If you don't want to do it, don't. Tell him no thanks, and expect to continue to be on your own. If you're ok with that, don't worry about it. But, from the sound of it, you can expect him to use you're not doing it against you if you ask for anything in the future. Sounds like something you...

Look, do what your step-dad is asking you to do and get the dirtbike running well. While you're doing that see if you can get the Jeep sold. AFTER you've done what he asks, try to get him to help you buy an "Eagle" Talon.And if the man's willing to pay for your education, and it's what...

Keep an eye on Craigslist and eBay. They're the two most common places to find stolen goods these days.

I wasn't so much looking for a pass-through as someone willing to use on of the other 6 VIN stampings on the car and to do a proper inspection. It's plain stupid to REQUIRE it to be the dash plate. It seems the PO of the car swapped the dash for one that didn't have cracks in the vinyl and...

Here's the skinny: I need to take the car up to the Glen Burnie State Police garage for an inspection (which can only be performed on Tuesdays during a 3 hour window that starts during rush hour) to verify all the VIN tags. The car has a "JDM" motor in it so that VIN's not going to match...

The VIN plate on the dash is missing. (I have no clue! can't find it in the car...) But the title matches the Fed sticker in the door and the stamping on the firewall. They won't even initiate the inspection without the dash tag and you wouldn't believe what you have to go through to get a...

If anybody works at or knows someone who works at a MD state inspection capable shop, PM me. I have a rather special problem. I'm not looking to buy my inspection, I just need help with one thing.

What kind of racing are we talking about? Autocross, roadrace, rally? The answer will vary with each :)

It does indeed appear to be a Navy address. Here's a trace: These are all DoD Addresses: 14 198.26.76.33 (198.26.76.33) 69.485 ms 77.454 ms 80.358 ms 15 214.40.2.249 (214.40.2.249) 63.161 ms 79.900 ms 71.662 ms 16 * * * 17 214.40.4.226 (214.40.4.226) 93.107 ms 76.717 ms 60.860 ms...

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Cool. I got my GTI from someone who overestimated their budget for the car. The May issue of Grassroots Motorsports has a great writeup on the new Spec Focus racing class. Good luck and enjoy your new DD.

Just get some contact poison and reapply frequently ;) You may soon run out of hiding spots for the bodies, but hey... Kidding.... You could always etch "car will explode if lights are removed" on them with a home etch kit ;)A pager alarm is probably the only effective thing you could...

Maybe, maybe not. Why complain about people's prices if you can find them cheaper? If it's too rich for your blood, move on. It's not like they're asking $1000 for a big brake kit when, in reality, it's just a set of 1Gb calipers and some rotors....... If someone's asking more than what you...

With the core charge, partsamerica wants $115 for an UNLOADED caliper. X2 is $230 + shipping. $130-150 for a pair doesn't seem so bad if you don't have a set to return. Besides, people usually ask more than they want due to all the lowballers. I'm sure you could get a set from the...

Try and find out if he's on any forums. If so, join then search his posts. If you find any asking about knocking, etc. he defrauded you. Then again, sometimes you just get a bad hand.Just think of it this way, after swapping your motor you will know the car better than you ever thought...

Thanks! It has the H&R Coilovers and 19" wheels in that pic. There are aftermarket LSDs. Peloquin and Quaife both make one but you're looking at $1200-1500 for the part.... There's a lot of demand but nothing definite from VW yet.But, for the money, HIDs, Leather, climate control, MFD...

The most often compared car is the Mazdaspeed 3.I paid $23,000 for my 06 MKV New GTI last November with 7k on the clock, Package 2 (leather, cold weather, sunroof, 18" wheels, premium audio, 6spd manual)I really like the car. It's much more fun as a DD than my 1G GSX but I miss AWD...

If you're shady, and have a car that has rod knock, you can drop the pan, slap a new OE bearing in and sell the car. It would run for 20-50 miles before the knock came back....... *I have NEVER done anything like this nor would I*As for the three day thing in IL:No Three-Day Right to...

"Here's a spoon. You can come back inside when you dig the car out using that."

My MAACO would paint any panel for $100 if it was off the car and ready to spray. $250 is probably accurate if the bumper needs to be prepped and the car needs to be masked off. Though, to be honest, I wouldn't trust MAACO with color matching..... maybe your car's black?

DOT or better yet, FIA certified seats should be a minimum.

Wow, those look like some serious springs. Is the car still going to be on the street on a regular basis? What spring rates did you choose?

Yup. Crazy Germans. You can get the Golf GT already. http://www.volkswagen.co.uk/new_cars/technology_glossary/TSI The engine was voted best engine of the year, 2006 International Engine of the Year Awards.

The linkage is adjustable under the hood at the brackets and in the shifter console.Take the shifter cables off the trans and try shifting the trans by the linkage directly. If it feels like it's going in and out of gear there, hook the cables back up. You will need a helper to adjust...

You may need to adjust the shifter linkage a bit to get the shifter centered properly.What oil did you fill the trans with? And did the place you got the trans from know how many miles are on it? DSM tranmissions usually get looser with time.

Get a clutch disk and spin the output shaft in each gear. This will give a some idea what shape the trans is in. The disk shouldn't bind at all while it spins and there should be minimal lash (play) when in gear. If it's been sitting getting rusty you going to want to put cheap gear oil in...

Give TRE a call. I hear they have a few transmissions built and ready for sale. I'd be willing to bet a few of them are "budget" rebuilts.

Unplug everything other than the motherboard and case fans from the power supply. See if that works. Usually that happens if there's a short. I've seen more than one floppy drive or front card-reader with the plug one pin off causing an identical issue.

I've made four cross-country trips (one from norcal to DC) and not once did the Navman I have let me down. I think the reroute time is dependant on the handheld's speed and the quality/speed of the memory card. My NavMan takes about 1.5-2min to get a triangulated lock from the satellites. I...

I'm happy with this: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.asp?Item=N82E16858108413I have the previous model, but it uses the same software.

I heard that VIN plates are easier to swap than motors...... Don't ask me where I heard that though

http://www.abc27.com/news/stories/0906/357825.html Watch the video. Six people were sleeping upstairs, and they all survived. Crazy.

Maybe they were running a meth lab and it went boom!

Give the buyer a bill of sale and a promissory note stating you will send him/her the title when you get it. Go to the bank and have everything notarized.

Crap, if you can squeeze 264mpg out of diesel http://www.canadiandriver.com/articles/gw/vw1litre.htm then where's the need for hydrogen, electric, or ethanol? BTW, it's been discussed before, but ethanol is a huge joke......

The RX8 has a two-rotor (piston, yes technically they are pistons but not in a traditional sense) engine. Here's a great explainaton about how it all really works: http://www.articledepot.co.uk/displayarticle.php?id=2899So, according to the math in the article, it can be argued that the...

The other half is in my basement with a 50" Plasma, a driving wheel and a Xbox360.

It seems it's a failure in the cluster most of the time... http://www.anti-freez.net/vortex/DIY/speedo.htmlIf that isn't your problem, the cluster gets its signal from the ECU. On the cluster pin 10 there is a green wire that goes to the fusebox connector U1/6, from there it comes out G1/12...

Maybe the car starting smoking under the hood and someone used a chemical fire extiguisher. They leave a messy whitish resude on everything. If there's powery stuff in places that the fire extinguisher wouldn't have gotten to but water would if the car were submerged, it's probably silt from...

If you grab a junkyard head, you can have it pressure tested by a machine shop to make sure all the valves seal up and they can check to make sure the head doesn't need to be resurfaced. Having it checked should only cost $40. Then all you have to worry about are leaky valve seals.

Most of the Preludes (I don't know what year/engine you're working with) ARE interference engines. Usually the piston only gets destroyed if you snap the head off the valve and the engine crunches on it a few times either embedding the valve piece in the piston or punching it through. That can...

Is this what you're looking for? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GFZjnmDlR88&search=shifting

A body shop would recon that bumper. There is a small tear in it that will require some bodywork but it should pop back out and be repainable. I would est. $300.

This might be just the ticket:http://www.thepartsbin.com/repsite/germany~aux_fan_timer_relay~reparts.htmlOr you can wire power to a VW style thermo switch to have a fan after-run.http://www.thepartsbin.com/repsite/volkswagen~thermo_time_switch~reparts.html

I'm in the DC area. Let me know if you need anything. I had a car buying horror in WV a few weeks ago. I picked up a Rabbit GTi and they guy pretended that it didn't have a warped head that caused the car to smoke like the Spy Hunter car after warming up. To Volkswagen's credit, I made it...

11 of Fred's 13 kids are Lawyers! She's a lawyer. He used to be a Civil Rights lawyer! I want to know what went wrong and where: http://www.nndb.com/people/908/000025833/

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All these gas price increases are artifical powered only by the media and coporate greed.http://www.consumerwatchdog.org/energy/pr/?postId=6133

Watch out for the undercoatings. Some of them are tar-like and stay greasy and won't dry to the touch. That would be a disaster. I'd go with bed-liner myself. Karsol, Prepsol, or the like should be good. Some degreasers probably aren't paint friendly. Denatured alcohol after degreaser or...

TC... and then a turbo kit when you bored with it.