My first project I learned all the places you can't cheap out on it seems.  I'm on my third, second in the same car and if it out rubber or holds fluid it has probably been replaced

If it weren't for that myth, there would be virtually no engine swaps

When I was doing a research project for teaching drivers education I saw statistics that mentioned in surveys most drivers had driven drunk a number of times before they got caught.  Most people who are pre disposed to drive drunk are going to do that calculation that they probably won't get caught in that situation. …

I can think of two. The Atlas 6 that they put in mid 2000s blazers. Over the last few years people have discovered thier potential for performance but if they put them in a non throwaway car maybe it would have happened sooner, rather than people looking for a cheap American Barra.

This reminds me of when a pickup hit my parents house right below our stained glass window. I was watching TV and saw headlights come over/though our fense and hedge and hit the house. Walked over to the next room and could look into the eyes of the teens about my age at the time trying to drive out but finding the…

How loud the inside is my stock 2018 Civic is on the highway.  It's louder than my ram with a louder muffler and AT tires.

I think the vw connection just put the image in my head of those car in 30 years with the tent, roof rack, steel wheels and a rusted hood.  I don't know why but I like it.

That stinks. I bought a Civic with the earthdreams 1.5 turbo and then went down that rabbit hole of gdi problems and saw people freaking out about the fuel in the oil issue but so far on mine I have been able to avoid them.

I hadn’t heard from the CEO that they were keeping the hemi, but I mostly see the Mopar guys who just want the hemi to be top dog. Also read that there were no plans to update the hemi, although that may change if Ford and Chevy outclass it.

Hemis have had a lot of valvetrain failures since the latest version, Apache? Hemi.  On the flip side I have known a couple people who have had to have heads, cams and turbos replaced on thier fords and earlier gen Ecoboost sometimes have to have the valves media blasted.  I think to try and meet MPG requirements and…

That is not a very accurate assessment. If a Prius weighed 5000 pounds maybe, but they are only a little heavier than my Civic and lighter than a volt by a couple hundred pounds. Toyota’s hybrid system has a mechanically simple transmission, there really aren’t a lot of parts to wear out.  I replaced the engine in a…

It’s interesting because Dodge, Ram or whatever you prefer to refer to it is replacing the hemi with a turbo inline six and Ford seems to be hedging it’s bets with both Ecoboost and 2 different V8 architectures. For my own personal pickups I do like a larger low stress engine because of reliability and cheaper…

Probably not fancy or in the full spirit of the question but my 2018 Civic hatchback. I’m a music teacher and I gig with my tuba but have a family. A tuba doesn’t fit in the back of a traditional trunk, I need the hatch because my wife has reservations about riding the the back seat so my tuba can ride shotgun. I…

It sounded weird to me, I have painted cars with two stage paint and the basecoat looked matte until you put the clear on.  I haven't been into paint trends in a long time, but I did have someone comment on the "matte" paint on my street rod that just didn't have metal flake.  I was a little put off because it took a…

Two tone with white letters out for the win

People driving through the parking lot at speeds you would drive through a city street. Cars are backing up, often with poor visibility, there are tons pedestriants and in general it is difficult to see and acess risks. Slow down.

We generally open presents at my parents house 50 miles away but the forecast is for freezing rain tomorrow.  We might just stay home and wait a week, this weather in Montana and the Dakotas right now if no joke.

Get my autocross MGB on the course.  The 3.8 supercharged Buick and drivetrain are swapped in, megasquirt wired in and suspension is done.  Just need to plumb the brakes, calibrate all the sensors, get it Dyno tuned, plumb the intercooler, fuel system and trans cooler, and a few sheet metal projects.

Why do people get hung up on drum brakes on the rear. On a fwd car like this the rear brakes do very little work and packaging the handbrake into the system is simpler. Many of those disk brake systems have a drum brake in the rotor. Unless something is heavy or a track day car rear drums are usually more than…

I think it is old and the pacing is too slow for modern audiences but...  If it weren't for the car chase and Steve McQueen dying young this movie would be all but forgotten.  I grew up watching AMC and seeing old movies and was excited the first time it was on TV, it wasn't bad on an endearing way, it wasn't good and…