My two favorites: 1976 Cadillac Deville, and 1995 Buick Roadmaster (with Dynaglide (tm)!)

From what I’ve been told by previous owners, those Bullets have horrendous quality. It’s picked up over the last few years but I know several people who still refuse a new one based on their experience with these models.

Exactly. Just do it the same way the AMCA (and I think the AMA) does it. Rolling 35 year from the current year.

As long as I can still ride/drive classic vehicles without having to meet CARB standards, I’m totally cool with it.

Marshmello’s vehicle is toast(ed).

I like it. I’d be inclined to get an electric motorcycle for commuting, so any increase in exposure for the concept is a plus in my book. Plus I like the idea of having the quieter races in more densely populated areas.

One big difference: when you consult a shop manual instead of a forum, you’re going to get one answer, not 14 conflicting ones.

Quite possibly it’s a patent issue. If they have a strong enough patent, no one else can provide a similar feature.

I remember watching a dad teach his daughter in a parking lot how to open their car with this. Repeating the code aloud. Multiple times.

It depends on the tool, honestly. Ratchet set that is used daily? Best I can afford (and maybe more than I can afford). Bearing puller that I’ll use MAYBE twice? HF all day.

I’ve already got 3, but if I had to choose from some of those and make it four, I’d go:

I loved the first two trips. Watching those guys was such a blast. But no Apple TV+, so I guess I’ll either skip it or see if it comes out on the half dozen other streaming platforms. This is getting as bad as cable...

As a fellow North Carolinian, I agree with your above average rain observation. Feels like we’re living in the rain forest. But who could ask for better harsh weather conditions to truly test the Changli’s “quality” build?

My dad gave me his 1970's motorcycle years ago as part of a repayment for a tractor. The thing had been sitting in various sheds or backs of garages since the early 1980's. I always referred to it as “my dad’s bike”. Even after schlepping it 600 miles to a new job, it was still “my dad’s bike”.

I mirror your sentiments about Facebook. We could always go back to the pre-Facebook days (for those of us that remember) and just use the forums you mention at the beginning. For most of my projects, the vehicles are so old the most knowledgeable people don’t have Facebook but do manage to stumble through forum pages.…

Pretty much. And that movie was one of the several that inspired me to become an engineer.

Funny enough, I’ve gravitated toward a modified UNI filter as well.

Look, if there’s one thing I’ve learned from working on more obsolete vehicle brands and models, is that you take what you can get when it comes to finding replacement parts. $13 is absolutely worth the test to see if it works. If it fits, it’ll be waaaayyy better than what you had before. And if it doesn’t then it’s…

Now let’s compare the maintenance costs...

So awesome. If only they’d do classic Japanese motorcycles too.