So, fun story. Growing up, we didn’t have central air and had a pile of window units (7-8) in the house. When something when wrong with one that dad couldn’t fix, he didn’t throw it away, and kept it around in the basement thinking that the freon had to be disposed of properly.

We just bought a ‘23 Mazda CX-9 GT (Soul Red!) from Davis-Moore in Wichita, KS. We live about 3 hours from there (the local dealer—Nelson—is great, but didn’t have the car in the exact spec we wanted). I was trading in my ‘18 Tacoma as well. All negotiations were handled over email, text & phone, and were smooth,…

This sounds like a recipe for completely artificial racing. Other than qualifying, there would be very little driver skill involved in making the difference during the Sunday race.

Every part of this sounds dumb. The current DRS system is fine, and does a good job of compensating for the inherent advantage a lead car always has from clean air. I’d rather not mess with that, but... 

Actually, the Tyre Extinguishers are targeting literally any vehicle that even looks like an SUV. Their site shows a Nissan Juke, a Jeep Compass, and a Toyota RAV4 Hybrid as examples of SUVs.

While I 100% support fighting climate change, pissing people off and alienating them to your cause (see also, vandalizing classic artworks) doesn’t seem like the smartest way to do it. Urbanites are more likely to be your allies anyway, why not head out into the country and deflate tires on big pickup trucks owned by…

We at least got a loaner car this time around, but it was so poorly maintained I really wasn’t getting warm feelings from this dealer.

Sounds like my local Saab-Cadillac-GMC store that always took three visits to fix any problem: one to diagnose and tell me they have to order the parts, another to install the parts and break something else in the process and a third to fix whatever went wrong on the second visit. As soon as the car was out of…

At this point, the line between a mid-size and a full-size has almost vanished, maybe a little more narrow and a shorter wheelbase, but otherwise, there’s no real benefit. The cost is nearly the same, weight, fuel economy, height, capability, etc.

didn’t you hear? $60k is the new $19,999

Want to know how to fail a meticulously maintained Honda in a safety inspection? I know of one mechanic that found out how.

2000 Superduty 5.4 V8 Take it to a local Midas and tell them its leaking from the passenger exhaust manifold.  Go to pick it up they tell me it was actually the driver side.  Im like boy it really sounded like the passenger but whatever.  Driving home and it still has the same exhaust leak.  Call the service guy he…

I had a 2000 4Runner and one day the clutch pedal went straight to the floor. I was near our local shop that I used for oil changes, so I just drove straight over to him - no stop lights on the way.

I bought a 1970 Buick Wildcat convertible from the gentleman who had owned it for 40 years. It was an all-original, number-matching survivor.

Took my car to Eurotech for a smoke test because I do not have the equipment. They started going thru diagnosis of why it was idling rough which is why I wanted the smoke test. They proceed to turn it into the car is dead and it came back to me on a flatbed at my expense. Back to nobody knows how to work on them even…

I’ll give you a twofor but the same vehicle and two different scenarios. The car was my 81 Audi Coupe. It’s 1987 ish and this car was a car I used ALOT. Did like 80K miles in less than 3yrs of commuting to school, work and ski trips.

Just an attempted ripoff. Took one of my Volvo 740s to Sears for a state inspection. The tech failed it for “bad tie rod ends” - except they were about a month old, and genuine Volvo parts, installed by me. Quoted me $600 - which would have been a total ripoff if I had paid it. A buddy of mine is a state cop - in…

His prior record matters, greatly, speaking to his character. If this goes to trial, many character witnesses will be called to prove, along with his presumed lack of criminal history, that he’s just an inexperienced driver (relative to his age) who made a mistake.

I’m going to call b.s. on the “charge 190 miles/week” claim. Maybe if you took the surface area of the car, laid it out flat in Arizona, and allowed it to charge in ideal conditions it might work?