Not advice as much as an appalling lack of knowledge... Apparently I am the only person I know in my state (Indiana) who has ever heard of downshifting to help with braking. Read more
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I am absolutely in love with ‘80s & ‘90s Mercedes, given my DD is my late father’s ‘88 260E. Read more
1984 GMC Jimmy. Read more
The most expensive car in the world is a German sedan that "just needs a few things".
Nooooo, really? As the current owner of a 1988 260E, I never would have guessed. /s
I inherited my Dad’s very nice late ‘80s Mercedes. At the time, I already had a 2000 Civic. The M-B is a fantastic car, and Dad kept it immaculate. Read more
First car I ever bought was a 2000 Civic sedan. Lower-end model, automatic transmission. Read more
‘95 cars are still pretty good, but that’s about the end of the stupidly overbuilt cars. Read more
Of course I can tell them apart. The Mercedes is the one that's still running today.
Mostly unrelated, but that just reminded me of something my late Mom said once. She & Dad had retired to a well off retirement area in SW Florida. Sadly Dad fell into the hands of an incompetent doctor and died way too early. Read more
I’m not going to even touch the whole sexism thing here, since everybody else has. Read more
News flash: She won at Motegi and was the first woman to lead laps of the Indy 500. Read more
I’ve never specifically gone out & bought something because it was promoted via motorsports, but if I’m going to be vuying something anyway, I have favored motorsports-promoted companies/ products. Read more
So, here’s what I know about this: Read more
Exactly. This is a car you can daily drive and not worry about losing half the value if it gets dinged in a parking lot. Read more
Because I didn’t grow up dreaming and lusting after a Boxster/Cayman for 40 years. Read more
I’m seeing more & more of this in my own little car niche, which is Mercedes. I have an ‘88 260E that I’ll never part with because family heirloom, but I’m seeing more & more people who are capable of working on their own cars looking for ‘70s & ‘80s Benzes. If nothing else, the prices on these cars (especially the… Read more
Tesla is bad because, in addition to the risk of a battery fire, they’re badly built cars that all too frequently use their drivers and owners for testing software. Autopilot issues, the auto call service, memory storage issues.... Any company that had any experience with building cars would *never* put programs or… Read more
Yes, but they generally don’t burn anywhere near as intensely, plus they have the delightful habit of fires staying out instead of re-igniting once all parts have cooled down. Read more
Rush worked as well as it did because at least at a glance, everything looked right. The cars were period correct, the helmets, suits, and at least at a distance, the tracks. Just like a lot of us car geeks, I knew it glossed over a lot, but as a movie, it looked right and things pretty much followed the laws of… Read more