I have my own hackjob (volvo 5.044) and it’s a hamfisted poorly engineered excuse for climbing the mountain because it’s there.

Awesome. I love grunge, having come of age around that time, and I love lounge non-ironically, since it often has good production and clarity.

Back when I used to play with ACVW’s, getting the fan and engine tin sealed to the body was a big deal. Air leaks were likened to coolant leaks. Have things changed, or is this a hackjob in that respect?

Not anymore it isn’t.

Did anyone say GTI yet? GTI.

Neutral - no hybrid/EV here for one really really simple reason: I only buy used, generally five years old at the newest.

No stickers on the license plate? I smell a rat.

I was writing of the Santa Rosa scene, but I imagine many sleepy little towns had an awesome car culture around that time. Remember when you could buy a first-gen F-body for 1,500 just about any day of the week?

That’s not underground, if you have food trucks, security, and rules. Just sayin.

This was every Friday night in NorCal c.1990. We’d cruise mainstreet, pull over and BS (does that rollcage help with chassis stiffness? yes! how hard was it to install? I haven’t bolted it down yet... yes, that was a Mustang, why did you ask), then around 11 we’d roll to an industrial area and drag race until the…

I have APR stage 1, no switching. Basically I went with that because it was the cheapest route.

Congrats, I’ve had mine for about a year and love it!! Other than being wrong-wheel-drive.

Always my favorite Corvette model... And I haven’t looked lately, but I think for what it’d cost to get this one right, you could buy someone else’s labor of love and come out ahead, and probably with an extra gear or two.

This is either a scam (using an already tamed animal)

I think the “special tools” jab is a myth.

I was feeling pretty okay about this until I saw the interior. Makes my first-gen CTSV interior look positively upscale, and that’s saying something.

Agree, I have a handful of them (have no idea where they came from) and about the only time I use them is when I have something bigger than my biggest socket/endwrench.

Is this the last of the low-cowl Hondas? I test drove one years ago and loved it.

No.

Seeing the TS side on, now I’m thinking c 1980 BMW 7-series.