“Now pick a mouth and say [untypeable]!”

I’m still reeling from the fact that most BMW’s (The Ultimate Driving Machine) no longer even offer a manual transmission.

“This is such a bloke’s car! You start with a practical sensible family hatch back and then fill it full of engine.” ~Jeremy Clarkson

As a gear head and mechanical engineer, your anecdote nails it.

Even if you can avoid living in an HOA, may cities have laws against a myriad of behaviors having to do with the appearance of your property including having disabled/unregistered vehicles.

It feels that way...

Ever heard of Lock-n-stitch crack repair? You should check it out.

Also, former structural engineer here on off highway equipment (lots of weldments). Agree but want to add that this component is most likely heat treated, which means it’ll be impossible to weld repair without normalizing and heat treating again.

Yeah...looks better than that Porsche that hit the concrete Toll Booth at 100+.

What do you mean “gotten”? Remember how changing to a short throw shifter or a different air filter moves you from street to street prepared?

I was under the impression that the prepared categories did not allow body modifications like that.

I’ve been a corner worker while this guy ran. Every time I saw him coming I went ahead and backed up another 30 feet off-course. He tries to win the autocross at every. single. corner.

...he never met a car he couldn’t spin...

The modified classes do not require a windshield.

It takes practice to learn how to navigate the course. But it’s fairly easy once you learn what to look for and to keep your focus more than 3 inches in front of your car.

Not all. I’ll easily do without if I can’t find a good source. For instance....the coffee available at work is Seattle’s Beast. I’ll happily be groggy all day than drink that shit.

Creamer? Step 1: if the coffee isn’t good enough to drink black, don’t drink it.

Point of note: That is a Telehandler, not a forklift.

OE rotors and almost all aftermarket rotors (even the really expensive ones) are grey iron castings....not steel.

Yeah, I’d only seen the DBA 5000's with either drilled or slotted rotors.