I heel toe on light braking all the time haha, I taught myself how to rev match and heel-toe the first summer I learned how to drive stick on a 40-minute stop-and-go commute I had for a summer job. 1-2-3...3-2-1 rinse and repeat. I’m sure I caused some wear then but that’s part of learning. It took some practice but I…

If you’re not making a complete hash of heel toe or rev matching is it really causing enough wear to be concerned over? I can’t possibly see how heel-toe coming up to a stop or tight corner to stay in an appropriate gear is possibly worse than waiting for the revs to drop under 2500 and popping the clutch. Mind you,…

Welp, I found myself reading and old article with an unanswered question. A hood-height snorkel is only for water, but once you’ve gone that far it’s not much harder to put it at roof height which gives it cleaner air away from the dust being thrown up by your vehicle and others you may be convoying with.

Honestly, I’m very okay with this. It gives the best estimate for the actual impact of owning the car, monetary or otherwise. I’m kinda over the whole ‘check out my awesome $1000 luxury car, it’s not even that expensive to run because I do all the work myself!’ thing. It never seems to take into account that tools are…

Yeah the car I’m referring to here was a shitbox E30 325e a good friend of mine had in college that I drove quite a bit. It was to the left of 1st rather than to the right of 6th(not that it had 6th) so I’m not even sure whether or not it did have a lockout, and if it did it still didn’t help with the uncertainty when…

Left-and-up seems to be the most common these days, which is also the worst because if you’ve ever driven a car with absolutely shot shifter bushings you’re never really absolutely sure whether you’ve caught first or reverse

I could see that. If you think about it most scion drivers are either teenagers(so their parents are the legal owner) or retirees so 50 year olds buying cars for 16 year olds averaged with 70 year olds comes out about there.

Congrats, mine does too, but as you see I said that Tacomas haven’t even had four doors for 24 years when a 1994 Suburban could still be being passed through the fam, so ‘original owner’ but really it was dad’s ride for awhile, mom’s ride for awhile, family vehicle for road trips and taking the boat to the lake for…

Plus if you look at the list all of these(besides the one garage queen) are cars that are often bought as a family hauler and then handed down through the kids so they’ll have significant bumps from the examples where it’s under one owner but several drivers(dad for 10 years, dad buys himself a nice car so the…

If you look at the linked article it’s the longest-kept pickup at 7.8 years, so not far behind these

Yes, this is the first time in years I’ve been a one-car-guy and my running maintenance expenses have dropped despite the fact I’m driving twice as many miles/year as before(so my cost per mile has plummeted). I mean it’s not a fair comparison between a new Tacoma and a 20 year old BMW with a 25-year-old 4Runner, but…

Maintenance on two vehicles will pretty much always end up more expensive than on one because even though you’re splitting the miles you’re doubling the time-based intervals. Truck parts aren’t actually any more expensive than car parts, there’s just a few extra parts like a transfer case and front diff that need…

Because the financial argument isn’t there. I commute in a current-gen Tacoma I bought new. I bought it new because if you want proper off road capability and a stick shift in a vehicle newer than ~10 years old you get to pick between a Tacoma, an FJ Cruiser, a Wrangler and maybe an XTerra/Frontier if you can find…

It’s the sort of place you described. So yeah shouldn’t probably be a surprise that it happens but also being at a trashy club(gay or otherwise) doesn’t make it okay to just randomly grab people.

Or on the dance floor at Rich’s for that matter

Pretty clearly first gear and not very, plus speed lines

There was a lot of poor journalism surrounding this entire thing. A deposits work exactly like deposits on anything else, they weren’t jacking the price up on the car. Also much whining about losing spots in line but it’s not strongarming more money out of people it’s spec, order and place a deposit on your car that…

You are wrong. This article is from last summer when the studio to actually order a car was opened for the first time, there’s always been an additional $2500 to actually place the order for your specific car. $1000 deposit for a spot in line, and a pretty normal $2500 deposit when you order the car.

Not sure, it’s like a couple grand so mid-high 30s I guess. Still, even if you forgo that a completely base 320i is a much higher quality item than x midisize sedan with all the options because automakers improve the low hanging fruit like trimmings and gadgets but don’t make substantial upgrades to the overall…

It’s because(generally) once you spec up a car past physical stuff like optional engines and differentials you’re essentially just handing the company money for a veneer of extra luxury that costs them nothing. Meanwhile, the few extra grand you’ve spent on gravy for the automaker on the cheaper car has probably…