I Sold My Shitty Unreliable Honda Accord But I'm Still Not Rid Of It

My piece of crap Honda Accord, which has been , is finally sold and out of my hair. Okay, actually it’s not, because I’m a genius and sold it to my landlord. Who happens to live 50 feet away. And who can’t drive a stick. Crap, I think I did...

Sep 12, 2025

All The Weird Stuff That Started Breaking On My Car After 200,000 Miles

There are plenty of good reasons to keep a car a long time. Maybe it’s all you can afford, or you just plain love what you’ve got. I drive an 11-year-old Acura TL with a little over 200,000 miles on it. The major components have been fine, but once I...

Sep 12, 2025

Here's Everything Wrong With My $3000 Daily Driven Mercedes-Benz S-Class

Whenever I see a 1998 Acura Integra with a cursive decal on the front window saying “Daily Driven,” my reaction is a curt “Yeah, no shit.” However, if you own a heavily depreciated and insanely complex luxury car like I do, the prospect of driving it daily on a shoestring...

Sep 12, 2025

This Is How To Swap A Ferrari V8 Into A Toyota GT86

Earlier this month, we saw a Ferrari 458 engine mounted in the nose of a Toyota GT86. We had no idea how it was supposed to work. But now we have a first look at the build process, like how it will have intakes behind the front wheels. Judging from...

Sep 12, 2025

Le Cheapest Classic Car Ever Is A $1,600 Renault Le Car

Have we got a car for you! A bona-fide classic! The best in Gallic ingenuity and Space-Age thriftiness! A funky little ride that gets great mileage and packs in all the charm! Yes, this beige is a classic, and, some may argue, was always a classic. Never say that even...

Sep 12, 2025

I Get Why People Hate Cars

“I hate cars.” I never thought I’d understand why someone would string those three words together. Now, after trying to comfort a frustrated friend who got slammed with a huge repair bill, I totally get it. But it doesn’t have to be that way. As someone who’s devoted his professional...

Sep 12, 2025

BMW Engines Are Gigantic Pieces Of Trash

Few marques command as much respect from people who crave performance as BMW, and the M line of cars in particular are some of the most desirable and most powerful vehicles around. However, there’s a closely guarded secret that no respected publication would ever broach, and it’s that all BMW...

Sep 12, 2025

How To Spend A Glorious Summer Afternoon Detailing Your Car The Right Way

Very few things in life give me the same tactile pleasure of running a microfiber towel over a freshly waxed car, especially in the summer. I try to really detail my car twice a year, once in the late fall or early winter before the first snowfall and road-salting happens,...

Sep 12, 2025

Landlords: Stop Calling Our Dismantled Cars 'Eyesores' And Let Us Wrench

Right now, thousands of Americans can’t wrench on their cars because landlords think disabled vehicles are “eyesores.” But that’s a steaming mound of bullshit, and it’s an idea that needs to change. When I was in college, I had 2005 Saturn Vue on a jack stand for about a week...

Sep 12, 2025

Let My Heart's Terror-Tears Stop And Buy This Maserati Khamsin So I Don't Have To

I want to die. I want to waste away. A Maserati Khamsin is for sale not far from me at a shockingly reasonable price and I can’t have it and I would rather let nature’s healing decomposition clear my mind forever of thought of not owning this car. If I...

Sep 12, 2025

See How Much Horsepower This 500,000-Mile Honda Really Has Left

Josh Clymer has been driving his 2005 Acura TSX a lot. In fact, he says he’s up to 505,248 miles now on the original drivetrain. To celebrate a half-million, he took the car to get compression and dyno tested. That gives us a good idea of how healthy the engine...

Sep 12, 2025

These Insane Outback Mechanics Make The Guys On Roadkill Look Like Amateurs

One of the best traits a person can have is their ability to adapt to a particular situation. It means using every resource available to you, no matter how seemingly impractical or unorthodox, to get a job done. In that respect, perhaps no one is more qualified than a mechanic...

Sep 12, 2025

Buying Cars Off Craigslist Has Enriched My Life

Like everyone, I started surfing Craigslist because I wanted to snag sweet deals. Though I was initially a bit worried about meeting randos from the internet, after seven years of hard-core Craigslisting, I can honestly say, the site has changed my life. Here are some of my best stories of...

Sep 12, 2025

You Can Buy A Freaking Manual Maserati For The Price Of A Boring-Ass Nissan Versa

If I asked a random sampling of my audience to recollect one of their most memorable dreams, I’d likely hear something extremely outlandish, proving that only something truly shocking will make it into your memory banks. Having said that, proves that the same concept applies to cars, as it could...

Sep 12, 2025

Sell Your Dumb Organs And Buy This 1985 Ferrari 288 GTO At Auction Next Week

I actually have no clue what the going rate is for human organs these days, nor do I know if you’d have enough organs left over to actually enjoy this thing if you pulled it off. But if you want a Ferrari 288 GTO, going on the block at Mecum’s...

Sep 12, 2025