“escalate your level of oomph slowly”

Call me a curmudgeon, but you don’t buy your kids a car.

Call me a curmudgeon, but you don’t buy your kids a car.

“Not my job to have done anything.”

“And as I came to grips with the cruel reality that her engine had turned its last revolution, I broke down. She’d driven me 300,000 miles, always getting me where I needed to get to safely. The thought of life without her was just too much to bear. The only photo I had of her was the day I got her. I spent all my…

Remember, the wrenching gods only curse you 50% of the time, +/- 42%.

Because the economy demands blood when things go bad. And it’s easier for all parties to sacrifice a single CEO (who is generally incredibly well compensated), than to suss out and possibly fix the real problem at hand.

I have yet to see one of these in the wild (I live in Seattle). This makes me :(

My new-to-me NA miata is due for a brake job; rebuilding the calipers, replacing the rotors and pads, and probably replacing the rubber lines as they’re 25 years old.

“rechnician” is my new favorite word.

I’m just going to leave this here:

If your long, daily commutes are on the highway, cabin noise can be a concern with a soft top.

That video is too long. Can someone tell me at what time he eats it after hitting a pothole?

The 86/BRZ twins can hold a surprising amount of crap, but the kicker is that it has to fit into the small trunk opening, or through the side. It’s really difficult to get those big plastic rubbermaid storage totes *into* the car, but you can probably fit 3 with the back seats down, and still have the full trunk area…

> “... but all I’m saying is she should have seen this coming.”

Insert “we’re dealing with a badass here” meme.

You... familiar with Jalopnik?

It’s not a sexy article, but one that needs telling.

Remember when Japanese cars were laughed at? And then Korean cars? and then Tesla?

As someone mentioned to me when I complained about this, if you click the comment bubble icon just under the title of the article, it seems to load. Not much better than refreshing the page, but if you press it right away, you don’t need to scroll down and then refresh.

As with any hobby/skill requiring a tool, there’s a place for the expensive, technically impressive stuff, but I find the guy in his shed mastering a craft with crap equipment far more impressive.