Not a bad start. Co-worker of mine has a 2000 Extra Cab that is on the verge of hitting 400,000 miles. It gets near daily use off-road (He’s a Herpetologist) and it’s been damn reliable despite not getting regular oil changes. So far the only issues he has had with it was a transmission that went out last year and an… Read more

No longer a “Bimmer” it’s now a “Beamer”. Read more

Snap traps work, but not in all situations: Read more

Depends on your perspective: Read more

Normal procedure. Read more

*Random house caser/flyer guy* Read more

This says it all:

I like how the armor column is nice and tick front to back yet they put the “squshy” vehicle on the flank. If this was a warhead, all it would take is one RPG into the side of the trailer to make a mess. My thinking is this was something sensitive that they simply don’t want stolen. Read more

For me it was my first commute in a ‘99 Altima. I had bought with my checkbook instead of with my heart. I felt like a gokart in a sea of Hummer H-1s on the 5. The next day I was back at Carmax using their return policy (5 days) and bought an ‘02 Maxima. Read more

First was an ‘84 F-350. Sometimes on on-ramps the horn would just go off. Sometimes as in once every 6-9 months. Very weird. It was usually corrected by giving the side of the steering wheel a good smack. The most famous occurrence was when I was teaching a friend how to drive when the horn did it’s little trick. He… Read more

Being here on the west coast I don’t have much experience with rust. My one and only experience was a 92 Honda Civic my brother in law had that spent it’s first four years in Chicago. I can’t remember the exact reason why (Bigger/Disc brakes?) but we had to replace the rear arms. I broke 1 breaker bar and two ratchets… Read more

Drill: You should already have one. Read more

With a few minor upgrades/maintenance these make great commuters. Coworker of mine has an ‘83 with over 200K on the clock and rides it most every day to work. IIRC the only things he has had to have done are maintenance and he upgraded the alternator a few years ago. Read more

I am so glad this is happening. DtG seems to be the only documentary that doesn’t just focus on the high-money trophy trucks but gives some of the “little guys” (Class 1600, 10, 9 etc.) some of the spotlight. Read more

This goes back but a ride in this vehicle ruined ICE cars for me:

My brand loyalty flew out the window years ago. I grew in a ford family. My first 5 vehicles were Ford or Ford-makes. But now my driveway has 3 vehicles: 93 Ford Bronco (#5 of the first 5), an 02 Nissan Maxima and an 01 Toyota Highlander. I’m also considering replacing the Maxima with a Volt. Read more

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Individually, not really. You can get a Pipe clamp at a big box store for about $14 + whatever a stick of black pipe is that day (Today is $17.39 for a 10’ piece). But times that by 3 and you’re at about $78 (1 stick = 3x3’ lengths with a little remainder) if they don’t charge for cutting. Sure you’re gonna use them… Read more

In my personal experience it was a “cheater” restrictor plate. My dad consulted with a guy that had an idea around the advent of the restrictor plate in off-road racing. Essentially it was a spec restrictor plate with a small lip machined on the bottom half. The lip created an eddy in the airflow which increased the… Read more

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