My Stupid Cheap Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 Is Way Worse Than I Thought

Bargain hunting is fun. It’s the act of finding something that someone has apparently undervalued and using it for its original purpose, but for a fraction of its original price. However, as is the case with my criminally cheap Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4, sometimes one man’s junk is just junk, no...

Sep 12, 2025

Somebody Stanced A Freaking Ferrari

You’ve got to respect this kind of dedication to tremendously bad decisions. “” is the Marilyn Manson of the car scene—look upon it and be shocked, squares. Sorry I had to use such an old reference, I’ve been categorically desensitized to hater-trigger art since 1996. Coincidentally that’s pretty much the...

Sep 12, 2025

Car Talk's Ray Magliozzi Shows How Insanely Resourceful Cuban Mechanics Are

Nobody can MacGyver a fix for a car. All they need is a handful of dirt, some spit and a chewed up shoestring, and—boom—they’ve got a rebuilt transmission. Here’s Ray Magliozzi from Car Talk showing just how resourceful the Cubans are with a wrench. Magliozzi, the of Click and Clack...

Sep 12, 2025

Please Buy This Manual Toyota Cressida So I Don't Have To

This is a 1JZ-swapped 1980s rear-wheel-drive Toyota Cressida with a five-speed manual so I don’t do it myself. This is what I would call an affordable car, but certainly not a cheap one. It looks like it’s in immaculate shape (particularly for a New York City car) and it has...

Sep 12, 2025

This Is A Ferrari V8 In A Toyota GT86

Well, this is one of the more interesting engine swaps in recent years. Formula Drift pro and nine-to-five hoon Ryan Tuerck is the madman behind this swap, getting the work done at HMS Motorsports in San Diego (not in New England as I had previously stated). Tuerck just shredded tires...

Sep 12, 2025

Gaze At The Ferrari Engine Mounted In This Toyota GT86

Wait, how is that intake going to work? As you will note, this Ferrari V8 taken draws its intake air from the rear. That makes sense, given that it was originally mounted in the middle of a 458. But now that it’s in the front of a Toyota GT86, the...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's How Much Horsepower A 20-Year Old BMW M3 Really Makes

The BMW M3 is a (virtually) universally appreciated car. Pretty, practical, fun to drive—there’s not much to dislike. If you want one today, the E36 body style of the 1990s tends to be the cheapest. But, the question becomes, how much “M3” is still left in a decent example after...

Sep 12, 2025

Selling My Super Rare Mitsubishi 3000GT VR4 Was The Hardest Thing I've Ever Done

The one thing I fear the most in life is a missed opportunity. The idea that I’m missing out on something great in the future for a present-day luxury literally keeps me up at night. So, in order to secure said future, I’ve finally sold my ridiculously rare 1999 Mitsubishi...

Sep 12, 2025

YouTube's Amazing 'Old Start Cold Start' Videos Show Heroes Resurrecting Abandoned Junkers

“Old Start Cold Start” videos are among the greatest contributions YouTube has ever made to humanity. The videos show ambitious wrenchers trying to fire up the most horribly dilapidated cars you’ve ever seen—cars that, based on their appearances, really shouldn’t have a chance in hell at running. Hop onto YouTube,...

Sep 12, 2025

This Guy Went Through Hell To Remove One Nut From His Honda

Ah, the spindle nut: it is among the most derided nuts in all of nut-dom. This little one on a Honda single-handedly destroyed (nearly) every tool with which its owner tried to remove it. The spindle nut connects your halfshaft to your wheel hub, and often looks like a rusty,...

Sep 12, 2025

This Removable 'Paint' Is Like Plasti Dip But All Grown Up

AutoFlex is not a vinyl wrap. It’s definitely not paint. It’s not exactly Plasti Dip or any other “removable coating” products we love covering our cars in, either. But it sure is pretty. For those who haven’t been paying attention to tuner-car culture lately, Plasti Dip is like spray paint...

Sep 12, 2025

The P-51 Mustang Would Be Ashamed Of This Offspring

Ford has decorated a Shelby GT350 as a tribute to legendary U.S. Air Force pilot Bob Hoover and his P-51 stunt plane “Ole Yeller.” It will be auctioned off for charity, which is wonderful. But why’d they have to go and make it look like a tuner car from 2001?...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's How I Fixed My Embarrassingly Loud Mercedes S-Class Without Going Broke

A Mercedes-Benz S-Class should be a few things: luxurious, comfortable, and above all, quiet. My car was two of those things, but failed pretty miserably on the last bit because of one common component failing in spectacular form. Here’s how I fixed it with my bank account and sanity intact....

Sep 12, 2025

My Stupid Baja Bug Shoots Flames Now

The good news is that my Baja Bug is up and running again. The bad news is that it shoots fireballs. I’ll say this before I get started—cars are so different when you can no longer rely on them to get you “from A to B,” as the saying goes....

Sep 12, 2025

Farmers Are Still Fighting For The Right To Fix Their Own Tractors

An (I like to keep up on farming, since I have a small plot of sorghum growing in my shower) reminded me of the plight of farmers to keep the right to fix their own machinery. Gearheads managed to get , but, right now, farmers are still under John Deere’s...

Sep 12, 2025