winner winner chicken dinner.

I tell you what, that swastika was certainly unexpected.

Running straight water is mandated. No coolant, water wetter or any of the like. Although most of us do cheat and run a 50/50 mix of bathroom tap water and rust.

Just like in a demo derby they need to run water in the radiators.

HOW MUCH DOES IT SUCKS ?

Hey hide the SIM card number!

Congratulations, You just cratered a probe into mars.

Woops I got the conversion wrong. 14.5 million dollars. :)

“(Although, we need to restore it.)“

I don't know about in the teens but in the twenties and thirties, yes they were. They came on some old cars from the factory before mechanical fuel pumps became popular.

The last couple years of production the gas tank was moved up under the cowl. You could also buy an aftermarket vacuum tank to draw fuel from the main tank as a fix for the problem.

Thank goodness you're still here. I thought they were firing all their good writers.

Classy. Tyler has done a great job here. His proofreading and spelling will be greatly missed.

It’s hard to understate how much we’ll miss Tyler. He’s not only clearly one of the most knowledgable, insightful, and smartest reporters we know, he’s also a great guy. When he first joined on he was one of the few people I could count on to help me out on weekends, and one of the few people I could go to with my…

sank when i wore out the sole.....

Most of the guys trying to catch actual criminals, i.e. detectives, aren’t riding in cruisers anyway. They’re usually in vehicles that look even more civilian than your average unmarked cruiser, and without all of the comm equipment and lights. The stealthification (new word) of the modern cruiser is all about…

They're often dangerously bright. If I'm passing a pulled over cop it's hard to keep my eyes on the road.

This of course is not good for visibility in an emergency situation. The point of having a lightbar is so others can see the vehile from all directions.

Oil changes that I do myself are about $110 because it takes a case of the VW dpf specific stuff. I've been lucky because mine is an 07 that I bought from a dealer I know well with only 45K on the clock. 3 years and another 30K miles and only a valve cover gasket, brakes, and a thermostat. VW extended warranty that…