We talked ourselves into and then out of getting a new car. TL;DR: I get to keep the Miata
This was weird. I think I get to keep the Miata if I fix the air conditioning.
If I've never driven a car with traction control and stability control, will I notice if I turn it off in my new car?
I’ve never driven a car with traction control and electronic stability control on a regular basis. What will happen if I get a new car with those features and I turn them off? How dangerous is it? Will I crash and die? Will I cause an accident? Will I become the subject of Yet Another Cars And Coffee Crash On Exit…
Ford Fiesta 1.0L EcoBoost w/ST handling upgrades
How crazy is it to put the Ford Fiesta ST handling package into a Fiesta SE with the 1.0L EcoBoost engine?
Lightweight, small engined, long distance motorcycle
I wonder if such a bike exists. It weighs under 400 pounds. It has an engine between 250cc and 500cc. It has a range of 250 miles per tank. Like a big cruiser, it has a fairing, either built-in, after-market, or DIY. It is comfortable for a long legged person to ride all day on back roads and for a little while on the…
Do JDM wing mirrors make a car cooler?
I noticed that a lot of the Japanese Domestic Market cars posted to Oppositelock and Jalopnik have mirrors on the front fenders. They look nice. That makes me wonder if they improve the look of any car. If I put them on my 1987 Nissan Sentra 4WD station wagon, which looks like this one but without the dents:
Everybody on Jalopnik and Oppositelock seems to love older cars. There's style and a romantic quality about them that many of us don't find in modern cars. Yet, compared to modern cars, the older ones are unsafe. What's stopping the car makers from building modern, safe and affordable cars with the beautiful,…
Looking for a way to post a map + photos
Who knows how to do this and can tell me? I need a way to display a route and some photos on an online map that I can share on Oppo. I have a GPX track file of the route. My photos are geotagged.
Inspired by the Jalopnik article on a Finnish racing name generator, I went and got mine. Whenever I get in my car, I will be known as
Restoring my father's car, part 3
[I originally posted this on 2013-11-14 on my private blog, mistakenly thinking that Oppositelock readers would see it, too. Now that I'm an Oppositelock writer, I'm reposting it.]
Historical performance and vehicle data
I'm looking for performance and vehicle data about passenger cars, enthusiast cars, and sports cars from the 1950s forward. I want to be able to compare modern cars to the classic cars I'd rather drive. I'm looking for things like time from 0 to 60 MPH, standing quarter-mile time, breaking distance, g-measurement on a…
Restoring my father's car, part 2
In high school chemistry class, I learned that entropy is the order of the universe. This week, I overcame entropy long enough to order some parts and buy new tires for my antique 1987 4WD Nissan Sentra station wagon. These cars seem to be rare and some of the parts are hard to find. (A helpful man named Mike on the…
Restoring my father's car
I'm thinking about restoring my father's car. A couple of years ago, my now-86-year-old father gave me his commuting car. It's a 1987 Nissan Sentra 4WD station wagon. He bought it new near Albany, NY. It's been my winter car and my every-other-day car, taking the strain off my 1999 Mazda Miata that's been my…