Yeah. Back when I had my ‘06 Mustang GT, I looked into several accessories that could have given me a claimed 50 hp boost. “Cold” air intake, cat-back exhaust, SCT tune, stuff like that. All requiring more expensive 92 octane gas too. But I figured out that being my daily driver, and actually putting about 3,000 miles…

While I realize that many ICE owners could realistically spend much more than $2,000 to add 50 hp to their engine, depending on cylinders and displacement, this seems to be a waste of money unless you’re planning on racing the vehicle. Is that 50 hp really translatable to any noticeable gains?

I’m not sure if anyone else around here plays disc golf (which everyone should be playing disc golf) but “Lucid Air” is also the name for a type of plastic used by Dynamic Discs in their super lightweight range of discs. It’s the Lucid plastic with little air bubbles injected in it during the molding process. The…

It’s not a bad idea, but if Gramps can’t remember from one day to the next that his car won’t start, and both grandparents are left alone for long periods of time without assistance, it’s time to find them some assisted living and maybe a memory-care facility. This is the kind of situation that usually results in…

4th gear: The Nissan 350Z was based on the same platform as the Murano. I think the 370Z still is? In any case, it was panned by the press because it was so much heavier than the competition. Good looking car, non-competitive performance.

Yes. But the other problem is charger location. If I want to visit my sister in rural IL, it’s normally a five hour, 300 mile trip one-way. But if I drive an electric car, it turns into a nearly nine hour, 500 mile trip one way because of the location of chargers, and even when I get there, I’d have to charge on a…

Eh...for the money, it’s going to be harder to sand down the old paint, especially where it’s cracked around the CORVETTE embossing and keeping the edges right. Who knows what it looks like in the tailight cups and license plate? It would be a decent DIY project if you have the skills, but given what the car could be…

Low speed rear end collision damage. It was enough to craze the paint and it would be easier and cheaper to replace the panel than deal with sanding down the 25 year old paint on an old panel that’s probably cracked anyway. Probably $600-$900 depending on if you want a repro or OE panel, then another $200 for paint.

Rebuild the shocks, replace the rear fascia, and this is a $13,000-$15,000 car.

That depends largely on the status of the company. Are they still in the initial startup stages? Are they living on venture capital? Many companies in the Valley are NOT profitable for several quarters and tend to swing wildly until they’re bought by Alphabet, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, or Apple. Nobody but the bean…

There’s a guy who shows up to our weekly McDonald’s car show with one that’s been converted into a Ranchero.

Neutral: In the same way you are an Army brat, I’m a GM brat. My family worked for the company for three generations and my Dad was transferred all over the country. When you work for the General, or any of the Big Three, you live your life a contract at a time. You initially get the job because you are related to…

I think this is the first headline for any post you’ve made that could genuinely be categorized as “click bait”. I mean, I know it’s exciting to find a Euro-spec version of what was literally the best selling minivan of all time in the U.S., but other than the diesel engine, tow hook, and amber marker lights, this is…

$2,000 is definitely what-the-heck money for a 300ZX 2+2. Mileage isn’t bad and the f/i issue is easy to fix. But what got me thinking was why Chevrolet never offered a 2+2 Corvette, especially in the C4 through C6 models? The 300ZX is proof that it could have been done rather cleanly, although it definitely would…

Neutral: Our local airport KCI (MCI) went from three terminals to two, and now they are building a brand new terminal with fewer gates than the two currently being used. Airline consolidation in the ‘80s and ‘90s, security issues, and convenience demands of travelers have driven downsizing of a lot of regional…

This is not your father’s Maserati.

Might not be the biggest. There have been train derailments in the U.S. that have taken out a week’s production from a plant before.

Also, DT’s Jeeps and “winter beaters” are not the norm. Notice his recent articles about the difficulty he was having getting most of his “fleet” registered to prevent getting a nuisance citation from the city. Much of that was due to the fact that they were not road legal and would not even pass a lax inspection in…

I absolutely agree. One of my work responsibilities is handling insurance claims for my employer’s vehicle fleet. Our state has a mandatory vehicle safety inspection for vehicles that are at least five years old, but they have limited the inspection fee by law to $12.50 or about 10 EUR. When a shop is charging $100…

Unless it’s a police union. Oh wait...