I bought an ‘86 2.8FI with 200K for $100 when the PO couldnt make it run. Uncrossed plug wires and a new $50 ignition module later and it was running. Had that thing for a decade, putting 170K miles on it without anything other than mostly maintenance items. Never had the valve covers off of it - though I did replace…

We’re gonna need a bigger boat.

Pretty sure that’s the same one.

Yeah, claims he wasnt involved but had a camera trained on him for just his “reaction”.  Get the fuck outta here with that “not involved” bullshit

Reduces the degree of dick move but still a dick move.

No shit. I read this part and it even pissed me off more. What a dick move from Choi.

I know not this rust you speak of and am glad of my ignorance.

Hah, it’s a disease I think. We had 4 at one point, and a total of 5 over the years. Sturdy little shitboxes for sure - The ZX2s anyway.

My son and I did much the same with a 3rd gen after getting stuck with a 1999 sedan with a blown SOHC motor. The Escort ZX2 got the light years better Zetec motor and it was a 98% plug and play effort to swap the two. Swapped over the engine, trans (switched from automatic to manual) axles, ECM and a few other minor…

I replace the spare every time I get a new set.  The best one from the old set becomes the spare for the new set.  Does help having a full size spare and having the same truck for a LONG time.

I cannot see these huge cruise ships in any other way after seeing Wall-E

Up until last week, my son was a mechanic for Hertz at a major airport location. They REGULARLY had recovered stolen cars brought back into the lot, usually with drivetrains missing (Mustangs, Camaros, Challengers). So they do get stolen - not as much as the company apparently is reporting, but yeah some of them do go…

SSpidey SSense tingling here... Massachusetts plates, being sold in CA. If that intake is CARB legal, why isnt it smogged? Ugly-ass taillights and other vapebro “mods” with the high possibility of rust problems...

There have been some lengthy discussions at work about how new vehicle naming is foretelling the end of the serious vehicle name pun wars many of us in an automotive industry office like to take part in on occasion. WTF are we gonna do with shit like “Busy Forks”?  The classic game of adding the word “anal” in the…

Son of bitch! Shit!

First weekend in Europe!

I got my ass kicked in Wisconsin!

Had to replace the factory seat covers in the back of my parents 2020 Rav4 after the dog totalled them.  Wound up getting used seats cheaper.  Toyota wanted almost $800 for the covers and that was without any of the foam.  I would have assumed the patrol car would have had a plastic back seat but if it was a…

That’s cool too, but to me it looks far less like it could have come from the factory than the ‘70. The rear part looks definitely grafted on rather than designed into it. It looks to be well done, I’ll give you that.  If I had 40 grand to blow on something dumb, I would seriously be looking at it.

Yeah, came here to see how bad it got overnight and POOF.