A friend of mine used to have an old Benz 240D. Pretty sure it was the OM616 4 cylinder. The damn thing was a tank and super reliable but lacking in power. I used to joke with him about getting passed by a school bus. Uphill. Loaded with kids. 

As a white male in his upper 30’s (who, incidentally, grew up in the Upper Ohio Valley a couple hours from Columbus), fuck this guy. He decided that he could be open with his racism because a racist is the most powerful man in the free world? And he is sorry because his livelihood is compromised?

My AWD Acura TL has 116K on the factory clutch. My V6 6-speed Accord has 155K on the factory clutch. I have not been easy on either car. Lots of stop and go, hard shifts, and a few high rev snap shifts. But they are both still surprisingly in good shape. Wear is minimal on both.

Are the tires still $40000 to change? And have to be shipped to Michelin’s big place in France? If so, that seems monumentally stupid. 

Just went through this shit with my wife’s iPhone day before last. A background app was burning 57% battery usage. Another neat trick is to do a check of battery usage in the “Time since full charge” timer. Do a note of the times. Then put the phone down and undisturbed for an hour. Then check those times again. The…

Jesus, watching Hoovie’s videos on the Russian Bentley were absolutely hilarious. I was laughing so hard my wife thought I was huffing medical grade nitrous. As a mechanic who has been in cars with questionable histories, that shit was Grade-A Primo-Quality Comedy Gold!

Also, I hilariously discovered that it is not recommended heating anything in that 11 piece set at temperatures above medium. 

Also, I hilariously discovered that it is not recommended heating anything in that 11 piece set at temperatures…

When you’re afraid of the peasants lynching you, GTFO. Seriously, I have zero respect for people like that. Like Scott Pruitt, who absolutely had to fly first class to not be accosted by us, the lowly everyday people. If it gets to that point, you’re doing it wrong, and you need to leave.

Can I pretty please with sugar on top and a cherry be out of the greys?

Hypocrisy is a core value of all politicians, but the brazen hypocrisy of the GOP in very recent times is double facepalm material. **cough, Mitch McConnell, cough**

If it is a Honda or Acura vehicle with an automatic transmission, change the godsdamned fluid! The manual will say anywhere from 15K-60K mileage interval, but do a “flush” first. Then a drain & fill every other oil change.

I may need to feel my own wood grain after that. 

USB fast charger, Lightning and Micro USB cords, iPod Nano that stays in the car at all times, 10mm wrench, quart of motor oil, small funnel and rags in a ziplock bag.

That the J37A4 in my Acura TL can suffer from oil consumption due to the silicon liners/rings combo. And that some of the camshaft may not have been tempered properly, leading to lobe hardness slightly softer than a cooked corncob. 

My godsdamned 2001 Cavalier with a straightforward double DIN stereo had a body bus AND a SRS bus running through it. Since it had manual windows, manual locks, manual transmission (but strangely, a factory power sunroof), the body bus wasn’t a big deal. But going to an aftermarket radio would mean no airbags. Unless…

As much as I would lust after this like I lusted after my girlfriend-now-wife when we were 20 years old, just.......no

Can someone get me out of the greys?

Agreed. I thought it was top notch. 

Holy shit! That was a fantastic way to end the season (series on SyFy, at least). Yeah, there was a substantial chunk of the book missing, but I understand why they did it.

Anything with eggs as a dominant ingredient needs to be banned on planes. The hydrogen sulphide in them makes any enclosed space with limited air circulation smell like an outhouse at Broccoli Fest.