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The Powershift in Steve's '12 Ford Focus killed it's TCM (under warranty!)
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That car has been at Woodward for a while now - I first saw it on Autoblog back in 2010, but I’ve seen it in other magazines about the dream cruise since then.

Because taste was hard to come by in the ‘80s.

Mmm, Falcon Futura. Also, the ‘66-’67 Nova on the right. Even the economy cars looked cool in the ‘60s.

This reminds of G Gundamn, but with less hilarious national stereotypes on display in the vehicle design.

They gave you moonshine to along with your farm truck, but skipped the shotgun? CP.

That seems reasonable. I imagine it’s like a RATO unit, but conformal.

Instant CP.

My god...everything is on fire after that second explosion.

They were a missed opportunity. Ford’s engineers designed a sophisticated SLA suspension, added in lots of aluminum bits and pieces, and even moved the battery to the trunk...but the styling was generic, the reliability was awful, and Lincoln didn’t have the corporate guts to keep it up to date and competitive. They

This is the correct answer. The last domestics before the late 70’s downsizing were hideously large, and the second downsizing to FWD in the 80’s were hilariously warped in the other direction.

Well, the USAF has ~1000 F-16s and they do do a lot of flying, so the numbers F-16s crashing is almost certainly higher than lower inventory types such as the F-22 or F-15.

The Accord Coupe was a good looking car, but the sedans were fuck ugly. The amazing thing is that Honda made it worse in the 2011 refresh.

I think the AWD models got the CVT.

They were a turbo away from being awesome.

Your buddy in his garage could be tack welding scrap metal together, or he could be one of the industry egg heads with a full CAD suite and is a pro welder and has a machine shop in his garage. The end result varies tremendously between individuals, but the individual can make the changes exactly how he wants, with as

I don’t really like the looks of two seat Sukhois, but boy is that a good a picture.

Needs more Battle of Britain camouflage:

Aww yes, someone else who watches Forgotten Weapons.

That might be the most interesting milspec ever published (mostly by virtue of milspecs being the some of the most painful documents to read in modern history)