I don't think it locks to the wheel - the cone guides the gun in to position and the nut has teeth to match those on the gun instead of a big hex nut and a socket. Inertia will keep the tire from spinning and impact wrenches don't transmit torque back to the user they way a drill does.

Freakin' Star Wars. Gets me every time. Looks like I'm getting a TDI Passat then.

So you're saying you're gonna come up small in the biggest race of the year then?

I ran my headunit's USB cable up through the center console and leave an old iPod in there - totally out of sight of prying eyes and I don't have to constantly get out my current device and hook it up.

One thing you should realize about OBDII is that it doesn't give a crap about your engine and its well being. All it cares about is emissions and the health of the catalytic converters. From that standpoint, they don't want you knowing that you only have a badly sealing gas cap and you could ignore it forever with no…

Yup, agreed. This information is still only really useful for people who would spring for at least a cheap scanner anyway. Still, it would be nice if there was at least some way to access it without having to buy a scanner - it could be buried in some menus and not necessarily documented in the owners manual.

Shhhh... don't tell anyone! Us Americans don't know that German cars are just regular cars in Germany and the rest of Europe.

That's weird... when I was in Germany years ago, there were plenty of BMW and Mercedes taxis.

You have summed up my feelings on this subject perfectly.

So are these the mystery Chevy concept we were waiting for? I want my Chevelle!

I like the silver one in a compact hot hatch kinda way. The red one is just plain goofy looking - proportions are not working.

Where's the LS(X) version? If GM is trying to take on the world's best then why are are they holding back their number one weapon?

Yeah, that's what I do to - it's a million times faster and returns more useful results. Often you can use the URL of a sub-forum to narrow it down to a specific section.

The Country Knight is awesome. I want one.

I've been thinking a e-assist type setup with regeneration in my Mustang would be pretty good. For my commute, it would only need enough battery for just a few miles of range so the battery weight shouldn't bee to bad (and could be offset with a smaller gas tank). In economy mode it would run off battery alone under…

Yeah, we got along with sub 100HP cars but it was miserable. My 90HP VW Fox was fun when it was just me in it, but add a either a passenger or two, a decent load of cargo or a modest hill and acceleration became a futile struggle and pulling out into traffic or merging on the interstate became a life threatening…

I don't know - I don't begrudge anyone driving a Prius unless they're insufferable pricks about it, but that goes for any car that has tendency to turn their owners into insufferable pricks.

I heard a Super Coupe blower is a bolt on too.

I don't know what the question was but the universal answer on every forum ever about any subject ever in the history of the world to any newbie question is:

No dude, you're gonna need a fully forged short block.