Well, at one point in my life I was ‘blessed’ with a ‘91 Escort wagon. There was a period of a year and a half where I replaced the heater core 10 times. Not kidding. I had three cores in rotation, and each time I took one out, my uncle would resolder it back together. I had bought all three new, but intentionally…

After 220k miles, the radiator failed in my ‘91 Ford Escort wagon. No problem. Local supplier had a new one. Removing the old one, I simply removed the upper hose, but couldn’t reach the engine end of the lower hose. No biggy, I just cut the hose in half, figuring that once the radiator was out, I’d be able to reach…

In a late-90s Dodge Grand Caravan... When driving at a constant speed, (giving just enough fuel to maintain speed, not slowing, not accelerating) after maybe 5 seconds, the vehicle would jerk a couple of times and... the ENTIRE electrical system would go away. No dash lights, all gauges would drop to zero, the stereo…

YES. When I plug in my phone via USB, it’s just so that it’ll charge while I’m driving. If I wanted to play something from my phone I WOULD HAVE *&^#%$ SELECTED IT. Stop it. Just stop this crap of randomly selecting what you want me to listen to. Stop it. Stop it. Stop it. It has to end now.

Well it’s about time that we got another crossover, to add to all the other crossovers, that were introduced as answers to other crossovers, which competed with other crossovers, rinse, repeat.

I was just in a Chrysler dealership two weeks ago and according to them, (I know, who can believe anything a car salesman says, right?) The 300 goes out of production at the end of May and according to my calendar that’s umm... NOW, which leaves the two models available as the Pacifica and the Pacifica Hybrid.

As I…

I clearly don’t need my entire chair, because I’M ONLY USING THE EDGE!

Seriously, you guys are my heroes. It takes a major brass pair to drive a crapcan like that any distance greater than you can comfortably walk home.

...and when the 300 goes out of production in a few days, the entire slate of models under the Chrysler brand will consist of...
The Pacifica.
That’s it. It’s time to put the Chrysler brand out of it’s misery.

“...after the U.S. Justice Department stepped in and said the federal government is the proper defendant to represent claims filed against her.”

As someone who is ignorant of the law, I have to wonder what her situation would be if she had a different employer that didn’t step in. What would the “average schmoe” be…

I do agree with your point. However I have to correct one thing. It isn’t California vs 49 other states when it comes to CARB rules. It’s 14 CARB states vs 36 non-CARB states. The 13 other states that follow the CARB rules are: Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York,…

Wow. As I read this, a memory fragment came back. I’d once rented a Solara. A white Solara with the 4-squirrel engine. The only thing I remember about that malaise on wheels was that I need around a 1 mile freeway onramp to get anywhere near a safe merging speed. I can think of nothing else at all about that car. In…

I applaud your honesty and courage for such an admission.

Once, for a one-week vacation trip to the Oregon coast, I rented a convertible Sebring. Half way from Seattle to Portland, I was loudly cursing that POS. I’m in the habit of renting cars for vacation drives, and to date that was by far the worst car I’ve ever…

‘91 Escort LX wagon. One day the heater core started dumping on the floor, so I replaced it with a new one. In that car, replacement of the core involves removal of everything between the front seats and firewall. The new one lasted maybe a week. Bought another, it lasted maybe a few days. Bought a third, I know it…