Prepare to pay 50% more than this one for a stock example with lower mileage ($21k and up) I think that money could be spent putting in a stock suspension, exhaust, and intake for far less.

You will be missed Mercedes!  Your articles about cool tools were my favorite.  (mainly because my suggestion was featured once but still)

It certainly won’t have valve issues so that’s covered.

Some of the infrastructure issue is just not fixable. There are areas that do not have close to house parking. Many people in historic areas who own houses still have unmetered residential street parking with no utilities near by (no street lamps). These streets are lined with old growth trees that should not be…

Sorry to hear that. At least the vehicle is still driveable. I know people with Hyundais that are having full engine replacements that are in rentals for 3 months or longer.

Batteries are one of the core metrics for sure as they are the main determination for range which Tesla seems to be at the top of.  The other one is charging stations which Tesla has the best and most reliable network.  My biggest issue with Tesla is their lack of back end support, ie where do you get parts for the…

Is anyone going to bring up the contractor grade house carpet in the smart car?  I have questions.

I’ve been out of the motorcycle game for a bit but bikebandit used to be my go to for OEM parts.  They had factory exploded parts diagrams for my old ‘79 yamaha.  I was able to pick up the individual rubber pieces that held on the little engine covers.  Sad to see how they’ve turned.

I think that’s a good bet seeing as that the Maverick in general is selling well. I’m not sure how much they designed being an EV into the platform though. Generally speaking EV’s designed on a dedicated platform work much better than multi-use platforms.  However, it hasn’t stopped the F150 lightning sales so here’s…

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

As a lease it seems this car would be hard to justify over the Audi or BMW. As a purchase I still can’t shake the price gap over the Si. I honestly don’t want adjustable shocks because of the cost to repair them vs. conventional shocks. The biggest benefits this has over the Si is the option of heated seats and the…

I get that. Electric buses are still somewhat unproven technology, especially figuring out where and how to charge them. They also have to be 100% bullet proof reliable out of the gate because that’s what is required of them to win people over. If these things fail after spending the money to set up the charging…

The amount of time buses sit idling in front of schools alone would make this worth it. Before pickup we had a long line of buses all idling in a row right in front of the school and that was before DPF’s and DOC’s which hopefully are on modern diesels.

‘63 continental.

Not necessarily on the emissions equipment thing.  There have been a lot of moves to make buying things from suppliers from Russia sanctioned.  Could just be a sanctioned part or something made with sanctioned parts.

Just regular 5 spoke rims instead of whatever seizure inducing craziness automakers think new cars (especially EV’s) should have.  New rim designs seem like they’d be a pain to clean too.

Maybe breathalyzers have gotten better but in my experience it is not just one try at 5 seconds. They often require multiple times to breath into it, at least they did 10 years ago. I also see it as another fail point added to the starting sequence. You are adding another electronic device that could be a parasitic…

If we are just getting whatever we want then I want the return of the Dodge Dakota R/T but that’s not gonna happen.

If this is similar to the one that I had on my ‘15 Mazda 3, I found it super intuitive and was happy that they had a seperate volume knob right next to the “cursor” knob.  I rarely used the touch screen because the knob was right next to the shifter so I could change something quick before shifting gears.  I believe…

Honestly, the Fiskars split maul and all their IsoCore stuff is sweet.