That is exactly what happened. Amtrak was introduced by the Nixon administration as an easy way for freight railroads to get rid of their money loosing passenger service (which until that point they were legally required to provide in exchange for all the free land they got from the US Gov. in the late 1800s and early…

Heck being NYC I’m surprised they didn’t just toss the body in the nearest garbage can. The guy is dead there is nothing more then can do for him, why shut down an entire platform and inconveniencing thousands? For the same reason it annoys me when they close the highway for hours after a fatal accident, if everyone…

“GM’s M-Van Was a Very Nice Van”, well aside from the fact that they were absolute death-traps in an accident:

California - where even the crushed cars on the way to the shredder have less rust than anything in David Tracy’s yard.

California - where even the crushed cars have less rust than anything in David Tracy’s yard.

I think I found a solution to your problem:

In the US there is no national vehicle inspection, so inspection laws vary state to state, some states have very strict inspections and some have none (and Michigan where DT lives is one of the states that doesn’t require any vehicle inspection).

It depends, my mom liked Camaros and Firebirds when she was younger and had a series of them from the time she started driving until about the time I was in high-school (at which point GM had discontinued the F-body and her 4th gen Trans-Am was getting a little too old to be a daily driver, and she had a Jeep Wrangler…

To anyone making the claim “well sedans are more efficient now too” while true remember MPG is a flawed measurement for comparison purposes and offers diminishing returns as it increases. Gal/100mi. is better so lets look at it from that perspective. A 15 mpg. truck/suv from the late 90s/early 00s uses 6.6 Gal of fuel…

Easy:

Definite CP, it’s a PT Cruiser and I wouldn’t want a working one much less a broken one (and this is a vehicle being known for a tight engine bay and a real pain in the rear to work on). These are the only tools you need to “fix” this piece or junk:

“I haven’t had time to just hard-wire the blower to the battery through a separate fuse and switch” - DT

... and requires premium fuel. This is why turbo engines are downright stupid in “normal” (non-performance) vehicles, any fuel savings (if there actually is any in the real-world) are quickly eaten by the higher cost of premium fuel required by virtually all turbo engines, not to mention the increased maintenance…

Lets see:

The recall wasn’t for XJ Cherokees, it was for ZJ (93-98) and WJ (99-04) Grand Chrokees. The XJ has a rear-mounted fuel tank but it is tucked up a little better and at least partially protected by the leaf-springs and rear-shackles (if a low-nosed vehicle under-rides the rear bumper the leaf-springs should take most…

Good, If EVs can’t stand on their own they should be allowed to fail we shouldn’t keep subsidizing them. I actually support the “usage fee” as well, while I oppose taxes in general, as long as roads are primarily funds by fuel taxes, owners of vehicles that don’t use any gas/diesel should be required to contribute to…

Easy, fly first class (yourself) and stick the kids in the last row of coach, and try to forget they exist for a few hours.

If they made the visibility a little better (i.e. not like driving looking through a mail slot) that would probably help too. I nearly bough a Camaro but couldn’t get over the extremely poor visibility and thus ended up with a Mustang instead.

I guess that worked, but why not just toss in a bug bomb and kill them all (and then remove the nest and carcasses)? I can’t see any compelling reason to let hornets (especially an invasive species like European Hornets) live and (mostly) escape.

ah... nothing like an AWD/4WD vehicle with 4 summer tires in the snow and the idiots that think AWD/4WD means they don’t need snow (or even decent all-season) tires. I got stuck behind someone a few years ago in a similar situation an Audi RS4 Quattro with 4 summer tires that barely had enough tread to pass inspection…