Why bother? The local kid in the old Toyota Corolla is gonna be faster anyways.

Definitely true: the higher metal levels give you better insurance. But there are a couple reasons why bronze isn’t as bad a deal as it looks:

“Fans of both series will no doubt offer all the hot takes as to whether Red Bull’s B-team Toro Rosso in F1 is an upgrade over signing with one of IndyCar’s biggest teams…”

I feel like the poster child for this. Though in my case, at 48 I simply now buy new interesting cars to daily drive, which leaves the old crockes as things I can wrench on when I have time and inclination - both being much harder to come by with a job that has me flying around the country 180+ days a year and a…

There are definitely exceptions to this rule. I worked for a retired Army Engineer. He was 68 years old when he drove from Florida to Oklahoma to retrieve a John Deere GP tractor from under a tree in the middle of a field. The tractor hadn’t run in over 40 years, but he insisted that he was going to drive it onto the…

You are on to something, but I think it happens in various ways for different people. Speaking for myself, I also own a small collection of diesel vehicles of dubious running condition, but also a Nissan Leaf.

Well, at least it is better than “hold my beer and watch this...”

Yeah, this. Since my current habitat doesn’t come with a garage but does come with an HOA rule against parking lot repairs, I am simply unmotivated to wrench. Add to it the fact that I simply no longer have the patience to discover that, yes, there are indeed three types of screws in this one place, and the damn…

I get that totally! I think the MG Midget I bought in my 40s was the end to my DDing unreliable cars. The 94 Miata suits me for fun and after 40 years of shifting my own gears the 08 Marquis makes for a decent commute with no left pedal.

I will wrench until my dying day.

My final breath will be: “Please....hand....me....the JB Weld.”

I’m not sure why but this thread makes me have sads.

Yes, and it will be a tow truck.

I’m only 27 and after the engine blew up in my 2004 Saab 9-5 Aero with 125,000 miles on it last year I went out and bought a 2015 Mazda 6 with 17,500 miles on it and a warranty because I was sick of having cars that either had problems or were constantly needing repairs. All of the cars I had previously owned were at…

After buying 4 non-running cars in a row, I was almost disappointed when my latest car was drivable the entire way home. And not just drivable, but with wonderful features like climate control and no oil leaks. Oh, how far I’ve fallen.

I completely agree with what you said but I like to add that could change even sooner since DT seems to be a guy with no serious attachments/relationships at the moment, once that happens any and most wrenching on projects comes to an end.

Totally can relate. In my 20s and 30s, I’d drag my tools (and a heavy-ass jack) to the detached apartment complex garage Friday nights after work and wrench into the night, then go for a test drive of at least 2 hours. Now in my mid 40s, I say I’m going to work on the “project” and a year later I’ve still yet to begin.

I’ve owned all manner of shitboxes. Jaguars, SAABs, Volvos, Isuzus, Jeeps, Suzukis and many others from reputable marques that were just plain not that good. Probably 35 in total.

It’s just so clean and unique in the progression of models. Your opinion is the correct one.

Same cell block as Martha Stewart would be my guess.

“Those make it easier to park.” -dad.