What if there's a universal standard in safety for autonomous vehicles, not unlike emissions standards? What's to stop a manufacture like VW from "modifying" the standard to fit their need at the time, but make it look like they're following all of the rules when tested? It'd probably never happen as everyone likes to…

Saw “unreliable car brand” in the subject and thought, probably a DeMuro article. Looked at the author for confirmation. Have you tried a car known for reliability, or are you drawn to the unknown of what type of issues you might run into with an unreliable car?

One I had seen in a comment on another article a while back was to use a 2-liter bottle and cut the bottom off, then when removing the oil filter, drop it into the bottle so oil doesn’t drain all over the place. I'm looking forward to the next oil change on my van so I can try this.

Or you can get lucky and your dad can take credit for fixing it. I had replaced the center roller on the sliding door on my van, and it seemed to work fine manually, but when using the buttons to open or close the door, it would only get so far and stop. I showed my dad how I adjusted it and tried to show him what it…

Really? That's messed up. Was that a standard on those trucks? The only time I'd run into left-hand-threads was on the propane connection the house for a grill. And I can't find an adapter that will connect my grill to it. Right-tighty lefty-loosey should be law, not a suggestion.

I've currently got that going on with my pickup. Had to take one of the front wheels off to replace 4 glow plugs and I've got a 4 way wrench that wouldn't budge. Slid an 8 ft hollow pipe on the end and even that took some effort to get them to crack. I should probably do that with my other 3 wheels so I'm not stuck…

I enjoy reading things like this because it gives me knowledge and confidence to do some of this stuff myself. I’ve always been leery of brake jobs, but the next time I need to do them, I will try myself. A few weeks ago, the alternator went out on my pickup. It was a Sunday afternoon and I was 25 miles from home. I…

I’ve always loved the Viper. I think Miatas would probably be fun too, but I’m too old and am thinking what the cost differences would be to insure them. Insuring a Viper has got to be quite a bit more I’d think.

It seems you’ve gotten a little taste of what it’s like being a truck driver. I drove team and solo and ended up driving tired more often than I’d like. When you get paid by the mile, if the wheels aren’t turning, you’re not making money. So, truck drivers are more apt to drive tired to keep the money coming.

Nobody will see this, but I have another story that wasn’t as bad as most. I was riding a new Interceptor with less than 250 miles on it. As I rounded a curving turn lane from one road to another, I got on the throttle a little heavy and the new tires didn’t have enough of the slippery stuff worn off causing the back…

The whole article refers to a woman as the driver, then at the end we get this: “As proof of this, he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol.” Did a piece of the guardrail splinter off and make her a man? I’d think that would be a highly interesting tid-bit to include.

I was riding back to my parent’s house from college one fall. It was a beautiful day and there wasn’t any traffic on the back highway I was on. I was moving at a decent clip through some tree-lined roads with some nice twisties. Coming around a bend and up a slight hill, it kind of looked like something was in the…

My dad had ridden my ninja to meet me somewhere and left the key on. Went to leave on it later and saw the battery was dead. He pushed while I tried to pop start it in gear but wasn’t successful. He was getting tired, so we switched. Got him going pretty good and he got it started, drove down 50 feet and whipped a…

Maybe he was protecting the children like the guy in this story: http://fox13now.com/2014/05/31/vid…

Plausible deniability. It makes sense that he wouldn’t know this was going on.

I was selling an STS4 on Craigslist and an older guy came to look at/test drive it. He came back after a bit and said he was interested and made sure I had a clean and clear title. He wanted to also verify that he’d be able to give me a check and I’d sign over the title to him. I said he could pay with cash or…

Am I missing something? I don’t understand how a suicide knob would be more useful when backing a trailer when the vehicle is a manual versus an automatic. Only manual I’ve seen with more than one reverse gear was a semi, but I never shifted between the 2 while backing, and if there was a reason to, you wouldn’t be…

My wife and I were looking at minivans and found a decent enough one for a reasonable price. During the test drive, there was an alarm going off the entire time, but the sales person said it had just started and that he was going to have it fixed if we bought it or not since it was his daily driver (small used car…

Definitely This! Although, I've even bent my 4-way tire iron. Why do shops feel need to tighten everything so much? First time I replaced the oil filter on my new motorcycle, I couldn't get it off until I jabbed a screwdriver through it to be able to turn it. I then had to jab a new whole when I ran out of room to…