I’d say for me it was over tightening things when I was a young wrencher...first it was as a kid, learning to do oil changes - I did my first unsupervised change on a 1992 Dakota with the 3.9l V6. Putting the drain plug back in, and really cranked that thing down, thinking “I sure don’t want it to leak!” Until it…

Great item for a flip!! Those Roadmaster wagons are awesome!

Great story! I am glad it turned out this way. Having started my wrenching hobby by spending 1 year getting my first car driveable, I can certainly relate. There were many times in those “early” days of my wrenching career I assumed something was totally dead, only to learn something new to get it running again. …

When GM was putting the 2.8/3.1/3.4 OHV motor in almost everything FWD in the 80's-2000's, seeing one with the DOHC 3.4 is pretty cool. Not as many examples of that motor, and installed in cars that become more disposable than desirable to restore.

All the “little stuff” is really not a worry. AC is fixable. So, NP, but with a catch. How is the rust, really? I’d check it out very closely. If rust-free then good deal. But it could turn out to be pretty rough, at which case, no thanks!

I was thinking the same. Kinda like signing a waiver to eat hot wings. You get to tell everyone who really could care less that you had to sign a waiver to eat wings b/c you are a badass. Or had to sign a waiver to buy your car b/c it/you are so badass. Much like the wings, the people you tell prob won’t care, lol.

Regarding the passenger seat, I’m also guessing this refers to those who do not get the optional seat and then try to install one later - impacted in one of these ways for example:

Two theories here:

I should probably go read up on some of the older Forumla E posts, but how do they specify standards for batteries? Does each car use a standard type/size battery to keep things competitive or spec?

Oh, don’t get me wrong, drums are perfectly fine for braking on a car like this. I’m more surprised they are still used, component wise I always feel like they are more complex than discs. With so many discs in the parts bins, it seems odd to still roll out drums. One would think the cost of having some models with…

2017 and drum brakes ;)

I’m sure others will chime in to help correct anything here, but I know the XJS V12 used three different ignition systems in it’s life. First was an early Lucas system I think called Opus 2, and then a different Lucas setup on the HE cars starting in 82. I think this particular car though has the third setup that…

Though I’m not “old” yet...at least in my eyes, I have matured from my earliest wrenching days. Which honestly were as far back to childhood, fetching tools...

A star for writing what was on my mind. 82GT is the best looking fox!

Maybe already mentioned but I’m guessing the 4MATIC is the key - the AWD V8 has better traction, the V12 without it has traction issues off the line?

Dang shoulda scrolled before writing my comment - sentiments exactly. New car = warranty = confused how one goes broke if it has issues.

How would he go broke daily driving a new car? Wouldn’t the warranty take care of any issues?

The cool part of me says this is awesome, the boring side says “must be annoying for the track workers to clean up all the fluids and debris from the track afterwards!”

negligent tortfeasor - This will be my olde tyme insult for the day to use on people. “You negligent torfeasor!” Expect to any lawyers I know. They may not find it as funny, as they probably use that phrase daily.

I think Chrylser did some sort of power train unlimited warranty in the mid 2000's if I recall correctly. It may have been an unlimited mile engine warranty. It wasn’t transferable when the car sold though, so yeah it only worked if you held on to the car a long while.