The GTO community has a great saying for this that Ive been spreading to my other car friends: FPFQ.

I liked the old numbering system of cars where the numbers meant something. BMW 330 (3 series with a 3.0), G37 (G car with a 3.7L), Mercedes C 320 (3.2L) but I am one for nostalgia and its nice to know that the numbers used to have meaning and not just made up entirely.

The thing with VWs, is youre supposed to use 4mm fuel line, the closest standard (not cloth braided covered) is a little too big, so hose clamps pinch it and hope that it wont leak. As The Samba says anyway. I have all the US imperial standard FI stuff on my 59 bug without issues (I should check them as I haven’t in a…

I don’t like to use simple green, Ive had it leave a stain on aluminum parts before but I have used a cheap degreaser (99 cent store) that seemed to work well.

On my cars Ill set it to spot free rinse to rinse the dust/dirt off the engine bay and underside of the hood being careful not to spray any electronics or the air cleaner.

I drove one of these multiple times. The USAF used them to move heavy munitions trailers around. They were regeared and topped out at 15-20mph. It felt very sketchy at those speeds too and was very darty.

I bought a 96 Talon TSi AWD in 2003 with 58k miles on it, rock stock. I modded the hell out of it with a Holset HX35 (7blade) off a dodge cummins, HKS 272 cams, and all supporting mods. It was around 400 AWHP on pump gas and my daily driver. I couldn’t run the AC because the FMIC blocked soo much of the radiator that…

We are Jalopnik! We don’t care about whats better for the "average driver". I know the SS would be better for a DD, Im just saying they need to get rid of the old bodystyle now even though the z28 is faster and a better track car, the "average driver" wont care and will want the new looking one.

Its probably heavily discounted because the new body style comes out soon. So they have to get the old ones off the lot.

My 96 Talon Tsi AWD because I loved that car and poured my heart and soul into it. Everytime it broke (AWD launches are hard on clutches), or didn’t run right, I would get frustrated. I just wanted 400 awhp in a reliable daily driver that was 10-15 years old with 160K miles on it.... I finally sold it for an Evo X and…

I bought my 135 because the 3 series had gotten soo big. I wanted something small, rwd, and manual. It fit all of those needs and was turbo too! Now the 1 series will be a 4 door and FWD. The 2 series is bigger then my 1 series and doesn’t have much more power. The M2 came out and I was superexcited, until I saw the…

Awww :( I love my 135i! I bought it for the motor (N55 turbo), manual trans, and rwd. The BMW "luxury" was a step up from my Evo X and the BMW is a much better daily beater.

I forgot about that! CA is one of them... While I would ride a motorcycle with a helmet regardless of what state I was in, in this thing I wonder how "necessary" it is for safety.

So you need an M class license to operate one? If its a motorcycle, I could see that hindering a few people from buying one.

A friend of mine has one of these (last years model) with coilovers, strut tower braces, light weight wheels, and sticky tires. He said its a blast to throw around. Him talking about it makes me want one. His "race car" is an Evo 9 RS that has a bunch of work done to it as well, just for some continuity to his claims.

I wonder if something will come out that will make dealers “fix” the diesels? I was thinking if I had one, I wouldn’t take it in to get fixed. But in CA, we have to smog our diesels now (thanks Obama) so if a person goes to SMOG their car, will the recall/fix be checked to see if its been done on the car? Maybe it…

I saw the 5th gen Camaro concept at a Rim Of The World cruise with the LS club years ago. It was all GTO (Holden) underneath. It had GTO seats, the GTO gauges were behind the Camaro gauge cluster, and all the running gear was GTO. Nothing fit right but it was cool to see it in person before anyone else. (I think it…

The fake "grille work" on the fords lately. It has this huge grille but only 1/4 of it actually lets air in, the rest is blocked off.

BMWs electric waterpumps. They just fail with no warning. No weep hole, no light on the dash, nothing. Driving along and the yellow coolant warning comes on followed by the red coolant warning and your car isn’t driveable because the water pump is toast.

I woke up one morning to oil all over my driveway. Thinking my car shit itself in the middle of the night, I start looking around. I notice there are more huge oil spots all over my driveway randomly and smaller ones all over. The smaller ones start to look like paw prints. I follow the oil slick/spots to across the…