Methylene chloride is incredibly hazardous, and many big box stores have already discontinued selling it due to that fact.

“I’m really glad my car has an open differential”, said No One, Ever.

I dunno, the 968 Turbo RS was pretty frickin’ sweet.

Just for those curious, Google Maps says a “normal” drive from London to Sheffield takes 3 hr 44 min. So making the trip before a baked chicken cools off is pretty impressive to me.

The other day I saw a new one:  A lifted full size pickup with HOT PINK truck nuts.   I really really really don’t know what that was supposed to mean.

Cool old truck.

They also happen to completely destroy shins in parking lots, but you don’t need a mannequin to tell anyone that, just a dummy (ouch).

I hear the excuse that if someone hits you, it keeps them off your bumper... um what? It has a cross section of 4sq in. That will in no way stop a 4,000lb vehicle, that will just go through their bumper, ask me how I know!

I was referring to all the gearbox internals, not the input shaft alone but you got me on this lack of precision.

Weight is a measure of viscosity,

But one time I was filling up my Jetta and some dude in a truck next to me said “That’s a diesel pump.” I pointed at the Jetta and said “That’s a diesel car.”

An automatic was never offered in the Type-S because Honda used to be cool.

or because the car is not in gear ( = no rotation of internals since the car is in standstill).

Well, I hate to break it to you, but if your gearbox internals rotate while you are NOT driving, you are hopelessly spinning your wheels while not moving.

.... but I’ve never met anyone who’s driven one who doesn’t like them.

It seems you and I might be the only two people here that get this.

In order to heat up the oil in the gearbox, the internals of the gearbox needs to start rotating. This is done while driving.

That transmission and differential fluid isn’t going to warm up much at all until the car starts moving and the gears start meshing.

And if you’re one of those horrible people with an automatic transmission, the trans fluid warms up, too (via the trans cooler in the radiator).

Didn’t Beetles have a gasoline heater under the front hood?