Neutral - I’ve worked on my 2000 540iT extensively, my 2005 RX-8 a lot, and some on my wife’s 2014 Durango R/T. The Mazda electronic components I have dealt with haven’t been complex enough to warrant any dilemmas when working on them. The 540iT benefits from having software available for a reasonable price that has…

Looking forward to the article on the VW you bought - even though I wish you had bought the 525iT instead. I love e39 wagons.

I have been enjoying this game with my 6 year old son. He always liked watching me play Botw, but it is too complex for him to play on his own. Two player mode has been a lot of fun with him. I would have probably passed on this if he couldn't play it. 

Yeah, I had the 3.0L V6 and it was pretty underpowered (even though it was my first car, so I didn’t have a lot of reference points at the time).  My wife (then g/f) had a 4.0L SOHC one and it was a huge improvement.

I can’t believe I never checked out this channel before.  Just scrolling through it and I found 20 videos of relevant topics that I’ll have to watch later.  

Brevard County, FL has a pretty eclectic car community. Every type of car enthusiast is represented. There are a few one-type of car meets, but there are also a lot of general meets that bring everyone out. Guess since the area is made up of a lot of transplants and skews a little higher in the income bracket, there…

That original Z4 hit all the right spots. It was an improvement on every aspect of the Z3, but managed to not lose sight of what was good about the Z3. The suspension was better, interior was better, and the engine selection was great.  

I love reading wrenching stories, even if they are less than successful.

How do the third row seats compare to the third row in a Durango?  I like a lot of how this GV80 looks, but the third row is where I get nervous.  I can live with a lack of storage with the third row up, so that’s not an issue for us. 

I also plan to detail my cars this weekend. We’ll see how my neck holds up, but it’s all that resembles working on cars that fits within the criteria the doctor has for me.

Was making healthy progress on my RX-8 and 540iT, as well as my house (even though, these are lifelong projects more than COVID projects).  Unfortunately, I had to have 3 vertebrae in my neck fused, so I am out of commission for a few months.  At least it feels like the surgery helped a lot. 

At first I was like, how did it get so expensive - but those conversions are a ton of parts/work.  I can relate with you on uncovered expenses - my son has ASD (high functioning) and nothing outside of medication is covered by insurance.  My wife is an attorney and I’d say about 75% of her take home pay is spent on…

Same.  If I know I’ll use a tool a lot, I will spend a few bucks more on it. It also depends on the price difference.  If the top level tool is only like 20% more, I’ll probably spend that for a better tool. 

Also, old WRX’s were always just the starting point. No one cared that it only had 225 hp from the factory since having a turbo already installed from the factory makes additional power easy to come by (at the expense of reliability and transmissions).

Yeah, not sure why this wasn’t suggested immediately.  

Too bad the GT500 is being viewed as a replacement for the GT350.  I would also rather have a GT350, just like I always look at the Grand Sport as the best version of the Corvette.  

Evil bastard! You get to live the 911 life now!

Plus the 5" it added in length. Interior looks nicer, so it probably added 50 lbs there. As someone else said in a reply, 3600 is probably right, may be closer to 3700.

Didn't see the weight listed. That is concerning. 

There was a racing game from Capcom (I think) that was cell shaded. It was a pretty cool concept back then and looked awesome - as close to playing an anime racing game as anything could be. I do remember it made me feel sick, like it gave me motion sickness. Too bad, it was cool to look at.