Good god that engine note is pathetic

Oh yeah, those ads are nuts. The diesel 1-ton trucks with 200k after like 16 months I get, but normal cars that have 70-80k in a year are nuts. My Uber driver to the airport this week had a a fairly new CR-V (2014 or 2015, I think?) with 172k though. Said it was from Uber and his family living in Maryland. But still,…

Not the commenter in question, but it’s not too hard to do. I probably drive 25k+ in a year, but split between (usually) three cars. If you’re a contractor or freelance it’s not a stretch by any means. I live in a rural area (Vermont) and drive locally (up to 1hr) a lot, plus lots of long trips out of state, to South…

Uhhh... Pretty sure the “identical cars” ship sailed about thirty years ago for F1. Even WEC prototype racing is getting to be identical, but aside from some peoples’ engines blowing up when others are fine, I don’t find F1 to be any more differentiated than NASCAR. Still meh.

Incorrect assessment, because I’m a car enthusiast who understands how and why accidents happen, and obviously doubling the speed limit and driving too aggressively for the road was the problem here. But I also have enough knowledge of the automotive industry (and its ancillary industries of marketing and product…

Yes, but this video appears to be roughly 5,000 miles away from the NHRA’s jurisdiction (it’s Australian).

Well sure, but a) Walker wasn’t driving, so that would make it a negligence suit on the estate of the car’s driver, and b) a mechanical failure could have very easily occurred, and will no doubt occur again somewhere because of neglect. Keeping the same tires on car for ten years and barely driving it brews a pretty…

How have you not realized by this point that Paul Walker wasn’t driving?

Never forget.

Which head gasket issues exactly did they respond to? I feel like I would have heard something about an extended head gasket warranty on the Subaru model called “every fucking Subaru ever made since the beginning of time”.

Based on your reference to “Flyover States” rather than the Midwest or the West, it seems we can safely assume you are not from the Midwest. Given that, it kind of makes sense how this would seem easy for you. As it turns out though, I have friends who are and I personally have seen the central and southern passages…

Yeahhhhhh, you can’t really put this one on millennials bud. This is the millennial voting map, if the WiFi at your nursing home can load pictures.

But who will provide the steel for Tacoma frames while they sort this out?

I think VT finally made that shit illegal. Not that you could tell it from looking at the snow piles driving around in winter.

Do we know for sure these don’t refer to personalized settings controlling rain-sensing wipers? Like a possible override if the rain is falling in such a way that it doesn’t probably trigger the wipers (as happens in all vehicles)?

...He’s still messing with you dude. It’s hilarious though.

Have they not invented sarcasm where you live or what? It sounds like you feel a lot of disbelief if you missed as obvious a joke as that one...

You misunderstand me. If BMW build an E46M Touring it would be a $30-40k car. This is not a $30-40k car, and does not need to be held to that standard. Also you seem to have rushed through the first line (“the quality guarantee is...”). Could you review that and report back what that line was? In any case, without…

The issue is, you would be quoted more than $17k if you approached a shop about this. Unless you get a free engine and do the work yourself, this is fair (and market value).

The quality guarantee is going to look at it in person. But from the pictures, this seems to be a build involving a much higher attention to detail than someone looking to toss more power into their track rat. I would say it’s more likely that it’s on the more detailed side based on the ducting in the engine bay and…