I farmed out the rebuild of my Buick 455 to a local engine guy, who farmed it out to a guy who specialized in Buicks the next county over, who farmed out the machining the heads to his brother-in-law’s shop, who took them to a shop in SC because his machine was down, but his driver lost the receipt....

Congrats on being the only person ever to have a broken A/C system that just needed a refill

99 Subaru Legacy GT Limited. The night I bought it it overheated and needed headgaskets. 3 months in the shop later and 3 months without a car, they replace the headgaskets after replacing everything else that could cause an overheat. They did all of this on their own dime, which was nice, but it was not advisable to…

Post on Redidit by the owner’s son:

I see this as the transport driver just saving the Jag owner lots of money long-term. 

seriously??? you dont think people get excited and take videos of their new cars being delivered?? people video and take pictures of their food at national chain restaurants like its a new child but this you cant understand?

If this was my Jag or Nissan or Chevy, I would be in jail and the transport driver in the morgue.

He would be in a lot of crap if he flipped it on its wheels and it took off again.

Well would ya look at that. An f150 with a bit more LED strip and a glossy front grill.  revolutionary.

no, I just make a hole in bag with my teeth. 

I drive until the car runs out. Then I pop the trunk, grab a plastic bag of gas, pour it into the tank/on my fender/on the ground, then drive to the nearest gas station. Easy.

It’s not fast. I’d consider it quick. It’s very fun to drive with the 5 speed. It has Brembo front brakes so it stops well, too. It did an 8:43 lap on the Nurburgring so that’s something.. I guess.

It was just the 1965 Riviera that had the hidden vertical lights. For ‘63 and ‘64, they were exposed.

I always knew about the earlier generation of Riv because of Roadhouse, but the later ones I never saw in action. That’s a tour de force, that’s Detroit flexing because it could.

Those “useless” bolt heads are where you are supposed to jump and charge the battery.  My C6Z has the same setup - works great and is the correct way to do it.  

The more important question: how many of these NPOND posts have been written while on the toilet?

A quick search on Carfax turned up 4 HHR SS’s with manuals. The cheapest was $6995 and the most expensive was the NPOND. So IF, you really wanted one (and I’m not sure I want to meet the person who really wants one of these) there are better deals to be had. But NADA is low-balling, even at the retail price.

Rob, thank God you’re back. Please don’t ever leave us again. The NPND is the highlight of my mornings and I think one of the best series on this site.