In CA, you have to pass SMOG inspection (emissions inspection) but the car could have no working tail lights, bald tires, and 2 broken headlights. As long as it passes SMOG, who cares if its safe for the road... Also, if you know someone, any car will “pass” SMOG.

I think a car with a few bolt ons (stuff you were going to do anyway) is worth buying. An incomplete project car is not a good idea (I don’t take my own advice). Someone who can tell you all about the car, the mods it has, and has all receipts and documentation is worth buying a car from. I just sold my 2011 BMW 135…

If an electrical switch (door light contact switch or wiper switch) alittle bit of WD40 inside the switch sometimes helps and makes it work again. If a Phillips screw head is stripped, put a rubber glove over the tip of the screw driver, the rubber will grip the screw better. A piece of vacuum line or small rubber…

A long piece of small fuel line or vacuum line held up to your ear works as a make shift stethoscope too

and wrap your lap top keyboard and screen with saran warp so you don’t get it dirty with your greasy fingers.

Ive owned 3 Dakotas; 1 94 V6 4X4 manual trans (it was a blast to drive), a 99 R/T extended cab, and an 03 R/T regular cab. All of them were great trucks. perfect size. the R/Ts handle badass and have plenty of power to liquefy the rear tires. I miss the 03 R/T greatly and still believe it was one of the most fun…

There is a Mazda 3 I see with BMW "M" badges on it. I saw a Cadillac CTS (1st gen) with the Holden "V" badge on it yesterday. Wrong "V" bro.

A friend of mine just bought one of these. Im going to check it out tonight. Not sure what he paid. My bank account says “if you sell all of your cars, you still couldn’t afford the monthly payment..."

I helped a friend do a tune up on his Jeep Cherokee V6 (yes the 2.8L v6...). I think it was my first tune up ever. We removed all the spark plugs, wires, cap, and rotor. Then we realized that we didn’t know where the spark plug wires needed to go... We consulted the manual and put the wires on. Crank, crank, crank but…

I think that’s all Dodge vehicles. My Dakota R/T got 14mpg if I beat the hell out of it or 15 if I was real easy on it, got the same after I put an intake, exhaust, and tune on it. My 2500 diesel gets 15 if Im hard on it and 15 if Im real conservative with it. Dodge has never been known for their MPG. I think my dads…

I think people that vote CP, know that an old Baja isn’t worth that much. Its close, but Id offer him no more than $3k for that. id rather get a running bug that hasn’t been bajad and make one myself for less money. I bajad my 59 bug in high school and it was all steel, Id build another one just like it if I had more…

Jump over to Autoguide for some more info on the car. Looks like a change in gear ratios, new seats/stitching, headlight/taillight/leds, and spring rates

Racing Stripes never go on the roof because that is where your number goes when youre racing.

BMW 1M. Pontiac GTO and G8 (though the new SS sedan is a close relative of the G8)

On my ram 2500 diesel it cost me the same amount to drive it back and forth to work for a week as it does my BMW 135i because diesel is so cheap right now. That’s the only time I would use cost. $50 for the truck a week and $50 a week for the BMW.

People are dumb. There is another Forza video of a vw bug drifting around a corner. Once a week someone posts it on my FB page saying something like “you should do this with your VW! this guy has skills!" Please, stop, for the love of god, please stop!

The DL was a 1.8L na motor. The base ESi was a 4G63 (2.0) na, TSi was FWD turbo 4G63, TSi AWD was turbo AWD. I had a 96 TSi AWD. Beast of a car. Holset HX35 7blade, HKS272 cams, HUGE FMIC, big injectors, and a tune. beating up on V8s all day. haha

A friend of mine had CCW wheels on his GTO. He came out to the car one day to find all wheel locks removed and 3 of the other lugs had been removed, he mustve walked out just in time. He bought 5 sets of wheel locks (5 lug wheels) and put them on every lug on the wheels. 5 locks per wheel will slow them down quite a…

I got a few stories to share. While in Italy with the military, a guy had a R32 skyline. I had seen it around but wasn’t real familiar with them. We were at a bar and it was parked out front. I asked him if it was turbo. “yeah man it is. Its soo fast!” Cool can we go check it out, pop the hood. He opens the hood with…

Love my 135i. Wish I had the money to buy a 1M when you could still buy them new. For me, the 135 is 3/4s the performance of a 1M but half the price. I want one but cant justify the cost for a daily and I cant justify another garage queen car.