My issue with the DCT is thus: I was riding one of these around in sport mode, as you do, and I came to a right turn at a green light. I slow down, begin to lean to take the turn, and midway through the turn the DCT decided to drop another gear suddenly engine braking far more than expected and causing the immediate…

Seriously. Praising this thing for being a rebodied President while calling the LS400, which was a ground-up platform, a “fancy Camry”? The fuck?

I still think the facelifted 2008 Magnum is one of the best looking vehicles Chrysler has made in the last 20 years. The pre-facelift is super dopey, though.

Today I learned nobody knows how meth injection works.

It’s a reliability mod, not a power adder. The methanol cools the intake charge to prevent high intake temps and therefore detonation. In this case I assume it would be used in conjunction with a higher-boost tune.

Those engines are such an absolute asshole to work on. Badly needs a 3800 swap, preferably with an F40 manual trans.

Grew up in the back of a 1991 Lumina 3.4 sedan. Very fond memories of that car. Hilariously overstuffed seats, clunky chunka-chunka buttons for the locks and AC, futuristic looking (at the time) horizontal dash a-la Prelude, and the engine made a... unique sort of noise in those W bodies.

The ProMaster is the most godawful driving horrible little shitbox of a utility van you can buy in the US. Ford or Mercedes, pls.

What Chrysler needs to do is bring the Opel Insignia over as the next gen Chrysler 200.

I watched a few videos of the valve adjustment on Youtube. It looks within the realm of a home gamer with a reasonable shop/garage to do the work in. Supposedly the aftermarket has some improved valvetrain components that lengthen the adjustment interval significantly.

Previous bikes consist of a smattering of nonrunning Honda projects and a 90s kawasaki. The ducati will be one of the first bikes I’ve bought in running condition 🤣

I’m going to be picking up a 97 900SS/SP soon in yellow! Very excited.

I love you.

The proliferation of indie mechanics fixing modern cars would prove you otherwise. A computer is just another tool. Sensors and modules are just electronic nuts and bolts. Stop being afraid of technology and adapt and learn to use it.

What a weird unreliable Honda CX500 you have there

Having recently shopped for PRHTs lately and gotten extraordinarily lucky to find a cosmetically rough one for $5500, those miles and that condition would put this car solidly in the $9k range bone stock. Flyin’ Miata parts are a rare case of mods adding value. That suspension definitely akes the car more valuable…

Going about things the other way—record first, production (limited or not) later—always feels off.

Dude... bravo. Seriously. I never expected to see this kind of competency come from this project but you put your head down and learned everything from welding, bodywork, painting, large mechanical jobs like clutch replacements and suspension rebuilds, and in the process did a stand-out job of rescuing a beat E30. I…

Did someone say “Cheap Cayman S”?

Fun door hinge fact: these are similar to the hinges in the first gen Lexus SC

Straight 6? Wagon?