Hi!

People have been doing this to radiator housings for like...forever. Go sit down, you have clearly never wrenched on a vehicle. 

I’m the first person toe say fuck Tesla and fuck Elon, but in this particular case I am not so sure. This “repair” is super janky and is going to fail. They cut off the old fitting and replaced it with a brass unit that will likely warp... this isn’t a repair that is going to end well.

The $16,000 cost was to change…

All depends on if you have a pole up your ass. Either is fine if you don’t.

And such advances by two leading companies is how we will eventually get swappable batteries in larger things, like cars.

There’s an odd tradition of Corvette buyers wandering in, looking like they have no business or appropriate means of buying one. It’s weird.

“I’d like to buy some deodorant, please”
“Aerosol, or roll-on ball?”
“Neither, it’s for under my arms”

At first I thought this would just be a little expose of the quintessential Torch Selected Glances Askance, but no - many Jalops have not just input but experience and insight on this esoteric topic.

so why is this good and the Murano Cabriolet bad?

And no one wants to stick their fingers in a soggy ball hole.

Yeah, I blame the Kia dealerships when it comes to selling the Stinger. It’s the one aspect of the brand that unfortunately hasn’t changed for the better. I did buy a Stinger a couple of years back, but my experience with the dealership during and after the sale was poor. Though unlike you, I did get to test drive it…

Because they were the answers the writer picked from the comments on the original post asking the question.

I think they’re defining “underrated” to include “under-selling.”

Gee, if only I had thought of that except for that whole missing rpm to make the equation work part.

“Need” went out the window a long time ago with this project. Not boosting it to 2500hp would be a half measure at this point, you already did all this work and you’re gonna leave it at stock power levels? Why? Even stock it’s totally undriveable, might as well crank it up to 11.

How many feet of full throttle use will it travel before blowing the transmission?

I wonder if it will steer.

Tank motor, eh?

The first time he hits a corner, it will plow at first, then the car will rotate around the engine. How many times will depend on how fast he’s going.