I think everyone swooping in with their angle grinder “advice” is missing the understanding that because this was a convertible, the original A-pillar has to have a lot more reinforcement for rollover protection, and is therefore going to be a bit harder to cut than the cheap low carbon steel angle they’re used to…

If the male thread has an unthreaded lead-in portion that is just about the diameter of the thread minor diameter and most of the length of the nut, then that can allow the nut to go on almost perfectly straight, preventing cross-threading because the nut cannot go on at an angle so it cannot bite onto the wrong thread…

+1 on the Brain light from HFT. Extra tip on top of that: the light is powered by a standard 18650 cell. Buy a high quality 18650 from someone like LG or Panasonic, swapnout the original battery, and watch that battery life double ;)

Arguably the most reasonably-priced tool that snap-on stocks is a clip-on magnet for wrenches. It does the same as the tape trick (unless you’re using an austenitic CRES nut...) with a bit more reliability. I think it’s one of the most underrated tools they make, alongside their footlong Torx screwdrivers that are…

I’ve run Conti DWS on my A4 and RS4, but have put way more miles on both Hakkas and the Pirelli Sottozero snow tires (and Michelin PSSs for the summer). I have zero good things to say about the Conti DWS (in both cases they were already on the car when it was purchased). They’re trash in the summer and trash in the…

Moved to CO from MA about 8 years ago. Trying to convince CO natives that winters in the Northeast are actually worse is a losing battle, but in either place I’d not want to be without snow tires in winter. The difference between all-seasons and proper snows is just too big, and those differences are only going to…

Most SUVs these days have way less cargo room than it would seem. They’re pretty much useless now - can’t handle like a normal car, can’t carry as much as a van or truck, and aren’t efficient. I really don’t know what the advantage of an SUV is other than everyone seeming to think they need “clearance” for…

Most Ram owners I see use their trucks to tow on a daily basis. I mean, I don’t actually see a trailer behind them, but the tow mirrors are out and the hitch is in, so they must be towing.

They save for the very last line, with perfect execution.

That sounds just like learning to fly: “OK, start turning base and... You just lost your engine.” Or any of the unusual attitudes portion of it, etc. Maybe official driving instruction need a to be more like that.

One of the other tunnel guys at work and I looked at boring a tunnel under Vail Pass here in CO. Then figured in how long it would take to pay back with a toll in place to take the tunnel versus the pass... It’s surprisingly feasible to pay for the tunnel, including yearly M&O costs, in 10-15 years with a small fee…

I’ve been in golden for five years now and I see test mules all the time. Keep a look out for them now that you’re here and you’ll see a lot of neat ones! Just met two Roush test drivers this winter!

Or didn’t really endanger many, if any at all, because, surprise, there’s a difference between posted speed limits and what can safely be driven given environmental factors, vehicle equipment, and driving ability. I’m going to venture that all of his trip was within the margins of that second category. Illegal does…

I believe the current automated docking systems we use for the ISS have 12 different independent computer and sensing systems, and no less than 11 of 12 must agree for docking to proceed. I am not, however, a rocket scientist so someone correct me if this is wrong.

I have to admit that I actually like the fake exhaust tip trend. I think bumper-integrated tips look pretty slick, but if those were the real exhaust tips, it would be impossible to take the bumper off. Also you’d restrict the motion of the exhaust too much and break things. So I’ll take the fake tips because in many…

Yeah that stuff doesn’t normally start by protesters being strictly peaceful. As soon as protests block the path of emergency vehicles or affect other people’s ability to go about their day, then they deserve whatever is coming to them as far as I am concerned, including being run down by said blocked traffic.

Drag coefficient doesn’t necessarily tell you how good the aerodynamics are, but more about what the aero engineers were prioritizing. Creating downforce (lift) is almost always going to add some amount of drag - so oftentimes very low Cd may mean that there isn’t a lot of high speed stability on account of minimizing…

I know a guy who’s selling a set of non-heated factory Recaros out of a B6 Audi S4... They might be easy to fit into the VW too, and are very comfy and pretty sporty.

You’re in more dire need of a blowjob than any white man in history

This is pretty much the exact description of the Iranian guy I’ve worked with for the past year. From everything we’ve talked about the people there are great and definitely much more liberal leaning then portrayed by the government. IT’s really the Ayatollah and the Pasdaran that are the problems, and heck, there…