That's nothing. I actually grabbed a beer AT A DRIVE THROUGH while driving my van towing a 24 foot 10000lb trailer through Mississippi. Its legal there to be drinking while driving. As long as you are under 0.08!

If he had just agreed to pay it, he would owe 74,000 dollars less.

I'll admit that was perhaps a bad example. Valuecraft batteries are typically the bottom of the line, near cheapest option. They have lower cranking ratings, shorter warranties, much lower reserve capacities, shorter design life, and (even admitted by autozone) are built to the minimum requirements. Their Duralast,…

Last line: 'Taken while recharging my AC after replacing a hose that rubbed through today.'

I didn't say wrenching. A quick way to ID a gearhead isnt simply doing the maintenance, but taking pride in doing it. Not buying the bottom of the line minimum quality parts, not waiting until something is a problem before fixing it, not letting shitty fixes slide.

I'll be using a non blue colored fluid on the next change out because it looks dirty, but mostly because I ran out of the huge supply (a whole case of bottles!) I got in a closeout sale.

About 6 months old. The van pictured is heavily modified, running axles with F550 front and rear rotors, and uses blue DOT 5.1 brake fluid.

If they drive an older vehicle, their engine bay. I don't mean is it clean and free of dirt. Any idiot can spray some awfully corrosive degreaser everywhere, rinse it, and douse the thing with armorall. Look at the work that has been done.

They pay attention to the details, not actually get it right every time. The reason i had pulled the ashtray was to reinstall said spring as it had popped out.

You wanna see how the germans handle this kinda stuff? Pull the ash tray from a Mercedes era Chrysler 300 or any of the 2005+ era Mercedes vehicles. Flip it over, and you will see the calibration sticker for the spring, which measures in newton meters, the force needed to open close the tray. I'll snag a pic next…

Properly rated Rope is fully acceptable. In fact, one of the better recovery tools I have ever used is 'Bubba Rope.' (I am not talking harbor freight tow ropes, I mean the real deal, which is what it appears they are using here.) Steel cables are not acceptable for yanking, as steel cable fails rapidly when…

I say this.. a LOT on jalopnik. Recovery of stuck vehicles is one of the more dangerous aspects of offroading. have the right equipment, the right technique, and right safety mindset when doing it.

That save is how you snap shafts :P Surprised that axle held up. I've broken better axles with less drop than that.

Thats never worth it. Our guys are instructed to leave the vehicle if there are issues. If they are assaulted they call the police. If their lives are in danger or serious bodily harm is possible, then it is up to the individual how they wish to handle it. We do not care about the cars as much as we care about…

I work for a finance company and deal with our repo agencies all the time. We frequently get 'my car didn't have its nose smashed' complaints. All of our repo agencies use DVRs. We review the video, and have never, ever lost such a claim. I have seen hundreds of repos. The only thing that slows down your average…

They failed this 96 F350 CCLB 4x4 once during inspection, because the mechanic thought it had been lifted. It admittedly sits tall, but no more so than Factory. Its just not a common vehicle in Hawaii, not back in 2000 anyway. I had to pay a 15 dollar recon inspection fee, at which point they noted the vehicle had…

A lift with a dolly and 2 guys can steal an AWD car in about 20 seconds. They can strap it down half a mile later. A FWD car can be taken in about 3 seconds.

In Hawaii, officers are allowed to use their Personally Owned Vehicles as patrol cars. They are given funds to do so, and the only modification is a removable blue light on top.

Hard to call it an imposter when ford owned Aston Martin from 87-06, and still owns around 10% of it. Ford actually builds their V8 and V12 engines.

Honestly, their interiors have been pretty decent for over a decade. As long as you dont buy a decontented bottom of the line fleet car. Which is what 90% of the cars on the used market are.