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South Carolina's utility dropped $9 billion on a nuke plant before walking away from it. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nukegate_scandal

or the pogue carburetor, or those magnets you clamp to your fuel lines

I'm on Deep Tracks a lot.

Using the same calculator, $2,000 in 1977 comes to about $9,400 today, not thirty grand.

Ha, been there!

The prices of the options, in today's money, can be kind of crazy. For example, the Pinto has a MONO AM/FM Radio option for $135. An online inflation calculator I used says that's about $600 in today's money. $600 for a crap-tastic Philco radio, holy cow.

I rented a manual in England several years ago, and your comment about the turn signals is so true. Shifting was OK, I got used to it, but I could never hit the correct stalk for the indicators. Also, I always, always, went to get in the car on the left side. D'oh!

Looking fine! I had a Passat some years ago, loved those all-season floor mats.

Originally Posted by charmer37 Hey guys,. What's a good oil to run in a 2000 Volkswagen Beetle 1.8T,. I'm hearing a 5w40 oil with the VW 502 spec is required? I read on a Beetle forum that some guys are using shell rotella T6....Thanks ...Š Been some years but I happily ran either Castrol...

Originally Posted by aquariuscsm I always wondered what those laser turntables sound like. Crazy expensive though! My understanding is you will also need a really good record cleaning machine because these laser turntables read every every every speck of dust on the vinyl. Here's some British...

Originally Posted by bobdoo You should read this: https://www.motortrend.com/cars/hon...n-rogue-subaru-forester-and-toyota-rav4/ 1st: Honda 2nd: CX-5 This would seem to reference a Forester, not a Crosstrek.

Originally Posted by IveBeenRued Bosch ICON blades are my go-to blades. They seem to be the only blades that seem to work well even after 4+ years of service. I just put a set of these on the Sonata. They make a kind of squelching sound but wipe very well.

December 2002, VW Passat GLS 1.8T, Colorado Red, with the Monsoon sound system and winter package. Had a cassette player AND a CD player, lol. Man, I liked that car.

Originally Posted by Garak Originally Posted by Oildudeny Last time I read up on the kicks it was not available in awd. If I were to compare the kicks to another vehicle similar that also is not available in awd it would be the spark activ. This. I see no problem with a small, light, SUV with...

Nice ride! Must be a Mac Haik purchase, I'm guessing. Enjoy.