There was very definitely a noticable difference. It had a relative crapload of torque. I was looking at a rebuild anyway so I decided to go all-out. I got all my stuff from Accurate Power, who no longer do stroker kits, I believe. If you’re already doing an engine rebuild it’s a great idea. If you don’t have a need…

I totally agree, in reference to the stand-alone add-on brush guards so many people have.

Nice!

A lot of people know of the Sullivans thanks to Caroline’s Spine.

I’ve always looked at it as an approximation of what a person would do as a hobby or for some cash on the side. Certainly not as a business venture.

Any decent contractor should be comfortable working with you to establish a “schedule of values” for each portion of the work. The schedule of values is a list of each of the tasks and the value of each, which totals to the total contract value. Payments are made monthly (or weekly/biweekly depending) based on that…

This goes hand in hand with the people that, regardless of whether they’re turning right or left, always turn into the far lane. The only explanation for it that I can come up with is that they’re just too lazy to turn the wheel the extra couple degrees to make their car turn into the nearest lane (in accordance with…

Having been in an accident where the car I was riding in was rear-ended and turned into a car sandwich, I’m keen to leave some breathing room in front when I stop. If stopping uphill I sometimes leave a full car length because I have heard the horror story of the person who was behind a jackass in a manual…

I’m in!

I was with you up until the Wayne Carini hate. I really like Chasing Classic Cars. Sure there’s not a lot of tech or detail but it’s neat to see that aspect of car enthusiasm.

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You are correct. You can’t haggle at CarMax. They won’t entertain it and the salespeople have no authority to negotiate. I test drove a car there once mostly out of curiosity. I ended up buying elsewhere because, similar to the article, they didn’t have the exact model I was looking for and their prices were higher.

I strongly doubt that. Show me an autonomous car that can get the 2 miles back in the forest to my cabin where GPS signals are blocked by trees, cell coverage is spotty, and the road is gravel and often washed out requiring you to navigate around ruts. A large part of why I like it there is because it’s a respite from…

I’ve come to realize that I’m that guy as well. I now find myself sitting among a group of people consciously thinking “Keep your mouth shut, even though I may be right, my comments will not add any value to the conversation and I’ll only look like a jerk”. I used to never be able to keep my mouth shut so I’m making…

I’ve always preferred the look of GMC trucks to Chevy (Even though I own a Chevy) but this time they went and mad it look worse. Dangit.

I have to think that a proper member of our military would be able to change a starter in the hot sand during a firefight in a few minutes. They wouldn’t let something that simple keep them from taking care of business.

I honestly think that some dumbasses really do purposely turn off their automatic headlights (My Infiniti has Off|Auto|Parking|On modes so it’s conceivable. I just leave mine in Auto unless I’m turning them on for bad weather). With regard to the rain, they should be on anytime your wipers are on but there’s no…

I agree but even automatic headlights aren’t foolproof. I’ve come across knuckleheads driving cars that I know are equipped with automatic headlights but have their lights inexplicably turned off after dusk.

This is so true. More often than not, it’s cheaper and easier to fix something that’s old, broken, or outdated than it is to fix something that was fixed or replaced poorly or incorrectly. So many times working on my house, my cabin, or friends’ houses I’ve said “What the hell were they thinking!?”. Now anytime I do a…

Especially considering that there are no species of gecko that are indigenous to the British Isles.