“So I tried to remove the fan to get more access, but Honda’s attachment scheme made this a bit of a bear, as I couldn’t access whatever was holding the fan near the bottom of the engine bay.” That would probably be another pair of bolts on the bottom of the fan, as is the case on many a Japanese car.

My corvette called. It wants its motor back. But seriously, that would be a cool RX-7 to drive around on cool days in the desert.

I was at the USGP last year, and I was lucky enough to snag one of the Manor/Rossi banners that were given out on Saturday. It is currently on the wall in my garage overlooking my corvette. Is there any chance I could send it off to get an autograph?

This was the aftermath of the park and ride lot at the USGP in Austin last year. Sadly, I didn’t take any pictures of the giant cluster fuck that was about a 1,000 cars all stuck in that muddy field on Saturday, but I’m sure google can conjure up images of the scene. The Mazda 6 happened to be brand new. My dad picked…

Insurance is surprisingly affordable on my corvette, too. In fact, it is the cheapest to insure car I’ve owned as an adult. I apparently had to buy a faster car to save on insurance.

This is a great article, and I’ve been on both sides of fucking up my car. The 18 year-old version of me made my first car into an SCCA ITA racecar (that I still own), and the 20 year-old version of me took my highschool graduation gift to myself and modified it significantly into exactly what I imagined the car could…

For me, my LT1 powered corvette with 300hp/340tq through a 6-speed on its way to rear wheels is ample for a daily driver. While I have driven many, many cars with more power, much beyond 300hp really isn’t extra power that can be exploited anywhere except for at the racetrack. In a Z06, I’m just braking earlier on the…

While I know the picture at the top of the page is at the Mclaren technology center, at first glance it caused me to wonder if this car was being offered at the same dealership that recently rolled a new 911 RS into the pond in front of their building.

Currently, I’ve got the Control Data Module that runs the Bose audio system and interfaces with the CCM being sent off to someone who can (hopefully) make it work again so that the CCM will be happy and the speakers will make noise again.

I’ve encountered a similar issue on my C4.

I once worked for an attorney who was representing some folks that were involved in a scandal that got media attention and sent some folks to prison. The alternative moral to their situation (beyond the usual don’t do bad things) was that if you’re going to be criminal, then be better at being a criminal than they…

The defender is indeed cool. It is so cool that one time while training with the Dutch in Curasao I offered to trade our Commanding Officer to Korps Mariniers(the Dutch Marine Corps) in exchange for just one of their diesel powered defenders. There were no strings attached. They could do whatever they wanted with one…

I don’t know if it gets more ‘Merican than my local (small) town’s H3 that is wrapped with an image of the flag being planted on Iwo Jima over a stars and stripes with an eagle motif. The H3 was a drug seizure. They mostly use it for the DARE/ school resource officer and parades, but they do patrol with it from time…

I think the correct is answer is that they could be collectible someday, being a less common and more desirable version of the car. They are not collectible today. Matt is right about the gearing issues with the Mazdaspeed. A good friend of mine used to own a shop that specialized in Miatas. The 6 speed is a short,…

That was one was to turn himself in on the felony warrant.

I knew a few folks who used to drive their SCCA SSA/SSB cars to the track and race them. It was a horrible idea. Ultimately they all bought trucks and trailers after the first time they crashed and/or broke something on the car and had to figure out how to get home (and then how to get whatever was left of their car…

I stopped reading their info graphic after I saw them mentioning that you could finance an RZR for out to 60 months. If you can’t afford to write of your race car (or truck, I guess) at any time, you can’t afford to play race car/race truck.

The thing is that this dude undoubtedly slowed down once he passed the officer. Ignoring the merits of going that fast on a public road in the first place, slowing up and letting the cops do what they will is the only thing do after passing one that fast. If the dude hadn’t have slowed, sure, that particular cop…

It turns out the most annoying thing about since daily driving a corvette is the mustang owner. I have raced exactly zero people in my vette, and I no desire to race anyone, in anything, on the street. Despite this, whenever I encounter a mustang there is a better than 50% chance the numbnuts behind the wheel wants to…

Does this mean you can now sell it and consolidate the fleet?