I actually knew this already thanks to Monster Garage. Its pretty interesting though. Also, I think your child discipline idea is wonderful!

Sure, it's a vintage drifter now. But have you seen PCU? The perfect choice for a late '80s/early '90s yuppie.

The bike equal of a tank-slapper is a tank-slapper. The phrase comes from bikes, and really makes no sense in cars. It gets the name from the handlebars/clip-ons literally slapping back and forth against the fuel tank. This, however, is not that. This is a high-side. The rear tire loses traction and slides out. …

the phrase 'tank slapper' came from bike lingo because that's exactly what the rider is doing just before he gets thrown off. your thighs and body end up doing the slapping as you hang on the bars for dear life. This usually makes it worse as reaction times aren't fast enough to shift the weight and you just amplify…

don't you ever change

dat turn in

I got this for Christmas, can't stop looking at it...

We need this in the States.

A Nissan Juke owner saying a Honda Insight is ugly...

Yes I have, Mike.

I think the picture of the timing assembly pretty-much sums-it-up. Whenever something breaks on an American or Japanese car you fix it. Whenever something breaks on a VAG car you disassemble the car, realize you need a VAG-only tool for the fix, buy said VAG-only tool on Ebay from another similarly afflicted soul,…

They were right about one thing, it will work for the life of the car. What they didn't tell you is that the life of the car is however long the timing chain lasts.

But those American cars just keep running and running and running. "Cockroach of road" is not an unearned title

Very true. When you're considering a car that makes an S60R look dependable, you know you need to run away fast!!

But it's $8k of tax deductible repairs, no?

The "I hate Doug DeMuro" meetings in Idaho are just a bunch of guys with lifted trucks and valet parking. Also, guns.

This is actually an informative article about an issue I did not know existed. Thank you.

I feel all of us as readers, have been cock teased by doug. A fantastic writer + a unicorn v8 german wagon + tendency to explode = fantastic future reading material.