One time I was on the freeway in my old S-Blazer and someone decided that 75 was way too fast and they had to cram on the brakes and drop to 35... at a time when my brake light switch was on the fritz. I had to change pants after that.

Yeah, that’s an EG Civic coupe with an unpainted rear bumper and some Bondo behind the driver’s door.

#10 better have a couple other fuel tanks hiding under there or it’ll go about 1-2 car lengths and run out of diesel.

Only while idling in park for a while, it went away after accelerating at all. This was also an ‘89, so pre-OBD2.

Might check the o2 sensor. Mine was getting about 15mpg until I changed the upstream o2 and it jumped about 3 mpg overnight.

I just wish the S10 platform trucks (or something like it in size) would come back. The Colorado is... yuuge. Too yuge. 4runners have definitely packed on the extra girth, and the market is sorely missing any “bigger than a Wrangler but more capable than an Explorer and smaller than a Tahoe” proper body-on-frame 4wd…

we had a ‘38 Ford that had an L-head in it, and one of my ex-roommates briefly owned a ‘55 Willys Wagon that was LPG converted a loooong time ago. Hurricane straight-6 is the forebear of the 4.slow.

because you should have lost a hand trying to grab the driveshaft, or the engine has about as much power as a hamster wheel

>I guess not all of us are old Jeep car guys.

At this rate, he’ll be full Torch by the end of the week.

I’m inclined to agree with other commenters, you seem to have some kind of timing issue here. Verify you’re actually getting TDC where you expect it, because your video looks like you may have a valve that’s opening early.

I think we can agree there.

You forget that A) Cougar guy was doing 10 or more under the minimum speed limit so passing distance was dramatically smaller and B) bikes have a proportionally much larger power to weight ratio than a beat-to-shit 90s Cougar. He had plenty of room, and wouldn’t have needed to brake that hard. He definitely shouldn’t…

I’m not condoning him trying to clear 2 cars, don’t misunderstand. I wouldn’t have done the same thing in his shoes. But TX law states that if they’re going 10 under the minimum you can pass even in a double yellow. That’s why the biker’s initial ticket was dismissed. 

for the last time, /what the bikers did was legal according to TX law/. What old man grumpyfart did was attempted murder.

Show me where the visibility was “limited” on that video. He had plenty of clear lane.

How about “I’ll mind my damn business on the road and let you do your thing even if I disagree with it” instead? His lane change was totally legal according to TX law, or did you read the article? Car going 10 under the speed limit, plenty of visibility partly due to biker’s higher seating position than old fart in…

Because some states and municipalities go nuts with double yellows even on completely flat ground where you can see for miles, and as a biker he had a clear advantage in terms of maneuverability, visibility, and HP/ton.

The biker /was/ technically in the wrong to begin with, but nothing. I repeat, NOTHING. excuses attempted murder on the part of the driver. May his soap be ever slippery.

And now I’ve learned the word “splenetic.” thanks Obama.