I commented this separately but if you are at ORD in Terminal 1 or 3, you must get Tortas Frontera. (though it’s not as conveniently located in Terminal 1 (the United terminal) because of the tunnel)

Seconded on Mesa Verde.

I'll take "Things I've never heard" for $500, Alex!

FIFY

Either way it’s impressive. I remember when the transmission on my ZJ was slowly dying and the V8 was getting almost no power to the wheels. It was awful.

besides half the drivetrain, it’s super reliable. Seriously though that’s impressive. I love hearing about folks keeping vehicles, it seems like we’re getting more disposable with things (including cars) as we progress. There’s something to be said for putting in a little work and keeping something running. I’ve had…

I’m impressed the transmission has held up, that was the weak link on those. Or do you have a “holy grail” manual? 

Here’s a photo of the owners manual and our scribbles of the milestone mileages.

My parents bought a 1977 Dodge Aspen station wagon new in June 0f 1977. The big milestones were written inside the owners manual. 100,000 in September of 1981. 200,000 in July of 1987. 300,000 in December of 1997.

Oh yeah, the I-35 collapse used to be part of our new employee orientation. Obviously a huge moment in infrastructure history. Many, many federal standards and procedures were put in place after that, which is likely why this crack was caught before something even more catastrophic happened.

I just helped write the software, so definitely don’t take my word over an actual bridge inspector/engineer.

Ronnie took it up a notch.

All those and no Throttle House???  Those guys are hilarious and genuine car lovers.  They keep it simple and fun.  Feels like prime Top Gear.

Yout missed Bad Obsession Motorsports with Project Binky and their side project Escargo!  Easily the very best build channel on YouTube, they might even finish the project this decade.

RE: #6.

Hoovie also is throwing money at the Car Ninja.

I agree with you list over the mind numbing garbage that’s produced for the American automotive audiences which is usually equal parts Dukes of Hazard, Motorweek and lifestyles of the Rich and Famous rolled into a single episode. I’m so done with it, along with all the straight bill, arms crossed custom shop builder…

The South Main channel is oddly fascinating for me.  I agree with the Sam Crac thing; I got started watching him with the whole Dominos pizza car thing and enjoyed it, but the “stepmom” bit is just weird and mostly annoying.

I really like Cleetus. I was not too into drag racing but he is one of the rare really popular youtubers who isn’t like “WHATS UP GUYS TODAY I BOUGHT A CRASHED LAMBO!!!!”. He wants to give back to his viewers as much as possible and has the perfect mix of technical discussion and entertaining content. Can’t wait to…

Cold War Motors

Workshop Diaries. Haven’t seen it yet myself, but I do like him a lot