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    GM did this with the Sonic, T-stat went bad on my friend’s car and it was setting a engine temp control code... I go on Rock Auto... Why the fawrk is the thermostat $60... Oh, it’s electronic. What the shit. But at least the replacement one (which was an actual AC Delco part) was metal where the one that came off the…

    My dad had one of these, a 1975 Civic wagon. He bought it in 1978 or 1979 I think from his boss, who had bought it new. Asked his boss how often he’d changed the oil and he goes “Oil? Change?” 50,000 miles and it had the original factory oil and filter, he ended up having to drop the oil pan and take it to a machine…

    Well, back in the 70s, Chrysler referred to its vans as “Wagons” 

    Where I want one of these is when I’m in bumper to bumper rush-hour traffic. I’d think keeping in your lane and keeping proper distance from surrounding vehicles is probably orders of magnitude easier than navigating the open road at 65. I’d much rather be able to have my car do the majority of the work in rush hour…

    2008 or so, Corvallis, Oregon (Go Beavers!) I get up to go to work and there’s about 3-4" of snow on the ground, and it’s still coming down. Decide I’m taking my truck to work, since my Subaru needed an axle shaft. Coming down the hill by my house, there’s a Y intersection ahead, to the left is a stop sign, to the…

    Should have clarified, it was me, my wife, and a friend of ours out to dinner :-P 

    I went to Applebee’s once and my wife ordered a mai tai or something, and as the bartender was handing it to her the bottom of the glass cracked and fell out, and dumped her drink pretty much half in my food and half in my lap. Manager comped our meals, made me a fresh entree even though I’d eaten most of it, and all…

    We have a pretty large Mennonite population in the Willamette Valley in Oregon, used to work at a Toyota dealer and this girl came in and bought a new Corolla, and 2 days later she brought it back to get the more base model one because her grandfather threw a fit that it was “too fancy”.. It was an LE and at that time…

    My dad grew up in Reading, and half my family still lives around there :-P 

    I remember reading a story on Reddit years ago, I think it was in /r/talesfromtechsupport but can’t remember, anyway the OP worked in a water park, and one of the things he was in charge of was the equipment that ran the wave pool. The system that ran the pumps and such had several different programs that could be…

    The “cruise control” on some Fiats is just a knob you pull out until you feel it grab the throttle cable, and then twist to lock it. Just holds the throttle at that position, more throttle control than speed control :-P 

    I think buying a Toyota made in Alabama does more for the US worker than buying a Chevy that was built in Mexico. Yes, there’s the “BuT ThE MoNeY GoEs To ToKyO!” argument but the flip side of that is when you consider the factory where they’re built, those workers aren’t going back to Japan to spend their paychecks. 

    Oh trust me, I see that crap here in Portland too.. And it’s not just trucks, plenty of soccer moms who think because their ML500, Range Rover, or RX350 has AWD that means that it drives in snow/ice like it does on dry pavement... 

    510 coupe and an early 80s Subaru wagon FTW 

    ‘round these parts that’s how you show you’re compensating for your shortcomings. 

    My favorite thing with seeing the prices on these, is how whenever someone sees someone in a $45k BMW they’re like “ugh, entitled rich prick” but seeing someone in an $80k truck most people don’t have the same sentiment :-P 

    This would have turned into an unscheduled “bring your puppy to work” day for me

    Ya, I can’t say I’ve ever seen an Asian with toothpick legs :-P