Should you find one of these cars, you will become rather emotional about three little letters: "NLA". That stands for "No Longer Available", and is what shows up when you request a part for a vehicle that hasn't been manufactured in a while. Manufacturers and third party vendors generally order a quantity of spares…

Actually the last bit was by truck - and we sent a several by truck to California as well.

Pikers. This turbine was well over 450 tons, and didn't require over a year of start/stop planning to get it done.

You can get one for about $2K - even more accesible than you think! (Yes, I have a 10' ceiling in the garage and have been eying one of these...)

I must say this was my thought picture as well... never knew a Hobie Cat to be anything but a boat...

It was an enjoyable piece to read - I liked the writing... but I just don't think MB will be happy with the result (which doesn't bother me...)

Somehow I don't think Neal Pollack will be getting invited back by Mercedes... there's a difference between aspiring to be the 1%, and rubbing it in... A co-worker is looking at buying a MB in the next few weeks, so I've spent some time very recently checking out the cars, discussing what's good/bad about them. …

You can rebuild an FD 13B... Harder with the Renesis that's in the RX-8 because when the seals go in the Renesis, they don't exit the chamber and claw everything to shit.

Hard to find an FD that hasn't been modded within an inch of its life...

I sold mine with 138K on the dial. It's still going (according to the local tax man) with 260K... I grin every time I see it on the road.

This is one of the neat features I like to see on cars - good to see that it is spreading

You're right - from the standpoint of it being an Automotive Mecca. The Ring itself is something that requires a certain level of skill and respect, or it can kill you. But there's still space for a training ground, where those skills can be honed. The Ring is very long, and its many turns have examples of some of…

So what's the problem with runoff areas, gravel traps and SAFER barriers? You're supposed to stay on the track. If you exit the racing surface, you've made an error, and you go back and try to get it right the next time. Why is non-graceful failure an asset for something intended for the public? Keep the track…

Since the X3 is the listed reason for BMW's good numbers - here's a picture of an X3 at the assembly factory in Spartanburg, SC.

"Agaricomycetes is a class of fungi" from wiki

I don't understand why the manufacturers (well, I guess I do) have managed to concentrate lots of the expensive stuff ($600 light 'assemblies', $400 for a bumper cover that then needs painting, $300 plastic grilles) at the extreme front and rear of the vehicle that will get damaged on *any* impact. As much as Desu…

Remove the "gallery/" whatever, and it comes on a single page with all the videos lined up.

Direct link to the photoset here Really haunting stuff. It looks like he found an old abandoned junkyard, as many of the cars appear to be in the same general area. It does look like something out of a lush videogame, though.

As I have to be careful about overloading on caffeine (did you know that consuming well over a gram of caffeine a day for an extended period of time can put you in the hospital? I know that *now*), I use two steps to stay awake:

What? It's not a vast surprise that the Sonata came from a company that was best known for *this*? It was a huge shift for the company and for the expectations of what a Korean car was. As someone who owned a 1988 Excel, I can tell you that the Sonata was a *huge* surprise.