If I wanted to watch a douche, I would just pick up a Summer’s Eve from the grocery store.

All those car shows that end of being 5 minutes of wrenching on new clean things and then 25 minutes of adds for stuff. They are more informercials than car shows. Looking at you powernationtv.

It may have been technically about motorcycles, but American Chopper has to be at the top of the list. It was the progenitor of every one of the terrible, formulaic, faux-reality, artificial-deadline-y, overdramatized custom car shop shows that followed, from American Hot Rod all the way to Counting Cars and every…

I’ll probably get roasted, but I never cared for American Top Gear. Some bits here and there were funny/entertaining, but overall, it wasn’t good. Not sure I’d call it the worst though.

You’re damn right that Norway should be proud of their fjords, Slartibartfast won an award for them!

Tuning and sync’ing carbs. Its not that its particularly difficult if you know what you’re doing. I just have no idea what I’m doing. I was raised on fuel injection. Bosch K and LH jetronic. I could write a book about those. Diagnose a failed fuel distributor or AMM (MAF) from across a parking lot.

Faulty argument. The problem (for some) is the application of the GTO badge, not the car itself. Fine. You can have that. But the GTO was and remains a GREAT car, especially with the manual and the 6.0 LS2, and is one of the few from that era I’d still happily plunk down some coin for. It’s fun to drive, handles well,…

This is why I stand by that the automatic transmission is a significant contributor to greenhouse gas emissions. There should be mass forcing of manuals to save the planet by not having cars held against the brake when stopped and driving without care for the traffic flow in front.

Reminds me of the old canard: There was a fundraising raffle that offered a MGB as the first prize.  The second prize was two MGBs.  Everyone I knew that owned one rued the day he bought it.  Buy a Miata and have a ball actually driving it.

I’m a gun owner, and I use it for target shooting and I sometimes take it into the mountains for large animal protection if I’m alone (I also carry bear spray as a first line of defense). I’m also a very even keeled person, not prone to emotional outbursts. But even I know that carrying a weapon daily only makes this…

Can’t tell you how many times I’ve caught a fatigue crack on my 8 hour pre-grocery store drive 500-point inspection in my honda civic. I do it every time I go anywhere, it’s only an extra days labor to any chore.

For the signals, check the actual bulbs/lamps before you chase wires. With dual filament lamps, a broken filament can hang down and cross one to the other.

Nailed it on the throw out bearing and the mounts. Good work.

The Lexus was just soooo boring. This Valiant cheers me up every time I get behind the wheel, and that has a lot of value to me.

Your clutch doesn’t need an adjustment, you need a new throwout bearing (and you might as well put a clutch in it while you are in there). But it might go a long, long time like that, just don’t hold the pedal to the floor at lights - put it in neutral and let the clutch out to save as much wear and tear as possible.

Only one party supports a violent overthrow based the proven lies of a gameshow host.

I live in MN and anything south of Iowa is considered “the south” to me. 

Haha but just so we’re clear, “Busch” league is correct on Jalopnik.
Bush league originally referred to low level baseball teams. I like to adapt that to Busch league as a nod to what was formerly known as the NASCAR Busch series.

Side note: I find NASCAR and baseball unwatchable on TV and absolutely incredible in…

Oh F me sideways. That was a Busch league mistake on my part, likely the result of a relative lack of coffee consumption this morning. I apologize for my error.

It’s almost like one of the numbers got scratched off.