ptschett
ptschett
ptschett

@Desu-San-Desu: +1. In my lifetime GM's improved markedly (though it was the only direction they really could have gone from where they were in 1981, and I doubt I'll forgive them for killing Olds and Pontiac) while Toyota's had some fascinating products that have fallen to the wayside to seemingly make room for more

I love me some Cougars. Maybe a '70 Eliminator.

Probably my dad's hooning when I was a kid. Like when he had to see how fast the new-to-him '93 Cadillac STS would go. Or his powershifting the '70 GTO on the way home from church one Sunday.

@royeraf3: I've driven 'em. Especially fun with triple tires like this.

@ptschett: darnit. killed the picture editing.

Probably either the blue '74 SD-455 Trans Am (this picture isn't my dad's car but it's exactly what it looked like) or the black '78 F-150 4x4. I don't remember ever riding in the Trans Am, it blew up and died before I was three, but I'm told that I made vroom vroom noises and generally enjoyed the heck out of it.

I'm going to go the road less traveled and nominate the Oldsmobile Rocket V8. While the other low-price and midrange marques were still messing around with sixes, straight-eights and flathead V-8's, Oldsmobile brought an OHV V8 to the masses in 1949.

Now playing

This song came to mind. I can't explain it.

@BLCKSTRM: +1 that's exactly right. The NOx trap catalyst is extremely expensive, so the only applications where it's cost effective are lightly loaded / lighter duty vehicles. The heaviest duty application I can think of that uses it is the Ram 3/4 ton and 1-ton pickups, and the chassis-cabs have SCR (something to

@carlivar: I can't find the exact regulation for cars, but heavy trucks have very strict requirements and I would imagine that car requirements are similar. [www.wsafc.org]

@gearhead_318: The fuel used by the car is just normal ultra-low sulfur diesel. Cars with urea-based SCR (selective catalytic reduction) need an additional fluid which reacts with the exhaust gases to break down oxides of nitrogen (NOx) in a special catalyst. The fluid ("Adblue", or "Diesel Exhaust Fluid") is used

@Tier 5 royal, the Manic King: +1. I would promote your comment if I were a stars-upon-thars. Whether it's called AdBlue or DEF or AUS32 it's the same thing.

A notchback Mustang-based car with some body modifications, harkening back to this:

So are they still $20k or did they cut the price like they told Autoblog they would?

@Alfisted: And don't forget the exclusive interviews with members of Buick's target market!

I'm happy to be on the north side of the storm track for once, though I'd be happier if the Canadians could keep their air on their side of the 49th. I'm still commuting in the T-bird with tread almost to the wear bars, but it's negative single digits for temperature here in Fargo.

I have a few with the motorcycle. The worst put me in the hospital overnight. I remember thinking about going for a ride when I got home from work one nice early-October evening, then my next memory is waking up in the CT scanner around 11 PM that night and being asked who the President was and what day it was. I