I've actually heard #1 before, but only from a similar list to this. The TDI one doesn't surprise me, but only because I work(ed) for Caterpillar, which used the same low pressure EGR system that plugs up with soot if you don't drive it hard enough. A simple fix would be to have some kind air cooler drain valve. No,…

It's really obnoxious that people think that being a garbageman is such a TERRIBLE FATE. They can actually make pretty good money and generally have good benefits, which is more than you can say about most American jobs. Since they drive in a very specific manner, some drivers actually get to test out some pretty neat…

I didn't know this was an actual song, or at least based on one. This makes me love that episode even more.

I don't doubt that and maybe my friend has been lucky. He's only ever had one problem with it and that was setting it up. Otherwise, I did notice that you need to be pretty close to the computer for the wireless to work.

The source is BAR. I had a smog license (though I never actually used it since I became a diesel tech) when they first started talking about it and I thought I was going to actually see it soon. Well, it's taken forever. A friend of mine is the only one I've ever seen actually use the new stuff, but then I only go to…

They're not supposed to use the sniffer on anything 2001 or newer. Most smog shops are just run by people twice the retirement age that are too scared of newfangled technology. Age is never an excuse to not do something. My dad is 77 and can do things on a computer I've never seen. He also opens all emails, but that's…

Doing it is one thing, but if he's doing this constantly and constantly posting videos, it's self serving bullshit. It's the same as the people that have to let their social networks know they're at the gym, like they were yesterday, and the day before that. Or the premise of the Ice Bucket Challenge. You can donate…

I've always been of the belief that people shouldn't be congratulated for doing their job correctly. "Congrats! You don't suck at this!"

"Will it make attempts on my life?"

I'm going to disagree since you can see the motor briefly. The oil pan can be seen detaching from the rest of it in the slow motion shot and the transmission gets pushed backwards and can be seen with the driveline on the ground afterwards. Not to mention that it sprays coolant from the lower radiator hose that's…

Pretty much all the medium duties are about the same size. I was going to say something because they just used a 4300, but no, that'll take down just about anything. ESPECIALLY a truck of this vintage, which is generally what would be used since they can be had for cheap.

Wrong! You CAN run a 4 stroke engine in reverse. 2 of my coworkers have done it with Caterpillar engines (somewhere between 7 and 15 liter motors, I can't remember which). One of them hydrauliced after changing injectors (because oil and fuel fall into the cylinder when you pull the injectors out) just enough to force…

And I'm buying a used Audi S4 wagon with twin turbo goodness for the price of 4 Tata Nanos.

Wait, nevermind. It wasn't Vaughn. It was this dude.

I remember they made a rally Mustang a while back for Vaughn Gittin, Jr.

So, I work at a Caterpillar/International/Cummins truck dealer in the Bay Area and occasionally have to work on these big behemoths. They are astoundingly awkward to drive. I never take them out on public roads because I only have a class C. The funniest part of this is that a full size tour bus (look up an MCI J4500)…

Bendix already has Wingman and Meritor Wabco has OnGuard. They seem to work pretty well, as we get no complaints about them (unless nobody actually uses them or I just don't see enough long haul trucks anymore). Anyway, this seems like the natural evolution of it, if it works well.

When we can we expect the full review? (Unless I somehow missed it.) I'll probably never buy one, not because I'm an Audi guy and I'm probably buying a B5 S4 Avant this weekend. I appreciate just about any car and that straight 6 gives me a... nevermind. Anyway, it's out of my realistic price range. However, I did…

My wife and I are going to get a TDI Golf, but even going to their dealer recently is awful. I talked to multiple salespeople and saying the phrase "MK7" confused the ever living fuck out of all of them. I don't want to talk to you unless you know the name of the product you're selling is. This isn't Toyota! Some of…

Their fuel system, though... *shudder*