However, it is not always a standard practice. Some of shops charge actual hours worked and you must really trust them to do it efficiently. Otherwise they will slack around and customer gets the high bill. I always ask for a price per job from dealers/unknown places. If they are good they consider bad cases.

I think there is some US rule for compartments opening during crash, etc. Maybe that what it is for. In case of VW Golf R, german engineers went super cheap and simply locked out middle storage armrest so cannot open at all. Gotta give Japanese credit to be a bit more creative

When it comes to usage of this word I was always confused about it. Like when you see gangsta rap, it is used instead of punctuation and is considered acceptable. When you see movies, some characters use it freely. On the streets, it is a greeting, threat, even sign of friendship, acknowledgement or disappointment.…

Something is a bit fishy about the whole story. I remember Sandy in New York and how people drove their cars to the beach in order to total them. There were many reasons, like unwanted lease, problems with cars, pre-existing damage, etc. After driving around rockaways after storm, I saw some sweet cars there (you…

Believe it or not, but it is common in industry. You buy machine with certain configuration and specs. However, manufacturer can give you higher end machine with “limiters” or “breaks” that are usually done via software. It reduces development cost for stocking multiple machines and gives customer flexibility to…

Apparently climbing bridges in favorite past time among Russian kids:

I am surprised that more people don’t die from that stupid behavior. I can easily picture person being broken in half. Lucky she lived to tell the tale, considering she didn’t wear a seatbelt. (so her body was free-moving as airbag was exploding).

The front actually looks quite good, the back is meh. I wonder how is the interior. I personally would never pick it over Golf, but for many it could be good alternative.

I traveled from NY to take on dragon multiple times and driver etiquette is essential for surviving the road. We had safety brief which was clear: stay between mustard and mayo (reference to lines)

Gas was cheaper in NJ, now it is cheaper in NY, so that pleasure is gone

And here is the kicker:

Dude, I take CT version of 95 anyday.

In NYC, opposite can be true.

I personally hate that annoying Ice Cream Truck tune. I lived in Brooklyn most of my early life and there was nothing worse than that sweet can parked under you window at 8am on Sunday and blasting that tune while your hangover is beating the crap out of you.

I looked Confederate in dictionary, and I learned some history about (north) American south. I see that you associate everybody there to be black hating, slavery loving hillbillies. But for some it has more meaning than that. Can’t deny that it creates tension as Confederates are identified as anti-establishment…

What I remember from previous articles, it wasn’t some cars-and-coffee get together. Neighbors do much worse shit that have a hobby. Hell, if he was neighbor, I would want to be on good terms with him so he won’t mind me using his lift from time to time.

Personally I am not strictly against street racing, assuming it is far from non-participants and residential areas.
When in NYC, I used to stop by those meets in industrial areas. It was mostly place to hangout and occasionally a race broke out. And before somebody says that there are drag strips, racetracks. In NYC,…

Most phones are tracking location, I can probably just get his phone and re-trace his steps that night, pointing to sweet location of forgotten 911

And too often I see people with iphone headphones on while driving

Am I the only one missing old NFS titles where one spend hours watching and reading additional content while drooling about supercars, admire beautiful (pixelated) scenery....