Sadly, that is the truth of it. A clean 5th gen can easily be had for three or four grand, but even sticking with imports, when you can buy a 350z for 6 grand, it’s really hard to justify spending any money on something that has the wrong driveline and is down almost 100hp. Far better cars are just too damn cheap.

Do I think they pulled me over because my car’s a junker? I do, but remember, there’s no place for opinions here, and it doesn’t matter what I think.

I have to say, pretty much a full engine rebuild in a weekend is pretty impressive by any standards. If it runs for more than 30 minutes without blowing up, then color me impressed. But if previous success is any indication, your ‘48 Jeep will be kicking the shit out of $40k rigs in no time.

Here’s Brandon lining everything up with the old transmission input shaft:

I have to admit, I have never seen anything a heinous as a made up “VSA” fee of $3500. That is absurd. But this does remind of the time my friend went to go buy a brand new Subaru BRZ. Eventually, the out the door cost (including Tax) of the car was 30 grand, which wasn’t too bad for a really well optioned one.

Hehehe, thanks, that’s what I was going for!

Hi Tom. I hope this comment finds you well. I pray it is not too long, however, as Quasisellar pointed out, your article is exceptionally long as well, so I hope you will take the time to read my comment; I know I had fun reading your article.

“Let’s see how those fuckers in Iowa and Company feel about us“liberal elites” in states like California and New York once we take 20% of the economy with us.”

The Confederates wanted to draw themselves into a cocoon so they could enslave and exploit people. The blue state secessionists want to draw themselves into a cocoon so they can ignore the exploited people of America.

Oh man. I’ve been out of the Honda Game for so long. I mainly roll Nissan and classic American now. But a couple sources I used back in the day:

I feel your pain. Years ago, I found the cheapest running 69 Charger in the country at the time. I bought it praying it would be fine. It ran. Then it ran rough. The six pack setup on it was definitely not tuned and once I pulled them apart, it became clear the carburetors were actually pretty trashed.

At first glance in the title picture, I thought you were using C-clamps as a micrometer :P

Years ago, I was building a DC2. My plan was to take one, throw the JDM front end on it, BAR in a K20A2 to make it 50 state legal, and do a DC5 Type-R strut conversion to get a 5 lug hub and the DC5 brembo brakes. My thought was that it would then be the perfect Japanese FWD naturally aspirated 4 cylinder.

Snap.

Honestly, I don’t get the whole Kei... thing.

Only if you slap some rims on it and an exhaust.

I kind of figured someone would make this comment and I actually thought about adding an exception statement but I decided to keep it short instead, because a concise statement is generally funnier than one that reads like a legal document. But, I guess now I will go ahead and further explain a statement designed to…

Someone who bought a Scion that wasn’t an FR-S.

My personal favorite is an SN-95 II (99-04) Mustang with a 5.0 badge from an S-197 II Mustang. Best part? It’s a V6.

$50k MSRP. Even at 20% off, that is 40 grand. I really don’t think the two extra doors on what looks like a V8 equipped Malibu is worth the extra money; a fifth generation Camaro, equipped with the same drivetrain, cost like 36 grand. So the 4 grand, formerly 14 grand, markup up for rear doors seems silly.