That IS the buffer.

Remember that time you ate an entire pot of burnt Dinty Moore beef stew and complained about the taste after each and every bite?

My old 1988 Mazda 323 GTX had a similar feature on the optional ‘digital dash’. Below the fuel gauge there’s a button labeled “SCALE CHANGE”. Press it, and the fuel gauge would switch to showing the last 1/4 tank across the full LCD display. So when you get down to the last two bars on the gauge, you can press the…

The “conventional wisdom” is that running the tank low picks up sediment from the bottom of the tank. Of course, the pickup is at the bottom anyway, so if you have sediment, it’s picking it up if the tank is full, too.

I’ve heard the reason not to go below 1/4 tank is to avoid stressing the fuel pump. I killed the fuel pump on the Chrysler LHS I drove in College because I  was dead broke at the time and I could never afford to keep the car full. 

You are literally the only one here who doesn’t know.

Best advice I ever got about buying a used vehicle was that when it says ‘rebuilt motor’ in the ad, ask some questions, like ‘Who rebuilt it? A mechanic or someone’s uncle?’ 

$2,469 would have been the right price.  ND.

I don’t know if that’s a bad thing.  Other than the Camaro and Corvette, GM makes nothing worthwhile.  

Read the article.

He could try the Alvin Straight method next time.

Quintessential beater Boxster. NP!!

Came here to agree about the lean burn modules, my 79 Cordoba had it on the air cleaner as well, never a minute’s trouble with it.

I think the only reason I ever visit autoblog anymore is to read jalop-alum Murilee’s junkyard series. He’s not telling us about weirdo brake drum parts, though.

Nice work. 

and my axe.

You can count me towards the .01% of readers that found this interesting.

My car arrived just the other day
Not one of the parts in the mid engine bay.
But there was Bedford six...and an overfilled tray.
Owner’s best intentions spiraled into dismay.

Renault’s partnership with American Motors Corporation had filled its corporate brain with delusions of adequacy, and in 1982 it brought the stylish Fuego (Spanish for “fire”) to America as its resident sports car. There was only one problem: Americans expect their sports cars to be sporty, and the Fuego’s soft…

I’ve been following the prices of Comanches for two years, since I sold a very similar one to this one for $7400.

I hope someone gets this thing to brap.