sonic, etc.), then these are definitely more useful than a four door sedan. It’s the same utility argument that makes a Sonic hatch a more useful vehicle than a Sonic sedan.