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Project Car Diaries: My $925 Audi S4 Is Side-Questing Me Into Little Fixes Everywhere
By Peter Nelson / Updated Apr 19, 2023

Project Car Diaries: What a BMW Oil Leak Taught Me About Aluminum Parts
By Peter Nelson / Updated Apr 12, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Testing Cheap Seat Repair Tricks That Actually Work
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Apr 5, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Upcycling Scrap Into My ’69 Charger Restoration
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Mar 29, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Flying off Track in My Civic Type R Reminded Me To Revisit Brake Pads
By Chris Rosales / Updated Mar 22, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Deep in the Valley of Deferred Maintenance With My $925 Audi S4
By Peter Nelson / Updated Mar 15, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Cannibalizing a Dodge Coronet to Fix My ’69 Charger’s Rusty Roof
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Mar 8, 2023

Project Car Diaries: My Honda Civic Feels Much Cooler With This Retro Shift Boot
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Mar 1, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Here’s the Plan To Revive My $925 Audi S4
By Peter Nelson / Updated Feb 15, 2023

Project Car Diaries: I Can’t Decide What To Do With My 25-Year-Old Mercedes
By Lewin Day / Updated Feb 8, 2023

Project Car Diaries: Rust Holes, Meet My Harbor Freight Welder
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Feb 1, 2023

American Muscle, Euro Cars, and Modded Hondas: Our Project Car Diaries for 2023
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Jan 25, 2023

Project Car Diaries: I Won a $925 Audi S4 and I Swear It’s Not That Bad
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jan 11, 2023

Here’s How I Dealt With My Favorite Manifold’s Imperfections
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Jan 10, 2023

My Wrenching Paid Off In Faster Lap Times With My 2011 BMW 128i
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jan 5, 2023

Here’s What a Decade of Owning My Mercedes-Benz C32 AMG Has Cost Me
By Kristen Lee / Updated Dec 28, 2022

BFGoodrich’s Mud Terrain T/A KM3 UTV Tire Puts All To Shame
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Dec 22, 2022

My 1969 Dodge Charger Stopped Breaking Down Long Enough for Me To Think About Paint
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Dec 21, 2022

A Limited Slip Differential Makes My BMW 128i As God Intended
By Peter Nelson / Updated Nov 30, 2022

Illuminating the Night and Keeping Rocks At Bay In My Project Can-Am Maverick X3
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Nov 29, 2022

Try YouTube First Before Taking Your Car to a Dealer for a Pricey Fix
By Kristen Lee / Updated Nov 24, 2022

My Mods Actually Made My Can-Am Maverick X3 Max Project Better
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Nov 8, 2022

How the Mods on My BMW 128i Helped Me Set a Personal Best Lap Time
By Peter Nelson / Updated Nov 1, 2022

Your Suggested Fix For My Can-Am Maverick X3 Project Worked
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Oct 25, 2022

Gold Tape and a Turbo Blanket Improved My Honda Civic Type R’s Responsiveness
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 24, 2022

Swapping My BMW’s Wheel Bolts for Studs and Lug Nuts Made Life Easier
By Peter Nelson / Updated Oct 24, 2022

Relocating the Honda Civic Type R Throttle Pedal Is a Must-Do Mod
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 20, 2022

Here’s How My 1984 Nissan 300ZX Fared Running 3,567 Miles in Nine Days
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Oct 19, 2022

A Roof Rack and Servicing Did a Lot for My Can-Am Maverick Overlander Project
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Oct 19, 2022

What I Hated Most About My Mk6 VW GTI and How I Semi-Fixed It
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 19, 2022

A Sneaky Coolant Leak Could Be the Slow Death of My Mercedes E-Class
By Lewin Day / Updated Oct 17, 2022

Junkyard Audi Parts Made My GTI Extremely Grippy, but I Went Too Far
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 13, 2022

My 1984 Nissan 300ZX Handled 2,000 Miles in Five Days Like a Champ
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Oct 13, 2022

I Put Throttle-Driven Eyebrows on My Car. Now It Looks Mad When I Floor It
By Lewin Day / Updated Oct 11, 2022

One Small Hiccup Caused Major Frustration in Removing My GTI’s Transmission
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 10, 2022

What Learned I About My Civic Type R at Its First Track Day
By Chris Rosales / Updated Oct 6, 2022

My 1984 Nissan 300ZX Is Trying To Cross the USA After a Year in Storage
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Oct 3, 2022

Here’s What It Cost To Own My 2010 Volkswagen GTI for Three Years
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 28, 2022

The BMW 128i Is a Criminally Underrated Endurance Race Car
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 26, 2022

Replacing My 2015 Volkswagen Jetta Diesel’s Engine Almost Defeated Me
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 20, 2022

I Bought the Honda Civic Type R of My Dreams and I’m Already Planning Mods
By Chris Rosales / Updated Sep 19, 2022

I Tinkered With My BMW 128i’s Computer Coding and Didn’t Break It
By Peter Nelson / Updated Sep 2, 2022

1969 Dodge Charger Project Chronicles: Updated Steering and Outdated Induction
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Aug 24, 2022

How Track Days Affect Your Car’s Maintenance Schedule
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 23, 2022

A Minor BMW 128i Setup Adjustment Helped Earn Me a Podium Spot
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 11, 2022

A Steering Wheel Spacer Transformed My BMW 128i’s Driving Experience
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 9, 2022

Approaching 100,000 Miles in My 2002 Mercedes C32 AMG Has Me Feeling Enlightened
By Kristen Lee / Updated Aug 9, 2022

Here’s How My BMW 128i Performed on the Dyno With an Intake and Exhaust
By Peter Nelson / Updated Aug 4, 2022

I’m Avoiding the Used Car Market by Reviving a 166K-Mile Saturn Vue
By Tony Markovich / Updated Aug 3, 2022

I’ve Discovered Some Questionable Bodywork From Prior Owners on My Opel GT Project
By Tony Markovich / Updated Jul 28, 2022

I Tested My Mods and Set a New Track Baseline in My BMW 128i
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jul 21, 2022

Can-Am’s Sport Roof Makes the Maverick X3 Max Livable
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Jul 20, 2022

I’m Turning My Can-Am Maverick X3 Max Into an Overlanding UTV
By Jonathon Klein / Updated Jul 18, 2022

How To Set Up A Modern VW GTI For The Track
By Chris Rosales / Updated Jul 18, 2022

This Cool JDM Bluetooth Transmitter Taught Me an Expensive Lesson
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Jul 14, 2022

My BMW 128i Really Woke Up With an Aftermarket Intake and Exhaust
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jul 13, 2022

I Upgraded My BMW 1 Series With an M Sport Seat From the U.K.
By Peter Nelson / Updated Jun 29, 2022

All the Parts That a BMW 330i ZHP Shares With a Normal E46 Sport Package
By Chris Rosales / Updated Jun 28, 2022

Want to Upgrade Your BMW E46 Without the Aftermarket? Try OEM Plus Mods
By Chris Rosales / Updated Jun 24, 2022

1969 Dodge Charger Project Update: Understanding That Better Is a Relative Term
By Hank O'Hop / Updated Jun 16, 2022

I Decorated My Car Battery as a Simple Cosmetic Mod
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Jun 13, 2022

Don’t Make My Mistakes Working On Your Brakes
By Andrew P. Collins / Updated Jun 7, 2022