Is this a reference to something? (yes, I am a bit behind in my cultural vernacular)

True, but remember that German TUV has stringent inspection standards that make the cars on the road far safer than the junk we allow on our motorways.

Yep! It reminds me of his Tavarish’s first conversation with Alex Roy on the Apida Online YouTube channel.

Aren’t we being a bit hypocritical? Horses are pointless, just like driving a non-autonomous car will become pointless in about 25 years. I point you to an episode of your own show with Alex Roy:

I’ve always called them circlips, being from SoCal. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

Hmm, I’ll have to call the dealership. It had the driver’s airbag replaced already, but just started the passenger recall. Or maybe it was vice-versa...

I don’t trust it. I own an ex-Virginia car with a rusty-looking airbag inflator with more than 130k miles on it. There’s been a huge amount of moisture exposed to it, and vibration, which could both pulverize the airbag inflator’s once-solid mixture. I’ve also never been even close to hitting anything at 40 mph, but…

I’ve actually electronically disabled the driver’s airbag in my recalled BMW e39, and my grandmother has a bomb aimed at her passenger’s head in her 05 Accord. Both are awaiting parts.

Haha, yeah...

Thanks for being on our side! My own e39 has 130k miles. I have alignments and tire changes done by a shop, but everything else (including this summer’s planned manual swap) I do myself. It’s rewarding to wrench on, easy to do so with the huge amount of online resources, and, above all, fun to drive!

Easy solution: avoid the hype train. My family has more than 30 Apple devices (new and old) around the house, and we’ve never had a problem with the software because we always wait for the shit-show that is the first release to die down.

Not the same. Hotshot drivers can and do drive all over creation to deliver parts for oil rigs, as quickly as possible.

Yes, but would the Prius have kept working properly for a million miles? Or exploded in a fiery inferno like the Roadkill Prius?

Mmm, my 300lb father has destroyed the driver’s seat in his 2006 Tundra. The seat frame itself is cracked somewhere, so it has this weird rocking motion. He also destroyed the seat in a 1997 Dodge Grand Caravan, and punched the seat mounts in his 86 ‘Yota Pickup through the floor.

Oilfield hotshot driver

I wish I could say something that accurately describes my level of want. Despite the reality that I will never be able to afford this wonderful machine.

Haha, no VTEC on the 3-liter 1MZFE in that car. VVT was introduced with the 98 Lexuses (Lexii?) that shared the MZ V6 platform. 109 was drag-limited, it would go no faster. The four-speed auto had the little six screaming around 5000 RPM (6k redline, 6750 fuel cut), IIRC.

Right. I allegedly got a 225,000 mile 1995 V6 Camry up to 109 (GPS), so I’m certain a more modern Accord could.

Yep. Non-xenon headlights (projector halogens) are about $700, new.

Dealer quote for my 03 530i’s Xenon/HID headlights? $1200 each, which is about 1/5th of the car’s blue book... eeps!