Subaru had an interlock in 1974, it used the dome light switch, plus it had a switch in the seat and a switch in the buckle, the system had to see the seat switch close prior to the seat belt buckle switch closing as well, to prevent you from just leaving the seat belts buckled. The car would not start unless the…

When I worked at a Toyota/Subaru dealer, we’d occasionally have people come in wanting their seat belt chime disabled (There was an option buried in the customization settings in the body control computer to turn it off, in addition to turning off the lock/unlock buzzer and that sort of thing).. Despite the temptation…

Not all that good but was definitely satisfying:

I had a teacher in high school who had an old two stroke Saab that he’d had since the 70s, during the fuel crisis someone decided to siphon his tank.. Needless to say, it wasn’t hard to tell which neighbor had done it!

This.

And some sort of EMP/microwave cannon for the stupid LED bars that are wicked bright to look at (But don’t look that bright from the perspective of the driver) that all the bros have.. There’s some tool around here with like 15 of the damn things across the bumper of his dump truck, daytime not so bad but seeing…

Maybe that’s where the DPRK got its rockets? :-P

It really depends on the airport and the store.. Hudson’s News is pretty much guaranteed to be overpriced anywhere, the Portland Airport (Oregon) is pretty good about their food prices, most of their restaurants and such are pretty close to off-airport prices, although the stuff that’s past security is a bit higher.…

Regarding the 21 window hippie bus, I did see one of these at Barrett-Jackson go for $250k, was completely restored though, and they started the bidding at like $40k which I thought was reasonable.. But those are things I’ve seen people pay $4500 for a rusted out hulk with no drivetrain..

Automatic first gen Impreza, these were made 93-01, later ones had dual air bags and other goodies, after 96 all were AWD, and aside from the 2.5RS they have either a 1.8L or 2.2L engine that’s much less prone to head gasket failure. 98+ Legacy, with the exception of the Outback and 2.5GT, also had the 2.2, but be…

you’ve obviously never seen the 400 HP Mk1 Golf TDI :-P

That’s what I love, when they do “best in class” and then you look and they have some off definition of “class” that conveniently excludes stuff that’s better :-P

Up here in the Portland/Vancouver area we have the Dick Hannah dealerships, their budget used car lot is called “Dick Says Yes”, and at least some of the signage says “Dick Hannah’s Dick Says Yes!”

I used to have an 85 505 STI turbo diesel sedan, 5 speed with a bad turbo gasket, so flooring it resulted in a very thick cloud of black smoke :-P And yes, these things were tanks! I got it from my friends mom, she had two of them and the “other” one was automatic, she was sitting at a light and a kid in a Cadillac…

Preinstalled reverse stance?

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Not a huge thing judging by how much $$$ the parts are (For example, the DPF delete pipe costs about as much as a complete exhaust system for a 1.8T) but performance stuff is out there.

Supposedly it’s the “naturally aspirated equivalent”, like the 4.0 biturbo is equivalent to a 6.3L N/A, presumably V12 since IIRC that’s what the 63 used to have...

It’s like when they say it’s “ranked highest in initial quality”, which is supposed to be a ranking of factory features, materials used, etc.. but it makes it sound like “It’s the best at not being a piece of *%*@ when it rolled off the assembly line, but we will see if it lasts the warranty period”

But if you crash an Albatross, do you then have to wear it around your neck?

“Here in Wyoming you have to put pure antifreeze in your car because if there’s any water in it at all it will freeze” (Freeze point starts to go back up after ~70% antifreeze) “If you drive a diesel you have to leave it running or park it inside at night or the fuel will freeze” (only if they don’t use winter blend…

Oh how I don’t miss the power shoulder belt in my 90 Legacy wagon that would decide to work 3 seconds after I opened the door to hit the fuel door release and slam my head into the dash.. (It didn’t aways work, mostly just hung out in the rearward position)