You can't see it but I'm sitting here looking at the monitor and blinking. I imagine you'll be telling me about your award winning blog and renowned penile gymnastics next.

In Virginia, anyone selling a car, dealer or private, is required by to disclose if it has been in an accident. Almost no one does, but the law says that, and people have used that law to successfully sue sellers, dealer and private, for not disclosing.

Your world must be a very grey place.

Ah, you drive a volvo too, eh?

Not that there's anything wrong with that.

A bit more than a decade ago, I was driving a 98 Nissan 200SX SE on Rt44 in Va Beach (now I264). Doing around 65 or so, I looked into the rear-view in time to see a semi to my right start to jack-knife. I dropped it into third and gave that little 1.6 every bit of gas I could as the left lower side rail of the trailer…

If you're ever down near Nags Head NC, stop by their shop. Lots of cool swag, you can get up close and personal with some previous gen Diggers, and sometimes the current ones are there. The staff was welcoming too. Worth the stop.

Exactly my sentiment. I could give a rat's ass about a Venom. I can find info about it anywhere. Where Jay excels is talking about stuff like this. He's a detail-minded enthusiast, and that's what I enjoy seeing in these videos.

Nope.

This is one of those situations where there are just too many things to say, too many comments to make, and they just zoom round and round endlessly while some drunk guy in a trucker hat calls it a sport.

Right, it's Dodge's fault for these insipid cowboy cadillacs being sold as trucks. One more reason to dislike Chrysler.

This is when you look the customer up and down very obviously. When they ask what you are doing, you tell them that you're looking for the sign that says that you can't hit them.

.... Your point? Yes, there will always be mistakes made. The person I was replying to asked about heavy trucks and procedures for avoiding these things. Mistakes will always happen, which is why I have a job handling crap like this.

Budget trucks ride high, unlike Uhaul's stuff. They do flat-bottomed boxes riding on full height chassis. Uhaul drops em lower.

I've written more than a few of these. They're always ugly and a flat pain in the ass to write as inevitably most people seem to think you can just slap a new roof on the box and go.

Big trucks are driven by people that are very aware of height, and they go special routes to avoid such things. Higher end GPS's can be calibrated for that.

Yup, that figure on the 240 was what I was referring to, among other things.

How much did the driveshaft run, if you don't mind answering?

Quade, you have given me a wealth of excellent information, thank you!

I'm probably alone in this sentiment, but I'd rock that 72 fastback in a heartbeat. I had a 71 notchback and looooved that car. I was aghast when it was t-boned and the insurance company totaled it. It's one of the few cars I've owned that I miss.

For whatever reason, I left off the discussion on safety. Electronic stability is overrated in a car, and traction control in a FWD camry with nice options is likewise kind of meaningless from a safety standpoint. ABS brakes are nice, but they're optional equipment on many older volvos, same with dual airbags. In…