Came across this Volvo 122 for sale. Pretty fun read! https://sfbay.craigslist.org/nby/cto/6188923459.html

So I had been having some cooling issues (outlined previously here, and here). Last week I was able to track down an OEM, Wahler brand thermostat. Swapped it in over the weekend and lo and behold, the issues were solved! Merc ran between 82-88*C, holding pretty steady at 85*C the whole time. Temp really only reached…

Came across this bad mamma-jamma while doing the standard friday afternoon work cl browsing. 400hp Chevy V8 mounted right behind your ears. Jeepers.

With my bank account recovering from paying off LASIK, I’m again turning my attention towards a second car. Especially with summer coming around, I’m looking for something fun to just blast around in and maybe commute a day or two in. Been looking at MR2s for awhile, and this one has been on CL for a couple months. I…

Just sold off my sister’s Acura, which got me thinking of all the cars I’ve bought and sold. So far, I sold every one of my family’s cars that I grew up with.

Been really into him lately. Bucket List Project is a great listen and I came across his earlier mixtape, ConfortZone today and really liked it. Another guy who grew up in a bad place but instead of rapping about guns and violence, raps about the struggles of rising above that.

My family has had this Acura for about 9 years, first my dad drove it, then gifted it to my sister for her to drive for a couple of years. Sister just bought a new car (2015 Acura RDX), dealer offered her $700 for the TL-S as a trade in. Told them I could probably do better. Ad.

Thoughts on cheap, reliable, 2wd, 90s mini trucks? Opinions on superiority between say, a 90s Toyota vs an Isuzu pup vs the Mitsu Mighty Max vs Mazda B____? Seem like they’re plentiful on CL and could be fun to toss around yet reliable enough to drive into the ground. Do some offer performance/aftermarket value over…

Well, I had it yesterday, but today I get to enjoy non-contact lens corrected vision in almost 17 years! So far so good (tested 20/15 vision today) and it’ll just get better as my eyes heal. Going to an A’s game later to try out this newfound eagle vision.

So still had some hot running issues today. Drove the 300D into work, and on both the way in and the way out, temp climbed fairly quickly to just under 100C but then halted there. No movement in either direction really more than a degree or so. Seems baffling. When I tried burping the system as I had done previously,…

Anybody in the Bay Area that likes KYLE? He’s playing the Fillmore in SF tonight, I have an extra ticket. Should be a lot of fun!

Located mounted on the side of the engine bay, near the coolant reservoir. It just looks like a little sheet metal box with some coils in it, then a wire connector leading out with the wires just merging with another loom. Haven’t done too much snooping on where that loom goes. Car is a 1984 Mercedes 300d.

It ain’t perfect, but she probably hadn’t seen a good wash and hand wax in a couple years. Not bad for some 33 year old paint.

I hadn’t washed the Merc since I got it about 6 months ago, so I decided it was finally time to give it a little TLC. The wheels were the worst (this one pictured was probably the cleanest of the four), with years of brake dust caked on em. Took a lot of simple Green, scotch brite and elbow grease to bring em back,…

I was pretty skeptical when I first moved here, and the long commute on the awful freeway certainly doesn’t help, but every once in awhile the beauty of the area reveals itself.