VTroubleU/4 Tow Hooks (0000😋) is the ONLY car.compamy I know of to have parts #’s that make sense. Ones that start with 1's are engine parts, 2's I think coolant system, 4's are brakes, 9's electrical, and I forget the rest. (I was the parts mangler aka manager for 1.5 years at the best VW/Audi shop in tbe DC area,…

I had to be. My friend and old road racing teammate Glenn had a 1st gen Scirocco that he raced personally. (We were mechanics, and of course, helped Ed with setup ideas, mostly SCCA Formula Continentals aka USF2000 cars.) It has to be. Look at the lineage. The Corrodo was a cool car in it’s time, but VWs have to be…

I COMPLETELY agree! I’m not a hop head but one of the few hoppy beers I like, and in fact really like, is 90 Minute from Dogfish Head. Pretty sure it comes out of Deleware.

This car is SERIOUSLY mislabeled. “Smart” cars are far from it. It makes so much power it can't even turn those off road wheels and tires.  Death traps that won’t get out of their own way, and for their size, shitty gas mileage as well! My brother’s friend had a Ford Festiva in the 1980's. It had a lot more room than…

Esay cheap horsepower. Would I rather hab e a 914-6 conversion with a 3.6 liter 911 motor which put our 270ho, then 282 with the Varioram intake? Sure. Do i want to foot the bill for a $5000 used engine which, last I checked with the Porsche mechanic who I bought my 1973 914 2.0 from, costs ~$7000 in parts alone to…

Do it! I know Bimmers are spendy to service but you know that, you own one. Your 135 is new enough that it shouldn’t have cost you an arm and a leg yet. I also know that now is the time to buy one of my top 5 favorie cars of all time. Get a PPI done by a reputable BMW specialist, well worth the $100 or so it costs to…

Good point. One of the biggest problems is that people in SUV’s (Stupid Useless Vehicles as my Virginia Tech Formula SAE engine team teammate call ‘em) is that people get this air of invincibility once they hop behind the wheel. Remember that moron Newton? What about his 2nd law?????????

If you know nothing about car control or simply have an itchy “trigger foot,” learn how to blip the throttle to down shift, otherwise known as heel & toeing cause that’s exactly what you do. Keep your left foot on the clutch and the ball of your right foot on the brake pedal. Now you can simply roll your R ankle down…

We all know what IROC stands for, right?