In places that actually get a lot of snow, you'll get a ticket for this. I know in my state, it's a $100 fine for not clearing excess snow off your vehicle and they WILL pull you over (and pray in the process none comes off your car). If you've ever followed a panel van and have huge slab of that come at your at…

Please, not this:

They also seem to assume that everyone lives in locations where you can drive gently for 15 minutes or so because they are in suburbs or urban areas. Some of us don't have that option. When I pull out of my driveway, I better be up to 65-70MPH RIGHT THE FUCK NOW or I'm going to be a hood ornament on a Kenworth hauling…

-24 F this morning (static, not wind chill factor, that was -32). Started my truck and it took 9 seconds for oil pressure to register on the gauge. That was a LONG 9 SECONDS. And as I'm sure someone will ask, I use 5W-30 Royal Purple.

It's holiday season, that stretch is leading right up into Franconia Notch and the heart of ski world for the state. Can already tell that Golf doesn't have NH tags, looking at WMUR's photos, there's a lot of red on white plates, not green on white. I bet at least 50% of the cars involved are not from the Granite…

I think they don't understand the average full-sized truck buyer. While I applaud this move and wish Ford and GM would follow in a 1/2 ton, the bigger obstacle either Toyota or Nissan faces in this segment is pretty simple - they aren't Ford, Chevy, GM, or Dodge...errrrr...RAM. Most of your serial truck buyers stick…

Back in the early 90s I worked at a Cadillac dealer. Our service loaners were Pontiac LeMans. Somehow, I think this particular dealer didn't get the memo....

Let's not forget NASA Rally Sport (headed by Anders Green and Kristopher Marciniak) has 13 events already scheduled. Black River and Magnum Opus are always good events. NASA is well-run, the organizers are active on places like Special Stage, they have Rally Moto and National as well as Regional championships. The…

If this was an '88, I'd say NP despite the convertible top, which looks like ass. These handled pretty well and by the end of the run, they really started to be a pretty decent car for the money. They have a cult following which is now bleeding over into the collector market, a good '88 GT or Formula are approaching 5…

IIRC, when Jeff wrapped up the drive in that video, he could have qualified for the Indy F1 race about mid-pack. After what, 2 hours in the car? Not shabby.

Went through that with my Mom. When her trusty '97 Jimmy was totaled in a rear end hit from a bus, she asked me what she should replace it with and gave me a list of what she was looking at - Forrester, CR-V and RAV4. I said get the Subaru, mom, not only isn't it less expensive, it will suit your needs better. The…

Growing up in northern NH, we used to do similar modification to our enduro and dirt bikes for winter use, but ours consisted of a bunch of 3/8 bolts with fender washers inside the tire to keep them from getting pulled out. Worked pretty well as long as you were reasonably accurate in your spacing.

Unless you live in New England, then by skipping that '4x4' check box will pretty much guarantee you will get soaked trying to unload it later on. The difference in price between a used 2x4 and 4x4 in the snow belt is greater than the difference in price new by about a factor of 1.5:1 unless it is a domestic 3/4 ton…

No one is saying 'I want one' because Jalops aren't their target demographic. Any Jalop who wants a Lotus is going to get an Elise or Evora. Since I see most people here have neither, pretty much they don't give a fuck what we think. The goal here is market penetration, they want to sell more cars so Chapter 11…

The Brick is one badass looking plane, still looks mean today. Couldn't turn for a damn but put that sucker down in the weeds and it was fast as hell. IIRC, it took the F-15 to outrun it in a straight line and neither the -14, -18 or -16 could outrun it. The 'vark could but that wasn't really a fighter, was it...

That's going to be a long wait for a call...

Either by the dictionary definition or CT's, it's still a motorcycle. If you put a trailer on the back of a car or a slide-in camper on a truck, they're still a car or a truck, not a semi or a hotel.

You need to remember this was the late 70's, early 80's when Scouts, Jeeps and trucks weren't what they are today. You still had to be a pretty determined and down-to-earth person to want to wheel one of those beasts. You really didn't care who sold them as long as you got one at a decent price. The biggest dealership…

Yeh, if you grew up in the snow belt, you didn't get everyone's brainwashed love of FWD. Remember when they used to tout it as great in snow? I do. What bullshit. Your drive wheels start spinning in the wet stuff and now not only do you have no drive traction, your steering just went out the window...or into the ditch…