This is no doubt really smart, but I feel like angling each tack-welded jig piece such that the puller stick (allen wrench?) pulls the dent straight is almost as much an art as any other bodywork...
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Touraeg TDIs are very well priced because the first step in the factory service manual for EVERYTHING is “remove engine.”
2004-2006/7 (955) Cayenne Turbo. High maintenance costs? Sure, isn’t that your thing, Tavarish? 450+ hp, and potential for a good amount more? Yup. 4 heated leather seats, an air suspension, suede headliner, and soft-touch/leather all around? Check. Just don’t try to find out how to plug an iPod into it...
Only auto in the SRT-6. I daily drove an NA one with a stick for 4.5 years. They’re a great deal used but while the actual handling was good, the steering was quite awful and the interior is sad. I see why they didn’t sell very well new.
That exact Mercedes ML situation you describe happened to my girlfriend’s parents. Word for word. They went to a Mercedes dealership (mind you, these are two well-off, well-dressed older people in a freaking 5 series), asked to test drive one, were told they couldn’t, looked at it, realized it was the size of a city…
Diesel and gas aren't exactly the same thing... at any rate:
In my family, 2006 Mazdaspeed 6. Awesome car when it's working, but ours needed (beyond normal tires/oil/filters/plugs/brakes/shocks/blah blah):
The "Italian tuneup" only goes so far - this is a systemic problem with direct injection cars. Direct injection also can lead to increased particulate emission and cylinder wall fuel washdown issues (fuel in oil, cylinder wall lubrication failure) because despite advanced injector design and various mixing methods,…
They're really that cheap, and there's probably nothing serious wrong with that one (besides that it's scary that the clutch needed to be replaced so early).
They've been on this train for years!
The one where he says he should have "used the throttle more judiciously" - as in, not booted it as he was leaving a C+C? I'm glad the guy wasn't *trying* to do a burnout or slide, but he thought he knew the limits and didn't, the same fundamental problem as in every other C+C showboater accident.
Yep, they've gotten to be a much worse deal over the last two years. I still think it would be possible to get into an Elise today and get out in a few years with only a few grand worth of depreciation though. The Elise isn't too bad for stoplight visibility once the mirror is replaced and visors removed, but it does…
Try a Lotus out. I'm 6'1" and long in the torso and the Lotus fits me a LOT better than the NA and NB Miatas I've been in.
These are great cars and this isn't a bad deal.
When buying Top Gear UK content for friends and family be VERY careful not to get caught up by Blu-Ray or DVD region coding issues.
I'd 100% say you should join another team for an arrive-and-drive before you field one of your own. Even somewhat competitive/good teams will charge around $500-$700 for a seat. When you consider that registration works out to around $300/person once you field your own team, that's not a bad deal. Sometimes you can…
They've already got a new word in there ("Global")... by the time it's 2016 it'll be The 2016 SCCA Pro Racing Battery Tender Mazda Global MX-5 Cup Presented by BFGoodrich Tires Brought to you by Good Times or something
They fly these things over populated neighborhoods ALL the time, for everything from disaster recovery to fairs to training to school events where they land on sports fields.
Funny that you say that about the Elise, because the Exige came from the factory... with extra weight in aero parts, including a wing that produces only limited downforce at speeds the car is capable of traveling, and also has the tendency to flap about.