Having just done an R134 conversion multiple summers into my ownership, I totally understand how that would be a deal breaker.

I’d absolutely drive a convertible diesel smart.

It does! And I have a spare.

I’m one of the three morons who owns one in central Texas, so I wouldn’t know firsthand about the snow. Eventually I’ll take a winter road trip and free it into its natural environment.

That’s awesome! I figured there was a story there.

Now I’m imagining a Smart train.

No kidding. I’d like to smack whoever decided that was the best way to do their first AWD system.

Oh for sure; just wondering what the specific reason is.

Why two?

This has mostly been a straightforward restoration; everything had suffered equal degradation from age and neglect. As I fix one thing, I’m able to hear/feel something else that was previously masked.

My Kinja namesake (and work-in-progress) 1988 325iX. Just simple enough to be analog and direct; just complex enough to always have something that needs attention.

I’m glad he’s alive, but I’m not driving him to the airport!

This is in poor taste.

Now do one for de-boarding.

I agreed with this until later last night when I saw a mention of color-shift candy plastidip on a Ford Flex.

Put me down for $5.

Will you get a FNKMSTR vanity plate?

Same $ down in central Texas.

There’s more bad stuff in the in-between videos. Like trying to remove the upper strut mount nut before compressing the spring, and then appearing not to stabilize the damper shaft to keep it from spinning when torquing the nut back down.

Car colors: trick question.