I’ve carried a P-38 on my key ring for 40 years. It’s bailed me out on many camping trips. 

I had this problem with my father’s old Chrysler Cordoba. I tried the screwdriver trick. No go. I finally destroyed the housing and knocked it off with a chisel and a hammer. No oil on the gasket was the problem.

Put oil on the gasket, people.

In 1995 before seat belts were mandatory where I live I t-boned a couple in my 87 Camaro who turned in front of me. My girlfriend went forward and her knees went into the dashboard and her impact moved/bent the dashboard. And they were not little dashboards. Her head hit the sun visor to which she had attached a slide…

I expected the problem to be rotted brake and/or fuel lines which affected Chevy trucks of that era. They must have been already been replaced.

Agree. The OP has no idea what it was all about and what was going on..

1972 2.3 Chevy Vega. I win! Uh, wait...

If David wins, I see another letter from the town he lives in.

Doesn’t say anything about wrecks.

I want one.

“Like David Tracy, I wanted a nice ride for the long journey. But unlike my colleague, I decided to do the trip in a vehicle that wasn’t even guaranteed to make it home from buying it”

Has David ever owned a vehicle that didn’t break down somewhere?

Pennsylvania. Crossing into PA on I-83 from MD is like driving on a B-52 bombing target field.

Usually between a 1/4 and 1/2 tank. I drive a Yaris so in my normal driving I can go a couple of weeks between gas stops. 

He slid right into the cop’s DM.

I’m surprised that only the muffler fell off that Jeep. Wait, there wasn’t anything else under it to fall off.

1972 Vega. In my shame I won’t be taking questions. Thank you respecting my idiocy.

I have to admit I admire your spirit even tho’ I think you’re nuts sometimes. Keep up the crazy/good work.

The tree too as a accomplice. Guilt by association.

He’s crazy sometimes but he can get shit done. That said, I stand by what I said the other day. Take the $100 from the scrapyard and go home and get some sleep.

Dude, get the $100 from the scrap yard, take a shower, get some clean clothes and something to eat then go home and sleep it off.

“Quit calling it FSD/Autopilot. Call it Driver Assist,”
This is the proper answer.