“For best results, stick with a small, soft-sided cooler and no more than two to three beers per person.”

ugh.

I was hoping someone would notice!

The Big Wheel (1949)

VW gave him the motor to dissect and present. He said it’s “not often” that automakers give them the equipment to dissect.

a very good point

ALL plastic clips are suspect, regardless of location, after 8 years. Interior clips, electrical connector clips, clips that hold wiring harnesses in place, clips holding plastic trunk panels - all of them. They’re there for fast production, they’re one-time use.

I, too, have dropped my standards for good-looking dashboards.

Man, I rail against this “threaded fasteners=bad” mentality. The plastic clip that doesn’t snap after 8 years of driving is rare in my experience. “People aren’t going to service this” feels like a very, very OEM perspective. Totally believe his reasoning on not liking threaded fasteners, but they sure feel worth it…

Clearly, this feller skimped and didn’t use his goin-ta-town vise grips

well this was a sad attempt

the body and the engine block are aluminum, and under the hood is miles of plastic. There’s very few places to put the magnetic tray under my ford’s hood compared to my old gmc. the only benefit with magnets (for me) is just that small iron and carbon steel parts can be dropped in there and they’ll stay put. the…

the grippy and floppiness is pretty great for absorbing incidental bumps compared to having the tools sit on something rigid and smooth, but it’s not going to do as well as magnets, I would think. I haven’t inadvertently dumped anything out of these, but I don’t use them daily or anything

yes, in the same way that a filing cabinet could be a tool box.

shouldn’t scratches be pretty easy to repair? at any rate, hardness directly affects glass’ ability to prevent scratches

look, ya gotta grease the right wheels...

facts. but also, they’re probably hoping to see the smoke blow north and become wisconsin’s problem

these are pretty pricy for what they are, so I used the excuse of buying a set for my brother’s bday, and keeping the bogo little set for myself. It’s really nice to be able to drop stuff in there and not fight a magnet to get small sockets back. I don’t have the bigger set that they advertise can be folded to carry…

as someone who suffers the same neurosis, control-left click may save you some time, depending on whether your keyboard is conveniently close when you browse.