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There is a place east of Orange county that I traveled with a 35 mile per hour speed limit on a two lane road. I used the same trick but I used 3rd gear instead because I needed additional braking. Good driving is paying attention to what is ahead and planing a move that will best accomplish...

One other little trick that many don't know because they don't live in the rockies and it works well with manuals or autos. I use this in other places but the most significant is the Grapevine in California. This is a really long downgrade known for burning up brakes. With my 5 speed 96, at the...

That is a bit misleading. Say I am approaching a stoplight and I can see it's red. I take my foot off the gas and coast using the engine for braking. Once the RPMs get around 800 RPM, then I push the clutch in and apply the brake as needed. It saves wear and heating on the brake and makes you...

It comes out of the garage 5 times a week for work and I enjoy every minute of it. It's just that I live 3 miles from work unlike my mother who lives 30 miles from work. There are longer trips but not often enough to put a bunch of miles on it. I intend for this to be the last car I buy so...

Believe me, I have considered it! The problem is in the winter you're dealing with near freezing temperatures in the morning and in the summer temperatures over 100 degrees. I like my creature comforts and prefer not getting sweaty unless I can clean up afterward. Where I live is somewhat on the...

So far I am on track to about 3,000 miles a year with my car. It's a daily driver with 6-10 miles a day and the battery is staying up fine. The problem is if the battery sits for weeks without being used, it develops sulphate and that takes a long slow charge to reverse. After it's reversed...

The way auto air conditioners work is they are charged by the weight of the freon. If it already has freon, it's all removed and the correct weight is returned to the system. Freon becomes a liquid under pressure and/or under low pressure. There is a switch on the low pressure side of the system...

E85 is 100-105 octane so that isn't an issue. The old problem with e85 was that it attacked aluminum in the fuel system. They probably have eliminated that with the development of flex fuel engines. The remaining problem is the low caloric content of the fuel might require a higher volume of...

Your engine is new so some parts are tight, others like the piston rings leak. The computer hasn't had time to learn the engine so yes, you milage is going to be poor until you get farther into the break in process. My first tank was about 14 miles per gallon. I am now getting 17-18 with surface...

Watch this site because a supercharger should be on the way. There are no numbers but from the results with the GT, we might see near 1000 horse power out of the DH. The engine shouldn't need any modification other than on the top for the superchargers and probably fuel supply. Any boost like...

It used to be white light was only permitted on the front of the car or as a license or backup light. The reason being to prevent confusion at night as to which direction another car would think you were facing. On the other hand, I see a lot of rules being broken with over bright headlights...

The transmission in my 96 had a problem in the 3-4 gear fork and Ford had an upgrade for the problem. I still have the original parts but then again, I never tracked the car making the failure more likely for somebody who did. A quick word to that great god google who knows almost everything...

I agree with raw oysters however a proper vine ripened tomato is a different story. This from somebody who wasn't fond of tomatoes when I was younger. Beef steak is one of the better ones and if you have a neighbor who grows them, you might ask for one.

My dad took me out in the desert where the roads were used so little that they were still dirt. I was still on my learners permit so I needed to work on pointing the car in the right direction as well as shifting. If you stall the car, no big deal. After I got it down a little, there was a large...

The gas is an analog device and has more than two positions. Old story. It seems that the head of Ferrari had a problem with his wife getting speeding tickets. It seems that she thought the gas had only two positions, all the way down or all the way up. After some though, he came up with a...

About time you learned. I would teach you except I moved from there in 2011. In addition, I commuted between Anaheim (home) and El Toro for many years and after you experienced rush hour traffic with manual, you would never drive one again unless you're really a diehard like me.

I think this might be a "The Tortoise and the Hare" thing. An auto might have a big advantage in the quarter when dealing with somebody not highly skilled with a stick but it might be a different picture on the track. My biggest problem with Autos is they don't always agree with me on which gear...

I found the ride to be firm but not harsh. Running down the road it's comfortable without rocking, maybe a little floatie but throw it around a corner and it's solid. It's much different that older cars that I have driven. You could probably live without it but I think it will grow on you.

There are two other solutions posted on this site. One person used home Depot L brackets and existing bolts to mount the plate off to the side. Not everybody can do the second but if you have a tow hook, they make a mounting that can use that. I have seen Ford build sheets that indicate...

That was my 82 as well. At 156 horsepower, the 302 wasn't much of an engine but the car was under 3000 pounds and had torque that wouldn't quit and it kicked in fast. Shortly after I got the car, a guy who though he had a hot car pulled up alongside of me and wanted to race. The light change and...