Fortunately, my grandparents missed out on that party. However, my wife’s grandfather was there and was a Pacific campaign veteran. I will just say that he was the sort who would absolutely refuse to buy a Japanese car on simple principle.

You can get a 6 speed now. I never use my sunroof. Factory sound systems are garbage, would rather have the stereo delete option like they used to have.

In the “wow, I’m wrong, thanks!” file, I would have thought sideways would be better, tires side on to the gravel would have a lot more drag. You, however, knew that this is a bad bet to make with your life, and now I do to.

What you say about currents and voltages is untrue. A 12v wound starter would indeed draw half the current of a 6v wound starter of the same capacity (power). However, putting 12v on a 6v starter doubles the current (in your example to 140A). Refer to Ohm’s law: R=U/I, starter motor resistance is 6/70 which is 0,086…

However, VW engineering manager Hans Arschloch told Austria’s Motorung that cheat mode was an accidental—if fortuitous—discovery made while testing out the TDI’s twin-clutch (DSG) front-wheel-drive system. Arschloch explained:

It looks like he is using the cheep 1/4" hose from harbor fright and most likely thier couplings. For an impact to work correctly, you need 3/8" hose and higher flowing coupplings. The HF 3/8" couplings are realy designed for hte lower flow 1/4" hose. You need the pressure in the tool not in the hose.

For want of a connector the air line was lost.
For want of an air line the wastegate was lost.
For want of a wastegate the turbo was lost.
For want of a turbo the power was lost.
For want of power a lap was lost.
For want of a lap the race was lost.
And all for the want of a turbo line connector.

Huh, didn’t know they offered the SS trim on the 81 Vette.

BMW Isetta.

Can we just start prefacing all A-10 stories with the same photo for the TL:DR crowd?

Thats a 2001 Sel Limited Edition! Hard to find, wonder if his brother owns a dealership in the valley or something.

Cool Bob. I never actually “raced” my 81 unless you qualify stoplight to stoplight as racing. Funny you mentioned the oil pan issue as I spun a bearing in mine powering through a long left hand sweeper turning some crazy rpm. The shop said the oil pump pickup had fallen off, but the oil pan bug-a-boo was more likely…

My last BMW was very much like my 1981 Citation X11 with the HO660.

I’ve driven both a 200 and a Cherokee with the 9 speed, and I’m convinced that 90% of the people who complain about it have never actually driven a car with it, and are simply parroting the complaints they read online. It has a couple of minor quirks (the 4-5/5-4 shift involves a dog collar thus a torque interruption,…

I was trying to think of another edition that I saw that made me laugh - that’s what it was OKLAHOMA EDITION!

I’m willing to hold off on judging her until I hear her side of the story bizarrely retold by Sean Penn.

Zing!