Used to do the same damn thing all the time. Whenever we had noises in transmissions, we would run up on lifts with a tech under the car isolating the noise with a mechanics sound probe. It was not unheard of to rack them to the limiter on the lifts. We did not do this for hoonage, but to make the complaint much…

I expected as much. I was just trying to pull a Walter. >:-)

I do not think it is a reach for the picking up of the Fibonacci sequence. I picked it up before it was revealed as a plot device, albeit I only caught it a couple of seconds before the reveal.

Well spoken.

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Not all liberals are complete douche-nozzles like this.

Adaptive frakking cruise control and collision mitigation systems.

I have been traveling for the last month and been enduring severe pain from my surgical site, frustration from my wife being away in the military, and frustration at certain step-family members. This genuinely brought a deep laugh out of me and made me feel good for the first time in a couple of weeks.

Puts new meaning to "red to dead".

There is a drawback to this method. The steam used to brew coffee is just slightly above the boiling point of water at sea level: 212 degrees Fahrenheit/ 100 degrees Centigrade. Some better quality leaf teas will burn at temps higher than 175, but most black oolong teas brew around 208. I tried to use a small…

Agreed. My favorite DeLorean is the one on YouTube painted black with a 3-rotor 400 bhp rotary slapped to a Porsche transmission.

I agree with you, but I can find one good thing about those Celica models. They. Were. Comfortable. At least to me. If my Accord fit my body like one of those Celicas did, I would not have as much back pain. But a comfy seat make up for weakness it does not!

When my wife and I were watching Jeopardy every night for him, I was cleanly impressed. His brain has the almost perfect filing system for recalling facts. Years later, I was in an accident that left me with very light and mild brain damage to where I have problems with short term memories. The funny thing was that…

I have an easier idea: give it to me.

I am gonna throw in my 2005 Honda Accord V6 6-speed. It looks like almost all the other Accord coupes out there save the wheels. Those slotted five-spoke alloys are unique to the 6-speed manuals. And the manual V6 cars are so fun to drive.

Indeed, no offense taken. The inspection sheet is as honest as the facility that sells it. There are good honest dealers and there are also less-than-ideal dealers. The sad truth is that the latter outnumber the former. I should have included that above. My mistake.

Allow me to contribute my twopence as a former used car mechanic at a dealership. I find no fault with any of these questions. But I would like to point out a couple things. First, most dealers clear very little on used vehicles. They get them at wholesale or trade-in price, have to clean them up, checked…

I mentioned in another story of how I had associated with Dan through my employer, a Clearwater, FL Acura dealer. His wife Susie would come in to have their TL serviced. She is just as down to earth and nice as her husband. I know the guys at the dealer have expressed their condolences to Susie.

I had the privilege of meeting with Dan on many occasions. Since he lived in St. Petersburg and raced for Honda, the dealership I worked for (Crown Acura) would provide him his Honda and Acura vehicles that were given to him in his racing contract. Honda would send us a non-inventory vehicle with orders to put every…

Ha! I remember him from many years ago when he was a Ranger in the Babylon 5 universe. He was the commander of a White Star that was asked to go on a suicide mission for an intelligence operation. Funny thing is that I cannot see him as a bumbling comedy dad like he was in "Malcolm".