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No, no, no. 22's and spinners. Shag the (probably dried and split) dash. Pimp that ride.

The 'buy a Tesla' comment might prove to be the best one. They've been around long enough that one hopes the worst gremlins have been banished, and they are actually astoundingly simple, especially for a modern automobile. My personal bugaboo would be Elon peering over my shoulder every time I pressed 'start'.

Toyota Camry, 5 to 10-ish years old, find one that an old person bought and never drove. I think the 4- and 6-cylinder are equally bulletproof. As boring as drying paint but you should get long life. Toyota Tacoma/4Runner/whatever with the 4L V6. The frame might rust out but everything attached to it will still be fine. Honda Fit. I loved mine until the hailstorm killed it. 100K miles, zero issues. But they're definitely at the 'economy' end of the scale. I currently drive Euro cars for dailies but I'm not sure they are the best if you're looking for trouble-free miles. My 2013 E350 had front cam cover oil leaks, very common; it's also a direct injection engine so I assume there will be a walnut blast in my future. And the rear subframe rotted out! Which was strange given the car's history, but it was a problem with the vintage and M-B replaced it on their dime. So maybe now I can just drive the car for 50K more miles with no problems! But I doubt it.

3 of them in total. One is now consumed by the lift.

Hung it. (Duplicate is sold.)

I have a 1995 S3, 'Imperial' but I'm not sure that makes a difference. If I wanted to really mash the brakes I had to mash the clutch pedal first to make room, otherwise I'd hit both pedals. Size 9.5, on the narrow side, close fitting shoes -- didn't matter, the pedals were just too close together. So I pulled the pivot bolt out and bent them! It's much better now but I still need to bend the throttle pedal a bit more towards the center of the car.

More than it does for the Caterham, technically...!

There was talk about Blipshift offering the "Simplify and Add Lightness" artwork again, and I said I was ordering a poster. I can't find the thread so I thought I'd follow up here. I *did* order a poster, and as is typical with BlipShift it took a while before they made it and shipped it. No biggie. Once it shipped however, it fell into logistics limbo somewhere; tracking information showed it as "label created" for a week, then "arrived at facility" for another week, and so on. Short version is that I contacted them to see if they could shake it loose, and they responded by sending out another one. You guessed it -- both of them eventually showed up. So now I have a spare. It's 16" square, poster stock, seems as well made as other BlipShift items I've purchased. If anyone would like it I will send it your way for $25 shipped, CONUS. Contact me about other locations. It will ship rolled up in a sturdy box.

Stolen from FB:

My tunnel -- indeed my entire cockpit -- has no carpet. Lots of nekkid aluminum. The car was specced as a racing chassis. I'm currently kicking myself!! I got the car out today for a blast because of recent rains which had washed all the salt away. I was fully intending to take a measurement, and I fully forgot. I will go up there and dig the car back out and do so, tomorrow. These seats are talking to me.

From the linked article it appears that electric superchargers require LARGE amounts of electricity -- kilowatts. That implies a large battery, which implies that it is probably only an option on hybrid drivetrains. In short, it breaks both of Colin's rules.

I beat the crap out of one sump, and broke a hole in another, in two seasons of driving on rural PA roads. It wasn't due to the roads being in poor condition, although they certainly aren't great; but a Cat can dodge potholes like nothing else. No, it was suddenly finding oneself on a formerly paved road that had turned to gravel, with a heck of a crown. Or a whoop-de-doo that bottomed out the car. But the real biggie was debris -- usually a piece of tree -- in the road. 2-3/4" of clearance means you can't even think about straddling that stuff, which means an entire lane change, which isn't always an option. I don't even know what broke the last sump except that it was debris, and it was hard enough to lift the car a bit. I would guess a knot from a branch.

Oh poo. I'd have recovered them to suit my yellow car, but the SV width is probably a deal killer. I'll have to measure when I get up to the car again; the Elan still has pride of place on the lift.

Bring A Trailer frowns on cars being offered elsewhere simultaneously with their auction; at least they used to. Listing it with a dealer and on this site would seem to me to be a good way to start, because you would be putting the car in front of a focused audience.

Can you post a picture of the cut? Where exactly is the 17" width measured? Do you know if they came from an S3 or an SV? I'm interested but to be honest the logistics are a bit daunting for me at the moment.

I don't know where that plug is, but it would have to be at the bottom of the sump in order to work. A wet sump with a tap at the bottom of the sump, connected to the scavenge inlet of a two-stage (or more) oil pump, would theoretically work in a dry sump system. But in the case of our cars a major advantage would be lost -- ground clearance. The other dry sump advantage, elimination of windage losses, should be possible. Plus an external tank allows for additional oil volume.

Ooooh, 'lectrics. You must be a mage!

On its side. Wow I missed that...

Two of them! https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/1897200304138799

Is anyone else puzzling over the white/green hulk beside it? Borgward?

I have a mini-split in our 800 sq.ft. insulated garage. Makes heat in winter, cool in summer. Uses next to no electricity; when the guy was installing it he told us we might not even notice it on the electric bill, and sure enough he was right.

Can you give some idea as to the scale? I.e. how big will the finished product be.

I like the ABS ring explanation. Do some tape measuring, maybe run a string front-to-rear, and see if the face of the hub is the same relative to the rest of the car. If so, it's meant to be the way it is.

A laundry list! First things first, I need to get the Elan back on the ground; that has turned into a bit more of a project than anticipated. Fresh suspension is the objective there, something a tad or two above 1967 original, something that takes advantage of materials and technology improvements since 1967, something utterly roadworthy and still true to the ethos of the original. I want it to still lean in corners. I never drove an Elan in period and I want to feel as though I'm getting that experience. I'll probably stop there, for now. The Caterham needs some fiddling with the dry sump, and it cries out for tires. I may stop there. I may not... The 996 targa cries out also, for a fresh windshield surround. Which means taking out the windshield, so a new windshield too. I may stop there...

My oil pressure sensor and port are 1/4 NPT.