I suppose I should take heart in the fact that even someone with a Frankenstein-esque ability to resurrect previously-dead cars can find himself in a bind - having been there many times, stuck in a spiral of despair and recrimination, frequently muttering “why the f**k did I start this?!”, I sympathize.

Is this something I’d like to do with a $500 Volvo? Absolutely. Would I like to give someone else two grand for their cut-rate Mad Max vision? Absolutely not. Long-term viability was not high on the agenda when this thing was put together - too many things not addressed - brakes (!), gearbox, O2 sensors, fuel pump…

That’s exactly what you want. The relay trigger circuit likely draws only milliamps, so that’s what you want going through your dash switch. The light(s) draw significantly more, but that current comes from the battery and through the relay, which is designed to handle current that size

From the West Wing:

Time for Melania to launch her “Be Free-est” campaign

Rush, Limbaugh, rush - Satan’s getting impatient...

When I moved to the US in ‘92, the only car I could afford had an AM radio that received only one station - WMAL 530 talk radio in DC. Of course, Rush was on in the evenings - I couldn’t believe the bile he spewed (my home country’s national radio was more along the genteel NPR line - people disagreed, but they did it…

Rush can get all the medals he wants - the rest of us know that they’re nothing but a sham, awarded because he’s a friend of the president - another old white bigot. Rush has never done anything for the good of his country, and this award cheapens the work of these who have deservedly received this recognition. His…

At this stage, who cares? If I had kidneys that looked like BMW’s recent “kidneys”, I’d be making an appointment with a nephrologist stat. 

Rear-ending someone with the contents of your rear end - seems fitting

My Fiat Ritmo had a wine bottle-sized receptacle immediately in front of the gear shift. I was told that it was intended for a fire extinguisher, but given that the Ritmo was clearly not a Ferrari and therefore in no need of an extinguisher, I called “bollocks” on that one. No more bottles rolling around the footwell,…

Years ago, one of our grad-school colleagues was getting a little too big for his britches - one of us faxed him an invitation to present his research at an international conference called Tripartite Research In Protein Expression, signed by the secretary of the organization, Aloda Bullini. Not only did he spend the…

They either have a tremendous back yard, or it’s a house on a friggin’ golf course. I never understood that logic - looking out the window to see tubby white dudes chugging by on golf carts, and getting the occasional sliced ball coming through the window. Imagine what sort of actual Italian (as opposed to…

Hope I can get a good Deal(ey) on it.....

Pretty sure Trumpy couldn’t bend even if he wanted to

The coolant will boil at a lower temperature, so they just need to upgrade the rad cap to account for the lower atmospheric pressure relative to the cooling system pressure. Alternatively they could use waterless coolant which doesn’t boil

that same magical force that also keeps your bathroom ceiling relatively free from urine stains.

I had the same issue with buying a ‘72 TR6 in NY - it only came with a “transferrable registration” (NY doesn’t issue titles for vehicles ‘72 or older), which I believe scared off some earlier potential buyers. I drove it back to PA and let AAA handle the PA registration and titling - there were no issues once they…

That’s beautiful

Indeed - not the worst wig I’ve ever seen, but a scalp-rat nonetheless.