nlinesk8s
Nlinesk8
nlinesk8s

Here’s a few sanity savers: 1) LONG end needle nose pliers and long bent end pliers. For reaching connectors or a stuck spark plug socket there’s no substitute. 2) a tool for removing the rubber exhaust hangers

What makes me a little sad about this is that at one time cars came on colors and not just neutrals. I thought by now we’d be able to custom order, but then we were supposed to have flying cars by the 21st century.

As a previous c230 owner, can confirm 

One thing I’ve learned over time is the truth of the saying: “You don’t buy the car as much as the owner.” Half the ad in caps, the “no bozos” statement, demands for drug-mule levels of cash vs. meeting at your/my bank to access through a network, or demands for cash in hand to drive the car. All of those are

Which is why they throttled the oil injection down until engines failed.

Clutches on these aren't that long lasting. They probably used a Miata clutch.

This is a car for someone who understands why you premix oil in the gas, or have a sohn adapter, who understands why you put special aftermarket coils on, who understands why you probably remove the cat converter, who knows to never turn it off cold, to rev the heck out of it, and who is ok with an engine that lasts

Considering the inability of the offensive line to protect him, I'd say Joe needs something comfortable and with a lot of air bags.

A lot of problems occur when systems are added after the fact. I did a timing belt on a Protege where the reach to damn near every bolt head was occluded by a/c lines that obviously weren’t part of the original design. I also had an x1/9 where the air pump belt meant lifting the engine. FWIW, I think every engineer

The fun ones are sheets of ice coming off a semi trailer.  As for cars not cleaned off, these are the same assholes too lazy to put their shopping carts back

What's amusing is the pic at the top of the article has a serious looking guy sitting in a Fiat 124. A car that predates code readers. 

What's amusing is the pic at the top of the article has a serious looking guy sitting in a Fiat 124. A car that

It's worth mentioning that those cheap Bluetooth readers may not work on all cars. On my bmw I went through a couple of increasingly expensive readers before finding one that worked.  Id also suggest spending more to get a reader that handles brake related codes

It's worth mentioning that those cheap Bluetooth readers may not work on all cars. On my bmw I went through a couple

You’ve never had a bmw if you find power windows reliable. I’ve only ever replaced one crank window in 40 years of driving (early Miata), but done multiple power windows. And they go out in February every time.

I’m pretty sure that when Management came to Engineering and said: “How fast can you make our cars efficient?” The answer was “Several years.”. In the meantime they needed to do some virtue signaling for marketing ressons, and voila! FWIW, if you want to see vacuum hose nightmares, look up a Jag v12 or Mazda RX-7.

For better or worse I think you're right.  However, airlines are the one place a hard line got drawn, and I'm enjoying the adults having tantrums being taken down.  I do think it's time though that alcohol stopped being served on planes. It's not a bar, it's not a swanky lounge, it's an aerial bus.

Oklahoma and Kansas would like a word. 25 mph gusts winds generally aren’t even worth noting there.

When manufacturers sent back to timing chains they didn’t replace the belt with a robust dual row chain. There are multiple engines out there with under designed single row chains and brittle cheap plastic guides. I've an older m271 Mercedes that I wouldn't go past 60k on a chain.  Belts are generally good for 75.

Part of the problem too is that China buys the bonds that allow the US to continue deficit spending. 

Similar experience with a 928 passing no less.  They were by and out of sight in seconds, and I was doing at least 80 mph

I had a TR7 back in the day. It was comfortable, had A/C, and handled fairly well. But the acceleration could best be described as "leisurely". I don't think the styling aged well at all. The rubber bumper MG's look much more put together.