Lived with PA inspections for 30 plus years. Used to be 2 per year. Then they went to one and added a bogus emissions inspection that cost more than the inspection and all that’s done is a sniff and a visual.

WE recently rented for 6 months while we looked for a house, and rather enjoyed it. It was nice not having to fix stuff. If something broke - call maintenance. Owning my own home, I feel compelled to fix stuff myself, because I can, and because I’m cheap.

Most socket ujoints are too floppy. I wrap electrical tape around the joint. Keeps it from flopping around, but still has some flex in it.

Agreed. I’ve used parts from a 93 Nissan on a 96 Saab.

Somebody may have beaten me to it, but.... nice bimmer.

At least ‘F’ wasn’t used every other word.

Agreed. Once after we drove around for about 15 minutes we ended up finding an empty lot across the street that was closer than some of the zoo parking spots....

Agreed.

GC’s are just amazing off-road machines.....

Did they seriously tie knots in the chain?? Weren’t smart enough to steal a good logging chain with hooks? Scary that these morons now have firearms.

No substantial rain in weeks....

I’m at work (on lunch, of course) talking on the phone, and can’t stop laughing hysterically....

Yes. Thank you.

My son owned a newer VW Rabbit - 2006 maybe. Bought it new. Drank oil. Was in the shop repeatedly for a variety of issues. Scared me away from VW’s forever.

Who cares about the Probe - how about that sweet Ford pickup in the background....?

I’m glad you asked...

E46 subframe failures. Especially after E36 subframe failures.

My son was leaving for CO from PA in a few weeks in his 98 ZJ 5.9. Trans failed. Decided to rebuild it - only the second auto trans I had ever rebuilt, but pretty easy one to work on. Yanked it, rebuilt it, went pretty well. Decided to drop the pan before putting the trans back. Decided to pull a main cap. Found…

Why do people shop at CarMax anyway??

Opinionated, crude at times, honest, crude at times, unapologetic, crude at times. Hmmm, sounds like a favorite auto blog......