This is right in my wheel house. I’m looking to spend $50k-ish for a toy car. I absolutely love DB9s, I think they are one of the most beautiful cars ever made. But this is a classic example that just because you can afford to buy a car, can you afford to own the car? I can not. That’s why I’m going with the “safe…

Ehh, walleye fishermen on Lake Erie will argue with you about drift fishing. It’s how you catch walleye in the spring when they’re coming close to shore to feed and spawn.

It’s not vigilante justice if you’re defending yourself or your property.  Committing theft is what’s not justified. 

Hmm, a 3.0L V-12 plug-in hybrid setup would be interesting. Get a screaming engine that isn’t horrible on gas for the sound, the batteries and motors to make sure the quickness is there.

It always surprises me that the primary role of a flight attendant get’s glossed over and that role is to keep you safe in the case of an emergency. All of their training is for the passengers safety. Getting you a pillow, serving you food and beverages, or any other comfort related task you may ask of them is an…

I think the programming also adds a bit of fuel along with pulling back the timing to help prevent knock. So with premium, you could see a bit better mileage as well (not enough to off-set the cost difference though). This isn’t new news either, the S197 Mustangs with the 4.6 had the same issue. Plenty of dyno runs…

Motor Trend has the ‘03 Lightning at 5.4 0-60. A good friend had one, it was a hoot. All that torque. If you could somehow put the modern 10 speed automatic from the current F-150s into the truck, I bet it’s sub 5 seconds. I thought about building a modern Lightning, you can order a Reg cab short bed F-150 with the…

Of course WeatherTech makes floor mats for the Chiron, the owner of WeatherTech needed as set for his Chiron.

These sure are popular in my area. I see them everywhere. Wiki says 1st year sales were 58K, so apparently Kia sold about 20% of them in Columbus, OH

No gripe about Nissan making too much money. I’m not a millennial neo-socialist. What I didn’t realize was you could get what us old guys call a “stripper” that was that cheap. Every test I read were of optioned up models which would leave me asking why spend that much on a Z when there are so many other options in…

IMHO, what needs to happen is someone who’s goal is to be an app only and not some grandiose technology company that uses their ride share app to fund self driving cars, etc.... That way they can keep the overhead low and make good money for the drivers and the app developers. Ride the wave of rideshare services while…

Except they really weren’t that cheap. Nissan should have shaved some money off them, it’s not like the R&D on the platform wasn’t paid off before the 370Z appeared.

My dad worked rotating shifts (he was 3 8s, not 2 12s) and that rotation around night shift was brutal for the whole house, but then he would get 8 days off before the next rotation started. Unfortunately, his company was short staffed, so he also had lots of mandatory OT covering other shifts so he rarely got that 8…

Ehh, I’m not so sure about the topend you’re remembering. I had an ‘85 Olds Toronado and got left in the dust racing down a highway by a buddy in a late 80's Nissan compact (Sentra??? was that the nameplate back then, I can’t remember). I’d say about 100MPH is where the E bodies with the 307 topped out.

1st Gear: I’ve had a Ford Transit on order since early February and was told by my dealer it should get here in 7-8 weeks. I still haven’t been assigned a VIN or build week. I hope I get by the end of June, but I’m not holding my breath. I have a suspicion that even when the Transit plant is running, they’re cranking…

Let’s add some further perspective. You know what my parents drove once I came along and they dropped to a single income, stay-at-home mom household? Dad drove used basic pickup trucks and mom got clean late model used cars with 4 doors. Speaking of the Comanche, I learned to drive on my dad’s 86 in 1991. 4cyl 2wd…

But weren’t the big block pony cars (Cobra Jets, Boss 429, SS396, etc...) considered muscle cars back then?  I thought as long as they had a big block and were build for quarter mile racing and not Trans-Am, they counted?

Guys back then weren’t buying top of the line cars anymore than they are today. It’s why those top of the line cars go for big money at auction due to low production numbers. My dad graduated HS in ‘63 with a vo-tech education as a machinist, did 2 years in the Navy active duty, then got a job as a machinist in ‘65…

There was a 4th gen coupe in Snakeskin green with white stripes on BaT last summer that got my attention. That color combo is sharp! I did bid, but chickened out about $3K from the end. I was a bit over my budget, but not dangerously so. I still have moments of regret, but the sensible part of me knows it was the…

TT is less jumpy. You could argue that Supermoto is an evolution of TT even though Sumo’s roots lie in the made for TV Superbiker events from the early 80's. Traditionally a TT is almost an oval with 1 right hand sweeper mixed in and 1 or 2 single jumps designed to launch you out rather than up. Back in the day, they…