The lawnmower, much like the Suburban, it’s about the ethanol. Ethanol blend gas burns leaner and therefore hotter than straight gas. Not such a big deal on water cooled equipment. But this is an issue in air cooled motors.  And what comes out of a pump labeled E10, might be that, or it might be E15 or E5 or anything…

Bullshit. Premium also contains more detergents and other additives. You can run as much premium in any engine you want and it will not result in “deposits” in your engine. I have consistently run 93 octane in a motor designed for 87. I have had this engine apart and there was no sign of and coking or carbon build up…

Umm no. My ‘99 Suburban 2500 also has the 7.4l and it will NOT run good on ethanol. And the only way to get E0 in these parts is to buy premium. If I travel out of state (to places where there is no E0) I always end up with an excessive lean condition and a check engine light. SO 93 octane is what I buy. I also need…

Bad driver accomplishes with just a tree what Mythbusters needed a rocket sled to do.

Or maybe he has a business mowing lawns or any one of a hundred other reasons he might need a few cans of gas. This is not a bizarre activity perpetrated by some nutball, this is how people who need fuel for things other than cars get it. I have done this hundreds of times. Most recently after draining out the stale…

I agree there is some amazing stupidity going on right now, but it also brings up a bigger issue. Nearly ALL of the approved gasoline containers you can buy right now are complete and total crap. I have a 6 gallon Rubbermaid gas can that I bought in 1995. It is still in near perfect shape. It does not leak (even if…

As with all such delicate topics, remember to treat each other with respect. Try to understand the other person’s point of view. Separate emotion form the discussion and understand that you will not change the other person’s views.  Remember that no matter how you feel about this issue, you are probably getting a lot…

LS Swap?

I kinda sympathize with this guy. When I went to college, students living on campus (or within a mile of campus) were not even allowed to buy a permit. Which really sucked because some of may classes were several miles away form campus at a remote site. There was a bus, but there was no way to get from the remote site…

This looks really well done. But still ND. It is probably just the thing for someone, and judging by the comments maybe even some folk. But not for me. The El Camino at least had a reasonable sized bed. Just not sure this would be useful for anything where I want a pickup. Of course I regard a short-box as an…

These were actually not terrible cars. IF you had all the right options. Sadly this is missing a key one. The manual gearbox that was available. I drove one of the (hardtop) with the supercharged 3.8 and the manual transmission. It was a fun ride. But I don’t know if the car was ever offered with both of those. I know…

This driver is either A: an idiot, or B: deliberately causing as much damage as possible.

ALL car makers did this back in the day.  I have a 70's VW that required THREE keys from the factory.  One for doors, one for frunk, and one for ignition.  At least by the 80's just about everyone was down to two keys...

Not a fan.  Keeping one’s “eyes on the road” is a lot easier when you have physical controls that you can manipulate without looking at them.  Modern climate control and entertainment systems are really bad about this.  I still MUCH prefer the controls in my GMT400 Suburban to those in my wife’s new Subaru.  At least…

Wink Wink Nudge Nudge Say no More

Not sure about the reliability thing. I have personally known three of these cars that were 100% reliable for the entire time I knew them. A combined total of over 40 years and at least 250,000 miles each. Not one breakdown. Nothing but routine maintenance. Modern cars are not any more reliable than this. Especially…

NP, all day. My family had an ‘86 Pontiac sedan version of this car, and an ‘88 Chevy Sedan. My buddy’s family had the Wagon. All of these cars were indestructible. And believe me, when we started out driving these cars as teens in the 90's, we did our best to kill them. My buddies wagon was in more than a few…

The taillights are awful?  I guess that’s not really a mistake, SOMEONE wanted them that way.  But still awful.

I am torn by this issue. Iowa recently passes a similar law but the IA version specifically calls out unintentional collisions. In Iowa at least the law was motivated in part by an incident where a protester deliberately stepped out in front of a moving car to try and block the driver. Even though there was no way for…

I have a car made in 1976 that gets 30mpg. That’s better than the current average fleet efficiency of the US industry. And while it might produce more Nox than a modern car, it has lasted longer than most of what is being built today will. The EPA estimate for a modern 30mpg compact is 12 tons of CO2 to build the car a…