If I was going to do it, the idea would be to get a complete donor car so I could use the engine, trans, and ECU. Rear axle might be a pain though, so a custom driveshaft might be the better route. The volvo rear ends are tolerably good, depending on which one.

"It's an AR-5 out of a Pontiac Solstice. It's an updated version of the R154 which was used in the Mk3 turbo supras."

Well this just made my day, thanks. I'll have to keep and eye out for one of these.

I starred this article before I even read it. Doug DeMuro taking Volkswagen to task? Sign me up.

Heh, given my overall defense of Volvos, it might be a tad ironic to say that I would cheerfully buy a beater SC300, GS300, or IS300 as I'd love to yoink one of those sexy J2Z-GE i6's to drop in my Volvo. Not that I don't like Volvo powertrains, but I do very much like the J2Z series.

Not really. "Safe" is relative, and far from the sole determining factor when buying a car. That said, it is safer than just about anything from its' era, and, in a number of ways you would not expect, safer than many of the cars you are thinking about as you're not likely to get much within the past ten years at that…

Probably a write-off?? There is no way this car will survive, and even if it did, I would not want to be the one driving it.

This is a mid-ground. I clicked "Nice Price" because it was clearly not a crack pipe price. A crack pipe price is one you laugh at and move on. A solid, well-done 244 at $2500 is a high price in some markets, but in others not so much. _I_ would not pay this much for the car, but I might look at it and offer a more…

Just because they did not do this specific test 20 years ago does not automatically mean that a given car is unsafe.

miss_chevious wrote, "The document isn't worthless if it encourages people to not pursue complaints, even if it's not enforceable."

One of my better clients insures the majority of the larger dealerships chains in my area, and I do their fieldwork. And a non-trivial amount of it is in regards to people making claims against the dealership for damage done to their cars while they were under the control of the dealership. So, yeah, that waiver of…

miss_chevious wrote, "The document isn't worthless if it encourages people to not pursue complaints, even if it's not enforceable."

miss_chevious wrote, "The document isn't worthless if it encourages people to not pursue complaints, even if it's not enforceable."

This. By loads and loads. Those sorts of waivers are scare tactics. If you can show that your vehicle was mangled while under that bailee's control, and you're persistent, their insurance…

You're absolutely correct. Blogs, being licensed news outlets, should aspire to higher standards. Oh, wait, they weren't stating their own opinion? They were reporting what a law enforcement watchdog said? Crazy talk!

1) Favorite episode of Roadkill evar. And that is saying something, as I really dig Roadkill (and it is the sole youtube show I say that about).

2) I have an absurd level of want for the vettekart. Damn. But why would you want a decent C4? Buy a thoroughly roached one for nothing, that way it's no big deal to cut it to…

Note - Where the potential crash will come is when people stop owning cars in favor of time-sharing rides. Instead of buying a car at a dealership, you contact someone like zipcar, and arrange for an autonomous unit to pick you up in time to drop you off at work 15 minutes prior to you needing to show up. And then…

It made me happy that they inset a pedal cam during the one-make battle.

"I have never had any defendant's insurance company reach out and be like "You are right. Your guy is all fucked up from our drunk asshole of an insured. And yeah, he may never walk again, and it is totally not his fault. So here is a a bunch of money in exchange for your client's ability to use his legs." …

This was the video I immediately thought of when I saw the one above. Masterful riding.

Ignore guns for a minute. Think a basket of eggs. Which is more likely to result in broken eggs - carrying them for 50 yards, or carrying them for 50 miles? It's a matter of how much exposure exists in a given route. Every person that knows is one more person that can rat you, er, your friend out. Every time you, uh,…

Note - While I call these ops "effective", they are nowhere near capable of controlling the volume being run up 85/95.