Recent content by greaper007

Originally Posted By: IndyIan I think everyone has their hobbies, and having interesting/high performance cars can be an expensive one. Also for those of us that have a significant commute, the main car criteria are reliability, comfort and lower cost per mile, which doesn't often accompany...

Originally Posted By: MCompact Originally Posted By: JHZR2

Originally Posted By: KitaCam Reading here of a lot of DiYers....nice...but unrealistic for most people...1/2 the cost of a lot of repairs done at indie shops, even less than work done at dealers....keep that in mind...(tbm3's clutch/suspension for example was 1/2 of my Altima's clutch + CV...

I look at it like this, how much are you likely to spend on one car payment? $200, $300 (I'm not sure, I've never bought a new car)? Now, say you spend $800 on a repair, that's a lot of money. But, if you bought a new car you'd be paying say $300 a month for a payment, so that repair is only 3...

Originally Posted By: MCompact Originally Posted By: greaper007 $100,000 worth of cars, does he own a bank? I know plenty of people that make $300,000 and drive 10 year old Camrys. I couldn't see paying that much for cars unless I was making at least $500,000 a year. That kind of dough belongs...

Originally Posted By: MCompact My son caught the car/bike bug from me- he's not as much of a gearhead, but he likes nice cars. I can easily see him with a JK Rubicon and a Cayman S or Z4 M coupe in his garage in a few years. $100,000 worth of cars, does he own a bank? I know plenty of people...

It completely makes sense. If you live in a city, a car is a hassle. I used to love taking the subway in NYC or the Metro in DC. For a few dollars I could get to my destination and read the paper or a book at the same time.

Play around with the stem, seat and handlebars on your bike. I put some north road bars and a higher stem on my old mountain bike and I got a completely comfortable ride for less than $100. My dad has arthritis and back issues so I'm getting him the same setup on his mountain bike. You don't...

That's true now, but my parent's 1984 Toyota Van was completely assembled in Japan. Same goes with 70s 80s. Era Mercedes. I agree that the big 3 make reliable vehicles now. I was referring to older American cars that were lucky to go 80,000 without an engine or tranny rebuild. My dad's an...

It's a mixed bag. Gas is more expensive, but (many) cars get considerably better mileage than they used to. Cars cost a lot more, but they have a considerably better safety system than in the past. They also last considerably longer. From what I recall, up until about the late 80s most people...

I'm not sure what Civic bearings look like, but I just changed out the struts on my 03 VW, I'd say that the mounts (rubber disc like things) were compressed to about 60% of their original size. So yes, they can go bad, though Honda might use a separate system. Chasing down squeaks in the...