I don’t know. Seems to me that those studs were an accident waiting to happen. In 60 years of wrenching, I have never seen studs break like this. I’ve had them over torqued to the point of having to break off the nut, but breaking like that? I’m thinking the man (or committee) upstairs was looking out for you.

I mistakenly voted ND on this and will go back to change the vote. This car is 27 years old, which puts it in “classic car” territory. This means that you can insure it with the various companies who deal with classic cars at an insanely low rate, and also set your own “agreed value” with the insurance company. In…

This argument is getting stupid. I have 20 years experience as dispatcher for a major van line’s High Value Product division and another 15 years OTR experience over 48 states. I am not making things up, here. I have seen many independent truckers who have bright, stainless steel rear doors or some sort of bright,…

True for company drivers, but I am talking about the independent Owner Operators who don’t drop and hook trailers. Many add as much “bling” to their trailers as they do to their tractors. 

The natural solution to all of this is simply to buy a Jeep with a Hemi and upgrade the exhaust. I drive a Grand Cherokee Hemi and an RX7 FC. They are both equally exciting to me.

The natural solution to all of this is simply to buy a Jeep with a Hemi and upgrade the exhaust. I drive a Grand Cherokee Hemi and an RX7 FC. They are both equally exciting to me.

There was a period of time when truck drivers thought it was cool to have plain stainless steel rear doors. I don’t know what their mindset was on this, as it would for sure be distracting to drivers following at night. 

I’ve been reading about this over the last few days, and I can’t help but laugh. Anyone who has ever driven an Over the Road truck has peed in a bottle at one time or another. Somewhere out there I have even seen “adaptors” for female drivers. It’s just part of truck driving life, and something that has been going on…

This is real cool and all, but it’s kind of been done before.

I kind of agree with you, which is why I would pass on the hard top. I don’t know why you would say they are bad in the snow, though. I have driven various sports cars in the snow with no problem whatsoever. It’s all in the tires, my friend.

I saw one of these a couple of years ago (probably an earlier model), and kind of fell in love. It just looks so damn cool!

I saw one of these a couple of years ago (probably an earlier model), and kind of fell in love. It just looks so damn cool!

Frankly, I think removable hardtops are a PITA, but I live in Florida. If you live where snow is a thing, and you plan to drive the car there, then yes. Just remember that you have to put the damn thing somewhere when you take it off, and they aren’t exactly light or easy to handle.

THIS! This is a nice looking car and Mazda four bangers of the era are VERY reliable. The prices for these are going up, and this particular one can now be insured as a classic car, which comes with a guaranteed value price in the event of a problem (in this case I expect the insurance company would not balk at a…

Many years ago my company “gave” me my company car, a Nissan Stanza. I decided that I was going to give it new spark plugs, so I went to the auto parts store and requested plugs for the same. The guy said, well you need 4 of these and 4 of these. I said, no, four cylinder engine. He said, yeah, look at the back of it.…

A neighbor of mine,. who sometimes I think has more money than sense, bought one of these a couple of years ago to share his garage with 2 Jag XK 120's, an XKE and some kind of hot Porsche. He never took it to the track, just drove it around town when he has feeling feisty. He is kind of thin and not too tall, so he…

So, I got a lot of kickback on this comment, about how dumb I must be and how I obviously don’t have any idea what it is like to tow anything.

Taking a good look at this (from an OTR driver’s point of view), it seems to me that the guy driving straight through intersection was not paying attention. He should have seen the other guy making the turn, and stopped in order for him to have room to make the turn. The guy making the turn was well into the…

If the parking is angled, it is difficult to back into the spot unless you are driving the wrong direction in driving lanes. Pulling through to an empty spot in this situation is also moronic, as you will then be going in the wrong direction when leaving.

What I don’t understand about all of this is how did the driver of the RV not notice the drag which must have occurred. Seriously, what kind of RV has the power to, basically, drag this Jeep that fast?