This entire thread has been so thought provoking and has impressed me to no end. I’ve seen no mud slinging nor name calling and there has been genuinely interesting points of view presented in intelligent fashion.

I just did a river crossing this morning in my Vanagon Westfalia Syncro.

I hear this, most definitely on the wasteful incarcerations, but I still think the guilty need to earn their keep. I just don’t see why they get free room and board on our dime when you and I are out here doing the right thing. No one is paying my rent and putting food on my table because I’m abiding by the law. If we…

What she did is beyond wrong, but the thing that sucks here is that we have to pay for her ridiculously high, 40 year, incarceration cost and, yet, you and I weren’t even involved. I’m getting pretty sick of, literally, paying for every fool’s poor decisions. The “lock her up and throw away the key” mentality has a…

I’d be quite surprised if someone has the correct advance weights in stock for this distributor here in the states. I’ve also had pretty varied success with rebuilders in my past, not to mention I’m a restoration mechanic. I’ve disassembled it myself and the pivot holes are very elongated. I’ve finally sourced a new…

I have a grey market 1983 BMW E30 320i.