1. Rear brakes on a 2015 Mazda 5. The little teeth on the wheel cylinder compressor from AutoZone does not fit the holes on the wheel cylinder, so you have to compress them by hand with a set of needle nose pliers.

I don’t think Bollinger is a fair comparison to Nikola or Lordstown. Tesla is not even in the same league as those three, as they have proven themselves as a volume manufacturer. Lordstown has GM backing them up with their suppliers, and Nikola has some money from GM, but they will likely either pull out or do a…

This is a fine classic automobile that could be a good way to start a small collection. You can drive it to local shows or trailer it fairly easily with the low weight. You will likely get your investment back out of it when you sell it unless you try to do a full frame off resto, which really won’t do much for a…

Hot take: This car will never come to market. Lucid doesn’t even have a plant built yet and they’ve been spending other people’s money since 2007. Some other company might purchase whatever’s left in 2025, but this car is pure vaporware. We’ll never see it in 2022 or any other year. Nobody spends 15 years developing a…

Honestly, it depends on the task and the status of my bank account at the time of the project. I tend to go the cheap route if I’m only using the tool once or sporadically, and invest in more expensive tools when I need precision or reliability.

This needs to be FCA/Stellantis’ next throwback project. Forget the Pacifica (which really isn’t a bad minivan) and bring back the Voyager and Caravan in true breadbox form.

Everything about this car screams “Project Car”. I think the Esprit is probably the best looking Lotus ever made and the price is probably in line with the market for something that needs basic maintenance, but the interior, wheels and skinny tires, and aftermarket engine mods makes the car worth about $10k less in my…

The Skycrane would probably be the only thing that could pluck it off the roof without having to build a regular truss crane on the ground, but the hourly rates for one of those probably exceeds the worth of the actual Hemi Siren. They used one a few years ago to hang new stadium lights at Kaufman Stadium where the…

Yep. The cool thing is if you’re driving westbound on Independence Avenue, you can see it on the roof as you crest the hill near Winner Road.

Isuzu’s problem was that their passenger-car dealerships were mostly lower-tier dealers that sold primarily used cars from other brands to people with bad credit. Their primary competitors in that space were Suzuki, Mitsubishi, Kia, and Hyundai. Isuzu didn’t have any cars that could compete in the low-tier space…

There is one located right here:

They used to sell the refills everywhere, including Walmart, but I haven’t seen them in year. TBH, the frames usually get rusty and loose their tension within a couple years, so most people need a whole new blade anyway.

Fifth Gear: OnStar originally ran on the analog network owned by Verizon. When that was shut down, owners were disconnected from the system if their vehicle was too old to be upgraded to a CDMA 1xRTTY radio or they didn’t way to pay for the radio upgrade. GM never paid to upgrade anyone back then, and I doubt they…

Nice Price.

“What are some current roles cops play in your community that you think could be potentially better served by a specially-trained, unarmed professional? Is there something else you think the police should be more focused on?”

5th Gear: The real headline: Small town GM dealer decides to breach its contract and move FCA vehicles into the Chevrolet and Cadillac showroom because nobody is buying them. There’s probably a good chance that this dealer is waaaay overextended on the floor plan for all of their brands and is trying to unload…

It’s not a wagon or diesel, but it’s still running, looks in fantastic shape, and is probably safer than most other vehicles of this vintage. The A/C conversion shouldn’t be too bad if you really need it.

There’s gotta be a kimchee joke in here somewhere...

This is the optional map. The standard map is Cleveland, OH, which is just the regular window tint applied so thick that you can’t see the sunlight through it.

Good memories are good to have, nobody can argue with that. Your first ride is definitely better than mine, a 1989 Spectrum. I did like the first SuperCrew trucks and the Expedition back then, those looked pretty good.