Check the RPO code sticker in the glove box. Every GM car has one there listing the options that particular vehicle has.

All hail the mighty 3800!

Ha. Oh, man: I had one of those in college / early career. It was a good car. I put a ton of miles on that thing.

My parents had one of these...just enough power, cruised quietly on long trips, and the V6 had a nice, if muted, growl to it.  Borrowed it for a long trip from Atlanta to DC and back and thoroughly enjoyed it!

I honestly love me a good van. Vans are honest, hard working and serve a purpose. People who buy vans do a lot of research and have strong preferences for what van they want. I’m partial to the Kansas City produced Ford Transit, and I was very happy when Ford put the old reliable Econoline out to pasture and arrived…

What we uncovered here is actually the groundwork for the next generation Z06: Duramax. Powered by a new 3.0 liter turbodiesel, the mid-engine Corvette C8 will have a stump-ripping 800 lb-ft of torque, and redline at 3,600 RPM.

Looks like it.  I don’t recall the refresh announcement either but based on Hyundai’s website this is for the 2022 MY.

Yep, and I have only had the valve shims checked once when I heard a slight clicking from the top end. it needed one shim on one valve. It is a very well engineered motor, basically the Original R1 motor, but with Carbs instead of EFI. I am pretty diligent about changing the oil every 3k, and because it is a commuter…

Shit. You can walk to work by the time the engines warmed up... I used to have a workplace close like that. I’d ride my bike, and it took longer to drive. 

My real world metric is that roadtripping in my Model Y is about 30 min per 500 miles slower than it was in my gas car. Not enough to be a dealbreaker, not small enough to ignore. The real problem of course is that EA is inconsistent, inconvenient, and shockingly expensive atm, so.... still hard to recommend (though…

The only metric of a fun road trip is not “I can fill up in under 5 minutes”

Not everything is about “making good time”

Stock Car 2JZ

HubNut has a nice review of two Lancia Gamma Berlinas (one of them in its natural oxidized state), including how much viewing benefits you get out of that louvered double-window arrangement. Yeah, I don’t get it either...

The Hayabusa exists to supply engines to batshit crazy smart cars and the like.

Since I owned SM3DW for WiiU, this doesn’t seem like it’s worth $60 just for this. 

I wonder if this idea is a throwback to old cars and motorcycles with a “reserve” valve. In those the primary pickup was higher in the tank, and when the engine started to stumble you’d switch to a reserve pickup at the bottom (and make a mental note to stop at the next gas station). Using the reserve did indeed carry…

Wow, I thought you were joking. For everyone else, here is the old and new.

It needs a longer bed. Longer bed = longer penis. Come on Truck Bros, let’s make this happen!

You don’t need no stinkin booster seat!