I would rock the fuck out of that car with a Hellcat. It wouldn’t move, it would just be in a perpetual state of burnout.

Oh absolutely. Really, that’s the CarMax model, it’s just that the difference is generally thousands of dollars instead of $500. If dealers weren’t such a pain in the ass there would be no need for that sort of service. I’ll be having to get my fiance a new car soon and I’m not looking forward to the car buying…

Oh, yeah, that’d do it too. Way worse if you’re the customer and don’t know how bad it could be.

I mean, that’s technically not wrong, it’s just that the mechanic is supposed to do that before they give the car back. 

That’s literally the business model of (this article’s author) Tom’s company, so I’d say he’s on to something.

The pressure brake bleeder is also a must-have tool. Very similar appearance to the vacuum oil change machine, except with positive pressure rather than suction. It makes brake fluid swaps take virtually as long as rotating your tires. I do mine every year and have yet to encounter any corrosion in the brake system,…

Just the one.

It’s his personal business, so he’s the owner and would be organizing against himself. If he wants to work less, he can just go ahead and stop accepting so much work.

Eh, I got my ‘88 Dakota for $500, running and driving. I went in eyes wide open looking for a project, and found one for the most part. Put probably another $1000 into it (most of which was the higher end new tires). A year later I drove the thing from Southern California to Chicago in 2 days.

That text conversation confirms that David Tracy is my spirit animal.

Closer to $100k+ for some of the more exclusive exotics, and they usually have more than one of those. Doesn't take a lot of those wins to earn your keep. 

Look at the Grassroots Motorsports website. They wrote an article about that specifically that should be easy enough to find.

That seems like reasonable preventative maintenance for an Alfa.

I think that the people swapping the fluid every year realize that a container of brake fluid costs under $20 (for a DD level DOT 3-4) and takes 10 minutes to swap out with a pressure bleeder (best $50 I ever spent on a tool). If you never let the fluid take on all of that moisture then you’ll never have a brake line…

I see a package deal right there. 20% off for Darwin award nominees.

There’s an argument to be made that it takes a more creative and talented engineer to find a solution in a tightly regulated field than it does in a fully open one. Based on the engineers that I know in the field (both Nascar specifically, and motorsports in general), they’re pretty damned good.

As the owner of a 30 year old Dodge Truck, you’re not wrong.

Why would you suggest that anyone buy a Dodge Nitro? Not OK.

It’s probably an improvement over the texture on the previous generation Mazda 2 steering wheel spokes. My 2012 needs scrubbing every 3-6 months to dislodge the gunk that rubs off of my hands and embeds itself in the texture.

There’s no way you’re getting an inline 6 into the engine bay of an early Dakota while also having a cooling system. The LA V-6 barely fits with the clutched fan setup. The Shelby Dakotas needed a front mounted electric pusher fan and the accessories were still about an inch or less from the radiator. I can’t imagine…