I told him he should throw that impact in the trash and learn how to properly start a bolt or nut on a thread. He apologized and said “I just thought everything was really hard to screw in thats why I bought the impact.”

I contacted the former owner of my 4Runner, but for a different reason. TL;DR the only tools he owned were an electric impact & a set of impact sockets. As a result, LITERALLY EVERY NUT OR BOLT HE EVER TOUCHED was cross threaded. Big things like lower shock bolts, small things like interior trim pieces. Everything…

I prefer my cars to look like cottages on the inside, not the outside.

Hey, love the article, small nit to pick: You have the 442nd RCT’s name correct in the caption, but in the picture it’s repeatedly (and incorrectly) referred to as the “422nd.” But again, love the article & appreciate you shedding some light on some lesser-known events during World War II.

Will it rip mad skids? Whoa sorry just spent the morning binging on Mighty Car Mods. “Will it do burnouts?”

Most importantly for 16 - 19 year old drivers: does it have a manual, lever-operated (i.e. non-electronic, non-pedal) handbrake? As you may recall, handbrakes facilitate handbrake turns, which as we all know, are an essential part of adolescent male development. (With apologies to Clarkson/Hammond/May).

Please man. Because I know you’re not going to fix any of the body rust before you put that on the road and, with the state of the exhaust you’re probably going to breathe in copious amounts of CO... just do a drivetrain swap with this guy.

When my 2.5 year old earns iPad time, the only apps he can use are PBS Kids, NickJr, the built-in itunes video app (with Mickey, Dora and a few other videos we’ve purchased), and the e-book reader app loaded w/children’s books.

Is that the check-engine light illuminated on the dashboard of the outgoing JK? Well done, if so.

Sounds like the original song, but fed through a blender.

Phew, warn us next time you post something as NSFW as that. In the meantime...

One thing I liked about the “Skyactiv” 2.0l in my former ‘15 Mazda CX-5 sport - had a ridiculous compression ratio (13:1) for a gasoline engine, yet didn’t care if I used regular or premium.

I was ecstatic when after my hundredth cold call or so I ‘scored’ a 35% discount at an automotive electrical parts supplier (with free shipping) for a long-gone Tour-de-Sol car... until I realized that if I’d just worked a second job while making all of those calls, I could have easily made more than enough money to…

That dude’s chain of command must have collectively cleaned out an entire clinics-worth of blood pressure meds when they got that call. Thats bad.

Sounds like you’ve also been permanent party at Fort Irwin.

How much of an impact, if any, do you think the proliferation of “death by powerpoint” (annual/quarterly recurring training for matters unrelated to core operational competencies) courses has on readiness? Specifically, as it pertains to the type of “expired training certifications” mentioned in the article?

I’m a Toyota Fanboi so factor that in, but the ‘98 4Runner 4x4 I daily drive just passed 352,000 miles on its original engine, trans & transfer-case (and still running off of the factory charge of refrigerant in the A/C system). Radio, electronics, window motors, sensors, even catalytic converter... all original.…

Grade digger?

I think there’s a typo on the first slide. 4spd auto or 2spd Hondamatic should read 4spd manual or 2spd Hondamatic.

Pontiac Fiero. 2m6. 1985. 4spd. Rock hard, dryrotted Dunlops that came on the car originally (this was roughly 1996). A friend was driving, I was stuffed into the passenger side. He went maaaaaybe 10mph over the speed limit around a turn that had a mid-corner frost heave and was slightly damp from an earlier…