I commented on the piston compression tool as well. I ruined my ‘05 Malibu’s rear calipers by forcing them to compress with a c-clamp, and nearly did the same with the replacement calipers until the dude at Autozone corrected me.

C-clamps don’t work for all disc brakes.

Good luck in your new venture, and I’ll look forward to seeing your writing in the future. Your insight will be sorely missed on Jalopnik.

Merle Haggard gave me the finger once.

So, did Ali attempt to apologize to Nicole? I wasn’t there, and this back-and-forth is sort of making me want to punch a hoagie.

Sick burn, bro.

I had an ‘81 Accord hatch as my first car, and I can confirm it’s way smaller than my ‘15 Accord. My ‘86 Civic Si was smaller than the current Fit as well.

Hey Michael, take a look at this Honda Z I posted to Oppo a few weeks back, sitting next to a new Fit.

If you have a large project you’re about to begin, just about any place will offer a discount of some sort. The big box stores are not always the cheapest. Do yourself a favor and check some of the other places you wouldn’t normally consider.

Very much this.

Having worked in a furniture store that sold mattresses in the ‘90s, I know the “except by consumer” thing was on there then. I also know there were inspectors who came into the store looking for them. Occasionally when we put out a display set on the floor, one of the tags would get ripped off and I’d get talked to…

I hadn’t heard of the Gordon Keeble before. I now know what it is and why it is awesome. Thank you for this.

Is doing donuts in front of a national war memorial in poor taste? Hell yeah it is, but since LeBlanc and Block are both Americans, I’m willing to give them the benefit of the doubt here and maybe assume they didn’t really know what they were donut-ing in front of.

Sorry for the late response, but when we were car shopping last summer, we stopped at the local Mazda dealership to test drive. The salesman kept telling us, “You’re paying a little more for it because...you know....ZOOMZOOM...”.

and this new Civic is by comparison wider, taller and longer than that by almost half a car.

I agree...this needs to be nearer the top.

An ‘81 Accord hatch was my first car. It was horribly rusted. On the day we picked it up, my dad accidentally popped the ‘Honda’ badge off the hatch while picking at the rust around it. He then handed the badge to me and walked away, to look at something else.

1. Mitsubishi Mirage
2. K-car Lebaron Convertible
9. Lamborghini LM002

I’ve seen the overpasses turn into tractor-trailers across the road at 3AM on the return trip from Yellowstone to Ohio. That’s when I decided to pull off at the next rest area.