Ouch, that’s rough.  I used to always be a parts store guy as I was doing weekend jobs and didn’t want to wait for shipping.  Now that I have multiple cars and work during the week I’ve found I check Rock Auto more often.  I like the brand selection better and the prices are pretty good.

Now that’s just plain shady.  I know that most OEM parts are actually just “house branded” stuff from third party suppliers, but if you’re getting work done at a dealer they should at least have the right sticker on them.

The correct answer to this is when you start spending more in monthly upkeep costs than a car payment on a different car.

Not that I disagree with you, but if you source those parts at OEM level and not “off brand” (by that I mean actual Honda parts, not AC Delco or whatever, even though AC Delco may be a fine brand) the numbers likely go up to “justify” the cost at least a little more. For instance, I can buy a reman power steering pump…

Ah, I guess I missed the “valuation” part of that quote.  That makes a little more sense I suppose.

Previously, the company had set a range of 17.50 to 22.50 pounds, as it seeks a valuation higher than its only listed rival, Ferrari.

What people also need to do is understand math.  If you already have a car and want to buy a new car with better gas mileage, figure out what you actually need to break even.  I can double my gas mileage, but if my car payment goes up in exchange because I’m buying a new car it doesn’t help my financial situation…

It’s kind of sad to me that what used to be games almost isn’t a game anymore. We used to play games to have fun, not just to win. It was about overcoming challenges and accomplishing stuff.

Put me down as number 2.  I’m not that old, but I grew up watching this show on the Game Show Network.

Those notices are essentially the factory telling you “don’t drive your car until we can issue a fix” (or maybe “drive at your own risk”), not so much “your car is broken and we can’t fix it”. As an engineer that deals in OEM industrial vehicles, I can 100% agree with this thought process. If I see pictures of a…

Cool! That sounds fun!

Reminds me of the GT-R from some of that description.  Amazing technological feat, somewhat unemotional to drive.

Sounds too much like an import to me.  You take an American V8, known for their nice deep rumbles, and neuter it and make it sounds like a fart-can Civic and call it better?  I know most modern Vettes already have more of a high pitched exhaust, but this just doesn’t really sound better to me.

The second time I didn’t, I just took the top end off. My point was more that the engine didn’t have to come out just to fix the valves, and the bottom end didn’t end up needing a rebuild even after we took it out.

Eh, I wouldn’t necessarily say they are prone to it by any means.  The car did get 255k miles with very minimal maintenance at best (my dad would put the used synthetic oil from my mom’s Corvette at the time in the Stealth as an oil change, it was a beater car).  The power steering issue was due to sheared balancer…

...it seems likely that the OEM in question is Ford, since Roush works exclusively with Ford products.

This is exactly what happened to my dad’s 93 Stealth.  The tensioner got weak and the belt slipped, taking out the valves.  Was easy enough to fix honestly.  We took the whole engine out for a rebuild since it had 255,000 on the odometer, but found out at the machine shop that is was pretty much fine aside from the…

It’s woeful, buggy, crash-y, and a huge pain in the ass compared to other systems out there

I know what you mean.  It definitely seems like a dirty word, though I think a lot of that has to do with corruption in the upper reaches of them that you often hear about.  It’s like the union leaders become as bad as the managers they are dealing with because they try to get disproportionately more for themselves…

I like that terminology better.