My parents had a Pilot when I was moving after college. We fit an entire loveseat in the back, along with other stuff. It’s truly massive. These cars are great...not exciting in any way but good solid minivan SUVs given the transmission is in decent shape and the timing belt has been changed at regular intervals.

The fact that Subaru offered both the 168 horsepower turbocharged mill and manual transmission in its AWD wagon

As for the cause, CSX’s release stated it “appeared” to be “weather related.” Weather in Montgomery County was pretty mild at the time of the derailment, with no precipitation, a temperature of 70 degrees and a 3 mph wind, according to historical data from the National Weather Service.

If you were a really into the 90s drag car scene and don’t want a 79 Fairmont or 79 Malibu I guess this could do. Seems like good condition and a reasonable build if you’re a big mopar guy and live your life 1/4 mile at a time.

So they managed to make a 2017 Infiniti coupe, but a little more ungainly.

The specific tires that came on my 135 M-sport were absolutely horrendous. I think they were bridgestones? They were terrible in almost all conditions in comparison to non-OEMs. I chalked it up to being runflats but good lord were those bad.

Rip out the veggie oil system and you’ve got a winner. Back when restaurants were giving their oil away for free it was a no brainer, but these days you don’t get that for free, never mind the filtering, gelling/temperature issues etc. Run regular diesel and these engines will be happy forever.

Is that a front bumper or a stoppy bar? Based on the overhang, this thing seems like a seesaw.

I was the 2nd owner of my 2004 — previous owner had a fresh mazda rebuild put in, and it started getting poor compresison from the factory when warm after about 20k. Really disappointing...never had any oil issues, always used premix...did have a coil go which flooded and burnt the cats out. I miss driving it, but…

I didn’t think apex seals were an issue on the RX8...Lots of other issues but apex seals weren’t a major source of trouble.

I grew up a mile or so from there

Why did all these neoclassic repops all look almost the exact same? Between this, the Zimmer, and handful of short-lived others floating around that I would have to look up (Some Camaro-based, some Mustang-based) the body is damn near identical. Did one company make the tooling and then get bought out/passed around?…

I haven’t had any of those complaints after 9 years of ownership. The top goes up and down in 5-10 seconds, ergonomics are pretty much on par with other small roadsters. I have the turbo, which is a gem of an engine — the 2.4s are a bit of a dog but no more/less than a miata.

That’s the plan, I still have quite a few years in it, but I know it’s not a “forever” car :( 

Add another sky owner who LOVES his car. Had it 9 years (longest I’ve had any car) and no plans to get rid of it. My only issue is I DD’d it through winters and now live at the beach so the salt is getting at the undercarriage a bit more than I’d like. 

There are also FI kits for the 2.4. If you’re going to do a full build, the 2.4 is a solid option, just about everything else is the same or similar/swappable.

Its about the same as a miata, maybe a bit tighter. It’s roomier than a NB, but not quite as much as a NC. 

There are very few engines I wouldn’t touch and/or bother with. The HT4100 is one of them, absolute piece of garbage with virtually no redeeming qualities. Somehow this one has lasted long enough to make it 56k. Probably safe to assume it will blow up shortly. 

as Rob mentioned, the chassis and drivetrain were fine by this point (and the FWD 4L60E went in everything, easy rebuild). Biggest issue is HT4100, which had issues with everything from intake manifolds to head bolt threads stripping out (ironically also plagued later northstars) and head gaskets.

I have a 2003 A4 and it does the same thing. The blend doors will try to recalibrate themselves while teh car is off. I’ve never had any battery issues so it can’t take much juice, but you do hear the little servos shifting while the car is off.