Was watching a 5th gear episode where they tested 3 different cars on 3 grades of gas based on octane ratings and showed dyno results. Interesting comparison but I was bummed when they said all cars sold in europe must be able to run on regular 95 octane fuel. 95 is regular!?!?!? Not fair we gut stuck with 87 and our premium is less octane than their regular. I feel so jealous right now.    

Hey guys, I just got my hands on a '97 Ford Expedition Eddie Bauer Edition, one owner vehicle in fairly good shape cosmetically. Mechanically it had a stripped spark plug thread on #7. Paid some guy that works on police cars to fix it using a thread insert, set me back $250.   Anyways, I was curious about a few things. #1) fuel economy, real life specs not the EPA crap. #2) self leveling air suspension mode of operation, is it supposed to come on everytime you start the truck? How loud should t

It's at a Porsche performance/maintenance shop   http://i.imgur.com/McoGT.jpg

What sort of options do we have as far as brakes go? Does anybody have a manual brake setup?