Look at the moving part count between any transmission and a Toyota HSD transmission. I’ll take the HSD transmission any day.

OK, still a CP on possible repair costs on a somewhat complex, highish mileage, Midwest, 13 year old Volvo with a terrible driver’s seat. Not counting no photos of the engine or underbody. I stand by my CP rating.

I voted CP. Not that there’s nothing redeeming here. I don’t need a winter beater, I don’t need a CUV, and I really don’t need Volvo maintenance. I know it could work totally fine, but I'd rather gamble my $3K on something else. 

More pictures of the 1961 Lincoln!

I have done a clutch that same way. Jack up car, take off wheels, lower car until transmission rests on a furniture dolly, remove all bolts holding transmission in car, lift car off transmission. It sucked but I was broke, and labor on it was 7 book hours and worth more than the car. 

That’s awesome!

But what if the Asians live not in America, but in Asia? Are they Asian Asians?

Mmmmmmm, LS Kayak!

I searched the whole site for another article tagged yaklopnik and came up blank. Hopefully this is the first in a long string of yak related tuning articles. I’m really looking forward to the yak Cummins swap or the yak anti-roll bar upgrade in future posts.

I hear Camel cigarettes used to be safe and doctor recommended. I'm sure that every advertisement needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Just ask Joe Isuzu. 

The one I fixed had 4 crimp connections and 2 of them were not properly crimped and had vibrated loose. I pulled out the module, and properly crimped the cut wire and all was well again. While I was there I cleaned out a few years of dirt from the under body connectors and all worked well. 

I had a rented Malibu a few months ago. I had thrown my carry-on bag on the passenger seat and left the airport. About 10 minutes later the car dings 1 time and a brief dash light flashed, but I couldn’t tell what it was. A bit later the car dinged again and a message came up that said passenger seatbelt. I had to…

Ah, I’ve been there too! I drove a Caviler with another Sailor and 2 Marines for 6 hours. Sailors in the front because rank, Marines in the back, obviously to crush the bump stops. Not a pleasant day. 

I rent cars quite often and move equipment regularly in them. Nothing huge but I mostly prefer hatchbacks. I will usually self pick a Soul. You do need to be aware that there are 2 engine choices. The 1.6 is usually the one at the rental lot. It is down on power and needs you to use the accelerator digitally. Flooring…

In 2017, I put almost 800 pounds of equipment in a Compass and drove 400 miles. You thought yours was slow, try merging from I-20E to I-285N like that. 

I work for a government contractor and travel frequently. Years ago, I did something (Hertz credit card? Delta card? I don’t know) but the next time I travelled, I got bumped up a class on Hertz. Since then, it's always been the Malibu class instead of the Spark class. I’m not going to ever try to undo whatever it is.

I had a Spark from the parking space to the rental office. Upgraded to a Sentra. Not quite as hateful, but close. I'm going with Mirage for the win here. 

Hopefully the C8 comes with the PDR (Performance Data Recorder) so we can witness the techs learning the handling skills in customer cars.

Would a Motus V4 count? That might fit.

I know these additions are a profit center but the wiring needed to be modified to install a LoJack is significant. I’d imagine it’s probably installed by a lower paid, less experienced dealer employee. I recently fixed a friend’s GMC Yukon XL because only the driver’s side brake light worked. Turns out the dealer put…