Not that I am a used tire shopper, but most of the time they come off the previous vehicle because that vehicle has been sent to the scrap yard, for whatever reason.

People who assume the problems left are minor are just stupid and don’t understand progress or problem solving.

“I’m keeping you in my thoughts” and “keeping in prayers” are both just words. There is no action with either. You can believe that thoughts or prayers mean something should you choose to do so, but as far as action it’s a big fat nothing in both cases except for good vibes being sent.

If you watch the second video you can see the nose of the car was under the truck and bouncing the passenger side up off the ground before the curb came into play.

This.  It’s the same as boating and the drunken boomer parties at the marina.

Like a Mustang owner leaving cars and coffee.

It may look like a Starbucks, but does it have it’s heart in Hummer dealer history?

Not like this matters in a proper court of law, but doesn’t Egypt put a pilot on board for trips through the canal?   If so why not?  And if they did, how is the owners fault?

I hope so. Plastics are certainly better overall, I will give them that.

And in hindsight - IMO - the square headlight jeeps are some of the better looking models. Minimal, but functional. Not the weird late 90s, early 00s, cheap retro of the following ones. And not some angry eyed pissed about living in the suburbs of the more recent.

One thing that I am not sure is an improvement is plastic covers. Sure a stone might take out the glass one, but in my experience that is about 1/20th as likely as the plastic to fog up and require at least a polishing if not replacement. Meanwhile, my 25 year old glass covers are a bit pitted from 185K miles, but…

A windshield on a motorcycle is difficult to implement, at best - completely impractical and non-functional at worst.

Also, like popcorning a ceiling, it covers imperfections on the surface finish or damage. Thin gauge stainless layered over insulation would never lay completely flat in the first place, but then weld on it, rivet it, or put to use in the trucking world - it would show every single defect without the quilting.

The timing chains on the w8 don’t seem overly complicated to me. It looks like a vr6 with an extra head. Having done vr6 chains, they are pretty simple. Sure you have the lower chain running to the intermediate shaft, but overall it’s quick to replace. The tensioners are easy. Perhaps the bigger deal is it’s on the…

There are plenty of gen 3 LS 5.3s boosted WAY into the four digit HP range on stock internals (besides perhaps a cam/valve spring change). And more than a couple fox body fords with junkyard LS swaps in the 7 second range at the strip.

If you want to go down that road, for comparison, an LS can make the same power, likely get better mileage, with more aftermarket support and arguably potential - all in less complex, lighter, and significantly smaller and lower package.

The engine weight is peanuts as a total percentage. Also, I’d imagine you would make up for the engine weight with all the additional fuel you would need to carry for the same range with turbines.   Probably by a very large margin.

Yes, lots. Pretty much any GTI with a beam rear suspension for sure. 20 years ago it was perfectly normal to see every performance hot hatch do this.  

Reminds me of where I grew up - farmland being swallowed up by the front of suburbia. People would buy houses in new subdivisions so their back yard could open into working farmland.

Yes, this would be a good article - What would it cost to put a traditional interior in to one of these cars.