My ‘96 Grand Cherokee had a recall issued following rear collisions causing some vehicles to burst into flames from a ruptured fuel tank. I was away for work at the time, but through the course of 2 months, they mailed 13 notifications and called my house roughly a dozen times. I’m the third owner of the car, so I was…

First gear: I can definitely believe that a full fix might not be possible. Meeting stringent Teir 4 Final emission standards is very difficult and requires a lot of accessory hardware that some of these vehicles may not even have provisions for. Short of replacing all engines with compliant built to spec engines, it…

There is nothing I would rather do less than buckle in to this $35,000 suicide Ram. CP all the way, not even worth the thought.

Clever sir, clever indeed.

I get what he was doing, but I think his real motive was to show off his NASCAR-esque drafting skills.

Police officer has zero chill.

I wish I could star this more than once! This is exactly the struggle I deal with. Oh, the ZJ has bad driveshaft U-Joints? I’ll just take my Dodge W250 to work. Nevermind, that fuel tank strap is broken. No big deal, I still have the W350. I don’t remember this thing not having brakes. The Chevy K20 would work, but I…

That could possibly be the most painfully bizarre news story I’ve ever read. My condolences for having to live in the Florida of the northeast.

I had a 200 as a rental about 6 months ago. I actually liked it, even in rental spec, but the 9 speed could take a hike. I’m not a fan of automatics or CVTs, but I would rather have a CVT with fake shift points.

Someone needs to start a high school class for Florida teens with the core lesson being “it doesn’t matter what you think of your cousin, you two can’t have children together"

At least it was just a Waffle House. She probably actually did the general public a favor if she put the place out of commission for a while.

I’m showing up late to the party, but I give this a resounding NP. I love Saabs, they are the strangest, most intriguing cars around for me. The styling, the mechanical design, the weird quirks... everything about them is awesome! I’d take this car in a heartbeat!

I agree that with the right tools, this job is a piece of cake to do on an older Jeep. Buying a flaring tool and bender were two of the best decisions I’ve made. I’ve more than gotten my money out of them in time and money saved.

Yup, you’re right. I was thinking more in the industrial sector, I believe there were two different common rail systems. But you are correct, in the truck market they also used the VP44. I forgot to mention that.

I had heard some of the same with the EcoDiesel which made me more curious to actually try one firsthand. Time will tell as to how long they last. That being said, I would have to agree with you that I am very curious about the GM twins’ diesel offering, and I’d be thrilled to see more small diesel pickups on the…

“We are going to do something that is going to (be) great (and) a very big beneficiary is going to be Michigan,”

Very good points all the way through! I definitely agree that this new Audi won’t need to worry about the huge duty cycles and wear and tear of constant heavy use. It needs to be capable of moving people and keeping with the flow of traffic and this engine with this amount of torque will more than amply do that.

Yeah, anything 12 valve is all mechanical, that’s why they’re called a “one wire motor” because the only electronic part is a fuel shutoff solenoid on the injection pump. The 24 valves actually have a couple different variants, one the uses and early and failure prone Bosch common rail and no EGR while the later ones…

I guess I don’t know. In the heavy duty engines (N14, L10) they may have had something like it but I don’t think it was really refined until the ‘90s. That was when true electronic common rail really started popping up everywhere. The early 6BT used a Bosch VE mechanical pump, then they switched to a Bosch P7100…

It’s just amazing to me how far diesel has come (and is still going) in even the past 5 years. I work around new industrial diesel engines and common rail, compound turbos, and VGT is pretty common but still feels advanced. This makes me feel like I’m a caveman playing with newly discovered fire.