When I took my practical test (did not do the MSF route) I saw a dude who clearly should have taken that class and your advice attempt to take the practical test on brand new Fat Boy. Man was that depressing to watch. I could tell that the guy from the DMV was accustomed to watching failure all day long and he must…

The refueling wasn’t dangerous because of how quickly they stopped, it was dangerous because they refueled the cars with high pressure fuel hose to the tune of 24 litres per second. Think about that... 24 litres per second is a bit more than 6 gallons.

Agreed. When we got married, my wife had a 2000 Saturn SL2. Aside from the brake light recall problems (let’s just say I had to solder the bulbs in place to make them work all the time) the thing just needed oil changes and ran like a champ even after the heater core started to leak (fixed with Barr’s because they…

You may have missed the “Continue Reading” button that opens the rest of the article which describes the other various ways that the motor may be pooched and how David is watching for clues with continued lab samples.

Yeah, haven’t had any issues with my MK7 and it’s up to 55k. I’ve never had an issue with my VW’s. My best guess is that some people view ‘regular maintenance’ as a suggestion.  Sure, my MKIV seemed to eat a lot of light bulbs, but I put over 250k on the thing in 8 years, it never seemed excessive especially…

Ummmm... you know the B-52's were a rock band and they liked to ‘have fun’, which is loose code for ‘get drunk and high’. It’s much more likely that the car in the video was indeed the car being referred to that would ‘seat about 20'.

That bike would definitely land me in my boss’s office or in HR... it would be wrapped out every time I twisted the throttle... even if I was just going from first to second and back to first, everywhere I went.  My wife and my employer would quickly get tired of hearing me come and go if, for no other reason, to just…

I think the ‘running condition’ is that Pirelli makes tires per FIA F1 directive and F1 wants them to degrade after a certain amount of laps. The other manufacturers have flat out said they won’t do that and would rather make tires that would perform for the entire race.

Judging from my most recent experience, it needs to be super beat and probably continues to smoke 5 minutes after you turn off the ignition. So probably anything coming out of Garage 54 that they’ve used to make a video.  Everything else will be worth more.

Especially in today’s used car market. That kinda ugly, but reliable shitbox you purchased last year for $3,500 may no longer pass the “Ohio Shitbox” test.

This would be especially good for some of the features I really need in a new car... things like hidden machine guns, smoke screen and oil slick all require the type of maintenance you might not be able to carry out at home and have the items work when you need them. So for secret, hidden features that really require…

I was thinking more along the lines of purse or bag left on the seat fell forward.  Maybe something small enough to slide under the front seat from the back like a book.  I’m not too familiar with these since they’re Indian market vehicles, but if it was something like a GTI that has a storage tray under the driver’s…

Used car market is NUTS lately. My wife and I just traded in her 2012 base model Beetle with 74k on it with front end damage at a Mercedes dealership and they gave us $6k. Now I thought that was peak insanity... whatever right?

I think the main issue is that when you get off the highway to go into Durham, the exit dumps you off on N. Gregson St. which is one way and leads directly to this bridge.

Since you need to be able to read to pass a driver’s license test, how about F the dumb drivers who ignore the signage stating a) the max clearance of the bridge and b) the height of their truck?  Behind the wheel of a vehicle, you are expected to pay attention to what you are doing.  As the driver of a commercial…

I’ve been pulled over in areas that weren’t even that tight and been told to pull into a driveway or parking lot. I’m not blaming the victim here, but with all of the stories in the news about cops going off on people for no reason at all... if the moron who wants to give me a ticket ALSO wants me to stop in an area…

Dude... Arkansas... you think the cops read down there?

Oh no, it’s worse than that... ex-spy who was purged from the order who’s trying to sneak around and get back in the good graces of the agency while also being on the hit list of other agencies who no longer have to worry about backlash from killing an American agent... IN MIAMI.  I’ve been to Miami and that car would…

That’s only IF all the thrusters work correctly at the same time... let’s say they use multiple units and one of them misfires, now you have a vehicle already starting to spin, but it’s accelerating faster than almost anyone but a professional drag racer can think, so the car is going sideways regardless of what you…

Guess it all depends on where you live. I’ve always lived in New England and we have plenty of towns with volunteer fire departments. The siren is sounded at noon every day and then depending on how the departments work, they may use the siren to signal not just a fire call, but also for reinforcements in the event…