Interesting question, and I have no first hand knowledge but believe I have a good guess: All the applications you refer to are situations wherein very heavy use could warrant recapping several times before the carcass ages out. ... View more

Nice to see MotoGuzzi getting some recognition other than the very early baloney slicers etc! As a 98 Centauro owner since new, the 4V OHC engine that started as a Dr John design successfully competed in the AMA battle of the twins to give it some prominence in the motorcycle world. I've always loved the Guzzi's and this is the only one I've owned. Don't know if the Centauro will every rise to a true collector piece but to me it doesn't matter! ... View more

It makes perfect sense...here's how. The hanger is owned by someone else, someone rich, as is everything in it including the db1. Maverick is either friends with or hired by the owner to keep his plane active and maintained. He uses the hanger as his space because the owner is probably not ever around. The girls car is a little excessive but she could have got a divorce settlement from the father of her daughter, maybe the sailboat was her father's and she grew up sailing with him. Not far fetched. The whole movie is outrageous and I suggest you Google the theory of maverick actually dying in the test flight crash and the whole film is his subconscious. ... View more

Nothing against your Mom and Dad, but I'm not sure they were setting the best examples for you as an impressionable youth.   😁   But then again, I can't argue with their coolness levels! ... View more

sounds like the ultimate Diplomat........   ... View more

Hey Connor Golden, How about an interview with one of your customers! I have a one of a kind MKV R32, with a custom supercharger installation, with all the trimmings. Just when you thought the MKIV was fun to drive… This one will make you laugh with glee! Give me a shout and let’s go for a ride! ... View more

Other Isuzus like the ‘90s Impulse and Stylus wore handling by Lotus badges. The turbo Impulse RS engine ended up in the ‘90s Lotus Elan which would make me wonder if Lotus had something to do with that engine also. Lotus also developed the crazy Opel Omega and Lotus (Vauxhaul) Carlton 3.6 twin turbo motor. ... View more

S2000s are already popular and appreciating in value. That's not the mission for this article.  ... View more

The Cobra Mustang didn’t see the modular DOHC V8 until the ‘96 MY, wellll after the fox body Mustang Cobra debuted in late ‘92. ... View more

Good article. I had many friends with C2 and C3 Corvettes that made their own. ... View more

Anymore it is getting best to replace parts vs repair and saving the repair on the removed part once the NOS part is no longer available.  Today many parts are becoming difficult to find and if you can it is best to go new and just save the old part for repair should it not be available.  ... View more

Funnily enough we wanted to remove all the badging apart from the model name. No engine size, no trim level, nothing. Just the badge, and the model name. That's it. Marketing pitched an absolute fit. ... View more

I don't remember the details, or where to find them right now, but the car was modified to make that spiral jump. I swear that at least the Javelins used in the stunt show that toured the country had the driver's seat moved to the center, but can't find that reference now. Might have been for a different stunt. The only detail I could find about the Astro-Spiral cars was that a small fifth wheel was added under the differential to kick the rear end up a bit when leaving the take-off ramp. There was a special track on the ramp for the wheel. Of course safety equipment was added -- like the roll bar. ... View more

This seems like needless burecratic actions because they feel they are doing something good or they misunderstand the 25 year import rule. ... View more

Cristine!! That Plymouth was amazing ... View more

They will have to pry hard to get me to sell my 999R Xerox. They getting so hard to find I know I would regret selling. Prices would have to get in 30k range before I would be tempted and while I think they may get into the 20s , 30 seems like a stretch. ... View more

Good stuff Jack! The big automakers - by big I mean volume - are cheap and lazy and afraid to do anything that makes them different. And the people that buy their weak offerings never let them know if they are doing a good job or if they want more style, etc. I disagree with the take on people copying tesla - yes, their design is super boring and weak, but nobody was buying a $120k tesla 7 years ago b/c of what it looked like or to save the planet - people bought the car because it says "I just dropped $120k on a toaster so look at me!" The gift elon stumbled upon is that people with or without taste in automobile design still want the car that defines what tax bracket they are or hope to be in, and until the rest of the EVs don't sell, nobody is going to change the design trend we see now. At least on EVs that are real and not vapor ware ... View more

What? No one tested the waters on a Acer Ferrari laptop. I wonder what they would sell for to the RM Sotheby's crowd. ... View more

The coolest thing about #1 is that Elisa Artioli is on Instagram (iamlotuselise). I find it surreal whenever I chat with her there. ... View more

Sorry, the Eclipse and Talon ain't hot hatches in my book- more the hot coupes ala Celica. Absolutely insert the GLH right here. Too bad Ford never brought the right Escort over here to play........   ... View more

What about the MGF? ... View more

Something that is showing up in YouTube videos:  Apparently Tesla Motors has people following the insurance salvage auctions and they record the VINs of Teslas that have been sold as salvage. Then they disable that car's ability to use Superchargers and note the car's Salvage status so that they can weasel out of warranty claims.  From the photos I have seen on the CoPart site, it is really easy to total a Tesla. Lots of them with what looks like superficial damage.  They also restrict what body parts you can buy if you are not a Tesla certified body shop. For example, as I understand it, you can't buy a rear quarter panel, perhaps because they don't trust you to weld it on properly. ... View more

As a former longtime commuter from our place in Santa Cruz over the hill to Silicon Valley, I recommend that you focus on your mental health rather than your financial. Daily over 17 has broken lesser men; the key is to turn a negative into a positive. You get to drive twice a day over a high speed winding mountain road. In my case that meant offloading  my practical paid off sedan for a used Boxster S and joining a gym on the Valley side so I could hit 17 every day before 6am for a full speed assault, hopefully without use of the brakes. Luckily for me I worked  long hours so usually didn’t head back until at least 7 when a second hot wheels style run could typically be accomplished. The speed limits on 17 are agreeably (and probably absurdly) high so the CHP isn’t a problem as long as you can keep your car right side up. And it never got old. Pro tip: there are a number of websites showing the speed of traffic on 17 and there’s Twitter. Always check before heading over. Getting stuck can be long and brutal and there’s no need considering the amazing backroad alternatives. My favorite was Woodside Road then south on Hwy 1. You won’t get home any sooner but you won’t mind a bit. ... View more