I graduated high school in 2007 and there were three or four late model RSXs (base models with automatics) in the parking lot. I grew up in a middle class neighborhood in NJ with pockets of upper-middle class professionals, so this tracks perfectly. I doubt any of those kids riced the hell out of them (they were…

I named my cat Cammie because racecar.

Since it’s an aluminum block, I’d bet its similar, if not lighter (because DOHC tend to be heavy). The 4.3 is almost guaranteed to be shorter in height, and possibly shorter in length, as well.

I’d bet they purchased the furniture from somewhere online for cheap and then fabbed up the rest based on Google image searches.

To be fair, Kettering is the quintessential automotive engineering college, so it makes sense that everyone you graduated with eventually got a job in the industry. For anyone outside of that circle, it’s very difficult to get anyone in the industry to even talk to you. It’s hard to network when there’s no interest in…

Where did you go to school? I went to an engineering college on the east coast and the only people from my school who got into the auto industry had personal connections or managed to snag to two internship openings BMW had with us for a year or two.

Funny, the only automaker that gave me and my friends the time of day was Honda, and that was only due to participation in FSAE. The rest of the automakers never got back to us, likely because we didn’t got to a school that have internship programs with the automakers. If they want more talent, they should recruit…

The best story I’ve heard about these trucks is that behind the grille (on all of them) is the same stamping as the original Wagoneer. This means you can pull the old grille off and add in the circular headlights and small central grille from the original design with minimal work. I’m not sure if I should applaud Jeep…

Sounds like a good application for natural gas conversions...

Play Verdun. That’s some legit WW1 combat.

Hey! My Focus’ Powershift survived the warranty period.

I drove one all over the east coast for 8 years (including a few trips into Paterson NJ) and it somehow never got stolen. That’s probably because it was painted a silver beige that made it utterly invisible, even moreso when the paint started rubbing off every time I washed it.

Interesting. I’m not surprised that they made it ‘easy’ to do, but it’s still intimidating to me that you have take the cab off.

Do you still have to take the cab off to service the diesel?

Someone call the NHTSA, we need to make sure God doesn’t have the same blind spots Teslas do.

I’ve seen that .gif for years now, and only yesterday did I notice the window frame and hood.

The best part about that gif is how the window frame (?) and the top of the hood keep right on going with no change in trajectory or speed.

The study that ‘proved’ that was bullshit. Please stop using it.

Because this isn’t about limiting gun deaths, this is about political grandstanding.

It took a while, but it’s nice to find someone down here in the grays making sense. Pity the echo chamber won’t be disturbed, since God forbid anyone read these comments.