Correct headline: idling in traffic with your windows down in developing countries with minimal pollution controls increases your exposure to pollution (which may or may not be a meaningful increase that has health outcomes because we didn’t test that).

You need to go classic to have a chance of standing out in LA.

Man, you know your stuff. The setup is similar on the 2.5 V6 on my green Sebring. Having done the timing and H2O pump on that one, you’re right - it’s no fun. Not looking forward to it on the LeBaron. Cheers, mate!

I’m old enough to have seen these rust in real time as a child.

My first truck was one of these, I bought in 1984 for $4,000. I drove it for 11 years and that thing was indestructible. The only issues I had was a recall for the exhaust manifold, taken care of by Toyota and fuel pump.

If it is good enough for Peter Sellers,

“I will not pay more money for the privilege of having a worse car.”

I hate working under jackstands. If I must get under a car, it’s on jackstands, with the jack touching but not supporting the car also, plus whatever wheels/cinderblocks/toolboxes I can shove under there too.

Near the top of the list but I’d rate it a close second.

The emperor’s new blinkers?

Sometimes I wonder how smart it is to give any random Joe Blow who can finance $50,000 the amount of horsepower they can get now.

Despite its ungainly front fascia, it was always a little bit comforting knowing I could hop down to the Toyota dealer and get a new car for a reasonable price. It was something of an automotive safety blanket for me, I guess.

What, again?

lots of dumb people drive explorers

Yeah, the Iranian Hostage Crisis and OPEC fucking with the oil supply caused the market to pivot to fuel economy over power...it’s sad that, even today, automakers are marketing with fuel economy instead of power figures.

I used to work as a retail manager. I had a boss who would call in the morning and say “you need to cut 100 hours of payroll today” to which I would respond “I don’t have 100 hours even scheduled for today.” That always stumped him.

Also, a great throwback to magazine centerfolds.

its exactly whats happening in the video, remember Japanese cars have right hand drive.