That is pretty irritating, but not as dangerous as entering a traffic circle and the oncoming car decides to go clockwise when you are going counter. Just to save a few seconds.

Yeah, I get the feeling this is one of those things where 6 months ago the car was actually something nice. Then this kid got ahold of it with big plans to make the turbos bigger and weld the diff...

I might be biased(mine), but I like the Z31. So does Oppo: http://oppositelock.jalopnik.com/tag/z31

No. See post above, or use Wikipedia.

There was no 280z(S30) with factory T-tops. You are either thinking of a 280ZX (S130) or a 300ZX(Z31). 280zx (definitely not a 280z, which shares a chassis with the celebrated 240z) has a L-6, 300ZX has Japan’s first V-6.

And yes, the 70’s bosch L-Jetronic EFI in the 280zx is kind of a nightmare. When it works, it…

This, and people who go clockwise around traffic circles. Worse than Hitler.

YES. My god, haven’t we been trained to stay inside the lines since early chilchood? Should lose their license. Complete lack of basic auto control.

Not crashing seems to be a stretch for most appliancemobile drivers, judging from the amount of extra paint on most Prii I see.

How about just *most* cars? Special licenses for real operators, sort of like a commercial license. Test in-depth, require a fairly involved road course.

I personally cannot wait for the day when those who hate/fear driving are off our roads. The timid and unsure, going 58 in the fast lane, stopping on…

...some drivers can’t even manage to make a turn into the correct lane.

Basically a threaded liner for oversized bolt holes. Say you ruined the threads in an exhaust manifold hole, maybe a bolt broke, or was crossthreaded, or overtorqued and stripped out - you drill it out, tap the now big hole (tap = cut bolt threads into it) and screw in the helicoil. Now you have a threaded hole the…

My fave helicoil story was from a shitbox ‘82 toyota p-up. It blew out a sparkplug, taking the threads with it. Dented the hood on its way out, but stayed connected to the plug wire.

I drove on 3 cyl to a Napa, bought a helicoil kit and tapped, coiled and re-installed it on the roadside.

Damn straight, but I always have a hard time finding them outside of dedicated fastener stores.

DON’T USE IT AT ALL.

Buy all your cars at dealerships.

...I’ll volunteer to keep getting things off of Craigslist, for the common good.

A 2.8 V8 would probably sound pretty awesome, especially if it was flat plane...

You’re miles ahead of most of the public. Several times people have insisted to me that my 280Z was either a V8 or a 4-cylinder.

Almost universally, this is followed by a sub-$1k offer to buy the car.

These days? There have been V6s in Zs since 1984.

Yeah, the VG is also famously overbuilt. I recall back in the day on Z31.com there was a fellow who ran 35psi on stock internals for dyno runs, 20+ for the street. Stock boost was between 4-7 psi.

There’s a subset of American males that seem to think that a wild west showdown is around the corner at every moment. They also think “fish fear me” t-shirts are funny.

But other ways don’t give you that boost to your perceived masculinity! Have you ever gone through your day knowing you could bend others to your will with a piece of metal you keep near your groin? It’s amazing!