The old goat approves:

Yep, I used to walk by this one on a regular basis in Irvine, CA

Correction: You are a douchebag if you have painted (other than black) stock brakes. Read more

You do realize you are talking to a guy that broke a Traxxas Revo almost in half within 3 minutes? The takeaway is: They are all toys, it just depends on how deep your pockets are. Read more

It was pretty common for them to get accidentally switched on and they tended to get mucked up by mud, slush, dirt, etc. and short out. Read more

Actually, they almost did. Back in 1997 Apple was in big trouble and Bill Gates stepped in with a $150 Million investment to help Steve Jobs save the company. Read more

IDKFA Read more

IIRC those were only supposed to be used at Drive-Ins and other venues where the vehicle was not moving. Read more

Too bad, I'm telling you anyway. Don't worry, it's not that bad. Read more

It sorta worked for years, There used to be two companies on the west coast Best! and Service Merchandise. You would walk through the store, write down what you wanted to buy, pay for it spend another 10-20 minutes walking around the store browsing or go get something to eat then pick your stuff up at the happy… Read more

"5 Things to make it work."

My ol 93 Bronco. 14 years 183,000 miles (truck has around 263,000 now) and she's still fun to drive.

For small kitchen appliances on a budget just keep your eyes open. Read more

They still sort of are. Kind of how the EV-1 was a lease only vehicle the HFC vehicles are leased. Typically, the lessee is a beta tester for the company that gets to pay for the privilege. Read more

Yea same here:

And then you have the Italian "Bulls" & "Stallions"...

Best use of a 1st gen Ford Fucdus I've seen yet. Read more

Just because I grew up with two Mercury Cougar XR-7s meant you got my attention. Before I could drive Mom had a 72 XR-7 Convertible that started off like this one but was later painted red with a white top.

Exactly what I was going to say. Here in California the numbers are way more skewed. Much of the gas tax (and reg "fees") ends up being stolen out of the highway budget and ends up in the general fund to get squandered on something else. the rest gets earmarked for somebody's mass transit fever dream (Save for BART,… Read more

Film it all, put it on youtube, rake in all the ad dough when the video goes viral, use your combined army of auto enthusiasts, air environmentalists and animal lovers to march on congress and have the stupid import ban lifted. Oh and do something about those other two things. Read more