Nope, I was embarrassed by my typo! Matt - the Citroen SM with a Maserati V6. Hydropneumatic (sp?) suspension with...quirks. I got to drive one across a parking lot in HS when I was a lot boy for a big Datsun dealer. The owner bought it, and the mechanics always had it in the garage working on the h...

matthew1 wrote: ↑16 Nov 2022, 15:16

I think I'll pass on this shirt, but it doesn't mean I love steelies any less.
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Nobody doesn't like steelies!

https://psvsa.org/index.php/2022/08/21/x-ray-motors-20th-anniversary-party/#more-1542 “As the patron saint of classic Volvos, we all paid homage yesterday at the church of X-Ray Auto.“ This is a shop in ye olde Ballard in Seattle. Down by the tracks. Down by the docks and fishing boats. 4773C483-445...

Did the words “I’m sorry Dave, I can’t do that” ever appear on the screen? Because that’s bad.

(I’m joking of course)

br0dy519 wrote: ↑29 Nov 2022, 16:03 whose partner begs them frequently for a new Subaru.

....I've heard that.... "Wouldn't it be smarter to just get a newer car?"

YAY! (like this?)

I went through something very similar recently with my ‘04 XC70. I don’t know if they’re the same. But it was the DIM (“drivers information module” - or the gauge cluster assembly). The lead-free solder mandated then became brittle and many connections on the circuit board fail through heat or vibra...

My thought is that 200-250 is max for a ‘daily driver’ NA. You’re up to the bleeding edge of reliability past that. It won’t be reliable, it won’t last long, it won’t be tractable and calm in traffic, and it might just blow up. The collector guys all get hot for the early Porsche 911S, rather than a...

More likely it’s a tetanus shot.

Isn’t that frustrating, 15k on a new part?

Compression braking on a downhill is usually valve seals or valve guides.