To absolute hell with that. I am not genuinely scared of much, but the thought of being in close proximity to those screws terrifies me. Like, actual skipping heart terrifying.

I already have a Honda-made sport sedan with three pedals and a hideous front end. Might as well get her an ugly sister to bond with.

97 still had dummy keys (no transponder).

Yeah, I learned. I was pretty dumb when I was younger.

To be fair, I had just found out about the pumping gas deal. I asked a guy if you were expected to tip. His response was since the fuel was cheaper here, then yes. I thought it was a big old crock after thinking about it.

*sigh* T-bird with independent rear axles, do it yourself gearbox, and forced induction V6. The early 90's did it right with what they had to work with. That was actually a very fun car to drive.

We are stationed in Massachusetts now. I have Florida plates on both my cars. They are tinted damn near spray paint black. My primary driver is a triple black with leather. I’ve gotten pulled over a few times. Point out the Florida tags and they let me go. One cop was flummoxed at the concept. He genuinely did not…

Yeah, the pumping gas thing. When we got stationed in NJ, I was pumping my own fuel for a couple months before someone finally pointed out the $3000 fine for doing it yourself. I actually thought it was in part of forced tipping to the attendant because that also was stated to me. NJ is weird.

For anyone who wants to give the benefit of the doubt to the employers on the chance the trucker is dramatizing the situation:

1987 Suzuki LT4WD, the precursor to the King Quad. Everything changed in 1988, so very few parts were interchangeable. I learned that I could only use 1987 parts, and it had to have the locking differential.

I’m not gonna grab my pitchfork and come after you about what you just stated on a blog dedicated to the very thing that rubs you very much the wrong way. This is a free country (for now), and you are well within your rights to feel that way.

I’m a mid-30's male with many piercings in both ears. I had them done at mall kiosks. To be fair, I was young and stupid; it was almost 20 years ago. My girlfriend (now wife) got a piercing done at a tattoo shop. She never had an issue with any of hers. Mine, on the other hand, ended up getting very infected. One of…

I started turning on captioning when I got my first apartment. Even then it was an accident. I inherited my grandmother’s television, and she had the CC enabled. The original remote was gone, and the universal remote could not access the menu to turn it off. So I lived wth it.

You have made a great talking point there David. My only criticism is that manuals have fallen out of favour in utilization vehicles. SUV, truck, wagon, and the like hardly have the option. And in a way it makes me frustrated. I loathe automatics. Of the seven vehicles my wife and I have had, only one was an…

I have such reservations about that twin-charged engine. They are boosting that thing within a centimeter of destruction IMHO. Of course only time will tell.

Yeah, the starter on a K24 just sucks. They mount it up underneath the intake manifold. AHM suggests taking off the manifold to get to it. One of the starter mounting bolts is so buried that they made it about 8 inches long, with the shoulder about an inch from the thread end. That bolt’s length serves no purpose…

Growing up I had an ATV that was as much a part of my life as a beloved pet. After many years of service the engine gave up. But we still had it in our barn. So I decided to tear it down and rebuild it.

Oh gods. Made me harder than Chinese Algebra.

Gotcha.