The story of my life.

And here I wondered if he bought it second-hand from Wernher von Braun. Bugger.

Thesauruses are very dangerous creatures and can attack at any time. Don’t miss the next episode of Hydraulic Press Channel, where one of them will be dealt with.

Correction: Before Hyundai’s acquisition, Kia produced cars and trucks under license from Mazda. The Kia Sephia, for example, was based on the BG Familia/Protegé, and the Sportage on the Bongo, and used exactly the same drivetrain components as their Mazda counterparts (BP engine/G transmission and FE3/M,…

“Police” is a generic word, but a crest represents a specific institution.

I don’t think the other drivers would be happy with the Pope playing against them, something about an Argentinian calling for the hand of God to guide him.

Something something oil dipstick something.

You should see the build diary:

A Jaguar V12 fits in an NA, so surely a turbo I6 without accessory drive belts would as well, innit?

Am I the only one who twitched after seeing the shadows in the lede pic? Light does not work that way, methinks.

Fleppy peddles.

I bet there’s a galloping horse on the other side of that pumpkin.

How does one measure Vtecs?

Those actually read “Pure Drive,” because apparently that’s something special.

Can’t. That car is going through a runaway diesel failure. The oil seals in the turbo failed, allowing engine oil to enter the intake manifold uncontrollably and keeping the engine running. It only stops when it runs out of oil.

This seems like a worthwhile endeavour.

I’ll probably confuse it with the HR-V. Or a RAV4. Or a Rogue. Or any of the myriad homogeneous milquetoast CUVs scooting around the Northeast.

Yeah, but will we even notice that it’s there? I bet not.

The MZR engine family came out during the time when Ford owned both Volvo and Mazda, hence the technology cross-pollination.