I came to say this, but with far less pictures. This was a cool concept for a car, especially one that actually made it into production. I’ve always wanted to have one. Saw one at the U-Pull it a few months ago and was way more upset than I should’ve been that I couldn’t take it home with me, even though it was…

Oh I’m positive, it was the last year for the 2.0L CVH engine in the base model SE that gave it such abysmal power. After all it was an engine designed in the late 70s in a vehicle in 2003. It definitely made on ramps exciting if you’re into playing “is today the day I die…”

2003 Ford Focus SE sedan, the most basic of all base models, not an option on the car. It had right around 100HP and couldn’t get over 90mph but it was the only car I’ve ever owned that was 100% controllable and predictable at any speed or in any situation. It loved to corner and would occasionally even lift the…

My mother is constantly tangling with the TSA when she goes on flights. My mom has friends in Northern AZ that own a huge ranch and she will go out there (hasn’t since the knee replacement some years ago) to help them move their horses from the winter pastures to the summer pastures (think ‘City Slickers’). They go…

I work in building supplies, specifically pre hung doors, once a week I will palletize next weeks un-machined door slabs in our warehouse to ship to our main location a few miles away. But occasionally there will be an oddball thing that will need to be transported ASAP back to the shop for a special order, my daily…

Damn that’s fancy! I would’ve felt honored to get hurt on such a machine, my conveyor came with a very free and even more unannounced tetanus shot…

I humbly invite you to come visit the urban centers of Central Pennsylvania if you are so inclined some time. The cities of Reading, Lancaster and Lebanon are absolutely crawling with 90s shitboxes with wheels frequently more expensive than the going rate of the automobile they are bolted to. 

Had a 92 Accord back about a decade ago when I was slumming it automotively where the muffler had a big hole in it, as a “quick” replacement it wound up with a Yamaha XS 750 motorcycle muffler on if for a month or two that stuck out quite a bit past the bumper to avoid melting the cover. My shins be damned any time…

Obnoxiously low profile tires on super lightweight wheels for street use. Your eBay turbo 93 Honda Civic looks silly on 19” wheels with rubber bands wrapped around them while you dodge potholes and manhole covers, all so you don’t break the bead or bend the rim… Special disposition to those folks who have those on…

This. So much. I broke and dislocated my thumb and index finger on my right hand about 6 years ago because of some fucked up lacing on a conveyor belt. The laces caught my heavy leather glove and sucked my hand in between the drive drum and belt. There was no “big red emergency stop button” on the machinery at all,…

When I have to drive someone else’s vehicle. I don’t want to figure out your clutch bite point and why 3rd doesn’t like to go in, I just want to hop in and use it.

The one in the picture was actually a privately re-manufactured DJ5, a company just outside of Philly was taking and scrapping the metal bodies and replacing them with gel coated fiberglass and the hood was a one piece flip up thing where the entire grill, fenders and headlights would open leaving just the radiator in…

American General DJ5 Postal Jeep. Why? Right Hand Drive and Irony.

My old man has a few that he would like to own again. In no particular order 1948-1950 Ford F-1, he owned one from like 2011-2016 which was in need of a MAJOR restoration which he kept telling me he was ready to start, but life got in the way I guess and he sold it to an acquaintance. 1961-1965 International Harvester…

Just watch out for “That Dowel” on the 12 valve 6BT, it can turn a great diesel into a half ton paperweight in a few seconds. My dad caught his several years ago right before catastrophe. He got lucky and the Primer and Rust ‘96 3/4 Ton is still going strong after a quarter century in service.

The SVX and the Esprit are tangentially related as they are both Giorgetto Giugiaro designs. But, sorry A70 Supra is the correct answer here, at least there are parts out there for them. 

The fatal flaw of the stock 3.545:1 4EAT transmission is cooling. The only transmission cooler stock on the car was a few lines running through the bottom of the radiator. I swapped a later (‘98 MY Forester to be exact) 4.44:1 into my ‘94 (RIP) and a giant, like half the size of the AC condenser, Motorhome…

That Bus Driver lives their life a Quarter Mile at a time is see!

I like the idea. The mix of very different racing disciplines is key. I would be curious to know the definition of “amateur” though. Are we talking no factory backing, are we talking never made or are not currently making money from racing, or does it just mean they have a day job that most of their income comes from?…

As a Pennsylvanian who’s employment was never affected by the lockdowns I agree 100%. I have a rural drive to work and the old gang is all back, the can’t turn off their high beams people, the erratically back out of your driveway without looking with their lights off at 5am people, the drive way too fast through a…