If it didn’t have Vtec nobody would care about it.

For several years it was the time in my mid-20s when the salesman started giving me crap because I didn’t know what I wanted. Even though I specifically told him I went to that dealership because their used car selection was more than their brand.

That’s why most of us pay taxes so we can pay for police to do things like documenting crash scenes.

When you start talking about that much kinetic energy, there’s not really any hope.

Are you sure about that? Just look at the deformation in the A pillar and where the tire front tire ends up. Then look at the 2017.

The A pillar on the 98 folded like a wet noodle.

The good money is on Maya putting in extra credit work for the boss.

They most certainly are a scam for the most part. I think they’re really intended for jobs that require random work commitments after hours, like visiting or hobnobbing with customers etc.

I’ll admit I have no idea how much those cars are actually worth, but I’m going to guess it’s easily near or over 6 figures. What kind of shit for brains would have that much sunk into a race car, only to race it illegally?

My brother has an 06 he bought new and sees no reason to get rid of it. It’s been pretty much flawless the entire time.

You just have to train yourself from the beginning to set a routine of not removing the jack until you torque the wheels. If the jack is still under the car, just assume the wheels aren’t torqued. Go for your test drive and then re-torque them as soon as you get back.

Was some guy getting busted for having spray paint tinted his taillights the best example they could come up with?

I would argue trickle down economics does work.

Freedom is a great idea. Until you factor in how damned stupid some people are.

Inspections are like TPMS. A good idea but often implemented horribly. That’s without commenting on the lumbering bureaucracies that regulate them.

I’m Canadian and there’s been a pretty decent JDM import market here for a while. I worked with a guy that bought a Fairlady and actually had to replace the little decals, tags, whatever you want to call them, on his seatbelts to pass the importation inspection. Aside form the provincial “safety” inspection required…

Buddy’s neighbors had one that was in a state of “want to just get rid of”. I expressed mild interest until he said there had been mice in it. Nope. One Dodge with a random Mitsubishi turbo in it is enough.

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It sounds like you will never buy a new car if you don’t want “electronic distractions” jacking up the price. Unless you go for something in a very base model subcompact.

It’s not really fair to look at the gross numbers for all cars. You would have to look at the averages for cars made between certain dates and compare those.