You know what Tulsa spelled backwards is?

I get a tiny tube for spark plugs and set it aside. Then forget I have it and get another cheap tube for something else. Over time, I have something like a gallon of the stuff scattered in leaking tubes all over the garage.   

Anti-seize is the automotive equivalent of glitter.  Once out of containment, it gets everywhere.

An engineering manager I long ago worked for hypothesized there is actually only one tablespoon of neverseize in the whole world.  I just keeps getting spread around thinner and thinner.  

Forget how well it does at keeping nuts from seizing, I want to know how hard it is to clean. I get a single drop on the tip of my pinky finger and an hour later I look like the Tin Man. Then months later, I pick up a sock that happened to be the garage at the time of my adventures in Oz and I end up repeating my…

Agreed, the flat grill is better looking. There are better ways to put a big engine in a Pacer without messing up the lines of the grill

Where I work is similar, some technicians have been coming into work but have been provided masks and the nature of their work means they are always distancing, cleaning has been ramped up, and the rest of us who can work from home do so. Upper management has had frequent telcos with all of us asking about concerns…

They did. All those ventilators and other pieces of PPE didn’t arrive out of thin air. They were manufactured at the plants in what was an oddly convenient three-way partnership between an Auto company, a Major Multi-National (think 3M) and a mid level Pharma whose stock magically soared. I’ve never seen it covered…

I don’t know whether to feel overjoyed by this astonishing tale of compassion, or to sink into despair at how astonishing it is.

A motorcycle won’t trigger the loop embedded in the pavement. Therefore, you can be sitting a light indefinitely. MSF teaches about it. You have to wait to give the system a chance to cycle. If you have waited a reasonable amount of time you can proceed when the intersection is clear. The responsibility of safely cross…

Lights with timers are often not triggered by something as small as a motorcycle and will never turn green

It’s pathetic people make decisions due to political affiliation. Man how people have become entitled selfish losers. It wasn’t this way in the 90's or before. My mother and father are polar political opposites, same with my grandparents. These days it’s impossible for people to date if they happen to have a…

Yep,. 24k on a 650 hp rental sounds like 240k on a normal car to me.

I agree. I bought a decent amount of Toyota stock near the bottom of the crash. I also bought Ford... more on a “let’s be a river boat gambler” investment. I am much more confident in Toyota’s stability than Ford’s. 

1st Gear: 80% drop in profit still means they are making a profit. I would see this as a pretty good silver lining given the situation. Plenty of others are talking losses.

Neutral: Mostly we’re being told it’s an evolving situation and the emphasis is on being careful and thoughtful even when the lockdown lifts. It’s a pretty common sense approach, really.

“Yes, a four-wheel electric tricycle. You know, like a biped with a third leg, or a five-legged quadrupedal dog...”

Jeep owners can use this special spare tire cover as a diagnostic tool to assist in evaluating the situation should they ever encounter this issue.