“Trained shooters” is a stretch. Most cops are terrible shots due to lack of training and practice. Look at the assholes who killed Breonna Taylor; 20 rounds sprayed into two apartments. It seems like “spray and pray” is the only method they know, and you can go back years to find similar records. Nevermind that it…

He still has the Triumph Spitfire he bought new in 1969. Possibly should have kept the 1966 Impala Sport Coupe with the 427.

Just outside Charleston, SC. We did get a pretty good value for our market, since homes around us are now in the $190-240k range.

Alternate plan: make friends with a tow company operator and have the non-runners towed somewhere else for 24 hours every two weeks.

Alternate plan two: build a shed.

I’ll be in my truck.

A loaded F-150 is nearly half the what I paid for my house five years ago, so this checks out.

The Jaguar XK engine has been mentioned. But there are loads of great British engines; the BMC A-series in Cooper form, the A-plus in 1275 turbo form, the Saab B and H engines, the BMC B-series Twin Cam, and pretty much anything made by Lotus.

I feel like your engineers are used to new cars, because I know I push-started my 1985 LTD back in the day (the little LTD, not the big one). We had to use a truck to get it up to speed, but it still worked.

... antiquated transverse leaf spring...

No thanks. I guess it’s a historically significant model? But the best Civic generation will always be the 4th generation. Best suspension design and build quality before they started shaving costs in the later models. The current 10th gen is pretty good, even if the styling is not to everyone’s tastes. It’s also…

Fuck, man. I got no words, other than that I need your voice. And that as far as I’m concerned, you are a Michelangelo of street sweepers.

Yeah, the guy that beat him is supported by Ben Shapiro and the National Right to Life Committee. So I doubt there is any policy change.

Respectfully, I disagree. First, I have to say I am speaking from the perspective of a middle-aged Southern white male, so I haven’t lived the same experience of most of the commenters here.

But Michael’s (extremely limited) timeline illustrates that the historical wrongs haven’t healed, because they have never really…

April 4, 2015: A bystander captures North Charleston, SC police officer Michael Slager shooting unarmed Walter Scott as Scott runs away during a traffic stop. Scott plead guilty to federal deprivation of rights under the color of law and was sentenced to 20 years in prison.

He’s got an SE492; already built the engine on that one once. This is one of his B95's that he likes to do rallies in. We are finishing repairs, modernizations and upgrades to the engine and gearbox. We also built a tandem brake master unit to add some safety beyond the original single-circuit brake system.

I have a customer who collects Berkeleys, like the one pictured.

... not a department-authorized chokehold.

Essential worker here (not sure why auto mechanics are essential workers, but hey!).

I’ve been fixing things people tried to do themselves and screwed up. Like last Monday, where the customer tried to do a timing belt replacement on his Volvo V70 and I had to pull the head to replace half a dozen bent valves.

That and…

This. And I am a mechanic. When I get an inspection job which pays like 0.5 hours but takes almost an hour to do right, I am certainly tempted to do the bare minimum (or less) to get back to the brake job that pays 2.5 hours but only take me 1.5 to complete.

Which is one of the reasons our used car inspections bill…

Normally, I’m a “somebody else’s project is CP” voter. But $2k is pretty much “WTF not?” money. NP.