Local to me too, I used to drive past the recycling facility, although it was long after it’d happened. 

I agree, I think it was mainly because the cars had sat at basically a 45 degree angle for ~2 weeks plus a bunch of them were in/under the saltwater that flooded part of the ship, and the engineers were unsure how it would have affected their longevity, and Mazda felt it made better business sense to scrap the cars…

Look up the Cougar Ace. 4500 or so brand new Mazdas, every single one of them was shredded with nothing allowed to be salvaged. 

I had this happen with a Subaru I’d bought for $200 back in the day. Re sealed the engine and went to drive it around the block and with the clutch in the car still lurched. I think I snapped the throttle a few times with the clutch pedal depressed, or something and it popped free. 

That happened with my Dodge truck, the low fuel light quit working and on that thing E is pretty much E. Ended up having to crack one of the injector lines and pump the manual lever on the lift pump until fuel spurted out of the line before it’d fire. 

Eh, at that time it was a 1991 Legacy sedan, so on a road trip half a tank was about 200 miles, although on that car from half a tank I had ~120 or so miles until the fuel light came on. Normally, on a trip I’ll start looking for a gas station when I get below half a tank, mainly because I want to be able to pick a…

At least you aren’t the guy I saw the other day with a “CAROLLA” windshield banner... I’ve seen a “Volkswagon” one too :-P 

Before I had my TDI I’d wait for the light to come on, with the TDI I tried to NOT let the light come on :-P my ex gf’s mom was one of those people who, on a road trip she’d be nagging me to stop for gas when I hit half a tank..... 

TOYOTA: Please make at least one of these with a supercharger, AWD, and a manual transmission. 

It’s awesome, but has too much wrong with it for the price, IMO. If it was in perfect running condition with the graphics on the hood restored, then it’d probably be worth $9800 to the right person. 

COrolla, CArolla is a talk show host :-P 

Sucks it’s a slushbox but it’s in otherwise great condition. NP. 

I figure when it comes to matters of life/property, it’s not “snitching”.

I’ve lost two good friends to drunk drivers, I won’t hesitate to call 911 if I suspect someone is under the influence. I could not live with myself if I didn’t say something and later read they killed someone in a crash. 

For me it’s the gaggle of methmobiles that roam from gravel turnout to gravel turnout, the ones that have upgraded from sleeping in a Geo Metro, but haven’t quite been able to get ahold of a methed-out RV of some kind. 

Someone told me 03-05, but later digging backs up what you said, with the Jaguar mill being more reliable. Plus, didn’t the 07+ get more off-road goodies and a better transmission? Either way it would not be my daily, just an adventuremobile for inclement weather and traveling and such. But figure a Range Rover has…

Hell, I’ve taken my Prius off road more than most of the Range Rovers around here! I really want to get a mid 2000s Range Rover and see how muddy I can get it, and then park it next to the clean ones at my work that are just used to take Braxton to Lacrosse practice :-P 

One of the major arterial connecting roads in my city is closed for construction. Trucks are supposed to take the highway to the freeway and then to another highway, instead of the shortcut over the mountain because of the closed road, and the other roads are not wide enough for trucks. Yesterday on my drive home I…

Toyota just needs to make that TRD special edition Camry available with a manual transmission and AWD. 

Replace the Iron Duke with a V12 ;-)