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“Here’s a worked over project with an engine that needs rebuilt. $12,950.”

Fuel Shark. I get 1,000,000 miles per gallon and all my hopes and dreams have come true. 

2015 Toyota Sienna (3.5L DOHC) water pump. Not only is it the strangest looking water pump I’ve ever seen, but it literally spans the entire front of the engine block, is held on by no fewer than 658 bolts, and to get the last couple of bolts, you have to unbolt the engine and jack it up a few inches because they hit

That kind of scratch for the worst possible Mustang? Yeah, no.

Learning body work and doing rust repair in my quasi-heated Midwest garage.

And this only seems to show up on the vehicles of a very specific demographic... 

3/8" drive flex-head ratched and a rail of 12 point metric sockets. Those are the first tools I grab for probably 90% of the work I do, then expand from there as needed (extensions, pliers, hammer, priest for exorcism, etc.) 

Rebuilt title = Automatic ND. 

This seller is trying to take advantage of this nutty car market. But the analytical side of my brain says ND. 

I quietly wondered to myself if “bulkhead” was the right term or not. :)

I had a 2007 Chevy Malibu MAXX. One of the features is the rear seats had fore and aft adjustment and the seats would sort of recline. The reality, however, is that they could only go so far back due to the rear bulkhead, and by the time you scooted them forward enough to get any appreciable amount of recline, you no

Honestly, that crater in the side killed it for me. With that kind of mileage and body damage, I wouldn’t pay more than $1,500 for this thing. 

How about a lack of a law concerning headlight brightness? There’s a minimum, but, and I realize I’m preaching to the choir here, there seems to be no limit to how bright headlights can be.

That’s Phuket money. NP for a project.

I had a 2000 with a 2.2L and 3 speed auto (I was a broke college student). Its 0-60 time was “probably.” 

The Buick Encore should go. Not because of the points from the main article above, but because it’s just... Pointless. It’s looks like an overgrown Smart Car; Eg, based on the same architecture as a roller skate, but with a higher center of gravity. At least with a standard SUV/Crossover, you get some cargo space.

Need to open the gas door to fill up? That’ll be $5.

Ho-lee-sheeeeeit that’s a lot of money for a 17 year old van. 

I took a girl out in my 2000 Cavalier that was previously part of an Enterprise fleet. Four door, manual windows, manual locks, and there was some trash in the back seat.

Wait... You want that much money, then you want to charge me extra for you to figure out the title? ND, no question.