Depends on how you define “wrong way.”

One late night or early morning almost thirty years ago, a buddy of mine and I had a hankering for IHOP. We may or may not have been sober. We were definitely sleep-deprived. So we left our residence in Galveston, Texas, and headed for the closest IHOP we knew.

The one 65 miles…

Fiberfab cars are kind of funny in the value department. Depending on the age of the kit, some of them are worth quite a bit in parts alone (Fiberfab used a lot of original MG parts back in the 60s and 70s, as they weren’t rare). Original T-series grill shells in good condition can run near $1k by themselves, for…

Huh. To be fair, we didn’t even look at the sedan when we bought hers, because we wanted a hatchback.

Badges? We ain’t got no badges! We don’t need no badges. I don’t have to show you any stinkin’ badges!

My wife has a ‘17 Civic Sport hatchback, and we love it. What I find interesting about this article is that the ‘22 Sport models have no more horsepower than the base; what am I buying it for, then?

And yes, the paddle shifter CVT thing has bothered me since we bought the car. 

That was two shops and almost 30 years ago. I have no idea if we did or not. Probably, since the shop owner was a pack rat. But in fairness, most shop owners seem to be pack rats.

I work at a Jaguar specialist shop. These are not more reliable than the older cars, unless you mean the 1988-95ish models. 1987 and earlier (non-V12) cars are pretty damned bulletproof, if cared for correctly.

At one of the shops I once worked at, we pulled a wooden piston out of an early-80s Ford Escort. We had no idea who installed it, as the customer had owned the car less than a month. It ran. Not well, but it ran. Pretty sure it was made out of a chunk of pressure-treated 4x4.

The most interesting engine I ever took apart was the 4.2 XK six in my Jaguar 420G. It, too, hadn’t been run in years (around five, when I took it apart a decade ago), but the car had fewer than 17k miles on it. So I got to see all sorts of pencil notations that the factory had left on alloy parts, untouched internal…

But I haven’t heard about any zombie outbreaks, so...

Colin McRae is dead, dude.

RE: #6.

Hoovie also is throwing money at the Car Ninja.

This stupid crap makes me want to demonstrate what my Danish and Scots ancestors did to the Anglo-Saxons.

Like, what are the rules? Cost no object? Because there were plenty of cars built in 1974 I could live with, as long as I didn’t have to live with just one.

I could keep a mechanic employed with a Countach (before all the stupid crap got tacked on, too). Sunny day cruises in the Fleetwood Eldorado Convertible. 1974 was…

First, I believe that Egypt is due some compensation for this. However:

My wife and I are Annual Passholders to Walt Disney World. I collect park-used props and memorabilia. We subscribed to Disney+ at the first opportunity.

Damned straight we’re weird. So what? It’s no stranger than people obsessed with a particular sports team, electronics company, or car brand. And nobody attacks people…

TR3 drivelines are only slightly more complicated than rocks. The fact that they couldn’t keep one running is sad. That said, electrification is cool.

Putting on my tinfoil hat:

The Barr “Justice” Department began investigating Gaetz not because they were interested in stopping a crime, but to clear the way for a primary challenge by one of the Orange One’s spawn. Let one (my bet would be Eric*) run against him, “not in anger, but in sadness,” to lock the grift…

Nissan during these years was getting similar power out of a 3.5 V6, with a similar footprint and far less complexity. There is no reason for this absurdity. And with better plastics.

Engineering like this is one of the reasons I will never own another VAG product, and do not recommend them to my customers.