I couldn't agree more. Many, if not most, "rebuilt salvage" cars in Michigan are the work of small body shops trying to keep their bays full. The most common technique is to buy two wrecks, one with front-end damage and another with rear-end damage, and join them together. Knowing how car bodies are assembled, I would…

I grew up in Lansing, Michigan - the metro area that Kelmark was based - and I got to ride in "Toro-vairs" a couple of times. Those were kind of cool...and this is not.

Great article. It is strongly recommended to open the bleeder valves prior to compressing the caliper pistons, as compressing the piston(s) can drive particulates that accumulate in the caliper into the rest of the braking system, including the ABS/TCS hydraulics. Ideally, the fluid should be replaced (flushed), is it…

Agreed - this is more of a "sport-Hyper"; it will be interesting to see how the market accepts this. It isn't on my RADAR...

This is more of a "hyper-bike" (a la Hayabusa, ZX-14, etc.), and probably shouldn't be compared to top-tier sport-bikes. Hypers have a place in the bike world as a kind of "super GT", similar to a hi-po Bently - fast, loads of torque, fun to ride two-up. There are a lot of people, myself included, that love…

I've had three of these: two for street riding and one for pavement "top-speed" meets. They're hugely fun, but their mystique has attracted more than their fair share of ego-based buyers...the type that "rode a dirt bike once and doesn't need to start on some puny starter bike". These people we invariably the slowest…

This has been debunked too many times to count...the suspension shares a layout similar to the W210, and the WA580/NAG1 5-speed transmission is basically a Mercedes 722.6, but all of the hard-points are different and I can count parts that can be interchanged between the two platforms on one hand...

The Valkyrie wasn't crazy - the engineering was sound - and it didn't fail to meet its objectives, rather the objectives changed.

My favorite: the F-111B

I have a standing deposit for one with my dealer. I just need to make sure that I don't get stuck with a white one; hoping that I can finagle a "Granite Crystal Metallic" (dark grey) to match it's stable-mate...

If you got car problems I feel bad for you son
I've got 99 problems but a fake badge ain't one

The "Gemany" video reminds me of a "60 Minutes" episode that was filmed in New York City, where dozens of people responded similarly to the toad driving the Skoda. One guy, perhaps a cab driver, actually got out of his car and admonished the ambulance driver, telling him he might as well shut off his siren - because…

0 - Go to the dealer with the best reputation. The 0.01% that you may (key word: "may") save by going to the "cheap but awful" dealer isn't worth it if anything goes wrong.

I agree with most of your position on this, but I think you're being generous about its utility as either a car or a plane. My plane is just "OK" in the pantheon of planes, but it beats this hands-down because it's no carrying any "car stuff", which adds weight and drag. Same in "car mode" - it's carrying a LOT of…

Could you be a little less cryptic? I'm guessing you are referring to Chrysler 41/42TE failures, which were largely normalized about....20 years ago.

Hell, my kids are grown and I still drive Chrysler minivans when needed. Right tool for the job, when the job involves comfortably hauling a lot of people and stuff. I could give a rat's ass what someone thinks when they see me in the van. I've got 99 problems, and "minivan shame" ain't one...

It would be worth it if the builder managed to properly convert CAN messages to and from the largely analog interior, so that accessories (such as the instrument cluster and the climate control) work properly. Worth about $2K less if it doesn't, given that it would take a weekend with a CAN bus analyzer and a decent…

I'm a hetro male and, despite that, I am more than a little annoyed with overt and implied sexuality/sexism in comics. Are comic authors merely using these as a crutch for a lack of writing ability, or is it just shear laziness? Are these comics telling a story, or are they a just supplement to lingerie adds as…

This is the "Hayabusa Conundrum": people buying a top-tier performance vehicle as a lifestyle device, and little else. Rest assured that there are some of us that use a significant fraction of our performance envelopes on the track and street.

Unless you're on a runway or in a 2CV don't try to max out your car, especially if it's a GT-R like macanamera's.