Just $1200. And wow... Only $15 shipping! Sweet.

No need for two beds. Just set it up Unimog style. Cab over design with a big bed out back.

I really like this thing, but simple isn’t safe enough. Looks like no airbags, which means it won’t be sold in the US.

1992. The radio and cluster have those digital LEDs.

What we really need is proximity based voice communication between vehicles, so that when I yell “stay in your lane, asshole,” or “stop texting and drive, shit-head,” those in the wrong will correct their behavior accordingly. Oh... and train horns. Those never get old.

This is one of those bits of wisdom passed down from when gasoline was dirty. It was stored in metal tanks in the ground that rusted. Water and road debris would wash into the fuel tanks. It’s why glass gas pumps existed... so you could see how clean the fuel was.

About 12 years ago, I was looking for another Cherokee to add to my collection of Jeeps (think David Tracy levels of jeep collecting). I found a cheap one on eBay with a “blown tranny”. Two door. Manual. Four wheel drive. I won it for $300 because there was no picture in the ad.

As a software engineer, I know just how digital and foolproof these things are. That said, the fastest way to improve software isn’t by testing it. It’s by using it. I’m completely comfortable letting machines do the work of driving, because when they make a mistake, it isn’t because they were texting, looking at…

Until you’ve stood next to the shuttle, you don’t really appreciate the size of it. The thing could haul a school bus into LEO. It’s a technological marvel with an unfortunate habit of exploding on take off or disintegrating on re-entry.

There’s nothing more offensive than hearing [bleep] censored.

You don’t fight against the machine that feeds you, no matter how little it feeds you. They aren’t going to find alternate solutions to problems like this, they’re going to follow the patterns laid down during corporate training. Unruly or obstinate passenger? Ask them to deplane. If they refuse, force them off. …

The fuel pump you’re using has a rubber membrane in it that fails pretty quickly if it’s been sitting too long. It dry rots. Had this happen on a TR3A I restored. First sign is that it’s hard to start. Then no power. Then an ominous rod knocking noise that comes from too much gas in the oil. Check the oil. If it…

Technically they stopped being cars and became scrap when they purchased them back. I bet there’s legal room to maneuver.

The head gaskets on a F-350 6.0L Diesel. On one side you need to remove the heater core, which is done via 10mm bolts from inside the dash. On the other side, you have sheet metal interference from the firewall preventing the removal of the head over the stud. For that, you just need a big hammer or a way to lift…

You’d need at least 35000 kWh to make this flight. You really don’t want to run out, so generally a 1/3 more capacity is needed, just to be safe. Call it 50000 kWh. Current storage is done via 18650 cells, which are 10 Wh and weigh 46 grams. That’s 230,000 Kg worth of batteries. Seems like we’re pretty far off.

I wept when my Tivo died with half an unwatched season on Wheeler Dealers. That and Chasing Classic Cars are two of the best shows that Velocity has produced (well, aired, at least), and CCC is a distant second (at least the recent seasons).

I still find that the sound of the original Ken Block Gymkhana car sends shivers up my spine.

In the off-road world, fender flares. Those things turn into trail chaff in no time. Unless they’re made from steel tubing, just leave them off.

An XJ220 in Geneva, on Rue du Mont-Blanc parked right at the corner before the bridge. In 1995, that was pretty amazing for me.

As the owner of a Sequoia, the stock mirrors SUCK when changing lanes in moderate traffic. After nearly killing my family when changing lanes in the daytime, I got one of those little sticky backed convex mirrors and now drive without worry. I think it also has to do with me sitting with the seat all the way back,…