No timing belt on a pushrod flathead.

Sweet! My fleet is clean.

Buy? Not too bad. Maintain? Haha, hoohoo, hehe, lol.

In my first-hand experience, a Shadow won’t even get you where you’re going.

Couldn’t they swap new powertrains into all the chassis? Seems less wasteful than just melting them, and probably cheaper.

That is what they originally proposed, but apparently it didn’t meet standards. Not too surprising that it was insufficient, it is hard to believe to such a simple fix would be enough or the would have done it in the first place.

I biggest reason for the cost difference is that VW can’t fix the cars. Every other recall we’re comparing to, there was a relatively inexpensive part that could be replaced, whereas VW is forced to buy back all the cars for thousands of dollars. The fines aren’t terribly disproportionate.

The Journey sells because it is the cheapest 3 row crossover by a pretty large margin. My sister-in-law got one, it spent a couple weeks at the dealer in the first year. No FCA for me.

Yes. I actually got a small (very small) settlement from a class action lawsuit because my Tiburon made 135HP instead of the advertised 140HP. Can’t make this shit up. https://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/hyundai…

I’m happy for the discussion. I’m an aspiring driver, and it is very informative to see people’s takes.

Old cars are worse overall, but cars today are built to be pretty good at everything. Older cars tended to be built with a singular purpose in mind, so if your desires match up with the intended purpose, old cars can be a great fit. I bought a 944 as a toy and thought I made a huge mistake. It is loud and vibrates…

I think he would come across way better if he wasn’t constantly working with an asshole. Check out some clips of him on late night talk show interviews to see his real personality.

Rust buckets are cheaper and tetanus is the only disease you can catch from them. Stick with Jeeps.

How often are two cars involved in a small overlap type crash on the passengers side? The whole point of the test is to simulate someone swerving over the yellow line, which would cause both drivers’ sides to impact. If both passenger sides hit, chances are pretty good it is more of a T-bone situation.

I currently own a 2008 Kia and owned a Hyundai for 12 years. They hold up quite well, if they didn’t that 10 year warranty would have bankrupted them by now.

I don’t think this would be true for manual transmission cars, otherwise it would be impossible to rev-match with heel-toe.

New wheels: $3000

I didn’t blink and I still missed it the first time.

Just going by the PCA autocross classes, you nailed it. It is grouped with 996 turbo, 997.1 S, and 991S. Only things grouped higher are 997.2S, turbos, and GT variants.

Fair enough. What are my parting gifts?