She gets that a lot. She’s also pretty much the reason I bought one too. She always appreciated cars, but dad got her more into them. She loves the Viper though, has always wanted one and finally managed to get one.

My mom’s 94 Viper is rated at 400 crank horsepower. It put down 420+ wheel hp at the last dyno day...

I had a chance to buy one recently, but didn’t have a project lined up so I let it go. I wanted it pretty bad and it was a good price, but it would have just sat around for who knows how long while I tried to make up my mind on what to put it in. My fab skills aren’t crazy, so it would have to be a mostly “bolt-in”…

So this whole list could pretty much be Jags because of their massive depreciation, right? An XK8/R would have made a good pick as well.

I remember my dad telling stories of pulling his motorcycle into the living room to work on it in warmth/shelter. I think one of those rooms might have been a hotel room too...

I have a MMPR game for the Sega Game Gear still tucked away in one of my cabinets. I used to play the bajeezus out of that game when I was a kid. Now I’ll have to dig it out and fire it back up, assuming the local power station is prepared for the extra load the Game Gear will draw when I plug it into the wall...

If you want to be different, go with a Viper. You can get earlier gens in the 20's and some of the early 3rd gens are creeping around the 30 mark, so you might find a higher mileage one dipping into the 20s. They are dang near bulletproof and are a blast to drive. I have visited my friend in California several…

you find yourself coughing up mouthfuls of brown rust dust

So Corvette is finally converting to static massive downforce instead of tricky active downforce? Curious how it will stack up to the ACR.

Ditto. It was fun at first, but seemed to jump around a lot toward the later half. I’m not sure why I wanted the second season other than to finish it. Just felt like so much of a rehash.

They have costing software as well that can estimate part cost for a given component when a certain method of manufacture is selected. Granted it’s only as accurate as the pricing information you put in though. Essentially you just have a big spreadsheet calculator that looks at certain key features of a parts (like…

I just see that and think “itchy”, but I think since it’s “uncured” it might not be so bad. I once was cutting/grinding some carbon fiber and got it all over my arms, then put my arms in a jacket. I think that jacket still itches to this day.

Wait, they have any text that they don’t localize? How does that make sense? I can see it would be extra work to translate stuff that might be “cutting room floor” material, but I’d think it would be more obvious that something was intentionally left out by coders (like commented code) unless you’re just a little lazy.

Was also going to say in the second video it doesn’t appear the guy is using the clutch much. I realize you don’t have to use a clutch to shift a stick (I do it myself from time to time), but it was interesting nonetheless. My grandpa has been a truck driver most of his life and joked around that if you ever missed a…

Ouch, the cruel north indeed.

That doesn’t look that bad at all. My brother’s is a dark green 4x4. The roof is basically rust brown now and there are some chunks of paint missing on the side of the cab, but it’s surprisingly structurally sound when you see the bottom of it. I think it’s over 200,000 miles as well and has gotten both the…

It’s times like this I’m glad that Dodge products sell in smaller volume so people don’t create abominations like this out of them. I was going to argue that some Dodge product deserves to be in the Mustang/Camaro/Corvette war, but I think I’d rather just watch from the sidelines.

You know, they get grief all the time and I agree the chrome bumper C3's are still prettier cars, but the later 70s and early 80s Vettes are kinda cool looking in their own right. A bit overdone in a certain sense, but they do have an appeal to them. I think you need one with the factory duck tail spoiler though. The…

Sounds fun! He bought another Dakota with the baby 8 in it, though I think the family has finally tempted him over to the dark side of sports cars 30 years later. He’s looking at something like a 350/370Z now, but he’ll probably still keep the old truck as well for utility and bad weather.

Wait, you mean sports cars can actually drive on non-perfect roads? Who knew?