So let’s get this straight... Red (stop) means positive and green (go) means negative?! Did they run out of black dye and switch to green? Maybe green felt was on sale? At least there is no long standing convention for color-coding positive and negative polarity, so this seems fine. What could go wrong?

Trained engineer. Amateur mechanic. Nothing to see here. My FIL once had a pair of garden shears that would not work quite right. They were loose and sloppy and would not cut anything. He first offered them to my BIL, who has a mechanical engineering degree. BIL gave up after about 15 minutes. I took them to the…

You are dead on. The Jetsons sound is the only correct answer!

Don’t forget copious applications of pixie dust in all openings. That was the magic ingredient that IBM claimed made their high-capacity hard drives so damned good. It’s wonderful for all things electrical and electronic.

Edison cylinders. More stable.

You are exactly right. Offer the car with both sets of wheels. The stock rims can be used as the winter set. Even with the higher price it would look like a much better deal.

So it just needs a few things... A full set of tires, including mounting and balancing and possibly an alignment... ABS sensor, you hope... Airbag light fixed. The light is on, so it's not broken. Maybe it needs an airbag or a controller. Figure anywhere from $1,500 to $4,000 in diagnosis, parts and labor. NO DICE!

Big star for the Trans Labrador highway run! My first vacation with my not yet wife was from NYC to Montreal to Quebec City to Nova Scotia and then ferry to and from Newfoundland, going the long way around from west to east. That was in a stripped gen1 Scirroco with GTI motor, steel rims and Pirelli P series. Very few…

Eccentric is the preferred term. :)

And the words. Lose the box and the words. Less is more! And now to the matter of our fee.

The seaplane base is on the East River at the Marine & Aviation terminal at 24th Street. It is nowhere near the Brooklyn Bridge and planes do not fly under anything when they take off or land.

Fine. An IEEE-488 modem then!

Perfect for your daughter. A disaster for your bank account as the out-of-warranty repair bills roll in for the next several years, until, in a final act of desperation, you send it to the crusher.

Ship it for less than $1,000 and it’s yours. You’re still ahead!

I work with a number of Amish builders and they don’t drive. It seems bizarre that any kind of car mods would be associated with the Amish. One fellow we know switched from Amish to Mennonite and later showed up driving a big pickup truck. That was a surprise.

If the MB mechanic can't tell the difference between a parking brake and a clutch, go elsewhere. Fast!

Faster with a SHO upgrade though. Less pig, more Yamaha!

We owned a 1990 RR and it had all the usual problems, plus almost all the brake lines had rusted away. The Buick-derived motors are garbage. This, however, is a NP for what it is. If you love having a V8, do an LS swap and never look back. The rest of the truck looks pretty nice. Power window repair should not cost…

Sentry mode!

Senbei, yum! $17,000 and 9 year old photos? How do we know what the car even looks like today. Crack pipe for overpriced and lazy seller. C'mon, what are you hiding with the old photos.