Nice weiner! :-D

Actually, I’m proud to announce that as of this morning, all three of my XJs run and drive (I just swapped an engine into my once-hydrolocked red XJ).

They function, and they’re well-maintained (assuming body rust isn’t considered a maintenance item).

SORRY WHAT? I CAN’T HEAR YOUR PEDANTRY OVER THE SOUND OF MY EXHAUST

Retired? NEVER! Just busy. I started at a new school, and I’m a homeroom teacher, teaching social studies (mostly political science), and even an IB/AP psychology course (which is basically the same as a university level “intro” course). Great salary, about to move into a brand new (as in just built) studio with a…

And sometimes, you can see where you can save quite a few steps. When I swapped the motor in my Miata, I found that the hot tip was to pull the motor and tranny as a unit. As I was replacing the clutch and pressure plate too, I put the motor in alone and then bolted the rest of the driveline to it. Saved a +bunch+ of…

“2. Keep a length of a hollow steel pipe around. It can go over just about any wrench and increase your leverage.”

If hitting it with a hammer does not fix the problem, then it’s an electrical issue.

Mine was an ‘08, so it had pretty soft stock suspension. I think the bar adjusted up to 24", and i had it at 22", but it was a while ago.

Teach a man to draw with his non-dominant hand, and he’ll never stop.

I was there (though I didn’t see it as it happened, friend and I were in the showroom of the dealer this was held at and saw people running to get a look at what happened) and I can think of 4 reasons (3 of them technical) why it happened:

You know, I have one simple request. And that is to have cars with frickin’ laser beams attached to their headlights! Now evidently my DOT colleague informs me that that cannot be done. Ah, would you remind me what I pay you people for, honestly? Throw me a bone here!

This is a good view. The Subaru of driver David Higgins and codriver Craig Drew flies through the air at the Rally in the 100 Acre Wood.

There’s a lot of joking about it, with several “BRZ Master Race” memes out there now. Which I have to admit are pretty funny. Then I just throw it back at them that they paid more money for some luxury features, and that the FR-S is the lighter/cheaper/stripped down more race car version of the two. haha The only…

Even within Honda’s own line-up it’s a hard sell. The Accord EX manual is nicely equipped and only $25,500 to start, the Accord EX-L is the same price, and for $3K more than the Civic Touring you can have an Accord EX-L V6.

You know what else you can get for $27k? A nicely equipped Focus ST! Also checks the buttons of MT, 220hp+, and better handling.

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