“the car has always been a pony car or, in certain trims, a muscle car”

Save the $500 to offset the maontenance on whatever ludicrous “fix” they come up with. Or for the lost resale value.

Star for persistence. But I hate you and all you stand for/in wearing shorts.

The motor has only a few moving parts right? So likely more efficient to swap in a new one. I’m just guessing here...

Code can be overwritten as a repair... It’s not like the code is going to suddenly not work... Like a transmission. Which while physical are REALLY hard to fix!

A little late with this... But nice analysis.

The STS engines weren’t wasted mass, the shuttle program was intended to research reusable gear. The engines would likely be in better shape if attached to the orbiter than jettisoned SRBs recovered after parachuting into salt water.

It is absolutely nothing like gun control, or what I suspect you mean, arms dealing. Toyota isn’t making something with the primary purpose as a weapon.

Did the same thing with some plastic ramps. They buckled, and I’m never going to put a car on them again, but I’m going to get another set when needed.

Kind of want to take an old hoopty there with a dashcam installed and just leave it running... See how they react to the rustbucket and try to listen for how many hammers they use for engine work.

My YJ has been sitting for 3, partly because I’ve been thinking it will be a crapton of work to start it, but now I think I should just pop a fresh battery, some fresh gas and seafoam in there and get to it!

Writing in regs and guidance and other “governance” is often too wordy. Just say “the vehicles fuel capacity must not exceed 10 gallons.”

Can you cite some studies for me? I’d like to catch up. I thought the golden eagle issue, so to speak, was in the past.

The wind energy industry has been villified for this based on a very few bad examples. There were issues with design and siting of a system in California, but that was an early mistake the industry learned from.

What you don’t know is that subverting the purpose of the regulations is also illegal.

There is the letter of the regulation, which as detailed above shows that defeating the test is a no-no, and the spirit of the law which is to protect from the dangerous effects of pollution.

Too many doors.

This looks perfect for a remake of The Chase scene with Anthony Kiedis and Flea.

Actually it does hurt. Pollution is real.

I’m going to briefly be that guy and say please do this at a car wash, where they are set up to reclaim and recycle that dirty oily water you’ve just sprayed off the car. Is one car going to ruin the ecovironment? No. But still...