I had no idea what it was. My GF and I went with her friend and kids. I seriously thought we were going to see some stupid birds until we drove in the entrance and I saw the planes out front. The SR-71's painted on the sidewalk was a tip off that things were about to get awesome.

I'm right there with ya

went to to the Air Zoo (dumb name I know) in Kalamazoo Michigan last week end and saw an SR-71 in person for the first time. I never realized how big they really are. They also have an F-14 there and a B-25. It was a good day.

sue the manufacturer?

not the first time I saw something like this.

where I used to work there was a guy who won one of these in a contest when they first came out. he would bring it in once a year to get an oil change and to make sure nothing was deteriorating, since it sat most of the time. I'm pretty sure it had less mileage than this one. he was apparently keeping it as his…

Are you saying CEL but actually meaning the instrument cluster? The CEL is a light bulb in the instrument cluster that is turned on by the PCM.

The PCM is the Powertrain Control Module. The check engine light is there to tell you that there is a code set in the PCM. That is literally why it's there, to tell you that there is a fault code set in that module. The CEL isn't telling you there is a problem with the AC. And it's controlling most of what is shown in…

the LCD screens are already connected to the PCM, it would likely take nothing more than a line of code added in the programming stage to display the actual code.

I agree, from similar angles the nissan looks very similar to the production F150. it's not exact, but it's close. grill, headlights, tail lights and the kickdown on the front windows. the Nissan has a longer nose, and the back part of the cab and bed side look kind of Rammish to me.

random internet blog does not equal legitimate service procedure. One of your links referred to the "Italian tune up" as urban legend. Wives tales and backyard mechanics don't have any facts to show that the "procedure" has any effect at all. It's all a bunch of horse shit and any one who sells that procedure to a…

so your answer is, "no I don't have any legitimate documentation for this shadetree mechanic procedure that I'm telling people is normal".

I said a legitimate service manual, not a wikipedia article talking about a procedure called the "Italian tune up".

hmm, well I guess I've been doing my job wrong for the past 15 years.

I can assure you that driving a car around in 1st or 2nd gear revving the piss out of it is not a normal "repair" that technicians do. what those dudes did with the Corvette and what these dudes did with the ST is a bunch of crap.

The way i'm reading that is that you must have the vehicle certified by CARB in order for it to be legal. Like what dustynnguyendood showed in his post. It sounds probably more complicated than it is. There is a guy who brings his kit car into the Toyota dealership that I worked at who had an 86? MR2 engine in this…

The other 49 states seem to be okay with you swapping in an LS1 or whatever into an older car, but not CA

nope, I actually use my truck for truck things quite often, I've just found that 4wd is not a necessity for the things I use it for.

I've owned a 4x4 truck for 12 years, lived in 3 states (CA, PA and NJ), and I can count on 1 hand the number of times I had to use 4wd. I could have saved a lot of money had I realized that back when I bought it. I'm currently driving a 2wd truck in MI during the winter and having no issues despite it snowing what…

the Sonata driver needs to head to Hollywood and become a stunt driver. That was a smooth move.