When digging into a big, complex job - take pictures first. Don’t skimp either, take detailed pictures of everything. Unless you’ve been wrenching daily for years on end, there will be a time when a picture at the very least saves you time. Especially if it’s a job that takes a long time.

As they should for cars that easily notch $100k and up. I’m talking middle of the road luxury cars most people can afford, not some people. But even if the switches are metal in those, I bet you won’t have to go far to find plastic.

I’m 100% with you. However, you’re right, it doesn’t happen anymore. Even the nicest Benz, BMW, or Lexus you could ever buy has plastic in the interior, somewhere. Usually the switches, sometimes the door panels and parts of the dash. Test drove a few middle of the road luxury cars when I was looking a few months ago,…

So are we going to see a compilation of Toyotas crashing into other cars now? Because I swear the trend of them in the news is rising very fast.

Every winter here, at least a couple times a week the news reports a car left “smoking” unattended in the driveway was stolen and wrecked. It’s truly the best example of, “it won’t happen to me” mentality.

I would love to turn one into a sleeper, and this would be a perfect example to start with - for about $2000. CP

Holy crap that’s expensive. Before I saw the price I was thinking approx. $5000.

Pretty sure Chrysler cheats with tire pressure too. Every time I got my truck back from a dealer service the tire pressure was absurdly high and I had to let air out. We’re talking 90psi and up, no joke. It wasn’t just one dealership either, but many dealerships over the life of my warranty. The only thing I could…

I think they’er assuming most buyers of this car will already be outfitted with such an “emergency kit” on their persons, anyway.

I think every Ford and Chrysler made in the last 4 years or newer comes with one. I have a feeling a funnel is becoming more standard. Which, to me, is a really odd thing to become standard.

I’m an average middle class 30-something. I have a decent credit score. When I went to go buy my first new car I shopped around until the cows came home and not one lending institution would let me borrow any amount of money for a term less than 72 months. As far as term lengths go, from my personal experience,…

IMO VW missed the boat spectacularly to repair it’s image with buyers everywhere, let alone in North America. Not once since this scandal has been going on have I seen one ad, or TV spot, where a VW exec. stood up and apologized for what has happened, and promised to make things right. I know there’s been little…

Oh you guys aren’t even trying. Here’s what Chevrolet stands for: Cheap Hardly Efficient Virtually Runs On Luck Every Time.

This must be a big city issue. Lived in Denver, Phoenix, LA, and Cleveland. This was a common sight. At least once a week or more, someone got hit by a train in the city. I watched people just pass directly in front of trains like they thought the train would stop. In every city, every day.

I did the same.... it’s absolutely insane. Then about a week later I saw the exact truck I configured on the road. King Ranch, all the options, and so-on. Then it occurred to me that after tax, title, dealer security package (which I could see the truck had from the window etching), and who knows what other dealer…

I had many triggers for panic attacks, but driving on the highway was the absolute worst. I would shut down just approaching an on ramp. What you’re experiencing is very normal and happens to many people - if you take comfort from numbers. Here’s what I did to help, and I hope it helps you too. I took 1 Tylenol PM…

I had pretty severe panic attacks. I overcame them for the most part and I rarely ever think about them anymore. I’m not sure if this will help anybody or not. What I did was track what caused my panic attacks - and yes a lot were completely random. But when I had a good trend I started to work on it. What I did was…

Well.... I LOL’d anyway.

There’s always something to report in Phoenix - which is why they report LA news now, you know.... to make things seem less worse in Phoenix...

I’m not sure everybody realizes what this is. This has to be the rarest vehicle on earth - and a desirable vehicle at that. What makes it so rare? It’s rust free - that’s it. I can’t remember the last time I saw one with zero rust, let alone look this good. I think the price is justified.