I’ve been part of the FSAE competition the last couple years in Lincoln, but we always flew into/out of Omaha because it was cheaper.. needless to say Omaha is one of my least favorite airports ever not because it was stressful, just because it was so dreary to sit in for 6 hours the last time I flew from there...

Fun fact: you don’t actually have to regularly have flights out of the country to be an “international” airport. To be international, you just need the capability to have international flights land there, eg. a customs officer. In the case of Sacramento, it’s necessary to be international as whenever politicians visit…

As much as I want a new car, I wouldn’t prefer it more than food and a roof to sleep under. I enjoy my 10 year old car that gets me to work nearly every day, thank you very much!

I just bought a new house complete with garage and workshop about 1.5 months ago, and filled them with the Costco shop lights, which were on sale for $24 in July. I think I bought 12 total (it said limit 10... but I did it in two trips), and am very pleased with the outcome! The normal price of $30 is still better…

I just bought a new house complete with garage and workshop about 1.5 months ago, and filled them with the Costco…

SE Michigan here, I figure a 200 mi car will pretty much take care of this issue. I’m about to start a 110 mile commute (round trip), and based on everything I’ve seen, subzero temperatures with heat running means you get about 50% of the rated range. With the possibility of charging at work (which I generally can,…

This is why: http://jalopnik.com/5112624/iihs-p…

In case you haven’t gotten there yet, your Volvo will be absolutely fine at the pilot plant. Ride there in my buddy’s Mazda all the time and have never had issues. My Dodge Cummins though:

Yep, I’m a regular on legacygt.com and it’s a pretty fantastic resource. Oil changes at about 6 week intervals right now (5k), check the banjo bolt often enough (have never seen any problems with it...). I’m on the original head gaskets, that’s my biggest worry! Zero oil usage and any lost coolant has always gone on…

I’m already at 173k... I’ve spent some time in the FiST, and would certainly recommend it, though the interior is not my favorite place to be. I’m very much between camps of driving the (06) LGT into the ground over the next 2 years of 30k+/yr and getting a beater commuter for cheap... or just keep driving the LGT…

Should note that the 30.5 is based on the car economy meter... I wasn’t paying for gas so I didn’t look at gallons put in vs driven to compare that meter to anything else.

I had one for a week two weeks ago, did 1200 miles of straight freeway in it (70-80 mph basically the entire time), with 5 days of around town hooning in the middle. Average for the entire trip was 30.5, which I was quite impressed with. Yeah, we were probably getting about 15-20 for the 5 days in the middle (didn’t…

So one of the two options (three if you want to keep running the car as-is and avoid the whole thing) is to get your car repaired. If they still don’t have a way to fix it, how is that an option? Or is it just a placeholder where they expect that they will eventually have some fix that would be an option? From this…

This is intriguing, as I’ll be in this same situation in about a month when I move into my new house. 110 miles round trip per day, mostly county road/hwy, with some fun twisties on my end. The things I’ve considered which seem to fit your list include 6 spd Focus ST ~30mpg, 6 spd Mazda 3 ~40 mpg. I’m sure there’s…

Had a rental one for a work trip once. Truly impressive massive sun visors with itty bitty vanity mirrors in them haha

Now I’ve only been to New York once, but I’d bet the opposite side parking issue is for one-way streets, as big cities tend to have a bunch of those sprinkled randomly throughout them for no sensible reason. That’s what I was thinking when I read it, anyway!

There was never a Spec. B wagon, unfortunately. I definitely love my GT Wagon, though KBB on it is still in the 9k range...

Totally taught my old coworker in the shop’s tow truck, can attest that it was a good idea!

It took me 14 months to find my 06 LGT wagon, and I still had to compromise and ended up with the 5EAT. Was a great price, though, and I’ve loved it for the last 4 years! (and many more to come!)

I’m unsure whether this article has a misunderstanding of power and energy, or whether there is actually a bump in power that isn’t really referenced. I think you meant to say it gets a bump in energy, referring to the bump from 70 to 75 kWh, which is a unit of energy. You do state that 0-60 is sub 6 seconds, though…

See camera at the base of the side view mirror, some sort of upgraded autopilot coming!