Hey man, I do my part here in Cali! I’m one of those guys who strategically speeds, and I’d rather not be the frontrunner. I happily signal and move to the right, and I drive a BMW! Well, a very old one, but I do use the signals.

Yeah, I’m betting this thing weighs around 3400lbs. A stock bus was ~2200-2400, and they were technically “1-ton vehicles” meaning they could definitely haul an extra 2 thousand pounds. They are geared quite low, and the flat 4 is understressed despite having underwhelming power.

Yeah, I’m betting this thing weighs around 3400lbs. A stock bus was ~2200-2400, and they were technically “1-ton vehicles” meaning they could definitely haul an extra 2 thousand pounds. They are geared quite low, and the flat 4 is understressed despite having underwhelming power.

False. I know of a certain crazy old man in North Dakota who’s had his diesel Chevette since new, running because he ethers the hell out of it.  Old Harold won’t part ways with that thing for the world, he loves that car.

There isn’t much you can really do about that dark oil. It’s a diesel engine, they are rather sooty inside. (I’ve owned 3 diesels in the last 25 years). You could change that oil a hundred times and it’ll still turn dark after that first run. Won’t stop that engine from going another 100+K miles tho. No, it’ll be…

I love these Buicks and I love the Buick 3.8, supercharged or not. Buicks of this vintage are low-key great cars for getting from A to B reliably day after day for years. This price is a little high tho, even as clean as it is.

No. What needs to be reformed is the “us and them” mentality that the “thin blue line” gang has. Cops that snitch on other cops are usually ostracized from the group and treated like criminals themselves. This is why we don’t see many cops trying to correct other cops’ behavior.  Also, it’s my humble opinion that…

That sounds like a fart joke with a cracked header.

Ehh...that M3 sounds like every other fart joke I hear revving around the streets of California.  Automotive inline 4s just don’t sound good IMO.

I encountered this problem when I put a 135mm rear hub on my bike that was 110mm originally. I ended up making a frame spreader for putting the rear wheel back on. It’s a pain in the butt, but this bike gets flats only once every 4 years. I have 13K miles on it.

I had one of these back in 1996, my brother had one in 1997. Mine was an ‘81, brown 5 speed and my brother’s was a green ‘82 5 speed. I paid $650 for mine, he paid $600. Quirks of these cars include sheetmetal so thin that you can dent the door by nudging it closed and a roof that that makes metal warping sounds when…

Indeed, although it was Holden that practically invented the “coupe utility” in 1948 and we kinda sorta got them here until ~1987. The official Ute came in 2000 and they were so much cooler than anything we ever got.  None of ours were as fast or as heavy-duty as the real-deal Aussie versions.

You probably made his day.  A lot of cops get off on intimidating people.

I’ve always loved the front view of these Jags.  They look so sinister, I keep expecting Alan Ford to pop out the rear door of one mumbling about the definition of “nemesis”.

As soon as I saw the picture I knew it had to be 350 powered.

I’ve been a part of the motor-assisted bicycle community for over 10 years. “MaB” are great for recreation and/or low-cost transportation and are pretty versatile when it comes to what you want to build. Most MaBs can still be ridden as bicycles, get 75MPG or more (over 100 is common), and cruise at 25-30MPH easily.…

My parents had one of these, an ‘89 GT with the Z51 handling package. 2.8L, automatic, it handled a lot better than it had any right to. I remember the TV commercials advertising it as “more aerodynamic than the Ferrari Testarossa”. I also remember that the digital dash bulbs were hideously expensive when they burned…

Love the last picture, where there’s a Buick Century a few parking spaces away. I had one of those as a winter car in North Dakota. It was Canadian-spec and looked like Baghdad on the outside, but the interior was immaculate. I drove that ugly car for 4 years and drove it back to California when I moved back. It never…

I had an ‘89 Aerostar back in 1998. It had 6 “captain’s” seats (rear bench replaced with 2 buckets) and a 4L had replaced the original 3L before I bought it. I never had a single problem with it and the classic mirror window tint combined with the faded maroon paint made it a bit of a sleeper, visually. It would…

It’s not uncommon to get over 300K miles out of a Goldwing. I’ve seen over 500K several times on friends’ bikes. The engine is understressed and it’s a Honda.  You don’t have to be a retiree to enjoy one, they are solid, dependable bikes.