theschrat
TheSchrat
theschrat

Porsche 911 engine for sale.  Ran when removed from vehicle.

Agreed but one point of detail. The fine is as relatively small as it is because once the EPA started to investigate, they went legit, went through the CARB process, and agreed to a settlement.

including offering buybacks to owners who bought the illegal devices.”

Somebody hasn’t gone 914 or 924 shopping in a while.

A good 914 is easily $20,000 now. This one is $70,000. - https://www.ebay.com/itm/166939428481?_skw=Porsche+914&itmmeta=01J80QANHP7A0HH543BD4W51GJ&hash=item26de5d868

A good 924 is like $8,000 at the minimum. This one is $18,000 - https://www.ebay.com/itm/176544500851?

under 4k for a normal one (used) might be possible.

In late 2006, I bought a 1990 Camry with 175K on the clock...for $300. Not private party...but a Nissan dealer who had an entire section on their lot for sub-$1K cars they had taken in on trade.

I had a LEO lie on the stand about some BS he didn’t even have to lie about. He lied just because he could. The judges always side with them.

Jump packs don’t spark because there is no current flowing until after the connection is made.

I mean, she has real life experience.  It shouldn’t be surprising that she can jump start a car.

Good he took the cash, definitely better to avoid having any future dealings with that dealership.

Yeah. I used to think that too.

did you comment just so you could say you own a Tesla

Lawyers don’t typically want to blame anyone. They have a paying client and the lawyer’s job is to get the best legal outcome for that client.

Instead of just fixing the 318ti...while you’re in there, spend the money to drop in a refreshed 6-cylinder (M52 perhaps) and a lower mileage 5-speed and renew your love for the E36/5.

Of all of those things, about the only one that isn’t entirely duplicated by the smartphone the passenger almost certainly already has and is using, is the passenger side environmental controls. And those have existed in many cars for about twenty years, even without touchscreens. I don’t see those even needing the

...it happened again!

I will always remember descending through Rocky Mountain National Park going by the “use engine braking” signs while smelling cooking brakes the whole way down.

This happens regularly. It was “machine learning” a few years ago. Over twenty years ago I would have just called it linear algebra. It is often just matrix multiplication.

Also clean you’re wheels and brakes off before going to a place with big hills

Wheel spacers displacing tire outside of fender coverage.