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I don't watch much TV at all, but I used to really enjoy watching the Speed channel in 08/09 while doing cardio after work. I found out last week that the Speed channel has been dead for 6 years, and Fox Sports 1 picked up some of their lineup. I checked out FS1 and it looked like a crap...

Borderlands 3 comes out on September 13th. My wife wants us to take the day off to marathon through the game. Since I like being able to aim in video games, I use a PC. Problem is, Epic has a monopoly on the PC version, so my guess is their servers are going to be slammed on release day...

I got ahold of some US-made repro 428 CJ "Snake" Cast valve covers for my Mach 1. My goal this weekend is to polish them to a mirror finish to match everything else in the engine bay. I like the "polished" look far better than chrome. My experience with polishing aluminum is that it looks...

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Odd question, been driving me nuts. All of our vehicles develop a nasty haze on the inside of the windshield, usually worst after doing a full detail. I can't tell if it is dash outgassing, evaporation of interior detailer, or what. Any ideas on this? I don't think it is window washing...

For sale are Vintage Boyd Coddington Super Sport Wheels These are from Boyd's earlier run of wheels, very rare! 15"x10" on the rear (~6.5" BS) 15"x4.5" on the front 5x4.75 (Chevy) Bolt Pattern on both, secondary 5x4.5 bolt pattern on the rear. A machine shop could easily add the 5x4.5 bolt...

Adwalls. They're everywhere. Is that an article, or a cleverly disguised ad? Are you hitting the right download button? 20 radio stations in the area and they're all playing ads at the same time? Download a "free" app? Ha. Streaming music? Not for long. What ad drives you the most...

There is growing hype about methods to wash a black car (or any car for that matter) in direct sunlight without winding up with baked on suds and water marks. The claim is that if you wash the car in direct sunlight, allow the car to air dry, mist it with diluted spray wax, and rinse the car, it...

In the latest round of "at least it's something simple," I went to replace leaking valve cover gaskets and warped valve covers. What I discovered was: 1) FelPro's rubber 428FE valve cover gasket is not sized right. The holes are 1/8" off from center, resulting in too much material and no way...

Long story short, I had surprise surgery on 4/1 and the bills just hit. 9 separate bills ranging from $300 to around $3000 each after insurance. Thankfully (I guess?) I hit my out of pocket max for the year. I'm on an extremely-high-deductible HSA plan, and since I just started this job in...

New garage isn't in the cards for this year unless the GT500 sells, but my wife and I are still planning on doing prep work. This includes extending our driveway and removing ~30 trees. I read that cutting down trees before excavation can actually make the excavation harder and more expensive...

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I am looking at filling up the year with inexpensive (all relative) but labor-intensive projects for my Mach 1- keeps me occupied but lets me build back up the funds after 2018's weekly tooth-kicks. The end goal for the car is cruise-in shows and that's about it, but I'd like it to be...

Ever since I got my GT500 in 2016, 2nd gear has been notchy. It feels like it has to "click in" one or two times before fully engaging. There is no audible grind or anything, and I do not beat on the car whatsoever. It was noticeable with the stock shifter, and there is now an MGW 2.0 in the...

I'm looking into a 2 or 3 bay detached garage for our backyard, weighing out the costs vs return equity-wise. It has been a motivator for me lately. The area it would be installed on is currently a lightly wooded section of our yard- I plan on (and have been) cutting the trees down myself, so...

We have a JD LA150 with about 400hrs on it, 54" deck, several attachments. I gave it a tune-up this week and it is running decently, but it still needs a lot of work to make it through another season. The deck bearings are screaming loud right now- so bad I need ear-pro (non-serviceable, need...

What are your goals for 2019?

I've been looking at exhausts for my wife's '17 F150 5.0. Christmas and her birthday are coming up soon, and she has expressed interest in getting a "nice loud exhaust so I can let these idiots know I'm here." I asked her if she thinks my GT500 is too loud (Borla ATAKs, Kooks LTs, Kooks...

Does anyone know of a supplier who stocks double-end wheel studs that are 5/8-18 on the axle flange side and 1/2-20 on the wheel side? Basically this but with 1/2-20 instead of 5/8-11: This is what is currently on the car, nuts welded on the backside of the axle flange: I know I can likely...

What kind of rubbish is this? What's your take? Why you have (probably) already bought your last car

Assuming things stay stable and Mother Nature takes a vacation from the '17/'18 beat-down, I'm looking at getting a mid-rise lift early next year. I've had some very, very bad run-ins with local shops (with the exception of East Coast Mustangs, excellent guys) so I'm going to take over all...

The 8 hour workday became 9, became 10, became 11... What changed? Inefficiency and poor time management. Once employers realized that they can't just keep upping the required working hours, they started encroaching on the one last bastion we had for reclaiming some semblance of sanity...

I bought my Mach 1 about a year ago. It was not safety operational, so I quickly tore it down for quite a number of repairs/upgrades to make it driveable. I completed a bill of sale with the previous owner and was sent the pink slip. My question is, now that it is close to running and being...