It all started 14 months ago with a straightforward objective: buy an older BMW 3 Series in need of some work, make it fully functional, and freshen up its appearance. It was a process I’d done before, and one that I’m sure I’ll do again. However, this time I greatly underestimated what I was getting […]
When the BMW dealership gave Alex Palmeri a $17,000 estimate to fix his 409,000 E39 M5, the car was mechanically totaled. At that price, it would cost most of its value to repair. Palmeri wasn’t ready to give up, though. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
When the BMW dealership gave Alex Palmeri a $17,000 estimate to fix his 409,000 E39 M5, the car was mechanically totaled. At that price, it would cost most of its value to repair. Palmeri wasn’t ready to give up, though. Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Of all automobile wrenching disciplines, bodywork is by far the most intimidating to me. It requires a refined touch that I just don’t have (yet), which is why this stop-motion video of a man repairing all the rust on his old Range Rover is so fascinating.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Of all automobile wrenching disciplines, bodywork is by far the most intimidating to me. It requires a refined touch that I just don’t have (yet), which is why this stop-motion video of a man repairing all the rust on his old Range Rover is so fascinating.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
If your steering wheel’s ratty from years in the sun, not to mention grease from your fast-food-loving hands, one of those slip-on steering wheel covers you can pick up wherever is a convenient solution. It’s also grossly inelegant. But there are ways to rock it without looking completely awful.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
I’m diagnosing something strange on my Lexus LS 400. Sometimes, when I’m on the highway, a check engine light pops on. It’s accompanied by the traction control off light. I cannot figure out what’s going on.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
The 2020 Jeep Gladiator has been getting lots of attention lately, but unfortunately, my own Jeep pickup—a 1985 Jeep J10—has not. The descendant of the original Gladiator in my driveway has had a broken four-speed manual transmission for years now, but I recently got around to fixing it on my kitchen counter, and it…Read more… […]
My rally weekend in my new-to-me 1995 BMW M3 was going about as well as possible. I was picking up real speed, getting comfortable in my newly-built car, and somehow, everything was going relatively smoothly. Until it wasn’t.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
I thought mounting underbody protection to my BMW M3 rally car would be mostly quick and easy. Well, that was a dumb thought!Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Earlier this week, I purchased a gorgeous 2000 Jeep Cherokee with only 106,000 miles on the clock for $500. It was a smokin’ deal, but not quite as smokin’ as some of you might have initially thought, since this Jeep has some significant issues, which I will now enumerate.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Earlier this week, I purchased a gorgeous 2000 Jeep Cherokee with only 106,000 miles on the clock for $500. It was a smokin’ deal, but not quite as smokin’ as some of you might have initially thought, since this Jeep has some significant issues, which I will now enumerate.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
If you thought this was painfully obvious, well, you would be extremely right, as one guy quickly found out with a BMW E36.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Today I purchased a 106,000 mile 2000 Jeep Cherokee for only $500, finally fulfilling my need for a “sensible” winter beater. But this thing is more than just sensible, it is the perfect winter vehicle for me. Here’s why.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
All my cars are all old; most are missing user’s manuals. My phone’s huge and expensive so I hate taking it out of my pocket, especially near car work. But I can never remember which car takes which oil, where the Zerk fittings are, and other small-but-significant details. So I make my own reference guides.Read […]
There’s an interesting discussion happening over at the Grassroots Motorsports forum right now, and presumably at many other places off-line. It’s about laws in Sacramento County stating, essentially, that almost any auto repair you do on your property is illegal. Of course, this is deeply troubling to almost everyone…Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
As someone who has always owned old cars that were in something just shy of concours condition, I’m quite used to being stuck somewhere with a broken down car. That also means I’m very familiar with how people react to me and my broken-down cars. That’s also why my experience with my most recently acquired […]
Last weekend, I used a 2020 Jeep Gladiator to bring home a free 1987 Jeep Grand Wagoneer, and while, from a distance, the SJ Jeep is a beautiful wood vinyl-covered classic, a closer look reveals that it is deeply flawed.Read more… Continue Reading at https://jalopnik.com
Not everybody understands the desire to modify a car; to make it faster or tougher or just turn a piece of transportation into a work of art. It’s an intimidating hobby that seems to demand serious money and mechanical talent. But those are not fixed prerequisites. The only thing you need to really need to […]
One of the things my Pao has needed from the day I got it was a new set of front shocks. The ones on the car were totally shot, making all kinds of scary clunking noises and ending every speed bump with a jarring BANG that made me wet my pants, just a little squirt, […]
