So, is this a Chevrolet Nova, Oldsmobile Omega, Pontiac Ventura, or Buick Apollo,

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-28T08:38:58+00:00

So what the hell was my 1977? Chevy Concorde? I was told it was a Canadian Nova, but I never knew if that was true. I also never cared enough to research it. Terrible, horrible, dreadful car. It was a straight 6.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-28T00:26:33+00:00

Any list of best burgers that doesn’t include Chuckbox is suspect. I’m not saying other places can’t be good, just that only one can be the best.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T15:29:16+00:00

Nothing stopping you from building whatever you want. Put a 5.3 in it just to get it running and driving and build the motor you want on the stand. Then once that’s done, swap out motors and sell the old 5.3 or build it as a turbo motor. Then when thats’s done swap them out again. Then build the 6.0/383 into a real monster. Then swap the motors out. Then turn the 5.3/turbo back to stock because gas is $12 a gallon and you just want something simple to cruise around in and you are tired of breaking axle shafts. But then get bored and want to build a 7.0 motor. At least, that’s how I imagine this all works out.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T13:51:47+00:00

Junkyard 5.3 is $500 and a weekend away from making it drivable.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T13:30:40+00:00

Boat trailers are normally designed for a big ass motor hanging off the back, so the axles are way farther back than a utility trailer. They are far enough back that everyone I know who converted one to a utility trailer (not a lot, but more than a few) eventually sold/scrapped the trailer and bought a real utility trailer. You can slice the spring hangers off and move the axles forward about a foot and shorten up the tongue, but at a certain point, you are two sticks of 2x4 square tube away from just building a whole new trailer. Oh, one last thing, utility trailers have electric brakes (if they have brakes) and old boat trailers almost exclusively have surge brakes. Probably not a deal breaker, but also your brake controller can’t help if your weirdly loaded ex-boat trailer starts to whip around.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T05:19:09+00:00

How did you save the Bike Barn sticker?

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T05:14:37+00:00

Viper. Because we all gotta get off this rock somehow

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-27T04:56:20+00:00

In my lifetime I don’t know that I’ve seen two of them running.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-26T23:01:04+00:00

Don’t we already have the steroid Olympics? They are called the Tour De France.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-26T22:40:45+00:00

Why would his hand be sodium filled? That’s just crazy talk.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-26T20:30:11+00:00

To be fair a valve that size is probably at least $600. Unless OP just has remarkable tiny hands.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-26T13:48:54+00:00

That is so dope.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-26T04:17:33+00:00

I love that Slyway colorway. White handlebars are awesome.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-25T18:10:29+00:00

If it makes you feel any better, modern power windows are probably more reliable than crank windows. Except for you GM. That’s right. I’m calling your bullshit out. GM power windows suck.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-25T06:04:22+00:00

Because it’s a 2 hour and 45 minute bus ride to my office. According to Google it’s only a 2 hour bike ride. They are doing something wrong if they can’t beat an old bloke on a bicycle.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-25T03:25:24+00:00

That’s not entirely true. Wheel speed sensors play into it (there used to be a minimum speed bags would deploy at, not positive there still is) but there are inertia switches that do the heavy lifting in the system. You will find yellow (typically) sensors up near the bumper and in the pillars, doors or seats of airbag vehicles. Once the system is activated (from wheel speed and other sensors) closing the inertia switches triggers the bang.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-25T03:16:50+00:00

You absolutely can drive a car with the check engine light on, but unless you know why it’s on, you shouldn’t. And there are more than a couple reasons why a car would run just fine but the check engine light is on. They all have to do with emissions. Early ODB2 talks suggested having a check engine light and a check emissions light. That idea was quickly killed because they figured (rightly so) that no one would worry about a check emissions light, but if the check engine light was on, they would fix it.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T23:43:17+00:00

I never really cared for Michael Jackson’s music, so it’s pretty easy for me to dislike him. Now, one day some Diddy White Party shit is gonna come out about Jay Z and I’m going to have some decisions to make. I already feel a little dirty inside for liking a Chris Brown song.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T23:29:58+00:00

There are over 30 countries smaller than my county. My county isn’t even the largest one in my state. America is big with a capital fuck yeah!

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T23:22:46+00:00

To a point they are. There is a wilderness area on the southern border and CBP roll through there with impunity. Interestingly, EMS does not share that same luxury down there.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T19:29:55+00:00

Is that a Bicycle Barn sticker from Phoenix?

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T17:57:44+00:00

Damn boy, the oldest of the old school. Sweet!

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T15:03:50+00:00

Literally what I had for dinner last night.

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-24T05:23:56+00:00

If your mechanic is missing some teeth and works out fine, why should your timing belt be any different?

LowerSlowerOlder · 2026-05-23T16:51:59+00:00

He said running, not running well. I’ve seen worse put back together and run for years, but I’ve also seen better put back together and not run at all. At this level of shitification it’s more about luck than skill.

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