And that 12v conversion is pretty easy. New battery, new generator, new regulator a step down for the wiper motor (which you can overdrive a bit) and all new bulbs. If it takes you more than a day, you’re doing it wrong.

The older ones are not THAT much harder to get parts for. I’ve got a 1957 (Oval window) and I’ve got no issues. Now, if you’re talking pre-1955, maybe a little bit. But, compared to so many other cars there is IMMENSE aftermarket support for VWs.

On the rear of the engine (the end you can see) there actually is no oil seal. There is a grove machined in to it that acts as a pump to push the oil back in to the engine...

Yep, mine was in Minneapolis. My wife also got a parking ticket in the mail for a truck that had been totalled 4 year earlier. The hoops we had to jump through to prove we didn’t own the truck and, no, we had no idea how it could have been parked illegally... We actually had to get out insurance company involved! …

You can ask the dealer not to install it if it isn’t already... I’ve done that multiple times.

This is true. I got a ticket in MN for not having a registration sticker (or “tag”) on my FRONT plate from IL (required only on the rear). I got the ticket dismissed, but it was annoying. Parking enforcement w/ nothing better to do.

Aside from some minor language, this is actually one of the more tame Marvel movies. It’s more comedic, similar to Deadpool, but with none of the language, graphic violence/gore or sex.

In total, yes. Amazon is profitable. But, if you look at their P&L and/or any SEC filing, you can clearly see that several parts of the business are running off of free cash flow, and not a traditional EBITDA business. So, overall, yes, Amazon is profitable. Prime loses money. The retail arm is break even at…

You aren’t wrong.

Because, according to Car Talk, when its upside down, people are looking for the “710" cap.

I agree 100%.

This is evidently the 7-series Clive Owen was driving in the John Frankenheimer directed BMW film The Hire.

Yep. This is the answer.

They managed to break something expressly designed to take an impact. That takes some skill.

Right. It’s the melding of influences. Like, say, America!

The Chicago Dog has a real history... and its all based on immigrants.

Miata. You forgot Miata.

Part of the issue here is BMW’s “maintenance included” plan which offers infinitely long oil change intervals and “lifetime fill” trans and diffs. It’s cheaper to include maintenance if you do little maintenance.

Our Dodge Durango specifically requires a minimum of 89 octane. Not sure why...

We ran out of gas in a VERY bad neighborhood in New Orleans... We saw the gas station, but couldn’t get to it from where we were, so had to make a loop. We went a touch too far, and got in to a really bad part of town that that felt light years from French Quarter even though it was only two miles or so away. Houses…