“I certainly hope it’s a restoration, because if I see any farmhouse touches tucked into spaces like this, I am going to going to lose my entire damn shit. I better not see any whitewash or shiplap, so help me God, do not do it, Joanna”

If the kids are picking up an accent from the voice they hear the most, which happens to be a TV show, I don’t think the problem is the TV show.

thanks, now that theme song is stuck in my head.

but WHY tho? Seems everyone is moving away from diesel, which is more expensive, has lost a lot of ground on its MPG advantage vs. modern DI gas engines, and has garnered a reputation as overly complex and unreliable due to the elaborate emissions equipment with which they have become saddled.

i look at that and I can smell the methylene chloride burning out my brain, feel my fingers tingle from where it seeps in and destroys my nerves, and hear my stomach churn from the inevitable nausea it will bring. Oh, the days before people knew this stuff would kill them. Everyone was too busy burying their used…

It’s easy to love a car that has a purity of purpose. This is especially true in the modern era of manufacturers subscribing to the insanity of making lots of different models that all try to appeal to everyone.

no, all continuous welded rail has this problem. in ye-olden days, they would use jointed rails that had small gaps between the fish plates to allow for thermal motion (that classic klack klack noise). CWR is more popular these days because it improves the ride quality of the train and it’s far lower maintenance over…

I voted it as a nice price. If it’s got edelbrock heads (I think only Edelbrock and Indy make AMC heads) and a decent cam to it, that bugger should put down well over 400 hp. 

I do stop. now more than ever. breakdowns always seem to occur when the economy starts to turn and people can’t afford to take care of their cars and tires.

you fix Cadillac by letting it be Cadillac. Everyone is just sick of the same car from all the ‘luxury’ brands. They’re all offered within once decimal point of each other for performance, interior space, price, and even color scale. They are as interchangeable a commodity as the mid-level executives that drive them.

Speaking as someone with more history working on heavy trucks than  cars, those pictures of the adorable little parts are just precious. It’s like Gunpla.

I would look at a BMW x2, if you want to stay with the German thing, but a style conscious person looking for room and some tech at a good price should seriously consider the Buick TourX, which is just a drop-dead gorgeous wagon that can be had for a song.

If F-35 advocates are saying that the plane is designed to kill opponents before they get close enough for dogfights, aren’t they really drone advocates?

at that power level, I would want to be able to pick the gear change even exactly when I want it and modulate the rate at which it happens with the pedal. 

pass on this one. nostalgia is worth something, but at the end of the day, this is still an under-powered tin can with an odd-ball motor that must be vigilantly protected from Mother Nature’s influences and Father DOT’s salt trucks.

Hey Jason, here’s a fun fact about Volkswagen prototypes you probably didn’t know: VW actually made more prototypes of a new Type 2 bus than they did original Type 2 buses.

Apple got the same criticism when Jobs was running the place, but they were making money hand over fist and just about every product drop was a major innovation. Now? Well, you know about the ‘now’.

You know, you can always tell when a photographer takes pictures of something they really love. When are you going to the dealer?

fun fact: it’s easy to convert R motors to propane. Why? because it was intended to be used in warehouse forklifts.

having owned one of these (1984 vintage) I can tell you that removing that top isn’t a lightly made decision, and it’s a surprising amount of grunt to pull it apart. BUT IT IS WORTH IT.