Alwaysbroke4

7/8/21

D.T.
I love you.
I love this van.
I love the stories about this van.
BUT!
While the van may have cost $600 at some point, how much, would you say, have you invested in the van now, including parts and paying you the least salary for your wrenching hours?
What’s a cheap minivan expert paid these days?
And how many experts…

7/8/21

2021 Chrysler 300s.

7/1/21

Wait... you owned an E39 M5??? I can’t believe you sold it! There has to be a term for people like you.

6/25/21

Jeep Wrangler

6/25/21

6/25/21

1LT C8 Corvette Stingray -- the extra stuff in the higher trims is cool but man (if you can) bag one of these for $60k... anything beyond the LT2 behind you is superfluous.

6/25/21

84mph with 11hp would be impressive even if the car was made of gossamer thread and dreams.
The 11hp is likely the RAC hp figure, which was a number based purely on engine size, used for taxation purposes.
The ‘real’ hp is probably 40 or 50.

6/24/21

The two Golden Girls are lovely but a waste in Chicago’s nasty wintry rust cultivation lab.

6/24/21

The secret is to find one that leaks enough oil to rust proof itself but not so much oil that it causes catastrophic engine failure.

6/24/21

Tom, your first thought was correct - Chicago Motors is your friend.

6/24/21

What about the car that changed the game in terms of aerodynamics

6/24/21

No.... No, man...Shit, no man. I believe you’d get your ass kicked driving somethin like that, man.

6/24/21

For practicality and American muscle cred, I’d say go with a Lincoln Mark VIII.

6/24/21

There’s one of these in Chicago with 150K miles for $8,995.

6/24/21

You spelled “Magnum” wrong.

6/24/21

Seems like a 1st gen (of the modern sedan) V8 Charger is the way to go? Not sure about reliability, but it fits the “Muscle car for under 10k” requirement.

6/22/21

Right! Look at that poor thing. It looks like a nerd that started hanging out with the popular kids right when they got into using coke.

6/21/21

One open question on environmental impact is whether you’re better off to use 10% of the batteries for 90% of your miles in a PHEV or 100% of the batteries for 100% of the miles. In a world where batteries were unlimited, I think the 100% battery solution is better. In a world where battery limitations exist, I tend…

6/21/21

Well, you’ll be fiddling a lot with those two carbs.

6/17/21

“I agree to some degree, but my question when these 200k+ mile vehicles come up is how much longer can the engine last even given the reputation for reliability and with perfect maintenance?”