Good job on the Transmission. When I went to my MOS-Q to certify as a Mechanic in the Army, when it got to the transmission, the instructor flat out said, “This is a Transmission. Inside of it, is all of the evil and hate that man has ever devised. No one really knows how they work. No one knows how to fix them. In…

Your mechanical adventures play out like a sit-com:

Whatever they want, it’s worth it.

Dude. You don’t know what you’re talking about.

The Focus and C-Max are more suited to the market of our European neighbors to the south. The Bronco and Ranger are more suited to the US market.

You better really, really trust your center stand. If the movement generated by pull starting it were to knock it down, it’s got real potential to just ride away without you. My own personal policy is to minimize the time my bike spends running, in gear, with nobody at the controls.

I wish I was making it up, but I really didn’t know what was going on. I was an inexperienced kid just focusing on making it home on icy roads. Never overestimate the situational awareness of a teenager.

Throw your support to Mazda, people. I don’t know if their strategy will win out in the end, but they’re fast becoming the only company in the affordable-new-car business that appears to care about enthusiasts. The Mazda3 won’t exactly run down a GTI, but it’s a nice car for a good price.

Salt in the wound: that last photo was from the weekend where we raced that old 124 Spider.

Calm down, Stef:

This car.

My daily-driven, V6, supercharged, tuned, straight-piped 93 MR2. Freaking love this car.

Getting stranded in the desert sounds a hell of a lot better than Odessa.

The Fiesta driver was just demonstrating that they are ready for the Ferrari Challenge series.

Geoff

Exhaust gas recirculation is nothing new. Well, maybe it was in the heavy truck world, but gas cars had EGR for a long time before variable valve timing was perfected to take its place.

In the diesel world, EGR has been in use since at least the ‘90s. Especially in passenger cars where standards are always stricter…

If you like blown diffusers, you’ll love this hillclimb car. He uses a helicopter APU (small gas turbine) to keep his turbocharger at full RPM at all times, and the exhaust from the APU is routed in to the rear diffuser to basically give the car permanent downforce. Also I think it’s 4WD.

It's to cut them in half as they roll up over the car.

Would you prefer they raise the costs of 1st world vehicles to subsidize the safety levels emerging markets. All 4 of theses vehicles are a shit ton safer than the other forms of local transport: