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anarchyst: The “thin blue line” will protect its own. There may be a “grand jury” but a reluctant prosecutor will...
Chris: Sad times for GM for sure. That 3.8L was one of the best. I particularly liked the 3.8 supercharged version that came in the Park...
a decent fellow: I like to imagine what it would be like to take a nice 1950s – 1970s RWD American car, and upgrade it to ~1990...
Vonu: Have you ever pulled a LCV?
Eightsouthman: For years I’ve lamented how Touareg drivers can’t seem to go the speed limit. Get behind one on a two lane...
AlexP712: As soon as you have 15,000 EV’s charging at night “off peak” the total demand on the system will basically go...
eric: Hi Bryce, Amen. I deeply regret selling my ’64 Corvair – which I restored to damned near concours level. White...
Bryce: I’m kicking myself really hard right now for selling my 1968 Oldsmobile. Had I known the car business would end up like this, I...
AlexP712: I’m at a point in my life where I really don’t care about mpg’s or depreciation. At 65, grown kids, no...
Tionico: KEEP THE LEXUS Get the belt done well before specified interval. I’ve done those, they are not bad but could be easier....
Cold Frog: Craigslist and Kijij. Usually a few free or <$50 washers and dryers listed. Often working. I try to pick up the free ones...
no one to be trifled with: More white people murdered by cops and the national media can’t be bothered to make a big deal out of...
eric: Amen, Vonu – I do my best to live cheap. Among the many perks, being debt-free enables me to continue to do this –...
eric: Hi Matt, Yup – big fan of theirs. And they are under attack, too (“de-monetizing,” etc.)
eric: Hi Ken, The big question is… do you like the Lexus? If the answer is yes – and the vehicle is otherwise sound –...
Matt: If anyone doesn’t yet know, The Free Thought Project covers such abuses daily. (I have no affiliation with their site.)
Ken W. Warner: I have a 2003 Lexus RX300 with 241k miles – I know the timing belt has not been changed in the last 75k miles. I am...
Mark in BC: Eric, You mean like this double standard? http://www.fox5ny.com/news/det ective-friendly-fire-death-cha rges Cops shoot and...
Vonu: Debt isn’t a problem f you don’t have any. If you do, when the banks close, all the money you have will be in your...
Vonu: At least Speed Queens are still, reportedly, made in the US, FWIW. There are washing machine and dryer junkyards.
Zane: My gf’s 18 Golf, my ’19 Rebel Hemi w/out the e-torque and manual Challengers as far as I know don’t come with ASS...
Zane: More I read of the abuse of power, the angrier I get Something has to be done to stop, because sooner or later, we’ll do...
Zane: I’m sure there are people and shops who do switches to bypass whatever emissions they can, so like VW, they can cheat the...
Zane: As an author, I am curious what would be recommended for tall folks, since a few of my characters are in the 6’3-4 range with...
polynonymous: [ slaps head ] I could of had a V-8 !
DipShift: Dieselgate you say? “Sadly, there’s no TDI diesel engine – for reasons of federal pedantry and vindictiveness. This is nothing...
Nunzio: Eric! Glad to finally see someone saying what many of us have figured out decades ago. Like everything else in the modern dying...
Eightsouthman: I got 16mpg on my 93 Chevy one ton 4WD, ext, cab long bed with much larger than stock tires and wheels. I’m still...
Eightsouthman: X, after getting the same story from countless other cops it was obvious everyone knew this was a dirty cop, well, dirtier...
Eightsouthman: And 50 Cent can use the old “racist” meme. Amazing how white people can’t point out the racism of...
Eightsouthman: Conspiracy to commit murder is a serious charge. His lawyers should be all over the DA’s office.
ReadyKilowatt: One way to get around the debt problem is to borrow against a 401(k). Most plans will allow for borrowing up to 50% of the...
Jarhead Mike-FGoxtrot: The “States” were the “Constitutors”, and that contract was binding on the States, the Citizens being Citizens of...
Anonymous: The “States” were the “Constitutors”, and that contract was binding on the States, the Citizens being...
ReadyKilowatt: I swore I’d never buy a new car. Then I got a deal on a Pontiac Grand Am that was the last GM vehicle on the lot...
ReadyKilowatt: 5) Bugs worked out. I could have saved a good bit by buying a 2014 Cherokee, which is the same as the current model. But...
anarchyst: There was a case that made it all the way to the Indiana Supreme Court. The question was: Is an individual allowed to defend...
AMS: After the recent face lift I think Buicks look a lot better than any of their Chevy brethren. Hopefully the brand stays around,...
eric: Hi Jarhead, I’ll go you one more – and state what Spooner did 150 years ago: The Constitution’s merits or lack...
eric: Hi Bin, Yup! And the Jetta’s depreciation will be much less horrific than the Lincoln’s. Those Mark VIIIs sold for...
eric: Hi Anonymous, It is a measure of how beaten down, psychologically, the general populace is that such things pass without national...
Anonymous: Put wings on those pigs.
X: …after they killed two citizens.
mostly anonymous: Never had a problem with GM oil coolers in the radiator.
richb: Googled Speed Queen. Sounds like Speed Queen changed their design in 2018, and the results aren’t good. Sounds like you need...
Tionico: Yep. I never did like the idea of a transmission oil cooler buried inside the radiator.Especially made by an outfit that shaves...
Anonymous: Eric, let me tell you about whats available for purchase in the rest of the world (not us, europe, china japan, etc) where...
Jarhead Mike-Foxtrot: You mean ((( ))). Three for Shylock..
Bin: I drive a lot of freeway miles for work. When I first started years ago I purchased a used Lincoln Mark 8 for $5000, it was comfy...
BrentP: Reasons to buy new are: 1) optioned the way you want it (factory order) 2) no previous owner issues. 3) much less time needed. 4)...
SojournerMoon: I’ll second EP’s recommendations. I, too, am 6’3″ and also fairly large. It’s interesting to...
The Handler: Speed Queens are excellent machines. I plan on buying a set as soon as the Maytag craps out.
Shotgun Chuck: My mother had an XTerra with the exact same problem. Made a moaning noise under heavy load, shifted weird sometimes, but...
Jarhead Mike-Foxtrot: The US Plantation. The Constitution is a Bankruptcy Document, that’s why it was held in secret making the...
no one of consequence: As Merle Haggard says: “somewhere in the middle of Montana” https://www.youtube.com/wat...
chiph: Chief Acevado is a liberal and anti-gun, but he’s honest. He’ll give those officers the boot.
Vonu: The only thing I have there is a friend’s address to make me legal so that DHS doesn’t consider me a terrorist. I...
chiph: The only reason to buy new is if you want the improved safety. And I’m not talking about the new driver distractions like...
X: Eric, here’s the latest outrage from our “heroes”: Cops Lie to Get Search Warrant, Storm House, Kill Two Residents...
Douglas L Self: “We know MOBSTERS do it (I.e., scope out a jury to identify them and target for intimidation or retaliation), why...
The Handler: Uncle and GM bean counters are to blame for the demise of the “company within a company” model.
dread pirate anonymous: Cody? Well, heck – you’re almost a neighbor! That’s only a couple or three hundred miles from...
Eightsouthman: Pulling my boat down the road at 90mph with 4.10 gears didn’t get nearly that but I could have slowed down and got...
Vonu: Or, given the mass of them after the Great Correction begins, to the crushers, as appropriate.
Eightsouthman: Ticky, the people doing this won’t be doing much laughing or cheering. I’ve always thought getting a couple of...
Vonu: I live about a fifteen minute drive from Heart Mountain.
richb: Yes, if you look at Buick’s Chinese website, you can see the much bigger lineup that market has.
Eightsouthman: Me, me, me, I can answer that. The first I saw were WWll camps in Germany. Tens of thousands of prisoners were kept in...
richb: The Cascada was built in Poland with lots of Opel parts. Guessing that plant was probably part of the Opel sale. You think they...
Eightsouthman: Thanks much, thanks much, thanks much, fuck you WordPress.
Tuanorea: Anarchyst, You forgot to mention they are willing to kill to achieve the goal.
Vonu: Banks don’t make money on loans they do not make. Real estate and stock brokers only make commissions on things they sell....
Vonu: Those of us who pay for things when we buy them do not have to complain about payments we do not have. Those of us who can drive...
Vonu: Living in a van is so much cheaper and maintainable.
Tionico: Because we are not merel “Maintaining” the same standard of living. Remember a few things back then.. fuel was 19...
Vonu: Silicon is even less prevalent than ferrous metal in late model cars.
The Bobster: More likely a pile of useless electronic debris.
The Bobster: Correction: candidates who will make…
The Bobster: Hell, the whole dash assembly is outsourced to China nowadays.
The Bobster: And then the Millennial idiots will turn around and support candidates who will be their pathetic existences worse.
The Bobster: “This house of cards always has a tipping point where there are more deadbeats than payin customers then the financial...
Vonu: They won’t have to pass inspection as long as they will fit into the crusher where increasing numbers of trade ins are going,...
Vonu: The number of RVs for sale by owner are sharply up in snowbird land.
Vonu: How inhabitable does a internment camp need to be?
Vonu: You simply have to wait until more of them have “For Sale” signs in their windows including “OBO.”
Vonu: Because the increase in inflation is outpacing the government’s willingness to respond with the appropriate adjustments in...
Mike in Boston: The family of this poor guy should track that criminal AGW down and give him a tazing of 240v at high current till his...
Bostwick9: Those were 225s, then called Dauntless by Kaiser/Jeep. Buick V6 started out as 198 in 62. Enlarged to 225 for 64-67 use in...
Zathras: If you go to Speed Queen’s website, they have a “where to buy” link where you can enter your zip code and...
no one to be trifled with: Only reason I maintain and extend my NRA membership is that the Progleftists hate them (therefore me!) so...
James: From an individual cash flow perspective, perhaps it would appear that getting a newer vehicle with a fixed monthly payment,...
Zane: Unless the difference between the engines is Aftermarket support vs none, I always opt for the bigger engine Remember Jack Baruth...
not left handed: Good grief! We only pay about half that annually for liability on FOUR vehicles in Montana. I’m sure glad that...
anonymous in Greenland: Jeep used to put that v6 in the CJs, right?
dread pirate anonymous: Depreciation is a means in business accounting to amortize the purchase cost of an asset over its useful life....
Sarah in TEX: Liberty, I would love to find a ranger, they are SO DARNED expensive for a good one. Cheaper to buy the full size , which I...
Eightsouthman: Yep, a friend had a red and white 73 Riviera with that ducktail rear. It was a beautiful car but she excelled in trashing...
Bryce: The Buick-Oldsmobile-Pontiac, or BOP, divisions of GM were their real money makers, more so than the mass-market Chevys or luxury...
Eightsouthman: My father felt he had to show a meager existence so he turned down a 64 Riviera demonstrator that cost $200 more than the...
BrentP: Buick offerings in China are much greater and not the same as the US last I heard.

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