The more I think about this, the more I wonder if JLR would release CAD drawings for critical fixtures (frames, body mounting points, etc) into the public domain? Surely they’ve long since recovered their tooling investments, and unless there was a minor chance of reactivating the platform, it seems unlikely to…
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I always thought it worked because the S4 Super 7 was so heinous to look at compared to the S3.
It worked for Caterham when they bought the design of the S3 Super 7 from Lotus. Became something of a cottage industry. But that was 40 years ago and I suspect the details are somewhat more onerous now.
Congrats on the GF->fiancé upgrade! The depreciation is better even if the money factor goes up.
Didn’t realize I’d have to get a clearance beforehand!
Ok DeMuro, I just bought your book. So we’re friends now right? I need your addresses in Philly and Atlanta. And phone number. And socia^H^H^H^H^Hdate of birth.
FWIW those uhaul car transporters weigh ~2200 lbs.
Tragically, no pics, since it was 1992 and we didn’t have digital cameras, but growing up in Vancouver meant we had access to late-model Lada Niva 4x4s. They were cheap and plentiful and a good friend tended to buy the rotted ones, fix them up, and sell them.
There is also the “irreverent Britishness” factor. TGUSA et al never resonated the same way, at least partly because it didn’t feel like a bunch of snarky Brits making clever bon mots with just the right amount of disdain. Perhaps Extra Gear rekindles that sentimental response moreso than the TG reboot.
Craigslist FTW! I’ve lost count of my cars but it’s a big number. Over 40. Of those I sold all but three. Of the three, one was an empty shell of an NA Miata with a welded roll cage and no windshield frame, which I traded for a case of Sapporo to a guy from Michigan. The second was another Miata from which I had…
Doing his part to support the domestic rubber industry, I see.
You can’t buy them there but you can rest your weary buns upon them and pick up a conveniently-sized glossy pamphlet thing. When you think about how many people must have sat on those chairs and how well they seem to withstand the wear & tear, it really speaks highly of the product. Plus, Vermont has so few rest stops…
Doug, your objective — beyond car comedy — is to find a Vermont highway rest stop and see if it has one of these chairs from the fine folks at Vermont Folk Rockers. It’s perhaps the most comfortable unpadded chair I’ve ever had the pleasure of alighting upon.
I see what you did there...
It’s the ultimate brodozer. Sure, it wouldn’t fit anywhere, but neither do the medium-duty uber-pickups we see all over the place.
Yes, definitely transverse. Smooth. Boosted. Yet, amazingly, runs happily on 87 octane.
This. I bought a lightly-used 2015.5 XC60 T6 Platinum from a Jeep dealer, somebody traded it in on a Grand Cherokee and took a huge bath. I knew the 2.0 upgrade was likely coming (it hadn’t been announced at the time) but I like the inline 6 and wouldn’t have bought a brand new one anyway.
Senior year of college I bought a cheap used hatchback. High mileage, tiny, worn clutch, no A/C. I was in a snowy area and it didn’t work with more than an inch on the ground. Mileage was OK but not what it could have been for a car that size & weight. Couldn’t fit my friends in the back. It looked OK but became a big…
Buffalo is bad enough on foot, in the dry. I lost count of the number of times I smelled hot brakes at the bottom of that hill. Somebody who bought my 5-speed Civic at the end of my senior year needed to learn how to hill starts on Buffalo. She put the car back up for sale a week later.