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So I was pretty impressed with the power increase in the car for the few miles I put on it before loading it on the trailer and bringing it home.  The boost controller has two programed set points (hi and lo).  I misread the book and thought I was ripping around on the "hi" setting.  I was not. ...

It’s not a coincidence that I have almost no clue what any of you guys are talking about when the subject is sports or just about any popular TV show. 😀

Just picked up the car from the engine shop.  Getting an alignment done before I load it up and haul it home. I forgot just how much fun this thing is.

I'm at the point where no amount of organizing is going to get my 10lbs of crap in a 5lb bag. I'm considering a trip to Harbor Freight and increasing my storage capacity.  I'm not a huge fan of their tools for long-term use but the U.S. General tool boxes they have are pretty nice for the money. 

I'm not a cultured guy. Mixed drinks for me involve Coke, bourbon, and ice.  The Coke and the ice are optional.

We have a 2015 Pilot that we bought used at the end of 2016.  It's basically a boring and bullet proof Honda.  It's coming up on 100k miles and so far I've replaced brake rotors and pads, rear shocks (one was leaking oil), and spark plugs.  The only one that caused me to swear was the one spark...

I managed to drive my car across town with a non-functioning clutch.  Mine was working fine until I stepped on the clutch and it just didn't disengage.  Shifting gears sans clutch is pretty easy with a little practice.  Just have to pay attention to ground speed and engine speed and don't force...

^Hydraulic clutch?  Not sure about newer cars but you may be able to adjust it to get a little more life out of it.  I had one behave the exact same way.  I went with a new clutch since the one in the car and over 120k miles on it.

Dogs have owners. Cats have staff. That is all.

You are correct, they are all fiberglass.  When I made that statement, the picture in my head was a '66-'70 Chevelle or other A-body.  Although I'd also be pretty happy with a '67-'73 Camaro.  I like the looks of the Corvettes from those years, I just don't want to own and maintain one.

If the sales guy isn't being a pest, something is wrong on their end or it's already sold to somebody else.

^I like the looks of the pre-73 C3 'Vette but I'd rather have something from the late '60s with a good old fashioned steel body.

The old Celicas were fun cars.  I've always liked the boxy ones from the early '80s.  I think most of them rusted completely out by around '92 though.

While I admire his ambition and I'm not at all bothered by the demise of a post-72 C3 'Vette, I've always thought that car was ugly as hell.  Is he going to change it over to RHD while he's at it?  If it's a Corvette forum, I gotta think he's going to catch hell from purists.

Finally, that last badge I need for the '84 Escort I've been restoring:

^It helped a lot that my plane was a Cessna.  That car spent a lot of time parked under the right wing.

Yep.  The very same car.  Came close to trading in in a couple of times but always ended up keeping it.  Not that many options out there for rwd mid-engine sports cars and I know how this one was treated from day one.

Combination "After" and "Before" pics.  Bought this little beast 4 days out of college in 1990. 200 hp and 200 ft-lb of torque out of a 2.0L engine was pretty respectable back then.  Now, after 30 years of ownership and 103 k miles, I just put down a deposit on an upgrade to a newer generation...

Over half of my current fleet of power tools has been purchased with this strategy!