"Motors" - revving up again

…He’s got a UVeye on me
He’s got a UVeye
He’s got a UVeye on me
Whoa!

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That video is XLNT.

I only just got hip to Mr Something, and he’s really, yeah, something.

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One Of History’s Weirdest Motorcycles Was Front-Wheel Drive With Its Engine Inside The Wheel

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Changed the spark plugs on the Honda today. Wow, that was incredibly easy compared to the Subarus, where there’s exactly this → ← much distance between the heads and the inner fender to fit in a wrench. The only complication is that my spark plug socket’s rubber plug retainer kept staying on the plug when I put the new ones in. I solved this by carving a custom spark plug gasket remover tool from some scrap purpleheart that already resembled a chopstick. I just needed a kind of hook that would pull the plug gasket out of the spark plug hole without damaging it or the recess.

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Horizontally opposed engines are great when you want a shorter hood or want to cram more crap into the engine bay. Not so great when you want to service the engine, and Subarus are notorious for being hard to service because of this. At least newer models moved the oil filter from the previous “ring of fire” configuration where it was surrounded by the exhaust manifold to being easily accessible from the top.

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I actually prefer the old location. The configuration let me pre-load oil into the filter so the change didn’t put so much air into the system. But, yeah, don’t change the oil after driving the car any appreciable time. I find it heats up just about right when I move it into the garage for the change without heating it up so much that I have to wear oven mitts to pull the filter.

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The Killinger und Freund (or Killinger and Freund in English)

Contender for dumbest thing…

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Faraday Future Revealed A Rebadged Chinese Minivan In Los Angeles And It Was A Complete Disaster

ETA:

I Went To Faraday Future’s Crazy Event For Its ‘AI’ Van, A Vehicle That Has A Face And Can ‘Empathize’

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This Tiny 12-Foot-Long Camper Was Supposed To Be America’s Ticket To RV Fun During Oil Crises

It has a porch!

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Scenes from a parking garage in Arlington VA.

This Chevy’s registration expired in 2014

This Chrysler* had a 1/8" layer of dust atop it

(Not a Plymouth nor a Duster)

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That Chevy’s wire wheels (I’m assuming they aren’t hubcaps, since they’re still there) are great.

Ah, an Imperial! One of God’s finer creations.

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Gotta have somewhere to put your car when you’re doing time in Club Fed. The amateurs forgot to cover them. Probably left the battery connected too.

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We speculated that both cars might’ve been deliberately left in this garage because a tow truck is unlikely to fit in there.

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For F1 aficionados and Ferraristas. For the latter, there’s always next season. Maybe. :neutral_face:

PS: Enzo would have quashed the criticism.

New Ferrari evidence after Lewis Hamilton complaint triggers immediate action

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That 1959 Austin 101 speaks to me. It says, “I don’t give a fuck! Get outta my way!”

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Ferrari has felt like total amateur hour these past couple of seasons.

I realize this is ironic since they are currently in second place, but McLaren is so far ahead that it’s basically impossible for them to improve their standing this year. Mercedes could easily overtake them (I doubt Red Bull will since Max is basically carrying the entire team on his shoulders). The amount of ways they have fucked over Hamilton this year with bad strategy and not listening to him makes me feel like they are actively sabotaging him.

It’s annoying — I really like both LeClerc and Hamilton but I just can’t root for Ferrari as a team this year as they seem so utterly inept.

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