That’s what I was thinking, from the sound at least it doesn’t look like he’s caning it at all. That said this thing is so powerful maybe it isn’t even necessary to use full throttle except on the longest straights.

Really? I’ve driven manual cars all my life and have always found turbo diesels a bit trickier than gas because they usually have less torque down low, gears are a bit taller and that makes them easier to stall. Not a huge problem but you have to let the clutch out juust a bit slower on a diesel which takes a few…

Cars nowadays are more complex and harder to fix, that’s definitely right. Most cars from the 60's and even 70's that are still going are collector’s cars, and are babied as such. As for rust, it still happens, but the difference galvanized steel and the older non-galvanized steel is enormous. Cars will now rust where…

Not so much materials but tolerances and adjustments. An old carbureted engine would frequently run a bit lean, a bit rich or with the timing just slightly off, taking a toll on it’s lifetime. A more modern engine always runs “spot on” thanks to EFI and electronic advance, and also has much tighter tolerances which…

I mean, the insurance calculated that bringing it back to its previous state would cost more than what it’s worth so they’d rather pay the owner that. That truck is going to keep going for many years still, probably without ever fixing the dents. (or exported to another country where it’s cheaper to do so)

Oh no, they’re built much MUCH better now and last much much longer.

No CATs, no O2 sensors; most of the new cheap motorcycles (80-125cc which are what’s mostly used) still have carburetors. They’re all 4 stroke at least, and get about 100 MPG so I’m guessing they’re still better for the environment than cars.

On a long downhill stretch it’s not that hard to do, but you usually get enough notice to be able to stop and let them cool down for a bit.

Hills, drums have OK power when cold but are very bad at shedding heat. Still, for something light and without any power like a Beetle I’d probably stick with the drums.

Mitsubishi Pajero

I stand corrected, I thought it was assembled like a Morgan or MG TD with steel over wood. Still, wood or not the frame is bound to require some work. My dad changed the door hinges on one and it was a nightmare so still a lot of work there to be done.

England, so right/left is reversed.

Guess I was lucky mine just got egged and had all the air let out of the tires.

I don’t really get why people who are cheated on get so upset. So, your partner didn’t turn out to be as great as you thought, they lose a great person (you, I’d hope), you lose a cheater; so you end up winning.

I was brought home from the hospital in a ‘77, which I still have laying around in a corner hoping I’ll be able to restore it one day.

In that case, then yes I doubt the ticket would stick; in the eyes of the law it’s just an “object” in the street. Not a good idea to move it under its own power or even start it I imagine, at that time it would become an uninsured, unregistered, unplated car and who knows what else.

Is it street legal? It does have a license plate.

Wait, so what Bereisa is basically saying is that you get way, way much more for your dollar with the model 3 than with the Bolt?

It’s actually harder to prove the case against Fiat, they can say the program is there because after 22 minutes the engine is fully warm and so it switches to another tune, nothing at all to do with the test.

It’s a bit harder to prove the case, in VW’s the car actually detected it was being tested, whereas a timer “could” be there for other reasons.