Recent content by westernb4

Looks like it's time to post a contrarian comment. Not sure that trying to ruin a person's career/life over receipt of a single unwanted telephone call is appropriate. This seems a bit like a miniature version of the NSX Nick circus of a few years ago. If I recall correctly, the OP at that time...

Congratulations! For frontal collision safety, I'd think seriously about getting a steering wheel with an airbag, and would get any available stock spare wheel, with functional rubber or not. I believe that having a spare in place adds substance that may well protect the occupants in a frontal...

Great thread. Please keep the updates coming.

What shop were you using?

Who belongs to the beautiful orange McLaren with the Block M logo (U of Mich) license plates I saw today in Ann Arbor (on Main St.)?

Jaguar XKE

Small oil puddle on garage floor just inside of R front wheel. Crawled under car, looks like shock absorber is wet. Do shocks leak enough to create a puddle of oil?

2012 total worldwide vehicle production: Volkswagen is 3rd, behind Toyota and General Motors (Wikipedia).

VW has a new TV commercial claiming that there are more VW's on the road with more than 100000 miles than any other carmaker. How can this be? I think of VW's as trouble prone and as mechanical failures waiting to happen. Do they maybe sell more diesels than other makers with better durability...

Especially the doofus with the giant magnifying glass who claims to be a handwriting expert. Forgery, as mentioned, is rampant. I collect very old books, and have been following the story of an entire forged Galileo book (the non-fraudulent book was published in 1611). This supposedly was...

My thought would be to have your son build this with you. Great bonding opportunity with a 15 year old.

Kumhos installed today. TCS triggering abolished. Smooth and tight. Thanks again for advice.

Thank you. I ordered a set of the Kumhos today.

I have a '93 NSX with stock '94 7-spoke 16/17 wheels and I need new tires. Currently I have Kumho ecsta front 225 45 16 and rear 245 40 17 tires. For as long as I have had these, I've had the TCS kick in with acceleration. I have always thought that this was because of the wrong sized front...

"Cool" would be pretty low on my list of Japanese car adjectives. "Expensive" and "generally reliable" come to mind quickly.