What happened to all of the designers at Honda? Why must they overstyle their cars? Ten years ago, they were still clean, understated, but sharp, transcending trendy flame, creases, bullshit lighting bling, etc. Did they all quit, retire, or go work for someone else? All of their staple cars are trying so hard to look…

Missed my shot, but I have one. In my senior year in college, I had a 1988 Mazda B2200 pile that I got from a dead guy. It came equipped with the worlds worst vacuum operated, computer controlled carburetor that was impossible to fix, due to a leaking vacuum controlled secondary throttle plate. Also, at the time, if…

Sounds like cheap insurance given their modus operandi.

$60/eighth? Where are YOU buying your weed? Must be paying a delivery charge.

Fun story,

You trust the e-brake a lot parking up on that precipice! I salute you!

Boom goes the dynamite

My father drives a Mustang!

Wave goodbye to the middle class, kids!

You can have any color, as long as it’s black.

It’s a lot of go, and given it’s a clean shell, for the money, if a Nova is your thing. You’ll have to do your due diligence and see if the engine was installed correctly, and wasn’t a hillbilly job. But, it’s going to need power brakes, HVAC, re-upholstery, and power steering would be nice. Must be an absolute…

Kind of like this: Olds Hurst Lightning Rods.

A rust free K5 Blazer, an ex-military CUCV M1008 or M1009, with the non-turbo 6.2 Detroit Diesel. Not fast, but it’ll keep running long after the body turns to dust. The Blazer can serve double duty, plus there are spares for days. You’ll find those things at every airport and military base for the next 100 years.

Real quick, pull ovah. I gotta hit up Cumbies for a laaage ice and the two fah parlies, dude.

Dude, faaahkin, lookat that douchebag, dude! At least he didn’t rob a cleared out spot.

Somehow, without removing the manifold, but removing the subframe cross member to get the wrench on it, I got the O2 sensor off and back on again. Biggest bitch was plugging the damned thing in from up top. Still, you can totally tell that jamming the Ford V6 under there wasn’t part of the original plans. The MPV got…

Anything VW late model is EXPENSIVE! My mother’s Jetta wagon was a money pit. Paid about a grand to replace the air pump and pressure lines for the fuel system. Squirrels like to nibble the air lines and nest on top of the gas tank.

I had one of those. The busted exhaust stud on the rear manifold is impossible to fix, short of the front subframe coming out. Nowhere near as hard, the upstream back O2 sensor is no prize either.

Speaking of Audi, the first time I saw a turbo replacement procedure on an S4, my co-worker who just bought one and was watching the mayhem just shook his head and said “no” while we walked out the door. I learned what the locking carrier was, and how much of the nose had to move in order to yank the motor out of the…