As my first real car was a 1987 CRX Si, I am in peak nostalgia. But I gotta know, where in all that is holy did he get the die cast CRX? I need one of those, like now. 

The Highwayman did it better.

THIS is the holy grail. A clean, well kept diesel manual wagon. It ticks all 5 of the boxes. It should be a no-brainer.

“An Audi enthusiast for most of his life.”

Depends on the car and how much torque it has. Case in point, while I had learned to drive manual years before I got my license (grew up on farm; learn to drive stick about the same time you learn to walk), my first car on the highway was a Chevette. And it had NO torque at all. I had to rev up the engine quite a bit…

Cook your pasta in a skillet. Or high-sided saucier. And only use just enough water to cover it. Yes, you risk it sticking together. But with the little amount of water, it comes to boil fast. And just keep moving the pasta around for the first couple minutes. The best part? That pasta water is super starchy. Makes a…

I had to take our babysitter home recently. She’s just old enough to get a learner’s permit. When she got in my car and saw me shifting gears, she asked about driving a manual. Here is her response after I told her the basics:

Yep. I still do it. Poke my head at the windows to see if it’s a stick. And it’s a loss on the newer generation. When you’re on your spring break vacation, and the ax murderer starts chasing you, know that you dead now because they only car to escape the torture dungeon was that old ratty Corolla with a 5-speed stick.

12 individual throttle bodies that are cable stayed to the pedal. That must have been a real shitshow to have calibrated. 

I worked in Hyundai parts and would forget about the Veracruz. That is, until someone needed an interior door handle. I swear they make those fuckers out of paper. Could break with just eye contact. 

The security I can understand. I mean, I actually live on a military base, so having darker windows that make it seem like you cannot see in them could be an ambush waiting to happen. The local police? Dunno.

Jesus, yes. As a driver of a triple black car that has leather and is a stick, yes. Before I tinted my cars to limo “just spray paint it” tint, summer driving suuuuuuucked. In Florida it’s akin to shifting gears with the business end of a lightsaber.

A pre-OBDII BMW V12 that’s boosted and had a manual duct-taped to it? I would rather milk the prostate of a rabid honey badger who just drank a case of Red Bull and polished off an 8-ball of cocaine.

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…