I had a lot of fun with these guys a couple years ago when they were still putting on events at the old Georgia Pacific terminal. My only complaints are they can't seem to consistently find a good place to run lately, and (I'm sure this is a problem anywhere) there are a lot of loud mouth idiots that show up in…

Although it will be a very cold day in hell when I buy an Audi, I bleed World Rally Blue (if you couldn't figure that out from the name and avatar). That being said I understand your point but it doesn't take much practice to powerslide most Subaru's or AWD Audi's. Anything that also sends power to the rear wheels is…

It's amazing how, you know, paying attention to what your doing will save you a lot more than a headache.

Although any Volvo easily fits in here as noted before I'm going to nominate the 740 wagon.

My wife walked into the room during a replay of this and (because of me having F1 on every weekend) asked "Oh that sucks! Did it crash and loose its front wheels?"

I whole heartedly agree! although this one is still running

Actually I got hired away by a federal maintenance contractor for the Department of Homeland Security, working on all sorts of marine assets. I was the fastest guy at head gaskets in the dealership (and according to other techs at training from other arias I was among the fastest as well) and one of the top techs in…

I'm just regurgitating what I've hear from the diesel master techs on the other side of the Ford/Subaru shop I worked at. Ford pushed Navistar to be compliant well before the federal rules went into effect. They also wanted some lofty performance goals out of the engine considering. This is why (so I've been told)…

I was just about to point out that the 5 year old F-650 we have at my work has a Cummins in it...

They way I heard it from all the Ford techs I worked with was that it was basically Fords fault for demanding Navistar to build a engine to meet emission standards before the technology was there. Then Ford dropped the ball updating parts once the problems were known. Guess that also means its sort of the stupid…

I would say yes, but who has an A/C recovery and charge machine in there garage next to the floor jack? And have you ever tried to burp the cooling system on one of these cars because you had to replace/reseal the OIL PAN?

To be fair I will admit that in a previous life I did spend 5 years at a Subaru dealership, so yes I can get this job done by myself, in my garage, no lift, in one day. That being said thought I don't see why a competent person with relatively basic tools and a good manual couldn't do this in a weekend? Just a tip,…

Two stories.

Cheesy aftermarket rims, red painted stock brakes, horribly disorganized engine bay and it looses its AWD? Who cares if the ej20's and the stock 5spd's have issues, if you want a Camaro go buy one! CP

They call it "OAM" Operations (also includes Field Ops), Air, and Marine. If you don't work Air or Marine your an Ops guy technically, and then they have their investigation units like ICE/HSI which don't drive marked vehicle most of the time. At least that's how it's been explained to me by all the Marine and Boarder…

I kind of work with these guys and to my best recollection the Operations branch of Customs and Boarder Protection (signified by the gray stripe behind the blue) doesn't even have the ability to go "code" I thought they had to call Boarder Patrol, the Air or Marine branch?

If they can 3D print parts for a car, that were discussed in a teleconference, about data from free practice 1, at the track in say Malaysia I think the days of needing to be based in the UK are over. Yes it would make some things easier but considering how limited testing is these days and that most of all R&D is…

Yes they are still in Europe but Ferrari ain't anywhere near the UK, and yes I know that NC is along ways further away from the UK than

Guess is depends on how busy the shop is, and no they wouldn't turn that down in my shop either. BUT they would rather do a million other things instead.

Except accessory part instillations usually don't pay worth crap. The parts dept. loved it I'm sure, but I bet service, and the tech doing the work were considering weather they could just rip their fingernails off instead. At least that's my experience with most accessory part installs as a tech.