Episode #202 - APA Garage of Horrors Vol. 2
About this episode
Dive into a lively chat filled with wrenching horror stories, from a troublesome 280ZX turbo with a hidden head gasket issue to a friend's Mustang GT plagued by shoddy repairs and a mysteriously placed kill switch. The hosts also share their frustrations with faulty new parts, tricky diagnostics, and elusive noises that lead to hours of labor. The episode wraps with a fun ad quiz guessing a 90s Acura SLX, plans for upcoming project cars, and a call for listeners to share their own nightmare automotive tales.
A little late for Halloween, but here we are to haunt you with dreadful tales of garage sessions gone awry, project cars curses, and mechanical goblins sure to rend your soul from its meaty carapace. Enjoy.
Honda Passport
"...see if I can make it into the basket of the Honda Passport without me looking, with me viewing through my ca..."
Buick Century
"... now when Frank was lining up for the shot of the century. This is, don't mind the sticker art."
Datsun 280Zx
"...m pretty sure I've discussed at some point was my 280ZX turbo. Yeah."
Datsun 240Z
"..., in my opinion. It's just like a more cumbersome 240Z. But I kind of like the 80s touches to it."
Ford Mustang GTD
"...dy of mine has a super clean low mileage 90. 1994 Mustang GT, super cool Fox body. And he was like over it bec..."
Plymouth Barracuda
"...ber for me is in high school is the starter on my barracuda. Shit, the bed."
Chevrolet Camaro
"...s in high school, a buddy mine had a it was an 86 Camaro Iroxie. It was like cream white with a brown inte..."
Rolls-Royce Silver Ghost
"God damn it. Nineteen, nineteen eighty five, the Silver Ghost. All right, you mind intro and the the the show?"
Land Rover Range Rover
"...ads like, you know, Discovery one, Discovery two, Range Rover, right? Like this is again, luxury nameplate."
Land Rover Freelander
"...would almost want to say like a like a Land Rover Freelander, because you have the two five V six."
Mitsubishi Galant
"...ed to her. I was like, you know, I used to have a galant VR four. She was like, I I organized the launch e..."
Mercury Mountaineer
"... can get a lot of Land Rover and get some mercury mountaineer up in this bitch. Yeah, Land Rover products for s..."
Ford Explorer
"Second gen. So you had Explorer and then Navajo and then Navajo went away and you..."
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