turbo1168

9/26/14

It's a nice setup and beautifully done but, 80 sq. ft.? Is this new math? 16ft trailer gives about 128 sq. ft... right? I had an old (1972) Winnebago 20 ft. Brave that would have been a breeze to live in full time. About 4 ft. for drivers compartment gives about the same length of usable space. If you are willing to…

9/23/14

GLH turbo or GLH-s... But then I'm biased! GOES LIKE HELL, and SOMEMORE. Mine never looked this pretty, 80's Chryslers optional falling off paint, well not so optional. Pic from Allpar.

9/23/14

I'm on my fifth Chrysler product minivan now, just bought a '12 Grand Caravan. A month after I got it had work up in the north Georgia mountains. My wife flew up and met me in Atlanta to have a weekend away. I was quite amazed how well this 4200+ lb van handled... it's by no means my BMW or my wife's Mazda3 but we had…

9/15/14

Pretty much everything I did before the age of 25 while driving was DUMB!! I could be here all day typing out examples of my sheer stupidity, but not sure I want to make myself look that bad. Let's say that my license didn't stay in my pocket for long after each reinstatement. I'm still surprised I made it into my…

9/11/14

Most newer inline engines are tilted to one side to shorten their overall height. Chrysler started doing that in the early 60's to allow for a lower hood on the Valiant. Not sure if any manufacturer had done it prior to then. The BMW engine is tilted top toward the right side of the car, same as the Slant 6, not sure…

11/27/13

I rented a Spark for 4 days while out in Washington state. Funky looking little car with enough pep to not get run over at every stoplight. Of course, Washington drivers seem much more relaxed than us Floridians. I drive a Town and Country and have an E46 BMW, so the ride and handling certainly wasn't what I am used…

5/10/12

My favorite "I shoulda got a ticket" is back 20-some years ago when I would hang out and cruise Clearwater Beach. I drove a sandrail at the time and was my only vehicle, you can get away with that here in Fl, but the summer heat and sun would kill me now. I was cruising down the beach one night and had a female…

5/6/12

In defense of the company that performed the wrap, it is entirely possible that the previous owner gave his blessing to have the hard to wrap places painted as was done. The wrap may have been impossible to accomplish without doing such or been. I don't know what the wrap looked like, but I presume it may have been an…

4/16/11

My favorite has to be my old GLH turbo. 146 horsepower may be the claimed figure, but the 2300lb shitbox moved right along and with a little tweaking was killing Mustangs and Camaros in its day. It came with the factory black fading to primer and surface rust paintjob (see, Ma Mopar was ahead of the others in the Rat…

4/16/11

11/9/10

Damn... I thought some of my ex-girlfriends were insane!

10/15/10

@7shades: The car your car could smell like: I'm looking for the BMW wiper engineer myself... Mine has rain sensing wipers, which tend to be a little overzealous. Anything more than a very light drizzle and they are solidly on. Why is it that my 80's Chryslers had better wiper systems than a modern Munich-mobile?

10/14/10

Didn't want to say it... but damn, the only times I have backed into anything, it was either dark or foggy and not driving 1.6 mil of automobile! What, the Bug doesn't have a right mirror, should be able to spot down the side easily enough. I did manage to back into my house once with the motorhome. It was dark AND…

10/5/10

I'm impressed how well the Subie attacked that track... I'm more impressed that the camera was in some way held properly immobilized, not the passenger trying to hold it from the passenger seat! NICE!

10/1/10

Brake vacuum leak, BMW's refuse to leak fluid!

9/28/10

@flyingstitch: Only time I ever called on a drunk was on a trip back from Key West. I got passed by this Honda Accord just before the 7 mile bridge. She (I learned this later) was tailgating the car ahead of her and kept crossing the center line, almost causing a few head-on crashes. After the bridge, traffic slowed…

9/18/10

Sweet new toy, Ms. Martin! I remember riding in these fwd control vans with my Dad when I was a wee lad and they were still almost new. The last van he had until the 90's was a 1969 Ford E-100, not fwd control but a cool old snub nosed model. I had a '72 Winnebago Brave that had the same drivetrain and suspension…

9/13/10

@subframespacer: Do you have a new type of engine that has the power stroke being done in the intake? Might want to read about how nitrous actually works...