Recent content by Detective D

Emh. i have seen worse and wierder stuff then that. If she is feeling broke, it is because she is used to living in CA with CA prices and home costs. If she is worth 20 million dollars she could have moved to WI and retired at age 19. I can't fathom having a million dollars, much less 20...

AI video is fake like AI. That said, that guy is the poster child of the things that are wrong with the old car hobby. he wants money, and only money, and screws everyone he sees to get it. Speaking of his TV show, flipping through the channels I came across an episode of his show. Within 5...

The manufacturers went to the ipad dash because it is much less costly for them then making all the buttons and the wiring for the buttons. They sell it as a feature when it makes them more money. Tell your sales guy you want a car without an ipad in the dash. If he doesn't have one, tell him...

Now imagine sitting there with an enemy craft coming right in on you guns blazing and all you can do is sit there and pray and hope you get them first. The gunman on the bombers in that era had balls of steel.

I don't begrudge anyone that likes an EV. I instinctively list off their bad spots because the "glorious savior to the planet EV!" is thrown in our face daily and the powers that be were mandating them into our lives if we liked it or not. I have always been of the opinion the market should...

That was my entire point. EV's can do the drag strip. That's it. I know in America and especially on a traditional muscle car forum that of course gets some bias, but a lot of people value the driving experience as much if not more than tickets times at the 1/4. Myself included. I choose my...

I also got a ride in a tesla. No thanks. It is heavy. That is why it feels heavy. If you take your '77 to any area besides a drag strip, you could drive circles around your son's car. Custom tuned EV's haven't been able to beat 15 year old records on the nurbergring. Last I checked a Caddy...

If anyone here ever happens to need to drive in the fox valley(Appleton) area in WI, you MUST pause at the green light because people will sail through at 40mph on the red. Everyone in that town waits for green, then looks both ways before moving. You have to.

A total of 8,390 are being recalled. So basically, ALL of them that they have sold and maybe some they haven't across the entire country in the last 9 months. LOL. I have yet to even see one in person in WI. I think maybe the big dealer in the bigger city about an hour away had one parked on...

I have a soft spot for Olds as we had a few when I was a kid. 71(2?) Olds Delta 88 with a 455 and TH400. Speedo went to 140. My Ma's favorite car in her entire life. In WI, salt. had to retire it to the front of the machine shed next to the 63 Ford one ton farm truck because Dad thought the gas...

All of this is why I ordered my 2013 AWD hemi charger when the old tired 98 Expedition was getting replaced. On a 4 lane road, it is better to just slow down if you are on a longer trip and let the clowns get annoyed and their ADD will kick in, they will speed off. You can speed up after, they...

This is a fine picture/example of what I was trying to get at in my post. People that like the euro cars will fawn over that picture. I see it as why TF are you on the curb? The American car let's you know you done F'd up and you are in control of exactly how bad you want to F up. The euro car...

Different philosophy in different parts of the world. Also, Our helpful gov't made sure to prevent Japan and Europe from selling their most interesting vehicles in America. BMW looks boring. It mostly is. There is a saying that driving a slow car fast can be much more fun then driving a fast...

I think the 70's Mopars are going to shoot up in the next few years. Cordoba's and Magnums included. Ford didn't make anything attractive in that entire era, and GM cars rusted into dirt so fast they are pretty rare. At the time, Chrysler was frowned on for keeping body designs from 1971/72 all...

Here, highlighted the problem. We could keep ICE around and have much more efficient and fun vehicles if that agency didn't get involved. We had vehicles getting 60MPG in the 1980's. The designs were deemed both not safe enough and would not pass emissions only a few short years later. And to...