I drove a Fiat Spider 2000 for about 8 years taking it weekly from my remote coastal home to my job in the city, a 400 mile round trip. Absolutely loved it, I loved it som much I replace it with a 1973 124 spider, that I’ve been driving for the past 6 years. Don’t let get out what great little cars they are. It would…

You probably knew this but 2000 was a reference to the 2 liter dual overhead cam monster residing under the hood. Up from 1800cc of the previous model, up from 1600cc of the previous model, up from 1400cc of the original.

I think someone dosed Jason’s coffee this morning. he should be sent home. If he’s not already there, and probably be put under supervision.

I’ve done i’ve done trips through the central valley of California in the summer time before. We would stop at a gas station go to the water hose, and fill our leathers, boots, helmets, and gloves up with water, then ride until we were dry and pull over and do it again. It does help keep your cool.

I know he can do what wants, or should be able to as long as he’s not hurting anyone, but putting a bunch of classic cars left outside to rot away doesn’t seem helpful to anyone. Hoarding old cars just to let them rot beyond repair is an illness.

1987 Toyota 4wd LE van. I put 250,000 miles on mine, comfortable, air conditioned, it had a small fridge with an ice maker in the console, and it was a decent off-road vehicle, and you can sleep comfortably in the back.

The guy in the Camry made a bad lane change there, but I counted almost 4 long seconds from when I saw this situation shaping up and and the impact, and the bike making zero defensive moves or braking. He had time to start braking and aim for the gap, but obviously wasn’t paying attention.

Funny I followed a link here after seeing the gif. My first thought was, this has to be French car.

I’ve come to realize the domino effect of problems. As a wrencher on a budget I often tried to take the least expensive way out; not a good idea. A simple warped rotor you let go destroys your tie rod end, and even ball joints if you let it go, or the pin hole leak in you cooling system that leads to a warped head and…

Back in the 80s I lived in San Francisco, I had an old 1970 Chevy Nova that was primer gray with many dents and flaws. I drove it because:

Spooked like a heard of cattle. Wow.

It would seem starting a car company is for billionaires only, and even then it’s very risky.

I hope motorbike trips are okay in here. this was back in the 80s. Me a buddy had gone from San Francisco to Death Valley for a BMW rally, some camping, and great rides in and around Death Valley.

I mapped out a route flying a Cessna 150 VFR across the country (don’t laugh, people have done it) I threw this together quickly, it looks like I could cut out about half of those fuel stops, and the 7 gallon an hour is conservative, I usually get about 5.5 gallons an hour in cruise. It came to roughly $2400 that was…

Will this mean even the crappiest Chinese cars will be imported for sale? I thought it was safety, emission, and fuel economy standards keeping many imports out? Cheaper, crappier imports for everyone!

It’s hard to imagine how one could make this mistake. Runway marking are easy to see from the air. The big numbers, the centerline, the lines at the threshold. Taxiways look completely different, yellow solid centerline, no big white numbers no big white threshold marking. He must either have been VERY distracted…

The man’s got over 5000 hours flying. It will be interesting to find how this happened. It’s not too difficult to tell the difference between a runway, and a taxiway.

The plane was s probably worth more than his neighbors cars. Though I hate see planes sit unused. If the guy can’t afford to keep it, and fly it. He should probably sell it to someone who can. I hate seeing planes like this sit, and not get used.

“spending too much time on disgruntled ex employee complaints and sensational events instead of in systematic enforcement of standards.”

I was offered a job on the assembly line at the Fremont plant, didn’t take it for a variety of reasons, one being you can’t live in the bay area on what they pay.