That’s a 1999-2001 TL.

The V6/5 speed slushbox combo was great. For me. I changed over 300 transmissions during that fun time. Those transmissions paid for my house. During an 18 month stretch, I did one every morning. Some days I did two. One day, three. Muscle memory at this point.

Early aughts GM. Brings back memories. None of them good. In 2001, I was at university. My daily driver was a CRX Si. That car was so much fun and surprisingly reliable, considering the hell I put it through. Anyhoo, the lower control arm gave out and broke one day. I needed new wheels, so I went back home and started…

The final space sequence was simply outstanding. The Roci blasting (sideways while pitching around!) through the plasma to disable the UNN cruiser made my jaw drop. I had watch that again and again. Especially showing the ships moving at blinking speeds on screen only to slow it way down to show us that the Roci crew…

Ugh, I have a confession. I no longer can stand this song. And it’s nothing against John Denver. But growing up in West Virginia, it gets played. A LOT. Especially since it’s the rallying cry of the WVU Mountaineers. I’ve gotten to the point where my FB feed has been customized to filter out when people post anything…

Yeah, “you piss with the cock you’re given” is some Noble speech gold there. LOVE this crazy Canadian!

The promise of going balls out crazy after you fix the thing that broke from the last time you went balls out crazy.

Honda brain at work. From the still image where the video stops I can say he’s driving a 03-05 Honda Accord. Can’t tell if it is a coupe or sedan, but I can say it’s an automatic. And due for an oil change.

A small lightweight impeller spinning in excess of 100000 rpm. When balancing a rotating object, the faster it spins means less tolerance for unbalanced weight. Right now, I am super tired typing this. But at that speed even a gram out of balance will put, let’s see carry the 9, one metric fuckton of weight stressing…

I do something similar. I’ll answer in a very neutral inflection with “Special Agent [random surname]”. Answering that way means I never say that I am said Special Agent. Most hang up RFN.

Honda and automatic transmissions together are not the best in reliability. As someone who replaced at least one per day for 18 months, I can attest. But I am still a diehard Honda/Acura guy. As long as they have three pedals.

No shit. Nothing in our messed up society today pisses me off more.

Flomax. One of its side effects is “retrograde ejaculation”. I have taken it for dilation issues related to kidney stones. My wife asked me if I had faked my orgasm afterwards one time. I told her I had not. Everything went up into the bladder instead of, well you know where.

You get all the stars for that handle, as my daily driver IS your handle.

Give.

Agreed. I worked for Acura over the course of 15 years. A couple years ago I started working for Hyundai. It was not by choice but of convenience. The Hyundai dealer was 5 minutes from my house. The level of dealer accoutrements was different on whole orders of magnitude. If I was a customer of their newly spun branch…

Apparently, my image did not load. And I cannot edit my post. WTF, Kinja?

As some of the Jalopnik staff may know, I have an almost unhealthy liking to Honda products. Picked up a first-gen CRX Si in high school, fell in love with them, and had my heart flutter over them ever since. However, I am not completely boneheaded. They are front wheel drive beasts. That comes with understeer, weight…

Many many moons ago I got asked by one of the bigwig programmers for American Honda if I wanted to come down to the regional training center for a very in-depth training module of the F-CAN and B-CAN systems being implemented on their cars. It was only one night and happened to fall on the night of one of the World…

Nah, they suffered from faulty radiator caps. Fortunately the repair is very simple.