PICKING AT MY CAR. Yes, it is old. No, that doesn’t mean you can try to break the vents out of the dash, poke holes in the headliner, or pick the stitching out of the seats because you “have a tic”. God damn, I hate this. Maybe you don’t give a shit about your leased minivan, but I’m trying to keep a 30-yr old daily…

Kinja is not the first stop in the web human centipede.

In WA? It's a place for Prius/Volts/Teslas to go 58 in lockstep with the other four lanes.

My Father and Grandfather worked on the oil pipelines in northern Canada during the 1960s. The job involved a lot of driving pickups between remote sites in freezing temperatures. Not unusual to put half a million hard miles on a truck in its five or so year life.

OH SNAP.

Looks like AlO to me... Corrosion happens when you let something damp sit.

diesel hatchback.

Shusei Nagaoka actually - he did ELO, EW&F, and other acronymic 70's bands. not YES. My mistake.

http://japanesenostalgiccar.com/2009/11/12/shu…

Can't beat art by the same guy who made YES covers. Cordia Turbo FTW.

A fleshlight that fits into the hitch receiver?

The Belcher family wagon has previously been depicted somewhat ambiguously, and only recently has the Mopar F-body design been settled on. I think last night's episode, Li'l Hard Dad, has the best, most definitive view of the car seen to date. It's a 1976-1979 Plymouth Volaré wagon, no doubt. You can almost smell that…

Yup. I recall my Father insisting that "timing belts were a scam" and having my Mother continue driving her 84 Prelude until the belt snapped. Many bent valves. Of course, he then thought "They're trying to scam me into buying a new cylinder head" and insisted the shop just put on a new belt.

So I took to Craigslist and I quickly discovered the perfect vehicle: a 1980s Mercedes-Benz E-Class, complete with a bad transmission, rust issues, and 250,000 miles, listed for five hundred bucks. If that didn't work, I found another car that was just as good: a worn out Volvo 240 at the end of its life for about the…

Buttons: This is likely a leaky vacuum line. The vents (aside from the oreo-equipped vents) flow is controlled by vacuum actuators that require negative pressure to work. Usual culprit is a split in the vacuum hose at the manifold in the engine bay. Unfortunately for you, I drove the ZX today so I can't take a…

My best advice to you would be to get the Bentley Manual for this car. It may as well say "Don't Panic" on the cover. I too share the wiring pain - pre-88 Volvos have biodegradable insulation on the wiring. Dave Barton makes replacement harnesses out of durable wire, I'm waiting until mine reaches >50% point-to-point…

ITT: People conflating "Daily Drive" with "drive into the ground without maintaining".

Sounds like your heater petcock has seized open.

I have two 1987 cars: My Volvo 245 for crummy weather or cargo, or my 300ZX T for nice days (T-Tops!). Both RWD 5-speeds.

Neutral: How Long Will You Keep Your Car? Does it feel old already?

Split shot doesn't have anything to do with fat content. Split shot means half the shots (of espresso, shots don't mean anything but espresso) are caffeinated, half decaf. This is because of the beans used, not any process undertaken at the machine.*