Porsche wouldn’t be where they are right now without their SUV lineup. They sell a boat load of those things to people that couldn’t buy a Porsche otherwise and the profit they get from those keeps the lights on for them to make otherwise impractical sports cars.

Miles don’t cause rust, years do. Go on any forum and look up common 4runner problems and inevitably rust will be one of the top three comments. Toyota was really bad about corrosion prevention all the way through the 90s. Take the blinders off.

No. Toyota trucks prior to 2003 had issues with rust. Anyone without blinders on knows this. I should know, I’ve had several 4runners that rusted. Tail gates we’re basically made of rust, doors rusted out horribly, lock cylinders rusted (i literally just stopped locking the doors after my second one because i was…

I don’t know where you’re at, but Saabarus are surprisingly common in Salt Lake City. There are currently eight of them for sale on our local classifieds ranging from 3,995 to 9,995 (www.ksl.com/auto).

I don’t think making it 200k is the definition of reliable these days. Pretty much any properly maintained car will do that. Every car I’ve owned had done that except my Honda Accord (needed 2 transmissions before 150k) and my Toyota 4runner (sadly blew a piston ring at 195k). Saabs, BMWs, Dodges, Chevys, Subarus,…

You know how you consistently make a reliable engine? You don’t innovate. You find a formula that works and you don’t change it. That’s one of the reasons the Mercedes S-Class consistently gets poor reliability ratings: because they’re constantly pushing the envelope of technology. That’s something Toyota does not do.

My 4runner made it to 195k on the stock clutch. Piston rings on the other hand... Why they didn’t think to put a low pull pressure light in there until 96, I will never understand...

Toyota would watch YOU order Kobe beef and then explain to you that real Kobe beef isn’t exported outside of Japan, but not until you we’re eating it.

They do take pictures, but even if you don’t have to pay it, fighting it is a hassle at best. I’ve foregone fighting tickets on a couple occasions just because the wages lost by fighting it were greater than the ticket.

Is he being paranoid? Totally. But to be fair, your phone traveling over the speed limit is less incriminating than your car traveling over the speed limit. In the case of the former, they have no way of knowing if you’re driving or if you just left your phone in a friend’s car on accident. In the latter case, they…

First I laughed cause that’s hilarious. Then i felt dad because I realized that I have long since passed the stage of my life when I would need an alarm to be up by 9:45.

Definitely strikes me as a story that should be taken with a grain of salt. My guess is that most of the things up to the wreck happened, but the entire Reeses and punching situation was made up. What really happened OP thought he smelled weed on the guy and wished he would have punched him after the fact.

I’m better than you

My route into an unhealthy obsession with cars actually started with airplanes. My Grandpa has been flying since the 70s so I spent a lot more time as an eight year-old at air shows talking about aerodynamics with a bunch of ex-fighter pilot types than most. Those conversations instilled a love of aero that eventually…

Unfortunately, it’s already the only i see when i look at the GT. It’s one of those “cannot be unseen” type things.

That rear end.

To be fair, i had no idea what a combination wrench was until i googled it just now and saw pictures of what I’ve referred to as a “wrench” for twenty years.

I’m with you on this one. As far as “assholes doing dumb shit on bikes” articles go, this one isn’t nearly as scathing as some of Sean’s “assholes doing dumb shit on bikes” articles.

The mystery packets are clearly spare adhesive strips for your go pro mount. Catching your hoonage to post to YouTube is pretty crucial.

Unfortunately it doesn’t matter if it passed pre race. They check after the race to verify the teams don’t try to reduce the ride height during the race.