Holy 2nd mortgage, Batman.

My money is that the water pump’s plastic impeller blades have failed. Very, very common in VAG cars.

Also, dial calipers are normally chromed steel enclosed and will last forever. Plastic always finds a way to rot from heat in our brutal Arizona garages. Not to mention the battery issue. Buy once, use a lifetime.

Came here to mention this, but you said it perfectly.

Chicago-Craig, may I introduce you to the Native American metabolism. Historically, never equipped to consume alcohol. It hits an injun hard, bro.

Where this was situated, no cabs, no Uber, no Lyft. This is the Navajo Nation on the New Mexico side. Very desolate, very rural. Alcoholism runs as deep as some of the long distance runners from the Navajo tribe.

Perhaps motor vehicles should all come with factory ignition interlock devices that require a breath test prior to starting.

And, given the area where Tohatchi is located, color me not surprised.

The lithium extraction from deep brine cycling through Salton Sea area geothermal plants isn’t exactly novel and new (it’s being done now), but it’s a good use of the crap brine. I think this is a great fix.

Not likely; magic 8 ball says “Extended droughts are in your future”

Insurance companies love marking up premiums based on this kind of marketing. Wonderful.

And we loved it.

I’ll offer up the 2.8l 30v V-6 in late 90s/early 00s. Absolutely gutless in low RPMs and with the A/C on.

It was just trying to get into the Corvette Museum Sink Hole Exhibit!

You could make a rickshaw out of the back half!

Sliced up and put on spaghetti, a la Jollibee.

Buy the sugar-free gummy bears on Amazon. Eat more than 8 and then see what happens in a few hours.

The real trouble right now for SpaceX is that Starlink dishes can’t handle temperatures apparently over 103 dF. The dish system shuts off automatically until it cools down. You just lost of Arizona, Southern California, NM, Texas, Nevada, not to mention equatorial countries.

That’s cool, because I threw down a chunk of the monies before the season started that was Max as WC.

Because moms like wood!