Yeah, but you have to do everything (including monitor your speed) through that touchpad.  That’s a deal-breaker.

Vacuum leaks, fuel pump failures, TPS (throttle position switch) failures.

<sigh>

I both miss and *don’t* miss my Type III.

What’s the failure rate on D-Jet brain boxes? I haven’t had a VW since the late 1990s and at that time, the majority of D-Jet issues were mechanical, not electronic in nature. I’m guessing that 20+ years later, some of the electronic components on the circuit boards (especially the germanium transistors) may be…

Not sure why someone would replace the stock D-Jetronic with dual carbs (unless going for displacement larger than 1776cc - which would introduce overheating problems in a Type III) as you’ll end up with better atomization of the fuel and therefore cooler running and more power to boot. As long as you keep the C/R at…

I got really good at listening to my engine after owning a VW Type III for many years. You don’t really need a tachometer if you know what certain RPM ranges sound like, but it is still nice to have one.

I realize the owner is running dual carbs (Del’Orto? Weber?), but they really should hook up a breather hose to one of the intakes or install a catch-can, otherwise they’ll get oil all over that pretty painted fan shroud:

I’m guessing the ‘turkeys’ line item is because of a translation issue - I’m wondering if they are the body-to-pan bolts?

E30 M3 (only gets the nod over the standard E30 because of the inclusion of oil temp and the removal of the ‘economy meter’):

I built a Berg 1.7L motor for my ‘71 Squareback back in the early 90s - didn’t want to go with much more power due to the front end getting light at higher speeds (and that was with the relatively-modern-in-comparison brakes and suspension of the Type III). I can’t imagine a 2.1L turbo/nitrous motor in an oval-window;…

Tacoma Dome has fantastic acoustics - all that wood flexing and vibrating like an instrument soundboard. I’ve seen both the Dixie Chicks and Black Sabbath there and both sounded amazing.

(compare to the old Kingdome, which was a concrete hemisphere and sounded like a concrete hemisphere)

Lots of fantastic shows this year - Jen Cloher, Brandi Carlile, St Vincent, Janelle Monae, Run the Jewels - but the best was probably First Aid Kit (so good I saw them both times they were in town). The music was amazing, the production was top notch, and they really engaged with the audience.

My one concert regret - I…

My take on this (for everyone getting their knickers in a twist).

1. It’s a clever environmentally sound way to enjoy a classic car.

Horrible that someone was this callus about human life.

Something similar happened to me and my father circa 1984. We were driving home from skiing on Mt. Hood and someone threw a softball-sized rock onto the freeway from an overpass, and into the windshield of my dad’s VW Squareback. Lucky for me, the rock mostly hit…

It says permitted, not required. You can’t have two, but you don’t need one.

One of my favorite B&S albums.  Thanks for posting.

There is no manual option on the Z4 going forward which is definitely a knock on the Z’s sports car pretensions.

Or perhaps the Blazers aren’t as bad as people think. But, yeah, the Rockets stunk up the Toyota Center last night. They might want to hang up about 10,000 of these before the next game:

Here’s a Wärtsilä 14 cylinder two stroke diesel. It produces 108,000 bhp, has 1,820 litres for each of those cylinders and has a crankshaft that weighs 300 tonnes.

Almost positive that the New Six BMWs (including the 2500) had front discs. Hell, even my VW Type III from that era had front discs.