Doug is selling his Defender because he just got a new E-Class wagon as a daily. His original plan was to give it to his wife to drive, but the first thing she did was scrape it on a pole coming out of a gas station, so they came to the conclusion that it was just too big for her (and she didn’t want to have to learn… Read more
Couple of douche bags. Obligatory: Fuck Florida.
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Sorry about the knee, but if there’s a time in history to stop driving MT, this is it. I still hope to own a manual one day... it’s really just a matter of more garage space at this point, but that kind of space is worth $100K’s here in the Bay Area.
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Ugh - man, I’m so sorry. The ZF is where’s it’s at with this car. Read more
I’m sorry to hear that, Lawrence. In the end you have to listen to your body and decide what you can or cannot tolerate. Read more
I don’t know if you’re a candidate, or maybe you’ve already had stuff done, but I would highly recommend seeing if you’re a candidate for a knee replacement. Read more
So sorry to hear this Lawrence. This is why I am trying to get my time in now and enjoy tracking my car. I put OMP race seats in it that won’t allow me to gain any weight so it’s good encouragement to stay fit. Bit I see a lot of older guys at events who despite having all the time in the world being retired, they say… Read more
Unfortunately I am in the same boat. I had a 2019 BRZ and just absolutely loved that car but due to my back I can’t drive manual anymore so last June I sold it. RIP Chappy
Who was this for...
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Lawrence, do it! I used to live near Monterey, and have driven the northern portion many times; and the whole thing in both directions several times. It’s great. Avoid the weekends so you avoid the RVs. When I went north in a rented motor home, I pulled over as soon as I could when I had 4 cars behind me, but many… Read more
Multiple factors. First, we have a habit of outsourcing non-routine public works to consultants and contractors rather than bringing that talent in-house in the US. It’s why municipal utilities run pretty well, municipal transit projects suck because the agency doesn’t know what they want, how feasible ideas are, and… Read more
It has always been underplanned and overbudget. They planned the route to go along 99 instead of I-5 for political reasons, adopted a Design-Build approach to make it look like they’re actually doing something, and just generally have done a shit job of the basic systems engineering / project management stuff that is… Read more
To me the Corvette’s single biggest appeal is that it’s traditionally offered Ferrari/Porsche performance at a much lower cost. I know sticker is like $140k or something, but it’s bizarre to me that anyone is willing to pay well over $200k for one. You’re actually in new Ferrari territory at that point. At $140k yes,… Read more
More egregious than the dealer trying to auction off a car, is the C&B seller that sheepishly says "I'm not sure if GM will honor the factory warranty" after he was presented with a form during signing, explained to him, asked of him to also read it, sign, print and date it and the F&I manager confirms the buyer… Read more
Absolutely needs a stop in or near Primm. Read more
Want to reduce carbon emissions? Eliminate the dozens of daily flights from LAX, BUR, ONT, SNA to LAS and put people on fast trains. Read more
“Racially insensitive.” No, that is a hell of a lot more than insensitive, that’s the whole kit and caboodle of straight up fuck-you level racism. Read more