I've done a great deal of trouble-shooting and repair, but I know my limit. I've read up on engine rebuilds and I don't think I've got what it takes..not when it involves shims and feeler gauges.
Increasingly, though, as I get older I'm finding my time becoming too valuable to spend a whole saturday hunting down a misfire problem when a mechanic with better skills and diagnostic equipment could find it and fix it in a couple hours. Life is too short and there are too many better ways to spend my weekend now that I am at a point in life that I can pay someone else to do it.
Wow, did your friend take pictures? That is a level of car mod idiocy that is altogether new to me. "I know, I'll just use gravity to lower the car!"
I know it's Friday, but I think you've had enough to drink.
"Watch as a sliding Crown Vic draws an SUV and a minivan into some sideways action"
This is Jalopnik, and so I hold the writers to a higher standard than the evening news for vehicle identification, no matter how mundane. That would be a Chevy Venture and a Blazer.
So, was this hunting activity illegal? Is this a pigeon species that is endangered or threatened? I don't necessarily approve of hunting that doesn't involve eating the kill unless it's a destructive invasive species, but if these birds are legal to hunt, and they were on private property, then I don't much sympathize with the SHARK group.
Indeed. That was exactly what I thought when I got to "wardrobe refresh" in the same sentence as "utilities bill." ONE of these items is a necessity. For most people, staying fashionable in attire is not.
This one? Yep, good eye. It's a good deal at 9.99 (I have a couple around the house; they've held up fine so far) but way too cheaply made for $30.
EDIT: come to think of it, I think I might have paid 7.99 for the first one I bought.
Indeed, the more efficient the car he drives, the higher his effective bonus pay, practically speaking.
"According to Honda's site devoted to high-mileage owners..."
Can anyone top this as The Most Boring Automotive Site on the Internet?
So...all the more reason to buy used cars and let the first owners' bodies absorb all the toxins?
"Researchers recommended concerned consumers..." Way to take a stand, guys. From the language in the article I can't really decide whether to be concerned or not. Are toxin levels in car worse than ever or much improved over the past? I could use some more perspective. Toxins are everywhere, even the wrinkle-free slacks I'm wearing likely contain formaldehyde.
Congrats on launching the show and to a great interview! Rutledge is the best thing about TG USA. His car collection couldn't be more Jalop, really, and he's the only host with a real sense of humor (Tanner and Ferrara's scripted "banter" is very convincing).
Notes (you didn't ask for feedback, but here it is anyway):
-as long as you're on a couch for the interview, you might as well have a drink in your hand (Ray and guest(s))
-Building on the first point, a cocktail or beer might help Ray relax--he seemed a bit nervous. Of course, anyone might appear uptight when seated next to the super-chillaxed Mr. Wood, so this may have been an optical illusion.
-Pop culture has its appeals, but how about more car-themed questions in the "toggle switch" segment?
Looking forward to the next one.
Screw that guy. It made me laugh.
Yeah, yeah, shame on me for not citing the obvious. Point is, there appears to be a competitive advantage to the PDK over the manual, so why wouldn't they put it in their most competition-oriented street-legal offering?
RE: Focus RS
"All that thrust goes to the front wheels. You might wonder, why no Golf R-style 4WD? Well, it's true this platform does have a 4WD derivative, in the form of the next Kuga. But that's a high-riding crossover, and the 4WD system won't fit under a car on a lowered sports chassis without hacking away at the floor."
"All that thrust goes to the front wheels. You might wonder, why no Golf R-style 4WD? Well, it's true this platform does have a 4WD derivative, in the form of the next Kuga. But that's a high-riding crossover, and the 4WD system won't fit under a car on a lowered sports chassis without hacking away at the floor."
What are you waiting for? Hack away at the floor already!
Anyway, Jost Capito, Ford's global hot-car boss, has always said that 4WD adds too much weight for an RS, and that people wouldn't pay extra for it. Our contact says he hasn't changed his mind."
Bah! When the alternative to added weight is buttloads of torque steer from 320BHP FWD at may spoil the driving experience, perhaps you should at least offer it as an option. Otherwise there is a good chunk of VW, Subaru, and Audi drivers that won't even consider this car.
4th gear: Isn't the GT3 designed to be a competitive race car? Sure, plenty of rich assholes probably buy them for status and occasional track days, but it's supposed to be a turn-key track car, designed to solely for getting round courses in the shortest time, right? If the PDK is the best option for low lap times, so be it. You want more control and fun and driver experience? Get a 911 that is more designed for fun than track times; get a Turbo or 911S or that special vintage inspired model. (Full disclosure: I love driving stick, but am increasingly convinced that flappy paddles are more competitive on the track)
6th gear: There's still going to be an ATS-V, right?
Man, my imagination apparently sucks.
That was a great watch. Did he actually lap the Ferrari or is that a second red one on the track? Also, I'm no professional racer, but it looks like the Caterham driver kind of lost focus and got a bit sloppy after finally making that first pass by the 430--well, sloppy compared to the laser-focus and control exhibited up to that point.
Also, I know the R500 has the better power:weight, but it looks like the F430 is able to pull away on the straights. Either the F430 is finding a better gear and finding it faster (paddle shift?) or the aerodynamics are really penalizing the R500, even sans windscreen.
The R500 is awesome, but I'd settle for just about any new Caterham, complete with weather kit because by god I would daily-commute with that thing.
It seems like the higher tech solution, but I think touchscreens and virtual gauges have got to be a godsend to small carmakers like Tesla. It's got to be more cost-effective to buy a standard off the shelf LCD touchscreen and develop a GUI and integrate it with the car than to worry about designing, molding, building a huge array of buttons, knobs, bezels, backlighting and all the other stuff that makes up a normal center console and gauge display.
Funny picture, by the way.
Dang on all counts.
Ah, so these are drivable badges of courage?
