There IS a heater in the garage, but it only gets the place up to about 50F. Read more

Want me to put a squiggly in front of 20%? Would that make you happy?! :) Read more

The thing gets 34 MPG! Read more

It really is. Read more

I don’t know how long my parents will live there, is the only issue.

And if I sell it there, it’s doomed. Europe is killing diesels. Read more

I'm about to spend a lot of money importing my van, so you better add a zero to that. Plz. Read more

See, this is why you need engineers on staff of a car website. And why MAYBE YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE THEIR INPUT.

Calm down, DT. [Breathes into paper bag, puts ice on swollen right fist].

How could you tell that your struts were compromised? Read more

There was a recall! Read more

I snagged some 15-inch alloys from the yard. Best tires I could find there were 195 60R15 Michelin Defenders (lightly used, 2019 date code), so still a little bigger than the stock 185 65/14s, but not quite S/SL size.

I also bought a trim piece for the rear trunk lid underside (which wasn’t on my car), and some… Read more

I think it’d have to have been older, and there is a safety sacrifice buying a car older than about 2008-ish, when side airbags really started becoming standard on EVERYTHING. Read more

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Oh dude, don’t worry about it. Your instinct is 100% right. $3,400 for THIS?!  Read more

It’d take you years to pay off the fuel savings, but I guess not THAT long. Plus, there’s something demoralizing about the regular $70 payments at the pump. Read more

I’d rather just buy a car with a timing chain known to last 250-300,000 miles than have to do a belt every 100K. This Versa would be due for one, and the job ain’t fun. Why do a belt if I don’t have to...
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I think any sub-100k mile Japanese car costs $4k+ these days. Read more

I believe this vehicle will outlast me. Read more

Deal. Read more

Yeah, unless you’ve thoroughly gone through the old Jeep in question, buying a new car let’s you kick the vehicle maintenance can down the road a few years longer. Read more

You killed a two-door XJ?!

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