Glad you wrote this, I had a friend loose his brother to someone who lost control of their vehicle swerving to avoid a damn raccoon.

I certainly won’t...

1st Gear: I think it has little to do with Millennials not wanting what their parents have and more having to do with the fact that there aren’t a whole lot of Millennials that have $40K burning a hole in their pocket for a weekend toy.

Everybody sing!

You’re a baller, Mister Grinch!

I always thought the LX looked better than the GT, and it’s nice that this one has a 5-speed, but the iffy performance mods, the white interior, and the asking price make this an easy CP.

YES. This is a lesson that I keep having to re-teach myself: it’s OK to fail.

I only have one vehicle, so when I’ve screwed up in the past, it was hell. I’ve wasted an entire day taking the bus all over town to finally get the proper part and tool and the looming deadline that is Monday makes it super stressful. I can do brakes, belts, and suspension stuff, but lately I’ve just been taking the…

The question is “Will I screw up worse than a shop would and not tell me?”

And if you screw up, 99.9 percent of the time, you can fix it.

planes and boats too, never rename either

... dammit. You’re right.

You’re wrong, make it about what sells, they have to move to SUV’s to stay relevant.

Dakotas, ranked:

So if drag racing had a Smokey Yunik, he would invent clear front wheels and tires, and launch with his back tires on the start line.

Here he is, ladies and gentlemen: That Guy.

Have they replaced the DCT with a proper one this time around?

It’s a living thing, Raph. It breathes, it eats... and it hates. The only way to beat it is to think like it. To know that this flame will spread this way across the engine compartment and up across the hood, not because of the physics of flammable liquids, but because it wants to. Some guys on this job, the fire…

Friend: What did you do last night?

I assume the U-boat commander is the one shirtless with a backwards ball cap?