But why follow? HAM’s in 2nd, needs points, IS A RACECAR DRIVER, and has his primary rival slowing on the straight. His speed delta was 20-30 kmh. It doesn’t matter if he was yet told to take the position, it could’ve very well been an RB PU issue. You’re 7x WDC racing under a green flag, you take that position 10/10…

Altima: For when even FCA won’t finance you.

Considering the Bronco R ran the 2.7TT and they had to go to the fully tubular Bronco DR to fit a V8, I’m thinking the 3.0TT is more likely what we’ll see, too.  I think the 3.5TT is roughly the same width and height, but about 2-3" longer from crank pully to flexplate.  Both are DOHCs with turbos hanging off, so not…

Might as well be. It’s an equally exciting “work truck white”. But at least with the color matched bumpers and whatnot. White + chrome isn’t the best look, IMO. I’ve only squeezed in 5 a few times, but it’s the ext. cab, so middle seat in the rear isn’t really adult sized.

Are you me? My 2.7 F150 was my first truck and accompanies my 6sp E46 now. I often feel like a goober driving around solo in the F150, but it’s just so damn practical.

Media praise comes from reviews of brand new vehicles. They like to flaunt their Initial Quality awards. But they have a long history to overcome in regards to cut-rate rust proofing and general degradation of anything plastic/fabric. I’d be approaching them cautiously, at the very least. If not letting other’s be the…

Yea... Shituations like he was put in can go sideways real fast. That’s when you’ll see “lurching”. If you wouldn’t want to be surrounded by angry people while trapped in your car, it’s not too far-fetched to think that others may not want to be, as well. So removing yourself from that situation as fast as possible…

Also at the Red Bull Ring, but for Formula Student, and located in the campground in front of that dairy farm next to the track. A ?Finnish? team had packed in and then set up a sauna for themselves and anyone who wished to join.

All good points. I was thinking passenger vehicles needed glass, but the Wrangler has a folding windshield, and it’d likely be registered as a UTV or similar and might not need a  windscreen.

I’m guessing it just needs front glass, wipers, and a washer system. Maybe some fender extensions if your state cares about tire poke? It likely has a horn and all basic lighting.

Same here, though it’s not infallible.  You can have continuity, but high resistance that can’t keep up with load.  The audible feed back from continuity is a life saver, but it never hurts to click over to ohms and make sure you’ve got more than just A connection.

HF has all but done away with coupons and my stash of red free meters is dwindling. 

I think you’re crazy if you hop in right away and drive. At the very least, give your engine the opportunity to drop down a tier within its warm up map from an elevated idle (1200-ish) to something a bit above normal (900-1000) before tossing it under load by driving off. Modern catalysts are phenomenal devices and…

Yea, I came from western PA to SE MI. It’s definitely a more dry snow up here compared to the aftershocks we’d get from your LE snow while still back in PA. Far more water in that snow to freeze and I never found it to be an issue in either place. I guess we’re the hold-outs here.

I don’t doubt the oil was bad, I just suspect there wasn’t any left. Too often, OC(hange)I = OC(heck)I.  With a known leak up around the timing cover plus boxer burn, it should’ve been checked with nearly every fill up, IMO.

10psi at idle is fairly low, IMO.  Operating around 40 and higher under load is typical.  Any less and you might not overcome the bearing journal forces and starve that bearing by choking off its supply.

Yep. This was almost certainly the issue. There was a known timing cover leak (after the 1st round of warranty work) plus the inherent lack of drain down associated with the boxer design, leading to consumption.

Oh, it almost certainly ran dry.  Timing cover leaks + boxer consumption.  But the general populace often does nothing between changes, so OCI = level check interval.  From others, it sounds like 6k is recommended by the manual, so I have no idea where 10k came from, but 10k OCIs meant it ran out of O since nothing…

Just had a friend lose a FB-engined Forester to 10k mi OCIs. Not sure where that direction came from, I’m guessing the manual, but at 153k mi, it spun a rod bearing and shat out its 2nd engine. The first died at, wait for it, 80k mi, and the short block was replaced. Kudos for consistency, I guess!

Is this a midwest thing? I rarely saw it before moving out that way, but these people do it damn near every day in the winter, regardless of forecast.  Start your car to warm it up, turn on the defrost, go clear it off.  Wipers will be melted free by the time you’re ready to go, plus your engine will be happier (all…