very Wall Street 1929. 

This one makes me want to drop acid in the back of a VW bus with shag carpeting and the unmistakable aroma of unwashed hippie. 

This is top notch research and writing.

I’d throw it at Chrysler before Ram. Ram isn’t exactly struggling for sales.

having worked in those dealership service departments, the struggle is more real than you might think. I once made $8 in a month because of a lack of vehicles to work on. Warranty work doesn’t pay much either. 

I have to say that between the two, I think the Wagoneer is better looking on the exterior than the Grand Wagoneer. That said, I still dislike the door handle placement and B,C, and D pillars. I’m also slightly disappointed that you can’t roll down the hatch window, or have a split hatch. The interior is indeed on…

Well, this still seems to be going better than any recent Ford product launch...

Well this is clearly fantastic news.... Mitsubishi sells cars. Who knew? 

I do wish the slideshows would die a horrible death. I refuse to look at them even when the topic seems interesting. 

Hands down my Pontiac Sunfire. It was an acceptable car to have in 1998. In 2014 however, it was just a symbol of abject poverty and automotive apathy.

I know some states have a yearly inspection and emissions test. Theoretically, he would not be able to get away with it in a place like NY for example. But, that is once a year. It would not be terribly difficult to reinstall the emissions equipment the day before the test. There is no federal system in place to offer…

left out another one: 1991 F-150: Colonel Clunk

forgot one. 1997 Pontiac Sunfire: the plastic fart catcher

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Meh, the low growl of an NA V8 sounds better to my ears.

While I agree with you from an ethical standpoint about retaining the EGR and DPF, I have also worked on all variants of Powerstroke since the IDI. If he had kept them, he would have been replacing engines as frequently as turbos. I hope somebody finally solves the emissions puzzle reliably enough to start making a…

The 6.7L has a weird, compound, turbo inside a turbo design that I have found to be fairly unreliable. Every truck that has one in my current fleet has had it replaced at least once. 

I bet he had to do the coolant lines for the turbo 3 times as often as the turbos themselves. The quick disconnect lines on those are a dogshit design. they use a plastic retainer that can’t stand the exhaust heat used to drive the turbo. 

In New Mexico, people still drive at the speeds of Ox and cart. It used to drive me crazy sitting in the right lane behind someone turning into a parking lot. The Byzantine empire had a shorter shelf life than these folks’ turning process.