Brazilian here. Street parking is equivalent to telling people they can have your car for free.

I don’t know, my parents’ hauler is a honest to goodness, body on frame, driven by its rear wheels, mid size SUV, and the car it replaced was a smaller, cramped, underpowered, FWD minivan. I guess if they packaged my parents’ Blazer (the new one, which the Colorado is currently based on) as a Minivan, they’d be all…

It helps when the car has a large engine bay too... the workshop manual in my Fiat has about two dozen reminders to tighten and tension all belts BEFORE installing the engine. Alternatively you can pull off the entire front end and airbox to get to them.

So... aside from being a general dudebro douche, his stunts were coasting on some walls and hopping over some medians?

As a fellow Brazilian, all I can say is better luck next time... the way things are down here you can be sure there will be a next time.

Why don't automakers just make engine bays like that anymore? Seriously, whoever thought hiding the machinery would be a good thing? And that goes for exterior design as well, not everything has to be smooth squircled shapes, headlights don't have to look like eyes, grilles like mouths or whatever.

Personal preference, perhaps. I’d rather it was a four seater coupe myself, as I need the extra seating space, plus driving a convertible in Brazil at night is suicide. You'll wind up dead in a day.

The thing about running and fixing an older car is that you’re perenially in a mixed haze of joy, because everything’s running fine, and aprehension because it could break down at anytime, usually the worst time. When something does break down, it’s the worst feeling in the world, I mean... how could The Car you chose…

Eh, more or less, I’d rather have a standard R32 coupe than an R34 wagon actually. Coupes own wagons by a wide margin.

“Tonight, on Florida Man!"

The irony here is that he’s the asshole trying to figure out where the shit came from. Does his fixation with the urine make him a dick too?

The shortish wheelbase also makes it a breeze to slide the rear off. It's a lot more fun to drive than what it might seem, at least in the ocean of bland FWD cars we have here.

I don’t have any decent pictures of mine, but I’ve owned one of these since late 2012. Brown with the gas V6 and 6 speed automatic. Great family hauler, just this weekend we weathered out a cyclone in it, drove through flooded streets and fallen trees and power lines and the only damage it suffered was a lost front…

I’ve experimented with alternative intakes once, never saw any real power gains. My engine runs very hot on a cramped bay, so any intake mods that don’t bring in air from the outside are just for decoration. As for spark plugs, while they most definitely don’t increase performance, it’s a good thing to invest in high…

I got a short one that’s probably dumber than all other stories combined... When you have ans old italian car, no garage and are forced to leave said car at a nearby “valet” operated parking lot, things tend to break down and electrics tend to fry on a weekly basis. Being a one owner car, my Tipo was pretty robust,…

Hmmmmm... Death Proof Nova. I remember, a few years ago, wjhn one of the surviving cars showed up on eBay, of all places, with the engine fukl of autographs, a supposed certificate of authenticity, and an opening bid of 49 thousand dollars. Shitfaced as I was, I posted the bid, and went to bed. Woke up the next day to…

What, no insurance information? I need to know how much Luke’s ratings went up for this fender bender here

I love how he remembered to put on his hazards. Gotta be safe out there, eh buddy?

Considering I have an extra Fiat Twin Cam engine at home, recently rebuilt and ready for install... nope. Getting a decent Twin Cam in Brazil is mostly impossible nowadays though, so if I didn’t have this one engine, I’d probably say yes.

What the actual fuck...?