The MJ is my favourite colour of the three, although when it gets reprinted, it'll be a cooler blue, maybe almost a dark teal. The Niva will be a royal blue or dark purple. The XJ in the middle is for parts so doesn't count.

I was reading an online review for an FM modulator, where the reviewer complained that the only reason he got it was to avoid modifying the dash in his “antique” car, but it caught fire and did several thousand dollars damage, and then the retailer wouldn’t refund his money until he shipped the burnt unit back (and…

Or the cars? There’s no reason the Caddy and Buick need two spots in this list since they’re pretty well the same car.

I have three in my backyard. One has 55,000km, one has 243,000km, and the other has 498,000km. The one with 55,000km is my ‘96 Niva, my DD. The XJ with 243,000km is about to lose its motor to the MJ with 498,000km because the oldest, highest mileage one is definitely the best.

As I Canadian, I think that anything over -25 is way too much. It gets just about up to 40 on the hottest days of summer here. It’s pure hell.

Up in Canada where I’m living now, those are the little ones... think about that for a moment.

Why are you surprised Calgary has a Ferrari dealer? Yeah, it’s not as big as New Orleans, but it is the largest Canadian city between Vancouver and Toronto, and it’s in very near proximity to the next largest, Edmonton. It’s also closer to Winnipeg (the third largest city) than Winnipeg is to Toronto. It’s a game of…

I am agree with you.
We get it up here, too. People up here do this too... a full-size truck has no need to slow down for most of this stuff. Contrast this to me in an import (albeit a 4x4) where I’ll have to wait several weeks at minimum for new suspension components to show up from overseas, and I’m still hitting all…

If the Russians weren’t being so Soviet, then I’d say FCA should acquire AutoVaz. Because then they’d go full circuit... The first Lada is a Fiat built by Russians, so now the Fiats that Aut0Vaz is building would all be Ladas built by Fiat.

Old listings are valid. Scroll down in the column on the left in the eBay search and tick the “completed listings” box. I wanna know what that trump card is!

And yet the much smaller six-cylinder in the Jeep Comanche made more horsepower...

Yes! This! My favourite Jeep truck!

I scrolled all the way down and was disappointed that no one mentioned the Comanche. It seems everyone forgets about it.

It’s tough to actually say the ignition switches directly caused the deaths, though. Again, not defending GM here, but all the ignition switches did was potentially disable the airbags. If you’re in a situation where the air bag is the difference between you living and dying, you’re going to get pretty fucked up even…

I would argue that this graph should have a downward trend anyhow, survival of the fittest. Safety nets just artificially decrease the slope.

There are a couple reasons for that, though. 35 years ago, if you hit someone’s car at a moderate speed, fixing it took some body filler, straightening the bumpers and maybe replacing some trim pieces, and respraying a small patch of paint, but it wasn’t quite like today where you’re replacing entire body panels,…

Difficult, but not impossible. Your prof needs to revisit Newton’s third law. If you hit the rear wheels with a big enough moment, the front end of the car will come up regardless of the traction. He’s also seriously underestimating the amount of traction available on dirt. Sure, it’s not pavement levels of grip, but…

While unlikely with the particular car involved in this particular scene, this is totally plausible.
Newton’s third law; every force has an equal and opposite reaction. The torque sent to the axle is pushing back against the rest of the car. Given enough torque delivered quickly enough, you’d see the front end of the…

Yeah, most production cars have zero adjustment. Although something I've discovered is that it's not uncommon for small trucks (particularly European ones) to have a low-tech "load-sensitive" valve that shifts brake bias rearwards as the suspension squats. Both my Lada Niva and Jeep Comanche have one... just a rod…

I know that, and you know that, but does everyone else? All cars have a brake proportioning valve that puts the brake pressure where it needs to be... just without adjustment. No reference was made to it being adjustable, though. A rather mundane car part gets a special mention for no clear reason...