What is it about turbo cars that makes the PCV hose freeze that prevents the PCV hose from freezing on an NA car? Positive crankcase ventilation valves are not a turbo-specific part.

On the other hand, my lowered WRX does a great job of secondary plowing.

Mmmm...old school Subie...

I got a similar letter from the Subaru dealership where I got mine serviced...they offered me about $500 less than I bought it for (2 years and 30,000 miles prior), which intrigued me. Of course, the modifications meant that any transaction would happen at a significantly lower price.

I've always wanted a game that took the interlinked economy of the original Settlers and focused on that...making things to be made into other things...unfortunately, the series became more of just another RTS as it continued on.

There are a few all-season tires that are acceptable (I wouldn't necessarily say very competent) in winter- among performance tires the Continental ExtremeContact DWS is better rated in the snow than virtually any other all-season tire. Is it as good as even a cheap winter tire? No.

Interesting thing I learned about traffic tickets- National Park Rangers have the legal authority to give them out. However, the National Park Service doesn't report any of their tickets to state RMVs or insurance bureaus. If you do want to fight it, you can go to the Federal Courthouse in Philadelphia.

I read the comment and was thinking "well, his daily could be a...wait. *rereads* Oh. God damn it."

If I recall correctly, Bond actually did drive up to the Casino Royale in a Mondeo before winning the Aston Martin in a card game.

The greenhouse gives me a 1st gen DSM vibe.

Based on your desire to comment on every thread in this post, your bias seems more "well-known" than your claim which you have still provided no evidence for. The plural of anecdote is not data. And I still maintain that, given how godawful the cabs are in every US city I've visited and lived in, I'd still prefer this…

It's legitimate if it increases the necessary quality bar of applicants. If you're claiming nepotism, evidence may be necessary first.

You may be somewhat overestimating the resources this actually takes. A couple cabbies who've already passed the test to proctor it, and that's really about it. As long as demand for cab driving positions outstrips the needed supply of them on the streets, there's pretty much no downside.

It may be an initiation rite, but as one that makes cabbies better at their jobs, I'd still prefer it to giving any schmuck with the money a medallion like in the US.

I know this won't get seen, but it's an interesting consideration that for somewhere around $5,000, I not only covered all maintenance and repairs on my WRX but also cranked it up to 375hp, redid the entire suspension and made some other choice modifications. Actually, if I blew the engine right now it would still…

I was driving into Manhattan on a day off from my summer job as a camp counselor. I had four other people in my 91 Celica, so someone was sitting in the back on the seat hump with no belt. It was raining pretty hard, and I was doing the speed limit down the West Side Highway. I came up to an intersection as the light…

The turn signal is useful, but you need to be quick. On Storrow Drive you hit the signal immediately after finding a gap and moving to it so the guy behind you pauses briefly, like "hmmm, is that a turn sig- WTF HOW IS HE IN FRONT OF ME"

That's $47,000 in today's dollars. Considering what you get in a 320i these days, I'm not exactly sure that vehicles have gotten more expensive as quickly as you think.

Modified Subarus can be reliable if built right...however, canned tune (AccessPort), intake (utterly unnecessary on EJ engines with any stock position turbo, and way more likely to do harm than good) and underglow (need I say more) kind of contraindicate "built right".

Hear hear! Now who wants to buy a Subaru WRX with 147,000 miles on it?