3rd gear is idiotic. 24 hours is no where near enough time to figure out if you actually have a problem, unless they mean 24 hours from the time they manage to reproduce it, which I don't think they do. But hey, someone is using a tragedy as an excuse for some empire building, and that's forward thinking. Remind me,…

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Have you ever driven a car without power steering? If you are in a parking lot, doing less than 5mph, its very hard to turn the wheel, and you usually have to use both hands. By the time you get up to 20 mph the wheel it a tad stiff, but easily turned with one hand. At 50mph there is no way to tell the difference at…

Tangentially related, but the resent thread on horror warranty stories seemed to have more posts about Mazda's than all about all other manufacturers combined. Whats up with that?

At speed? I'm not sure that would even be noticeable, much less how it would cause a sudden swerve.

Help me out, sudden power loss certainly explains the malfunctioning air bag, but how does it explain the sudden swerve? What am I missing here?

80's square nissan Z with a manual. Cheap, reliable, feels faster than it really is, lots of fun.

Take a look at the used discount. If you can find a vehicle that you like for at least 30% less than new, get is used. If the discount is only 10%-15%, might as well buy new.

ECS is a crutch, and may not be a very good one. With it, a driver may never learn how to handle a car that looses traction, and yet, it is not infallible.

How many insurance companies will this bankrupt?

Thats Lauda white.

Does the 10m time count the limp mode that always gets activated or is that the no-limp composite?

My daily commute is well under 12 miles, and exceeding 40 mph is risking a ticket. You would think I would be the perfect customer for a plug in.

Judging by the wobble and the exposed servos, it seems to be a small RC plane. Which means very light payload, which leads me to suspect that the "bombs" are nothing more than painted cardboard.

Should have moved the batteries to the front.

I'm curious, if there was a diesel, could you modify it to roll coal? If so, who would be more confused by the result, the red necks or the enviro-nuts?

First, I started a second checking account, that I did not get a debit card or checks for.

But is an unrecognized chapter really a union? Of what use is a union that cannot negotiate with the employer? Isn't it the UAW chapter a union in name only?

So, you are claiming that once your bank account passes a certain threshold, you loose the ability to understand horsepower? Does this happen immediately, or over night?

It looks like someone left an older viper out in the sun too long and it melted.