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Wrenching
A Junkyard’s Price List Can Let You Know if a Car Is Reliable | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo While I’m doing the math to see if a car’s worth restoring and re-selling, I use Car-Part’s national database of junkyards to see what parts cost.
Culture
Appalachia’s Roads Are Under-Appreciated Driving Goodness | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Maybe I’ve been deft of good driving roads, but West Virginia, Southwest Pennsylvania, and even Pittsburgh have great driving roads. Am I crazy?The New Lamborghini Countach Made Me Realize I’m a Little Tired of Nostalgia | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Why did we yawn when the new Countach was unveiled? I have a theory: it’s because as much as we love nostalgia, maybe we’re all a little bit over it....My First Trip in the $800 Daewoo Involved Building a Makeshift Power Steering Line on the Side of the Road | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Despite some hardships this cheap orphan car did make it home. And soon, it will be racing.Toyota Marketing Material From the Year 2000 Will Transport You to the Land of Low-Rise Jeans and Baby Spice | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo You remember the Toyota Echo, right? What about Toyota’s Flaming Lips music collab? Isthisatoyota.com?
Culture
Why Are So Many Car Touchscreens Still So Slow? | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo It seems like in-car connectivity is still surprisingly far behind phone tech.
Wrenching
I Finished My Daewoo ‘Race Car’ Just in Time for This Weekend’s Rainbow Road Rallycross | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo I found plenty of rust to fight, had to re-do some of my own work, and scramble for parts nobody had in stock, but we’re ready now.Attention Nerds: SEAT Is Just Spanish Pontiac | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Isn’t SEAT a bit redundant?
Buying Advice
Tools
OBD2 Code P0174: What It Means | Autance
YearsAgo Update: YearsAgo Figuring out why your Check Engine Light is on means deciphering OBD-II (or “OBD2”) codes, and that can be kind…