this is bad information. dried salt on a metal component doesn’t do much of anything. you need to have moisture present to get the electro-chemistry going that turns your sheetmetal into rust. by washing the car, particularly when the roads are still coated in salt, all you’re doing is reintroducing water to those…

This is especially important if you have a heated garage as it’s heat that speeds the oxidation process up to a fever pace.

Because you cant get a perfectly good, used diploma on Craigslist for $5000?

I’m guessing emissions federalization is the primary barrier. The JDM engine may also cost more to produce, and they may feel the additional price would make the STI uncompetitive. But absent a few very limited special editions, the JDM STI isn’t really that much faster than the USDM. It just has a motor that is…

Neutral: Does It Matter To You If A Car Is Built In America?

The Unions crushed Detroit.

No, you just have to worry about submarining and dying from those 4 point harnesses.

*citation needed

As someone who owned a 2013 320i with the manual (no sport package though), I’d pass.

Just get a 335, modding these modern engines is gonna both void the warranty and make it act weird and not last nearly as long.

Why Buy A Used AMG C-Class Coupe When You Can Con A Dealer Into Giving You A New One Instead?

And the driver’s looking for glove under the passenger seat

Wait, you just dropped 40k+ on a Focus RS, plus a second set of wheels & tires, and you’re worried about the cost of a floor jack? Go get one of the low profile ones from Harbor Freight for <$100 - they work great.

Because of the Direct Injection design these engines will require the intake manifold to be removed every 40,000 to clean the carbon off the intake valves. (Roughly an $800 service if you are scrubbing each port by hand)

Hum.....sounds exactly like a certain orange haired dude who recently got elected to some sort of American position.....

They’re paid and are protected by the journalists union agreement so I think that answers your request.

Jalopnik can link to whatever they want? Of course.

http://www.boostaddict.com/content.php?69…

The question is was your site on the payroll for HPE? By that I mean did they pay you to run their HPE ads? And, more importantly, with this fresh piece, will you continue to take their money to promote their business?

As some who got taken by him back in the day on a smaller scale, I was hurt every time you guys praised him.