.... now if only they would offer a V6 (a V8, turbo V6, or Diesel would be even better but I’m being realistic). A pickup truck (albeit a midsize one) with a 4-cyl engine (even if it has a turbo) as the only option, why Ford, why???

Of course we have no idea what the quality is like or if it is sustainable, could be Tesla’s version of Gung Ho:

Not always, I got t-boned by one a few years ago (luckily no injuries, but the car was totaled, side-airbags are beneficial but expensive to replace). It was a four lane road, a box truck was stopped at the light in the left lane blocking the view of the right lane, a corolla in the right lane ran the light and I…

The MD90 and Boeing 717 (AKA: MD95 before Boeing re-named it after buying Douglas) have high-bypass engines (IAE V2500 on the MD90, Rolls-Royce/BMW BR715 on the 717).

Just replace the 4X4 post with 1/2" wall steel box section set in concrete (at least 3-4 feet deep), next time they hit it they’re car will need major repair,

X2 an old jeep screams for an analogue gauge and preferably one made by Stewart Warner.

It isn’t just you, in the last generation or two most CUVs have let go of any attempts at portraying “off-road” ability (with the exception of Jeep and some Subarus). And most have little if any more ground clearance than a car. For example a current generation RAV4 has 6.1” of ground clearance, a Camry has 5.7” of…

“Rust sometimes makes a car look just a tad better.”

True, though being southern California there is a good chance they are 2WD.

Just make sure to either get one with a manual transmission or budget for rebuilding the auto as the GM 4L30E auto in these is under-built for the ~4,300lb. Trooper (the 4L30E was designed for an approx 3k lb. vehicle) and it is almost guaranteed to fail in the 90k-130k mi range (and possibly earlier if it was use for…

Just pick up a universal POS rotbox repair kit:

That vintage of XJ with the Nippon-Denso alternators do have the voltage regulator in the ECU so a bad ECU is a good bet (and they are known for failing due to bad capacitors among other things), some people in the jeep forums have reported success wiring in an external voltage regulator and bypassing the one in the…

If the station doesn’t have locking pumps or the locking mechanism is broken, you can just jam the gas cap (or any other convenient object that will fit) in the pump handle and it will accomplish the same thing.

A bit of a death trap (at least for a fairly “modern” car) in a crash though:

3rd/4th gen (late 60s/early 70s) Buick Electra, sometimes its nice to have a good land yacht.

1998 Isuzu Trooper

While replacing the thermostat in my XJ Cherokee the upper bolt snapped off, so I grabbed a drill and ez-out about 1/2 an hour later I had drilled the center of the bolt and started turning it when then the ez-out snapped off in the bolt, it took about 4 hours and 3 cobalt drill bits to get through the hardened steel…

Ah Lincoln Towing so bad there’s actually a song about them:

I hate stop start with a passion and refuse to buy any vehicle that has it unless it can be permanently disabled.

Looks like someone watched the Blues Brothers too many times: