AMC. Sure, Jeep product popularity and Chryco keeping the 258 and 360 in production into the 90s means machanicals are generally available. And wearable suspension components generally interchange from the 60s onward. But try to find repop sheet metal, trim, or interior parts for anything that isn’t an AMX. Almost…

The CoBRA motors are extremely cool. My grandfather used to have a “block” sitting at his shop. The block weighs about 10 pounds, is maybe 12”x8”x3” and had a shaft driven OHC. That right, a shaft with bevel gears at each end drove an overhead cam. It also had corrosion holes everywhere, which I suspect led to its…

I’m not saying these are worthwhile services, especially if your car is running fine. But they probably said intake cleaning. On port injected engines, reversion can allow fuel and trace amounts of oil to be pushed/ pulled into the intake manifold. It turns into a sticky gum that can coat sensors and bind throttle…

And they were getting Lifetime Powertrain warranties from Chrysler on top of all that. Great deal if you just wanted basic transit in an ugly wrapper.

When I fly for work, I have to book with their online agent and cannot choose a more expensive seat even if I wanted to pay the difference, and am limited in the carriers I can choose from. I’m sure there are others in the same situation. So don't automatically assume the tall guy you're laying on chose to be a…

Yes and no. To the dismay of most American whiskey producers, Jack Daniels can currently be legally considered bourbon. That is not historically accurate, however, and is not accepted in the region. Go to Lynchburg and call their product bourbon. You’ll be ran out of town by all 461 residents. The Kentucky historic…

Considering the requirements of bourbon are legally defined, and neither Jack Daniels nor it’s flavored ilk meet those requirements, I don’t really think that’s being pedantic. Also, someone who is getting paid to write about booze AND was presumably looking at the bottle as you wrote this has no excuse for getting…

The aroma suggested basic, honest bourbon blended with cinnamon schnapps, which is essentially what the label promises.

“Frankly I figured he was an off-roader who’d been dumb enough to bring an International Scout or something and needed a ride to a mechanic.”

Assuming that $7B figure is only factored on total F&I revenue from new cars, the total per unit was only around $450 per car, less than 2% of the average retail transaction price last year. Big number on its own, but a pretty reasonable number on a per unit basis.

Are they apples to apples cars though? Also, no one is forced to buy from CarMax, and they discount based on days on inventory so eventually that car sold to someone for a price they were willing to pay. I fail to see that as a rip off. And again, book value and condition don’t matter if that car isn’t what they want.…

Your BMW was just too old, despite the condition. Carmax generally prefers less than 5 MYs old or 60k, but stretches it a little for desirable models or excellent condition. I sold them my financed my 08 WRX with 82k for $12,600 in 2013, which wasn’t far off private party transactions at the time. I didn’t have to…

Every US market STI can do it given the space. They are ECU limited to 155 from the factory and have no trouble getting there.

Nothing really wrong with an 04, and a few things right (better front diff, lighter, raw-er), but around here 15k seems to be the normal price for an 04 or 05 with a clean title, unless it’s exceptionally low miles or very well built. Won’t get a hawk anywhere near 15k though.

Your statement is completely true! In 1995. The Accord is barely better than the Camry dynamically and the Civic feels ancient and porky. The rest of the lineup is snoozefest SUVs that aren’t remarkable in any way, a 10 year old “pickup” and a nice minivan that's also entering it's golden years. .

That's assuming the NSX enters production before the world runs out of fossil fuels. I'd put the odds at 50/50.

You have to drive them to know. Sure, the GTI “has a nice interior” and “looks like an adults car” (Matt Foley voice) but they are very calm and mild mannered, which means boring. GD WRX’s and especially STI’s feel like they’re flying at 50mph, yet are stable at 150 and can take a corner faster than you probably have…

At $15k you should be able to find a good driver blob eye STI. Having had a WRX and now an STI, the price difference is definitely worth it, even for the 6 speed alone.

It’s wide due to the OHCs, about 250 pounds heavier and has roughly the same HP. The 3.7/4.7 were meant to be relatively simple and fuel efficient motors for SUVs and light trucks, not for horsepower. It would’ve probably been slower with the 4.7. Don't discredit the 3.5 though, it's my spotted about 15 hp to the GM…

If you’re in your 20’s, you didn't see the advent of a single one of the technologies you listed. Also, most experts on the subject agree that it will be decades before hydrogen fuel cells are feasible on any real scale, if ever. Battery technology and the safer productin of such is likely to come sooner, and the…