And BMEP figures!

I remember being amazed at the mileage a friend of mine said he was getting with his old Golf TDI. Even higher than what VW was claiming in Europe for the newest TDI’s.

If that is indeed true, you’ve led a very spoiled life my friend:-) I’ve had far, far worse exhausts. Thrush Cherry Bombs clamped on the the ends of the headers via adapters made up from bits and pieces from Canadian Tire, held up with baling wire and nothing attached to the outlet ends except short, cheapass…

Frequently the best explanations I’ve seen of certain technologies have been in films from the thirties through the sixties. By far the best explanation I know of for how a simple differential functions is that 1930's GM film - the one where you have to sit through (or fast forward through) about ten minutes of a…

After suffering the lag and lurch fest that was a late model Audi and having a VW DSG in a new Jetta die on the road two Km into a test drive I disagree as well.

Knipex “pliers-wrenches” - just buy a pair NOW. I got a pair when I noticed that of the eight aircraft mechanics I know, eight of them own these things. They are remarkably useful.

“I happen to be a lady. Can I expect to see myself represented on the back of a truck any time soon?”

“doing so helps keep airport costs down, which in turn makes it cheaper for airlines to serve the community.” Subaru stopped making the SVX about twenty years ago. Just a heads up.

“doing so helps keep airport costs down, which in turn makes it cheaper for airlines to serve the community.” Makes as much sense as saying that knocking five dollars off the bill for a restaurant meal but having the server give you a separate bill for a five dollar “personal table service” charge and not giving you a…

“audio DVD’s”? Damn, I had almost forgotten about DVD-A. Brilliant idea by the electronics tycoons: Let’s introduce two incompatible formats (SACD and DVD-A) and let them duke it out in the marketplace! It worked so well with 45's vs. LP’s, Elcasette, VHS cs. Beta.... SACD is still hanging on as a high quality format…

“These are training dragsters” And the North American T-6 is a training aircraft. You can still kill yourself real dead in one though. Actually, the same can be said of the venerable Cessna 150 and Schweizer 2-33 - though those are certainly much more forgiving.

Fascinating article!. Have to say that Seebee popping up in the middle of it was rather a big surprise.

Me too. The first time I ever got to hear one (Abbotsford Airshow - in a P-51D, so it was a Packard built one) it gave me goosebumps. Maybe the GMC Twin Six would count even though it is a truck/bus engine and not a car unit... And goddamnn! That V-12 Supra looks amazing!

Not too keen on emojis (I’m a retrogrouch. Damn you kids with your smartphones, loud music, hula-hoops and fax machines!) but I would love something as simple as some alternate horn tones which were widely understood. Ones that give me the option to communicate a polite “wake up there at the front of the line, the…

The Allison V-1710 was pretty bulletproof. Kind of tough to install in a car though...

My mom bought a first gen Ridgeline too, comparing it to the Toyota and Nissan alternatives (we had gone through enough pain with domestic trucks and vans as company vehicles to rule those out). It was the trunk (and two-way tailgate) that sealed the deal. 90% of the time she uses it like she used her Altima - it’s…

Nope, but the NYT itself is about as trustworthy as Joe Isuzu. This is the paper that had Judith Miller as an editor, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg.

There is only one choice: the W123 240D. Preferably in a drab colour and with 5mph bumpers to accentuate the whole post-apocalyptic, Mad Max like invincibility of the things.

My wife only occasionally wears stilettos because of the the lack of comfort but what she really fears is the possibility of tall platform shoes making another comeback. Doctors whose meal ticket is treating broken ankles may want those abominations to return but she doesn’t.

I recall Jean Lindamood taking this job on for a day back in the late 80's for an Automobile magazine article. She found it to be quite a difficult job and standing in stillettos for hours wasn’t the worst part - it was the creeepers and, yep, the “Do you come with the car?” guys that got to her.