You hacked a hole in the roof of your van without a good plan and then struggled with a few rusty fasteners on the floor? What all exactly did you learn from all that watching people wrench?

There was a particularly rough couple of years, 08-09 IIRC where everything including vaunted Toyota and their 2.4L (Camry, Rav4, Scions, etc) had BIG oil burning issues due to the lower tension piston rings.  Honda Accords with the 2.4 of these same years had some issues, one has to assume there is perhaps one major…

The old formula really did help free up sticky rings and de-carbon things, have seen the results first hand on customer cars in my bro’s shop. But yes it can only do so much, and won’t “fix” a plain worn out or totally neglected/abused motor.

I mean back when Torch was suggesting Yugos and Fiat Multiplas that was all part of the fun but I’m quite sure every single one of those suggested vehicles (Acura, Monte, Camaro) were very serious attempts at advice... and they were indeed all bad.

Added cost and complexity (read: long term reliability) especially for something that might be a short lived “compliance” type of thing sounds like a bad deal to me, but I’m glad to hear it doesn’t negatively impact the driving experience.

Yep, we’ll all get to “enjoy” paying for and driving these compliance-mobiles for a few years until some of the legislation as well as technology settles out.

Ford’s 4.6 is probably one of the best, most troublefree engines they’ve made.  I’d trust it more than anything they make currently.

Bit pricey for an auto but it’s a much better suggestion than anything the staff came up with.  First and foremost it’s a rust free California car.  Secondly it’s a mostly fairly simple and reliable 4.6 auto Mustang.  Sounds like an awesome fly-and-drive out to CA before the snow flies!

That and an Acura that’s notorious for transmission failures, and a Chevy with a V8 hooked to a transaxle with even lower transmission longevity than the Acura lmao. Throw in a GM product with a timing-chain-shredding 3.6L V6 while we’re at it.

That’s right around the mileage that the automatics transmissions pack it in on those and Honda/Acura’s goodwill repairs have long since dried up (especially for non-original owner cars).

The rest of the list isn’t much better:
Monte SS: even worse transmission longevity than the Acura
3.6L Camaro: stretched timing chain…

My big concern as well.  At this price point, I’d insist on a totally rust free car from the sun belt.

Very true. Everyone “KNOWS WHAT THEY GOT” right now, with non running 90s Lesabres and rotted out Grand Caravans with bad transmissions for $2k, you name it (those were two actual local examples I saw listed in the last week)

Yup. Timing chain issues on the 3.6, and as a coworker went through last year on his 100k mile unit, a transmission replacement. Not sure how common the latter is statistically, but the GM 3.6 has had timing chain issues for almost two decades now. I know they’ve gotten better, especially after they shortened the…

Hard to wrap one’s mind around a 3300lb, $36-42k hot hatch.

Came here to suggest exactly this.  If you’ve had a 300 before and liked it, heck get another.  Try to scoop up a Platinum trim 300C with the Indigo and Linen interior while you’re at it!

Jesus Christ, man.  What a wholly irrelevant suggestion.

“So EVs aren’t fun unless they make cool sounds that ICE cars do?”

Yep.

LMAO funny what little prodding it took for you to revert to some proto-internet tough guy talking about black eyes etc

“ am 32, and none of my friends want a Harley.”

“When I was trying to enjoy drinks on my patio and talking with friends....Everyone in the group made a comment about the Harley rider, none of which was good.”

I’m the same age and don’t ride a Harley, but you and your friends sound like a bunch of pussies to be honest.

““Home in” and “hone in” are both two-word phrasal verbs that describe narrowing in on a target. Both are common in twentieth-century English usage, with the phrase “home in” being quite prominent in British English and “hone in” equally popular in Canadian and American English.”

Blow it out your ass