at least he cleaned all the crap out of his car in just a days time!
I blew a tranny.
I know what you mean. The guy who delivered my last pizza was about 10 years older than I am and recently lost a job with benefits. Now he has no health benefits, gets paid shit, and they want to tax him more. I always hook these guys up with a pretty good tip.
Nothing helps the economy more like a super regressive tax that harms people with long commutes to jobs that pay minimum wage. The last pizza delivery guy I knew was wondering what to do with the excess money he had after maxing out his 401k and Roth.
Many commenters are bitching about the Mini driving too fast and passing on the right. Need I point out that if those slow ass bastards weren't in the left lane the Mini would probably be using it. Out in the country you tend to find lane discipline but in the city and those from the city don't give a shit about…
Nothing like trial by fire to improve your mechanic (and safety) skills.
They stopped doing it when they started producing the NB (99+ in the US). I had a 97 (final model year NA in the US), and it was definitely afflicted with the window switch corrosion issue. When I had my center console apart for shift boot replacement, I gave it a blast of CRC QD Electrical contact cleaner which…
As a car-nerd whose enthusiasm was jump-started by the most unimaginably awesome car he had ever seen, The Diablo (long story) and therefore a HUGE (and I cannot stress that word enough) Lamborghini fan, I cannot thank you enough for this article! :)
"High as a sputnik satellite," is the phrase you were looking for, Travis.
Somehow not surprised this ends with an airbag.
Even if it did have that equipment, it still wouldn't be able to keep pace with a new V6 Accord.
It's a vintage bus hitting a massive jump in the middle of the desert and crash landing on top of an outdoor AC unit to show the machine's toughness. Why aren't car ads this cool?
Procession was in no way at fault here...complete idiot driver not looking ahead and locking up his brakes in a late, panic-braking situation was.