Recent content by Ranger83

Officiate youth hockey and showed up at a state owned rink to find a bunch of driver ed cars and traffic cones in the parking lot. The state set up “driver tests” for illegals to get drivers licenses. For free. They made one circle around the lot and were processed there.

In Massachusetts if you aren’t a used car dealer you have to pay sales tax on a purchase. So a lot of “flippers” ask the seller to leave the “sold to” section of the title blank. Then they sell it to a new owner - they fill it out, pay sales tax and register it. No recourse if anything is...

A whole $200! We replaced the head gaskets preemptively on our 1998 Outback at 140,000 miles. We sold it to a relative at 189,000 miles. She traded it in, still running, with 245,000 miles. It was retired with 289,000. Our 2006 Outback 3.0R (nothing but routine maintenance) was retired with...

We have a 2001 4Runner Limited. Had frame repair so pretty solid now.

Datsun 510 wagon in San Diego. Looked tiny. Approximately 163” long, 61” wide.

All your assumptions are wrong. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_7_Habits_of_Highly_Effective_People

Wait til that VTEC kicks in, yo!

The Subaru H6’s are extremely durable and one of the reasons is probably the much larger oil capacity (almost 7 quarts with filter change) compared to H4’s. They also come standard with the coolant/oil cooler standard on the STI. It’s common for high performance H4 builds to get an air/oil...

“Toyota, where driving fun goes to die.” We have two 3.0R’s.

Not buying car parts from eBay anymore, counterfeit parts are a huge problem. Amazon as well. These guys report some reliable dealers.

The saying is “Buying a boat is the second-happiest day of a boat owners life.” Implying selling it is the first. This is probably true for people who suck at buying boats. The first boat we purchased we sold five years later for what we paid for it. Having lived less than 300 yards from the...

Anyone try Iridium plugs in a lawnmower? It’s the small motor we use the most.

Think you have it backwards? There are definately people who should not own boats.

“Toyota. Where driving fun goes to die.”