I learned the smoke break one early on. Like in my early 20's..... I quit smoking last year so now I pull out the phone and peruse the internet when I need a break.

My income has greatly influenced how I wrench. Back in the early days of my venturing out on my own, I did damn near everything on my car. Now; certain tedious or time consuming jobs are dropped off and I’ll work a shift of overtime and still come out ahead. Example: I’ve done lots of heater cores over the years. The…

Nothing showed on a search with my phone.... To be fair I hate the way my phone displays that site....

I checked the 1987 and 1993 model years. Those had only the Samara.

Lada Nivas.

This French car needs a white flag to match it’s paint. CP.

Do you.....Do you own a Yugo with a FLOWMASTER?!

Not even close.

They made less that 300 of these, even less had the supercharger option. That being said, the price is just a bit too high in my opinion. These really haven’t hit that collector status. YET.

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Doesn’t mean he didn’t get pulled over for something else....

We don’t know what happened that led to the traffic stop. Just that there was loud music. There COULD have been more, who knows.....Perhaps his driving infractions were more egregious than yours. Just a theory....

“Suicide doors?! No. No they’re not.

Indeed. The magic is gone....

I’m back in Michigan after a miserable 1,800 mile return trip in a Ford Raptor, a truck that somehow—with its turbo V6 and 10-speed transmission—managed to score an abysmal 9.4 MPG while towing the little Willys on a U-Haul trailer.

You mean Kompot, right?

My first car. A 1978 Olds Regency Coupe. Same color scheme as shown in the picture above. Gobs of torque. Barka loungers for front seats.

“What do you mean, the torque converter guy screwed up the stall speed and it has to come.e out again?”

I learned long ago; make it as fast as possible, yet durable enough to handle daily​ driver duty. The old adage: Cheap, fast, reliable. Pick 2.