Oh, nothing but love for the Corvair from me: I was looking for the van back in the late 80s, but the few that made it to Appalachia didn’t fare well/last long.

Change the head unit for a stock one with that option and just run your aux into that port? There was a very active forum when I looked after one a few years back: I'll bet they could tell you

Mack, check your receipts for evidence that the suspension bushings have been replaced within the last decade. They can be bad and not audible. I did them on a barely sub-100k ‘96 back in 2012, and it made a noticeable difference in the lateral weight transfer during long fast sweeping turns. Tedious, but not arduous,…

Much as I love that idea, maybe look at the V6 from the Odyssey? They’re readily available, you can buy a cheap stand-alone management system for them which can, iirc, support it up to ~400ish hp, and aren’t ungodly heavy. Plus, you won’t have to get parts from a former Soviet-block country!

I seem to remember reading here sometime back that they had ... interesting handling characteristics at higher speeds. 300k is certainly high-speed. Gotta wonder how fun THAT was.

I heard it as Impala in 2 different Southern states in the ‘80s

OK, so the lead car is weird & cool and I’m glad it’s out there, but this Lemmons car elicited fizzy sensations.

Shush! I’m trying to help your image here: most ‘Mericans think the French are arrogant bastards who surrender rather than fight so they can run off to boff their mistresses who never shave their legs.

You HAD to tell me.

I’ve kinda wanted a mini bike ever since I watched Fred &  Dave do a much shorter trip on Dirt Every Day. A stupid-fun idea. But, as they don’t seem to have any rear suspension, I suspect my enthusiasm would soon be dampened. Also, I'm the kind of idiot whose aspirations quickly overwhelm my skills, so it would…

Yeah, the French ‘surrender-monkey’ meme is way past old and stupid. According to BBC Magazine, 5 million men in France were mobilized during WW2, and the population in 1939 was 41.7 million.

Here's another. I even had to venture out into the whithering heat to retrieve my almost unreadable OG phone to do so. But you well deserved it

Man, oh, man do I wish I was a soybean farmer right now; I'd give ya what fer!

I went there too; star for you 🌟

The Kent State of the 21st century

Um, actually, many rear disc ststems work this way. My 123 & 126 Mercedes did. I know for a fact that a ‘96 Land Cruiser did as well, so I’m betting this Lexus does. It’s fairly common now.

You can run any >>diesel << engine on vegetable oil. Rudolf Diesel’s first displayed engine was designed to run on peanut oil.

>that< teal with white is just beautiful ( I’m an avowed teal-hater, but I guess it's the darker hues that set me off ). 

I used to buy old 300SDs for $500 and run them on vegetable oil. Having the AC system fixed professionally is expensive. However, it’s a GM compressor, so, if you found the right guy, it should only be about $400. I guess I could see this making sense of a sort in Florida. Personally, I'd swelter rather than strap…

Instant star for the crab bucket reference.