Glad you’re ok. And when I get home I am totally checking my Z-Bar.

My Gen 3 Camaro had the same problem with the shifter popping up and down. It’s the rear transmission mount. In the 3rd gens, it’s a liquid filled mount that’s prone to failure and expensive to replace thanks to relative rarity of manual transmission cars. Hopefully the 4th gen version has a more replaceable part. On…

Yep, I heard this is true in Maryland, too, where those things are out of control. Since it’s a private company collecting the $$, there’s really no legal ramifications to ignoring them. Can’t guarantee that’s true, though, but it would be nice if an activist lawyer went after them.

Should this guy go to jail thanks to GM’s odd choice of a factory counterweight to the clearly nose-heavy Avalanche?

Yep. That’s exactly how these companies make their money. Most of us don’t want to go through the hassle of fighting the ticket, even if they lack real proof. Early Virginia citations included pretty evasive language (which - to their credit - was later corrected) regarding how to submit an affidavit of…

I’ve successfully challenged every red light camera ticket Virginia has tried to give me because none of them were able to prove I was driving the car. (Maryland, on the other hand, doesn’t care about that, which I believe is in conflict with the constitution, but that’s a whole other discussion). I actually think…

It’s a valid debate, given that a rolling stop through a traffic camera means that a robot will decide to break the law for you and another robot will ticket you for it. I doubt autonomous mode will work as a valid defense against a red light camera, unless a hot shot lawyer wanted to take it up as part of the greater…

When I first got my ‘68 Cutlass, it had air shocks in the rear. While I was driving it home for good after college (4 hours across Virginia), the air shocks failed, leaving only the worn coils as rear suspension.

I feel like this guy stumbled into the wrong web site. Either way, I hope he enjoys the CR-V he ends up getting. 

Street Racer for the Atari 2600. Where else can you race Indy Cars, ski slalom and race strange vehicles that add up numbers? Only in Street Racer, that’s where.

*Toronado

I first saw the yellow light warning that the traffic light was about to turn green in Israel and immediately wanted it here in the U.S.

I don’t think that car has enough grill. It needs more grill.

No thanks. I’m good.

I’ve had two fox bodies - a 1990 GT when I was in high school and a 1989 LX 5.0 when I was feeling nostalgic a few years back. No way I could talk myself into paying this kind of $$$ for one, even if it’s well-sorted. They’re too common - even after so many were thrashed in the 90's - to be gaining crazy value. I also…

As a fan/enabler of your exploits, I think there’s something unique with your situation that makes it easier to part with each car - most of the vehicles you choose are destined for the junk yard. You do the impossible/not-recommended repairs. Welding new frames, finding new engines... you name it.

Sadly, my favorite parts source retired as age caught up with him. Ray Hauser of Hauser Automotive in Virginia Beach was an Oldsmobile guy through and through. He started as a mechanic at an Olds dealership, then worked independently through his 80's. He raced a 1968 Cutlass, and when I moved to the area in ‘97 we…

I feel like these ads were made by drug dealers who used this method to transport drugs. They were so successful that they got arrogant enough to send in pictures of it to use in car ads.

My first car was a black 1984 Subaru GL sedan 4x4 with the digital dash. It was a hand-me-down from my father. All I wanted in high school was a muscle car. While I liked the GL, I grew to hate it more and more because it was powerless and it wasn’t classic American muscle. I didn’t care that much when we got rid of…

NP. I’m in love. I want to fly from Virginia to Colorado and drive it back. I would share pics.