Good thing—it will need to.

While this is certainly true in theory, I would imagine that, in practice, in order for these major structures to be damaged significantly enough to require replacement, a traditional unibody would not fare any better in regards to avoiding being totaled. With labor rates and liability what they are, insurance is…

Lived in New England my whole life and driven largely aggressively for over 900k miles and not in cars with floaty suspensions and have NEVER had a flat or any damage from a pot hole and I’ve hit a good number, plus more serious stuff than potholes. In total, I have blown out 2 tires (uncovered railroad tracks at ~50…

I’m with you—I build customs for the aesthetics and to try different stuff. Good conversation starters, too. Sometimes, even with people you actually want to converse with.

They’re more money than “left out on the street where even crackheads didn’t want it”, but you might enjoy getting into early bikes, like 1890s-1920s. If you get beat up ones, they’re sometimes not too expensive and—though they’re old junk, too—they have resale value. Tracking down correct parts is tough and…

I wonder how many will get this.

T-tops aside, these were so stupid even when new that I wrote a character criticizing it into a book. For some weirdo ‘90s nostalgic, maybe this is OK—it’s in good shape and is certainly different, but very of its time. No, it still seems overpriced to me.

That’s why I included: “any brand worth buying”. Also had friends with German cars and I just never understood it. One had three nearly identical Audis so that he usually had one that he could drive at any given time. To each their own, I guess. There are certainly cars I like that few others see the appeal.

Yeah, that sounds like one of those “alpha” clowns who don’t seem to get that a real alpha as they define it wouldn’t give a shit about what other dudes think of them and certainly wouldn’t aspire to be called or refer to themselves as alphas, so that their very focus on such nonsense calls them out as being the very…

This here! I’m always swearing at those fucking eunuchs for slowing to nearly a stop to go over a speed bump or drainage ditch or whatever that I might merely lift off the throttle for in a damn Focus ST. And I’ve only ever needed alignments when replacing worn front end parts, which has maybe been three times in…

I really wish my family would agree to this. Presents should just be for the kids, but even they have too much shit already, anyway.

Live in MA (enhanced inspection) and was not a fan of state inspection until I went to school in Detroit (no inspection). It has cost me as I’ve helped a number of people pass the damn thing and even no-interest loaned someone money for a decent car when their bucket had no chance of passing, but the vehicles here are…

It’s not 1985. 95k is just broken in for any brand worth buying. It shouldn’t require any repairs beyond maybe a battery or a few other, minor age- or owner-related issues.

Yeah, why didn’t those damn engineers also manage logistics, forecasting, and anticipating the unknowable effects of an inherently unpredictable pandemic?!

(Pre airbag days) I changed the steering wheel for something with better feel and a little smaller diameter, rubber shift knobs tossed for $1 Home Depot wood furniture knob replacements, and nicer wheels and tires. Ended up going from vague and characterless to a fun attitude and excellent feel. Rust and fallen trees…

Yeah, there’s a train crossing about 4.5 miles from my house and I can hear the goddamn horn indoors even after 45 years and countless concerts, clubs, some explosions, gunfire, loud engines, 100s of thousands of highway miles driving with windows down, and the occasional angry lover. When I lived 1.5 miles from a…

Yeah, I’ve done all kinds of work on cars, including engine rebuilding, and I realized now that I have some money that I hate it and prefer paying someone else, though pride still pushes me to do it myself sometimes.

Civic is also overpriced.

There was a brief time maybe late ‘90s(?) where I remember seeing small diameter wider wheels (or with spacers) with stretched tires on them, usually done to Honda products. I thought it was peak stupid, but of course, people have come up with even worse things since.

They didn’t kick me out, I left! That place sucks! I asked for a mai tai and they brought me a pina colata and I told them: no salt! No salt on the margarita, but they put salt—big grains of salt floating in the glass.