Category: Off-Topic Forum

VW has overtaken Toyota as the world’s largest vehicle manufacturer. And according to reports, this feat was accomplished while maintaining high profit margins. I can remember back when these products were a joke, my college roommates Honda Civic rear bumper fell off while he was driving. Now,…

I saw the 2001 movie Pearl Harbor in the theater, since Tora x3 is one of my favorite WWII flics I was excited to see a modern version with the latest in special effects technology. Upon leaving the theater after the movie I turned to my lovely wife and asked what she thought; she loved it. I, on…

in 1972 the federal minimum wage was $1.60/hr which equates to an annual wage of $3328. Back then my mom purchased her first new car, a 1972 Dodge Demon. I was 11 at the time so forgive me if my memory fails but my recollection is that she paid about $2700 for a /6, bench set, AM radio, PS, PB,…

I spent a lunch hour trying to find a study comparing HP and torque for a V-type engine with single exhaust vs dual. My interest would be for a non-race car with 350 CID or less.

A single 3″ diameter pipe is very close in cross-sectional flow area to dual 2 1/4″ pipes. The advantages to a…

I was talking to a fellow today about his car; he said he spent 7 hours of Saturday and a half can of Liquid Wrench trying to unbolt his catalytic convertor. I asked him about it and he showed me some pics on his phone. His car is an early 90s H*#%@ Accord with 250K miles and the bolts, nuts and…

I hope not. I was driving to work one morning last week, I pulled into the driveway that lead to our office building. Our building is a couple back from the street; on the first building a couple guys were working outside. One was at the Fire Department Connection (FDC) the other was manning a…

This would make a fine Loadrunner:

https://www.hemmings.com/classifieds/dealer/chrysler/town-&-country/1889378.html

I would even keep the colors