I don’t know why more people don’t do this, with the popularity of restomods. A TJ frame and coil spring suspension would ride and handle on-road a lot better than an old CJ with leaf springs, and would be as good if not better off-road. I guess maybe there aren’t as many people restoring old Jeep CJs as there are…

I don’t understand why Toyota would want to mess with their formula of making boring reliable cars for baby boomers that has worked so well for their profit margins. Also replacing V6 engines with a turbo 4 cylinder would probably only have a small impact on efficiency in a heavy midsize sedan.

Personally I don’t much care for SEMA for the same reasons mentioned in the article, that it’s not open to the public and is therefore detached from the consumer and end user. It would be nice to go once, just to see the insane show cars and concepts that have zero chance of being produced. I could probably get in if…

I’m all for calling them something else, but we need to decide on an appropriate name for them. Like positive and negative gear selectors or sequential shifter controls or something like that.

I grew up in a fairly rocky and somewhat mountainous region of Northern Ontario, where blasting was a very common method of removing rocks whenever construction was underway, whether it was for roadworks or to bury things like water mains and sewers. Yeah this video is cool, but my point is blasting as a method for…

He wanted the look of a Vette but isn’t sure if he likes it or not? WTF?! Corvettes have quad tail lights, not sextuple. Those LED lights look really out of place on this car and belong on a Semi-trailer.

Warranties vs modifying cars is an interesting topic of discussion. Basically if you are going to heavily modify your car, you better do your homework and be able to diagnose and fix it yourself because the warranty won’t cover your expenses. Mechanics will likely even charge extra for a job that was a result of…

These early TDI Jettas were really really slow. Like 12.5 seconds 0-60 mph slow. They will easily get 40 mpg though and were made long before the whole VW emissions cheating scandal so there’s that. I wouldn’t buy this pickup conversion though.

Increasing displacement of already tiny engines (smaller than 2.0 liters) isn’t that impressive to me. When I think larger engines, I think displacement of 6.0 liters or more with 8 cylinders.

The video forgot to mention driving with a welded/permanently locked differential/spool on paved slippery surfaces like snowy and icy roads generally leads to bizarre, undesired, and unpredictable handling characteristics.

The engineering of the Viper V10 is a bit crude because it’s just an old iron block V8 truck engine recast in aluminum with two extra cylinders. It’s not particularly powerful compared to modern LS and Hemi V8s.

The Silverado SS has the LQ9 6.0 High Output Vortex Max with 345 HP. There’s no way a 5.3 with an intake and exhaust and stock cam has more than 315 HP. This is like sticking SS badges on a Camaro with a 305.

I’d like to think that because I’m left handed I’d be able to adapt to the shifter being on the wrong side quite quickly. Driving on the left, and centering the car in the lane is what I’d struggle with the most.

I couldn’t watch more than 3 minutes of the video, I got tired of listening to the narrator speak. Sure it’s 2 interesting swaps, and they’re probably fast in a straight line, but the Charger and Camaro likely don’t handle particularly well with an 1100 pound engine and an 850 pound engine over the front axle…

I love Roadkill, but I feel a little sorry for Finnegan because it seems like he always ends up doing dangerous stunts and hurting his back. Sure, he probably volunteered to do them, but still, that looks painful.

Why buy this low mileage used 2007 Honda Civic when you can get a replacement engine installed in a broken down 2007 Mercedes-Benz S-Class for the same price?....or something like that.

So this would compete with the Toyota 4Runner and other midsize SUVs (most of which aren’t body-on-frame anymore)? Would people actually buy this instead of an Explorer? It would likely be more refined and quieter on the highway than a Wrangler, and still be reasonably capable off-road, but nowhere near as car-like as…

The Fusion has always been Mexican made since it was introduced 10 years ago. It wasn’t moved there recently. This article concerns Focus and C-Max.

I don’t understand what all the fuss is over sending small car production to Mexico from the US. Small cars are a tiny portion of annual sales here. Americans aren’t rushing out to buy small cars in high volumes. Sending production of Ford small cars to Mexico helps cut costs and makes Ford more competitive with…

This is one rare case where the ground clearance and suspension travel that makes a 4Runner good off-road is actually a disadvantage because it makes it so easy to accidentally drive over curbs and parking barriers.