Recently, as I was browsing autotrader again, my wife called me a car slut. While I hate to admit it, she’s absolutely right. Every car I’ve ever owned, including the one I have now, has been “the car I love so much it’s perfect and I will drive it until the end of time” but I have replaced (or consider replacing in…

One more thing...

Sadly the Regal has sold, but the new owner hasn’t picked it up yet. I loved it dearly.

I currently own the following:

2020 Harley-Davidson Livewire
2013 Porsche Cayenne Diesel
2008 Ford E350 Super Duty
2001 Porsche 911 Turbo
1997 Porsche Boxster
1997 Dodge Neon ACR
1996 BMW R1100 GS
1995 Audi S6
1990 Cadillac Allante
1987…

Who knew if you convinced an entire country that they too will be rich someday they would burn down their own house for the rich corporate types.

My 60s and 70 landyacht motors were not that great and did not last 400K and the cars around them fell apart or rusted apart by 100K. points plugs plug wires, every belt and hose, starter and radiator was a yearly replaced list and they burned or leaked oil all the time. 

E60 M5, pictured here in it’s natural habitat. Broken and being trailered to the shop. Perhaps the biggest gulf between the promise of what it could be if it was reliable and the wallet-demolishing reality of actually owning one.

Oh yeah. And the over the plug style exhaust manifolds not only meant that the spark plug wires were constantly getting fried, and GM put heat shields in there.

Not a car, but I have to throw the Ford 6.0 Powerstroke in here. It’s annoying when an engine craps out under the warranty period in a car, but in most cases that happens before the warranty period ends, and it’s pretty simple to get a loaner car.

I’ll go one further - worst engine/transmission combination:

The 2 point slow VW kept putting in the Jetta until the last generation. It sucked in the 90's, by the 2010's it was a pathetic joke. It was coarse, weak, and not even efficient for it’s displacement. I looked at a manual Jetta with one, I don’t think I’ve ever driven another car with an engine that was less willing…

The mitzu 3.0 v-6 in my old 89 dodge minivan burned almost as much oil as gas. 

I know, just ask Subaru STI drivers. They get an STI AND C.Diff. 

I have 2 best decisions. Most recent was a 2000 Honda Insight 5-speed for $500 during the pandemic. Needed brake lines, tires, and a good cleaning. Hybrid battery was supposedly dead. Replaced the brakes and tires cheap and had a running driving car that got 50 mpg for about $1500 total investment. Dug into the…

The funny thing is - that engine made 10 less HP than their V8 at the time (50 less tq, I think), and weighed FAR less than the V8 - it was actually the better choice till the Hemi came out much later. 

I turned mine off (which you can do).  The ones that still light up are too damn lazy to read their owners manuals.

Bit mean, but stil spot-on....

If they went by the beach in Florida they’d find plenty of people with delicious and nutritious blubber.

You’d think they would be smart and realize the boats are filled with small animals that can’t swim very well and thus be easy snacks

Not gonna lie, I’m team Orca...