You can buy a can of electrical contact cleaner at any auto parts store for about $2.50 or so. The can will last you the rest of your life unless you work in electronics or automotive repair. Do yourself a favor and invest in a can. Spraying a bit of that into the pot and then gently turning it back and forth is a… Read more

I pity Lord Humongous. Read more

I've had half an eye out for an affordable Merc SL for a while. Perhaps the most overengineered sports car of all time. I just love that every single one comes with a winter hardtop and a summertime stand to keep said hardtop off the garage floor. The later V8s with the double row timing chain are where it's at, or… Read more

He makes the best effing comments Read more

My #1 reason for owning stick shift cars: shade-tree repairability. Automatics are a PITA to repair and rebuild, while manual transmissions are fixable by the average shade-tree mechanic, myself included. Since I tend to buy and drive old cars exclusively, I want a transmission I feel comfortable opening up, and one… Read more

@ash78: Back when I lived in the suburbs and commuted in gridlock traffic every day I was known to turn the idle screw on the carb a smidge before starting my commute just so I could drive with only my left foot in first gear. I'd get home and screw it back out and all was right with the world. Read more

Weirdest breakdown might take a while to recall, but how about most recent? My 1986 Nissan 720 pickup on the way to Thanksgiving dinner a couple of months ago. I'm on a freeway interchange ramp when suddenly the automatic transmission slams into a lower gear, overrevving the engine to a deafening roar that sends the … Read more

@theholymac: Are you from the future? Read more

Scratch that, it's an 83. Point is, I took it for a test drive and man alive is that 5M-GE one smooth powerplant. Read more

There's a well running 5 speed 81 Celica Supra around here but the paint is just too much PCH for me given the guy's asking price. If he'd drop the price about $1-1.5k we'd be in business with Maaco. Read more

@elhigh: I don't think that was intended as a knock on Delaware. It's a crack about the seeming ubuiqity of UHaul decals advertising the second smallest state in the Union. Read more

I'm still laughing at the crack about the tourist attractions of Delaware. Read more

There's an excellent condition 5 speed XR4Ti turbo for sale near me right now. I can't stand the things but if you're into 'em, let me know and I'll send you the contact info. Read more

On Thanksgiving Day my daily driver finally went out in a blaze of glory and I'm on the PCH hunt now. I haven't found it yet, but sometime in the next month I'll have a story to tell here. Read more

My holiday driving is all PCH related. I've driven all over the state of Tennessee looking at project cars. Yesterday I did Nashville to Oneida and back. Tomorrow, Atlanta maybe? Read more

@allenk: COTD. Comment. Of. The. Day. Read more

@Al Navarro: Spooky action at a distance? Read more

Holy fucking Millenium Falcon, Batman. That thing just screams .5 past light speed! That's my ride this year to Wookie Life Day. Read more

Porsche 356B Abarth Carrera GTL Coupe Read more

Am I the only one who realizes she's not a "stripper" but a "burlesque dancer" which means she will not sleep with you for a bump of coke but instead will require that you drive a bone stock six cylinder '57 Chevy and wear your hair in a Brill-creme-a-little-dab-'ll-do-ya bouffant. If she puts out, it will probably… Read more