Ramps, ramps, ramps. That was my first purchase and still my most often used. For anything where you need to get under the car in a hurry (and have some space), they’re much safer than jacks/stands for anything where you don’t need access to the suspension, brakes, or wheels.

Chiltons and Haynes are the poor mans Factory Service Manual. They are worth their weight in broke mechanics gold.

Yeah it really is awesome how cheaply you can get into doing your own repairs. Just for the love of God don’t cheap out on the jackstands and jack. Hell, just to keep yourself from being stupid chronologically “well, I can’t afford the jackstands now, but I can afford the jack”, you should honestly buy the jackstands…

One New England winter and that mechanism is toast.

Congratulations, Mr. dwaynesnottryingtoreplaceyourdad, on COTD! My award to you is a Miata which this lovely lady will deliver to you if the car doesn’t roll into the water.

Saying Henry Ford was a Nazi is a bit of a reich

Just a prolific anti-semite. His wardrobe’s snazziness never approached Nazi levels.

I did Nazi that coming.

I’ve had good vegetarian burgers (and I eat real burgers). They’re only good when they’re not trying to taste like meat.

“What’s homo milk? Is this milk from GAY COWS?!” he demands, utterly seriously, even angrily.

“What’s homo milk? Is this milk from GAY COWS?!” he demands, utterly* seriously, even angrily.

I've made this comment before, but it's never not funny.

CotD here

I have no idea how this is the first time I’ve seen this proposed. Well done.

You sir, get the crown for the day.

Good luck to the VW Auto Group in North America (VAGiNA)!

Maybe the car didn’t fail, yugloslavia did. Yugloslavia certainly does not exist now.

You go in the corner for suggesting such blasphemy.

You misread the question. He said AMAZING foreign cars, and the Yugo only qualifies if you include amazingly bad foreign cars.