Califirnia has been doing that for decades. As I recall they had a bomb squad member get hurt by a failure on the news back in the '90s. Never understood why they feel the need to completely enclose them. It would make more sense to my mind to leave the top effectively open so any overpressure event would be sent…

The SC can be fun too and the earlier ones can fit the fox body 460 swap parts so big block fun in a cheap sh*tbox.

Hey now, you guys had easily the coolest Pontiacs, I have a buddy that’s building a ‘63 accaidian nostalgia drag car. And I'm still trying to find a Beaumont down here that I can afford just to make all the Chevy guys do a double-take like they do with my Buick Apollo. 

TThere used to be one parked behind a single wide trailer next to the halfway house I used to work at in Utah. It was tan. Maybe I'll ask my brother to drive by and see if it's still there.

Exactly. One of my co-workers just found out his wife is expecting twins which will put him to four kids so needs a third row. Couple that with the fact that we make roughly $30k annually and he is the only earner so a $15k essentially a minivan is perfect for him. 

Just slap some bleach squirters in the wheel wells and go show up the ricer crowd with an extended two tone minivan that now has to be cranked hard to get out of it’s own way. That would make a truly epic drift car. 

With all this talk of Holy Grails I really wish mine hadn’t ended up at the crusher. I used to have a 1990 Ford Bronco II with the 2.9 V6, a five speed manual, and was from the factory 2 Wheel Drive. It was a terrible vehicle especially because it had been lowered badly in the front but it was so much fun. I still…

At least I'm not alone. 

Got a couple for you mostly because my dad and I used to drive a lot, i.e. up to 1k per week. First one was a '93 ford f350 extended cab dually 2wd in pink, sorry I mean sunrise red, with an old 460 it went 450,000 before we sold it to a dealership that wanted a truck for local towing because we just couldn't trust…

Have michelin provide tires that are good for a max 4 laps before they go away, the cars will be better deeper into braking and cornering and it'll bring in more team strategy for those times when your driver just can't quite get around the guy in front. I know it'll mean 12 stops per race, but it'd be entertaining.

I’ve got a neighbor that replaces his mulch twice a year so I guess he would. Oh and that mulch is exactly why he says he bought a first gen Ridgeline. 

A buddy of mine was told by the state department that he'd get hit with both the 25 year rule and chicken tax to import a south African Nissan Ute of some kind because he has a business license to build custom and kit cars so he gave up. Turns out they were just playing him on the tax but he'd already moved on at that…

You’ve proven yourself brighter than me as I think I was in highschool before I realized that these things weren’t a body kit on a k-car. Now they're cool in a dorky, "so ugly you have to love it" kind of way like a pug or English bulldog. 

Thanks for the explanation. Hopefully my supervisors leaf battery replacement doesn't bankrupt him. 

True, but it is likely further out than two years which has been my experience of when wealthy people tend to trade in a luxury car for a new one. If we could get them to be content to hang onto one for a decade plus it would help a lot. As for us huddled masses the average Joe's I know have either been priced out of…

There’s definitely a crossover point but how far out it is could make the difference.

Thanks. I'd always wondered what the actual numbers might be. 

I see it as not so much the production from running the vehicle but it’s initial start up. Like buying a good snap-on ratchet vs. a dollar bin one at your local ace hardware. The snap-on needs to be used for a lot longer than the dollar bin one to offset the cost of the initial purchase. Also the longer you can keep a…