I heard of a guy who avoided prosecution on his DUI because he argued the horse he was riding knew it’s way home.

Yup, and it’s amazing how underrated the C4 even is. Sure it had a crap engine stock, stiiiiff ride and suspicious build quality, but a Z51 on modern tires can hang with modern supercars in the twisties! It’s an easy car to modernize.

I had an Aerostar once, an ‘89 shorty, same faded maroon as this one. Mine had an engine swap by the previous owner, a 4L and AOD from a wrecked Ranger. I loved that van, sold it for a little more than I paid for it despite a howling diff.  That van could boogie.

Everything that’s wrong with this SUV can be attributed to that big H on the grill.  Still a terd of a brand, no matter how polished they make it.

I remember as a kid our famuily had a Dasher Diesel wagon, around ‘82 or so. We replaced it with a Vanagon in ‘85. Good times, woulda been better had the VR engine family existed then! That Dasher had trouble with hills in SF.

I guess I missed the question when it was originally asked, but my humble vote goes to the first-gen Oldsmobile Aurora. I’ve just always dug how they looked.

The W123 was amazing! I had a ‘78 240D as my first car, and while it was slower than a transit bus (I once tried racing one and lost) it’s driving dynamics were far, far superior to most anything else from that era.  American cars didn’t catch up until the late 90s.  The W123 deserves to be called a “legend”.  Also…

Exactly, carburetor tinkering is like a lost art.  Imagine if these kids had to file points on the road! Sure, carburetors are carefully (barely) controlled fuel leaks, but they can be tuned for economy or power quite easily.

These bikes are insane for the mileage they can accumulate. They will eat up miles quick. Most motorcycles are basket cases by 50K miles, but Goldwings can frequently exceed 250K or more. The carbed ones aren’t fun to have to work on really, but problems generally only arise when storing. A little bit of Lucas in the…

I have a custom motor-assisted-pedal-crank bicycle that makes 2HP out of it’s 3 cubic inches (Honda GXH50). Top speed is 36MPH in 5th gear. Bet I could take that 3HP Hemi in a drag race :D

S2000 are overrated, IMO. Driven like a normal car, they are about as quick as a Civic, therefore, you have to beat the piss out of it to have fun. They also get worse fuel mileage than a Corvette of same year.  Miatas have more room inside, but not much.  Rather have an E30 than this.  No dice.

Deer stories? Ah heck, I lived in North Dakota for 7 years, where the deer are suicidal, but tasty. A deer running into the side of your car isn’t so uncommon out that way, sometimes they even hit motorcyclists! A friend of mine lost 2 cars in 2 weeks to deer just driving home from work at night.  I knew a guy who’s…

Haha, last time I gave someone a 3-second honking (for veering into my lane on an overpass with no shoulders) I had a drink thrown at my car!  Bunch of savages here, I tell ya!

I suppose it all depends on the locale, person being honked at, and how long that honk duration was. A quick toot of the horn when someone isn’t paying attention to a green light is one thing, but a 1 second or longer honk can trigger certain people here in California.  Road rage is always a possibility!

I suppose it all depends on the locale, person being honked at, and how long that honk duration was. A quick toot of the horn when someone isn’t paying attention to a green light is one thing, but a 1 second or longer honk can trigger certain people here in California.  Road rage is always a possibility!

Adding air so that one can burn extra fuel is effectively adding displacement, no ifs and or buts about it. See: stoichiometric air–fuel ratio.

Yes, all those things are effectively adding displacement.

It still does. It always will, you cannot get around it. Nitrous oxide is effectively adding displacement, so is using a turbo or supercharger.

Dwarfs in size and weight maybe, but NOT displacement. See, the 454 is considered a 7.4L, and the Hellcat 6.2L has a positive displacement 2.4L supercharger on it that delivers that extra displacement’s worth of air 2.36x per crankshaft revolution.

Dwarfs in size and weight maybe, but NOT displacement. See, the 454 is considered a 7.4L, and the Hellcat 6.2L has a positive displacement 2.4L supercharger on it that delivers that extra displacement’s worth of air 2.36x per crankshaft revolution.