Native Texan checking in - now living in Kansas, LOL.

TexMex is a WAY OF LIFE. It’s got a spot on the Texas food chain that includes Blue Bell Ice Cream, chicken fried steaks, and barbecue.

Regardless, having moved to Kansas in 2006, their idea of Mexican food differs from authentic Mexican, and Tex Mex, and not in a…

There’s one minor snag.

There’s assholes like me, with DECADES of automotive experience that will do one of two things.

1. We’ll buy older cars, and gleefully cut smoky donuts around your two cylinder activated subscription car.

2. We WILL find a way to circumvent.  I have very good electronics electronics abilities. …

I’m just going to toss some real life numbers by you, because, I have no good reason to lie.

Mod Motor Guy’s shop truck - 2009 Ford F150 SuperCrew, with RWD and a 5.4L V8 engine. This gas pump slut averages 17 MPG.

Every time I have to get a part, it’s 46 miles round trip to one vendor, and 38 miles round trip to the…

Morning, gang! The auto tech will weigh in on this one....

While I can’t really discuss the reliability of the supercharged V6 as I do not work on German cars, I can say that the American limos I have worked on are HEAVY. So heavy that I would question the long term reliability of a puffed V6. Seems like it would…

I agree completely.

But then again, I AM Mod Motor Guy!

Elizabeth,

Good job on starting out!

Now, here’s a tip for you - manual transmissions are NOT equipped with dipsticks, only some automatics. (Some now are considered sealed-for-life, but we tech gurus typically have a way to check, and man, is it a pain in the ass!)

A manual transmission has a drain and a fill plug,…

First Gear - I don’t give a fuck about connected services.

Examples using my two vehicles - my 2002 Ford Mustang GT, and my 2009 Ford F150 XLT. Both vehicles from different times, different generations of thought, etc. NEITHER does anything the other one doesn’t.

The engines start and run. The transmissions shift. The…

Northstars don’t nickel and dime people.

They stuff a head bolt up your ass, then break it off and beat you over the head with the rest of it. 

Perhaps I am extra salty today, solely because I have a ‘96 Sedan DeVille in the shop that I had to put an alternator on. To do so, you have to remove the upper radiator hose, and drain some coolant out.

After repairing the car, I’m running it to get the coolant level good, and I notice the cooling system is not…

I am on the list of people that will not repair it. This is one of the vehicles that when the engine blows up, I tell the customer that their vehicle mechanically totaled.

And I fuckin’ HATE doing that.  But it’s MANY thousands of dollars to pull it and fix it right. 

Annnnd, the technician checks in again!

Not only is this a “No Dice”, this is a walk, don’t run, not no but HELL NO. In the shop, we call these Deathstars. Because they all die a gruesome, head gasket blowing death.

Add atop that, Cadillac’s proclivity for excessive complicated electronics that were designed with that…

Even though I am a Ford guy, I was invited by Cadillac to race CTS-V’s around COTA.

We were the second group EVER to run that track.

I remember it being as smooth as a billiard table, LOL!  I also managed to get the CTS-V wagon I driving to 154 MPH on the back straight. 

For all of you going on about the privacy issues, the shit-show issues, the regulatory issues....allow the technician a moment at the mike.

Consider, the issues faced from a vehicle service perspective. Let’s have a hypothetical here....

It’s 2036. You just scooped up your 2026 Toyota Camry from the local buy here pay…

Would this happen to be the same mechanic that completely buttfucked you on the repairs to the Suburban?

Same shit happens in houses too. I got preapproved for some DUMBASS number like 250-300K back when I was shopping in 2013. But I wanted to stick to under 100 grand. In my area, that used to be pretty easy to accomplish, and still wind up with a nice place.

So the bank says this number, and my real estate agent lights…

Oh, you mean ANY truck right now! LOL!

My 2009 shitbox is worth MORE than I paid for it three years ago, plus what I put in it. So, if I was in a position to turn loose, it’d be nearly orgasmic, however.....the current pricing trend means I’d be in BAD shape.

If I could even find another truck to start with. 

Hey gang, Mod Motor Guy coming at you with another opinionated piece of trash, hahahaah.

Dealer’s STILL wrong. Fuck allocations, fuck greed, fuck markups. This is the EXACT kind of bullshit that will sink the dealer model permanently.

Example - you come to my shop, and you want a PCM flashed. No problem, it’s an hour…

This is why I am Mod Motor Guy. Modular Fords, well, most of the garden variety ones, which are the ones I can pay for, run quite well on anything ranging from cat piss to 93 octane. The 2V engines are particularly noted for running well and happily on anything slightly more combustible than dirty dishwater.

Now, if…

My insurer tried to give me the same carrot. However, as I am very skilled technician, I became the stick:

“So, tell me. Since this OBD unit transmits data on a cellular connection, what sort of security measures are implemented into the communication function of this thing? You want me to drive around with a…

Thank the fuck Christ.

I’m a Ford guy, and even I will tell you that this is a miserable penalty box of a car.

Look like shit, rides like shit, and couldn’t pull a sick whore off a bedpan.