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Agreed, its very weird. All I can figure is that Dodge transmissions...certain ones are like the old BMW nikasil engines. If you manage to get past X amount of miles it was a “good transmission” and should last a lifetime. If not, blooey. I kept a little prayer going everytime I fired up the W150. Currently I…

Years ago when the first of the Dodge Cop Chargers came out a buddy of mine who was a deputy in a very small town department got one. It blew the transmission in under 25,000. He swore up and down he didn’t abuse the car at all. Most nights he sat on the side of the highway watching traffic cruise through town. …

Dat engine.

Yet those ‘89-’93 trucks seem to be worth their weight in gold. Guys who get a hold on a W150 or diesel 250 and 350s tend to want to hang onto them until they die or really need the money. Parts also tend to be nuts in terms of price. I have an ‘89 W150 with the 360 (first year fuel injection) and a short bed. I…

Mmmmmmm that’s some good golf joke there.

Aha...found it. DOT regulations regarding VIN numbers. The 17 digit VIN requirements post 1980s meant they couldn’t use the in-house Mazda designation of SA22C anymore. It was simplified and codified into FB for the U.S. market. Mazda RX-7s in the rest of the world continued to use the SA code.

I’m not “exactly’ sure but I think it has to do with this. The first generation RX-7 was split into two sub-generations. 1979 and 1980 were marked on the VINs as SAs. Post-redesign 1981 until the final year 1985 were marked FBs. The redesign is of course most apparent in the rear end and interior changes. I loved…

Haha awesome. Popular Mechanics BBS service on the Win 3.11 myself. I figured I was mostly talking to the air but the psychologist in me is sometimes amused at humanity’s penchant for tearing down old idols while setting up new ones at the same time.

I read through the entire thread of replies to whatcha said and find it quite interesting. I find social media to be a double edged sword. There are some very good things out there that I believe so benefit society but for every breaking news story we never would hear about otherwise, we get the kid who thinks his…

In the long and short of it....YES. We moved into a duplex next to empty lots with constant high grass. The moment our landlord slacks off we’re finding ticks, fleas and mice. I don’t know which is worse. The fleas are a bloody annoyance and it costs stupid to treat the pets. Ticks are just dangerous. Very early…

I don’t understand why this is an issue. Honestly blocking someone on twitter is probably the smartest thing he could have done. Its certainly the most adult. I wish more people would just block someone they disagree with on twitter and walk away.

Sure, you could go with that...but you would be wrong. I was quite interested in going and had been looking forward to it.

I wonder what Honda stock will do tomorrow morning. Ahh who am I kidding? It won’t change a bit but I wonder how much apologizing will be done tomorrow.

Aaaaaaaand there went Alonso.

There, fixed that for ya.

Hey they could do it in 1921 (kinda, it was a production engine).

I was visiting with the parents a few months back and 60 Minutes was on tv. It was the Lewis Hamilton profile. When it was over, mom commented, “He’s a very smart young man, has a pretty big ego too. I hope it doesn’t get him into trouble in the future.” Mom is an old school psychiatric nurse and is pretty…

Tracy’s Jeep Odd-yssey to Moab was probably the most I’ve followed either Twitter or Instagram in my life. Cool stuff, still wished he had stopped in at Manhattan for a coffee so I could take a look at the professional Jeep bodging.

Some days you eat the bear and others the bear eats you.