I’m going to say a tax evasion scheme at this point. Seeming that they were primarily destined for China which is maybe not the most indepth on their investigations and doesn’t give a shit about intellectual property anyway, “on paper” they imported 1 vin number, in reality they have burner VINs designed to be peeled…

Ah the Buick Potato, I too have real deep seated hatred for this car.

<checks page again> Nope, not Torchlopnik.

Jesus.

Nope, just somebody that hates seeing other people make the same mistakes I have previously in vehicular purchases.

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I didn’t see his year mentioned but he could have lucked out with an 01.5 or 02 with the rear disks, they aren’t all bad. I don’t know if you can do it on the 2wds or not, but I did the 3rd gen upgrade on the front brakes of my 01 4x4 which also helped a ton.

not with a HD truck, not with a straight axle.

Yeah, on a 12V the oil fill probably would have been in the spot where the vent is on the 24 valves. the vent was usually out the tappet cover on the 12V’s.

some people have a hard time swallowing the cost of a lift pump/filter setup that costs what 4 or 5 OE style lift pumps cost. If you have a low pressure light or gauge its still less than a FASS or Airdog equivalent and it solves the problem. Now, if you’re going to modify the truck like most are want to do, then you…

I work on these trucks daily and I’ve owned 6 now of varying years, if you have questions you might want to file my name to memory. The APPS, MAP, and crank sensors can be problematic as well. One other thing to remember/check out, is that coming out of the front of the timing cover is a black oil separator that dumps…

Do yourself a favor and get a fuel lift pressure gauge on it. The lift pumps shit out with alarming regularity and they almost always take out the VP44 injection pump when it happens. 1300 down the toilet every time.

Old escort?

Are any manufacturers advertising towing figures to the SAE standards yet? Is there an agreement for a date to start if not?

Depends on your usage case. If you plan on any auto-x or track days, the more expensive rims will be much more durable and handle the cornering stress way better. If you just daily drive some beige mobile, have at the bargain bin you’ll never have an issue.

I once rode in one, it was terrible.

I would invite anybody to look at the blue book on one of these. 7200 is about twice what they typically fetch in good condition. Replacement parts on these are typically jag only which if he’s used to XJS prices that shouldn’t be a terrible thing. Get a trans service right out of the get go and be prepared to get the…

If you’re over about 5'5" the car is impossible to drive. I had to work on a co-workers once, thinking yeah I’ll just drive it home to my shop from work. 60 miles of hell. I finally found a car more useless than an Audi TT.

If the Tesla actually comes in at $35k and change the act of buying the Chevy potato for anything more than that is absolutely unconscionable, I don’t care how long it takes to get it.  

I replied further down, but, this.