Steve, you could not be more wrong. If you are upset about something, it is best to insult, scream and cry that you are being treated unfairly. That way, people will definitely know it’s their fault and are morally obliged to help you better. If you feel marginalized by a dealership, it is frequently hard to distance…

Nothing wrong in principle with the c5 corvette. But if you want a c5 corvette, don’t hack up an RX7 to get one. Get a C5 in the first place.

No they are not. RX7’s are defined by their rotary engine. Swapping an LS in them is just stupid since you just end up with a miniature c5 corvette.

Let me explain to you why you are being stupid.

This was from waay back when the full link was often obscured due to bad Kinja.

More surface contact yes, but it’s not utilized as efficiently since the ‘root’ of the shoe does much more work than the rest. That is also why high performance drum brakes would have three shoes (can’t find a damn picture though). Drum brake shoes also need to be formulated to make little dust, as dust accumulates in…

oh wow what great reasoning, you’re definitely the first to make this inane statement about another car. Hint, the Yugo also has rear drum brakes

Get your head out of your american ass. Commercial trucks that value stopping performance over penny pinching use discs (ie. everyone except the americans) Modern trains use discs as well. I refer you to the Talbot TCR amongst many others.

You’re wrong regarding maintenance. Have you ever changed brake pads and have you ever changed brake shoes? Brake shoes is a bitch, brake pads is a breeze.

you read it your damn self. A Toyota salesperson tells you there is nothing wrong with rear drums, which the Toyota Tacoma he’s hawking coincidentally comes equipped with?

Life goes on, much like those trucks, which have a braking distance measured in nautical miles.

Yeah, the Dodge engineer probably said that when defending some outrageous penny pinching on Dodge’s behalf. Drums suck and discs are better. Drums are also a pain to replace the shoes in. If you even get the drum off. With a bit of luck, the shoes have abraded the inner surface of the drum so much you need to cock…

Oh sure. VW was smart to fit drum brakes since those are damn cheap and don’t have to do anything because nobody ever uses their Amarok for hauling anything heavy. Good thinking on VW’s part. Shit reasoning for those who might want to use the truck as advertised.

Also, the Volkswagen Amarok has rear drum brakes. Which is pathetic as it isn’t the 60’s anymore, and the Amarok isn’t a small city car. It is considered a large truck here in the Netherlands. But nobody uses them for work. They are solely for making a statement since real work is done with vans. The Amarok is for the…

I went to the BMW museum a week ago. It was nice, with all the BMW’s we know and love (507, 2002, Batmobile, E21 group 5), and a few rooms with nothing but engines to show why BMW is called Bayerische Motoren Werken. There was also a room with a few racing cars. And then another room with racing cars. And then another…

friction disc damper!

I think most people know the likes and dislikes of men are indeed wide and varied. However, this is not something that you would guess from TV shown on what men are supposed to think. Hence the hypothetical possibility that an american TV show would take the high road and celebrate this in an open, earnest and…

Talking purely hypothetical here. Tripe, stereotypical ‘manly’ TV show stuff has been around for a while. So if a show is called ‘what men really think’, one could assume that it would forego the stereotypical crap. The one (and only) example of this would be James May’s Man Lab, which is a glorious bit of television…

e28 with the eta engine. Economical, comfortable, stylish, cheap, dead reliable. I’ve been on a few roadtrips in one of those and it never missed a beat. The trunk is large enough for everything for 4 guys to go camping.

That’s great to hear! I am envious of your location.