when I saw this story it was as if I had found a photo of my long lost love from high school, my heart skipped a beat

I had one of these new and it’s still the best all around car I’ve ever had, best combination of ride, handling, and mileage, the genius of this platform was the emphasis on weight reduction, resulting in not only mileage but better driving dynamics

the only way this will change significantly is through changes in laws or financial incentives, our culture is the way it is because we want it that way. I have been riding motorcycles as transportation and in competition for 45 years and stopped commuting on a bike to be alive, and the fact that I can’t stop and buy…

we had a guy here in TX leave the dealer on his brand new metric cruiser with no helmet, cross the divided blvd, hit the median, crack his head on the curb, doa. and as an aside, never ever ever try to ride your bike up the ramp into a trailer/truck, it will catch up to you one day

I f-ing love this, if you have ever been paid to work on old worn out crap(which I have been doing for over 40 years) this is genius. in other words, “don’t bring your worn out piece of crap in here expecting me to restore it for the price of a tune up”. if I had a dollar for every time I fixed an issue and then had…

Mark Donohue was an engineer before he started racing and the acid dip was his idea, the inspectors were so mad when they found it they told him to take that car away and don’t ever bring it back to the track, he brought the same car back to inspection with the numbers stickers from the backup car and they passed it,…

the most hellish is the GM Passlock 2, a friend of mine has had to scrap his 98 GMC Sierra because the security system will cost more than the vehicle is worth, like almost double. this after being told he could fix it by youtube and wasting money and time going down that road

you win my admiration for the best reply, maybe ever

b36 made in my hometown Fort Worth Texas, back when I was a kid you could go to the Amon Carter Field and visit a retired one of these with the freedom to actually climb inside and sit in the pilot seat, which I did. shows the way society has gone downhill,

“tall” normally refers to lower rpm at a given speed, “low” as in low gear, I’ve noticed more than one comment getting this backwards, a final drive ratio of 4.0 or higher is considered low, a ratio of 3.0 or lower is considered “tall”, remember that rear sprocket on your motorcycle? when you wanted more acceleration…

if you intend to drive a lot of miles, there are only so many miles available before it’s no longer viable to do repairs, so a low mileage starting point is required in this scenario, in my opinion