Stuff We Use: Electric Ratchets

On our never-ending quest to improve this place by listening to feedback from the B&B, we are taking a new tack with these product posts, choosing instead to focus on items we have actually used or purchased with our own meagre income. After all, if we’re giving you the truth about cars, we ought to give you the truth about car accessories.


Tucking into a DIY job out in the garage can be both a good and bad thing – it only takes one snapped bolt to turn a 30-minute job into a three-day ordeal.

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  • Tassos SCREAMING BARGAIN OF THE DAY. THIS CUTE MERC CABRIO SOLD FOR AN INCREDIBLY LOW PRICE, ESP GIVEN ITS 50K OR SO MILES! PLUS IT WAS A ONE OWNER CAR. IN WORTHLESS, CACKLING KAMALA DOLLARS, THIS BEAUTY WAS SOLD FOR PEANUTS!!!! https://carsandbids.com/auctions/3R4exZ2v/1999-mercedes-benz-clk320-cabriolet
  • Tassos In today's weak EV infrastructure and long charging times, you cannot have a pure EV van. You need a PLUG IN, so it can save $ around town, but also have no range anxiety on the highway. IF the STUPID GOVERNMENTS did not stick their ignorant noses in the Auto Industry and MANDATE Pure EVs, the Industry would have LISTENed TO THE ALMIGHTY CONSUMER AND MAde THE STUPID RETRO-BREADVAN a PLUG-IN.
  • MaintenanceCosts I like the van, a lot. It's the most interesting thing VW has built since the seventh-gen GTI. The packaging is great. But it needs way more range. This segment needs to be able to do road trips. 400 miles is enough that only jar-peeers will drive farther without a stop. 250 miles is not.
  • Paul To this point the only time I've heard 'brass monkey' is as part of the phrase 'cold enough to freeze the balls of a brass monkey'. What the hell is the connection to a vastly overpriced SUV?
  • Lou_BC The good ol' days where men pulled wrenches and had the knuckle scars to prove it ;)