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.... in other news, aftermarket OEM-look black valve covers are going for $5000....

C&D did the mashup of an MS3 drivetrain in a Mazda5.

A: Go General Aviation.

Just checking, for when we desperately need your services later this afternoon/evening.

... will you be in your room, $kay?

Reading this, it took me a little while to figure out what slide meant in this context.
My initial mental picture of a fun house or waterpark style slide on the RV was... probably something Sir Torchinsky would create a great graphic for.

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They really have one called 4play and you didn’t lead with that?

As a college freshman (around 1993) my class took a trip to Quebec.

Snowball’s chance Acura might rediscover that there’s this little thing known as a manual transmission?

I had and enjoyed an ‘85 Cougar with the non-HO V8.

Fun fact: the VW Beetle in the movie was driven by the father of a childhood friend of mine. He effectively wandered into the middle of the shoot, on the non-closed roads.

Circa 1993, a friend of mine was babysitting his professor’s house for a semester or two. One of the requirements around that was to exercise the prof’s Dodge Omni once in a while. Since my friend didn’t know how to drive stick, I happily took on that responsibility.

He WON!

As a cyclist and a pilot (and driver as well), the constant bearing decreasing range concept is always on my mind.

1: New 2001 VW Jetta 1.8T - my first new car. Used cars were something you negotiated on, but new cars are all the same. So... I walked in, test drove, confirmed the price was *MSRP*, and paid it. Derp.

I’ll take it from here.

Well... I guess one good thing about being a low-volume luxury Italian automaker is that recalling your mobile fires represents only 1406 cars.

Yes, it does have that ignored sign, as the attendant lamented to me.

PSA: If you have Costco gas, don’t be like the customer sometime before my visit yesterday, and put the nozzle into the tank upside-down. That is, Costco brags of long hoses to reach either side of the vehicle... but don’t have the hose going over the top of the car.