Very similar boat. I just bought a 2001 996/911 C4 Cabriolet with 125k on the clock. All wheel drive, clean carfax, heated seats, power mirrors, cruise control, no oil leaks, no smoke, new IMS, main, and rod bearings, new chain guides, new air/oil separator, clutch disk, release bearing, new valves and seals, new…

Oh to speak to that -- if you leave it at only 400HP and leave the suspension soft (electromagnetic shock fluid allows setting this with a press of a button) and loosen up the diff (another button) you can have a very comfy family friendly car. Even the SMG can be wrangled into soft shifts and only the occasional…

Well, I have a rear passenger side brake that started squeaking a week ago. That repair will be just like any other car. You know it’s coming, and you can do it yourself if you choose, and the cost will be a bit higher but since I already expect this it will be no shock to me. Same with tires. Wider tires cost more.…

As an M5 owner, trust me, that’s a bargain.

I had to fire a guy for doing that. His job title, which I’m not making up:

Might suffice for a deposit. How will you make the monthly payments after that?

Skidding or sliding means that you’re using more than 100% of the available traction of your car’s tires. This is why a lot of people bag on front wheel drive — you’re using the front tires for turning AND acceleration/braking. You’re adding lateral force of turning to thrust. Turn too hard or hit the gas too hard and…

Battery replacement, alternator replacement, tire rotation, headlight adjustment, bulb changes, fuse replacement, A/C recharge, e-brake adjustment, radiator hose replacement, belt adjustment and replacement... depending on the car most of these jobs are dead easy and need little more than google and an adjustable…

I chalked the 4-wheel steering thing up to a game us pilots play with each other. See some amazing technological wonder and you say “yeah I guess it works?” feigning complete ignorance, and meanwhile you’ve been studying the manual at home for the last two weeks. It’s a way of diminishing the other guy’s struggle by…

Who doesn’t tape over the button so they can drift without dealing with any of that shit?

Hey you go source and retro fit a limited slip diff in one of those. That’s $100k right there!

Quit taking the jelly out of my donut dammit. I’ve got a tree growing turbos in my back yard when I squint just right. *squints*

Without knowing any personalities involved, I think this might have been a moment where someone was stoked and the other wasn’t sure if it was sarcastic enthusiasm. I could be wrong, however I read it the same way I said it in my head:

I’ve had a similar thing happen with a VW bus and it was the distributor cap being a bit loose and the ignition timing gets worse and worse until it won’t start. You might have fixed it by accident by cleaning the points. Figured I’d share in case you have it happen again.

Respectfully but completely disagree. My gut reaction is that anyone who pays Cadillac prices for a GMC is trying way too hard to look like they have money. It’s like someone ordering a bottle of Cristal because DMX raps about it or a teenager sporting gold caps and a huge fake wristwatch when he’s not hard at work…

This needs to go on NPoCP ASAP.

SF Bay area is about the same as NYC. Hard to work on anything parked on the street, and if you try to do something as simple as screwing a license plate to a fender while in any kind of public lot you’ll get chased off almost immediately as well. Doing the work is the easy part. Finding a place to do it is nearly…

I saw Señor Clinton rocket past me in the downtown financial district of SF late at night (it’s nearly abandoned after dark) and his head appeared to be the size of a large watermelon due to the thickness of the glass.

This is a trick question. Reworded: which should I buy, as a non-enthusiast, the one with a warranty or the 23 year old one with hilarious service records?

Does this mean I can take a small grapefruit and plug my neighbor’s air intake? Seems like a much more effective option than the banana in the tailpipe.