Whenever I see something like that, I just think “Nice truck, sorry about your penis” 

I’m okay with something that needs some wrenching, like if I found one that was in great shape but needed an engine rebuild or something, I’d take that over one that ran great but needed body work or something, although ideally I’d want one I could just get in and drive, but my fiancee also wants to get something like…

I totally want an Alfa Spider as a weekend toy :-P 

Buddy of mine used to be an Alfa tech back in the day, he showed me some training materials he had for the SPICA fuel injection, including the mods they did for racing :-P He said back then for $350 and an afternoon you could rebuild the bottom end, kit came with new sleeves and pistons (already mated) and bearings,…

They should know that Nascer = Rednecks and Rednecks usually like music that doesn’t sound like someone ran a bunch of guitars and drums through an industrial shredder

No manual option --> CP 

And none of them are available with three pedals... CP 

I would have expected even the base system to be good as well. My Prius (2004) has the JBL system and it’s pretty good... Upgrading the head unit sucked though, thankfully it already had an aftermarket deck in it when I bought it, the interface module that interfaces with the steering wheel controls, the nav system,…

ES300h, they can be had used within your price range, get 40-45mpg, and the ones with the Mark Levinson sound system are a concert hall on wheels. 

I always said it “Ess Coupe”, mainly because the logo on the car was a big red S and then “coupe”. I remember seeing a turbo one in the junkyard once and my buddies were like “Why the fuck would anyone turbo a Hyundai??” and then they noticed the “TURBO” that was part of the upholstery and were astonished that it was…

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…

Volvo did it in the 80s https://jalopnik.com/ultra-rare-or-ultra-custom-1982-volvo-243-3-door-crossb-5148730

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…

Tip for the future - notice the threaded holes on either side of the bearing removal clamshell? If you get yourself this style of puller https://www.harborfreight.com/automotive/auto-maintenance-repair/pullers/gear-puller-set-15-pc-62958.html that includes threaded rods and a brace that the actual puller bolt goes…

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…