At the very least we can appreciate Toyota finally adding Android auto and apple carplay to their vehicles. I’ve heard mixed feelings on carplay but I love Android auto and basically refuse to use my stock system UI at this point. Plus when I get into my brothers ford for the day I plug in and have the exact same…

As a third gen taco owner, though, this is Toyota fixing a LOT of the minor problems that owners complain about, The seats and android auto in particular are game changers.

unique sequential LED/DRL headlamps

Don’t forget: the Power Wagon on Simon & Simon, Rocky’s GMC half ton from The Rockford Files, Jon Baker’s C10 from CHiPs, and Uncle Jesse’s ‘73 F100 in The Dukes of Hazzard! All classic single cabs.

Also some pretty sweet single-cab squarebodies in Hooper and of course The Fall Guy!

I remember back when Cab Forward was going to change the world.

My gf in highschool had one, therefore she must be your sister, because literally no one else bought one.

As a former Ford tech (recovering), it pisses me off that these are the people that dictate MY image as a professional technician.

Exactly. Getting rid of the problem employees doesn’t give your clutch life back.

Sood is having another shop check out the vehicle, right? If the shop determines that the wear and tear is abnormal for 8.8k miles, then Jersey City should pay.

If they compromise and wind up on clutch replacement only, I think the owner could walk away without feeling cheated. Clutches that can tolerate torque from a 5.0 V8 are not the cheapest in the world, and it’s clear that the joyriders messed it up somewhat. I agree that brakes and tires would be debatable. 

I am completely unsurprised... and very thankful that dashcams didn’t exist 25 years ago when I was working in a service station. And that’s all I’ll say about the techs’ behavior.

My point is this story is making it out as he’s intentionally sleeping while his car drives for him. I’m saying we don’t know that, so characterizing him as a “dangerous idiot” isn’t fair until you know his real situation. For all we really know he’s dead behind the wheel from an aneurysm or something.

I guess I’d have to weigh the risks in that particular situation. If there isn’t anyone following the Tesla too close I’d consider doing it. I think you could also mitigate some risk by doing it gradually. I’m not saying someone should brake check a car with a sleeping driver.

I had no idea how low and wide and black and menacing these were IRL until I happened to look up in my rear view mirror to see one coming up behind me fast. Photos don’t do it justice.

I have always wanted an Esprit V8.

280C wagons ( and the earlier 240C and 260C wagons) also had an electric roll-down side window on the left side of the luggage area, so you could load shopping from the kerb when parallel parked, without having to open the tailgate. It’s more obvious on the 280C than the earlier models since the left window is split…

Ever since Mospeada I’ve wanted a motorcycle I can wear!

The Garland laughs at the Condor’s silly notion of “transformation.”

This was the first Japanese animated movie I saw, when I was in college (1990). Saw this on laserdisc.